The Air India employees, who had proposed to go on strike on Tuesday, have decided to defer it following an intervention by the Labour Commissioner. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 1:12 pm
Eight states, including Bihar, Orissa and Punjab, have sought additional food grain from the Centre to feed their increasing BPL population. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 1:07 pm
Pakistan's Australian coach Geoff Lawson has expressed his unhappiness on the national selection committee not consulting him in picking the squad. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:57 pm
An Indian-American couple was found shot in the head at their house in an alleged case of contract killing ordered by their long-time friend. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:54 pm
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) and NMDC for a proposed four million tonne plant in Chhattisgarh has been scrapped, and the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:39 pm
BJP sought handing over of the Scarlett Eden Keeling rape and murder case to the CBI in the wake of the incident in Goa attracting international attention. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:38 pm
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Indian shares fell 6 percent on Monday to their lowest close in nearly seven months, as worries grew about a global credit crisis after the bailout of Bear Stearns and a U.S. cut in its discount rate.
General Motors India (GMI) said it will launch a new small car here in the next two years, which will be priced below its existing cheapest model. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:31 pm
Pakistan's new Parliament met for the first time in the shadow of a potential confrontation with President Musharraf, as the incoming PPP-led coalition vowed to end his "dictatorship." Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:27 pm
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has signed its first carbon delivery guarantee agreement in India.According to a statement issued by Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:26 pm
Ishant Sharma was left out because of injury while the national selectors also ignored Gautam Gambhir in India's 14-member squad for the first two cricket Tests against South Africa. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:20 pm
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Indian selectors named a 14-man squad on Monday for the first two tests of the three-match series against touring South Africa starting later this month.
After the success of its small car Chevrolet Spark, US auto major General Motors may launch a second small car in India within two years. The proposed small car may not be launched under the Chevrolet Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:03 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday it had shown great restraint in the face of violent protests by Tibetans, which it said were orchestrated by followers of the Dalai Lama seeking to wreck the Beijing Olympics in August.
India Post has signed a deal with Centurion Bank of Punjab to provide foreign exchange services.The pilot project will offer forex services from 31 head post offices in 11 states.India Post Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:39 am
ICICI Bank, the country's biggest private sector lender, along with its insurance arm, ICICI Lombard, has come under the scanner of fair trade practices body Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:30 am
The Sensex opened with a huge negative gap of 433 points at 15,327 on weak cues from the overseas markets. Unabated selling saw the index slip below the 15,000-mark in early trades, and dropped below Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:27 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 : The Central Government has sent advisories to all State Governments to ban corporal punishment in schools. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
New Delhi, Mar.17 : Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) members marched into the well of the Delhi Assembly on Monday and interrupted Lt. Governor Tejinder Khanna's address during the first day of the Budget Session. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 : Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh, who is likely to be hanged on April 1, met Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi here today. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 : Tibetans living in-exile in India on Monday protested in front of the United Nations office here demanding that the international organisation protect human rights and put pressure on China. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
A day after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed concern over increased presence of Maoists and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Tamil Nadu, state Director General of Police P. Rajendiran said Monday that the menaces were 'very much under control'. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Monday announced stricter measures for the telecom operators who have failed to rein in unsolicited telemarketing calls. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Actor-turned-politician Sarath Kumar Monday said that his Akila India Samathuva Makkal Katchi would fight the next parliamentary elections alone. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
The Sensex opened with a huge negative gap of 433 points at 15,327 on weak cues from the overseas markets.Unabated selling saw the index slip below the 15,000-mark in early trades, and dropped Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 10:49 am
Leaders of left parties, who are holding a crucial meeting with the UPA on their continuing differences on the Indo-US nuclear agreement, are likely to warn the government against approaching the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 10:46 am
An "inspired" Sania Mirza is happy that she has been successful in retaining her focus and form despite landing in several off-court controversies. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 10:33 am
Pakistan's new Parliament met for the first time today in the shadow of a potential confrontation with President Pervez Musharraf as the incoming coalition led by Pakistan People's Party (PPP) vowed Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
SATEEK, India (Reuters) - About a million people in Mizoram are facing famine after a plague of rats ate the region's entire paddy crop, officials and aid agencies said on Monday.
Abraaj Capital has valued Osian's Connoisseurs of Art at Rs 840 crore by taking a stake of 9.4% in India's pioneering arts institution for Rs 80 crore ($20 million).Neville Tuli remains the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Mar 2008 | 10:19 am
A teenage girl here allegedly killed her close friend by poisoning her and then tried to commit suicide, the police said Monday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Mar 2008 | 10:19 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police arrested at least 40 people in an overnight crackdown on suspected drug dealers and other criminals in Goa following a rash of attacks on tourists, a top police officer said on Monday.
Over 2,000 junior doctors working in state-run hospitals in Orissa Monday announced that they would strike work from Wednesday as the government was not addressing their demands. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - A top militant leader and an Indian army officer were killed in a fierce gun battle in Indian Kashmir, police said on Monday.
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - An ancient tribe in Orissa opposed to an alumina refinery by Britain's Vedanta Resources has sacrificed dozens of chickens and goats in the hope their gods will prevent the firm's mining plans.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has rejected the plea for mercy of an Indian convicted of spying and the man will be hanged on April 1, a senior prison officer in Lahore said on Sunday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co bought stricken rival Bear Stearns for a rock-bottom price while the U.S. Federal Reserve set an emergency interest rate cut and opened direct lending to Wall Street.
