The country`s premier B-school
is all set to help MPs in effectively spending their grants so
that maximum number of people can reap benefits. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
Tourists visiting the historic
Jallianwala Bagh Memorial here may soon have to pay an entry
fee if the Union Ministry of Culture accepts a proposal by the
trust looking after the monument. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
Maoists on Friday released all the eight officials and employees they had abducted from Durg district of Chhattisgarh. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
Seven persons accused of being
involved in smuggling activities for Sri Lanka`s Tamil Tiger
rebels and the Maoist movement have been detained under the
National Security Act (NSA). Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
Seven Congress workers were killed and more than 30 injured, when a lorry ran over them at the party rally at Pothanikkad near Kothamangalam in Ernakulam District. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
Journalists in Manipur have defied the rebels diktats as the vernacular press and local channels decided to resume operations after closing down for a week following threats from a banned outfit. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
Accusing the UPA government of
failing to check rise in prices of essential goods and
pursuing anti-people policies, CPM on Thursday said there was an
imperative need for a third alternative which would be debated
at the party`s coming congress in Coimbatore later this week. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
The Congress on Thursday sought to dismiss
a complaint against party president Sonia Gandhi charging her
with outraging religious feelings of the Hindus in her
portrayal as Goddess Durga in a poster at the party`s
Moradabad office in Uttar Pradesh. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Nandlal
was on Friday released from Arthur Road jail after he was pardoned by the State Assembly Privileges Committee from contempt of the House charges. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
CHENNAI (Reuters) - Virender Sehwag hammered an unbeaten 218 to spearhead India's reply against South Africa on the third day of the first test on Friday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will not punish a group of Tibetan monks for disrupting a government-organised foreign media tour of Lhasa and voicing support for the Dalai Lama, a senior official said in a bid to allay fears of repercussions.
The Tata group, which recently announced the acquisition of premium British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover, has spend a whopping $133 mn in advisory fees related to various buyouts in the last two Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
Days after computer manufacturing major Dell announced its foray into the Indian retail market, LG Electronics, announced its plans to strengthen its retail presence in the personal computer (PC) Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:53 am
Chowgule Ports & Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (CPIPL), a company co-promoted by Chowgule Steamships Ltd, has signed an agreement with Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) for development of a minor port at Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 85 points at 16,100. Nervousness in first half of the trading day saw the index gyrate between zones and touch a low of 15,884 - down 216 points from the day's Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
Rating agency ICRA Ltd (ICRA) and State Bank of Hyderabad have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which ICRA will assign ratings to the bank's loans and its other exposures under the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:21 am
Mangalore-based public sector Corporation Bank has raised Rs 300 cr to augment its tier-II capital through an issue of unsecured, redeemable non-convertible, non-cumulative subordinated bonds in the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:18 am
The arrest of 10 top activists of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), including its runaway chief Safdar Nagori, has again put the spotlight on the outlawed group. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:18 am
Paints major ICI India is planning to sell its adhesives business to an Indian affiliate of the Henkel Group of Germany. The proposal is subject to shareholders' and other approvals. The total Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:14 am
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 85 points at 16,100. Nervousness in first half of the trading day saw the index gyrate between zones and touch a low of 15,884 - down 216 points from the day's Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:03 am
Buoyed by a 60% in income tax collections in Mumbai, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said he expected the country's financial capital to do even better in the next fiscal.?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:53 am
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Authorities in Bangalore began clearing stray dogs from the city airport on Friday, a day after an aircraft's landing gear collapsed after hitting a dog.
