Fearing injury to themselves, nearly 12 per cent school children in south Delhi schools and colleges carry weapons with them to school, a study conducted here has claimed. Source: Zee News : States | 29 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
The Gujarat Government on Wednesday received a formal approval from the Central Government to set up Indian Institute of Technology in the state. Source: Zee News : States | 29 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
Polling began for four parliamentary and 18 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh on a peaceful note today. Source: Zee News : States | 29 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
A day after flash floods swept Assam`s eastern district of Dhemaji, the water level of the mighty Brahmaputra showed a receding trend Thursday though road links remained snapped, officials said. Source: Zee News : States | 29 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
As the Gujjars began their "martyrs` day" protests, the Rajasthan government today airdropped pamphlets asking the agitators to refrain from violence and take up their Scheduled Tribe status demand with the Centre. Source: Zee News : States | 29 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
A Madhya Pradesh court on Wednesday awarded life term to a Pakistani citizen for spying in a military area and two years in jail to two others for helping him. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Gwalior district) Meena Singh awarded life imprisonment to Abbas Ali for spying at Gwalior`s air force station and other defence areas, public prosecutor Kamal Jain told agencies. Source: Zee News : States | 29 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
China has invited Taiwan for talks next month on cross-Strait weekend direct chartered flights and allowing mainland tourists to travel to the self-ruled island. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 9:10 am
Indian hotel group Country Club, which has bought Dubai's Chelsea Hotel for Dh 165 million (Rs 165 crore), plans to open more hotels in the UAE. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 9:09 am
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan says Shoaibn Akhtar has been nothing but a "problem" for captains and coaches who have worked with him. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 9:06 am
Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi foresees a bleak future for Tests as the five-day format would struggle to find favour among fans seeking instant entertainment. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 9:05 am
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Floods triggered by heavy rain destroyed more than 100 villages and affected thousands of people in Assam over the last two days, officials said on Thursday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board wants former Test captain and legendary pacer Wasim Akram to take over as the national bowling coach. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 9:04 am
Buoyed by the success of its year-long pilot project in six states, National AIDS Control Organisation has decided to promote the use of female condoms across India. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 9:02 am
Scripting a new chapter in Karnataka's political history, the first-ever BJP government led by B S Yeddyurappa will be sworn-in tomorrow. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 9:00 am
A frustrated man tried to commit suicide in packed courtroom by slitting his wrist while hearing on his divorce suit was underway. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 8:59 am
A 45-year-old woman was allegedly held in illegal confinement and raped in a hotel room here by a man on the pretext that he would arrange a job for her son, police said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 8:58 am
Stone-pelting Gujjars protestors were teargassed by police as the agitation hit the national capital region disrupting roads and rail traffic and causing acute hardship to commutors. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 May 2008 | 8:57 am
Growth of agriculture during 2007-08 will be significantly increased to around 3.5 per cent from the advanced estimate of 2.6 per cent, Pronab Sen, chief statistician of India said today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 8:53 am
Employment grew at a higher rate as per the 5th Economic Census conducted in 2005, as compared to the Economic Census carried out in 1998. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 8:49 am
Engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) posted a 37.9 per cent growth in net profit to Rs 966.7 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2008 on the back of high order inflow of 56 per cent. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 8:34 am
India's largest private carrier Jet Airways has announced the introduction of web check-in facility on its flights to six major international destinations. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 8:26 am
Nimesh Kampani controlled, diversified financial services company JM Financial has posted a net profit growth of 39 per cent at Rs 45.77 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 when compared to Rs 33.03 crore recorded in the same quarter of the earlier year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 8:10 am
A UN study that looked into the impact of social inequality on the schooling children receive in countries across three continents has found wide disparity in resources available in rural and urban schools in India. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 7:20 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual monsoon, an economic lifeline, is now expected to reach Kerala in the next 3-4 days, missing an earlier forecast but largely in line with the long-term average, a top weather official said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters from the Gujjar community burned tyres and blocked roads leading to New Delhi on Thursday, bringing a battle for college and government job quotas in which dozens have died closer to the capital.
