State-run Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd (RCF) plans to invest around Rs 10,000 crore over the next five years to revive its closed units, forge joint ventures and expand capacities, a top Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:46 am
Ahead of the banking sector review in 2009, Standard Chartered Bank is planning to beef up its presence in India in an aggressive manner. The bank has applied for opening 40 branches in the country Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:41 am
BAMROLI, India (Reuters) - A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in Gujarat on Wednesday, killing at least 44 school children and three adults, police said.
Directors of the seven IITs will
meet here on Wednesday to discuss how to implement 27 per cent
quota for the OBCs which has been given the go-ahead by the
Supreme Court. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
"It is beyond our understanding"
was all BJP could say in reaction to Priyanka Vadra`s meeting
with one of the conspirators in her father Rajiv Gandhi`s
assassination. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
Observing that "nobody can put a
time line" on the successful conclusion of the Indo-US nuclear
accord, Congress party has said sacrificing the government for
the deal would be like "death without martyrdom". Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
With the NSCN-IM jittery over
the "delay" in solving the vexed Naga problem, Union Home
Minister Shivraj Patil on Tuesday discussed the issue at a
high-level meeting. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
The process of next month`s
assembly elections in Karnataka will be formally set in motion
tomorrow with the issuance of the notification by the election
commission for the first of the three-phased polls. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
The special Tada court will begin
the trial of extradited gangster Abu Salem in the 1993 serial
blasts case on Wednesday with the prosecution examining its first
witness. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
The Srinagar-Leh Highway, the
only road linking Kashmir with the frontier region of Ladakh,
will remain open throughout the year for the convenience of
people, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
Tata Motors faces another litmus test on Tuesday as the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition on the acquisition of land at Singur in West Bengal. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
Talks between Janata Dal (United)
and BJP on the issue of seat sharing in the upcoming Karnataka
assembly elections are yet to yield any results. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
Maoist guerrillas blew up a four-metre-long rail track in Giridih district of Jharkhand early Wednesday, while enforcing a 24-hour shutdown, the police said. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
Atleast 44 passengers, mostly children, were killed when a school bus fell into the Narmada canal in Bodeli in Vadodra. The accident occurred at 6.30 am when the bus, that was taking more than 60 passengers on a study tour, collided with the bridge and plunged into the canal. Gujarat government has announced Rs 1 lakh to the kin of dead even as rescue operations are in full swing. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL), the second largest housing finance company in the country, today said it has opened seven new branches in the country and open its representative office Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:04 am
Making an entry into Maharashtra, media company Sun TV Network has announced that it is launching FM Radio stations at Nasik and Vadodara under the brand S FM. These stations can be heard at 93.5 MHz, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:58 am
Hailing India's incredible economic growth and noting its growing importance in the world arena, Canada today offered its partnership in areas like agriculture, mining, life sciences, ICT, financial Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:44 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual monsoon rains, vital in determing farm output and rural spending in the trillion-dollar economy, are likely to be near normal in 2008, the government said on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police detained at least 50 Tibetans on Wednesday for protesting in front of the Chinese embassy, hours before the Olympic torch was to arrive in the capital, witnesses said.
Software exports from Tamil Nadu were expected to touch Rs 26,000 crore in 2007-08, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi announced in the state Assembly today. Answering supplementaries regarding setting up Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
Hedge fund managers are making money that once seemed unimaginable!John Paulson, founder of Paulson & Company, made $3.7 billion in 2007 by betting against collateralized debt obligations Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:34 am
Supreme Court has allowed the appeal of Godfrey Phillips India and set aside the order of the National Consumer Commission, which asked the tobacco company to issue a corrective advertisement to Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
India's crude oil import bill has moved up over 38% to $61.16 billion in the first 11 months of 2007-08.India imported 111.089 million tonne of crude oil between April-February 2007-2008 for Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
Power Finance Corporation (PFC) today reported a 22% increase in net profit at Rs 1,208.679 crore for the year ended March 31, 2008 when compared with Rs 986.138 crore in FY07.According to a Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
REUTERS - The 'rebel' Twenty20 league bankrolled by the owners of India's largest listed media firm has sought recognition from the International Cricket Council (ICC), the chief executive of the sport's governing body said on Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Security forces were deployed in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday for the visit of the Olympic torch, as safety fears rose for the relay in Australia after Chinese students called pro-Tibet supporters "scum".
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's financial sector is likely to be less affected than similar sectors in most emerging economies by the turbulence in global financial markets, the Reserve Bank of India Governor said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has pulled out of Thursday's Olympic torch relay in the capital for personal reasons, the head of the Indian Olympic Association told local television on Wednesday.
