He thought he would be richer by a bride, but a Dubai-based non-resident Indian found himself poorer by Rs.1.3 million. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:22 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main stock index provisionally rose 6.33 percent on Tuesday, led by gains in index heavyweights ICICI Bank and Reliance industries.
A police officer was killed in fresh violence in Sichuan province near Tibet, China said as it struggled to quell the fortnight-long monks-led pro-independence protests. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:09 am
Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has said that the state government is willing to hand over the the case of death of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling to the CBI. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:01 am
Delhi Police Special Operations Squad ACP Rajbir Singh, known as the 'encounter specialist', was gunned down allegedly by a property dealer on the city outskirts. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:58 am
The Supreme Court agreed to constitute a five-member special investigation team to re-investigate the post-Godhra communal riots. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:55 am
As Karnataka gears up for the assembly elections in May, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here on a five-day visit. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:52 am
Yousuf Raza Gillani was sworn in as Pakistan's new Prime Minister by President Pervez Musharraf at a ceremony boycotted by top leaders of the ruling coalition. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:50 am
Corporation Bank, a medium size public sector bank, will raise Rs 500 crore through Tier-II bonds.According to a release issued by the bank to the BSE today, the board of directors today Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:48 am
Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire in Britain have found that people tend to associate certain names with success and link some others to bad luck. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:47 am
Anil Kumble said he would rely on the tried and tested formula of seven batsmen and four bowlers in the first cricket Test against South Africa here on Wednesday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
Sunil Gavaskar is all set to step down as ICC's cricket committee chairman after the governing body asked the former Indian captain to give up his other job. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:35 am
The Sensex is now up 822 points at 16,111.Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has zoomed over 14% to Rs 229. DLF has soared 11.5% to Rs 667, and Reliance Energy has surged 11% to Rs 1,279 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:34 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf swore in new Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday, a day after parliament elected the top official from assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party.
Yousuf Raza Gillani was today sworn in as Pakistan's new Prime Minister by President Pervez Musharraf at a ceremony boycotted by top leaders of the ruling coalition.Clad in a black traditional Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:17 am
Srinagar, March 25 : Visitors to the Kashmir Valley can have a visual delight by watching 1.2 million Tulips which have bloomed in the capital city. With the spring setting in, tulips are among the first to bloom here and captivate tourists from across India and abroad. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
New Delhi, Mar.25 : Vice-President Hamid Ansari has called off his proposed meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the wake of Beijing's strong objections. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Srinagar, March 25 : Advertising has come a long way in India, thanks to the great strides made in printing technology supplemented by computer technology applications. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The Sensex is now up 779 points at 16,068.The NSE Nifty is up 213 points at 4,823.Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has zoomed 12.3% to Rs 225. Infosys and DLF have soared 10% each to Rs 1 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:59 am
THIMPU (Reuters) - The people of the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan have delivered a stunning verdict in their first ever parliamentary polls, embracing democracy but overwhelmingly rejecting the king's relatives by marriage.
Schneider Electric has appointed Cyberstar Infocom as a national distributor for its Clipsal Datacomms range of structured cabling solutions in India. Schneider Electric offers structured cabling solu... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:41 am
The Sensex is now up 913 points at 16,202.The NSE Nifty is up 256 points at 4,866.Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has zoomed 12% to Rs 224.Reliance Energy, DLF, Infosys and ICICI Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:21 am
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has summoned Sunil Gavaskar to explain an apparent conflict of interests between his roles as a cricket committee head and a paid media pundit, an ICC spokesman said on Tuesday.
CHENNAI: India will seek inspiration from their impressive tour of Australia when they clash with equally-buoyant South Africa in a three-Test series starting on Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:12 am
The latest biomass gasifier, which converts wood or agricultural residues into a combustible gas mixture, was fired up today in a remote village of southern India, as part of a project to provide clea... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:12 am
The heroic horse ride of 22-year-old Rani Laxmibai with her young adopted son Damodar Rao tied to her back to Kalpi escaping the British siege of Jhansi inspires many even today. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's autobiography 'My Country, My People' has stirred up a hornet's nest in Jammu and Kashmir. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Utility vehicle manufacturing leader Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) is all set to put up a $1 billion tractor assembly plant in Tanzania, says Tanzanian Industries, Trade and Marketing Minister Mary Nagu. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Tanzania is hoping to attract India's mammoth film industry to its vast green spaces and beaches, even as it is fast becoming a key gateway to the African continent for business enterprises. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The Sensex is now up 790 points at 16,080.Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has zoomed 10.5% to Rs 221, and DLF has soared 10% to Rs 658.Reliance Energy has surged nearly 9.8% to Rs 1,263. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 7:45 am
The Sensex is now up 767 points at 16,056.The NSE Nifty is up 223 points at 4,833.Jaiprakash (JP) Associates and Reliance Energy have zoomed over 10% each to Rs 221 and Rs 1,266, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 7:13 am
The Sensex is now up 691 points at 15,981.The NSE Nifty is up 197 points at 4,807.Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has zoomed 10.5% to Rs 221, and Reliance Energy has soared 8% to Rs 1,243 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:36 am
A 15-member Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) delegation led by Sunil Bharti Mittal, president CII and Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises will meet United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minster (PM) Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:14 am
Jyoti Structures today said it has bagged two orders worth Rs 253 crore from Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd and Eskom Enterprises (Pty) for construction of transmission lines.The Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:12 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - A mob wielding stones and knives killed a police officer in a Tibetan part of Western China, state media said on Tuesday, a sign of ongoing unrest despite a massive influx of police and troops.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A member of Tibet's parliament-in-exile has likened the deployment of thousands of Chinese troops to crush rioting in the Himalayan region to a third invasion of his homeland.
