Rains continued to lash the
capital for the third day on Monday, bringing the mercury down to
a cool 22.1 degrees celsius. Source: Zee News : States | 19 May 2008 | 4:38 pm
Goa, area-wise the smallest state in
India, wants to leave no stone unturned to ensure that the
land is saved from the clutches of land sharks wanting to turn
the state into a concrete jungle in the name of development. Source: Zee News : States | 19 May 2008 | 4:38 pm
The death toll in violence in
Murshidabad district during the last phase of Panchayat
elections yesterday rose to 19 today with 231 people
admitted to different hospitals, as fresh armed clash between
the CPI-M and Congress claimed one more life in the district. Source: Zee News : States | 19 May 2008 | 4:38 pm
The death toll in
yesterday`s liquor tragedy has risen to 40 with the death of
eight more persons in two city hospital in Bangalore, four in
Kolar and another in Tamil Nadu`s Krishnagiri on Monday. Source: Zee News : States | 19 May 2008 | 4:38 pm
Kolkata-based Karn Merchant Bankers Limited (KMBL) plans to launch pan-India operations by the end of the current year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 12:39 pm
Germany and India today discussed enhanced cooperation in combating global terrorism and regional security issues. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 12:35 pm
Global beer brand Foster's Australia Ltd will have to pay tax on its income from transfer of the Foster's brand and its trademarks in India to UK-based SABMiller. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 12:33 pm
Following TRAI's direction on making the Caller Line Identification Presentation (CLIP) an optional facility, telecom service providers have refunded more than Rs 2 crore to subscribers. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 12:31 pm
The UPA Government's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has come in for special mention from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which has termed it as a "very innovative" measure. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 12:28 pm
YANGON (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations will take the lead in an international aid effort for cyclone-hit Myanmar, but the military junta will not give Western relief workers unfettered access to disaster areas, Singapore said on Monday.
The Finance Ministry has said power giant NTPC's proposal for a follow-on public offer was rejected on account of the fact that it involved disinvestment of 4.75 per cent equity of the company out of the government's shareholding. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 12:21 pm
Mumbai-based textile and apparel firm S Kumars Nationwide has posted a net profit of Rs 62.52 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2008, up 65 per cent, compared to Rs 37.88 crore during the corresponding period last year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 12:19 pm
Patna High Court today asked the NDA Government in Bihar to constitute the state human rights commission by June 30, 2008 and report it to the court. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
A six-foot gold-plated statue of Buddha has been put on display in Buddha Vihar here which has been gifted by the Queen Sikrit of Thailand. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 19 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
Vijay Tendulkar, who towered over the Marathi literary field for over four decades, was no stranger to controversies. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 19 May 2008 | 11:59 am
A record 52.51 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat has been arrived so far in the mandis of Haryana during current rabi season upto yesterday, an official spokesman said here today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 11:56 am
Indian hockey team could perform beyond everyone's expectations and finish runners-up at Azlan Shah Cup tournament only because they played without fear or uncertainty about their future. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 19 May 2008 | 11:56 am
Expressing strong reservation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's suggestion for setting up a federal agency to probe cases of terrorists' strikes in India, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said it would not serve the purpose. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 19 May 2008 | 11:47 am
Indian Premier League authorities issued fresh guidelines which has cleared the deck for the presence of a franchise owner in the team dug-out for the Twenty20 matches. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 19 May 2008 | 11:44 am
A death wish for Modi Times of India - 1 hour ago MUMBAI: In a fit of rage after the 2002 Gujarat riots, noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, who died Monday at a hospital in Pune, had stated he would shoot Chief Minister Narendra Modi if he had a gun. Deshmukh condoles death of TendulkarHindu all 3 news articles
Thai provincial officials have allowed a new 'human zoo' featuring 'long-necked' or 'giraffe' women to open in Sattahip near Bangkok despite mounting international criticism. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 19 May 2008 | 11:38 am
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - An Indian soldier was killed in cross-border fire in Kashmir on Monday, prompting India to lodge a protest with Islamabad, an army spokesman said.
PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has lashed out at PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif for not taking steps to release his friend who is in a Punjab jail for nine years on charges of drug smuggling. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 19 May 2008 | 11:25 am
Security firm Topsgrup, whose clientele includes the Tata group, Airtel, said it would raise the number of head counts by March next and would also open additional branches. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 19 May 2008 | 11:18 am
The Taliban militants in Pakistan have claimed responsibility for the suicide attack that killed 13 people, calling it a revenge strike against US-led military operations in the NWFP. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 19 May 2008 | 11:17 am
PINGTONG, China (Reuters) - From tent cities in stricken Sichuan province to Beijing's Tiananmen Square, sirens wailed and millions of Chinese stood for three minutes on Monday to mourn tens of thousands who died in last week's earthquake.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Workplace programmes targeting physical inactivity and unhealthy dietary habits are effective in mitigating the impact of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, according to a study published on Monday.
