The SGPC has decided to seek former
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh`s permission to inspect
a four-piece armour set believed to be that of Sikh Guru
Gobind Singh in the royal house collection here, to compare it
with the one withdrawn today from Sotheby`s auction in London. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
With bird flu being confirmed in
Tripura, culling operations are all set to begin in the state from Tuesday Source: Zee News : States | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
The Election Commission`s high-level team, including three
deputy Election Commissioners, is on Karnataka visit on Tuesday to review
the poll preparations in the state. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
Nearly 14 months after the
Conditional Access System (CAS) was introduced in certain
parts of the national capital, Delhi government has decided to
carry out a detailed study to evaluate its performance before
extending the facility to other parts of the metropolis. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Fruit and vegetable prices, up a fifth in the last one month and adding to rising inflation, are likely to climb further in the next three months on restricted supply, traders said.
Karan Billimoria-promoted Cobra Indian Beer on Tuesday said it has appointed Poonam Chandel as Managing Director of the company. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:22 am
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to produce all police records pertaining to the case of Rizwanur Rehman. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:16 am
A massive fire that consumed 120 tonne of unknown toxic wastes at Bharuch Environ Infrastructure's (BEIL) toxic waste treatment and storage facility in Ankleshwar, Gujarat on April 3 has triggered Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:09 am
Already hit by shortage of officers, the armed forces are facing a sudden spurt in exodus of senior ranks, apparently not satisfied with the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:54 am
India Inc has topped among its Asian counterparts when it comes to the monetary measures taken for retaining the right talent while doling out highest salary hikes. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:31 am
The Supreme Court today directed the genetic engineering approval committee to consider the toxicity and allerginicity of genetically modified food items, and asked the government to post relevant Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:30 am
Asian Clinical Trials (ACT), the clinical research division of Suven Life Sciences, has entered into a strategic alliance with VPSCRO, a contract research organisation based in Beijing, to conduct Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:25 am
Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh is still not out of the woods, with the party high command understood to have set up a high level panel to review the leadership issue in the state. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:15 am
The Kutch police have left for Mumbai and Bangalore to deliver bailable warrants issued against Aamir Khan and four others for filming `Chinkara' in his movie `Lagaan'. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:10 am
Srinagar, Apr 8 : In a bid to revive tourism in Kashmir, the state's tourism department has planned to introduce jungle safaris, trekking and nature camps. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
New Delhi, Apr 8 : The Congress Party today denied that a panel had been created to screen potential successors for Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Joining the bandwagon of Australian states seeking to benefit from India's economic boom, Queensland's Premier Anna Bligh is here to flaunt the state's expertise in knowledge-based industries and promote bilateral trade. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Brussels, Apr.8 : Representatives of the European Parliament and the International Kashmir Alliance (IKA), are meeting in Brussels in a short while from now to discuss problems afflicting the under-developed and neglected Gilgit and Baltistan areas of Pakistan. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
The Haryana government will dig deep in another effort to find the Saraswati, the holy river of Indian mythology, in an effort to tackle water shortage, it was announced here Tuesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Malayalam movie superstars Mohanlal and Meera Jasmine have bagged the best actor and actress awards for their performances in 'Paradeshi' and 'Orae Kadal' respectively in the annual Kerala State Film Awards for 2007 announced Tuesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, renowned Bengali novelist and the composer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was remembered in an Orissa town where he had served as deputy magistrate, on his 114th death anniversary Tuesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
It was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who wanted Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi as a minister in his office - a move that he thought would be an apprenticeship for the ruling party's 'future prime minister.' Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Islamabad, Apr 8 : Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the new government would like to address the Kashmir issue with a different approach, and would not put on hold progress in various areas of cooperation with India because of the impasse on Kashmir. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government is considering more steps to calm inflation and could announce moves within the next "couple of days", Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said on Tuesday.
Forest cover has been reduced by 728 square kilometre, according to the latest State of Forest Report (SFR) published by the environment and forest ministry.SFR 2005, which was released today, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:53 am
Hero Honda, the country's largest two-wheeler maker, is planning to invest an additional Rs 150 crore in the current fiscal to scale up capacity at the company's new facility here that was inaugurated Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced duty-free tariff preference scheme for the world's 50 least developed countries including 34 African countries.Singh made the announcement at the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
PCB may not confirm it, but two officers of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit are in the country to question Shaoib Akhtar on his claims of being approached by match fixers. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:24 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's gold demand was low on Tuesday as prices remained firm, but a good number of traders were awaiting price dips to buy, dealers said.
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has said he was not an outsider in Mumbai by any stretch of imagination and would not budge from the city. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:57 am
The board of directors of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, which met today, approved a proposal for buyback of shares at Rs 70 per share.According to a release issued by the company to the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:54 am
The central government today reported outbreak of bird flu in Tripura and West Bengal. While culling operations have started in West Bengal, the central rapid response team has reached Tripura Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:36 am
BCCI Grounds Committee chairman Daljit Singh said the Green Park track for the third Test between India and South Africa here would be a sporting one. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:36 am
The International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge called on Beijing to peacefully end unrest in Tibet. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:34 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday denounced protesters who upstaged Olympic Games torch relays in London and Paris, with state media and officials warning that saboteurs would fail in their attempt to blacken China's image.