Despite warming Sino-Indian ties after the Beijing visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, yet another Chinese firm has been denied entry into India on suspicion that the move may compromise the nation's security. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 5:30 am
Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has unveiled a new report that identifies globalisation, a new breed of customer and new technologies as the three key drivers for the hotel industry worldwide. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 4:30 am
Spirituality may seek to wean people away from material desires but it has emerged as a major factor driving India's $15 billion realty industry that is growing at 35 percent per annum, say industry experts. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 4:30 am
A die-hard Rishi Kapoor fan, Deepika Padukone, the star of 2007 blockbuster 'Om Shanti Om', had to pinch herself when she met him - not as a fan but his son Ranbir's girlfriend. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 3:30 am
Lyricist Gulzar has pointed to a strange coincidence in a new anthology of songs, 'Qatrah Qatrah', which comprises lyrics written by him for composer R.D. Burman. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 3:30 am
Air India has a major blueprint for expansion and integration to make it a 'world class carrier', with plans for at least three maintenance, repair and overhaul units even as it gears up for the 'best interline pact' with Star Alliance, says chairman and managing director V. Thulasidas. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 3:30 am
Punctuality has always been superstar Amitabh Bachchan's strong point. He is not known to arrive late for functions. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 3:30 am
Newcomer Ranbir Kapoor of 'Saawariya' fame is seeing Deepika Padukone and is 'happy to be part of her life.' Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 2:00 am
High-ranking Tibetan officials refuted the Dalai Lama's 'cultural genocide' and 'regime of terror' remarks Sunday and said such arguments were a tale of a tub and 'downright nonsense'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Mar 2008 | 1:31 am
Bangalore: As many as 5.73 lakh students from across the State will appear for the pre-university examination commencing from Monday. Speaking to The Hindu, S.G. Hegde, Commissioner, Pre-University Education, said the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
LAHORE: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has rejected the plea for mercy of Sarabjit Singh of India, convicted in Pakistan for spying and for carrying out bomb explosions, and he will be hanged on April 1, a senior prison officer said in ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
PANAJI: Close on the heels of the controversy surrounding the death of British teenager Scarlette Keeling in north Goa, a woman tourist from Germany lodged a complaint with the police on Saturday alleging she was molested on the Cavelossim ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Lucknow: The All-India Muslim Women Personal Law Board on Sunday unveiled a new ‘Shariat nikahnama’. Under this, men will be barred from declaring ‘talaq’ (divorce) by phone, SMS or Internet or even in a fit of anger ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Indian national Sarabjit Singh, condemned to death for his alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Pakistan in 1990, will be hanged soon. The death warrant for Sarabjit was received by authorities at Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore where he has been held for the last 17 years and will be executed on April 1,
the Urdu newspaper Daily Express reported on Sunday. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
The CBI probe into the
allegations of kickbacks involved in Rs 16,000 crore Scorpene
submarine deal has made no headway with almost all evidence
seem to have vanished due to delay in handing over the
investigation to the agency. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
Shocked by the news of adeath warrant reportedly being served on Indian prisonerSarabjit Singh, his family and the Punjab government on Sundayurged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately take up thematter with the Pakistan government. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
After seeing "no co-operation"
from the Army and its allied units, the Jammu and Kashmir
police has moved a court for directing the defence authorities
to help it in investigating the alleged pilferage of food and
clothes meant for troops at the Siachen Glacier. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
Centre would allot more funds for
expansion and modernisation of police in the country, Union
Home Minister Shivraj Patil here Sunday said. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
Ahead of the crucial UPA-Left Committee meeting on Indo-US nuclear deal on Monday, Congress has said it was "not panicky" about the outcome and the Left parties are "friends". Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
Tamil Nadu and Kerala
have been asked to closely monitor the activities of Tamil
Tigers as both states had "presence of small LTTE pockets",
National Security Adviser M K Naryanan said on Sunday. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
Two years after it was constituted,
All-India Muslim Women Personal Law Board on Sunday came out with
a new "Shariat Nikahnama" which makes marriages compulsory,
accords several rights to the wife and is applicable to both
Shias and Sunnis. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
Indian Air Force`s efforts to
upgrade its sole ground attack MiG-27 fighters have been
questioned by the Comptroller and Auditor General, saying that
the modernised aircraft would have only a "limited viability". Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:52 pm
Estranged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti Sunday asked MLAs of her new party, Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS), to support the BJP's Raghunandan Sharma for the Rajya Sabha polls from Madhya Pradesh. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Mar 2008 | 6:30 pm
Moved by the plight of a
Punjab-based widow, whose husband was burnt alive during 1984
anti-Sikh riots here, the Delhi High Court has asked the local
government to decide her compensation plea within two months. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
With an aim to connect the
Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country through rail link,
work on a 11-km tunnel – the longest in Indian railway
network – is being carried out between Banihal and Qazigund
in Jammu and Kashmir. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
Police forces in the country
will get a national-level disaster management institute in
Maharashtra in a year to train its personnel on how to respond
during natural and man-made disasters. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
