An angry mob went on a rampage in
Kheragarh town of this district, burning down a police station
and setting ablaze some vehicles after chairman of Nagar
Panchayat clashed with police over its alleged failure to take
action against some youth, police sources said on Monday. Source: Zee News : States | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
During the day Ratan
Hembrom pulls a rickshaw in the coal city but in the evening
he teaches illiterate villagers how to read and write. Source: Zee News : States | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has arrived in Washington as part of his maiden bilateral visit to the US during which the civil nuclear deal is expected to dominate the parleys. Mukherjee is scheduled to meet Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at 8:45 am (6:15 pm IST). The minister will go to the White House in the afternoon to meet President George W Bush as well as the National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday ruled out the possibility of not going ahead with the Indo-US nuke deal. He said that the government will not hesitate in using nuke energy for developmental purposes. The PM said so while addressing a rally after laying the foundation stone for the third phase of the 1,600 MW Pragati Power Station that is estimated to cost Rs 4,500 crore. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
Justice B N Srikrishna on Monday submitted the Sixth Pay Commission`s report to Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
A Delhi Court will pronounce the quantum of sentence to former Haryana cadre IPS officer R K Sharma and three others, who were convicted in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
Bangladesh and Indian authorities have said they expected the Dhaka-Kolkata direct train service to be launched on April 14, coinciding with the Bengali New Year `Pahela Baishakh`. Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
ICC and the BCCI can try their best but sledging is here to stay, reckon former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu and retired Kiwi all-rounder Chris Harris. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:56 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The numbers of endangered one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal are growing, thanks to effective anti-poaching measures in forests once occupied Maoist rebels, a senior park official said on Monday.
The government paid out a staggering Rs40,000 crores as income tax refunds in the last financial year and Mumbaikars got more than 30% of it. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:45 am
The global economy may be slowing down, the markets may be crashing and businessmen may be worried about future growth, but one thing is unlikely to change: annual increments. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
Pakistan's incoming government should convert the death sentence of Indian national Sarabjit Singh into life imprisonment on "humanitarian grounds". Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:40 am
Mohammad Yousuf may be the prolific run-getter for Pakistan in both forms of cricket but coach Geoff Lawson has told the Board that he does not want the senior batsman in the one-day squad. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
Mark Boucher said sledging was all about being competitive even though he assured that his team would not go overboard in the upcoming Test series against India. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:27 am
Continuing its growth momentum,India is set to become the second largest wireless network in the world with a subscriber base of over 300 million by April, telecom regulator TRAI said. "India's Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:21 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian pay panel recommended on Monday an increase in pay and other benefits for central government workers that would cost 125.61 billion rupees in the fiscal year 2008/09 if taken up.
The government is confident of procuring enough quantity of wheat to maintain buffer stock. Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar said, "We have no immediate plan for wheat import. The condition Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 99 points at 15,094. The index touched a high of 15,349, and a low of 15,056. Fresh buying towards the close helped the index end on a firm note at 15,289 - up Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:51 am
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - The Tibetan government-in-exile has raised its confirmed death toll from clashes between Chinese authorities and Tibetan protesters to 130, a spokesman said on Monday.
Former Cricket Board President Jagmohan Dalmiya has been found to have misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore in the BCCI accounts, police said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:38 am
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq is pinning his hopes on newly appointed Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to save the country's cricket from destruction. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:36 am
The government has asked telecom companies to make possible within 15 days, monitoring of content transmitted through Blackberry or stop the service that is already under official scanner for security Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:34 am
Senior IPS officer R K Sharma was awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court in the sensational Shivani Bhatnagar murder case. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:25 am
Tata Motors of India is finally set to become the new owners of two of the world's best-known luxury car models - Jaguar and Land Rover - on Wednesday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:13 am
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 99 points at 15,094. The index touched a high of 15,349, and a low of 15,056. Fresh buying towards the end (provisional) helped the index end on a firm note at Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:05 am
Welspun-Gujarat Stahl Rohren has bagged an order worth Rs 1,075 crore for the supply of spiral pipes in Northern Africa.According to a release issued by Welspun to the BSE today, this contract Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 9:57 am
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - India will send its largest ever boxing team to the Beijing Olympics after five fighters made the grade in recent qualifying events.
