Pakistan today allowed Sarabjit Singh's family to meet the Indian national on death row in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:43 am
A dispute over the Chiria iron ore mines in mineral-rich Jharkhand has left hanging several major steel projects. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:42 am
Then president A.P.J Abdul Kalam lost his customary cool when a constable of the President's Bodyguard allegedly raped a girl at the Buddha Jayanti park. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:40 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is arriving in Jammu on a two-day visit on Friday and all security agencies, including the army, have been put on high alert. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:39 am
Nineteen people, including 10 women and five children, were killed when a crowded boat carrying over 30 passengers capsized in river Neera in Maharashtra. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:38 am
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Brajesh Pathak created an uproar in the Lok Sabha on Thursday accusing the government of failing to provide fertiliser to farmers. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:37 am
A farmer, sitting on a protest since the last ten days, attempted to commit suicide by consuming rat poison Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:34 am
Delhi High Court Thursday pulled up the city government for not replying to a petition demanding compensation filed by 10 families affected by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:34 am
Satellite TV operator, Dish TV India today said that it will raise Rs 1,200 crore through a rights issue of shares.The company also said that the funds raised will be sufficient enough to fund Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:34 am
Suspecting them to be sorcerers and responsible for sickness in the village, residents of an Orissa village beat up and tortured eight vilagers. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:32 am
Real estate major Unitech, which has a pan-Indian telecom license, today said it has received the start-up spectrum to roll out services in Tamil Nadu. ?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:24 am
Private sector lender HDFC Bank today posted a net profit of Rs 471.1 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, up by 37.1 per cent from Rs 343.57 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:16 am
Chennai-based Rattha group will develop an IT SEZ in Porur at a cost of Rs 1,750 crore. ?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:16 am
The tourist hub of Sikkim has witnessed about 10 per cent rise in domestic tourist inflow in 2007.?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:09 am
The government today said there is no move to transfer lease of parts of Chiria mines to Mittal Steel as state-run steel giant Sail (Steel Authority Oh India) would require all the leases of the mines Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:06 am
UK-based charity organisation Oxfam International says the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) due to be signed between the European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries this Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
Infosys Technologies plans to set up a new development centre in Kolkata at an investment of Rs 500 crore. The venture will create more than 5,000 jobs over a period of time. ?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 8:57 am
India and Malaysia have finalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labour which will lay down the institutional framework for protection of Indian immigrant workers, the government said today Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 8:48 am
The Cochin Duty Free shop at the Nedumbassery airport has won the 'Best Indian Duty Free Retailer' for 2007-08 from among 11 international duty free shops in India. ?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2008 | 8:47 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Indian oil minister Murli Deora was in Pakistan on Thursday for talks on two major cross-border gas pipelines, the first formal contact between the two rivals since a new coalition government took power in Islamabad last month.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main opposition alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday stepped up protests against rising prices ahead of state elections, forming a human chain around parliament.
CHENNAI: In a repeat show of the Twenty20 World Cup final, Joginder Sharma lived upto captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's expectation and sent down a crucial final over as Chennai Super Kings pipped Mumbai... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 7:27 am
Police officer Prakash Sonar said Thursday that 10 bodies have been recovered and nine people are still missing. The boat sank near the central Indian city of Pune. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 7:11 am
WASHINGTON: The US has sought to smoothen India's ruffled feathers by suggesting that Washington did no finger pointing when it asked New Delhi to use its influence to end Iran's uranium enrichment... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 7:09 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's biggest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, on Thursday reported a surprising 34 percent fall in quarterly net profit as a large depreciation charge offset higher sales, knocking its shares lower.
New Delhi, Apr 24 : Hundreds of former child labourers and school children joined a global literacy campaign, walking down the streets of New Delhi on Wednesday, demanding compulsory and free education for all. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
New Delhi - At least 45 wedding revellers died in a road crash and a boat capsize in India's Rajasthan and Maharashtra states, police and news reports said Thursday. Twenty-four people, including five... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 6:57 am
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAIPUR, India -- Police say a truck collided with an overcrowded van in western India, leaving 24 people dead. Police officer Sanjeev Kumar Narjari says all the victims were i... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 6:47 am
NEW DELHI: Already hit by rising prices of food and essential commodities, consumers would now have to pay more for white goods and motor vehicles. All leading consumer electronics companies have deci... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 6:44 am
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - At least 31 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in Rajasthan and Maharashtra late on Wednesday, police said.
JAIPUR, India – A truck collided with a van overcrowded with revelers returning from a wedding in western India on Thursday, killing 24 people, police said. All 24 victims were traveling in t... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 6:19 am
As the 63-year-old debate on whether Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ''died'' in a plane crash continues, the Centre has said it has spent a huge amount on observing the ''death'' anniversary of the revol... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 6:15 am
Three Indian-origin businessmen who swindled banks in Britain and the United States of more than 300 million pounds by pretending to run a worldwide metal trading empire have been found guilty and fac... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2008 | 6:15 am
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (Reuters) - At least three people were trampled to death by an elephant and several injured when an intoxicated man teased the animal on Wednesday during a Hindu festival in Kerala, police said.
