Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 210.57 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 1:28 pm
Six citizens
of India who were on their way to visit Niagara Falls were
killed when their minivan spun out of control and was hit by
an oncoming car on a Pennsylvania highway, police said on Sunday. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 May 2008 | 1:26 pm
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Manu Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment in Jessica Lal murder case. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 May 2008 | 1:26 pm
Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav`s party, RJD has sought permission from the Mumbai police to perform `Chhath Puja` – the main festival of Biharis – in Dadar-Chaupati. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 May 2008 | 1:26 pm
External Affairs Minister Pranab
Mukherjee arrived Monday on a three-day visit to the gulf
country as part of the ongoing high-level interactions between
India and the UAE. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 May 2008 | 1:26 pm
The fifth Indian Air Force plane that landed in Yangoon this morning was carrying ready-to-eat-meals for the survivors of a devastating cyclone that had killed nearly 1,00,000 people and left hundreds of thousands without food, shelter and water in the tiny south-east Asian country. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 1:24 pm
West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels has been found liable of one of the two bribery charges and faces a two year ban from international cricket. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 1:24 pm
The Delhi High court issued a notice to the central government on a petition challenging the implementation of the quota for the OBC students in higher educational institutions. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 1:20 pm
Dunlop India today reported a net profit of Rs 4.85 crore during its first year of commercial operation in FY08, after reopening under the new management of the P K Ruia group. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 1:20 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's monsoon has set in over parts of the Bay of Bengal five days ahead of schedule, the weather office said, but officials said this did not mean the mainland would get rains, key for farming, early.
Two leading government economists Monday expressed optimism that inflation would moderate soon and added that there was no need to panic. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 1:06 pm
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary J Harinarayan has emerged as the frontrunner to succeed C S Rao as chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 1:05 pm
Pakistan's two-month-old ruling coalition faced its first major threat of survival with Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N deciding to pull out its ministers from the government. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 1:03 pm
Representatives of newly elected political parties in Nepal have rejected any kind of sympathy towards the monarchy. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 1:03 pm
NTPC, the country's largest power generator, will allocate 0.5 per cent of its profits annually for its "Research and Development Fund for Sustainable Energy". Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 1:03 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in one county of China's Sichuan province alone after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region, Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government.
IBM India and the Indian School of Business (ISB) announced the signing of Open Collaborative Research agreement in Asia aimed at improving the competitiveness of the services sector in the region. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 12:56 pm
The elder brother of Rizwanur Rehman prayed before the Calcutta HC that criminal proceedings be started against her father Ashok Todi and former senior police officers of Kolkata Police. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 12:53 pm
The office of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) will not function without a chief for long. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 12:51 pm
Hyderabad-based Lanco Hills Technology Park Private Limited, part of the Lanco group, has entered into an agreement with Global Hyatt Corporation, one of the world's premier hotel companies, for the management of the 400-room Grand Hyatt Hyderabad, due to open in early 2011. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 12:46 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday his party members would resign their cabinet posts after the failure to break a deadlock with his main coalition partner over the reinstatement of deposed judges.
About 72 percent of the fruit and vegetable production in India goes waste because of lack of proper retailing and adequate storage capacity, an agriculture ministry official said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 12:44 pm
In a major boost to Government staff, the Supreme Court ruled that it was mandatory for the authorities to disclose all contents of the annual confidential report (ACR) to the employee concerned. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 12:43 pm
The Supreme Court Monday temporarily suspended the capital punishment awarded to a convict for killing 88 people during the 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 12:39 pm
A full bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court heard the sex scandal case that had rocked the Kashmir Valley two years back. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 12:37 pm
Expressing concern over rising inflation and soaring food prices, BJP today said UPA Government, despite having the services of three renowned economists including the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has failed to keep a check on them. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 May 2008 | 12:36 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - Buildings at five more schools in China's southwestern Sichuan province collapsed on Monday in a big earthquake, burying unknown numbers of elementary and middle school children, state television said.