The Sensex is now up 106 points at 15,101.The NSE Nifty is down 21 points at 4,553.HDFC has zoomed 7.5% to Rs 2,376. ICICI Bank and Wipro have soared 4% each to Rs 797 and Rs 392, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 9:21 am
Some of the key highlights of the Sixth Pay Commission are as follows:- Proposed implementation date for the revised pay scales is January 1, 2006.-Minimum salary at entry level Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 9:02 am
THIMPU (Reuters) - Immaculately turned out in traditional dress, the people of Bhutan formed long queues at polling stations on Monday to vote in the first parliamentary elections in the isolated Himalayan kingdom's history.
The Sensex is now up 148 points at 15,143.The NSE Nifty is down five points at 4,569.HDFC has zoomed nearly 6% to Rs 2,340. Wipro has soared 4.6% to Rs 394, and ICICI Bank has surged Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:34 am
An estimated four million employees of the central government will get up to 40 percent hike with effect from Jan 1, 2006, if the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission submitted Monday is accepted. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:32 am
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - South Africa begin a tough test series in India on Wednesday determined to shrug off a selection row and claim an Asian treble.
The Sensex is now up 106 points at 15,101.The NSE Nifty has slipped into red and is down 10 points at 4,564.HDFC has zoomed over 5% to Rs 2,330. Wipro has soared 4.6% to Rs 394, and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Mar 2008 | 7:53 am
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - The dormitories of the Tibetan refugee reception centre in northern India may be drab, but for the recently arrived exiles staying here they offer luxuries unthinkable in their homeland.
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a "zero tolerance" crackdown on offensive language and gestures in the sport.
TV and film actor Bobby Darling - whose original name is Pankaj Sharma and who likes to be referred to as she rather than he - has made homosexuality almost acceptable to her fans. And now she wants to play a prostitute. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:31 am
A wheel appears to be turning a full circle in the textile industry. The power loom sector, which in the mid-1980s became the common man's clothier edging out composite textile mills, is now under pressure to produce an 'exclusive' range of fabrics, leaving the production of common fabrics to the composite sector. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:00 am
Cote D'Ivoire, a country that is gradually emerging out of a civil war, is increasingly looking at India to help build entrepreneurs out of its citizens, while developing its small-scale industries. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:00 am
Writer-turned-director Ashwani Dheer takes a plunge into filmmaking with 'One Two Three', a comic caper revolving around diamond theft that releases Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 2:30 am
Bollywood stars just adore their pets, showering them with gifts and loads of love. But they wouldn't dream of leaving their millions to their pooches. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
New Delhi: In a sign of broadening defence cooperation, China and India are now considering holding of joint air exercises. The two countries held their first-ever joint army exercise at Kunming in China’s Yunnan province in ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
BANGALORE: Several parts of Karnataka have been receiving unseasonable rain damaging a variety of summer crops and forcing people to remain indoors in urban areas. Though the rain that has been occurring in the southern and coastal ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: A dozen people were killed and almost double that number injured in a series of accidents across the Capital as roads turned into virtual death-traps over the weekend. The injured included Chairman-cum-Managing Director of ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
SRINAGAR: Four security personnel and a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander were killed in a fierce gun battle here on Sunday. Police received information about the presence of militants in a house in Kashi Mohalla Telbal on the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee left for the United States on Sunday to review bilateral ties ahead of the end of the terms of the government there and here. “During his visit he will meet his U.S. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Amit Budhiraj, a 30-year-old software engineer from Delhi working for IT major Infosys Technologies, killed his 28-year-old chartered accountant wife Rinku Sachdev in their home here and later hanged himself Saturday night, the police said Sunday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Mar 2008 | 6:00 pm
Four members of a family from Mumbai Sunday drowned in the Nira river in Satara district in Maharashtra where they had gone to perform a religious ritual, police said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Mar 2008 | 6:00 pm
The stalemate between leading textiles group Trident and farmers in Barnala district of Punjab has been broken with the state government intervening in their land acquisition dispute. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Mar 2008 | 4:02 pm