The high-security area near the Prime Minister's Office here on Friday witnessed some panic moments as a Delhi Policeman was shot at and injured allegedly by a colleague. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:48 am
The Sensex is now up 293 points at 16,308.The NSE Nifty is up 101 points at 4,931.Tata Steel has zoomed nearly 9% to Rs 713. Larsen & Toubro has soared over 5% to Rs 3,118 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:43 am
March 28, 2008, 10:15 "Jaguar is now an Indian beast" roared one Indian newspaper yesterday as it lauded Tata Motors' long-awaited $2.3 billion deal to bag the sleek British car brand and its chunkie... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:33 am
If anyone exemplifies the never say die spirit, it has to be 74-year-old Shiv Charan who is once again appearing for the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education's Class 10 exam Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:22 am
The Anil Ambani promoted Reliance Energy has bought back 650,000 equity shares of the company since the start of the offer on Tuesday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:20 am
Surge in prices of metal and food items pushed inflation rate growth by 6.68 per cent, the highest ever in the past one year. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:17 am
PATNA, India (Reuters) - Police in Bihar arrested six people on Friday for beating a woman and tying her to a tree after they accused her of witchcraft.
Olympic silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is not unduly worried with his recent form slump and is confident of peaking at the right time Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:06 am
Scores of heavily armed Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh raided an iron ore mine of the public sector Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and looted 1.75 tonnes of explosives. They also abducted six mine officials but released them later, police said Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The Anil Ambani promoted Reliance Energy has bought back 650,000 equity shares of the company since the start of the offer Tuesday at nearly Rs.1,279.23 a share aggregating Rs.831.5 million ($21 million). Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Patna, March 28(IANS) The Bihar government has asked the London police to test the DNA samples to ascertain the parentage of a nine-year-old boy of Indian origin found in a London bus stop last week. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won one seat each in the Rajya Sabha Friday from Chhattisgarh. A keen contest is on in Madhya Pradesh for three seats to the upper house of parliament. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Former India cricket captain Kapil Dev wants Sunil Gavaskar to continue with his TV commentary and column writing, without bowing to the pressure of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
A Delhi Police constable was injured Friday when his colleague shot at him outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's office here. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Led by ace paddler Sharath Kamal, a three-member Indian team will participate in the 21st Asian Cup Table Tennis Championship to be held in Sapporo, Japan from Saturday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The arrest of 10 top activists of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), including its runaway chief Safdar Nagori, has again put the spotlight on the outlawed group. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Inflation raced past 6 percent in mid-March to its highest in nearly 14 months, raising market expectations that the central bank may have to respond and sending the rupee to its highest in a month against the dollar.
Amid fears of Chinese retribution against a group of daring monks who embarrassed authorities by pouring out a litany of complaints Beijing has said it would "not punish" them. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:57 am
The Indian equities market opened in the green Friday with a modest positive gap, riding on strong cues from other Asian markets. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:43 am
This is not going to be the proverbial sweltering summer for Mumbaikars with power cuts through the day. Of course, like all good things in life, this added comfort will come at a higher price. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:29 am
A few youngsters were seen playing cricket in the portico of the terminal building that till recently would be flocked by hundreds of passengers round the clock. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:26 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's marksmen are threatening to boycott the Beijing Olympics unless the government steps in to help alleviate a shortage of ammunition for training.
LONDON (Reuters) - Abuse directed at Grand Prix racer Lewis Hamilton in Spain and an ugly confrontation between the India and Australia cricket sides provide depressing evidence that racism continues to blight international sport.
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - Police said on Friday they had arrested 13 senior members of a banned Muslim group, the Students' Islamic Movement of India, on suspicion of involvement in a series of bomb blasts around the country.
