India will not ban the use of BlackBerry technology even as Bharti group chairman Sunil B Mittal hoped its security concerns will be addressed soon. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 10:38 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is not considering banning Research In Motion's BlackBerry services at this point of time, the top official in the telecoms ministry said on Friday.
Amending a 100-year-old act, Goa government on Friday decided to ban the sale of land to foreigners in the state. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 10:29 am
British media which is giving blanket coverage to the murder of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling in Goa has drawn flak for its negative reporting deriding India and the coastal state. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 10:27 am
The Sensex is now up 375 points at 15,732.The NSE Nifty is up 119 points at 4,742.DLF and Jaiprakash (JP) Associates have zoomed nearly 8% each to Rs 236 and Rs 654, respectively Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 10:25 am
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practice Commission (MRTPC) has initiated action against Indraprastha Gas for overpricing after its investigative arm, Director General of Investigations and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 10:22 am
Superstar couple David and Victoria Beckham are top role models for schoolchildren in Britain, says a new study. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 10:22 am
Tata Teleservices today announced that they will offer penalty 'voluntarily' to their subscribers if the quality of their services was below standard. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 10:18 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's gold demand remained slack on Friday as buyers watched prices near $1,000 an ounce and waited for dips to help them procure the metal for the low-key retail sales, dealers said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Goa police, investigating the rape and murder of a British teenager, said on Friday they were willing to reopen past cases of suspicious deaths if they received fresh requests.
The Sensex is now up 218 points at 15,575.The NSE Nifty is up 64 points at 4,687.DLF has zoomed over 6% to Rs 645, and Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has soared over 5% to Rs 231 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:56 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was among the first to greet Gandhi on the occasion as he drove to her 10-Janpath residence and presented her a shawl. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:54 am
Noting that some volatility is to be expected on the bourses due to turbulence in the global financial markets, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the stock market is not the sole indicator of Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:52 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court quashed the last of seven corruption cases against the widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Friday, his lawyer said, clearing the way for him to hold government office.
Friday, March 14, 2008 NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the rape and murder of a 15-year-old British girl in Goa last month, but her mother said the investi... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
The Sensex has pared gains and is now up 155 points at 15,512. The index had touched a high of 15,688.The NSE Nifty is up 41 points at 4,664.DLF has zoomed 5.3% to Rs 639. Jaiprakash Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:28 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Shops were set on fire in violence in Tibet's capital of Lhasa on Friday, China's Xinhua news agency reported after days of rare street protests in the contested region.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani today termed the hype over the list of billionaires as "maya.""There was much hype over the list of billionaires that India has thrown up... (but) Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:19 am
Members of Parliament to seek Prime Minister's intervention for removal of IHF chief KPS Gill in the wake of India's failure to qualify for the Olympics. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:15 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali airline cleared 17 tonnes of empty beer bottles and cans on Friday from around Lukla village, the main gateway for trekkers and climbers heading to Mount Everest base camp, a company official said.
