Suspended IPS officers D G Vanzara, Rajkumar Pandian and Dinesh M N, accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, will now be questioned
in connection with another encounter case of 2006. Source: Zee News : States | 15 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
Supreme Court will on Thursday hear a petition filed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati seeking the dismissal of CBI investigations against her in a disproportionate case registered five years ago. Source: Zee News : States | 15 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
An estimated 1.10 crore electorate are expected to decide the fate of 589 candidates, including BJP`s chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa, in the second phase of elections to Karnataka Assembly on Friday. Source: Zee News : States | 15 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
Centre has extended the ban by two years on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), declaring it as an unlawful association. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:58 am
Of the three men she had in her life, Cherie Blair chose former British PM Tony Blair with whom she discovered her 'true love' on the 'empty top deck of a double-decker bus'. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 11:53 am
The city has witnessed some of the most ghastly incidents of terrorism in the country over the past two decades. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 11:48 am
IIM-C went ahead and conducted interviews of candidates of other backward classes, a day after Calcutta High Court stayed the new quota policy at the business school. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 11:45 am
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Contractors have stopped work on two major centrally-funded road and railways projects in Assam after rebels killed a dozen labourers over the weekend.
Days after pulling out of the ruling coalition over the issue of deposed judges, Nawaz Sharif has asked the countrymen to take to the streets for reinstatement of the justices. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 11:32 am
The state-owned power equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) has achieved a turnover of Rs 2,936 crore in the year 2007-08 through products and systems developed with in-house research and development efforts, according to a statement released by the company today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:30 am
Damien Martyn and Stephen Fleming have signed up for the All Stars team in this year's Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament to be held on November 8,9. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 11:27 am
Voicing concern over growing terrorist activity, the BJP today demanded that the Centre should immediately take diplomatic efforts to put ISI on the international watch. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:16 am
Government today said it expects further cut in cement prices for taming inflation, but ruled out reduction in import duties on crude oil, claiming the measure would not have any impact on retail prices of petroleum products. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:12 am
Prakash Karat has said that his party has "nothing new to say" and doesn't want the government to go ahead with the India-US civil nuclear deal. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 11:12 am
An ambitious Rs 1,365 crore World Bank funded project for constructing and improving roads in Himachal Pradesh would be formally launched in Una on May 28 by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:11 am
Ahead of the UPA-Left meet on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the CPI has renewed its threat to withdraw support if the government moved ahead on the issue. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:09 am
The Ministry of Power has organised a two day indo-german symposium on Energy Efficiency with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany from May 15-16, 2008 at New Delhi. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:06 am
Mindlogicx Infotech Ltd, an R & D based technology company pioneering end-to-end virtual knowledge management and delivery solutions, today announced the launch of its 'knowledge Network Services' (K. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:05 am
Tamil Nadu government today ruled out increasing power tariff despite incurring "huge losses" due to free supply of power to agricultural pumpsets and huts in the state. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 11:03 am
Real estate developer Landmark Group on Thursday said it will invest over Rs 4,000 crore in developing 12 properties across the northern region in the next 3-4 years. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 11:02 am
Two leading European stock exchanges have approached Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) for a possible collaboration in the F&O segment. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 May 2008 | 10:59 am
A 32-year-old man, who had come to bid goodbye to a passenger, fell to his death at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 10:55 am
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of armed police were deployed on Thursday at the site of South Korean firm POSCO's planned steel plant in Orissa after clashes between supporters and protesters over the project, police said.
The Income Tax authorities have issued notices to four ministers of Madhya Pradesh cabinet for not filing proper returns for years and imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 each.
... Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 May 2008 | 10:54 am
PATNA, India (Reuters) - Indian police shot dead at least six Maoist rebels as they held a banquet ahead of a day of disruptive protests in Bihar against the jailing of a senior Maoist leader, police said on Thursday.
12 die due to duststorms, fire in Kanpur Hindu - 1 hour ago Kanpur (PTI): As many as 12 people were killed in the severe duststorms and fire accidents in the district, official sources said on Thursday.
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - China, India and Russia called on Thursday for the creation of a security belt around Afghanistan to halt the spread of heroin.
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - An unknown Islamist group said on Thursday it set off coordinated blasts that tore through a packed shopping area in Jaipur this week, but police say they were still verifying the claim.
A photograph of a boy in suspension moments before plunging into a pond has won photographer Anindya Majumdar $5,000 and a trip to the Beijing Olympics with his wife. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 9:00 am
An Air India Mumbai-Chennai flight was delayed for more than four hours Thursday when its door was damaged after the passenger boarding bridge slammed against it. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 9:00 am
People who get their water from municipal authorities here should start paying for it so that there was no unnecessary use, says Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 9:00 am
Cabinet ministers Thursday discussed the Jaipur terror attacks in great detail and demanded greater coordination among the intelligence agencies to prevent such bombings. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 9:00 am
Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday visited Jaipur's walled city areas that had been ripped apart by a series of blasts and called on the injured at the Sawai Man Singh hospital here. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 9:00 am
New Delhi, May 15 : The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition demanding disclosure of the assets possessed by judges, including the Chief Justice of India under the Right to Information Act. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 9:00 am
Mumbai, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - BASF SE today announced that it intends to raise its shareholding in BASF India Ltd. from currently 52.69 per cent to a maximum of 75 per cent through a publ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 8:40 am
JAIPUR, India - The Associated Press Police imposed a daylong curfew in the western Indian city of Jaipur yesterday to prevent any retaliatory violence after a series of blasts in crowded areas left a... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 8:37 am
"The police has seen it. It also has a few seconds of the bicycle [used in the attacks]," the home ministers said in Jaipur. He said the group that sent the mail identified itself as "Indian Mujahedee... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 8:18 am
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 15 : Talking tough on the issue of terrorism, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today told his Russian and Chinese counterparts here that there can be no justification for any terrorist acts, and added that there should be zero tolerance towards this menace. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 May 2008 | 8:01 am
Britain to get first Asian woman Lord Mayor Economic Times - 4 hours ago 15 May, 2008, 1315 hrs IST, PTI LONDON: Britain will get its first Asian woman Lord Mayor on Thursday when Ludhiana-born Manjula Sood will take over as the first citizen of the multicultural town of Leicester in the East Midlands.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's army-drafted constitution was overwhelmingly approved in the first phase of a two-stage referendum after a devastating cyclone, state radio said on Thursday.