The Indian animation industry will get a boost after the release of animation films from big banners like Yashraj and UTV studios, feels Ram Mohan, the doyen of the Indian animation industry. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 4:31 am
A major mishap was averted late Thursday at the Bangalore airport when a Hyderabad-bound Kingfisher Airlines' ATR aircraft hit a stray dog on the runway and aborted take-off after its nose-landing gear collapsed. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
Romancing younger men on screen seems to be in vogue in Bollywood. The latest to join the bandwagon is Bipasha Basu who pairs up with Ranbir Kapoor and Neil Nitin Mukesh in two of her forthcoming films. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) has again stepped up its attack on actor Amitabh Bachchan, through a poster, mocking at him for going back on his decision to donate his agricultural land to farmers in Pune district. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the creation of a Farmers’ Debt Relief Fund with an initial corpus of Rs.10,000 crore. This is to set in motion the Rs.60,314-crore loan waiver scheme aimed at mitigating the hardships of ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
RAIPUR: A policeman and five jawans of the Bomb squad of the Chhattisgarh police were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in the district of Rajnandgaon . ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Central government has cut the quota of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice to Kerala, ignoring demands for more by the State government and Members of Parliament from the State. Food and Civil Supplies Minister ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday announced a reduction in the Access Deficit Charge (ADC) levied on private operators to compensate Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for carrying out rural operations, ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Bangalore: It is hard to believe that there could be such different figures in rainfall in a single city. But such is the variation of weather in Bangalore. While the city recorded 18 mm of rainfall, the airport recorded 59 mm and Yelahanka a ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Calling for making the present political system a more "open" one, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi admitted that he has an edge in politics due to his surname. Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
Aiming at improving the
livelihood of minorities, the government on Thursday approved an
expenditure of Rs 3780 crore in 90 minority-dominated
districts across the country to implement various
developmental schemes in the course of the 11th Plan. Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
The Indian Institute of Management,
Calcutta has been seriously engaged in implementing Hindi as
official language as per the constitutional directives. Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
Unhappy with the pay commission recommendations for the armed forces, the three service chiefs
on Thursday met Defence Minister A K Antony and proposed a 40 to 60 per cent increase over and above the hike suggested by the
panel saying they deserved a better deal. Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
The Centre`s reluctance to reveal
file notings under the RTI Act gives an "adverse" view on the
functioning of the government which could otherwise take
credit for enacting the transparency law, the Central
Information Commission (CIC) has said. Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
Mounting pressure against a strategic tie-up with the US, the CPI(M) is planning to demand nullification of the defence framework agreement with it and ask both Congress and BJP not to become part of America`s
global military plans. Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
Britain is trying to break the
long-standing deadlock over United Nations reform with a
permanent seat for India in the expanded Security Council, a
senior British minister has said. Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
Prominent Left leader A B Bardhan was on Thursday re-elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India for the fourth consecutive time. Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
Vietnamese GM Nguyen Anh Dung and Czech GM Viktor Laznica Thursday shared the lead after the fourth round of the Third Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:31 pm
Two crooks and their men dug up bauxite ore worth nearly Rs.60 million from a Gujarat village and made good their escape. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:30 pm
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday described the completion of the 458-km main canal of the Narmada project as a historic occasion, with the river's water flowing into Rajasthan and bringing a dream into reality. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:30 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Officials in Britain are examining the background of a nine-year-old boy found abandoned at London bus stop in a bid to substantiate claims by a couple in India that he is their kidnapped son.
Kingfisher Airlines' turbo prop aircraft (ATR) bound for Hyderabad aborted its take-off from the Bangalore airport late Thursday. All 25 passengers onboard were safe, the airline spokesman said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 5:30 pm
Actor Mithun Chakroborty Thursday promised to take his Indian Cricket League (ICL) team, Royal Bengal Tigers, to various districts of West Bengal for charity matches and convert the side into a 'winning machine'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 5:30 pm
A Kingfisher flight leaving for Hyderabad from here had a forced landing moments after taking off due to technical snags Thursday night. There were no reports of injuries. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
West Bengal Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty Thursday assured Eden Gardens for the Indian Cricket League (ICL) matches and a permanent practice venue in the state, protesting against the Indian cricket board's 'high-handedness to turn everyone into its stooges'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The rate at which poverty is falling across the Asia-Pacific region is slowing despite a burst of largely urban wealth creation, a United Nations report said on Thursday, blaming the setback on a neglect of agriculture.
