The Guwahati High Court on Wednesday
granted bail to rights activist Lachit Bordoloi in connection
with a case registered in Rangiya police station. Source: Zee News : States | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 pm
An alleged drug-peddler was arrested
inside Sri Jagannath temple premises here on Wednesday while trying
to sell heroin, police said. Source: Zee News : States | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 pm
The Andhra Pradesh government will
provide scholarships, fee reimbursement and other facilities
to students belonging to minority communities from the next
academic session, said Minister for Minorities Welfare
Mohammad Ali Shabbeer in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. Source: Zee News : States | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 pm
Jeev Milkha Singh, who has twice been turned away at the doorstep of victory, is hoping for 'better things' at the WGC-CA Championship in Doral Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:43 am
In a bid to boost its ratings for the upcoming India-South Africa Test series, official broadcaster Neo Sports announced a bouquet of cricket-based programmes Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:42 am
The Indian Cricket League is entering an exciting stage. All the teams are getting into the groove and no match from here on is going to be easy. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
Two second-half strikes by Mohammed Rafi and Yusif Yakubu saw Mahindra United run away with the MFL, Elite Division title Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:40 am
History was made at the Mahalaxmi racecourse on Tuesday, as the first ever Arena Polo match was played under the floodlights. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:38 am
If golfers believe that they can grab the No 2 spot after cricket in the sub-continent, there's someone who begs to differ. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:38 am
The DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) today announced that Kingfisher Airlines will be the official umpire partner for the league, and will also sponsor all third umpire decisions during the 59 matches Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:27 am
The government is in advanced stages of cutting import duties on edible oil.Official sources said the effective duty on palm oil is expected to come down to 10% from the existing 22%. Earlier Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:23 am
After winning back his position in the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, Darrell Hair has made it clear that his umpiring attitude will not change drastically Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:20 am
Inflation surged by 0.81% to over 11-month high of 5.92% for the week ended March 8 as essential items like fruits and vegetables and pulses as well as some manufactured items turned expensive Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:01 am
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will arrive here on Sunday for crucial talks with top US officials. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:55 am
The new Hyderabad international airport, which was inaugurated by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on March 14, will become operational from Sunday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:51 am
The ministry of civil aviation has given the green signal to GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL), which has developed the greenfield Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, to start Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:20 am
African countries, rich in mineral resources, are asking Indian companies to set up processing plants in Africa if they are interested in exploiting the continent's natural resources."We want Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:15 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet authorities have arrested 24 suspects for "grave crimes" after troops cracked down on anti-Chinese riots that swept the mountain region, with fallout from the turmoil clouding diplomacy and Olympic preparations.
Sources claim that the step was taken to avoid further legal wrangles and the subsequent financial loss. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:20 am
India is likely to appeal against the decision of a United States court upholding imposition of $ 42.4 million property tax on it by New York for using the United Nations Mission's building for reside... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:08 am
NEW DELHI -- One party feels caught in the middle amid the heated clashes and the battle for public opinion between the Chinese government and pro-Tibet activists: India.The crisis in Tibet has force... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:07 am
NEW YORK: India is likely to appeal the decision of a US court upholding imposition of USD 42.4 million property tax on it by the city for using the United Nations Mission's building here for resid... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:05 am
Pokhran (Rajasthan), March 20 (IANS) Tanks rumbled across the sand, artillery guns boomed out a cacophony and combat jets dropped precision-guided bombs as the Indian military staged a war game here t... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 6:55 am
CHENNAI: The test firing of BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile, from underwater is targeted for 2008-end and from air by 2009-end, according to A. Sivathanu Pillai, BrahMos Aerospace CEO and Manag... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 6:48 am
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - India's one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni says the tri-series victory in Australia has vindicated his decision to leave out premier batsmen Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid from the competition.
US stocks fell on Wednesday as gold and oil prices plunged and speculation that more firms may need to take write-downs.While the Dow dropped 293 points (2.36%) to 12,099.66, the Nasdaq Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 Mar 2008 | 6:25 am
Wine company Australian Vintage Limited (AVL) says the sale of its winery at Loxton, in the South Australian Riverland, will result in a greater volume of wine being exported to India. The company ha... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 6:23 am
Now that the world battles the latest financial crisis and Indian stocks are off by almost a quarter, it is a great time to rebuild your portfolio and add an investment vehicle that reduces risk and p... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 6:20 am
] stunned formidable Taipei duo of Yung-Jan Chan and Chia-Jung Chuang to book a doubles semi-final berth at the US $ 2,100,000 Pacific Life Open WTA championships in Indian Wells.The Indo-US combine p... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 6:20 am
oli, the popular festival of colour, means different things to different people. For some, it is a time when they can have lots of fun; for others, it brings back bittersweet memories. And nowhere is ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 6:20 am
T he Holi song has lent resplendent colour to Hindi films for more than five decades now. In the late 1950s era of early colour films, the festival provided filmmakers a welcome chance to sprinkle the... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 Mar 2008 | 6:20 am
The Sensex opened with a bang at 15,326 - up 493 points - on positive cues from the global markets after the US Fed cut interest rates by 75 basis points. The index touched a high of 15,467 in opening Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 Mar 2008 | 5:30 am
Kareena Kapoor, who's been on a high since the release of 'Jab We Met', finally started shooting a new film 'Main Aur Mrs. Khanna' with Salman Khan. She says the idea of working with her 'sister's co-star' makes her nervous. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 4:01 am
Raima Sen, who played the female lead in the dubbed Bengali release 'Anuranan', feels the film would've been better off being subtitled in English rather than being dubbed in Hindi. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 2:00 am
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatened the European Union with grave punishment on Wednesday for publication of cartoons mocking Islam's Prophet Mohammad.
