The inflation has eased to 7.14 per cent during the first week of current fiscal, down by 0.27 per cent from the previous week, coinciding with government's numerous steps in April to tackle surging Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 7:18 am
Tibetan refugees greet the Olympic torch in New Delhi with wee-hour protests as scores of them stage two demonstrations at two key locations. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Apr 2008 | 7:11 am
Kaashyap Technologies Ltd (KTL) has inked an MoU with Oceansoft Information System Co Ltd, China (CMM level 3 Company), to penetrate the fast-growing Chinese market in the areas of IT training and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 7:04 am
Parsvnath Developers today announced its second group housing project in Jammu and Kashmir where it would be working in association with a local company - Mass House Building Cooperative, at Sidhra, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:15 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Olympic torch arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to be met immediately with protests from members of the world's largest community of exiled Tibetans, who vowed to disrupt its passage through the Indian capital.
The Indian equities market was trading higher in initial trade, tracking strong cues from Asian markets. The gaining rally in the early trade was led by metal, realty and IT stocks. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:01 am
Andhra Pradesh seems to be heading for 'star wars' with several popular Telugu actors gearing up to take the plunge into politics ahead of next year's assembly elections. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
Hyderabad, Apr 17 (ANI/Business Wire India): India's premier social networking portal 'Indyarocks.com' today goes mobile with the launch of its mobile optimized platform. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
Mumbai, Apr 17 : Match referee Roshan Mahanama has disapproved of the pitch provided by India in Kanpur for the third and final test against South Africa, said the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Malcolm Speed. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
Gulmarg, Apr 17 : Unexpected snowfall in the upper reaches of the Himalayas has buoyed the spirits of tourists currently vacationing in Kashmir. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
Exactly one year ago, police arrested Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Babubhai Katara for allegedly smuggling out a woman and a boy on the diplomatic passports of his wife and son at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
More than 40 Tibetan demonstrators were detained in two separate places early Thursday shortly after the Olympic torch reached the Indian capital from Pakistan. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
Packed with pulsating stunts and tough guy acts, MTV's weekly reality show 'Roadies' has managed to hook millions of Indians, from college goers to school kids to housewives. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
New Delhi is leaving nothing to chance to keep the pro-Tibet protesters at bay as the Olympic torch is taken across the capital's much-barricaded stretch this afternoon.Policemen are deployed Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 am
In a major move to bring down prices of essential commodities, the Government is planning to import one million tonnes of edible oil and 15 lakh tonnes of pulses.Agriculture Minister Sharad Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 5:54 am
The steel and raw material producer, Bhuwalka Steel Industries Ltd (BSIL) has taken a major leap towards the backward integration facilities which would enable it to produce steel through primary Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 5:50 am
Communication in India's land of rising sun, Arunachal Pradesh, is set to take a big leap with projects from the Prime Minister's Rs 1,000-crore grant for the state, to begin operations in the next Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 5:37 am
Parsvnath Developers, a real estate major, today announced that it has sold 30% stake in a Mumbai project to foreign funds for a total consideration of Rs 186 crore for the development of the BEST bus Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 5:17 am
Britain-born Upen Patel has been courting controversy lately and the three-film-old model-turned-actor feels there's a definite design to demolish his reputation. But he is determined to strike gold without any backing from the industry. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Apr 2008 | 3:31 am
Asian markets have rallied smartly on the back of smart gains in the US markets.The Hang Seng has surged 534 points to 24,412. The Nikkei has rallied 306 points to 13,452.The Taiwan Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 3:22 am
We had indicated the possibility of intra-day profit booking in this morning's online market report. Our outlook was based on the five days relative strength index (RSI), which crossed 80 when the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Apr 2008 | 3:16 am
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp debuted on Thursday as a top global information company, hoping a portfolio of products from financial to legal and health-care will help it ride out a financial industry downturn.
Amid tight security, the Beijing Olympic torch arrived here early Thursday on a special aircraft from Pakistan. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Apr 2008 | 1:30 am
KABUL (Reuters) - Indian soap operas with their tales of family drama and trysts among the rich and beautiful have transfixed Afghans brought up on turgid state broadcasts and under a Taliban ban on television.