Fed up with the Maharashtra government's inaction, Bollywood is now taking up the matter of piracy with the central government and has written to Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, urging him to take corrective action. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2008 | 5:03 am
Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings are the teams which have won both their matches and have four points, while Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore have two points each from as many matches in the Indian Premier League. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2008 | 5:01 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Counting of votes in Nepal's key election is expected to end on Thursday, a contest likely to cement the former Maoist rebels as the largest party and give them a chance to lead a minority government.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has begun preparing for what is one of the world's biggest ever censuses, a survey by millions of volunteers that could affect government policies and reveal how economic growth has affected the population.
Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by six runs for their second consecutive win in the eighth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament here Wednesday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2008 | 1:30 am
The following is the final scoreboard of the eighth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament in which Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians here Wednesday: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2008 | 1:30 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - For nearly two centuries, Nepal's valiant Gurkha soldiers have battled their foes with guns and their lethal kukri knives, which tradition demands must draw blood every time it is unsheathed.
COLOMBO: In a day of worst fighting since the end of the Cease Fire Agreement in January, at least 52 LTTE cadres and 38 soldiers were killed on the Muhamalai and Kilalay Forward Defence Lines (FDLs) in the Jaffna peninsula on ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Left parties and the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) on Wednesday asked the government to summon the U.S. Ambassador and register its strong protest against Washington’s “unsolicited advice” asking ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) on Wednesday set up a three-member committee to inquire into the sting operation by a television news channel. It will be headed by retired Judge of the Madras High Court, Justice K.M.N. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed private vernacular news channels here to provide unedited video recordings of the press conference after the death of Rizwanur Rehman. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
A modern airport terminal built at a cost of Rs.140 million was inaugurated at Porbandar by Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Apr 2008 | 7:30 pm
Chennai Super Kings registered their second consecutive win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament by beating Mumbai Indians by six runs in an exciting encounter here Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Apr 2008 | 7:30 pm
The following is the scoreboard of Chennai Super Kings' innings against Mumbai Indians in the eighth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament here Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Apr 2008 | 5:31 pm
In an attempt to avoid any public attention, Pakistan cricket team captain Shoaib Malik fielded for only a couple of overs during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match here even as the parents of his 'wife' have threatened to expose him for 'cheating' them. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Apr 2008 | 5:30 pm
Villoo Morawala Patell, founder-chairperson of India's leading life sciences firm Avesthagen Ltd, was late Wednesday honoured with a top civilian award by the French government for her entrepreneurship and significant contribution in the scientific field. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Apr 2008 | 4:31 pm
Pharma major Lupin Ltd announced Wednesday that its Japanese subsidiary Kyowa Pharmaceutical Industry Ltd (Kyowa) has received approvals for 10 products from Japan's Ministry of Health and Labour Welfare (MHLW). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Apr 2008 | 4:30 pm
KABUL (Reuters) - Faced with defiant television stations ignoring its ban on showing Indian soap operas, Afghanistan's culture ministry on Wednesday issued a third deadline to stop airing the shows which it says are un-Islamic.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make his first official visit to India next week in a sign of the two countries' ambitions to deepen energy ties despite opposition from the United States.
The first witness in the Abu Salem and Riyaz Siddiqui trial in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case has deposed before special TADA judge P D Kode. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
Facing heat for the traffic
chaos triggered by the new bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor,
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday did not rule out
scrapping the controversial project if things do not improve
in the coming days. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
Hours after the arrest of a
co-accused in the case relating to murder of child marathon
runner Budhia`s coach Biranchi Das in Bhopal, another close
associate of gangster Sandeep Acharya alias Raja, prime
suspect in the killing, was detained today in Cuttack. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
A delegation of BJP MLAs from
Bihar on Tuesday met party chief Rajnath Singh to apprise him about
the alleged one-upmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Sushil
Kumar Modi in the state unit. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
Pradeep Sharma, who along with
IPS officer R K Sharma and two others was held guilty for
journalist Shivani Bhatnagar`s murder, on Tuesday moved Delhi High
court challenging his conviction by the trial court. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted
furlough (temporary bail) to Bashir Ahmed Gani Khairulla,
sentenced to life imprisonment in the 1993 serial blasts, but
rejected a similar application by a Best bakery case convict. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
The government is considering a
proposal to subsidise the interest component on loans given to
students for higher professional courses during moratorium
period, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:05 pm
Sarabjit`s Singh`s family would leave for Pakistan today to meet him after a period of 18 years. The Pak govt recently granted visa to Sarabjit Singh`s family to facilitate the meeting. They hope to get Sarabjit`s sentence commuted to life imprisonment. As of now he is scheduled to be hanged on May 1st. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:05 pm
The Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjeevi
Express derailed in Nalanda district Wednesday morning but there
was no report of any casualty. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:05 pm
Recognising that "trade" and "takeovers" have become the buzzwords in UK-India relations in recent years, a key House of Commons committee wants the Labour government to forge a "special relationship" with India. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:05 pm
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown invited India to be part of what he called “a global New Deal” - a partnership that will overhaul a string of international institutions and create new ones in order to ensure globalisation benefits the world`s poor. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Apr 2008 | 12:05 pm