A peep into IPL reveals that old hats like Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist are giving the juniors a run for their money in the shortest version of the game. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 May 2008 | 12:23 pm
Yashwant Sinha taken into custody Business Standard - 1 hour ago PTI / Ranchi May 12, 2008, 17:46 IST Yashwant Sinha, was today taken into custody after he led hundreds of party workers to gherao the residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda under an agitational programme to protest alleged non-governance in ...
SC seeks compliance report from states on construction workers Hindu - 1 hour ago New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked state governments to place before it the compliance report on implementation of laws for constitution of welfare boards to monitor social security schemes and welfare measures for building and ...
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's King Gyanendra, facing imminent ouster from the throne, made perhaps his last royal public appearance at a shrine outside Kathmandu on Monday and offered annual prayers to Kali, the Hindu goddess of power.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output grew at its weakest rate in six years in March, knocking the rupee to a one-year low and fanning speculation the central bank may hold off with more tightening in its battle with soaring inflation.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official has asked whether Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would agree to attend the Beijing Olympics to ease recent tensions, a Tibet government-in-exile legislator said on Monday.
YANGON (Reuters) - The first U.S. military aid flight landed in Myanmar on Monday, but relief supplies continued to just dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone.
International internet protocol (IP) communications market leader Sonus Networks will expand Tata Communications' global voice network's reach and help in finding wireless and wireline infrastructural solutions. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 9:01 am
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - A rare species of red deer found only in Indian Kashmir is on the verge of extinction, with only 160 animals in existence, a preliminary census by India's wildlife authorities showed on Monday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Forty years after he helped rescue the world from growing famine and a deepening gloom over the future of food supplies, Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is once again agitating for revolution -- this time a perpetual one.
Viveik Oberoi, who was to play an important role in Prakash Jha's next movie 'Rajniti', has opted out of the project. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 4:31 am
Brandon Routh of 'Superman Returns' fame will now feature as a private investigator in the US-based Indian producer Ashok Amritraj's 'Dead Of Night', based on the best-selling Italian comic book series 'Dylan Dog'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 4:31 am
Transparency is the name of the game. The names of job seekers, the wages they are paid and many other details of employment under the government's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) will soon be made available online in a Kerala district. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 4:01 am
Though outwardly Kajol remains calm and continues with her work, the actress is actually hurt badly over her father Shomu Mukherjee's death. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 2:30 am
After his US-based satire, 'The Loins Of Punjab Presents' that had 40 songs, Manish Acharya's next film will be songless. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 2:30 am
Following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Daredevils by three wickets here Sunday night: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 1:06 am
Rajasthan Royals took a sweet revenge on Delhi Daredevils beating them by three wickets in the return leg in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Sunday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 1:05 am
Rajasthan Royals continues to lead the Indian Premier League (IPL) standings with 14 points from nine matches after beating Delhi Daredevils by three wickets here Sunday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 1:05 am
New York: Chairman of the Tata group Ratan Tata has made it to the list of the ‘Biggest Brains in Business’, compiled by business publication Conde Nast Portfolio for his $ 2,500 car Nano. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 May 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, the former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, has been sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 May 2008 | 12:00 am
The Minister’s recent remarks on “inner-party democracy” and “loyalty” had stirred up a controversy Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Chennai: After peering down long, unlit stretches, Lakshmipathy Balaji can now spot motes of sunshine. A match-winning five-for and a hat-trick before home crowd apart, his infectious smile is back. The comeback man was the cynosure at ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 May 2008 | 12:00 am
A man can be accused of sexual
harassment at workplace even in cases where the misconduct has
been committed outside the office premises, the Delhi High
Court has said. Source: Zee News : States | 11 May 2008 | 12:40 pm
The CPM cadres were alleged to have blocked supporters of Trinamool Congress from casting votes at three villages of trouble-torn Nandigram in East Minapore district, while polling in the first phase of civic elections was peaceful in four other districts on Sunday. Source: Zee News : States | 11 May 2008 | 12:40 pm
With the completion of first phase of elections to the Karnataka Assembly covering 89 of the 224 seats, electioneering in ten districts which go to polls in the second phase on May 16 is gaining momentum. Source: Zee News : States | 11 May 2008 | 12:40 pm