PANAJI: The Goa government asserted on Tuesday that the doctors at the State-owned Goa Medical College and hospital adhered to the standard procedure while conducting two autopsies on the British teenager Scarlette Keeling. The ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Under attack over rising prices, the government on Wednesday announced a slew of measures, including Rs 15-a litre subsidy on edible oil. The Prime Minister is also contemplating calling a meeting of Chief Ministers to discuss ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The South-West Monsoon that is crucial for agriculture is likely to be near normal this year, the India Meteorological Department has forecast. — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Islamabad has provided visas to family members of Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row in Pakistan. The family plans to meet President Pervez Musharraf and other senior members of the newly elected government ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party has swept all five by-elections in Uttar Pradesh the results of which were declared on Wednesday, winning two Lok Sabha seats and three Assembly seats. A jubilant Chief Minister Mayawati declared soon ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Tikamgarh (M.P.): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had yet another night halt at a tribal home in Tapriyan village here. Even district officials were caught unawares about the visit on Tuesday night, party sources said. — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Pakistan has finally yielded and granted visa to Sarabjit`s family for their visit to Islamabad. The Pakistan High Commission had on Tuesday forwarded the visa applications of the kin of Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row, to Islamabad for clearance. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
The Indian Navy and Coast
Guard are facing force depletions and government should
expeditiously argument induction of warships, submarines and
surveillance aircraft to maintain optimum operational
readiness, a parliamentary committee has said. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
Uttar Pradesh`s ruling BSP on Wednesday
covered itself with glory sweeping the bypolls to two Lok
Sabha and three Assembly seats in the state while the BJP
retained the Betul Parliamentary constituency in Madhya
Pradesh. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
Intensifying their protest ahead of the Olympic torch relay, scores of Tibetans today attempted to storm the Chinese embassy here and clashed with security personnel. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
Pakistan has erected nine mobile towers in its territory along the Indo-Pak border, which have security-related implications for India, the government said on Wednesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
Amid concerns over spread of naxal activities, the surrender by Left wing insurgents has come down drastically in several states, government figures show. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
The saying `a little gesture goes a long way` was personified when an emotional Nalini Sriharan, convicted for Rajiv Gandhi`s assaination, said that she feels that all her sins have been washed away after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made a emotional visit to meet her in prison. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
Swedish forensic experts have said the two autopsies carried out in India on the body of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, found dead on a beach in Goa, were "absolutely illegal". Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
The body of Border Roads
Organisation (BRO) engineer Mahendra Pratap Singh, who was
killed last week in a terror attack in Afghanistan, has reached
Delhi on Wednesday. The body is headed for his home in Varanasi. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
Congress general secretary,
Rahul Gandhi paid a surprise visit to Tapriyan village in
Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh and spent night in a
tribal`s house. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2008 | 11:44 pm
Legendary leg spinner Abdul Qadir hailed the Indian Cricket League for its monumental effort in lifting the status of T20 cricket. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:18 pm
Rajpath is a fortified zone as the Indian leg of the Olympic torch relay hits town today under the spectre of pro-Tibet protests Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:16 pm
However, DTH players are not likely to pass on the benefits of the reduction in licence fee to their subscribers immediately. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:12 pm
Some of the top infrastructure developers are in the race for modernising Udaipur and Amritsar airports. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:10 pm
The Bharti Group made a rather low-key entry in the retail sector on Wednesday by opening three neighbourhood format stores in Ludhiana. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:09 pm
Private equity (PE) firms are smacking their lips at the depths to which valuations of companies have plummeted from their high perch just over three months ago. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:07 pm
The government's ban on exports of cement and clinker last week in a bid to contain soaring prices seems to be taking effect. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:06 pm
Maruti Suuzki may be on a capex overdrive, but analysts don't seem to agree on the quantum of growth this passenger car market leader would post this fiscal. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2008 | 10:01 pm
Hailing India's 'economic ascent' and its growing global stature, Canada Wednesday called for stepping up cooperation in areas ranging from agriculture and mining to ICT and infrastructure. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 6:32 pm
The police Wednesday recovered the bodies of self-styled holy man V Palanisamy alias 'Cigar Swamy' and his paramour Divya (25), in south Chennai here Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 6:32 pm
US software major Novell will invest an additional $100 million over the next three years to scale up its India operations, including research and product development capabilities, a top company official said here Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 6:32 pm
The only player to have six sixes in an over in a Twenty20 cricket game, Yuvraj Singh Wednesday said he saw nothing wrong playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) despite hectic schedule of international teams around the world. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 6:31 pm
India's cricket coach Gary Kirsten came out in support of the controversial Kanpur pitch that drew the ire of International Cricket Council, which has demanded a report from the Indian board on the quality of the track. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 6:31 pm
The Samajwadi Party's rout in the two Lok Sabha and three assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh has given a big blow to party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. The heavy margin of defeat has come as a shock to him. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 6:30 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - Developing nations objected on Wednesday to possible curbs on greenhouse gases produced by industries such as steel or cement, telling U.S.-led climate talks that too strict standards could throttle their companies.
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.
A survey the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted in 300 districts has revealed that people from the lowest strata of society continued to depend on local money lenders for small loans at exorbitant interest rates. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2008 | 5:00 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's monsoon rains are likely to be near normal this year, the government forecast on Wednesday, promising robust harvests which could bolster growth in Asia's third-largest economy and soothe global food worries.
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
