Australia admits that its normally scrupulous research on opponents has hit a snag going into this week's first Test against the West Indies. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:46 pm
ArcelorMittal said that it is donating over one about $ 151,914 to the Chinese Red Cross Foundation towards relief efforts to help earthquake victims in China. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:41 pm
Wind power major Suzlon Energy reported a 10.2 per cent rise in net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 at Rs 482.55 crore. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:37 pm
The navy is proposing to venture into building huge ship landing docks to give it the capability to carry heavily armed troops and armaments over oceans. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:34 pm
An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with the Punjab Police, Daleep Singh Rana, popular as 'The Great Khali', said on Tuesday that he would continue to work with the state force. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:28 pm
Vowing to fight ruling CPI(M) in Maoist-dominated areas of West Bengal, the Community Party of India (Maoist) asked all anti-CPI(M) forces in the state to join hands. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:28 pm
The Calcutta High Court has asked FMCG company Marico Industries to pay Rs 52,000 to rival Dabur after dismissing a petition of the Mumbai-based company seeking the latter to stop advertising campaign of its product Vatika hair oil. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 1:24 pm
Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, a Hindu guru and scholar who was charged three weeks ago with groping two girls and arrested, has been allowed to leave the US on a $10 million guarantee. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:23 pm
Bharti Group chief Sunil Mittal is likely to resume talks with MTN's top management in Johannesburg to carry forward negotiations left inconclusive in London for a possible merger of the two entities. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 1:22 pm
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, the country's most valued entity, has more than doubled its employee base in the past two fiscal years to over 25,000 people. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 1:18 pm
US crude oil futures settled at a record level of above $127 a barrel on Monday after waffling during the day on global supply concern. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:17 pm
The hijacked Jordanian cargo ship with 10 Indians among its crew was traced three days after it was commandeered by heavily armed Somali pirates off the Somalian coast. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:13 pm
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie defended today her use of contraception despite calling herself a "good Catholic girl." Source: Daily News & Analysis | 20 May 2008 | 1:04 pm
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 320.50 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 12:56 pm
British retailer Marks and Spencer, which has joined hands with Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail in India, today said it plans to open upto 50 new stores in the country over the next five years. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 12:43 pm
Chennai-based Clair Technology (India) is planning to apply for carbon credits for its compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) and luminaries business. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 12:28 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Top Indian and Pakistani foreign ministry officials met on Tuesday to review their four-year-old peace process that has stalled since domestic political turmoil erupted in Pakistan last year.
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China raised the number of dead or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70,000 on Tuesday, as rescuers found another survivor eight days after the huge tremor hit.
Areva T&D India, the Indian subsidiary of Areva France and a major player of the power transmission and distribution sector in the country is all set to invest Rs 700 crore in the electrical market till December 2008. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 12:23 pm
YANGON (Reuters) - Flags across Myanmar flew at half-mast on Tuesday for the victims of Cyclone Nargis as the U.N.'s top aid envoy pressed the military government to allow foreign helicopters to fly in supplies to survivors.
Consumer electronic goods maker Panasonic today announced the launch of its interactive whiteboard, specially designed for educational institutions in India, with an objective to corner about 12 per cent market share in the segment. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 12:17 pm
BJP president Rajnath singh today came down hard on the State Bank of India (SBI) decision to put on hold financing agricultural implements, saying it once again "exposed" the "anti-farmer face" of the Congres-led UPA government and demanded its immediate roll back. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 12:14 pm
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - India's inflation rate, which is at its highest in three and a half years, is totally unacceptable and the official data underestimates the actual rate of inflation, its central bank chief said on Tuesday.
Auto component manufacturer Bharat Forge today announced a standalone net profit of Rs 82.85 crore for the quarter ended March 31, a 28.89 per cent growth over the corresponding period a year-ago. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 20 May 2008 | 12:01 pm
The Delhi High Court on Monday
ordered the release of passports of Sushil Ansal and Gopal
Ansal, the owners of Uphaar cinema hall, who were sentenced to
two years imprisonment in the Uphaar fire tragedy case. Source: Zee News : States | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
Imams in Uttar Pradesh have been asked to give special discourses after Friday prayers to apprise Muslims that Quran does not approve of any kind of terror activity, a step aimed at checking their exploitation by militant outfits in the name of Islam. Source: Zee News : States | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
With the new government taking charge in Islamabad, the stalled Indo-Pak composite dialogue process will resume on Tuesday with the Foreign Secretary-level talks to be followed by a meeting between Foreign Ministers. Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon has arrived in Pakistan late on Monday to resume the composite dialogue with his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
India and Brunei will sign four agreements, including one on trade and economic cooperation, boosting their bilateral ties during the four-day visit of Brunei ruler Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu`lzzaddin Waddaulah here beginning on Tuesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
Ahead of next week`s talks with the Left on the stalled Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, the UPA government has said that it hoped that "national interest" will prevail and it will be able to persuade its allies who have reservations on the deal to go ahead with it. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
Besides Lok Sabha Opposition leader L K dvani, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and DMK leader J Jayalalitha are probables for the Prime Minister`s post in next 20 years, according to a book. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said on Monday that she planned to return to India by August, just months after she left the country after threats by Islamic radical. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
The results of the class XII examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be announced on May 21 and 23, while the results Indian School Certificate Examination (ISCE) will come out on Tuesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar
Menon arrived here on Monday night to resume the composite dialogue with his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir.
