In a bid to reach out to such consumers, retailers have begun experimenting, and have even tasted success to an extent, with newer ways of selling their products to them. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
Dismayed by poor international response to various crisis, such as energy, food and financial, affecting the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India's voice too must be heard. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:52 am
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India unveiled a series of measures on Tuesday to tame inflation and secure food supplies, including the Reserve Bank of India's second move this month to drain liquidity from the banking system.
The government today imposed an export duty of Rs 8,000 a tonne on basmati rice exports with a view to discourage export. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:47 am
As part of the Himachal Pradesh government's 'Seeti Bajao-Shimla Bachao'campaign, school children armed with whistles are patrolling the streets to catch locals spitting or littering. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:47 am
Naxalites blew up a government building at Madhuban in Giridih district in the wee hours today and in separate incidents they killed a villager in Garwah and burnt houses in Gumla district. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:42 am
A Keralite on death row in Kuwait escaped the gallows after his capital punishment was reduced to seven year's imprisonment as he was pardoned by the kin of his supposed victim. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:38 am
With fatigue factor creeping into daily soaps at a quicker pace, television is witnessing a sudden surge of reality shows. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:36 am
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today came out in support of the tight monetary policy followed by the Reserve Bank of India. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:36 am
The Reserve Bank of India today in its Annual Policy Statement for the year 2008-09 has hiked the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points (bps). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:35 am
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today extended by a year tax holiday schemes for Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and Export Oriented Units (EOUs). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:34 am
Grasim today reported 57.7% rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 880.77 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2008, when compared with Rs 558.42 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:33 am
With fatigue factor creeping into daily soaps at a quicker pace, television is witnessing a sudden surge of reality shows. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:32 am
A cop attached to Nainagiri police post allegedly committed suicide on by hanging himself from a celing fan in his quarter. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:27 am
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - They left their ancestral homes in droves 19 years ago when a bloody rebellion broke out against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir.
The government today slashed import duties on steel and skimmed milk powder and imposed export duty on various steel products to increase domestic availability, in a slew of anti-inflationary measures that will cost the exchequer Rs 1,500 crore. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:25 am
The government today said the new Bangalore airport would be made operational by the last week of May, while keeping alive the option of allowing small aircraft to use the existing HAL airport. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:21 am
Kolkata Knight Riders, lying at third spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) standings, will have a good chance to move up the points table if they beat Mumbai Indians. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:17 am
Aslam Sher Khan, the head of the appointed five-member selection committee after dissolving the IHF, said he wanted the Team India to be a united and powerful force. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
Aiming to strengthen its footprint, Kaya Skin Clinic will invest over Rs 60 crore to open 60 new outlets in the domestic as well as international market by 2011. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:11 am
'Harbhajan Singh has been punished enough by the Indian Premier League for slapping India teammate S Sreesanth and the BCCI should not be very harsh.' Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:11 am
Leander Paes and his Australian partner Paul Hanley got a first-round bye in the Euro 888,000 Open Sabadell Atlantico tennis tournament. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:10 am
Posted on: Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 00:00 CDT Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90183) has announced the addition of India: Pharmaceutical to their offering. In 2006, In... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:15 am
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India and Iran were expected to push ahead with a $7 billion gas pipeline during a visit by the Iranian president to New Delhi on Tuesday, despite opposition from the United States. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:13 am
KATHMANDU: Nepal has issued a bird flu alert and is testing poultry along the border with India, where the virus rages despite the culling of tens of thousands of chickens since 2006, officials said... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:05 am
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- The Reserve Bank of India Tuesday increased banks' cash reserve ratio by a quarter-point to 8.25% to control liquidity in the banking system. The increase, which will be eff... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:04 am
The Indian government wants Kashmiri separatist leaders to test their strength in the 2008 assembly elections before resuming a dialogue with them. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
A top militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and a police constable were killed Tuesday in a shootout in the Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
Asserting that government measures to curtail price rise will 'bear fruit in weeks to come', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday called for 'sobriety in corporate lifestyle' to deal with inflation. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
Over a hundred people staged a candlelight march here to protest against poor electricity supply in Jharkhand even as a group of activists is planning to gift the chief minister a lantern to draw his attention to the problems arising from frequent power cuts. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
All poll booths at volatile Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal will be sealed off during the panchayat elections starting May 11, officials said Tuesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders, lying at third spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) standings, will have a good chance to move up the points table if they beat Mumbai Indians at home Tuesday evening. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy review on Tuesday balanced the need for strong growth and calming price pressures, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said.
