The Supreme Court has given six
months` time to the Union government to set a time-limit for
ensuring that the fundamental right of "free and compulsory
education" is made a reality in the country. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Apr 2008 | 12:03 pm
2 Goa youths, who are accused in
the death of British teenaged girl Scarlett Eden on a beach
here, may file a defamation suit against her mother Fiona
MacKeown. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Apr 2008 | 12:03 pm
The Supreme Court has held caste as one of the determining but not the sole factor to decide social and educational backwardness of an individual. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Apr 2008 | 12:03 pm
The 27 per cent quota for OBC students in Central institutions of higher learning, including IITs and IIMs, would be introduced in phases, HRD Minister Arjun Singh has said. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Apr 2008 | 12:03 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday recommended mobile users to be given the right to retain their numbers when they switch operators or move to different regions within the country.
Authorities in northern India have banned the sale of a cheap variety of hair dye after debt-ridden farmers were found to be drinking it to end their lives, an official said Friday. At least 11 far... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
New Delhi, April 11 : Last year saw the war of the titans, with the likes of Bhool Bhulaiya and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and the much-hyped Om Shanti Om and Saawariyaa, making utmost efforts to make the box-office rolling. Who made it to the top and who was crippling, is now a history known to all. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
New Delhi, Apr 11 : President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will embark on her maiden visit to Brazil, Mexico and Chile from April 12 to 25. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
With a twin focus of curbing price rise and boosting trade, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath recast India's foreign trade policy Friday, that bans export of primary steel and extends fiscal sops to a range of industries. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
New Delhi, Apr 11 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for entering into an agreement between the Governments of India and Bangladesh for running of the 'Moitree Express' passenger train between Dhaka and Kolkata. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
South Africa failed to capitalise on a good start and were struggling at 175 for four against India at tea on the first day of the final Test match at the Green Park here Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
To promote his forthcoming Hindi film 'Jannat', producer Mukesh Bhatt will be airing a Bengali version of the song 'Jannat jahan'. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
After Onir's 'Bas Ek Pal', Sanjay Suri and Jimmy Shergil are back together in Anjum Rizvi's supernatural thriller 'Flat'. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
Fifty-plus Mithun Chakraborty saved director Aseem Samanta from a lot of trouble when he shot for 'Don Muthuswami' despite being ill. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
DEPB scheme extended to May 2009 Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, in the Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09, today extended the Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (DEPB) scheme for Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) and bilateral agreements signed by the government with five countries ? Bangladesh, Chile, Mexico, Madagascar and Brazil Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 10:55 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said it was outraged by a resolution by U.S. lawmakers urging an end to a crackdown in Tibet as a Beijing-run newspaper linked al Qaeda to claimed plots to attack the Beijing Olympics.
Terming soaring inflation a global phenomenon, the government today said it has no "magic wand" to bring it down immediately though it is taking all possible steps to contain price rise Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved setting up of mini tool rooms in the country under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, for helping the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 10:03 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian inflation jumped to its highest in more than three years and industrial output growth picked up, increasing the odds of the central bank tightening policy, although analysts are divided on how it would do it.
Apparel retailer Provogue India Ltd on Friday said that it would raise Rs 314 crore through the preferential allotment of 2.85 million equity shares at a price of Rs 1,100. The money will be utilised Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 9:46 am
Pakistan and India will soon finalise the bilateral tariff and transit fee for the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project. Technical teams from both countries will meet in Islamabad Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 9:35 am
KANPUR, India (Reuters) - Captain Graeme Smith fell for 69 to trigger a batting slump before South Africa reached 175 for four at tea on the first day of the third test against India on Friday.
Even though the Supreme Court allowed 27% reservation for other backward classes in central educational institutions, it has raised questions on the effectiveness of such a policy for bringing Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 9:19 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The cabinet on Friday set up a team of top civil servants to examine the recommendations of the pay panel for government employees which has announced a steep increase in salaries.
Amid rising prices of food items and government's measures to control inflation showing little signs, experts have suggested that domestic supply side with better agriculture infrastructure has to be Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 8:56 am
Yes Bank has zeroed in on two banks as possible acquisition targets and could execute the buy-out in the next 18-24 months, a top bank official said."We have one or two banks on our radar...In Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 8:38 am
Inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) zoomed to over three-year high of 7.41% for the week ended March 29 when compared with 7% in the previous week mainly on account of rising prices of Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Apr 2008 | 8:34 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Porters carried ballot boxes on their backs along mountain paths high in the Himalayas on Friday, to trucks, tractors and helicopters waiting to take them to counting centres after Nepal's first election in nine years.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - As Nepal wakes on Friday relieved to have got through its first election in nine years in an amazingly peaceful atmosphere, a whole new set of challenges lie ahead.
You've heard of multiplexes. But now entertainment conglomerate Adlabs Cinemas has drawn up a plan to build 12 megaplexes in India where you can not only see movies but also cricket and soccer matches on screen! Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Apr 2008 | 3:30 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A doubling of food prices in the last three years could potentially put 100 million people in low income countries deeper into poverty and raise the global poverty rate as much as 3 to 5 percentage points, a senior World Bank official said on Thursday.
