Pune-based public sector bank Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has decided to opt out of the joint venture with Shriram Financial Services and Sanlam of South Africa to provide general insurance products Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:45 am
The Sensex is now up 156 points at 15,783.The NSE Nifty is up 18 points at 4,758.HDFC has zoomed 4.7% to Rs 2,470, and Infosys has soared over 4% to Rs 1,481.Jaiprakash (JP) Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:41 am
AEGON Religare Life Insurance Company, a joint venture between Netherlands-based AEGON and Religare, has received the initial approval - R1 licence - from Insurance Regulatory & Development Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:40 am
The construction industry, represented by the Builders Association of India, today demanded permission for duty-free import of steel.D L Desai, treasurer, Builders Association of India, urged Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:38 am
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Injury-hit India are sweating over the fitness of skipper Anil Kumble ahead of the second test against South Africa starting on Thursday.
Fiscal steps will moderate inflation - Montek Reuters India - 1 hour ago NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Fiscal steps taken by the government will help moderate inflation, but there is a need to recognise that high inflation is a global phenomenon, a top policymaker said on Wednesday.
Hyderabad-based information technology company Satyam Computer Services has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), an Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:20 am
The Sensex continues to pare gains and is now up 183 points at 15,816.The NSE Nifty is up 37 points at 4,777.HDFC and Jaiprakash (JP) Associates have soared over 4% each to Rs 2,461 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:18 am
Maunu Von Lueders has been appointed CEO of Jet Lite, the budget carrier of Jet Airways.Garry Kingshot, chief operating officer, Jet Airways, will be leaving the airline at the end Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:15 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Fiscal steps taken by the Indian government will help moderate inflation, but there is a need to recognise that high inflation is a global phenomenon, a top policymaker said on Wednesday.
Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation, a US subsidiary of the Suzlon Energy, has signed a repeat order with Horizon Wind for 200 Mw of wind turbine capacity.The original contract includes delivery of Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:02 am
Hyderabad-based IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects has bagged orders valued at Rs 484 crore.The new orders include construction of a part of an integrated township in Kolkata at a cost of Rs Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 9:02 am
The Sensex is now up 324 points at 15,951.The NSE Nifty is up 78 points at 4,818.Jaiprakash (JP) Associates has zoomed 6% to Rs 239. HDFC and ICICI Bank have soared nearly 5% each to Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 Apr 2008 | 8:47 am
April 02, 2008 — IDG News Service — Videocon Industries, a large Indian vendor of consumer electronics equipment and home appliances, has expressed an interest in bidding for Motorol... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 2 Apr 2008 | 8:30 am
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 00:00 CDT Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c87371) has announced the addition of India: Telecommunication to their offering. This re... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 2 Apr 2008 | 8:03 am
Actress Preity Zinta, co-owner of the Indian Premier League's Mohali team, suffered a minor injury during its formal launch in Mohali, on the outskirts of Chandigarh. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 2 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
Once tipped as the 'action hero' of Indian cinema, versatile Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan, who turned 39 Wednesday, has proved his mettle in every genre. This year, he also turns director with 'U, Me Aur Hum'. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 2 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
In an unusual step, the Supreme Court has acquitted three people serving life terms in a Jharkhand jail for a murder charge even though they had never filed an appeal before it. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 2 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
Puducherry draws up drinking water project Hindu - 2 hours ago Puducherry (PTI): Puducherry Administration has drawn up a Rs 300 crore drinking water project to ensure that the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam were releived of the current difficulty in getting adequate quantum of potable water, ... Sugar cane priceHindu Business Line all 3 news articles
HYDERABAD : The Lok Satta Party has suggested constitution of 27 special courts, one for each district and five for Hyderabad, to go into allegations of corruption charges against Ministers, MLAs and ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 2 Apr 2008 | 7:47 am
HYDERABAD : After the stock market, it is now the turn of precious metals. After touching an all-time high of $1,023 per ounce, gold prices have fallen sharply over the past fortnight to below $900 pe... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 2 Apr 2008 | 7:47 am
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has announced the launch of an operation to control the spread of bird flu in West Bengal. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 2 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
The Indian equities market opened Wednesday with a huge positive gap in line with its global peers. Realty and banking stocks registered gains in initial trade. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Apr 2008 | 5:01 am
Young, upwardly mobile professionals in India are hard-pressed for time, but that shouldn't stop them from indulging in 'flexi-holidays' - short breaks that last for a day or even half and customised by tour operators. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Apr 2008 | 5:00 am
A rise in sea levels due to global warming will force people in India's coastal areas to drink salty water, thus affecting pregnant women and their unborn children, says a scientist associated with the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Apr 2008 | 4:33 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused Tibetan groups on Tuesday of planning suicide attacks following last month's riots and protests but did not answer key questions about its evidence for such allegations.
