If Pakistani bloggers could have their way, they would have cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan or former judge Rana Bhagwandas as their next president. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:24 pm
Extramarital affairs are cited as the most common reason for divorce in the UK and Wales, accounting for 29 per cent of break ups, a survey revealed. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
The Reserve Bank of India will shortly come out with regulatory framework for mobile banking, with increasing number of banks going the electronic way. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:12 pm
Two Ferrari 612 Scaglietti Gran Turismo (GT) supercars of the 13,220 km ''Ferrari Magic India Discovery'' drive were flagged-off by Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:09 pm
Terming the President's address to the joint sitting of the Parliament as a "ritual", BJP said it lacked in any mention of important issues facing the country. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:56 am
The boards of Boards of HDFC Bank and Centurion Bank of Punjab (CBoP) approved the share swap ratio 1:29 for their proposed merger. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:53 am
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - When textile designer Anshu Murarka married earlier this month, her wedding trousseau had a laptop, a plasma television and mutual fund units besides seven gold coins, dainty gold chains, pendants and bracelets.
In a major relief to Telugu actor Pavan Kalyan, brother of superstar Chiranjeevi, a local court dismissed a case of bigamy against him. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
The Bangalore Open has received another boost with world number four Jelena Jankovic confirming her participation in the tennis tournament to be held here from March 3-9. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:44 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The communist parties, which provide crucial support to the ruling coalition, on Monday called for the immediate roll back of an increase in fuel prices announced earlier this month, saying it was hurting the poor.
Shiv Sena hit out at Railway Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for "undignified" treatment meted out by some RJD MLAs from Bihar to Governor R S Gavai. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has asked Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav not to interfere in Maharashtra politics. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Pakistani film about Muslims in a post 9/11 world is slated to open in India next month, a rare event considering political rivalry has limited cultural interaction between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
Mumbai, India -- The Asia Coat + Ink Show 2008, took place from February 8-10, 2008 at Nehru Center, Worli, Mumbai, India. Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited - one of the leading producers of Pigments... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
DHAKA (Reuters) - Passenger trains are expected to start rolling again between Bangladesh and India around the end of April, resuming a passengers service suspended four decades ago, a senior communication ministry official said on Monday.
Indian courier firm Gati announced Monday that it has signed an agreement with European parcel service major General Logistics Systems (GLS) to form a strategic alliance. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
India continued to dominate the Asian Tour Order of Merit as four Indians figured in the top five of the latest Money List after the SAIL Open Golf presented by Jaypee Greens. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The West Bengal government is trying to rope in some foreign experts to conduct a feasibility study for the proposed chemical hub at Nayachar Island in the East Midnapore district of West Bengal. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
After getting six-pack abs to please his son, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has another dream for the boy. He wants to do an Indian version of the 'Spiderman' as a gift to Aryan who is a big FX and SRK fan. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
A six-member gang involved in over a dozen robberies and kidnappings on national highways has been arrested, the Madhya Pradesh police said Monday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Close on the heels of its political rivals, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing to make inroads into the poverty-ridden Bundelkhand region of southern Uttar Pradesh. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Centuries old Buddhist 'thanka' paintings and rare scriptures have been destroyed in a fire in Himachal Pradesh's remote Lahaul valley, the police said Monday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Days before the budget, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman, Planning Commission, today made a strong case for reducing taxes on petrol and diesel while indicating there would be a substantial Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 175 points at 17,524. The index, however, could not hold gains and dropped to a low of 17,138 - down 386 points from the open - in late morning deals Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:31 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - India and Australia have been warned to improve their on-field behaviour after Ishant Sharma was fined over an ugly incident with Andrew Symonds.
The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 175 points at 17,524. The index, however, could not hold gains and dropped to a low of 17,138 - down 386 points from the open - in late morning deals Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:02 am
LONDON(Reuters) - Force India's 2008 Formula One car made its track debut at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Monday, less than three weeks before the start of the season in Australia.
Skirting commitments on all controversial issues like special economic zones (SEZs) and the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, the government today made it clear that pro-people, inclusive social and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 9:50 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government is likely to reduce some passenger fares and freight rates when it unveils annual plans for its huge rail network on Tuesday, moves which could ease rising inflation and help it at elections.
The Sensex is now up 309 points at 17,658.The NSE Nifty is up 94 points at 5,205.ACC has zoomed nearly 6% to Rs 819. Reliance has soared nearly 5% to Rs 2,548.Reliance Energy, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 9:46 am
Honda Siel Cars India today inaugurated a new manufacturing facility at Greater Noida increasing its capacity from 50,000 to 100,000 units per annum.Masahiro Takedagawa, chief executive, Honda Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 9:33 am
A M Naik, chairman and managing director, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has been appointed as Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by Her Majesty Queen Margarethe of Denmark Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
The Sensex has rallied 242 points at 17,591.The NSE Nifty has gained 77 points at 5,188.Reliance Power has surged 8.5% to Rs 452 - and is now trading above the issue price of Rs 450 - Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 9:11 am
Pfizer today reported a 220% increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 340 crore for the year ended November 30, 2007 when compared with Rs 106.33 crore in FY06.According to a release issued Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:51 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's biggest stars took a backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical acclaim but only modest box-office success.
