Voting began on Thursday morning in 69 constituencies in eight north Karnataka districts in the third and final phase of balloting for the 224-member state assembly. Balloting is taking place in 12,389 polling stations in the districts of Belgaum, Gulbarga, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Bidar, Gadag, Dharwad and Haveri. Source: Zee News : States | 22 May 2008 | 12:17 pm
Heavy rains continued to lash capital for the sixth day on Thursday, resulting in traffic snarls at various places across the city and causing inconvenience to the office-goers. Source: Zee News : States | 22 May 2008 | 12:17 pm
The by-polls to three assembly constituencies in Haryana on Thursday is going to be a litmus test for Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and two other prominent leaders Om Parkash Chautala and Bhajan Lal. Source: Zee News : States | 22 May 2008 | 12:17 pm
The leaders of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee here on Thursday to discuss about a separate state for Gorkhas comprising Darjeeling, Terai, Dooars and Siliguri. Source: Zee News : States | 22 May 2008 | 12:17 pm
In a gory end to love triangle, a film actress and her naval officer boyfriend were arrested today for allegedly murdering a 25-year-old creative head of a reputed TV production house and disposing of his body after chopping it to pieces. Source: Zee News : States | 22 May 2008 | 12:17 pm
Japanese auto major Nissan said it will start selling light commercial vehicles in India from 2010. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 11:47 am
Giving enough hints that Pervez Musharraf's days in office may be numbered, Asif Ali Zardari said there is 'tremendous' pressure from people who want the President's ouster. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 11:43 am
Dr Reddy's Laboratories, one of the largest domestic pharmaceutical companies, has launched Omez Insta (Omeprazole 20mg + sodium bicarbonate 1680mg buffer), an innovative powder formulation that offers instant relief with a lasting effect in acute gastritis and is also ideal for critically ill patients on Ryle's tube feeding. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 11:23 am
Not willing to take it lying down, Leander Paes hit back at Mahesh Bhupathi, saying it was "silly" and "childish" on his part to put personal preferences ahead of national interest. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 11:22 am
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - A handful of exiled Tibetans in India began competing on Thursday in what they said were the "Tibetan Olympics", an event high on symbolism meant to mock China, the host of the real Summer Games in August.
China today said it would study "carefully and very seriously" a proposal that Beijing also join the India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project, "once issues are clearer. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 11:04 am
Indian service sector companies are the most confident lot among the BRIC nations, with 60 per cent of them expecting increased business activity in the coming year, reveals a survey. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 10:59 am
In an emotional outburst, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said on Thursday that he would stay away from the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 10:58 am
Essar Oil Ltd, India's newest refiner, has offered to wipe out most of the fuel deficit in the country by supplying the entire output from its Vadinar refinery, where production has been raised to 12.5 million tonnes. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 10:51 am
Cummins India has posted a 21 per cent growth in consolidated net profit of Rs 324.90 crore for the year ended March 31, 2008 as compared to Rs 267.97 crore in the corresponding period last year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 10:47 am
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - A restless young generation of Tibetans is warning that a failure to achieve Tibet's independence is creating a deep well of frustration, offering space for more radical groups in coming years.
Chennai-based Bafna Pharmaceuticals is eyeing African and European countries for marketing its new line of lifestyle drugs. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 10:36 am
Software testing company Maveric Systems, with focus on banking, financial services and insurance, today said it has secured the ISO 27001 certification. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 10:30 am
Oil smashed past $135 a barrel for the first time today, continuing its astonishing rise following unexpected drops in US crude and gasoline stocks in a tight market, dealers said. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 10:23 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reacted coolly on Thursday to a suggestion from the Dalai Lama that he would be happy to attend the Beijing Olympics, and suggested talks with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader's envoys may be delayed by the Sichuan earthquake.
