The beleaguered Indian Hockey Federation chief KPS Gill today said he is open to 'constructive suggestions' by the MPs to revive the game. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 1:22 pm
Gautam Gambhir is confident that he would carry forward his good one-day form to the Indian Premier League (IPL), kicking off next month. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 1:22 pm
The Bihar capital is gearing up for Holi with spray guns and colour brands, named after famous politicians, already hitting the market. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 1:21 pm
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - Thirty people have been killed in clashes between Chinese authorities and Tibetan protesters, the Tibetan government-in-exile said on Saturday.
Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag insisted that his is a balanced side even though they could afford the Australian tour hero Ishant Sharma because of his 'high price'. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 1:08 pm
Unwilling to buy Goa Police's theory on Scarlett Eden Keeling's death, her mother accused state Home Minister Ravi Naik and police chief B S Brar of having nexus with drug mafia. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:53 pm
Britain should start preparing to have talks with al-Qaeda and the Taliban, a key adviser to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has suggested. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:40 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - China set a "surrender" deadline after riots in Lhasa that it said killed 10 innocent people, launching a crackdown on Saturday after the worst unrest in Tibet for two decades.
Ahead of the UPA-Left coordination committee meeting on Indo-US nuclear deal, government expressed hope that the differences with the supporting allies on the issue will be resolved. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:33 pm
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lt
Governor Bhopinder Singh will be sworn-in as Lt Governor of
Puducherry on Saturday. Source: Zee News : States | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
Congress joined hands with CPI(M)
to support an independent Muslim candidate for a Rajya Sabha
seat in West Bengal for `political benefit`, Marxist veteran
Jyoti Basu said on Friday. Source: Zee News : States | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
Scarlett Eden Keeling`s murder case took another twist on Saturday when the slain British teenager`s mother claimed that there was a nexus between Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik, DGP B S Brar and the local drug mafia. Source: Zee News : States | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
The outcome of the Speaker`s
election in Meghalaya would reveal the strength of the D D
Lapang-led Congress government in the state assembly. Source: Zee News : States | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
The CPI has indicated that in the
event of the Left withdrawing support to the UPA government
over the Indo-US nuclear deal, the outside supporters would
not bring it down. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh late on Friday dismissed speculation about early Lok Sabha elections and rejected suggestions that the Union Budget was presented keeping the polls in mind. "At least, there will be no elections this year," Singh told reporters here in his first comments on the speculation about snap polls triggered by some of the populist provisions of this year`s Union Budget. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
Sources stated on Saturday that a letter was recovered from the Old Delhi Railway Station around two days back by the Government Railway Police that contains a threat to blow up the major railway stations on Holi. The man who has written the letter claims to belong to al Qaeda and is said to have demanded the release of Parliament Attack convict Afzal Guru. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Etawah on Saturday to meet the Dalit family, whose five members were killed over a land dispute. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Saturday
awarded an honorary D.Litt. to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at
its 90th convocation here. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
Sri Lanka is in advanced talks with Russia to buy five MiG-29 fighter-bomber aircraft, according to Jane's Defence Forecasts. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:30 pm
Adam Gilchrist may have felt like 'a cow' after being auctioned at the cash-rich IPL, but says he does not mind being part of the "unique and interesting" venture. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:28 pm
The International Cricket Council Board will meet here for two-days from Monday to discuss various matters including the appointment of new ICC Chief Executive Officer. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:25 pm
The Pakistan government has written to Swiss authorities to withdraw money-laundering cases filed a decade ago against Asif Ali Zardari and his slain wife, Benazir Bhutto. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:24 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - South Africa captain Graeme Smith replaced India's Sachin Tendulkar as the world's top-ranked one-day batsman after his fine display in the 3-0 series sweep in Bangladesh.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police on Saturday questioned the mother of 15-year-old British girl Scarlett Keeling raped and murdered in Goa last month, saying it was routine questioning to clarify some aspects of the case.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram indicated today that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may not cut interest rates to boost industrial production because of high inflation."As long as there is a Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 10:34 am
The civil aviation ministry has termed the imminent strike by the employees of Air India (AI) on March 18 "illegal."The Joint Action Committee (JAC), which comprises eight employee unions Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 10:24 am
JEJU, South Korea (Reuters) - A wild approach at the 18th hole cost Briton Graeme McDowell the outright lead after the third round of the $2.9 million Ballantine's Championship on Saturday.
Extending support to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal that is in limbo because of opposition from the Left parties, R K Pachauri, chairman of the UN Intergovernmental panel on climate change, today said Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 10:12 am
JEJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Still woozy from a golf buggy crash last week, India's Jeev Milkha Singh is proof a bump on the head can sometimes work wonders.
