Close on the heels of President George W Bush's remarks on Indians' food habits, US has now partly attributed the surge in oil futures to the increased demand in India and China. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 May 2008 | 11:23 am
A school in Bristol has started a unique experiment of allowing a masseuse to de-stress teenaged students and teachers. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 May 2008 | 11:17 am
The ghost of Barak-the naval missile deal now under investigation by the CBI - is being cited by sources as the key reason behind dumping the project. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 May 2008 | 11:08 am
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta is "doing its best" to help those afflicted by Cyclone Nargis, which killed at least 15,000 people in the army-ruled Southeast Asian nation, Information Minister Kyaw Hsan said on Tuesday.
Software giant Infosys technology has offered to provide free coaching to Scheduled Caste students for pursuing engineering job courses. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 10:19 am
Amidst concerns over rising steel prices, Italian multinational Gear World launched its new thermal treatment plant for gear manufacturing in Ranjangaon near Pune on Tuesday. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 10:12 am
Successive finance commissions had "failed" to reduce inter-state disparities and the gap has only widened over the years, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said here today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 10:08 am
Karachi, May 6 : Hundreds of relatives of those arrested in India on charges of fake visas or overstaying their visas, organized a strong protest in front of the Karachi Press Club, alleging that Indian authorities had arrested more than 200 Pakistani visitors on charges of fake visas, even though they were holding valid visas. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 10:00 am
According to a very brief statement from the company, it will be selling the iPhone in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.The an... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:58 am
YANGON (Reuters) - A powerful cyclone that slammed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta triggered a massive wave that gave people nowhere to run, killing at least 15,000 and leaving 30,000 others missing, officials said on Tuesday.
Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC), a film production house, signed a three film deal with US-based Sony Pictures. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 9:53 am
Pressing for completion of the Indo-US nuclear deal during the tenure of President George W Bush, Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Nuclear Deal Shyam Saran said "political uncertainty" over the agreement could increase if the government in Washington changes. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 9:47 am
The deadline for submission of bid for oil and gas exploration blocks under the seventh round of the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (Nelp VII) is likely to be delayed to the end of May as there is still no clarity from the finance ministry on whether gas production is eligible for a income tax holiday. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 9:26 am
High manpower cost and capacity constraints in metros is prompting the corporates towards small cities for job creation, according to Trends of Job Openings, a study conducted by business chamber Assocham. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 9:17 am
The three-month long budget session of Parliament was today adjourned sine die three days ahead of schedule amid acrimonious scenes in Rajya Sabha over introduction of Women's Reservation Bill. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 9:14 am
Congress, Left parties and opposition BJP today welcomed the introduction of a bill, proposing 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures, in the Rajya Sabha but the Samajwadi Party said it will oppose the measure. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 9:09 am
t is one of the most high-profile constituencies in Karnataka today. A face off between a former chief minister and the daughter of a former chief minister makes the battle for Ramnagar a very interes... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:05 am
Relieved after putting behind the unpleasant memories of recent past, Sreesanth denied the slapping row, which saw Harbhajan being banned from the remainder of the IPL, had curbed his aggression."No, ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:05 am
Searing temperatures in the day, Twenty20 cricket in the evening, campaign curbs and the absence of a single emotive issue to stir people... the combination of many factors have turned the electoral battle for Karnataka into a drab affair. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:01 am
London, May 6 : Sabeel Ahmed, the Indian doctor who was sentenced for his alleged involvement in terror plots in London and Glasgow last year, will be deported to India on Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:00 am
Srinagar, May 6 : Businessmen in Jammu and Kashmir are hopeful of more business after the Darbar Move - an annual practice of shifting the capital from Jammu to Srinagar. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:00 am
New Delhi, May 6 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Madhya Pradesh Government to pay two lakhs rupees as monetary relief to the next of kin of a person who was taken to police station in Guna District and later found dead. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:00 am
Former union minister and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das Tuesday resigned from the party and the upper house of parliament, pointing an accusing finger at the 'power coterie' surrounding Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:00 am
The nuclear committee of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and its Left allies is meeting Tuesday to take stock of New Delhi's negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the India-US civil nuclear agreement. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 May 2008 | 9:00 am
HONG KONG (Reuters) - An envoy of the Dalai Lama said on Tuesday that one-day talks with China on the unrest in Tibet had been "a good first step" and that the two sides would meet again after he reports back to the exiled spiritual leader.
The basket of crude oil that Indian refiners buy hit a new high of $112.56 per barrel on Monday, the latest day for which data is available. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 May 2008 | 8:23 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's economy is expected to grow around 8 percent in the current fiscal year, and annual inflation, now at its highest in more than three years, may moderate in a few weeks, a top official said on Tuesday.
The arrival of Shoaib Akhtar here Monday night has breathed new life into Kolkata Knight Riders and its supporters. The Rawalpindi Express is all set to play a Knight Rider at the Indian Premier League (IPL). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 6:01 am
Television actress Shveta Salve says her bikini photo shoot for lifestyle magazine Maxim's cover page highlights her real self. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 5:01 am
EVEREST BASE CAMP, China (Reuters) - A total of 31 Chinese climbers, 22 of them ethnic Tibetans, are on Mount Everest fixing routes and repairing camps for the final assault on the summit with the Beijing Olympic torch, officials said on Tuesday.
SRINAGAR (Reuters Life!) - Leeches, widely used by doctors to promote bloodletting in the past, are making a comeback in Kashmir to heal pain and other ailments, attracting patients from all over the country.