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has bagged four orders worth Rs 1,687 crore from the government of Rajasthan, Bhushan Steel, SAIL and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).According to a release Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:30 am
The steel ministry's efforts to contain spiralling prices has paid off with producers rolling back prices of long products by Rs 4,800 to Rs 7,200 per tonne during the past ten days."The open Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:38 am
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - India began culling thousands of chickens on Tuesday and checking people for fever in remote northeastern villages on the border with Bangladesh after tests on dead poultry confirmed bird flu infections.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal stages a historic election on Thursday meant to rope a once-feared Maoist guerrilla army into democratic politics and bring an end to a once-loved 240-year-old Hindu monarchy.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co is launching an updated line of its 501 jeans with higher prices to match, as the U.S. apparel maker seeks to increase sales despite the tough domestic economy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental groups called on the World Bank to delay a decision on Tuesday on funding for a $4.2 billion coal-fired power plant in Gujarat until more analyses of costs and environmental impact are done.
Aishwarya Majumdar, 13, was thrilled to be crowned 'Amul Star Voice of India Chhote Ustad' by Amitabh Bachchan -- and loved it when the superstar referred to her as 'my bahu' (daughter-in-law). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 3:11 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nuclear war between India and Pakistan would cause more than slaughter and destruction -- it would knock a big hole in the ozone layer, affecting crops, animals and people worldwide, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
An impregnable republic day-type
security cover would be in place along Rajpath next week
for the three-km relay run of Olympic torch marked by heavy
deployment of crack commandos and para military personnel
besides closing roads leading to the venue. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
Heads of the three armed
services are in touch with the government "to ensure a good
deal" for armed forces personnel following the sixth pay
commission report, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal F H Major said
on Monday. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
A 10-member Indian Navy team is just 40 km away from reaching the North Pole and in the process become the first Indians to have skied to both the poles and also climbed Mount Everest. “The (Monday) morning report suggests that the team led by Commander Satyabrata Dham was about 40 km away from the North Pole. They would be reaching there during the intervening night of April 9-10,” a defence spokesman told media. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
India on Monday sought Kazakhstan`s help to ensure its energy security as the two countries agreed to enhance bilateral trade and economic cooperation. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
A day after threatening the ruling coalition with dire consequences if it failed to check the spiralling prices, senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury today met UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and sought urgent steps by the government to curb inflation. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
Three top leaders of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were on Monday taken for Narco Analysis test to Bangalore in a private airlines` flight along with senior police officers. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
Spurred by Chinese expansion, India
is massively strengthening its involvement in the African
Indian Ocean rim pursuing defence and commercial engagement
with countries including Mauritius, Seychelles and Mozambique,
a leading think tank here said on Monday. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to
hear a petition questioning the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver
scheme for farm debt proposed by the government in Union Budget
2008-09. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
The Congress on Monday alleged that senior BJP leader L K Advani had sought to distance himself through his memoirs from all the `controversies that had plagued` the BJP-led NDA government during its five-year rule. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
UP Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi accusing him of misleading Dalits. Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:47 am
New Delhi: The Central government has declared April 14, the birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ambedkar, a holiday throughout India. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
MUMBAI: The DLF-Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner, Lalit Modi, the Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) and sports editors of mainline dailies on Monday thrashed out issues related to media accreditation for ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday dismissed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s remarks about party general secretary Rahul Gandhi at a rally. Ms. Mayawati said Mr. Gandhi underwent “purification” after ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Krishnagiri: The Krishnagiri district administration has forwarded a project proposal to the State government to promote the export of fruits and mango pulp under the brand name Krishmaa. A society has been registered under the Societies ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Agartala: Bird flu has spread to Tripura. An outbreak of the disease was confirmed and authorities ordered culling of 25,000 birds. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
MUMBAI: Two days after the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana took a dig at actor Amitabh Bachchan vis-À-vis Tamil actor Rajinikanth’s stand on the Hogenakkal water project, the party supremo Bal Thackeray said: ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Five members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were arrested in Madhya Pradesh Monday, taking to eight the total number of arrests since Sunday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 6:31 pm
The annual review of the foreign trade policy (FTP) for 2008-09 would seek to further reduce import duties on essential items and generate employment, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 6:31 pm
In an apparent attempt to take the wind out of his detractors' sails, superstar Amitabh Bachchan Monday expressed gratitude to Maharashtra, saying the state has 'given me so much in the last 40 years - my wife, my children and so much love.....Jai Maharashtra'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 6:31 pm
A city-based businessman was shot dead Monday morning by three unidentified men on a motorcycle in south Delhi. The police said a property dispute could have prompted the killing. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 4:32 pm
Brazilian footballer Jose Ramirez Barreto, who was arrested at the Kolkata airport last month for carrying undeclared cash, got some reprieve when a West Bengal court Monday restored his passport to him. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 4:31 pm
It was a well-publicised 'No Honking Day' in Mumbai, but the daily cacophony continued as usual on the roads of this eastern metropolis Monday, the traffic police registering over 6,195 cases for honking. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 4:31 pm
An apex Indian business chamber Monday said that India could double the volume of its bilateral trade with Africa to $50 billion in 2012 by announcing incentives for exports and discussing improvement in business environment with African countries. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 4:30 pm
Solar power systems provider Orb Energy has bagged $1 million award from the US State Department for developing and deploying clean energy technologies, the company said here late Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 3:01 pm
Boosted by exports, Hinduja Group's flagship company Ashok Leyland Ltd posted a marginal increase in the total sales of vehicles in 2007-08. The company closed the year with sales of 83,309 units (domestic 76,023 and exports 7,286). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 3:00 pm