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched R.I.C.H fund that will invest in four categories -- resources, investments, consumption, and human capital.The corpus from the R.I.C.H. fund will Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:10 am
American businesses are finding it hard to fill skilled positions even as H-1B visas that bring in foreign professionals are creating jobs in the US. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:07 am
The Sensex is now up 215 points at 15,572.DLF has zoomed 6% to Rs 643. Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has soared 4.7% to Rs 229.Satyam has surged 3.6% to Rs 377. ICICI Bank and Larsen Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:04 am
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Force India owner Vijay Mallya hailed Giancarlo Fisichella on Friday after the Italian driver broke into the top 10 in practice for Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Noted Assamese writer Indira Goswami Friday said the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was ready to hold peace talks with New Delhi, although the outfit wants the central government to discuss their core demand of sovereignty or independence. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to address the first convocation of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University near here later this month, officials said Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
A group of 35 Maoists who had been on a hunger strike in a Chhattisgarh jail since March 9 in protest against the shifting of some of their colleagues to another prison called off their protest Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Srinagar, Mar 14 : Archaeologists in Jammu and Kashmir have undertaken the renovation of a 15th century mosque near Srinagar. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The Supreme court Friday suspended the arrest warrant issued against Hollywood actor Richard Gere by a Jaipur court in a case related to his kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at a public function last year. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Lahore Badshahs registered their second consecutive victory after demolishing Hyderabad Heroes by 9 wickets in the Twenty20 tournament of Indian Cricket League (ICL) here. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
This ancient holy city has been spruced up and unprecedented security has turned large parts of it into an impregnable fortress as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here for a two-day visit later Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The Supreme Court Friday gave a fresh lease of life to controversial film 'Jodhaa Akbar' in Uttar Pradesh, extending its permission to screen the film in the state. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Islamabad, Mar 14 : Pakistan has reportedly rejected India's clarification on the custody death of Pakistani national Khalid Mehmood, and has asked the latter to provide full report in the circumstances of his death and also share the investigation into his death. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday termed the hype over list of billionaires from the country as 'Maya'. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:54 am
The Sensex is now up 264 points at 15,621.DLF has zoomed over 6% to Rs 644. Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has soared 5.5% to Rs 231.Satyam and Hindalco have surged around 4% each to Rs Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:35 am
The Sensex is now up 319 points at 15,676.DLF has zoomed 6.5% to Rs 646. Jaiprakash (JP) Associates and Hindalco have soared around 6% each to Rs 233 and Rs 184, respectively.Satyam Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Mar 2008 | 8:09 am
Giancarlo Fisichella assured Force India has not entered the elite Formula One league just to make the numbers. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Mar 2008 | 7:38 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - An Indian designer drew inspiration from actor James Dean's life -- and death -- at fashion week in New Delhi, paying tribute to the Hollywood star of the 1950s who died in a car accident at the age of 24.
A few young pairs of legs do not let the dust settle in this Punjab village as they try to keep hopes alive for the country's national game - hockey. But they are just a handful. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 5:01 am
Would you like to script a film? Do you have engaging stories to tell? If yes, then the Mirchi Movies story hunt could help you make it big in Bollywood. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 3:01 am
After doing back-to-back comedies last year, it looks like Bollywood's star Akshay Kumar is hell bent on making 2008 his year of actioners. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 3:00 am
With films like 'Corporate', 'Omkara' and 'Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal', it has taken the unconventional looking Bipasha Basu about seven years to carve a niche for herself in Bollywood and she says she doesn't want to go and struggle again in Hollywood. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Mar 2008 | 3:00 am
PIMPARKHUTI, India (Reuters) - Just before finance minister was announcing a massive farm bonanza last month, Narendra Totaram Chauhan quietly slipped into his cotton fields, opened a bottle of pesticide and drank it.