Actor-director Ajay Devgan says his career is like an investment as he would like his daughter to be proud of his work when she grows up. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 3:00 am
Govinda lost eight kilograms while in Bangkok thanks to Suniel Shetty, who is known not only to be fiercely health conscious from long before physical fitness became a fad but also to make his colleagues lose weight at the drop of flab. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 3:00 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc chief Jerry Yang signalled a more open stance towards Microsoft Corp on Monday, saying he had been seeking common ground when the software maker abruptly ended deal talks.
Kings XI Punjab registered their fifth consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL), outplaying Bangalore Royal Challengers by six wickets and moved up to the second position in the points table Monday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 2:01 am
Kings XI Punjab became the second team after Rajasthan Royals to post five victories in succession in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) when they defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by six wickets Monday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 2:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Delhi police on Monday claimed to have solved the mystery behind the sensational murder of a woman and her daughter at Kalkaji here this past week with the arrest of the woman’s son-in-law. The bodies of 58-year-old ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 May 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: Automatic traffic signals on select arterial roads, including Anna Salai, in the city will function round-the-clock from Tuesday. Traffic police have decided on this measure to curb over-speeding and reduce accidents. They ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 May 2008 | 12:00 am
MADURAI: The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) has allotted land to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) for installing power infrastructure at the proposed information technology park at Ilandhaikulam near ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 May 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday asserted that the government would make all efforts to carry along its allies on the Women’s Reservation Bill. If necessary, an all-party meeting too would be convened. Criticising the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Mumbai: Special TADA judge in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Pramod Kode, has been transferred to Nashik District Court as the Principal Judge. He will be taking charge on or before June 9. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 May 2008 | 12:00 am
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Time is running out for those who survived a massive cyclone that may have killed more than 10,000 people in Myanmar, a prominent opponent of the country's military dictatorship said on Monday.
Dismissing the applications of mobile advertisement truck owners, the Bombay High Court has directed mobile advertisement vehicles to be removed from Mumbai's roads. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2008 | 10:29 pm
After over 11 years of hearing the 1993 bomb blasts case, special Tada judge Pra-deep Kode has been transferred as the principal district judge of Nashik. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2008 | 10:28 pm
At a time, when misuse of open spaces and setting up private clubs for a chosen few have become the order of the day, CBO in Santa Cruz has set up a sports club which is open to all. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2008 | 10:28 pm
Chennai nephrologist Dr P Ravichandran, currently out on bail, was arrested by the Mumbai crime branch on October 8, 2007. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2008 | 10:27 pm
For the Bard, yes, but not for the residents of Carter Road, who are peeved that the famous stretch has been renamed after the late composer Naushad Ali, its most well-known resident. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2008 | 10:27 pm
Jairam Ramesh's proposal to make domestic manufacturing compulsory for supplying equipment to upcoming power plants has not gone down well with the industry and analysts. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2008 | 10:26 pm
Tabling of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday is unlikely to be a smooth affair for the Congress-led coalition. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2008 | 10:25 pm
The cabinet Monday night decided to table the long-awaited Women's Reservation Bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state assemblies in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, official sources said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 May 2008 | 6:31 pm
The cabinet Monday night decided to table the long-awaited Women's Reservation Bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state assemblies in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, official sources said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 May 2008 | 6:31 pm
Kings XI Punjab defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by six wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadiun here Monday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 May 2008 | 6:30 pm
Kings XI Punjab registered their fifth consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL), defeating Bangalore Royal Challengers comprehensively by six wickets in a round robin match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Monday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 May 2008 | 6:30 pm
VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had planned the construction of her basement prison years in advance, police said on Monday.
The Supreme Court on Monday quashed a plea filed by six doctors of Indraprastha Apollo hospital requesting to be not made a party in the Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
Under attack from friends and foes alike for failing to check spiralling inflation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on Monday finalise the roadmap for the Women`s Reservation Bill with the Law Ministry having prepared detailed notes to be taken up at the high level meet. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
After a long gap of over two decades, Pakistan finally procured a sprawling piece of land on Monday near the airport from the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority to set up its consulate. Pakistan had shut down its consulate in the metropolis in 1992, following a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
A remark by President George W Bush saying India was partly responsible for rising global food prices has sparked a nationalistic storm across the political spectrum, with the Defence Minister calling it a "cruel joke". Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
Fiona MacKeown, whose teenaged
daughter Scarlett Keeling was found murdered in Goa, has
claimed that she knew the identity of a suspected killer in
her daughter`s case who is a "powerful person" with money. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
Twenty years after its launch, the National Literacy Mission (NLM) is still struggling to meet its objective. It is 10 percent short of the literacy rate target and has been unable to bridge the gender literacy gap. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
A day before the Left-UPA meeting on the India-US civil nuclear deal, Communist Party of India leader A B Bardhan has poured cold waters on any hope of a breakthrough, saying such meetings will not help as the Left will never change its opposition to the deal. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
With the exclusion of the creamy
layer in reservation for OBCs in higher institutes of learning turning into a controversy, the issue will come up for close scrutiny in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
The opposition NDA`s Gandhigiri-style fingers-on-lips strategy has worked, with Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee withdrawing his last week`s notice referring 32 MPs to the Privileges Committee for their "unruly behaviour". Chatterjee withdrew his notice after Opposition leader L K Advani and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee formally urged him to do so, shortly after Lok Sabha resumed proceedings at 14:00 hrs. Both Mukherjee and Advani assured the Speaker that the Lower House would function smoothly without any disruptions. Source: Zee News : India National | 5 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