The Sensex is now up 147 points at 17,496.The NSE Nifty is up 47 points at 5,158.Maruti has rallied nearly 4% to Rs 797. Wipro has soared nearly 3% to Rs 435.Reliance Energy Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:44 am
Services at all 135 airports in India may be affected from Tuesday as over 18,000 airport employees across the country threatened to strike work indefinitely protesting privatisation of airports. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:02 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Congress-party led government will work to sustain high rates of economic growth while keeping prices under control, the country's president told lawmakers ahead of Friday's federal budget.
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - India's leading shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has recruited American coach Josh Lakatos as he steps up his preparations to win a second Olympic medal at the Beijing Games in August. Rathore won silver in the men's double trap event in Athens four years ago and is his country's leading hope to pick up a first individual gold at the Summer Games in August.
The calling off of the two day bank strike by the unions led to a sigh of relief from the common man Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 5:32 am
Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel, which had announced its entry into the Sri Lankan mobile phone sector with much fanfare last year, is experiencing delays and may well be re-drawing its investment plans for the island country, says a Sri Lankan telecommunication expert. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 4:01 am
Undeterred by the not-too-encouraging box office verdict of its latest offering 'Jodhaa Akbar', UTV has lined up 19 movies for release this year. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
Actor-producer Suniel Shetty is keen to see Mumbai transformed into a super clean city - so clean that people can 'eat their vada-pao off the road'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 2:30 am
MUMBAI: The Board of Reliance Power on Sunday approved a proposal for issuing bonus shares to all categories of shareholders, excluding the promoter group (comprising the Reliance Energy Limited and the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group), in the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
ADILABAD: Sixteen persons, including four children and five women, were killed and eight others were injured seriously in a ghastly road accident on Sunday involving a private passenger jeep and a chilli-laden lorry. The accident, which was ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Diphu (Assam): Two Hindi-speaking persons were shot dead allegedly by the Karbi Longri National Liberation Front militants on Sunday in central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, police said. They had come from Nagaon district to Rongpur ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
One of the 25 Indian crewmembers onboard the ship MV Rezzak, missing in the Black Sea, is from Kerala. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
India will hold another round of talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna from Monday which is expected to lead to a safeguards agreement, a key step towards implementing the country's landmark nuclear deal with the US. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
Terming the India-US nuclear deal as 'very, very good' for New Delhi, former US deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott has said its failure would adversely affect the two nations' ties. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
Madhya Pradesh's Leader of Opposition Jamuna Devi Sunday said she would file a defamation suit against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and a senior police official for registering a 'false case' against her over allegedly faking a caste certificate. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
Certain remarks of a Congress parliamentarian about architect of India's constitution B.R. Ambedkar sparked state-wide protests in Andhra Pradesh Sunday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2008 | 4:30 pm
Orissa has managed to rope in
investment proposals worth over Rs 2,00,000 crore (USD 50
billion) for setting up mineral-based industries, steel mills,
power plants and alumina refineries, a top state government
official said. Source: Zee News : States | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
At least 12 people were killed and four seriously injured when a bus plunged into a stream in Assam on Sunday. Source: Zee News : States | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
Fear continues to grip hundreds of
north Indian labourers here, who are availing of every
possible mode of transport to reach their hometowns, days
after dust seemed to settle down on the violence sparked by
MNS campaign against migrants. Source: Zee News : States | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
At least 11 people including six suspected United National Liberation Front (UNLF) insurgents have been killed in two separate incidents in Manipur on Saturday. Source: Zee News : States | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
An ongoing probe by the Corps of
Detectives (CoD) into terror networks in parts of Karnataka
has revealed that a techie arrested here recently had been
providing technical support to extremists, police said. Source: Zee News : States | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 pm
India`s High Commissioner to Pakistan, Satyabrata Pal, met Pakistan People`s Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari to congratulate him on his party`s performance in elections. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
Prominent Indian scholars Irfan Habib, Subashni Ali and Saeed Naqvi have been denied Pakistani visas, and hence are unlikely to participate in the World Social Forum in Karachi Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
The Supreme Court has upheld the
termination of an employee who was on a "sick leave" for
nearly two years, but failed to produce a valid medical
certificate to justify his absence. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
Army officers facing General
Court Martial (GCM) proceedings, often far away from the place
of their posting, have found a sympathiser in the Delhi High
Court. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
To give para-military forces a
decisive edge in anti-Naxal operations, special units of CRPF
will soon be equipped with higher fire power, Anti-Material
Rifles (AMR). Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
Defending his stand on the agitation
against North Indian migrants, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday said the stir was not
"unconstitutional". Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will arrive in New Delhi on Tuesday, and is expected to discuss the Indo-US nuclear deal and to pitch for a Rs 450 billion multi-role combat aircraft contract. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
Twenty-Five Indians on board the
Panamanian cargo vessel `MV Rezzak` are feared dead, a top
official in directorate general of shipping here said on Sunday,
six days after the ship went missing in the Black Sea. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
After securing a month-long suspension of passport of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, the CBI has approached the government to revoke his passport for his alleged involvement in receiving kickbacks in defence deals including that in purchase of Barak missiles from Israel and armoured recovery vehicles. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
At least three persons were
injured when a fire broke out in a Amritsar-bound express
train this morning near Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, railway
officials said. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm
