ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, which is set to lead a coalition government, will announce its candidate for prime minister on Saturday, party officials said.
The national capital is yet to become self-sufficient in basic facilities such as water, power and public transport despite Delhiites having a per capita income double than the national average. Source: Zee News : States | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:07 pm
The lone Rajya Sabha seat in Meghalaya will see a fight between Congress and NCP-led ruling Meghalaya Progressive Alliance. Political observers in the state feel that the MPA`s candidate backed by its partners of regional parties and independents has a better chance of winning than the Congress nominee. Source: Zee News : States | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:07 pm
Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Eden keeling, has decided to take her daughter`s body back to her hometown for the final rites next week. Source: Zee News : States | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:07 pm
Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha, who set aside the election of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from Rae Bareli in 1975, a judgment that eventually led to the imposition of emergency in the country, died at his Allahabad home on Thursday evening. Source: Zee News : India National | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:06 pm
After taking the lead in ensuring its country-wide reach, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi today had one more meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the effective implementation of the NREGA. Source: Zee News : India National | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:06 pm
The festival of colours, Holi, is being celebrated across the country on Saturday with full traditional gaiety and fervour. Source: Zee News : India National | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:06 pm
The Indian Government has said that there is nothing wrong in visiting US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing her personal views on the situation in Tibet and her unhappiness over the Chinese crackdown in that remote region. Source: Zee News : India National | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:06 pm
India today expressed gratitude
to Pakistan for putting off hanging of Sarabjit Singh but
ruled out release of any prisoner by New Delhi in exchange for
his freedom. Source: Zee News : India National | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:06 pm
The BJP said on Friday that it plans to make the "betrayal by JDS" and "stability" as main planks of its campaign in the coming assembly elections in Karnataka. "Needless to say the betrayal by JDS which has hurt people of Karnataka immensely will be one of the prominent issues the party will focus in the coming elections apart from stability", senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley told the media in Bangalore. Source: Zee News : India National | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:06 pm
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in the capital today to participate in a meditation workshop to be attended by his followers from around the world. Source: Zee News : India National | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:06 pm
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is beginning its 20th party congress in Hyderabad Sunday and plans to review government policies at a time when the ties between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the Left allies who support it from outside are growing sour. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:00 pm
A ship carrying containers and construction equipment from Sri Lanka lost control Saturday and hit a Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) jetty near here. No one was injured in the accident. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:00 pm
Principal PNB Asset Management company on Saturday declared a 400 per cent dividend in its Principal Personal Tax Saver Fund. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:49 pm
President Pervez Musharraf's main ally, the PML(Q), will field former chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province Chaudhry Pervez Elahi as its prime ministerial candidate. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:38 pm
Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Saturday visited Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence and greeted her on Holi. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:35 pm
Tiger Woods made last week at Bay Hill for a one-shot victory to extend his winning streak to six months. He knew it was in. Everyone did.The biggest difference was the celebration. Woods spiked his c... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:33 pm
While the entire nation rejoiced in the the festival of colours Saturday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh quietly celebrated Holi with some of his ministerial colleagues. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:28 pm
Medical parks will soon be built across the country for makers of diagnostic equipment, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:23 pm
The festival of colours, Holi, was celebrated with great fervour in the financial capital amidst tight security arrangements. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:16 pm
Raising the death toll, China said 18 civilians and a police officer were killed in the riots during monks-led protests in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday last. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:12 pm
From the prime minister here to the trooper at the Pakistan border and the villager in Orissa, India Saturday celebrated Holi, the festival of colours. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Heavy rain lashed Tamil Nadu for the third consecutive day Saturday leaving 207 villages flooded and nine people dead, government officials said here. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
From courtyards of temples in Vrindavan, Mathura and Goverdhan, Holi revelries Saturday spilled over to the lanes and bylanes of the Braj Mandal - an area associated with Lord Krishna - with thousands of people splashing a riot of coloured powder, singing and dancing in groups. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Despite rains having lashed the city and the prospect of tackling experienced Indian spinners on favourable pitches, South Africa captain Graeme Smith is gung-ho about the first cricket Test starting here Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
British Police have found a nine-year-old abandoned Indian boy who claims to have been kept indoors for several years at a UK house by a 'white uncle'. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:43 pm
After the arrest of two locals, barman Samson D'Souza and Placid Carvalho, who allegedly drugged and raped Scarlett before leaving her to die, Goa police have taken her boyfriend Julio Lobo into the s... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:33 pm
The hands and a foot of a man were chopped off by a group of seven men in eastern Pakistan on the suspicion that he had an illicit relationship with their sister. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:30 pm
Gaurav Ghei turned in a one-under 71 to rise to tied 50th but none of his compatriots could return a sub-par card in the third round of the Asian Tour International. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:23 pm
Central banks on both sides of the Atlantic are in talks about the feasibility of mass purchases of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in a bid to solve the global credit crisis, according to a report Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:20 pm
Mecca Mosque blasts , got clues that Billa and his brother Mujahid Salim, who was shot dead by Gujarat police at the DGP office, were members of Al-Umma, the banned terrorist organisation in Tamil Nad... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:12 pm
CHENNAI (Reuters) - South Africa are confident they will put their selection problems behind them during test series in India, skipper Graeme Smith said on Saturday.
