Mineral to metals company, Visa Steel, will be putting up a 2.5 million tonne integrated steel project in Chhattisgarh at a cost of around Rs 10,000 crore. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:45 pm
In a major relief to Anil Ambani- controlled Reliance Communications, telecom tribunal TDSAT today directed BSNL not to disconnect RCom from its network over payment of access deficit charge. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:42 pm
As the Gujjar agitation, demanding inclusion in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category entered its sixth day, the Union home ministry issued fresh advisories to UttarPradesh, Haryana and National Capital Region (NCR) prior to Thursday's 'NCR roko' call given by Gujjar community. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:40 pm
To minimise the mismatch of uranium fuel for the Indian nuclear power industry, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) today said that all uranium mines that were discovered and explored so far by the Atomic Minerals Division of the department should be commercialised. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:37 pm
Adani Enterprises Ltd has posted a 63 percent increase in its net profit at Rs 107.97 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 as compared to Rs 66.20 for the corresponding quarter last year (2006-2007). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:35 pm
As inflation tests new highs, the Finance Minister's adviser today suggested easing restrictions on movement of food items within the country, while calling any hike in interest rates to cool price rise a bad idea. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:34 pm
Ludhiana-based Shreyans Industries today reported 85 per cent jump in its net profit at Rs. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:28 pm
MedPlus Health Services has announced the launch of five regional diagnostic labs in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Vijayawada and Vizag. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:27 pm
IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Limited today announced that it has completed deployment of a patient management tool for a health information technology initiative to improve health care access for rural and underprivileged. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:12 pm
Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) has cancelled the merit list of Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE)and ordered a high level probe following the topper allegedly forging to secure highest marks. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2008 | 12:10 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Militias of a communist party ruling West Bengal have killed people and raped women with impunity after farmers refused to give their land for industry, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
A Mumbai court Wednesday ruled that Sanjay Dutt's marriage to Manyata was legal, prompting the Bollywood star to say that he was 'extremely relieved'. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
India is open to China joining the tri-nation pipeline that seeks to bring Iranian gas to its territory via Pakistan, and is keen that other countries also pick up stakes in the project. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Cricket lovers, of course, know Shoaib Akhtar well as Rawalpindi Express whose on-field achievements and off-field controversies are many. Now he is to dabble in a field that is far removed from cricket. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Adrian Sutil gave Force India plenty to cheer with his brilliant drive in the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix race Sunday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Carrying on their anti-smoking campaign, students, teachers and officials of Delhi University (DU), who have already turned the campus into a no-smoking zone, will hold a march against tobacco use Friday on the eve of 'World No Tobacco Day'. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Mumbai-based Zoom Developers has won a contract from Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to develop three budget hotels at a proposed investment of Rs.1 billion. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Ranchi May 28 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda Wednesday accused the management of the Telco plant in steel city Jamshedpur of being negligent and causing the leakage of chlorine gas that led to the hospitalisation of about 150 people with breathing problems. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Come June 1 and airlines around the world will switch to near 100 percent e-ticketing though small quantities of the paper variety will continue to be issued. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Tata Motors Ltd will raise Rs.72 billion ($1.70 billion) through three rights issues, followed by another $500-600 million issue of securities in foreign markets to finance the prestigious Jaguar-Land Rover deal, which will soon be acquired at a price of $2.3 billion. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu
Koda on Wednesday alleged that negligence by Tata Motors had led
to the leakage of chlorine gas from its water filter plant
leading to hospitalisation of 180 people with breathing
problems. Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
Students of Meghalaya will soon
have to leave behind their mobile phones at home and even use
public transport to reach school and colleges with the state
government bent on inculcating `traditional good habits` among
the new generation. Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
Noida police on Tuesday took dentist Rajesh Talwar, accused of killing his teenaged daughter Aarushi and his domestic help Hemraj, was taken to an undislosed place, his lawyer said. Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
Kolkata has upstaged Delhi as the
air pollution capital of India, accounting for more deaths due
to lung cancer and heart attack than the capital city. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
At least 100 people, including three photo journalists, were on Wednesday hospitalised after they complained of breathing problem following leakage of chlorine gas from a water filter plant of Tata Motors in Jamshedpur, a top district administration official said. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
As the Gujjar agitation
seeking ST status entered the sixth day, the Rajasthan
government on Wednesday said the reservation should be done at the
central level and asked the community members to "use their
wisdom". Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
Six years after the sensational murder of Nitish Katara, the Patiala House Court in Delhi on Wednesday found prime accused Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav guilty. The maximum punishment under the charged sections is death and minimum is life imprisonment. An emotional Neelam Katara, mother of Nitish, said, “It`s a big relief. It`s a milestone judgement. I thank God.” Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
With the Gujjar row ceasing to find a solution, the protesters under their leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, demanding ST status for the community, have called for an NCR bandh on May 29. Hoards of lathi wielding Gujjars hovering around Delhi and NCR, have created panic across Delhi and the capital has been put on high alert by the police. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
The Indian High Commission in the
UK will outsource the visa application process from Thursday,
bringing relief to nearly half a million Britons visiting the
country every year who can now say good bye to long queues. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Member of the Gujjar community demanding job quotas blocked highways leading to the national capital on Wednesday, threatening to bring its protests to New Delhi, the sixth day of demonstrations that killed 37 people.