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Curbing natural aggression early in an innings has been the key to Virender Sehwag's strong test comeback, the Indian opener says.
THIMPU (Reuters) - As the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous.
Assistant Commissioner of Delhi Police Rajbir Singh was shot dead late Monday by a property dealer in Gurgaon, a police official said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Mar 2008 | 1:00 am
The Left parties today slammed the proposal for rationalisation of the government workforce saying it would limit the job opportunities, but welcomed the hike in salaries though it was "long overdue". Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
The Delhi government on Monday
received a pat on the back from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
who lauded the development efforts saying the national capital
was one of the cleanest, greenest and most beautiful cities in
the country. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
BJP on Monday demanded immediate
implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations to
provide relief to distress-hit government employees. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
The sixth pay commission on Monday
recommended over 40 per cent increase in pensions of Central
government employees, apart from a special hike for those
attaining 80 years of age and above. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
New Delhi, March 24: The major trade unions on Monday
expressed disappointment over the sixth pay commission report,
stating that the lower categories of Central government staff
have not been given a fair deal. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
Expecting brickbats from babus
for recommending only about 40 per cent hike in pay, the sixth
pay commission Chairman Justice B N Srikrishna on Monday said his
recommendations would displease everybody. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
Indian Department of Atomic Energy is in the process of evolving scientific collaborations with its Brazilian counterparts, Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Dr Anil Kakodkar said here on Monday. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
The Centre is contemplating amending the land acquisition law to ensure adequate compensation, both monetary and psychological, to people whose lands are acquired. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
Comparing the upgradation of
Gorshkov aircraft carrier for the Indian Navy with the
building of a new ship, a top Russian industry official on Monday
hoped that the "unique" deal will be revised upwards soon. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
Facing timelines, India and the
US on Monday waffled on the civilian nuclear deal with External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying there is some
"political problem" domestically and Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice asserting Washington will "continue" to work
on it. Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
VISAKHAPATNAM: The country’s largest mounded bullet storage system for storing LPG/propylene proposed at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has been accorded environmental clearance. The Ministry of ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
KOCHI: The Fee Regulatory Committee for Professional Colleges in the State on Monday announced the fee structure for six self-financing medical colleges till 2010. The minimum annual tuition fee is Rs.2.40 lakh and the maximum Rs.2.58 ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
MUMBAI: Rendering uncertain the fate of lakhs of people residing in housing societies and many others who had invested huge sums to buy apartments, the Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the Maharashtra government’s decision to acquire ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Heading for Assembly elections later this year, Delhi Finance Minister A. K. Walia on Monday presented Budget 2008-09 which he described as “development-oriented” and one showing that “through various social ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
CUTTACK: There was no sign of any let-up in the junior doctors’ strike in the State even as the cease-work stir by over 500 doctors in all the three government medical colleges entered the sixth day on Monday. After three days of ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu has promised that if the party was voted to power it would devolve powers to local bodies and increase remuneration to members of Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTC).He ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran won his opening tie in the first round of the Third Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament here Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 6:01 pm
Two Delhi Police personnel accused of accepting a hefty bribe from an associate of kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar Monday surrendered before a city court after being on the run for more than a month. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 6:01 pm
An ultra-modern culture laboratory for TB diagnosis at the Civil Hospital here was inaugurated Monday on the occasion of the World TB Day. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 6:00 pm
Maytas Infra Ltd and Nagarjuna Construction Co Ltd, two of India's leading infrastructure developers, have entered into a partnership with a German firm to establish a factory in Visakhapatnam for manufacturing formwork (modular shuttering systems). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:31 pm
The energy independence and global warming committee of the US has announced that it will hold a Congressional hearing in Washington next month to focus on engaging developing countries like India in global warming solutions. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:31 pm
Suresh Kumar, who organised nude dance shows for his customers in the capital for seven months, ran out of his luck when the police arrested 10 semi-nude bar dancers and nine of his clients from a hotel, officials said Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:30 pm
The number of China's mobile phone subscribers in February grew by a record 9.46 million from the previous month, powered by reduced handset prices and lower user charges, the ministry of information industry said Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:30 pm
A Bhopal resident has petitioned the Election Commission of India against whips given by political parties in elections to the Rajya Sabha. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:30 pm
The following are the highlights of the budget for 2008-09 presented by Delhi Finance Minister A.K. Walia Monday: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Mar 2008 | 4:01 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A panel recommended on Monday a pay rise for central government workers that would cost 125.61 billion rupees ($3.1 billion) in the next fiscal year, which analysts said would undermine a drive to repair public finances.
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
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
