A pregnant woman was allegedly raped
by a person posing as a `Godman` in Kotda Sanghani town of the
district, police said on Thursday. Source: Zee News : States | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:59 pm
A Pak Armyman has been arrested after he entered into the Indian territory on late Thursday. BSF personnels arrested the soldier in Dharana area in R S Pura border belt of Jammu district and recovered an ID card and Rs 1,380 in pakistani currency was recovered from his possession. Source: Zee News : States | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:59 pm
Rare royal photographs including of a handwritten note by five-year-old Prince Charles to his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth, with crayon hugs and kisses. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:56 pm
About 300 Tibetian protesters were behind bars in the Indian capital on Friday, a day after the Beijing Olympic torch's India run. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:48 pm
UK-based luggage brand, Antler, today forayed into the Indian market through a marketing tie-up with leading travel goods player, Safari Industries.Antler products will now be available in Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:24 pm
The celestial wedding of Lord Sundareswarar with Goddess Meenakshi was celebrated in a grand manner in Madhurai today. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:19 pm
When the Kings (Kings XI Punjab - the Mohali team) clash with the Superkings (Chennai Superkings - the Chennai team) at the IPL here, pyrotechnics are guaranteed. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:17 pm
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today sought investments from the oil-rich Arab countries in the infrastructure sectors in India.He was speaking at the two-day India-Arab investment Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
What does the highest test wicket-taker in the world Muthiah Muralitharan want when he bowls to Sri Lankan team mates Kumar Sangakkara and captain Mahela Jayawardene Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:59 am
Keen to ensure development of locals in its project sites in Jharkhand and Orissa, ArcelorMittal will spend about $500 million (Rs 2,000 crore) as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:55 am
UK-based financial institutions and banks are keen on investing in Indian small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and a large number of establishments are also keen to invest in public-private Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:35 am
It is a new Forbes list and covers rich people and their fights, but for a change the Ambani brothers are not its India connection -- rather, Vijay Mallya and Naresh Goyal have made to the magazine's Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:19 am
Punjab and Haryana have projected revenue loss of Rs 150 crore and Rs 500 crore, respectively due to the proposed cut in Central Sales Tax (CST) rate by 1 per cent, even as both the states have Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:58 am
"A large presence of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants poses a grave threat to the internal security and it should be viewed strongly": Government report. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:48 am
With 472 cases of Juvenile crime registered last year, Gujarat youngsters are incerasingly taking to crime to make quick money. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:43 am
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - India's border guards shot dead three villagers, including a Bangladeshi national in its eastern state of West Bengal late on Thursday, and said they had tightened security a day after the incident.
Once fully operational, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) will scrutinise global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in case they have a bearing on competition in the Indian market, said a Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:31 am
Wipro Ltd, the country's third largest software exporter, today reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,283 crore for 2007-08. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:17 am
Indian skies will soon see yet another new airliner vying for a share in the growing passenger market. Air-Dravida, a new airliner based in the South. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:07 am
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists studying the icy depths of the sea around Antarctica have detected changes in salinity that could have profound effects on the world's climate and ocean currents.
iGATE Corporation, an integrated technology and operations firm, said its subsidiary - iGATE Solutions - reported a revenue of $54.9 million from operations, an increase of 4 per cent for the first Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:40 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has an effective command and control structure for its nuclear weapons and they are fully safe and secure, the country's new prime minister said on Thursday.
Sonata Software has posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 58.52 crore for the year ended March 31, 2007, up 22 per cent from Rs 48.03 crore last year.The software company's consolidated Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:27 am
Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications (RCom), which offers GSM and CDMA mobile services, said it added 1.62 million new mobile users in March. A company official said the net additions from January to Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:23 am
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Wipro Ltd, India's third-largest software services exporter, posted its slowest quarterly earnings growth in about 5 years, and said it was cautious about its near-term prospects because of global market uncertainty.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Olympic torch landed amid tight security on Friday in the Thai capital, the latest leg of its world tour, with police saying they were ready to stop any attempt by anti-China activists to put out the flame.