Hyderabad will join cities like Kolkata and Delhi to have a metro rail that give will further boost to connectivity in this fast-growing southern Indian hub. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 5:00 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - The United States will continue to press for less restrictive rules on food aid in world trade talks, despite push-back from the trading partners like the European Union, officials said on Tuesday.
If a black cat crosses the road, many an Indian will wait for someone else to walk down the path first, thinking bad luck will befall him otherwise. This is a classic example of superstition in an insecure person, say experts. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 4:02 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Important voices are being raised in favour of Rahul Gandhi as India's next prime minister, as the ruling party looks to its family dynasty to fill a leadership vacuum as a general election approaches.
Darshan starrer 'Gaja' holds the top position among Kannada films and is expected to complete 100 days at many centres. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 3:00 am
After staying away from the arclights for a couple of years, Nepali beauty Manisha Koirala returns with 'Sirf - Life Looks Greener On The Other Side'. The actress also plans to take up direction in a year or two. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 3:00 am
Nothing you say or do can exonerate you from the sin of missing 'Khuda Kay Liye', written and directed by Pakistan's Shoaib Mansoor. No review on either side of the border, or the ones by our learned critics elsewhere have done justice to the film's thematic power and enrapturing, almost mesmeric, execution of a plot that takes the director through three geopolitical zones without stumbling during the historic journey. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 1:31 am
Music lovers have lapped up Hari Krishna's compositions in 'Gaja' and it tops the Kannada audio charts. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 1:30 am
Jodhpur: The Jodhpur airbase of the Indian Air Force, one of the most strategically important forward airbases in the western sector, will be limitedly operational for around six months as the IAF has undertaken a total resurfacing and ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
PUDUKOTTAI: The Union Government has sanctioned an additional sum of Rs.9.37 crore for providing more basic amenities and strengthening basic infrastructure in the housing programme for the tsunami-hit people. The programme, being ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Vadra on Tuesday described her meeting with Nalini Sriharan — a convict in the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi — as a “purely ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: After getting the go-ahead from Communications and Information Technology Minister A. Raja, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has begun the process of allotting spectrum to new companies, starting from the Tamil Nadu ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Olympic torch relay here on Thursday, the Home Ministry on Tuesday reviewed the security arrangements. “All necessary arrangements are being made to ensure that the brief event passes off peacefully,” ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
MADURAI: The Government Rajaji Hospital has evolved a full-fledged adoption system to fulfil its requirements in infrastructure and basic amenities. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of environmental sanitation committee ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Wipro Technologies, the IT services unit of Wipro Ltd said it has been selected by Credit Suisse as a partner in its organisation-wide human resources Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:10 pm
The underconfidence of the software major Infosys Technologies is reflected in its conservative revenue growth guidance of 19-21% in FY 2008 Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:08 pm
While Infosys Technologies gave some respite to the market with better than expected numbers. But risks to corporate earnings still loom very large, says the street. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:06 pm
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance earned a new business weighted premium of Rs 6,684 crore during the financial year 2007-08, registering a growth of 68% Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:04 pm
"There is no personal feud with Leander. I just want a captain who is a good leader. My not getting along with someone is not the issue," he adds. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:04 pm
The Davis Cup captaincy issue is perceived to be just another extension of the acrimony between Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:03 pm
ICICI Bank has increased the minimum quarterly average balance required for its savings accounts to Rs 10,000, from the present Rs 5,000. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:03 pm
Gary Kirsten has said that the Indian team was not best prepared for the second Test of the just-concluded series against South Africa. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 10:01 pm
Shubha Raul, Mumbai's first citizen, has an idea to save couples swimming in love from drowning at the Bandra Bandstand. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:56 pm
Shah Rukh Khan's proposed entertainment act on the field is stuck in the works. He has refused to buckle under the West Bengal government's demand for entertainment tax. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Apr 2008 | 9:51 pm
ICL India beat ICL World by 10 runs to win the Indian Cricket League World Series Twenty20 Championship here Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:31 pm
Aamir Khan's feted directorial debut 'Taare Zameen Par' was absent from the 9th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards nomination list announced here Tuesday as the actor didn't forward his film for the awards shortlist. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:30 pm
Movie buffs can now wear outfits similar to those worn by their favourite stars on screen through a new clothesline unveiled by the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in association with fashion retail brand BIBA here Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2008 | 6:30 pm
Delhi Daredevils' practice match under the newly installed floodlights in Ferozshah Kotla turned out to be an absolute chaos as hundreds of spectators were denied entry into the stadium. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2008 | 5:32 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nearly 17 years after a suicide bomber blew up former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, his daughter has met one of those jailed for the murder, seeking to come to terms with her loss.