Tata Motors will shift the entire production of its mini truck Ace and the passenger carrier variant of the vehicle, Magic, to Uttarakhand by next year."Currently, Ace and Magic are being Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 10:02 am
School teachers, bank officials, IT firms and retail chain managers are making a beeline to the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow to learn how to make business successful and in return the institute has earned a sizeable Rs.100 million during the current fiscal year. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
Turbulence in the US market pushed the Sensex barometer of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to a six-month low this week. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
Five persons were injured in an accidental explosion on a suburban train at central Mumbai's Sion station this afternoon, police said.A gas bottle carried by one of the passengers exploded Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 9:15 am
China today said at least 10 people were killed in riots in the Tibetan capital Lhasa during the fiercest pro-independence protests in two decades led by Buddhist monks in the remote Himalayan region, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight dismissed speculation about early Lok Sabha elections and rejected suggestions that the union budget was presented keeping the polls in mind."At least, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 8:57 am
The stock markets continued to be in correction mode due to a slew of negative global and domestic concerns.The Sensex dropped 215 points to close at 15,760.52 during the week ended March 14 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 8:35 am
CPI (M) today demanded an immediate halt to futures trading in all essential commodities to contain inflation."In order to check speculation and inflation, futures trading must be stopped in Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
'Its no big deal', 'get over it' and 'lets look forward' are what members of the fashion fraternity are saying about the unfortunate wardrobe malfunction at designer Rajesh Pratap Singh's collection during the ongoing fashion week here. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
Chhattisgarh will set up three cashew nut processing units in the iron ore rich Bastar region, a government official said Saturday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi claimed that the wounds of the 2002 communal riots have healed, and Muslims were doing well in his state."The wounds of the citizens of my state have Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Mar 2008 | 8:14 am
Fresh tension gripped West Bengal's Nandigram Saturday morning after activists of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and its rival the Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) clashed over a school committee election. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 7:31 am
Debutant director Tarun Mansukhani is finally going somewhere. The cast and the crew of his movie, 'Dostana', left Friday for Miami to shoot non-stop on the beaches there. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 7:30 am
Film: 'Juno'; Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney; Director: Jason Reitman Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 7:30 am
In her home country France, she was dubbed 'Terror's Advocate' for fighting legal battles on behalf of some of the world's most notorious men, but Isabelle Coutant-Peyre's plan to defend Charles Sobhraj, serving a life term for murder in Nepal, has come to naught with the country's judicial system once again postponing his last fight for freedom. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 6:30 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Goofy joined an army of fantasy warriors for designer Manish Arora's futuristic collection at the Delhi fashion week.
Following the trend worldwide, sons have been following in their fathers' political steps in Nepal as well. But now, in keeping with a new phenomenon, Nepali wives are also treading the path taken by their husbands. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Mar 2008 | 5:30 am
HYDERABAD: The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) has refused to further postpone the second year mathematics, zoology, history examinations scheduled for Sunday stating that preparation of entrance examinations would be affected. In ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The former United States Vice-President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore on Friday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The two leaders are reported to have discussed climate change and sustainable development. Mr. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Washington/Melbourne: A U.S. court on Friday put off till March 18 the bail hearing of India-born surgeon Jayant Patel, facing charges of manslaughter and negligence for the death of 17 patients in Australia, after a request from his lawyer. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
LONDON: Britons are up in arms about the imposition of “sin taxes” that will increase the cost of alcohol, cigarettes, gas-guzzling cars and, potentially, plastic bags. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi formally declared open the futuristic Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad near here on Friday. It promises to take the country’s airport infrastructure to a new ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
ELURU: TDP former Minister Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao on Friday expressed his wish to leave his political future to his cadres. “When I am failing to live up to expectations of my followers, I have to act as per their mood,” Mr. Rao, ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of the arrest warrant issued by a court in Rajasthan against Richard Gere, AIDS campaigner and head of the Gere Foundation in connection with the ‘April 15, 2007 kissing ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government on Friday gave more details of how it will fund an ambitious scheme to write off the debt of millions of small farmers, saying it will in July release to banks 250 billion rupees ($6.25 billion) in cash.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will begin delivery in May of fighter jets to India for a long-delayed aircraft carrier it is refitting for sale to New Delhi, India's navy chief was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Friday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court suspended on Friday legal proceedings against Richard Gere, who faced obscenity charges for publicly kissing Bollyood star Shilpa Shetty last year.
