Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray has welcomed the budgetary proposal of the Centre to waive farmers` bank loans to the tune of Rs 600 billion. Source: Zee News : States | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
Women are leading a quiet revolution on the fringes of the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat. Economically empowered through handicrafts and embroidery in virtually every home, they have as much say in their households as men. Source: Zee News : States | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
In a major haul, Punjab Police seized nearly 25 kg of heroin, valued at 6.25 million dollars in international market, in Ferozepur District. Source: Zee News : States | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
President Pratibha Patil late Friday urged
universities to focus more on job-oriented courses so as to
contain the ever increasing unemployment. Source: Zee News : India National | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
Leading NRI businessmen and industrialists in Britain on Friday described the Union Budget as "very progressive" even though there were "no incentives" for Indians living abroad. Source: Zee News : India National | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
Five days ahead of the election to
the Nagaland Assembly, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will hit
the campaign trail on Saturday at Mokokchung and Dimapur. Source: Zee News : India National | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
Over 13 lakh students will appear for the Class X and XII exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from Saturday. Source: Zee News : India National | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
CPI general secretary A B Bardhan alleged that the US has started 'blackmailing' India for getting the civil nuclear deal signed before July. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:22 am
A virtual race has begun within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for appropriating credit for the farm loan waiver and other sops in the Union Budget with opposition dubbing it an election Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:02 am
Foreign exchange reserves increased $1.754 billion to $294.610 billion for the week ended February 22, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.Foreign currency Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:35 am
J K Tyres today announced a reduction in prices after the reduction in Cenvat duty from 16% to 14% in Budget 2008 yesterday.The company has reduced the prices of car tyres between Rs 20 and Rs Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals and Ahmedabad-based Cadila Pharmaceuticals have signed a deal with US-based StemCyte Inc to set up umbilical cord blood (UCB) bank - StemCyteTherapeutics India - in Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:02 am
Indian equities market ended the last week of February on a firm note even though the national budget unveiled Friday disappointed several investors and led to an intra-day fall of 1.4 percent for a key index. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
Mumbai, Mar 1 (ANI/Business Wire India): PlaySpan, a leading provider of integrated and publisher-sponsored commerce for games and virtual worlds, is working with IBM to bring a fully integrated, cross platform commerce service to the games and interactive entertainment market. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
The Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance company will venture into more sports-related activities, possibly sponsoring the 2011 cricket World Cup to be co-hosted by India, after investing well over $117 million in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL). Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
South African skipper Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie rewrote history books here on Saturday when they broke a long-standing world record for the best opening stand ever. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:54 am
NEW YORK: India will host the first global conference on agro-industries, to be held in New Delhi from April 8 to 11, with its focus on their role in economic development and poverty reduction. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:32 am
Beijing has opened the world's largest airport terminal to meet the passenger surge during the Olympics in August. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:25 am
Dhoni reckons that the 'best method' to beat Australia in the cricket tri-series finals was to 'put them under pressure' and his young team was capable of turning the tables on them. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:24 am
South Africa dashed hopes of the dream final between arch-rivals India and Pakistan when they beat the latter by 98 runs by the Duckworth Lewis method in the semi-final of the under-19 cricket World C... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:06 am
] and Neil McKenzie set a world record for the opening wicket partnership on the second morning of the second and final test against Bangladesh on Saturday. Smith was on 231 and McKenzie on 170 when t... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:06 am
The wedding of bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and wife Manyata as per Hindu rites may be invalid if she has not converted to Hinduism before the marriage on February 11.''According to the Hindu Marriage ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:03 am
As Hindi films are finally screened across Pakistan, Khuda Ke Liye will be the first Pakistani film to be released in India. Directed by Shoaib Mansoor, Khuda Ke Liye highlights the difficult situatio... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:03 am
Agartala, Mar 1 (ANI): With the western border getting fenced and movement during winter becoming impossible due to snow in the Kashmir valley, the outlawed anti-India groups based in Pakistan are now... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:57 am
Negative economic and financial reports soured the mood on Wall Street yesterday as banks and other lenders tightened credit to contain damage from losses on mortgages, business loans and related debt Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:48 am
Chidambaram's budget proposals, waiving off Rs.60,000 crore of loans given to farmers, have brought smiles on their faces. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:43 am
Maruti Suzuki (MSIL), India's largest car maker, registered a marginal (0.4%) rise in domestic sales in February at 59,311 units when compared with 59,095 units sold in February 2007.The Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:38 am
India and Pakistan could set aside the Kashmir issue to be resolved by a future generation while they focus on trade and economic ties to improve bilateral relations. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:23 am
"There is a large population base of Lucknow working in Dubai and Middle Eastern countries that is looking for high quality life back in their hometown." Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:01 am
India will seek to exploit the batting slump of some of Australia's key batsmen when they clash with the world champions in the first of the best-of- three cricket tri-series finals. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:52 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people at a funeral of a policeman in the Swat district of Pakistan, days after the Pakistan army said it had begun to bring the mountainous region under control.
