The first polio case for the year in Maharashtra has been detected at Govandi, in the central suburbs of the city. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
As their romance soared to new altitudes, two young pilots plunged along with their plane into a river, nearly causing a major mishap. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:06 am
Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar clarified that he never accused Indian Hockey Federation President KPS Gill of using government money for personal purposes. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:04 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China offered to pay compensation to the families of the civilians it says died in violence in the Tibetan capital this month, as Beijing kept up an intense propaganda campaign in the wake of the unrest.
Bata India today reported an 18.15% increase in net profit at Rs 47.40 crore for the year ended December 31, 2007 when compared with Rs 40.1 crore in the previous year. Total income increased to Rs Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
Applauding India as a "responsible steward" of atomic power, the US has said it looked forward to "trying to complete" the civilian nuclear deal this year. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:50 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani on Saturday said "wishes and aspirations" of the Kashmiri people will be taken on board while resolving the Kashmir issue. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:46 am
Enraged by the incident of mauling of six persons by a leopard, villagers in Dhuniapathar of upper Assam's Sibsagar district killed the big cat and even feasted on its meat, police said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:42 am
Pakistan's new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani won unanimous backing of Parliament without voting after a resolution expressing confidence in him was passed. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:40 am
Russian youth and his teenage beloved committed suicide by jumping from a cell tower near here to defy the parental ban on their love. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:36 am
Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhary on Saturday said that Goa remains to be safe destination for tourists. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:34 am
A Texas woman has complained that she was forced to remove her breast-piercings with pliers she was allowed to board a plane by US transport officials. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:31 am
CHENNAI (Reuters) - Rahul Dravid struck his 25th test hundred and Virender Sehwag fell short of the world record but delivered 319 runs to hand India a first-innings lead on the fourth day of the first test against South Africa on Saturday.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani laid out plans on Saturday for his government's first 100 days, saying the fight against terrorism, poverty and unemployment would be on top of his agenda.
Slamming the 9% growth story of the UPA government, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat today asked the government to learn from the recent economic slowdown in the US.In his inaugural Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Mar 2008 | 8:37 am
The $2.3 billion acquisition of British luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover by Tata Motors is expected to receive anti-trust approval from the European Union (EU) by the end of April.The Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Mar 2008 | 8:33 am
The long bear phase seems to have ended as the stock markets witnessed an impressive relief rally lifting the benchmark Sensex by 9% during the week ended March 28.The Sensex moved between a Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Mar 2008 | 7:44 am
The cabinet committee on prices will meet on Monday to take stock of the price situation in the country, Finance Secretary D Subbarao said here today. Pointing out that the latest inflation Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Mar 2008 | 6:48 am
US stocks fell on Friday as profit warning by J C Penney raised fresh concerns about slowing consumer spending. While the Dow fell 86.06 points (0.70%) to 12,216.40, the Nasdaq Composite dropped 19.65 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Mar 2008 | 6:35 am
CHENNAI (Reuters) - Indian batsman Rahul Dravid became the sixth player to tally 10,000 test runs on Saturday, reaching the milestone in the first test against South Africa.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has refused calls to free a Hindu rights activist who was jailed last year under an internal-security law, even though he was elected this month to parliament in a show of voter anger at his imprisonment.
She is one of the most talented actresses in Bollywood, but Kajol, who graces the screen after a gap of two years in her home production 'U, Me Aur Hum', says her priority is her family. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 2:00 am
A senior US official said Friday that 'very dangerous people' were planning attacks along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, but the US would respect the new government's stance on how to deal with them and the war against terror. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 1:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday vacated its stay on the adjudication proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate against the former External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh, and his son, Jagat Singh, in the 2006 oil-for-food ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday chargesheeted the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, Akhand Pratap Singh, for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to known sources of his income. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Chennai: Virender Sehwag made the first Test-match triple hundred on Indian soil at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Friday. The punishing batsman’s unbeaten 309 (292b, 41x4, 5x6) was the highlight as India, replying to South ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi/Indore: The former SIMI chief, Safdar Nagori, and 12 other leaders of the banned outfit, arrested on Thursady, were planning major terror strikes in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and tourist spots in Goa, Home Ministry sources said ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: In an alarming post-budget surge, the inflation rate soared to a 13-month high of 6.68 per cent in the week ended March 15 this year. The spurt in inflation, inching close to the peak of 6.73 per cent touched in February ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: An accidental firing of the service revolver of a constable left a head constable injured in the leg and created quite a flutter near the high-security Prime Minister’s Office at South Block here on Friday. The victim is ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
KOLKATA: Three persons were burnt to death in a fire on the ground floor of a building at Barasat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday afternoon. The building houses the local office of the Life Insurance ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab will each get an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) while Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Haryana will each have an Indian Institute of Management ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a $596 million Air Force contract for work on six C-130J aircraft destined for India, the Defense Department announced Friday.
Govt takes steps to curb exports; Outlook remains negative. The inflation rate moved past the critical six per cent mark to a 13-month high of 6.68 per cent for the week ended March 15, 2008 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:45 pm
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) today announced the locations of eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and seven Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) along with 30 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:05 pm
Trades between FIIs generated a volume of Rs 283 crore on the BSE Friday-an decrease of 20.68% from Rs 357 crore clocked on Thursday. As many as 9 stocks witnessed trades of 41 lakh shares on Friday Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 6:50 pm
The government Friday announced the appointment of Navtej Singh Sarna, the longest serving spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, as its ambassador to Israel. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 6:30 pm
Elections to the Karnataka assembly will be held before May 28 and the announcement of the polls will be made in two days, Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami said here Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 6:30 pm
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A gold encrusted dagger once owned by the Indian emperor who built the Taj Mahal could fetch $1 million when it goes on sale next month, experts said on Friday.
Dubai-based TECOM, the promoter of Dubai Internet City, is planning more investments in Kerala, said company chairperson Ahamad Bin Bayat here Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
A city court Friday directed a cricket members' forum and Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment to file affidavits on the ticket distribution row for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be played at the Eden Gardens here. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
Expressing concern over rising incidents of little children falling into open pits and wells, President Pratibha Patil Friday appealed to local authorities across the country to ensure that these open death traps are covered immediately. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 4:30 pm
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, which began its operations early Sunday, has handled 93,000 passengers in the past five days. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 4:30 pm
The brand ambassador of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA), Amitabh Bachchan set in motion the voting process for IDEA-IIFA Awards 2008 by casting the first vote Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 4:00 pm
Grandmasters (GM) Nguyen Anh Dung of Vietnam and Viktor Laznicka of the Czech Republic settled for a quick draw between themselves in 21 moves Friday to remain at the top in the third Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament here. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 4:00 pm
MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Indian policymakers signalled their concern about price pressures after inflation hit a 14-month high on Friday and the finance minister said India could give up a bit of growth to bring it down.
Hyderabad-based Four Soft Ltd and Chennai-headquartered Take Solutions Ltd, providers of IT products and solutions in the supply chain management (SCM) space, announced their intent to merge. The Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Mar 2008 | 1:00 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Thousands of chickens have been culled in a bid to contain an outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal which has struggled to control the virus since January.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama accused China's media on Friday of using deceit and distortion in coverage of protests in Tibet, saying that could fan racial tension between Tibetans and Han Chinese.
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