SUNNA, India (Reuters) - Savita Jiddewar is a rare success story on the cotton fields of Maharashtra, the epicentre of an agrarian crisis that has seen 150,000 farmers commit suicide since 1997 because they could not pay back loans.
Her debut Bollywood film will be released in June, but not many know that southern actress Sadaa chose it over the Rajnikanth blockbuster 'Sivaji - The Boss'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Apr 2008 | 3:30 am
No film has usurped director Mysskin's 'Anjathe' from its top position yet. Only in summer will you see movies that can make a difference. The top five Tamil films are: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Apr 2008 | 2:00 am
Ahead of constituent assembly
elections in Nepal next week, the union Home Ministry on Tuesday
held a high-level meeting to review the security along India`s
1,750-km border with the Himalayan nation. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
Citizens unhappy with the performance of an elected government should vote it out of power rather than rushing to a court which "is not a remedy for all evils," the Supreme Court said Tuesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
Aiming for modifications in the Sixth Pay Commission`s recommendations, Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee Admiral Sureesh Mehta and Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor today met Defence Minister AK Antony and submitted joint proposals on the issue. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
It seems that the “feel good” element created by the UPA government`s populist Budget is fast disappearing with the uncontrolled inflation and spiralling prices of essential commodities. The UPA government is facing stiff opposition not only from the opposition parties, but also from its own allies like CPI-M, which has threatened to launch a nationwide agitation from April 15 against the government`s failure to curb rising prices. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
The concluding day of the 19th CPM National Congress slammed the UPA leadership and clarified via its resolution that there will be no electoral alliance with the ruling Congress, which it said, had simply failed to live up to the expectations of the common man. The party`s resolution that was passed today, highlighted what CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat had stated in a press conference on the first day of the meet. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
A Briton and a Kenyan working for an India-based information technology firm, who were initially identified as UN aid workers, were abducted by armed men on Wednesday in southern Somalia in the latest in a string of attacks targeting humanitarian operations. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
Haryana government on Tuesday decided
to seek a CBI probe into alleged suicide of a debt-ridden
trader and his eight family members whose bodies were found in
a canal and suspended two policemen on the charge of
negligence in taking action after the victims went missing two
weeks ago. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
Five months after completing a
jail term on fake currency charges, a Pakistani woman is at
her wit`s end. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
With the IIMs proposing to hike
fees, the IITs have come up with a similar suggestion to
augment their resources. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
Giving a new twist to ongoing controversy over India`s approach to Tibet issue, BJP on Tuesday said that New Delhi had accepted Tibet as part of China in 1953 during the government of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:35 am
Scores of suspected Maoists late Tuesday night attacked a village in Bihar's Aurangabad district, the police said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
CHICAGO: Two major studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks and stroke — even if they are elderly. The ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: India has asked the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, not to engage in political activities that could hurt the country’s ties with China, media reports said on Tuesday. “Dalai Lama is a religious leader. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Coimbatore: Moving away from the glamour of the film world to the ideology of Marxism, the 16-year-old son of noted filmmaker Mani Ratnam has created a buzz by serving as a Red Volunteer at the 19th All India Congress of the Communist Party ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
