Four Soft Netherlands BV, a subsidiary of Hyderabad-based transportation and logistics software solutions provider Four Soft Limited, has signed a contract with Colvan Netherlands BV, for Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:12 am
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth figure may remain close to 7.9 per cent for the fiscal 2008-09, according to 82 per cent of the CEOs surveyed by industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:10 am
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said that there will be no meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Pprices today. Speaking on the sidelines of a CII conference, Nath clarified that there is no difference of Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 8:43 am
EyeQube Studios, a joint venture between Eros International and Charles Darby, has announced the state-of-the-art visual effect studio in Mumbai has commenced operations. The company has officially Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 8:27 am
The DLF Indian Premier League--twenty20 league by Board of Control for Cricket in India--has announced a revision of three matches in the inaugural season of the DLF Indian Premier League in view of Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 8:17 am
The government is in the process of creating a new regulatory structure for the medical devices industry as part of its effort towards achieving quality healthcare for all, Debasis Panda, Joint Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 8:04 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has trimmed the route for the Olympic torch relay this week, fearing Tibetan protesters might try to disrupt the procession, an official said on Tuesday.
European multinational AstraZeneca today announced an out-of -courtagreement with Ranbaxy on a pending patent infringement litigation on itsheartburn medicine Nexium.According to the settlement terms, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:44 am
Egypt today said it will explore the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement with India to boost trade and investment between the two countries."An FTA could be the best move to boost trade and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:05 am
Had he not missed out on the three-figure mark in Kanpur, Sourav Ganguly felt he could have rated last innings as his best in Test cricket. Graeme Smith, the South African captain, had no doubt that i... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 7:01 am
Foreign fund house Morgan Stanley has increased its stake in Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Energy to over 5 per cent for about Rs 53.10 crore.Morgan Stanley has acquired 461,563 shares amounting to Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:59 am
India and Brazil will sign four bilateral agreements, including an extradition treaty, to bolster bilateral relations.Besides overseeing the inking of the agreements, President Pratibha Patil, now on Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:52 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A cabinet panel on prices will take more measures to calm inflation and will meet soon, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Tuesday.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 14: Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader and Kerala MP, Mr PV Abdul Wahab, today said that he would consult with his party members about filing a complaint against Air In... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:14 am
DEHRADUN, April 14: Ms Uma Bharti's decision to march to Tibet has thrown the state administration into a tizzy. Busy with local body elections, the district administration in Chamoli has refused to g... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:14 am
Kavita Suri JAMMU, APRIL 14: For Tasleema, 30, life has turned into a tale of woes and miseries since her husband Nazir Ahmad Deka, a resident of Deksum in Ananatnag district of south Kashmir,was kil... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:14 am
Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, April 14: The human resource development (HRD) minister, Mr Arjun Singh, might be in a hurry to implement the 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes (OBC... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:14 am
Binoy Valsan JAIPUR, April 14: Bollywood actor turned Lok Sabha member Dharmendra once again proved that nobody could play the role of "the elusive MP of Bikaner" to perfection like the way he does ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:14 am
And Kirsten said despite the pre-series dilemmas, he had become very clear as to which team he wanted to support by the time India wrapped up the series."I'm happy to be able to say I wanted India to ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:09 am
With the Olympic torch relay set to arrive in New Delhi on April 17, authorities are taking extra security measure against any possible disruption attempts by Tibetan protestors.The Delhi Police has t... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:06 am
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): The bodies of the two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) engineers, who were killed in Afghanistan blast on Saturday, are expected to arrive home today. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:01 am
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear a petition challenging the Calcutta High Court's verdict that held the acquisition of land by West Bengal Government for Tata Motors' small-c... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:01 am
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Former Brazil striker Romario announced his retirement on Monday at 42, ending a career in which he won the World Cup, was involved in numerous controversies and claimed to have scored more than 1,000 goals.
