India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas moved into the finals of the Sony Ericsson Open at Miami, Florida registering a thrilling win. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:04 pm
A teacher in a government school has been arrested from Dhamtari town in Chhattisgarh for attempting to molest his 11-year-old student, the police said Friday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:03 pm
The US says its stalled civil nuclear deal with India could still be done before President George Bush leaves office next January Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:01 pm
AB de Villiers (217 not out) and Jacques Kallis (132) proved there was no demon in the track as South Africa tightened the noose around India's neck Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:58 am
Bangalore police on Friday launched a traffic monitoring system assisted by a network of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in an effort to decongest the vehicular movement. ?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:40 am
AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - AB de Villiers scored a maiden double hundred and Jacques Kallis struck his 30th century to put South Africa in the driver's seat against India in the second test on Friday.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian shares dropped 3.09 percent on Friday, hurt by a jump in inflation to its highest in more than three years and worries about how policy steps to rein in prices would affect already-slowing economic growth.
Rajnikant was there, and Kamal Haasan walked in too as Tamil film stars belonging to various unions went on a daylong fast against Karnataka's objections to the drinking water project in Hogenekkal Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:29 am
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, a financial services arm of the Singapore government, has picked up 5.02 per cent equity of the Hyderabad based ICSA(India) Ltd, a pioneer of Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:23 am
April 04, 2008 — IDG News Service — Oracle plans to make its Indian subsidiary a hub for its strategy for the financial services market. I-flex solutions, the Indian banking software... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:04 am
Centuries from Jacques Kallis and Abraham de Villiers helped South Africa pile up 413 runs for the loss of five wickets and extend their lead over India to a massive 337 runs by tea on the second day of the second Test at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera here Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
Two of the films being released this week, 'Shaurya' and 'Khuda Kay Liye', are about the isolation of individuals on the basis of their religious and cultural beliefs. Rahul Bose calls it a 'happy coincidence'. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
The Tata group's acquisition spree in Spain continues. A week after buying strategic stake in Serviplem, a construction equipment firm, the group has bought controlling stake in another Spanish company with interests in similar areas - Comoplesa Lebrero. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari embarked on a weeklong official visit to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan Friday to reaffirm India's long-standing ties with the two oil-rich Central Asian republics. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
The following is the scoreboard at tea on the second day of the second Test between India and South Africa at the Sardar Patel Stadium here Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
The Chennai Super Kings signed up 24-year old Punjab all-rounder Manpreet Gony Friday to replace a injured Sudeep Tyagi for the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) starting April 18. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
A teacher in a government school has been arrested from Dhamtari town in Chhattisgarh for attempting to molest his 11-year-old student, the police said Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Air Deccan announced here Friday that it has joined hands with ICICI Lombard General Insurance to launch a domestic travel insurance scheme covering accidental medical expense, ticket cancellation and lost baggage. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will host leaders from more than a dozen African nations next week as it tries to emerge from China's shadow on the continent, offering its skills in low-cost services in return for access to rich natural resources.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's food bills are soaring and the economy is slowing as high interest rates bite, threatening to derail an election strategy the ruling coalition hopes will return it to power before May next year.
The wholesale price index based inflation rate touched a three-year high of 7% for the week ended March 22 as against 6.68% in the previous week. Inflation stood at 6.54% in the corresponding week Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 10:45 am
Union Bank of India (UBI) today launched its reverse mortgage scheme for senior citizens. The scheme will enable senior citizens to obtain a monthly payment by mortgaging their residential property. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 10:35 am
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its corpoarte credit rating on Tata Motors to 'BB' from 'BB+'.The agency has also lowered its rating to 'BB' from 'BB+' on all Tata Motors' Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 10:32 am
Steel and mining major Vedanta Resources has appointed Mahendra S Mehta, currently the chief executive of its group company Hindustan Zinc, as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).He Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 10:19 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police arrested three people on Friday, a day after a powerful bomb accidentally exploded in a border town in the country's east, senior police officers said.
