Keeping its commitment to impart professional skills and job placements to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe candidates, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) launched a foundation for inclusive growth with a corpus of Rs 5 crore, which will be broadbased to Rs 25 crore in a year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 2:18 pm
Amidst reports that a Mumbai-based person is among those detained in connection with the Jaipur serial blasts, the Maharashtra police denied receiving any such information. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 2:18 pm
They might be languishing at the bottom of the points table, but new Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist has not lost hopes of making the semifinals of the Twenty20 extravaganza. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 2:16 pm
The agitating local employees and displaced villagers of Bainsipur and Gadhapur who had lost their land for the Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) project in Kalinga Nagar steel hub, ended their eight-day-long dharna in front of the plant gate following the intervention of the Jajpur district administration on Tuesday. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 2:14 pm
Southwest monsoon, a lifeline of millions of farmers of the country, is expected to hit the Kerala coast on May 29, four days ahead of its normal onset. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 2:12 pm
Pakistan denied that its troops opened unprovoked firing on an Indian border post in Jammu and Kashmir for the second time in less than a week. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 2:03 pm
Virgin Mobile India, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Tata Teleservices, said it has appointed Madhusudan Mandyam as its chief executive officer. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 2:03 pm
The Cricket Board warned S Sreesanth to mend his ways, failing which the BCCI threatened to take appropriate action against the volatile pacer. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 1:56 pm
International Cricket Council has laid down elaborate guidelines in its anti-racism codeand any breach of the code, introduced in March this year, will invite punitive action. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 1:55 pm
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje said the terror attacks that killed 63 people and injured over 200 would affect the tourism industry in the desert state. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 1:51 pm
Harbhajan Singh's coach said the BCCI's decision to ban the temperamental off-spinner for five ODIs is not justified as it amounts to punishing the bowler twice for the same offence. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 1:50 pm
Four-year-old Sumana Khan still doesn't know that it will be a wait without end - one of the eight bombs that blasted the peace of a busy Jaipur evening killed her mother too. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 May 2008 | 1:48 pm
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel maker, has appointed Vijay Bhatnagar as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for its India operations. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 1:46 pm
KOLKATA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed on Wednesday after rival parties contesting local elections in West Bengal’s countryside threw crude bombs, fired guns and set fire to a village, police said.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah today urged India and Pakistan to take up concrete measures to continue the dialogue process for lasting peace in the sub-continent and said "confrontations have no place in bi-lateral relations". Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 1:39 pm
German luxury car maker Audi reported countrywide sales of 321 units, an increase of 123 percent in the months of January to April this year as compared to 144 units sold in the corresponding period of the pr evious year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 1:32 pm
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of the historic city of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through bustling streets, killing 61 people and injuring 216.
In a major decision, the government today hiked monetary allowance to gallantry award winners of the Armed Forces by more than 100 per cent. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 1:28 pm
Southeast Asia's largest phone company Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has stated that the talks between its Indian unit Bharti Airtel and South African phone firm MTN were at a "very early stage", according to a report filed by Reuters from Singapore. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 1:23 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual monsoon rains, lifeline of the country's economy, are likely to reach the coast of Kerala on May 29, the weather office said on Wednesday, brightening prospects for farm output.
Hyderabad-based Lanco Infratech Limited has won the bid for development of the $2-billion (Rs 8,000 crore) Vizhinjam International Container Port project in Kerala. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 1:18 pm
Known for their Islamic Equity Index, the promoters of Ahmedabad-based Parsoli Corporation are foraying into automobiles through group company Parsoli Motors. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 1:16 pm
Ahmedabad-based Platinum Corporation Ltd plans to pump in around Rs 160 crore for its agri-biotechnology ventures. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 May 2008 | 1:12 pm
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - When Indian television news broadcasts appealed for blood donors on Wednesday, a day after 63 people were killed in bomb blasts in Jaipur city, Yaseef Khan rushed to help.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian cricket board banned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for five one-day internationals on Wednesday for a slapping incident involving Shanthakumaran Sreesanth during a domestic Twenty20 league match last month.
Rs 10000 monthly pension for lensman's widow Hindu - 2 hours ago Jammu (PTI): The 'Daily Excelsior' has decided to pay a lifelong pension of Rs 10000 per month to the widow of photographer Ashok Sodhi who was killed in the crossfire between security forces and militants in Samba on Sunday.