MADURAI: Senior citizens standing in long queues waiting for disbursal of pension will be a thing of the past in Madurai. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) here has developed a software for ‘computer mustering’ that will ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Bhopal: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of pursuing action against her husband Amitabh Bachchan only for “cheap publicity.” “The media gives publicity when ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has directed the Centre to order a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the authenticity of the tapes of the sting operation telecast by the Hindi news channel, Aaj Tak, under the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Investment bankers accustomed to frenetic deal activity in the past few years are changing tack to deal effectively with the visible slowdown in mergers & acquisitions. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Apr 2008 | 10:40 pm
The government's stand on the steel industry is hardening by the day and a 30-day deadline may be set for steel producers to cut prices or face 'action'. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Apr 2008 | 10:40 pm
In what is seen as a precursor to allowing mobile virtual network operators in India, the government permitted sharing of physical infrastructure among telecom service providers. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Apr 2008 | 10:38 pm
The Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) CIT(A), has asked Gracemac Corporation, a Microsoft subsidiary, to pay over Rs 700 crore as tax on income earned through royalties on products. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Apr 2008 | 10:37 pm
The seasonally-adjusted ABN Amro India PMI edged down for the third consecutive month in March posting 57.5, from 59.5 in the previous month. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Apr 2008 | 10:37 pm
Consequent to a 13% plus revision in the prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), most of the airlines are hiking the fuel surcharges levied on each ticket. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Apr 2008 | 10:36 pm
This will surely bring smiles on the faces of people who work for companies on a temporary basis, are on the payrolls of staffing firms. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Apr 2008 | 10:27 pm
The last fiscal may have seen bike makers bleed but car manufacturers are not in the doldrums just yet. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Apr 2008 | 10:26 pm
Public sector oil companies Tuesday raised air turbine fuel (ATF) prices by over 13 percent, a move that would force airline operators to increase air fares. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:00 pm
A Tamil Nadu party Tuesday filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking a ban on the Tamil film 'Prabhakaran' made in Sri Lanka, saying it 'denigrated' Tamil people. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:00 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan said on Tuesday he remained committed to participating in the Olympic torch relay in India despite receiving several requests asking him to boycott the event.
The new international airport at Shamshabad near here has banned the entry of visitors in its premises. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Apr 2008 | 5:02 pm
KARACHI (Reuters) - Temperamental fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday for repeated disciplinary violations.
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Police in eastern India briefly detained hundreds of villagers on Tuesday as they protested against South Korean firm POSCO's plans to build a steel plant they say will force them off their farmland.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government on Tuesday extended its rural job plan to cover the whole country as the ruling communist-backed coalition seeks to shore up its poverty-reduction credentials ahead of federal polls in 2009.
New Delhi, April 01: At least eight Naxalites were killed in an encounter with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Jharkhand`s Garwah district, official sources said in the Capital. Source: Zee News : States | 1 Apr 2008 | 11:23 am
Giving voice to the unborn girl child who is mercilessly killed in the womb, activists in Punjab have launched a powerful campaign against female foeticide that includes inviting people for an `antim ardas`, or last rites. Source: Zee News : States | 1 Apr 2008 | 11:23 am
In a case that brings to mind the
Bollywood blockbuster `Munnabhai MBBS`, Delhi police on late Monday
claimed to have cracked a racket involving doctors, who were
allegedly engaged in impersonation in Foreign Medical Graduate
examination, here and arrested seven medicos. Source: Zee News : States | 1 Apr 2008 | 11:23 am
Banned Students` Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) head Safdar Hussein Nagori on Tuesday admitted before the police officials that a meeting of important leaders of the outfit took place at Ujjain just before the Mumbai train blast which claimed a large number of lives. Source: Zee News : States | 1 Apr 2008 | 11:23 am
AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - South Africa have found a chink in Virender Sehwag's armour which they hope to exploit during the second test against India starting on Thursday.
