The nine Animal Husbandry Department
officials (AHD) convicted in a fodder cam case by a special
CBI court were on Thursday sentenced to jail. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
The lawyers of the Patna High Court would go on a two-day strike from Thursday to protest steep hike in court fees by the Bihar government. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
At least 16 people were crushed to death under a train in Udhna district on Wednesday night, according to reports. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
Sanjay Dutt and his wife Manyata have filed a joint declaration with South Goa's registration authorities seeking withdrawal of their marriage declaration. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
The Delhi High Court reserved its judgment on a writ petition filed by GSM lobby group COAI, challenging the Centre's decision to allow use of dual technology. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
Rizwanur Rehman had committed suicide, the CBI concluded and wanted a charge sheet to be filed against his wife's Todi family and policemen concerned for allegedly abetting the crime. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
Shah Rukh Khan has explained that the chance to make money from cricket and channelising it to other sports was the main reason for him to get involved with IPL. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:08 am
Over $500 billion is required to plug the infrastructure requirements in power, railways, roads, ports and airports during the Eleventh Five Year Plan, says the Economic Survey 2007-08, and this Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:05 am
Manufacturers from Meerut had claimed that Gilchrist wears the same product from their wares under a different brand. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:04 am
Sania Mirza's campaign at the Dubai Tennis Championships here ended as she and her partner Francesca Schiavone of Italy were shown the door in doubles quarterfinals. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
Australian players are annoyed with Cricket Australia (CA) for reprimanding Matthew Hayden for his comments on Harbhajan Singh. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:47 am
Presenting a grim picture of agriculture, Economic Survey 2007-08 has projected growth to decline to 2.6% in 2007-08 from 3.8% last year. It attributes the poor performance to reduced capital Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:41 am
The Sensex opened marginally (15 points) lower at 17,811 on mixed cues from the Asian markets. The index moved into positive zone and touched a high of 17,922 in early trades.The index could Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:36 am
The first eight months (April-November 2007) witnessed a sharp slowdown in industrial sector growth at 9.2% with the slowdown mainly on account of the manufacturing sector, which grew at 9.8% when Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:32 am
The Sensex opened marginally (15 points) lower at 17,811 on mixed cues from the Asian markets. The index moved into positive zone and touched a high of 17,922 in early trades.The index could Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:03 am
Confirming and even exceeding some projections, Economic Survey 2007-08 today said the economy has moved decisively "to a higher growth phase."?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:03 am
Amid downside risks to growth arising from a possible recession in the global economy, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today expressed optimism of achieving non-inflationary growth in 2008-09 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:02 am
Gulmarg, Feb 28 : Domestic and foreign tourists are increasingly thronging Kashmir once again as militancy related violence in the valley comes down. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Economic Survey 2007-08 in Parliament today.?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
37 mins ago - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he told his Turkish counterpart on Thursday that Turkey should end its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible, but that... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:57 am
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has received special appreciation in Economic Survey 2007-08 as an attempt to involve the community to make the system accountable.?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:55 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Keeping India's economic growth at about 9 percent a year will be a challenge due to inflation and infrastructure constraints, and lifting it higher will be even harder, a finance ministry report said on Thursday.
KOCHI: UAE-based Phoenix Group Global, a major player in hospitality, realty and floriculture sectors is will make its presence felt in India by investing an additional Rs.1500 crore in the hospitalit... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:26 am
Adam Gilchrist on Thursday dismissed Harbhajan Singh's comment that Mathew Hayden was an unpopular figure in international cricket. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:09 am
New Delhi, Feb28, : Following are some of the key highlights of the Economic Survey 2008-09 tabled by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament today. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
Islamabad, Feb.28 : An Indian national who has been languishing in a death cell in a Pakistani prison for the last 35 years, will return to his home in India soon, the Daily Times quoted the caretaker Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney, as saying. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
Sixteen people, including two children, were crushed to death under a train in western India, a local railway official said Thursday. The accident took place late Wednesday night near the city of Sura... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:52 am
The United States and India will study the possibility of a joint missile defense system, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday, stressing talks were only in their early stages."We're ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:52 am
Projecting an 8.7 per cent growth in the current fiscal, the Economic Survey on Thursday said the government should ensure a non-inflationary growth along with speeding up of reforms for sustaining 9 ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:51 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The two historically rival parties that won Pakistan's general election have vowed to work together to restore democracy, but some analysts doubt they will stick together for long.