Matthew Hayden will miss the first Test against the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, owing to an achilles tendon injury. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 10:22 am
Many Australian players are carrying injuries ahead of the series against the West Indies and the officials are blaming their participation in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for it. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 10:18 am
After successfull completion of 10 years in industrial automation business, B&R India is all set to enter the infrastructure automation segment with a special focus on railway systems, water treatment and power distribution management. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 10:11 am
Astronomers claim to have found evidence that there is nothing special about the Sun, a finding which adds weight to the idea that life could be common in the universe. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 May 2008 | 10:08 am
Two lovers, both of whom were already married, committed suicide by jumping from atop Pillar Rock at Kodaikanal hill in Dindigul district on Wednesday evening. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 10:07 am
Kannada film actress and her naval officer boyfriend, arrested for allegedly murdering the creative head of a TV production house. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 10:02 am
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said the European Union offered a possible political model for China and Tibet to co-exist in "meaningful autonomy". Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 9:56 am
The Indian government has announced a compensation of Rs.3.32 billion ($77 million) for the victims of the Gujarat riots of 2002. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 22 May 2008 | 9:52 am
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi has refused to team up with his estranged partner Leander Paes at the Beijing Olympics in August.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's cabinet may meet on Friday to consider raising retail fuel prices in the wake of spiralling crude prices, a top government official said.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali sherpa climbed the world's highest peak for the 18th time on Thursday, improving his own record set last year, a hiking official said.
BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - The death toll in India's worst bootleg liquor tragedy in recent years rose to 180 on Thursday as 30 more victims died, police said.
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - The ruling communists in West Bengal have suffered election setbacks in two districts where their controversial seizure of land for industry lost them support from thousands of poor farmers.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Maoist rebels are on a drive to recruit thousands of child soldiers in the country's poor rural heartlands, police and human rights agencies say, sometimes by force.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Manchester United were crowned kings of Europe for the third time on Wednesday when they beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties after a breathless all-English Champions League final had finished 1-1 after extra time.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and the slain Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto shared a very special bond - that of Sindh, the land of their birth. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 May 2008 | 3:30 am
His name doesn't always ring a bell but Shamir Tandon's work speaks volumes for him. He is one among the very few music directors of today who has made legendary singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Jagjit Singh and Manna Dey sing to his tunes. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 May 2008 | 3:00 am
Television firm Synergy Adlabs headed by Siddhartha Basu is going great guns. While its ongoing show on STAR Plus has Shah Rukh Khan playing host, it hopes to reap double benefits with Salman Khan anchoring another series on Sony Entertainment Television. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 May 2008 | 2:31 am
Anurag Kashyap's much awaited film 'Gulal' is a tribute to one of the greatest lyricists of the Hindi film industry, Sahir Ludhianvi, and is based on a song from Guru Dutt's 'Pyaasa'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 May 2008 | 2:31 am
After shooting non-stop through an Australian schedule and then a long schedule of the film in Delhi, Boney Kapoor's new film directed by Anees Bazmi finally has a name. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 May 2008 | 2:30 am
Mendhar: The Army on Wednesday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan against Monday’s firing on an Indian post in which a soldier was killed. The protest comes a day after the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries asserted in ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 May 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: A suspected HuJI militant was arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi police outside the New Delhi railway station on Wednesday. A joint team of the Special Cell and Central Intelligence is interrogating him to find out whether he ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Pranab sees a strong desire on the Pakistani side to move ahead and work toward a full normalisation of ties Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 May 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Kolkata Knight Riders management has denied reports of a rift between team owner Shah Rukh Khan and captain Sourav Ganguly over team composition and tactical matters. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 May 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday said it had summoned the Ambassador of Sudan to express concern over the kidnapping of four Indian workers of a private oil company there and secure their release. — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Colombo: At least 59 LTTE cadres and two security personnel were killed in air attacks by Air Force fighter jets on the rebel stronghold in north Sri Lanka, officials said here on Wednesday. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Gumla: Three persons were shot dead on Wednesday and another was seriously wounded by armed Maoist rebels at Kotam village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district. Two brothers, identified as Nijamul Ansari (16) and Ajmul Ansari (25), ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 22 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Rajasthan police on Wednesday night released a
