India will soon be a full member of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) which will enable it to engage more actively improving conditions for Indian workers abroad. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
Shortly after the Election Commission announced the dates for conducting Assembly elections in Karnataka, the state seems to have become the battleground for top political parties. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani will on Friday kick-start his two-day election campaign in the state. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
As inflation burgeoned to a 42-week high of 7.57%, the nation-wide agitation called by the BJP against the price rise crisis evoked a mixed response in the capital. Some areas of Delhi like the Vikas Marg locality witnessed some shops downing their shutters. On the other hand the shops remained opened in some Congress-dominant parts. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
Government has agreed in principle to establish a National Police University to provide quality education, research and other related academic activities in police related subjects. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
Expressing concern over the
situations in Tibet and Myanmar, President George W Bush has said that the United States is working with India to promote democracy and peace throughout Asia. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International India and the People`s Union for Civil Liberties, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, will release a Report on Death Penalty here Friday. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
The Non-Resident Indian community
here has condoled the death of Indian parliamentarian Nirmala
Deshpande, describing her as a true gandhian, a visionary and
a guiding light to many. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
Admitting that the US
sanctions imposed on India in 1998 did not deter the country
from continuing with its atomic programme, a nuclear expert
has told the Senate that it is in the interests of Washington to have nuclear cooperation with New Delhi. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
India is one of the largest producers of alcohol in the world and there has been a steady increase in its production over the last 15 years, according to fresh statistics. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
A parliamentary panel, disfavouring uncontrolled access under RTI to information relating to proceedings of the House, has said that many legislatures across the world have no such provision. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Friday gained 312 points on buying mainly in heavyweight stocks led by bank, auto and realty sectors. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:43 pm
John Wright has looked at the bright side of the Harbhajan Singh-S Sreesanth spat and feels that while it cannot be condoned, it also showed the passion Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:42 pm
Jeev Milkha Singh continued to make upward strides on the Japan Tour, carding a three-under 67 to be tied for the fourth spot after the second round of the Crowns Tournament. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:39 pm
Targeting 55 million farmers under the fold of IFFCO, telecom major Bharti Airtel announced a joint venture with it on Friday Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:37 pm
A spokesman of mobile telephony major Vodafone on Friday denied charges of cruelty to its mascot pug Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:35 pm
Hanging Sarabjit Singh would be tantamount to 'murder of humanity' as the Indian national had been convicted without 'any substantial evidence', Ansar Burney has said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:32 pm
The police have arrested and charged an Indian-origin employee of HSBC bank in London for an attempted fraud worth nearly 70 million pounds. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:31 pm
Driven by an across the board rise in prices and declining base effect, the WPI-index based inflation touched a 42-month high of 7.57 per cent for the week ended April 19 as compared to 7.33 per cent for the week ended April 12. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 12:30 pm
Rubber prices are likely to rise further due to shortage of commodity according to traders. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 12:27 pm
State Bank of India, the country's largest public sector bank, today ruled out the possibility of increasing the prime lending rate (PLR) in the short term. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 12:19 pm
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said inflation would be 'tamed' and food prices are expected to come down 'sooner' than other rates. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:18 pm
Facing its worst foodgrain crunch in recent times, the Left Front government in Kerala has decided to approach Left-ruled West Bengal to bring rice to replenish its sagging stocks to sustain subsidised sales through the Public Distribution Network. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 12:17 pm
High on the radar of global investors, India received 24.57 billion dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2007-08, prompting the world's second fastest growing economy to set an FDI target of 35 billion dollars for the current fiscal. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
US President George W Bush has told China that it must address the "deep and legitimate concerns" of the Tibetan people and hold "real" and "substantive" talks. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:11 pm
After Shriya Saran, it was the turn of Mallika Sherawat to face the ire of Tamil Nadu's "moral brigade" which filed a police complaint against the Bollywood star Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 May 2008 | 12:10 pm
The slums in the metropolis will not be regularised any further from the cut off date January 1, 2000, recently announced by the state Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 12:02 pm
The global steel major ArcelorMittal, proposing to set up a 12 million tonne greenfield steel plant at Patna tehsil in Keonjhar district of Orissa, plans to spend about $300 million (about Rs 1200 crore ) on rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) for its Orissa plant. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 11:59 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's inflation rate hit its highest level in 3-½ years in mid-April at 7.57 percent and the finance minister said he was ready to take further steps to contain prices if needed.
There is going to be tremendous scope for technical manpower in the field of hydrocarbon as exploration activities have increased several fold worldwide including India, Secretary Petroleum and Natural Gas M S Srinivasan said today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 11:48 am
The Dubai-based Landmark Group expects its Indian retail business to treble in next three years. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 11:43 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Senior envoys of the Dalai Lama will travel to China to meet the government over the crisis in Tibet, the government-in-exile said on Friday, only three months before the Beijing Olympics open.