The CBI report was read out by the Calcutta High Court in the court of Justice Dipankar Dutta, Rahman family's counsel Kalyan Bandopadhayay said. On January 8, the CBI submitted its probe report on th... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:42 am
Jorhat (Assam), Feb.28 (ANI): The popular 130-year-old equestrian event, known as the Jorhat Races, has been revived here after a gap of three years. Jorhat Rugby races or, the heritage horse races ar... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:42 am
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A newborn baby girl survived an ignoble birth after slipping down the toilet bowl of a moving train onto the tracks when a pregnant woman unexpectedly gave birth while relieving herself on Tuesday.
Australia will seek to create momentum for the best-of-three tri-series final against India when they take on Sri Lanka in an inconsequential league match on Friday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:25 am
Economic Survey on Thursday cautioned that the global slowdown, particularly in the US, will impact India's export growth in 2008-09. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:11 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's farm sector growth is estimated to slow to 2.6 percent in the year ending March 2008, from 3.8 percent the year before, the finance ministry said in an annual survey on Thursday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram is expected to use his annual budget address on Friday to prime the economy ahead of general elections scheduled for 2009, but he won't throw away fiscal targets for electoral gains.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist defended his team mate Matthew Hayden on Thursday against allegations about his unpopularity among fellow international cricketers.
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A missile struck a house in a Pakistani region known as being a safe haven for al Qaeda early on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants including foreigners, intelligence officials and residents said.
Noted Tamil writer Sujatha, who was also one of the designers of the electronic voting machine, has died here. He was 72. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 5:01 am
The capital is gearing up for India's largest consumer exhibition on mobile phones and accessories - Mobile Asia 2008 - to be held at Pragati Maidan from Feb 29 to March 3. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 5:01 am
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of goats that provide wool for Kashmir's famous Pashmina shawls have died and thousands more face starvation because of heavy snow in Ladakh region where they live, officials said.
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A speeding train mowed down 15 people, including two children, at an unguarded railway crossing in Gujarat, police said on Thursday.
Meet Ilavazhagi, the world carom champion who has been winning medals for the country in silence. Despite her achievements, the 24-year-old daughter of an auto-rickshaw driver has not been able to capture media attention. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 3:30 am
Niephiu Rio government has completely failed the people in the last five years, says Manmohan Singh Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Chennai: Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden was issued a reprimand by Cricket Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday for calling Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh an “obnoxious little weed” in a radio interview. Hayden was charged ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: The Congress party has decided that the public meeting addressed by AICC president Sonia Gandhi here on March 14 will be a ‘path-breaking rally’ that, in all likelihood, will send across a clear message about Rajasekhara ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Tezpur: One person was killed and 13 were injured, four of them critically, in a blast triggered by ULFA militants at a market near the Tezpur police station in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Wednesday. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Practically no business could be transacted in Parliament on Wednesday as members of the Opposition entered the well in both Houses protesting the plight of farmers across the country. In the Lok Sabha, members of the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: India on Wednesday extended by another eight weeks the deadline for opening bids for its biggest-ever global tenders for purchase of 126 fighter aircraft. — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
DEHRA DUN: Lt. Gen. (Retd) T. P. S. Rawat of the Bharatiya Janata Party was leading by over 3,500 votes over Satpal Maharaj of the Congress in the Pauri parliamentary by-election when reports last came in on Wednesday night with counting of ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
ISLAMABAD: India’s underwater test-firing of a new missile would spark an arms race in the region, but Pakistan would endeavour to ensure that it did not have any adverse impact on the region, Navy chief Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir said ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has faced significant distraction from Microsoft Corp's unsolicited takeover bid, the company warned investors on Wednesday in its annual report filed with U.S. regulators.
I-League champions Dempo Sports Club of Goa brought the curtain down on their brilliant season by winning the Super Cup with a 1-0 win over East Bengal here Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:01 pm
The government is likely to take the final decision Thursday on the affidavit to be filed in the Supreme Court on the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Culture and Tourism Minister Ambika Soni said Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
An upbeat Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Wednesday described the railway budget he presented Tuesday as 'historic' and took a dig at the opposition for criticising it. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Setanta Sports, a leading international sports broadcaster, will telecast the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket matches in Britain for five years beginning April, it was announced here Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 5:32 pm
Mahasrashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has complained to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil of having received a letter threatening to 'pump bullets in his head', purportedly sent by residents of Shivaji Park, south-central Mumbai. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 5:32 pm
India Wednesday extended by two months the date for opening bids for the country's biggest defence deal for 126 combat jets - six days before the March 3 deadline was to expire. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 5:31 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday harped on water harvesting facilities in all new buildings while urging real estate companies to build homes for the not-so-rich as well. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 5:31 pm