3-dimensional sketch of a 24-26-year-old clean-shaven fair
complexioned man who is a key suspect behind the May 13 serial
blasts that killed 65 people here. Source: Zee News : India National | 21 May 2008 | 11:23 pm
President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi besides a host of Congress leaders on Wednesday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 17th death anniversary. Source: Zee News : India National | 21 May 2008 | 11:23 pm
In what could be a major controversy in the offing, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday linked Sarabjit Singh`s case with Afzal Guru, the convict in Parliament attack case, saying we can`t seek Afzal`s hanging and pardon for Sarabjit Singh. Talking to media persons, the Home Minister linked the two cases saying, "If you want Afzal, hanged then why ask for Sarbjit`s pardon." Source: Zee News : India National | 21 May 2008 | 11:23 pm
Pakistan is committed to the peace process with India and wants to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries, including Kashmir, through dialogue, President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday. Affirming Pakistan`s seriousness about and commitment to the dialogue process, Musharraf told visiting External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that the wishes of the Kashmiri people cannot be ignored while seeking a solution to the Kashmir issue. Source: Zee News : India National | 21 May 2008 | 11:23 pm
The Central Board of Secondary Education on Wednesday announced the results for Class XII examinations for three of the six regions. Source: Zee News : India National | 21 May 2008 | 11:23 pm
In the latest development in the Noida teen, Arushi Talwar`s murder case, Zee News on Wednesday got the clue that her parents were perhaps not happy with her friendship to a particular person. Source: Zee News : India National | 21 May 2008 | 11:23 pm
The hijacked Jordanian cargo ship
with 10 Indians among its crew was being held at a coastal
village about 600 kms north of Somalian capital Moghadishu
on Tuesday amid reports that the Somali pirates will be attacked if
calls to release the vessel and crew were ignored. Source: Zee News : India National | 21 May 2008 | 11:23 pm
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his team still had a chance of making it to the Indian Premier League (IPL) semi-finals despite a shock defeat to Bangalore Royal Challengers here Wednesday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 7:30 pm
Following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs here Wednesday: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 7:30 pm
Bangalore Royal Challengers, placed at the bottom of the Indian Premier League (IPL) points tally, pulled off a stunning 14-run win against hot favourites Chennai Super Kings here Wednesday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 7:30 pm
India's global movie distribution company Eros International and US-based studio Loinsgate, which last week signed a deal to distribute movies in India, South Asia and North America, may also produce films together. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 6:33 pm
Girls outshined boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 results declared Wednesday in four northern states and one union territory that saw an overall pass percentage of 80.80 percent. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 21 May 2008 | 6:33 pm
"AITA's position is extremely clear. We have already nominated their names as a team on February 28," Khanna said. "Olympics is bigger than Davis Cup. Only best players compete there and in India they... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:43 am
The panchayat polls were said to be a referendum on West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattaharya's industrialisation policy.The CPM's worst fears have come true as according to latest reports Trinamool Congress ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:38 am
It's now exactly a week since the serial blasts in Jaipur killed 65 people. The probe into the terrorist strike has made little headway. Amidst the slanging match between the Centre and state governme... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:38 am
NEW DELHI - India has rejected new draft texts on farm and industrial goods aimed at clinching a new deal in global trade talks as 'totally unacceptable.' Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:32 am
Proposal India has said the new WTO text ignoring livelihood concerns in agriculture is "totally unacceptable" and the country will thwart rich nations' efforts to "divide and rule" developing countri... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:30 am
Iran gas Senior Pakistani and Indian diplomats Tuesday discussed gas pipeline from Iran and said they need energy for economies, the Indian Foreign Secretary said. Shivshankar Menon held talks with Pa... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:30 am
New Delhi - More than 150 people have died in India's southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu after drinking adulterated liquor over the weekend, officials said Wednesday. Police said 85 people ha... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:16 am
T o understand the mind of a terrorist, it has to be understood that he has to be fully motivated and the execution of his act has to be neat. Motivation requires weakness. It could be the weakness of... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:11 am
liquor tragedy , which struck parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, rose to 156 on Wednesday even as fresh cases were reported at Malur in Kolar district of Karnataka.As authorities continued with their ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:11 am
Even as the South African government strongly condemned the attacks on foreign nationals, violence continued in Johannesburg for the tenth night in a row with Pakistanis and Chinese becoming the lates... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 21 May 2008 | 11:11 am