To ensure that real estate projects are not delayed on account of environmental clearances, industry assoiciation PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has urged the government to do away with Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 9:06 am
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said it would issue guidelines on real estate mutual funds in the next 15 days."SEBI is ready with guidelines on real estate Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:55 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Inflation raced to its highest in more than three years in March, data showed on Friday, pulling down the stock market and sending bond yields higher, and analysts said pressure was building on the central bank to act.
Finance Secretary D Subba Rao said that the government is sensitive to rising inflation. "We are constantly reviewing the situation," he said. It is not yet known as to what additional Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:36 am
Tamil film stars belonging to various unions Friday began a daylong protest fast against Karnataka's objections to the drinking water project in Hogenekkal, on the border between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is enrolling women for the first time in a combat role, overturning a mindset in the country's security establishment that women are no good at defending frontiers or fighting wars.
India has emerged as a popular destination for clinical research, overtaking China, and is cheaper too, says a Planning Commission report. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 3:30 am
With two hits - 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' and 'Heyy Babyy' - in her kitty, Vidya Balan's career is going great guns and she believes the industry has started offering meaty roles to actresses. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 2:30 am
Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher is literally going places - setting up acting schools in London and Durban. He now plans to open a branch in the US. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 2:30 am
After an eight-month sabbatical, the irrepressible David Dhawan, who churned out hits like 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi' and 'Biwi No. 1', is back in the swing of things and will direct two films. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 2:00 am
The Telugu chartbuster list this fortnight features two new songs and two old ones that have staged a comeback. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Apr 2008 | 2:00 am
BANGALORE: The Election Commissioners will visit the State on Friday to review poll preparations ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections to be held in three phases on May 10, 16 and 22. The full Bench of the commission, led by Chief ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), an alliance partner of the Congress, on Thursday charged the United Progressive Alliance with not following the “coalition dharma.” “The government follows the coalition ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
“People won’t allow India to become a junior partner of the U.S. as part of its strategic game plan” Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
COIMBATORE: Prakash Karat was re-elected for the second term the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on the concluding day of its 19th party Congress here on Thursday. Mr. Karat took over the reins of the party ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Police in Jammu and Kashmir have arrested the Hizb ul-Mujahideen’s top surviving ideologue, Abdul Khaliq Dar. Code-named ‘Junaid ul-Islam,’ Dar was well known to journalists in Jammu and Kashmir as the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Thiruvananthapuram: The United Democratic Front (UDF) has decided to observe May 18, the second anniversary of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, as “betrayal day.” The Opposition coalition will also organise ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: Dearness Allowance (DA) for the State government employees has been enhanced by 5.652 per cent of the basic pay with effect from January 1, 2008. At a meeting here on Thursday, the Cabinet decided that the enhanced DA will ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
An advocate of Bombay High Court has lodged a complaint with the Deonar police station saying that he has received SMSes from a member of the Dawood gang Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:21 pm
A teenaged boy, who allegedly circulated MMS clips of his sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend, has been arrested by the Nizampura police on the charge of raping her. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:17 pm
Secondary steel producers have assured the government that they will not increase prices and step up efforts to increase supplies, in line with the government diktat not to hike prices. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:02 pm
It's finally official. What the fledgling semiconductor industry had been speculating about so far is in the public domain, that is. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:00 pm
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the exchanges to provide for direct market access (DMA) for institutional investors. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:59 pm
A Hyderabad-Delhi flight of Kingfisher Airlines with 97 people on board Thursday made an emergency landing at the new international airport here when the pilot detected smoke in the cargo hold soon after the take-off. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Apr 2008 | 6:30 pm
The Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opposition Thursday agreed to withdraw an all-night sit-in at the state assembly after Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil assured them to have their grievances redressed Friday morning. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Apr 2008 | 4:30 pm
An emergency meeting of the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes held here Thursday decided not to issue any notice to Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Mahendra Singh Tikait for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Apr 2008 | 4:30 pm
Jet Airways, India's leading private airline, is currently setting its sights over the European skies. The airline will establish its second European hub at Milan Airport, after Brussels, chairman Naresh Goyal announced here Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Apr 2008 | 4:30 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian officials met on Thursday to review security for the country's leg of the Olympic torch relay after China's foreign minister called his Indian counterpart to seek assurances.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will not be allowed to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) until his suspension is lifted, league chairman Lalit Modi said on Thursday.