A beer bottle was allegedly thrown in the direction of a bungalow owned by superstar Amitabh Bachchan in suburban Juhu late on Friday evening. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:35 am
Lakhs of students on Saturday sat for the Class X and XII exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:31 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' visit to Asia this week was aimed at deepening strategic ties with regional leaders and showing that Washington remained engaged, but China's explosive rise was never far from the surface.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's ruling Congress party has strengthened its hand against the opposition and leftist allies with a farmer-friendly budget, raising a chance of early elections and reviving hope for a controversial nuclear deal.
Saeed Anwar, an NRI from Dubai, wanted a house in his hometown Lucknow. He bought two plots for Rs.3.5 million ($880,000) in 2005, which are together worth Rs.30 million today. With returns as high as this, many Gulf NRIs are investing in the city's real estate. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Mar 2008 | 3:30 am
Govt 'to send envoy to Japan on whaling' Liverpool Champion - 8 hours ago Australia will send an envoy to Japan and propose the International Whaling Commission (IWC) closes loopholes that allow Japan to continue whaling, Environment Minister Peter Garrett says.
Dubai: India has decided to put on hold a proposed measure fixing the minimum wage for its nationals taking up employment in Bahrain following resistance from employers and the government in the Gulf country. — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Imphal: A jawan and a militant were injured in an encounter between the Assam Rifles and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang in Tamenglong district on Friday, official sources said. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: In a politically-crafted budgetary exercise ahead of the general election next year, Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday announced a massive Rs.60,000- crore loan waiver programme to rid four crore farmers of their ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The one refrain that emerged from the different voices in the National Democratic Alliance on the Union budget for 2008-09 was that more should have been done for farmers, especially those who were in the clutches of private ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the agricultural loan waiver was a “very unorthodox response” to raise the depressed “animal spirits” of farmers, the “biggest ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
P Chidambaram unveiled a Budget cleverly designed to win him many popularity contests. There were concessions on the income tax, reductions in customs and excise duties, and the mother of all farm Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:30 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Parents who teach "tough love" by disciplining their children with spankings could be making them more likely to have sexual problems as teenagers and adults, a leading researcher said.
Though the union budget has announced a number of initiatives favouring farmers, including the loan waiver of Rs.600 billion ($15 billion), the fertiliser industry, one of the links in the agriculture chain, has remained unimpressed over budget proposals. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
Despite uncertainty over the nuclear deal, India and the US Friday agreed on 'a series of time-bound actions' that will bring the level of their high technology trade in tune with their growing strategic partnership. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
Honchos of Indian IT industry Friday slammed the union budget for not extending tax holiday and increasing excise duty on packaged software and levying service tax on customised software. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) chief Subhas Ghising would step down in 10 days' time as the caretaker administrator of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC), West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki Ltd Friday announced a reduction in prices of some of its models following Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's proposal to trim excise duty by four percent. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Friday allocated Rs.1,111.81 crore (Rs.11.12 billion/$280 million) as the total sports budget for 2008-09, with a special provision of Rs.624 crore (Rs.6.24 billion/$156 million) for preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:02 pm
The Haryana government Friday appointed 1973 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Dharam Vir as chief secretary of the state. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:02 pm
Lauding the union budget for 2008-09, Madhya Pradesh's main opposition Congress Friday said it would check inflation but the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticised it saying it would only add to the common man's woes. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
Although Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that India will through its arts and culture be projected as 'soft power' and allocated Rs.750 million ($18 million) for the purpose, the media and entertainment industry was not so happy with the budget. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
Income tax payers will feel happier after this Budget. Presenting the Union Budget for 2008-09 in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today raised the basic exemption limit from Rs 1.1 lakh Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Feb 2008 | 2:10 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki Ltd said on Friday it had cut prices of some models following a government proposal to trim tax on small cars.
It was an aggressive Finance Minister P Chidambaram going all the way to promote the mother of all loan waivers -- the Rs. 60,000 crore farm loan waiver. Defying charges of his political opponents and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Feb 2008 | 1:44 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India raised its defence spending on Friday by 10 percent to $26.5 billion for 2008/09, but experts said a slow bureaucratic process could delay modernisation of the world's fourth largest military.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government promised higher spending for ailing farms and funds for rural revival in its budget on Friday, but it stuck to fiscal goals and pledged to keep inflation under control ahead of elections due in 2009.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress party, said on Friday a decision to waive farm loans owed by some 40 million poor farmers was a "historic and revolutionary step".