Well know film director Subhash Ghai is readying a commercial complex that is right in front of Yashraj Films. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2008 | 4:01 am
Bengali cinema's National Award winning actress Indrani Halder is going seriously mainstream with Sony TV's new soap 'Sujata' but doesn't want anything to do with commercial films. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2008 | 4:01 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea's hopes of winning the Premier League took a huge dent at Stamford Bridge on Monday when an injury time goal from Emile Heskey gave the relegation-threatened visitors a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Thousands of Washington state school children cheered the Dalai Lama on Monday, chanted peace slogans and clasped hands over hearts to lively drumbeats, but some said they wanted to hear more about the hot issue of the day -- Tibet.
The Society for Technology Management, Asia's premier tech transfer forum, will be conducting its flagship international program on IP and Tech Transfer from today at Ooty. The four day event brings together the finest of IP professionals from Asia and the world. The forum will facilitate exchange of new ideas and active knowledge transfers. As in past years, the event is expected to result in many new business linkages. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2008 | 3:12 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - For more than a decade, the chief of Nepal's Maoists led a bloody civil war in the rugged Himalayan foothills and carried a price on his head.
PANAJI: A 30-year-old Russian tourist, Kabanov Vladimir, was found dead at a guest house at Vagator, on the north Goa coast, on Sunday afternoon. Police sources said the Russian arrived in India this month and checked in at the guest ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
MADURAI: This year water may not be released from the Vaigai dam to facilitate Lord Kallazhagar’s entry into the river. For, the reservoir has been overflowing for the past 23 days. From the days of drought-like situation during ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Dubai: Five Indian workers in Kuwait were arrested after about 525 contract workers went on strike at a labour camp, accusing their company of going back on its contractual obligations. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
MUMBAI: While the Supreme Court last Tuesday ordered that bio-safety tests on transgenic crops should be made public, there is a petition pending in the Delhi High Court, which has issued a stay on giving out data on bio-safety tests of ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
KATHMANDU: The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is closing in a majority in the first-past-the-post system. Of the 200 seats for which results have been declared, the Maoists won 110, the Nepali Congress bagged 32, the Communist ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Sao Paulo: India and Brazil will sign at least four agreements during the ongoing visit of President Pratibha Patil. These will include pacts on Extradition Treaty, Oil and Natural Gas, Civil Defence and Humanitarian Assistance and ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Beijing: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said Pakistan was taking a “bilateral approach” to amicably resolve the Kashmir issue for the economic benefit of the people and hoped “good sense” will prevail on both ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
After a crackdown by the Delhi
government on hoarding, panic-stricken hoarders have started
releasing their stocks to escape strict action that may
include registration of police case against them. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
Delhiites could hope for a better
power supply situation this summer with the Centre and the
Delhi government taking measures, including increasing the
capital`s electricity quota and setting up a special fund of
Rs 400 crore. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
on Monday announced a "Mahadalit" mission under which the state
government would spend Rs 300 crore on welfare schemes for the
"most depressed" sections among the Dalits. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
A Russian tourist has been found dead in a guest house at Vagator in north Goa`s coastal belt, police said on Monday. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog
Sanghthan on Monday demanded from the union HRD Minister Arjun
Singh, head of the Group of Ministers (GOM), to look into the
grievances of the Bhopal gas victims immediately. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
There was no contribution of the Nehru-Gandhi family in giving rights to dalits and backwards, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati alleged on Monday. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
Though hundreds of mourners paid tribute to slain coach Biranchi Das, who was gunned down last evening, his former disciple and child runner Budhia Singh failed to visit his "Dear Sir". Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
Ajay Yadav, son of former RJD MP
Ramsharan Yadav, was critically injured during a clash between
his family members and that of ruling JD(U) MLA from Khagaria,
Poonam Devi, in Bihar`s Khagaria district on Monday, police said. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
The family of a Ministry of
External Affairs` employee mowed down by a Blueline bus has
been awarded a compensation of Rs 14.23 lakh by a court here
in a case which is a chilling reminder of the frequent fatal
accidents caused by the killer buses on capital roads. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
Baisakhi, the festival of wheat
harvesting and creation of `Khalsa Panth` by tenth Sikh guru,
Gobind Singh, was today celebrated with traditional fervour and
gaiety. Source: Zee News : States | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:43 pm
By the middle of next year, one will have to dial 11 digits, instead of the current 10, to connect to mobile phone users across the country Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:13 pm