PATNA, India (Reuters) - At least 16 schoolgirls were made to strip naked by their teachers in Jharkhand after one student complained she had lost her pocket money, police said on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved the Congress Party-led government's union budget for the fiscal year 2008/09.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is confident that steps taken to reverse rising prices will cool inflation, but the world community has not done enough to address problems of costly food and fuel, the prime minister said on Tuesday.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The writing of Nepal's new constitution is being clouded by a political squabble for power, underlining the enormous difficulties in store when it comes to framing the all-important document.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal has issued a bird flu alert and is testing poultry along the border with India, where the virus rages despite the culling of tens of thousands of chickens since 2006, officials said.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal deported a U.S. national and banned him from climbing in the country for two years, after he was found carrying a pro-Tibet banner on an expedition to the Everest last week, an official said on Tuesday.
Having got masterly performances out of Tabu and the Big B in 'Cheeni Kum', director R. Balakrishnan may be expected to recreate the same magic in his next feature film. But he is on a different track in his second directorial venture titled 'Pa'.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Harbhajan Singh's boorish behaviour again blighted the spinner's career when he was banned on Monday from the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament for slapping a rival player.
Rituparno Ghosh had planned to remake the 1960s classic 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' in Hindi with Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi but is now making it in Bengali and has named it 'Abaho Mann'.
JAMSHEDPUR: A BJP leader was gunned down at Chakradharpur on Monday prompting the authorities to clamp prohibitory orders under Section 144 Cr. P.C. in this sub-divisional town in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
KOLKATA: On the eve of the clash between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in the DLF-Indian Premier League, the biggest question being asked here is whether Sachin Tendulkar will play his first match in this Twenty20 tournament or ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
MALDA: “It is easy to criticise the Centre, but it is imperative that the State governments fulfil their responsibilities,” Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Monday. She was addressing a rally at Sujapur near here as ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a reward of Rs. 1 lakh to any person giving information about female foeticide taking place. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Actor-politician Jayaprada Monday launched the 16th centre of the beauty-care brand Vandana Luthra's Curls and Curves (VLCC) in the national capital region (NCR).
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blasted 65 off just 30 balls and helped his Chennai Super Kings score 178 for the loss of five wickets against Bangalore Royal Challengers in the 15th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament at the M.A. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Monday.
The life of murdered journalist Shivani Bhatnagar would soon be made into a movie 'Judgement' starring Sunny Deol and Sameera Reddy, director K.S. Adhiyaman told reporters here Monday.
Kotak Mahindra Bank has hiked interest rates on its term deposits to 8.5 percent (271 days to less than 1 year) and 9.25 percent (1 year to less than 5 years).
Mumbai Police Monday suspended the licenses of 35 cinema halls of the city for not adhering to the Maharashtra government's order for mandatory screening of Marathi movies for minimum of four weeks a year.
Tamil actress Asin, facing a ban for not participating in a protest fast against the Hogenekkal issue, clarified Monday that she was not informed about the fast or she would certainly have attended.
Trucks carrying over 3,000 tonnes of Indian red chillies bound for the Pakistani market have been stranded at Attari near the border for the past two weeks, triggering a protest by the irate truck drivers Monday demanding that the stocks be unloaded for further transit.
Noting that the problem of
declining sex ratio was acute in richer states of the country,
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said India was living with
the "ignominy" of an adverse gender balance. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created history on Monday when it successfully launched 10 satellites into near-Earth orbit off a single launcher, PSLV-C9. All the 10 satellites – two of which were Indian and the rest foreign – were successfully put into orbit. It was for the first time in the world that as many as 10 satellites as payload were launched in a single mission. Earlier, Russia had launched eight satellites together. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
Opposition NDA and AIADMK on Monday
staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha after their demand for
suspension of question hour to take up the issue of alleged
misuse of office by Shipping And Road Transport Minister T R
Baalu was disallowed. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
The noose around controversial Congress MP M K Subba appears to be tightening as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the birth certificate and other details submitted by Subba are fakes. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
While Congress MP Rahul Gandhi`s attempts to woo the Dalit and tribal vote bank have been in the media glare, what is less known is that he has been strengthening the party`s youth wings as part of a meticulous and well-planned strategy during his visits across India. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
Former immigration minister Kevin Andrews did not notify Australian police and other senior officials before revoking Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef`s visa, a move which "spoiled" the investigations. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
India`s most wanted man Dawood
Ibrahim has figured in the Forbes` first-ever list of the
world`s ten most wanted fugitives which is topped by terror
mastermind al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
The mother of British teenager
Scarlett Eden Keeling, who was found dead on Anjuna Beach,
on Monday demanded that the conduct of dismissed police
sub-inspector who initially handled the case should be
investigated. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
Fireworks are expected to
continue in Parliament on Monday over the issue of Shipping
Minister T R Baalu allegedly using his influence to get
natural gas for companies owned by his sons. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:06 pm