Menon, leading a high-level official delegation,
declined to talk to the media at the airport here and drove
straight to his hotel. Source: Zee News : India National | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission called on India on Tuesday to go further with its plans to open up its economy to European exports under a planned bilateral trade deal between the two trade powers.
Jammu, May 20 ( IANS) Protests have erupted at several places in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, against the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue in Islamabad. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Mahindra Media and Entertainment Business, part of the automobile major Mahindra and Mahindra, has tied up with the NGO Biascope, which imparts film based knowledge, to launch an initiative that will enable budding screenwriters try their luck in Bollywood. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Companies tired of hosting their conventions in hotels have turned to a new option: a spacious air-conditioned houseboat floating on the Kerala backwaters. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Islamabad, May 20 : India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has arrived in the Pakistan capital for talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Ctrl S Data Centers Ltd, pioneer in Tier IV data center in India, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IBM for marketing data centres across India. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Indian construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has bagged four electrical projects worth Rs.6.35 billion (over $145 million) from the UAE and Oman in the Gulf region, the firm announced Tuesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati pointedly avoided the family of the young Aarushi Talwar who was murdered here when she visited Noida Monday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 11:00 am
NEW DELHI: Lakhs of vehicle owners in metropolitan cities and major towns will now have to shell out Rs.3 to Rs.4 a litre more for “buying petrol and diesel” as State-run Oil Marketing Com... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 10:22 am
A decade after it began probing if there was a conspiracy behind the killing of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, an official body tasked with the responsibility is still in the dark. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 10:00 am
A Bihar court has framed charges against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Satish Chandra Dubey for allegedly causing a blast at a shop to extort money from the owner, police said Tuesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 20 May 2008 | 10:00 am
DHAKA (Reuters) - A court ruling to grant Bangladeshi citizenship to the children of stateless "Bihari" Muslims after 37 years in refugee camps has divided their community, with older Biharis still yearning to be allowed to settle in Pakistan.
KATHMANDU (Reuters Life!) - It's been more than half a century since Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest and now one of his granddaughters is keen to follow in his footsteps and his Nepalese charity work too.
BANGALORE (Reuters) - It's been a frustrating time for many businesses in India's IT hub of Bangalore. Endless traffic jams, sporadic power, a chaotic airport and many politicians who just couldn't give a damn.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Cricket Australia (CA) is looking into the idea of establishing its own Twenty20 tournament in response to the success of cash-rich competitions in India.
It may now be possible to bring down the cost of emulsified fuel and also reduce India's dependence on crude imports, thanks to a new technology invented and tested by the Chennai-based Hydrodrive Systems and Controls. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 5:01 am
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Research in Motion is expected to resolve in two months Indian security concerns about its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Andimuthu Raja said on Tuesday.
Actor Bobby Deol, who has always been rather laid back in life, says he tries to stay away from people in the film industry who manipulate and backstab. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 5:00 am
Actor Emraan Hashmi says his latest release 'Jannat', where he plays a bookie, couldn't have been timed better to coincide with the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 2:30 am
In case you've been wondering why Koena Mitra was missing from the promos of the film 'Anamika', here's why - she is angry about her voice being dubbed by someone else and also claims that her role was left 'incomplete'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 2:30 am
Vibrant and cheerful film actor Juhi Chawla loves being in superstar Shah Rukh Khan's company as he gives her great joy. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 2:30 am
With the release of 'Prince Caspian', the 'Chronicles of Narnia' franchise seems sure to establish itself and we can look forward to five more movies being made. The movies are based on the book by renowned Christian author C.S. Lewis. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 1:30 am
NEW DELHI: Monday’s attack on the Army post in Jammu and Kashmir comes a day before External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to reach Islamabad to resume peace talks. A soldier of the Gorkha Rifles was killed in the attack ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Allahabad: Staging a protest in front of the court premises against the “deteriorating law-and-order situation in Uttar Pradesh,” hundreds of advocates of the Allahabad High Court on Monday courted arrest. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 May 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: While the New Delhi-Washington civilian nuclear deal is “not dead,” it is “down to the last days,” David Mulford, U.S. Ambassador to India, said on Monday. If Indian approval came through by June, the U.S. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Bangalore: The results of Class 10 and Class 12 examinations of the Indian Council for Secondary Education will be announced on May 20 at 3 p.m. The results for the Central Board of Secondary Education examinations will be out on May 21 by 8 ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Kathmandu: At least 20 people were killed when a bus carrying 100 passengers, including 35 Indian pilgrims, plunged into the Rapti river in Dang district in south-west Nepal on Monday. Twenty-eight people were injured and 40 reported missing. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 20 May 2008 | 12:00 am
The race for the fourth semi-final spot has become hotter with Delhi Daredevils beating Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Monday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 8:30 pm
Delhi Daredevils improved their chances of making it to the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by beating Bangalore Royals Challengers by five wickets at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
Gautam Gambhir, with his 39 in Delhi Daredevils' five-wicket win over Bangalore Royal Challengers Monday night, became the first player in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to score more than 500 runs. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
Delhi Daredevils defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by five wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 19 May 2008 | 6:01 pm