Versatile actor Anupam Kher, who plans to start an orphanage, says it is time to look beyond personal gain and give something to society. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 May 2008 | 3:31 am
Today, Islam is under scanner owing to so many voices stating that the religion advocates violence. Not all of them can be wrong as people judge by what they see and today these terrorists speak and act violently in the name of Islam. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 May 2008 | 3:31 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Justine Henin appeared to have it all, ranked world number one and with the consistency and mental strength to dominate her sport for years to come.
At least 15 people were killed Wednesday when two missiles allegedly fired by NATO forces in Afghanistan targeted a suspected militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 May 2008 | 1:30 am
It was rumoured that Sonam Kapoor was going to play the female lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan in director Aditya Chopra's 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi', but the young actress says she was never offered the role. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 May 2008 | 1:30 am
In less than a week`s time,
Pakistani forces opened unprovoked fire for the second time on
an Indian border post in Jammu and Kashmir at Tangdhar, as the
army today requested a flag meeting with its Pakistani
counterparts in the sector. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
Security of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has been reviewed following intelligence inputs that militant groups were planning to
carry out an attempt on his life. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
Condemning the deadly bomb
attacks in Jaipur, Pakistan on Wednesday said it will use External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee`s visit here this month to
frame an "effective strategy" to counter terrorism. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday rejected the BJP`s demand that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) be revived after the blasts in Jaipur. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
The synchronized bomb blasts on Tuesday in Jaipur, preceded by an attack at the Samba garrison in Jammu and Kashmir two days earlier, has brought back `terrorism` to the centrestage of India-Pakistan talks scheduled for next week. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
Panaji bench of Bombay High Court
on Wednesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) in connection with the British national Micheal
Mannion`s Look Out Circular (LOC), returnable on May 21. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
The suspected face behind Jaipur
terror attack was made public on Wednesday with the release of the
sketch of a young man while the role of a woman is being probed
with investigations also suggesting that around nine teams of
cycle bombers may be involved. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
In a major jolt to the Centre`s attempt to implement OBC quota in educational institutes, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed its implementation in IIM-Calcutta. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
Central security agencies on Wednesday
claimed that Neogel-90, an explosive used for commercial
purposes, was used in the last evening`s serial blasts in
Jaipur despite Rajasthan Police`s assertion that one kilogram
RDX had been used to carry out the explosions. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday sanctioned an ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in the serial blasts in Jaipur. Source: Zee News : India National | 15 May 2008 | 12:18 am
Srinagar/Islamabad: In the first violation of the five-year-old ceasefire, Pakistan troops opened unprovoked fire on an Indian border post in Tangdhar region in north Kashmir on Tuesday night but no casualty was reported. Using heavy ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 May 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: Eight South Asians are among this year’s proud winners of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development awards in the United States. The programme, CAREER, is described by the NSF thus: “A ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 May 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Tuesday’s serial blasts in Jaipur were similar to the ones that rocked Varanasi, Faizabad, Ajmer and Hyderabad in the recent past, Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said. Terrorist organisations which had roots and ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 May 2008 | 12:00 am
New York: Outraged by a high school student setting afire a Sikh schoolmate’s “patka” in New Jersey, the community has demanded an inquiry into the unprovoked attack and asked the school to foster religious harmony. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 May 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: Social Welfare Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna, who was caught in the controversy over the telephone conversation with the vigilance authorities about a corruption case involving her relative, has submitted her ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 May 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a writ petition filed by Shaukat Hussain Guru for his release. Guru was convicted and sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in the Parliament attack case. He contended that his ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Bangalore: An Indian flight to Singapore will be the first aircraft to take off from the new Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli on May 23. Sources said that the IC 957 Airbus A-320 will take off from Devanahalli at 00.01 ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 May 2008 | 12:00 am
East Bengal Wednesday failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the AFC Cup after they went down 0-1 to Yemen's Ahli Sana'a in their final Group B league match in Sana'a. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 8:00 pm
Unbeaten 114 off 45 balls by Mumbai Indians' Sanath Jayasuriya against Chennai Super Kings Wednesday night was the second fastest century in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 8:00 pm
Despite registering a facile nine-wicket win over formidable Chennai Super Kings here Wednesday night, Mumbai Indians failed to move up the points table in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 8:00 pm
While Sachin Tendulkar failed to click on his debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL), his opening-wicket partner Sanath Jayasuriya shruged off his indifferent form, hit 114 off 48 deliveries, and guided Mumbai Indians to a nine-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings here Wednesday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 6:31 pm
A brilliant unbeaten 114 by opener Sanath Jayasuriya helped Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by nine wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match at the Wankhede Stadium here Wednesday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 6:31 pm
Following is the scoreboard of the Twenty20 match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in which Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by nine wickets at the Wankhede Stadium here Wednesday: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 6:30 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual monsoon rains, vital to its economy, are forecast to reach southern India a few days early, the government said, bringing cheer to rice exporters, who said good rains would end panic in the market.
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.
