An offshore casino with 'no-limits' tables, touted as the biggest in South Asia, will open in Goa next month. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Wednesday joined the nation in congratulating the Indian cricket team on winning the tri-series in Australia. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:04 pm
For all those in the neutral corner, India's victory in the cricket will be a day of rejoicing. That in itself is a backhanded compliment to Australia. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:03 pm
Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi Wednesday flayed India's junior cricketers for their "absolutely terrible and atrocious behaviour". Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:02 pm
Four days after he was found dead, it is still not clear why Indian student Akkaladevi Srinivas killed himself in Pennsylvania. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
India's retributive victory in the Commonwealth Bank series was relegated to the sports pages while Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds' hit on the streaker hogged newspaper front pages here. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Reliance Energy Ltd, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), on Wednesday said it would buy back up to 20 billion rupees of shares at a price of up to 1,600 rupees a share, a premium of 9.6 percent over Wednesday's close.
The Sensex opened marginally lower (11 points) at 16,329, and slipped to a low of 16,253 in opening trades. Nervousness in early trades saw the indexmove in and out of positive zone.The Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:40 am
Sachin Tendulkar has hailed the 'fantastic job' done by India's young players in ensuring the team's triumph in the tri-series against Australia. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:33 am
India maintained their goal-scoring spree and hammered Mexico 18-1 for their third consecutive win in the World Hockey Olympic qualifying tournament. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:15 am
autam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni rule the roost in the batting charts of the CB cricket tri-series. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:12 am
Former Pakistani cricketers on Wednesday praised the gutsy performance of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men, who beat world champions Australia to win the tri-series in style. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
The Sensex opened marginally lower at 16,329 - down 11 points - and slipped to a low of 16,253. Nervousness in early trades saw the index swing in and out of the positive zone.The index, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:47 am
The Sensex is now up 242 points at 16,582.The NSE Nifty is up 66 points at 4,930.Satyam has zoomed 6.5% to Rs 433. Infosys has surged 5% to Rs 1,490. Wipro has rallied nearly 3% to Rs Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:33 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered to meet Pakistan's new leaders "halfway" on Wednesday, inviting them to put the past behind them and build a new relationship based on cooperation and enduring peace.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday time was tight to seal a controversial nuclear deal with India, but it was still possible to wrap it up if it reached the U.S. Congress by July, ahead of November's presidential poll.
FMCG major Godrej Consumer Products today fixed the rights issue price at Rs 123 per share to raise Rs 400 crore.The board of directors approved a rights issue in the ratio of 1:7 i.e one Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:09 am
The Sensex is now up 149 points at 16,489.The NSE Nifty is up 39 points at 4,903.ITC and HDFC have zoomed around 5.5% each to Rs 195 and Rs 2,776, respectively.Satyam has Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:02 am
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will offer Indian travellers seamless connectivity to over 60 Australian cities through a proposed interline agreement with Virgin Blue, the airline said Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
Burglars decamped with Rs.1.3 million from the Pulwama branch of Bajaj Allianz insurance company in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
The employees' unions of national carrier Air India have threatened to go on strike March 12 and 17, accusing the management of the newly-merged airline with going back on its promises. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
Nearly 1,300 new vehicles join the crowded roads of Kerala every day, the state's latest economic review released Tuesday night points out. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
India ended a tumultuous tour with a dramatic, Sachin Tendulkar-inspired 2-0 limited-overs finals series win over World Cup champion Australia yesterday. Tendulkar posted 91 in India's 258 for nine af... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:43 am
The Sensex is now up 139 points at 16,479.The NSE Nifty is up 38 points at 4,902.Satyam have zoomed over 5% to Rs 427. Infosys has surged 4.7% to Rs 1,487. TCS has rallied 3.3% to Rs Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:31 am
Former Pakistani cricketers on Wednesday praised the gutsy performance of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men, who beat world champions Australia to win the tri-series in style.India stunned Australia on... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:31 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton swept critical showdowns with Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday to keep her Democratic presidential bid alive, and John McCain clinched the Republican nomination and looked ahead to the November election.
The Sensex is now up 132 points at 16,472.The NSE Nifty is up 38 points at 4,902.Satyam have soared 5% to Rs 427. Infosys has surged 4.7% to Rs 1,486. TCS and Wipro have rallied around Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:06 am
Asking India to conclude an agreement with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and seek waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) by May, Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:06 am
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari's decision to refer some Samajwadi Party (SP) MPs to the privileges committee for disrupting the house led to repeated adjournments Wednesday. But tempers cooled when Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi intervened to arrange a meeting of party leaders. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Half a dozen rare wooden masks of the snake god (naag devta) studded with precious stones and jewels, believed to be over 600 years old, have gone missing from a temple in Himachal Pradesh, the police said Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday accused the opposition of wrecking the lives of farmers and of failing to battle terrorism when it was in power until 2004. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The Sensex is now up 139 points at 16,479.The NSE Nifty is up 40 points at 4,904.Satyam have soared 5% to Rs 427. Infosys has surged 4.6% to Rs 1,486. TCS has rallied 3% to Rs 879, and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:41 am
Mounting a scathing attack on BJP, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government's historic initiative to waive farmers loans on an unprecedented scale was to meet the "unpaid distress bill" Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:27 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has accused national boards of succumbing to Indian pressure by banning players who join the country's unofficial Twenty20 league.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities, increasingly discontented with the government, are caught in a bind ahead of Saturday's election.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Former Olympic champions India and Britain both claimed their third consecutive wins to stay on course to meet in the final of the men's qualifying tournament for the Beijing Games.