It seems actor Vikas Bhalla has decided to be a jack of all trades. After trying his luck in films, television and music, he has launched a production house and is making programmes for one Canadian and two Pakistani TV channels. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Apr 2008 | 2:30 am
The much sought after Aishwarya Rai, who has been turning down movies for more than just lack of time, says she refused Karan Johar's comedy 'Dostana' because the quirky situations mentioned in the script wouldn't have worked. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Apr 2008 | 2:00 am
Over the past few days, a major controversy has erupted over the terms and conditions set by the Indian Premier League (IPL), particularly with reference to the prohibition on use of photographs taken by media organizations at sporting events hosted by the IPL. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Apr 2008 | 2:00 am
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar took to his turban, kirpan (dagger) and beard in 'Singh Is King' with unconditional gusto, but director Anees Bazmi couldn't convince seasoned actor Om Puri, who plays a sardar in the movie, to sport beard. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Apr 2008 | 2:00 am
Diphu (Assam): At least 40 people were injured, 18 of them seriously, when a cycle bomb ripped through a market in Howraghat town in central Assam’s hill district of Karbi Anglong on Thursday. The bomb was allegedly detonated by ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Thiruvananthapuram: Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy on Thursday accused Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan of attempting to divert attention from the government’s failure to address the woes of Kuttanad farmers and the role of his ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the rising food prices would make it difficult for the government to control inflation but ruled out returning to the “era of blind controls.” — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Srinagar: A Hizb-ul Mujahideen militant was arrested and security forces recovered 10 kg of RDX in separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said. Mansoor Ahmad was arrested in a joint operation by the police and ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trinidad native John Mitchell dabbled in basketball and baseball after arriving in the United States at the age of 9. But it took the introduction of cricket at his New York school to find a sport he felt at home with.
When Virgin Mobile offered to pay consumers to chatter more on their mobiles, it started something radical in the history of mobile telephony. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:50 pm
The buzz about Reliance Industries (RIL) divesting a small stake in its gas exploration & production business (E&P) to a strategic investor just got louder on Thursday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:48 pm
Marketing and brand experts at Kingfisher Airlines are piece by piece extinguishing the 'Deccan' brand and stamping the personality of the pioneering carrier's new owner Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:45 pm
e automobile industry failed to hold its caravan steady last fiscal as sales missed the 10 million domestic vehicle sales mark by a wide margin. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:44 pm
NTPC Ltd will bid for exploration blocks on offer under the New Exploration Licensing Policy phase VII. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:43 pm
good series in Australia, where, despite losing the four-Test series 2-1, they managed to dispel the Aussies' invincibility myth, followed by the tri-series win, Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:43 pm
The Rs 1,000 crore Lumax group, a leading manufacturer of automotive lighting in India, has decided not to go ahead with the commissioning of its Haridwar plant Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:42 pm
A new minister has been appointed for mines. And a new minister of state will now be looking after steel. That has, once again, filled the hearts of steel producers Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:40 pm
The Madhya Pradesh government expects to attract investments worth Rs.150 billion at an investors meet starting Friday, a top state official said Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Apr 2008 | 6:30 pm
Fifteen temporary workers of Torrent Power, including seven women, were arrested Thursday for threatening to commit suicide as part of their protest against the management. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Apr 2008 | 6:30 pm
Tight security arrangements have been made for Uttar Pradesh assembly by-poll while keeping in mind that normal life is not affected, a state official said here Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Apr 2008 | 5:01 pm
The world's third largest pizza chain Papa John's plans to invest over $62.5 million (Rs.2.5 billion) over the next four years to open at least 100 outlets in India, said a top official Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Apr 2008 | 5:01 pm
Dozens of youth wing activists of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday ransacked the office of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) here, accusing the public sector telecom company of deliberately providing poor networking services and false billings. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Apr 2008 | 4:31 pm
The central executive meeting of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has begun to discuss the unification of several breakaway parties including AGP (Progressive) led by former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
The BJP`s first list of candidates
for 150 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, going to polls
next month, would be announced in Delhi on Thursday. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
Banned CPI (Maoist) guerrillas on Thursday shot dead six persons of a rival Naxalite outfit in Bihar`s Rohtas district. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
The 24-hour Darjeeling district bandh called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to protest police action against their activists is disrupting normal life in the three hill sub-divisions on Thursday. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra
Saraswathi has moved the Supreme Court against the Tamil Nadu
government`s move to appoint its own public prosecutor in the
sensational Sankararaman murder case, whose trial was shifted
to neighbouring Pondicherry. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
Security forces have arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen militant and unearthed a hideout in Pulwama district, a Defence spokesman said on Thursday. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
Candidates of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have locked horns in the by-polls to Khalilabad parliamentary seat, where minority votes will play a decisive role. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court upheld on Thursday a government policy to reserve more college seats for students from lower castes, a fiercely debated affirmative action scheme intended to help flatten centuries-old social hierarchies.