Faced with government's battle against inflation and specific offensive against the commodity, steel makers have started speaking in discordant voices to justify fresh price increases and at the same time oppose the proposed ban on exports. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:12 pm
Hitting the clean energy path, independent power producer and infrastructure player Lanco Infratech is preparing to join the great-Indian solar rush Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:10 pm
This time round, however, the conservatism may be warranted given the makings of a US recession and the consequent contagion. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:09 pm
On March 25, Development Bank of Singapore received Reserve Bank of India permission to open eight branches. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:05 pm
Bajaj Auto has assured its vendors that bike production at the new Pantnagar plant will be in the range of 600,000 units this fiscal. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:00 pm
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, has won the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) vote for Open XML (OOXML). Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:54 pm
There's so much else one could do under that single roof, you would realise. And everything is so organised, so shopping is a pleasure! Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:47 pm
Sixty-four years ago, on April 14, 1944, at around 2pm, city denizens of pre-independent India were enjoying their lunch, most unaware of a fire raging on board the SS Fort Stikine Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:40 pm
A 19-year-old employee of a call centre was Monday hit by an unidentified vehicle with such force that he was tossed up in the air and fell at the sharp grills of a road divider in east Delhi, which pierced through his stomach, said the police. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 7:00 pm
The pitch for Congress MP Rahul Gandhi as the party's next prime ministerial candidate seemed to be rising Monday with two senior party leaders and an ally saying he could be considered for the top job. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 7:00 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's parliament, dominated by President Pervez Musharraf's opponents, passed a resolution on Monday urging the government to seek a U.N. investigation of the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Economic experts Monday suggested the public distribution system (PDS) be strengthened as an effective measure to rein in increasing inflation, which has hit a 41-month high of 7.41 percent for the week ended March 29. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 6:33 pm
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will do all it can to contain the food grains price rise, including buying stocks from the domestic and international market and providing it to the poor at affordable rates, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 6:32 pm
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday dedicated to the nation the renovated and expanded Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport here and said it would be handed over to the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) 'very soon'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 6:31 pm
There are only three days left for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to begin Friday at the sprawling Ferozeshah Kotla ground here, but the city's public transport corporation is yet to get a formal request from the organisers to arrange special transport for the spectators. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 4:30 pm
The last month has been a trying one for India's Davis Cup captain Leander Paes. And his father and team doctor Vece minces no words in acknowledging that the mutiny in the team against his son has hurt Leander and made him a guarded person. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 4:30 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Nations approved the one thousandth clean energy project under a programme run under its Kyoto Protocol global warming pact, the U.N.'s climate change secretariat said on Monday.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's former Maoist rebels have widened their lead in crucial elections meant to map the country's political future and create a new Himalayan republic, the latest tally showed on Monday.
The Kolkata-Dhaka Moitree Express flagged off on Monday was stopped briefly on its tracks by a citizens group called `Amra Bengal`, demanding the scrapping of Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty. The train however resumed the historic journey within 10 minutes as the police swung into action. The train was flagged off by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, resuming passenger train services between the two neighbouring countries after 43 years. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:46 am
Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef was innocent all along, according to evidence emerging at the Old Bailey court in London, but the Australian Federal Police and the Commonwealth Director of Prosecutions ignored the evidence to continue his incarceration. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:46 am
Senior Congress leader Arjun
Singh said on Monday he didn`t see anything wrong in projecting Rahul Gandhi as the
Prime Ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha, saying that
the young leader has all the qualities of his father. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:46 am
India and Brazil have many things in common, including folk traditions, intellectual traditions and most importantly cows, President Pratibha Patil said on her arrival here as part of a three-nation Latin America swing. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:46 am
External Affairs Minister
Pranab Mukherjee has hailed the victory of Moists in Nepal,
calling it a "positive development". Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:46 am
DHAKA (Reuters) - Passenger trains began rolling between Bangladesh and India on Monday, resuming a service suspended more than four decades ago due to a war between India and Pakistan.