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Visionary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was buried on Saturday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, where the nation paused for an international "titan" it had adopted as its own.
Justifying UPA's economic reforms, Finance Minister P Chidambaram indirectly hit out at the Left parties saying those who claim that growth has only helped the rich are the "worst enemies of the poor Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Mar 2008 | 10:47 am
Faced with a sharp escalation of suicide bombings in urban areas, the leaders of Pakistan's new coalition government say they will negotiate with the militants believed to be orchestrating the attacks Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Mar 2008 | 10:20 am
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has roped in Rani Mukherjee and Bipasha Basu to participate in his music video for his Kolkata Knight Riders. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
KANGDING, China (Reuters) - China said 19 people were killed in riots in the Tibetan capital last week and official media warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest region of Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese control.
SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) - Brazilian Felipe Massa secured pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix ahead of world champion team mate Kimi Raikkonen on an all-Ferrari front row on Saturday.
Hollywood investors are now 'reassessing their previous cool attitude' towards India and major players like Viacom, Universal, Dream Works and Warner Bros. prefer to invest in the Indian entertainment industry compared to China, says Hollywood trade magazine Variety. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
Foreign exchange reserves increased $3.028 billion to $306.488 billion for the week ended March 14, according to data released by RBI on Saturday.Foreign currency assets were up $3.025 billion Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Mar 2008 | 8:04 am
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman, Planning Commission, said the economy was on target to achieve an average growth of 9% for five years despite an anticipated slowdown this year Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Mar 2008 | 7:59 am
NAPIER, New Zealand (Reuters) - Although Stephen Fleming will end his career as New Zealand's most successful captain and highest run scorer, his career resume will still be littered with "what if" questions.
Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said small and medium enterprises (SME) hold the key to the country's industrial progress. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 5:30 am
Negative cues from the global markets and heavy selling by foreign institutional investors led the Indian market to suffer losses for the third straight week. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 5:30 am
A Navy fast attack craft on a routine patrol off the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka sank after being caught in a pressure mine explosion Saturday morning, leaving 10 sailors missing, Navy sources said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 5:01 am
Film:' Bhram'; Music Director: Siddharth-Suhas and Pritam Chakraborty; Singers: KK, Sonu Nigam, Richa Sharma, Shaan, Siddharth Suhas, Earl D'Souza, Suraj Jagan, Sunaina and Khushboo Jain; Rating: ** Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 5:01 am
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav did meet secretly in 1999 to prevent Congress president Sonia Gandhi from becoming prime minister, sources close to Yadav and former defence minister George Fernandes have confirmed. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
Potato farmers in the Deesa region are at their wits' end trying to tackle a problem of plenty. A bumper harvest has left them worried as cold storages are packed to capacity and now the crop is lying in the open.` Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
Delhi emerged as the best e-governed state in 2007, followed by Goa and Chhattisgarh, even as Karnataka and Gujarat plummeted in e-governance initiatives, a Dataquest-IDC e-Gov survey says. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
Thrissur: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said the government would disburse from Tuesday assistance of Rs.12 crore to farmers who suffered losses in the summer rain. — Staff ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Alarmed at the runaway inflation which has been surging mainly on account of soaring food prices, the government on Friday announced import duty exemption for rice, while slashing the levy for a number of edible oils, to not only ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: A Delhi court has allowed businessman Abhishek Verma, accused in the Navy war room leak case, to wear a bullet-proof jacket while being taken from high security Tihar jail to hospital for medical check-ups. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party, a key constituent of the UPA coalition at the Centre, on Friday proposed that the entire UPA should “collectively” fight the next Lok Sabha elections. “Our desire is to ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: A section of Indian Airlines employees resorted to a flash strike at the Begumpet airport on Friday afternoon following the Centre’s decision to stop operations from Saturday midnight. The strike was however called off later ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