Cinema and cricket will combine to make a heady mix when the Indian Premier League (IPL) debuts Friday evening in Bangalore with superstar Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders taking on flamboyant magnate Vijay Mallya's Bangalore Royal Challengers. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:03 am
Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is keen to play the peacemaker in war-torn Sri Lanka. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 4:32 am
Global software major Wipro Ltd posted a net profit of Rs.8.8 billion for the fourth quarter (January-March) of fiscal 2007-08, registering 3 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth over the same period of previous fiscal (2006-07) under the Indian accounting practice. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 4:30 am
Wipro Ltd has projected $1.06 billion revenue from its global IT business for the first quarter (April-June) of fiscal 2008-09 under the American accounting practice. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 4:30 am
Rumours of Govinda's reportedly strange behaviour on the sets of Rajnish Thakur's 'Loot' in Bangkok have perturbed the actor, but he refuses to give any clarification saying his forthcoming releases will prove the naysayers wrong. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 3:00 am
Bollywood fashion designer Narendra Kumar, who has styled clothes for Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film 'Fashion' and plays a bit role in it too, has another ace up his sleeve - designing the line for the Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Aladdin'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Apr 2008 | 3:00 am
GAZA (Reuters) - Tiny darts sprayed from a controversial missile used by Israel killed a Reuters cameraman in Gaza, local doctors said on Thursday -- though Israeli forces would not say whether one of their tanks fired the fatal shot.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A forecast of normal monsoon rains for India has calmed fears of food shortages and galloping inflation, but another year of good rains may only prolong the deeper problems that haunt the languishing farm sector.
Revenues earned by private
airport owners from non-aeronautical sources should be
regulated by the proposed Airports Economic Regulatory
Authority (AERA), a parliamentary panel said on Thursday. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
With the 30-day suspension of Indian national Sarabjit Singh`s hanging set to end in less than a fortnight, there is no information on whether
Pakistan`s new government has taken up his plea for clemency, his lawyer said on Thursday. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
A meeting of the UPA leaders along with those of the Left parties is expected after April 23 in which a number of matters including the Supreme Court verdict on the OBC quota issue are likely to come up. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
The Supreme Court has sought a reply from soft drinks giant Coca-Cola on a petition filed by a former employee alleging harassment and gender discrimination by her seniors. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
President Pratibha Patil`s maiden state visit to Mexico began on an unpleasant note as one of her important engagements -- an address to the joint session of Parliament -- was on Thursday cancelled at the last
minute in view of the blockade of the house by Left-leaning
legislators. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
A tenant occupying a commercial
premises is no different than the one who lives in a rented
house and can be evicted by the landlord under the Delhi
Rent Control Act, the Supreme Court has ruled. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
The 27 per cent OBC quota will be implemented in Central government-run medical institutes over a period of two years with 18 per cent seats reserved for the backward castes students in such higher learning centres in this academic session. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
India`s first report on safety of civilian nuclear power plants was presented on Thursday at the Convention of Nuclear Safety (CNS) at Vienna by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) Chairman S K Sharma. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
BJP on Thursday demanded interim relief for the Central government employees in view of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
The expert committee on futures trading will submit its report to the government next week, Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen, who heads the panel,
said on Thursday. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) is understood to have decided to implement the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 from the coming academic year, as per Supreme Court directions. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: A tenant occupying commercial premises is no different from the one who lives in a rented house and can be evicted by the landlord under the Delhi Rent Control Act, the Supreme Court has ruled. Until now only a tenant occupying a ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Kozhikode: Expressing the fear that Indian language newspapers may face closure as a consequence of the steep increase in the cost of newsprint, the Kerala unit of the Indian Newspaper Society on Thursday said the issue would be raised in ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Central government, under criticism from its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies as well as the Opposition parties on the issue of rising prices of essential commodities, got some relief with the inflation rate slipping to ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: International news agencies have indicated that they will be unable to cover the Indian Premier League (IPL), starting on Friday, as long as it retains unacceptable accreditation terms. In a statement on Thursday, the News ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
The Madhya Pradesh government Thursday decided to confer land ownership rights to all urban slum dwellers in the state. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:01 pm
A pro-government Tamil moderate leader in Sri Lanka Thursday expressed his 'grave concern' over the night air raid by Sri Lankan Air Force jets in the rebel-held northern Wanni region, and urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa 'to take immediate action to prevent it'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Apr 2008 | 6:00 pm
A 'holiday marriage' plan of Britain-based 60-year-old NRI went awry Thursday when the Punjab police took him into custody after his Indian wife complained of cheating. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Apr 2008 | 5:33 pm
Tibetans held a candlelight protest in the summer capital of Srinagar Thursday evening even as a complete strike was observed in the frontier Leh district of Ladakh region Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Apr 2008 | 5:33 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday announced a surprise 50-basis-point increase in banks' reserve requirements to cool inflation from near three-year peaks, and analysts did not rule out further steps at an upcoming policy review.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Olympic torch was paraded through India's capital on Thursday, along a historic thoroughfare purged of spectators, as 15,000 police kept protesters from the world's largest community of exiled Tibetans far from the route.