The support of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (Nabard) to agriculture and rural development of Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh has touched a record figure of Rs. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 2 May 2008 | 11:23 am
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Friday food prices would come down and inflation would moderate in the months ahead.
Live concerts and music on the internet will be key to the music business of the future, feels Ralph Christoph, an electronics music expert from Germany who is scouting for talent in India. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 5:00 am
The two 'Dostana' heroes had a pleasant break while shooting in Miami. First Abhishek Bachchan had wife Aishwarya Rai join him on their first wedding anniversary and then John Abraham had Bipasha Basu for company. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 3:30 am
Suchirindia is executing the project under the name "Suchir NEB Projects Pvt Ltd"; an SPV formed for this purpose along with its partners. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 3:02 am
A passport problem for Pakistani artists is forcing Bollywood composer Pritam Chakraborty to rush to Lahore to record a song with Atif Aslam for the upcoming film 'Kismat Konnection'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 3:00 am
An unbeaten 81-run stand between debutant Shaun Marsh and Mahela Jayawardena powered Kings XI Punjab to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory against Deccan Chargers here Thursday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 2:01 am
Following is the scoreboard of an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Kings XI Punjab defeated Deccan Chargers by seven wickets here Thursday night: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 2:01 am
Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne criticized his Kolkata Knight Riders counterpart Sourav Ganguly for wasting time and said he complain against the southpaw for refusing to accept the fielder's word on a 'clean catch' during their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 2:01 am
Spunky Jiah Khan, who wasn't seen much after her debut in the controversial 'Nishabd', says she was waiting for 'Ghajini' to roll out. In it, co-star Aamir Khan presents her in a different avatar. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 2:00 am
DUBAI: The former Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, said on Thursday his talks with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari resulted in a broad understanding on a road map to reinstate the judges who had been ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 May 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: In a bid to inculcate good food habits and hygiene among people, the government on Thursday decided to declare 2008-09 as Food Safety and Quality Year. — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 May 2008 | 12:00 am
“800 million people believe Ramar Sethu was built by Lord Ram. Can court go into the issue whether he existed?” Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday inducted two new ministers in her Cabinet and elevated two Ministers of State. With the induction of Rajpal Tyagi and Subhash Pandey, strength of her Cabinet has risen to 54. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 May 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the growth in loans by banks this fiscal year was likely to be slightly higher than the Reserve Bank’s projection of 20 per cent. This would be owing to the policy change ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 May 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s move to refer to the Committee of Privileges cases of disorderly behaviour by 32 members follows annoyance at a few MPs holding the entire House to ransom. On April 24, MPs of the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 2 May 2008 | 12:00 am
MIAMI (Reuters) - England needs its version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in place within two years or risks missing the boat, Texan billionaire Allen Stanford said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global news and information company Thomson Reuters Corp forecast 2008 revenue growth of 6 to 8 percent and lifted its estimate of merger-related cost savings, sending its shares up about 3 percent on Thursday.
During the 24 hours to Thursday evening, five people - a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, a tailor, a property dealer, a milk vendor and a restaurant employee - were killed in four murderous assaults in the capital, police said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 May 2008 | 6:31 pm
Gujarat celebrated its 49th foundation day Thursday with Chief Minister Narendra Modi announcing e-connectivity to all 590 village councils in Amreli district of Saurashtra region. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 May 2008 | 6:30 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Force India owner Vijay Mallya rebuked A1 Grand Prix chairman Tony Teixeira for criticising the Formula One team on Thursday and accused his series of "promoting mediocrity".
JAMMU, India (Reuters) - At least 20 road workers were feared dead after a landslide smashed into trucks transporting them in Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.
AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had threatened to kill his victims by pumping gas into the cellar where he was holding them, police said on Thursday.
Gearing up her party for Lok Sabha
elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is likely to undertake a reshuffle of her ministry on Thursday inducting three to four new faces replacing the incumbents whom she wanted to contest the polls. Source: Zee News : States | 1 May 2008 | 12:25 pm
City sessions court Thursday issued notice to the state government on an application by Rababuddin Sheikh seeking further investigations in the his brother Sohrabuddin Sheikh`s fake-encounter case. Source: Zee News : States | 1 May 2008 | 12:25 pm
The special riots court on late Wednesday acquitted five persons in two different cases of rioting following a communal clash in 1992-1993, post-demolition of Babri Masjid, thus taking the total acquitted persons to 16 in seven cases. Source: Zee News : States | 1 May 2008 | 12:25 pm
In a move that could give scare
to the BJP in Karnataka, Congress has decided to withdraw its
candidate against the saffron party`s Chief Ministerial
nominee BS Yeddyurappa to ensure a direct contest with former
Chief Minister S Bangarappa. Source: Zee News : States | 1 May 2008 | 12:25 pm
Stud farm owner Hasan Ali, allegedly
involved in a multi-crore tax evasion racket, was on Wednesday
declared a proclaimed offender in fake passports case by a
court here. Source: Zee News : States | 1 May 2008 | 12:25 pm