There has been considerable progress in India`s talks with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for India-specific safeguards agreement and it is in country`s interest that Indo-US civil nuclear deal goes through, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar said on Thursday. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
Various defence purchases
including special clothing and mountaineering equipment for
use in high-altitude Siachen and bullet proof vehicles by the
army have come under audit attack. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
The US on Thursday did not rule out deportation of Indian nationals who entered America through illegal means with the help of 200 south Indian film personalities after a fake visa racket involving them was busted here. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
Sonia Gandhi completes ten years
as Congress president tomorrow, an unparalleled feat in the
history of the grand old party. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
The US has made it clear that it was not averse to wrapping up the nuclear deal with a minority government in India, seeking to set at rest questions over the fate of the agreement if Left parties were to withdraw support to ruling UPA. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
After it failed to make any
impact, airport employees tonight called off their two-day-old
nationwide agitation claiming that government has assured them
that no more airports would be closed down without consulting
them. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
The government on Thursday expressed
its difficulty in complying with a Supreme Court direction to
provide a fixed tenure of two years to police officials, SHOs
upwards, irrespective of the age of superannuation even as the
court said it may set up a panel on the matter. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
The CPI(M) on Thursday asked Congress to seek a fresh mandate from the people if the government led by it wants to ink the civil nuclear deal with the United States. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
The Income Tax authorities are conducting searches at seven places which belong to diamond merchant and Hindi film financer Bharat Shah in Mumbai. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
About 100 Tibetan protesters,
including women and nuns, were today arrested for defying the
centre`s ban on their march and attempting to cross over to
Tibet from near here. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
TIRUCHI: The District Industries Centre (DIC) has surpassed the target for credit-linkage of beneficiaries under the Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) this fiscal. Against a target of 1,150, the DIC has provided training and ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
MELBOURNE: Australia on Thursday ordered a judicial inquiry into the bungling in the case of Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, wrongly accused in the U.K. terror plot, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said. Page ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: The Pattali Makkal Katchi on Thursday announced its support for the candidates of the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance for the Rajya Sabha elections. The PMK, which had asked a seat for itself, took the decision after a ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
PANAJI: The Goa police on Thursday said they had arrested two persons accused of being responsible for the sexual assault on and eventual homicidal death of British teenager Scarlette Eden Keeling. The “ prima ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday announced the renomination of four Union Ministers and three AICC office-bearers for the March 26 biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha. Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and Minister of State (Prime ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department and the CMWSSB to remove all encroachers from lands in three survey numbers, Kalvaithurai Salai, Aspiran Garden, Kilpauk, within six ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil has accepted the resignation of Mukut Mithi as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry and has given additional charge of the Union Territory to Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bhopinder Singh. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: Aspirants for the Congress ticket for the Rajya Sabha remained on tenterhooks on Thursday, as the All India Congress Committee named only two nominees -- T. Subbarami Reddy and Nandi Yellaiah -- whereas the party is in a position to ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush got an earful on Thursday about problems and progress in Afghanistan where a war has dragged on for more than six years but been largely eclipsed by Iraq.
LED belts with scrolling message buckle saying 'India Shines', 'Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin' and 'Modern India' caught eyeballs as Tarun Tahiliani showcased his creative brilliance at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2008 | 6:31 pm
Two sitting legislators of the ruling Congress party in Haryana were Thursday disqualified from their assembly seats. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2008 | 6:31 pm
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday gave its approval for modernization and strengthening of intellectual property offices at an estimated cost of Rs.3 billion in the 11th Five-Year Plan. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2008 | 6:30 pm
Claiming victory, airport employees withdrew their two-day-old strike Thursday evening after the government assured them the existing Banaglore and Hyderabad airports would not be closed when the new greenfield airports of the two cities start operating. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2008 | 6:30 pm
Marathi film 'Tingya' was adjudged the best film and Darsheel Daftary was named the best child actor for his role in 'Taare Zameen Par' at the 10th International Film Festival, Mumbai. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2008 | 6:30 pm
The cabinet Thursday cleared a new mineral policy that is expected to attract foreign investment to the tune of $250 million a year in the mining sector. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2008 | 6:00 pm
The son of slain Professor H S
Sabharwal on Wednesday threatened to go on a fast unto death if his
demand for a CBI probe into his father`s death was not met. Source: Zee News : States | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:24 pm
Goa Police on Thursday said its investigations reveal that the British teen-aged girl Scarlett Keeling died due to drug overdose and drowning in beach water. Earlier, a prime suspect in the murder of a British teenaged girl was arrested late on Wednesday night even as Goa police faced fresh embarrassment with a doctor, who conducted the first autopsy on her, claimed that the police had ignored his finding that she could have been killed. Source: Zee News : States | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:24 pm
Flight operations were normal but basic passenger services continued to be seriously disrupted, turning the entire airport here into a litter zone on the second day of the indefinite non-cooperation movement by Airports Authority Employees Union on Thursday. Source: Zee News : States | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:24 pm