Dismissing suggestions that a coterie moved around him, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today said there was no harm in it. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
After a recent spurt in incidents
of railway employees being targeted by militants in north
east, railway ministry has taken up the issue with the home
ministry seeking adequate security for its recruits. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
Describing inadequate infrastructure
as the "biggest impediment" to its efforts to achieve 10 per
cent economic growth, India on Tuesday invited investments from the
gulf region in this "priority" sector, which will require
about USD 500 billion. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
The Congress on Tuesday condemned the
opposition BJP for stating that senior leaders of the ruling
party were behaving like "pets", saying the remarks speak of
the "absence of basic courtesy and culture" in the saffron
outfit. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
The Jaipur police have detained eight persons in connection with Tuesday`s deadly serial blasts in which at least 80 people were killed and more than 200 injured. The official death toll however stands at 55, with over 122 injured. Meanwhile, curfew has been imposed in 15 police station areas of the pink city. Preliminary investigations have pointed out to the involvement of Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia (HuJI), police said. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of Shaukat Hussain Guru challenging his ten year imprisonment in the Parliament attack case. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court will on Wednesday hear the appeal filed by those convicted in Indian Oil Corporation sales officer S Manjunath`s murder case. Source: Zee News : India National | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
In a setback to Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Pakistan`s Interior Ministry has recommended that his capital punishment should not be commuted to life imprisonment contending such an action could "encourage subversive activities". Source: Zee News : India National | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government is not sacrificing growth to control inflation, as the economy needed to keep growing at 8 percent or more, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of Planning Commission said on Wednesday.
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The Indian army accused Pakistan on Wednesday of violating a ceasefire by firing across a military control line that divides Kashmir between the two countries.
MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to speed up the search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud.
The Rajasthan government Wednesday blamed the central government for the terror blasts that ripped through the heart of the walled city killing at least 63 people and injuring 90. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 5:31 am
Kolkata Knight Riders have injected fresh blood into cricket frenzy in this city, with the team's garments and accessories selling at Reebok stores and also being duplicated with great success by local businessmen. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 5:30 am
How many villages does India have? What kind of developmental work is going on there? And are the local politicians there doing enough? Soon you can find out by clicking on www.638387.org! Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 4:01 am
There are countless young cricketers in India chasing a dream and waiting patiently for their day in the sun. Until recently, not many have been able to make it to the top, with the Tests and One-Day Internationals being the only avenues. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 4:00 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - When Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal opened the first of his group's retail stores in April, he chose his hometown of Ludhiana in Punjab, where as a young man he had started a business making bicycle parts.
Bollywood's glam girl Sameera Reddy, who worked with Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Das Gupta in 'Kaalpurush', says he has changed her into a serious actor. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 2:31 am
Madhuri Dixit received Padma Shri for her contribution to Indian cinema and the former Bollywood diva says the honour is a result of her hard work and honesty. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 2:30 am
Cute, petite and vivacious TV actress Prachi Desai, who is better known as Bani of 'Kasamh Se', is all set to shed her typical Indian girl image in her first film 'Rock On' opposite director-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 2:30 am
Coimbatore: If a student opts out of an institution immediately after admission, the institution is bound by law to return original certificates and also refund fee after deducting the processing fee. After the publication of plus ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 May 2008 | 12:00 am
BANGALORE: The government-owned Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology has come up with a healthcare offer aimed at catering to the needs of the working class. People who want to have a complete heart check-up can just walk into the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 May 2008 | 12:00 am
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the phone and he expressed his shock over Tuesday’s blasts. Ms. Raje, who was away in Jodhpur during the day, reached the capital in the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Jaipur: It was a peculiar situation for doctors at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital — using the mobile phones of the dead to convey the unfortunate news to their kin. Of the 20 bodies brought to the hospital, the mobiles on three ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Islamabad: In a setback to Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday recommended that his capital punishment should not be commuted to life imprisonment. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 May 2008 | 12:00 am
LONDON: The international campaign in support of Binayak Sen, human rights activist languishing in Chhattisgarh for allegedly helping the banned Maoist rebel movement in the State, gained momentum on Tuesday with a protest outside the Indian ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 May 2008 | 12:00 am
The following is the final scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match in which Kolkata Knight Riders' defeated Delhi Daredevils by 23 runs here Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
A 27-year-old disc jockey's (DJ) body was found in Manori beach in north-west Mumbai Tuesday afternoon. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 May 2008 | 6:03 pm
Election authorities rejected the nomination of opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate from one assembly constituency as he was convicted in a criminal case. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 May 2008 | 6:03 pm
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad will be
allowed to perform Chatt Puja in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief
Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said on Monday. Source: Zee News : States | 13 May 2008 | 12:59 pm
Jammu and Kashmir government has initiated a process to fill up 16,000 vacancies in different departments of the state administration, a senior official said. Source: Zee News : States | 13 May 2008 | 12:59 pm