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - When foreigners complain to her that Indians are liars, Ranjini Manian often tells them what's actually upsetting them is a simple clash of cultures.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion will again meet Indian officials on Thursday to find a solution to concerns raised by security agencies, a telecoms ministry official said.
The Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) ordered a probe Wednesday into alleged forgery by a girl student who topped the Class 12 exam. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2008 | 10:15 am
Six years after the brutal murder of Delhi boy Nitish Katara, a court Wednesday held influential Uttar Pradesh politician D.P. Yadav's son Vikas Yadav and his nephew Vishal Yadav guilty. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2008 | 10:13 am
Indian telecom major Tata Communications has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) based telecom services provider Etisalat. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2008 | 10:10 am
The Gujjar agitation for ST status spread to the national capital region (NCR) with protesters blocking traffic on certain key stretches. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2008 | 9:52 am
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firm Reliance Money announced its foray into Hong Kong and China with the launch of a bouquet of financial services for retail investors in these markets. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2008 | 9:51 am
The Madras HC has issued a notice against Rediff.com, on a petition from the BCCI seeking to restrain the web portel from using the domain name indianfantasyleague.com. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2008 | 9:49 am
Strongly backing the stalled civilian nuclear deal with India, presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said it would strengthen the US' ties. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2008 | 9:47 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Thousands of Nepalis marched, danced and sung in the capital's streets on Wednesday to celebrate "the dawn of the republic" hours before the Himalayan nation was set to abolish its once-revered Hindu monarchy.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel's failure to woo South Africa's MTN Group may be a missed opportunity, but India's top mobile operator will still seek buys overseas as it looks to export its low-cost, high-volume model.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Finance Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that some media reports about new tax proposals to help ease mounting losses at state oil firms due to soaring crude prices were "totally baseless".
Aamir Khan's decision to release his nephew's debut vehicle 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' on July 4 has baffled Harry Baweja, who fixed the same date long back to open his son Harman's launch pad 'Love Story 2050'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 3:30 am
Wild rumours having sprung up about Ram Gopal Varma's next release 'Sarkar Raj', the director has set the record straight, saying neither does Abhishek Bachchan's character die nor does he have a romantic alliance with Aishwarya Rai in the movie. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 2:30 am
India's largest private carrier Jet Airways has taken delivery of its latest Airbus A330-200 aircraft at a ceremony at the Berlin Air Show. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 2:01 am
NOIDA: Dr. Rajesh Talwar, who has been arrested on charges of murdering his 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and the family’s domestic help Hemraj, was remanded to three-day police custody by a court here on Tuesday. Chief Judicial ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Hay-on-Wye: The rise of the author as performer has been accompanied by the rise of a sometimes baffling phenomenon: the signing queue. Why do people do it? “Because I can,” says Stephen Ballinger, 56, a teacher from Bronllys ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The first meeting of the key Parliamentary committee on Women’s Reservation Bill on Tuesday was a stormy affair with the supporters and opponents of the measure indulging in verbal duels over the contentious issue. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: Political parties are waiting with bated breath to watch voters deliver their verdict in the May 29 byelections to 18 Assembly and four Lok Sabha seats even as curtains came down on campaigning on Tuesday. The campaign was by ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2008 | 12:00 am
In a first of its kind initiative in India, 37 post offices in Tamil Nadu have begun selling air, train and interstate bus tickets. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2008 | 11:02 pm
For a certain scene in Sunny Deol-directed 'The Man', Shilpa Shetty had to slap her co-star Sudhanshu Pandey. And if the latter is to be believed, the actress was very reluctant to do so. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2008 | 11:01 pm
Chetan Ahya, managing director and India & south-east Asia economist at Morgan Stanley says the government has very few options in tackling the oil price hike Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 May 2008 | 10:18 pm
The Centre went into fire-fighting mode and reviewed internal security even as the violence threatened to spill over to the neighbouring states. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 May 2008 | 10:18 pm
While the Mumbai police grapples with a shortage of nearly 20,000 staff quarters in the city, IPS officers have flouted rules and made big bucks by leasing out houses given to them. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 May 2008 | 10:16 pm
The booming knowledge industry in India's IT hub is relieved that the people of Karnataka have voted for stability and good governance. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2008 | 9:34 pm
Shah Rukh Khan tops her list of favourites. After a career spanning 12 years and 40 films, Shah Rukh is still the man who holds 'a special place' in Rani Mukerji's professional life. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
Following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match in which Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by five wickets Monday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2008 | 8:34 pm
Rajasthan Royals rode on powerful performances by Niraj Patel and Ravindra Jadeja to pull off a heart-stopping last-ball thriller against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League here Monday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2008 | 8:33 pm
Heavy showers and strong winds Monday delayed over 32 flights at the airport here, a senior airport official said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2008 | 8:03 pm
PATNA, India (Reuters) - At least 100 people were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after inhaling chlorine gas leaking from a water treatment plant in Jamshedpur, officials said.