In Vivek Sharma's 'Bhootnath', Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan plays a friendly ghost to child actor Aman Siddiqui. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Mar 2008 | 4:00 am
The northeast is a reservoir of talent but it hurts when people consider the region different from India, says noted Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
As prominent US lawmakers asked
India to stick to a July timeline on the nuclear deal, the
Bush administration has said it wants to see that the
agreement "moves forward" as soon as possible and India gets
an opportunity to work out "internal political issues." Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday sent a proposal to the Centre recommending inclusion of 16 OBC communities in the SC category and demanded an increase in the SC quota. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
The National Commission for Women (NCW)
would conduct a survey on cases of women`s exploitation in the
carpet industry, and would study the probable reasons behind
it to contain the crime. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
BJP on Tuesday sought waiver of loans
to farmers holding up to 10 acres of irrigated land as it
claimed that the farm package announced by the government for
peasants was "too little, too late". Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
Indian national Kashmir Singh, who was arrested in 1973 by Pakistan authorities on espionage charges, returned to India on Tuesday after being released from a Pakistani jail on Monday. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
A show cause notice from Mumbai police and a prevention notice from Pune police to Raj Thackeray has put Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in a tight spot as the party may not be able to celebrate it`s second foundation day on March 9. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
The Union Minister of state for Home Affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal, on Tuesday said that enough inputs are available to prove that militant outfits operating in the country have links with terror groups from across the border mainly Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
Civil Aviation Ministry has asked Indian Air Force to explain how a `neelgai` strayed onto the runway at Kanpur airport and collided with an aircraft during landing. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
A proposal to set up a bank of
organs on the pattern of eye-bank is under consideration of
the health ministry, the government told the Lok Sabha
as it promised stern action against those involved in the
recently-unearthed kidney racket. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the orders passed by the Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Uttaranchal governments banning the screening of ‘Jodha Akbar.’ A Bench consisting of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
BANGALORE: M.N. Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Science and Technology, will be the new Chief Electoral Officer of the State. The incumbent, R. Ramaseshan, had sought ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Kohima: The stage is set for Assembly polls in Nagaland on Wednesday amidst unprecedented security. In all, 218 candidates are in the fray for 60 seats in the House. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday congratulated Team India which won the Commonwealth Bank Series. “It is a fabulous victory. This is a victory based on teamwork and strong ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Maestro Sachin Tendulkar has overtaken Australian captain Ricky Ponting as No. 1 in the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s one day international batsmen ranking. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2008 | 6:32 pm
Unseeded Chinese girl Zi Yan registered the first major upset of the $600,000 Canara Bank Bangalore Open, defeating eighth seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia in a tough three-setter in the first round of the Tier II event here Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2008 | 6:32 pm
Four people were critically injured in an explosion in the air conditioning plant of a multiplex here Tuesday evening. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2008 | 6:32 pm
In an indirect criticism of Israel, India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday strongly condemned the 'disproportionate use of retaliatory force' in 'occupied Palestine' and appealed to all parties to bring 'mindless violence' to an end. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2008 | 6:32 pm
Progress details of the rural job guarantee scheme and other development schemes will soon be made available online to parliamentarians to ensure transparency and effective monitoring, Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2008 | 6:31 pm
Kerala's Leader of Opposition Oommen Chandy Tuesday said he has written to Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on the 'grave lapses' the government committed in an affidavit, filed with the Kerala High Court on the HMT land scam. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2008 | 6:31 pm
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) met here Tuesday to give final touches to a massive farmers rally planned for Sunday, ostensibly to cash in on the Rs.600 billion loan waiver for farmers announced in the national budget. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2008 | 6:31 pm
Leading paediatric surgeon Saroj Chooramani Gopal was Tuesday named the new vice chancellor of King George's Medical University (KGMU), becoming the first woman to head the prestigious institute. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2008 | 6:31 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the lifting of bans on the screening of "Jodhaa Akbar", a film about the romance between a Mughal emperor and a Hindu princess that had angered the Rajput community.
A full bench of the Election Commission (EC) comprising Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami and the two Election Commissioners will meet top Karnataka leaders from various political parties here today to hear their views on the timing of state assembly polls. Source: Zee News : States | 4 Mar 2008 | 12:34 pm
Ahead of International women`s day, female temple dancers in Orissa, who are often referred to as Devadasis (servants of God), lament their plight. Source: Zee News : States | 4 Mar 2008 | 12:34 pm