PANDHARKAWDA, India (Reuters) - Almost every farmer across India's arid cotton-bearing central plateau is a hostage, in one way or another, to a profitable mega-business of illegal moneylending.
Pakistan is not cooperating in
extradition of militants associated with the 1999 hijacking of
Indian Airlines plane IC-814, the government told the Lok Sabha
on Wednesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Naxalite problem should not be exaggerated to create fear psychosis among people as it is
confined to only two per cent of country`s 6.5 lakh villages, the government said on Wednesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
President Pervez Musharraf lied to him about underworld don Dawood Ibrahim not being in Pakistan, says senior BJP leader L K Advani quoting a Pakistani official present when the two leaders met. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The long pending renewal of
CGHS health facility for journalists accredited to the Central
government is nearing finalisation, the Rajya Sabha was
informed on Wednesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
In a bold statement in the family`s
hour of need, the wife of Sarabjit Singh on Wednesday said they do
not wish him to be repatriated from Pakistan if it means India
has to release hardcore terrorists in exchange. "I and my daughters would never like that Sarabjit should
be freed if any hardcore Pakistani terrorists lodged in Indian
jails are released in exchange," Sukhpreet Kaur, wife of the
Indian prisoner doing death row in Lahore jail, told agencies. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
A US court has ordered India to pay a real estate tax of USD 42.4 million after it rejected
New Delhi`s argument that a 26-storey building occupied by its diplomatic staff is exempted from tax under international treaties. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Controversial Bangladesh author
Taslima Nasreen on Wednesday left India to an unknown destination and has reached London, as she voiced her bitterness against the
Indian government accusing it of being no better than
"religious fundamentalists." Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is on Wednesday expected to file its status report on its re-investigation into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case involving Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
India on Tuesday sought clemency from Pakistan for Sarabjit Singh, set to be hanged on April one. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The Bombay High Court will on Wednesday hear the bail petition of arms dealer Suresh Nanda,
who is accused of receiving kickbacks in the high-profile Barak missile defence deal. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
TAMBARAM: Relatives and neighbours of a girl studying in VIII standard in a private school in Alandur ransacked the school on Wednesday for alleged sexual abuse of the 13-year-old girl by the yoga instructor. Trouble began at 2 p.m. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Amritsar: In a bold statement on Wednesday, the wife of Sarabjit Singh said the family did not want him repatriated from Pakistan if it meant India releasing some terrorists in exchange. “Myself and my daughters ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: A division Bench of the High Court on Wednesday said that it was not inclined to pass orders pertaining to the ‘encounter’. The Bench comprising Chief Justice A.R. Dave and Justice R. Subhash Reddy, made these ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Imphal: Unidentified militants on Wednesday gunned down a worker in their drive against non-Manipuris in the State even as an indefinite night curfew was imposed in all the four valley districts. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
KOLKATA: Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has landed in London. “I left New Delhi very early in the day and am now in London, but please don’t ask me my destination for the sake of security – the same ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
The Delhi High Court today passed an interim order allowing domestic drug firm Cipla to market its version of a lung cancer treatment drug for which Swiss multinational Roche Scientific holds the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:05 pm
After brainstorming sessions with Olympians and former coaches, the Indian Hockey Federation office-bearers and the members of the Executive Committee sat down Tuesday to prepare a road plan for the revival of the game in the country. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:03 pm
The Rajasthan state authorities are probing large-scale land deals along the Indo-Pak border during the past five years to establish the buyers and their motives, Minister of State for Home Affairs Radhika V. Selvi said Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:02 pm
Chartered plane operators in India will have to scale up their global operations during next three years or they may perish, says global consultancy firm Ernst and Young. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:02 pm
India and a group of African nations Wednesday affirmed greater thrust on strengthening the bilateral economic ties by expanding both export and import to more items. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:01 pm
Will India achieve the export target of $160 billion for the current fiscal despite the rupee appreciation? While Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath is optimistic, his deputy Jairam Ramesh is not. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:01 pm
He looks like your average school going kid, but 14-year-old Sahil Khan, at the release of the second edition of his book 'Hackers and Crackers' Wednesday, said he is an ethical hacker and uses his skills to fight cyber crime. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:01 pm
India's nano-technology destination was outlined Wednesday at an annual conclave here with experts announcing that Japan will become a major technology transfer partner. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:00 pm
A total of 230 shuttlers from 27 countries will vie for the top honours at Yonex Sunrise India Grand Prix Gold 2008, the world badminton Grand Prix event, beginning here April 1. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:00 pm
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday said short-selling and securities lending and borrowing will be operationalised from April 21. ?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 Mar 2008 | 6:58 pm
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday said broking houses will have to provide for margining for all institutional trades in the cash markets with effect from April 21. The Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 Mar 2008 | 6:55 pm
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, under threat after angering Muslim groups with her work, arrived in Europe on Wednesday after spending months hiding in a safe house India, a representative said.
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - At least two dozen people were wounded on Wednesday when suspected separatist rebels set off a powerful bomb in the heart of Kashmir's main city, police said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan has stayed the execution of an Indian accused of spying for a month, India's foreign minister said on Wednesday, after appeals for clemency to President Pervez Musharraf.