Involve Panchayati Raj bodies: Fernandes Business Standard - 2 hours ago PTI / New Delhi May 19, 2008, 15:09 IST With majority of India's workforce being in the informal sector, the Government is planning a mix of strategies involving the local bodies such as Panchayati Raj institutions in taking social security schemes to ...
Security beefed up at LIC headquarters Business Standard - 3 hours ago PTI / Mumbai May 19, 2008, 14:31 IST Security has been beefed up at the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) headquarters near the business district of Nariman Point here, after receiving a threatening letter allegedly from the banned Students ... LIC eyes Singapore as base for SE AsiaEconomic Times all 10 news articles
TOKYO (Reuters) - Environment ministers from rich nations and other major greenhouse gas emitters will seek to build momentum for talks on emissions reduction targets this weekend in Japan, but agreement will be hard to reach.
Arushi Talwar had spoken to a friend called Anmol for about half-an-hour at 9 p.m. Thursday, just a few hours before she was murdered, officials of the police's Special Task Force (STF) said here Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 8:02 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - A unit of diversified Reliance ADA group, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, said it has signed deals with eight Hollywood production houses, as it seeks a bigger global presence.
Noted Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar was cremated here Monday, a few hours after his death following prolonged illness, his family said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 6:31 am
The Indian animation industry is expected to double its revenues to nearly $1.5 billion by 2010 but is still hampered by lack of skilled manpower, mainly due to lack of facilities and preference for traditional career options. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 5:30 am
SEATTLE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Sunday it proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo Inc rather than a full acquisition, but the move was unlikely to win favor with financier Carl Icahn, a person familiar with his thinking said.
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal has won 21 matches out of 21 in three years at the French Open yet even that perfect record will not stop him feeling butterflies in his stomach when he starts his bid for a fourth title next week.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has undoubtedly become the latest and hottest blockbuster in the city - leaving the usually teeming city multiplexes and single screen cinema halls virtually empty throughout the Twenty20 series. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 2:02 am
The secret behind the chemistry between Vidya Balan and Madhavan in the Airtel ads is out. It is Madhavan's two-year-old son Vedant. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 1:33 am
NEW DELHI: The condition of the veteran Marxist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet continued to be critical on Sunday and doctors treating him at a private nursing home in Noida rated his chances of survival as “very slim.” ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Gurgaon: Twelve labourers were killed and more than 20 injured when a wall at a construction site collapsed in a village near here on Saturday night. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Cannes: Reliance Big Entertainment on Sunday announced deals worth $1 billion with production firms of Hollywood stars, including Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt and Jim ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 am
ISLAMABAD: Thirteen people were killed and many injured in a bomb blast in Mardan in NWFP on Sunday night. The explosion targeted a video market close to the Punjab Regiment Centre. — Special Correspondent ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 19 May 2008 | 12:00 am
The government`s respect for the law should not be mistaken for a soft approach towards terrorism, which would be fought tooth and nail, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said here on Sunday. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 May 2008 | 11:41 pm
A "tiny" area in Sikkim has
become the latest bone of contention between India and China,
with the latter asking Indian Army to remove a pile of stones
failing which it would be demolished. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 May 2008 | 11:41 pm
After scripting a turnaround in the fortunes of Indian Railways, Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has now envisioned the prospect of channelising surplus water from various rivers through large pipes along the country`s 24,000 kms railway tracks. "The Railways is like an empire, it is a league apart, its vast network crisscrossing across the country can help the government in water management," the minister said. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 May 2008 | 11:41 pm
Senior RSS ideologue M G Vaidya has
said that Congress and BJP should come together to form a
government at the Centre with mutual co-operation. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 May 2008 | 11:41 pm
With the Maoists in Nepal
demanding the scrapping of the 1950 Indo-Nepal peace and
friendship treaty, India today said it was open to talks on the
issue. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 May 2008 | 11:41 pm
The condition of ailing veteran Marxist Harkishan Singh Surjeet is "very serious" and his chances of survival are "very less", doctors treating him said on Sunday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the hospital here where the 92-year-old-leader is admitted. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 May 2008 | 11:41 pm
In the first high level contact
with the new democratic dispensation in Islamabad later this
week, India will press for concrete action by Pakistan to end
cross-border terrorism in the backdrop of renewed infiltration
bids and terror attacks. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 May 2008 | 11:41 pm
China began Monday a three-day national mourning for the thousands of people who lost their lives in the devastating earthquake that struck the country's southwest last Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 10:30 pm
Following is the scorecard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Mumbai Indians beat Deccan Chargers by 25 runs here Sunday night: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, with their victories in their respective Indian Premier League (IPL) ties Sunday, maintained their positions on the points tally. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
Mumbai Indians, after beating Deccan Chargers here Sunday night, became the first team to register six consecutive victories in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
Venugopal Rao's heroics once again went in vain as Dwayne Bravo helped Mumbai Indians beat Deccan Chargers by 25 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here Sunday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
KOLKATA (Reuters) - At least five people were killed in West Bengal on Sunday when rival parties contesting a local election clashed with bombs and guns, police said.