Chohal (Punjab), May 29 : A local football club in Punjab has signed an agreement with United Kingdom's Wolverhampton Football Club to promote the sport in the state. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 May 2008 | 7:01 am
Suralpady (Karnataka), May 29 : Sarang Mohammad Naeem, an Indian who was kidnapped in Afghanistan, returned to his hometown Suralpady in Mangalore. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 May 2008 | 7:01 am
New Delhi, May 29 : Fears about the onset of floods in the aftermath of the May 12 earthquake in south west China, has forced the authorities to undertake a huge evacuation exercise to prevent the further loss of lives. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 May 2008 | 7:00 am
A five-star hotel in the heart of Chandigarh has once again fallen prey to its 'jinx'. The site of the James Plaza Hotel, where work has been in progress for 23 years, has been taken back by the government for the third time after the owners failed to ensure its completion this month. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 May 2008 | 7:00 am
The board of IFCIis meeting today to consider induction of a strategic investor and issues related to optionally convertible debentures held by government. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 6:58 am
NEW DELHI -- India's remote northeast region has been both blessed and cursed by its geography. The region is rich in natural resources but is landlocked and surrounded by China, Myanmar, Bangladesh ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 May 2008 | 6:47 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The cabinet is expected to discuss raising retail fuel prices later on Thursday, a government source said, as it looks to stem mounting losses at state oil firms due to the surge in crude prices.
Hike in fuel prices is imminent today as top government sources confirmed. Though the fuel price hike is not listed as an item of Cabinet agenda, a meeting is to be held at 6.00 p. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 6:26 am
Pharmaceutical firm Jubilant Organosys today said it has completed the acquisition of Canada-based Draxis Speciality Pharmaceuticals Inc for $253 million (about Rs 1,082 crore). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 6:21 am
The US government has warned its citizens about the possibility of traffic disruptions Thursday due to the Gujjar agitation in the National Capital Region (NCR), Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, and has advised them 'to maintain a low profile, and avoid areas of traffic disruptions and political protest'. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 May 2008 | 6:00 am
B.S. Yeddyurappa, who will become the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in Karnataka and south India Friday, had thought of quitting the party after the 2004 assembly polls because he saw no future for him in it. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 May 2008 | 6:00 am
Parts of northern India came to a standstill Thursday morning as members of the Gujjar community blockaded most major roads leading to New Delhi in support of their brethren who are carrying out a pro-reservation agitation in Rajasthan since May 23. They also paralysed train services by squatting on rail tracks in western Uttar Pradesh. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 May 2008 | 6:00 am
Monsoon coming soon Newindpress - 4 hours ago VISAKHAPATNAM:If April..errr.. May be the cruellest month of the year, well, June could be heavenly! Because, the South West monsoon is expected to hit the State of Kerala tomorrow but it could be delayed by four days just like last year. Monsoon yet to reach KeralaIndia Infoline.com Pre-monsoon showers active in NEAssam Tribune all 3 news articles
National Award winning actor Mithun Chakraborty threatens TV tycoon Ekta Kapoor - on screen. It happens in her home production 'C Kkompany'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 May 2008 | 5:00 am
Jiadhol embankment breached Assam Tribune - 4 hours ago By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, May 28 - Dhemaji, one of the flood prone districts of Assam, started facing the fury of floods even before the onset of monsoon following a breach on the embankment of Jiadhol river this morning and the road communication ... First wave of flood hits eastern AssamHowrah News Service all 3 news articles
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - For centuries they enjoyed absolute power in their mountain fastnesses, revered by their subjects as incarnations of gods or Buddha, but one by one the monarchies of the Himalayas are falling.
Asian markets are up on Thursday's trades. The Nikkei has gained 383 points or 2.8% to 14,093. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 May 2008 | 3:48 am
The Gujjar agitation for ST status on Wednesday spread to the National Capital Region (NCR) with protesters blocking traffic on certain key stretches as agitators forced shutdowns in several areas in Rajasthan. Source: Zee News : India National | 29 May 2008 | 12:13 am
Ending the wait for over 765,000 students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will declare the Class 10 results on Thursday. Source: Zee News : India National | 29 May 2008 | 12:13 am
A madarsa teacher and a telephone booth owner have been arrested in connection with the May 13 Jaipur serial bombings that killed 66 people, police on Wednesday said. Source: Zee News : India National | 29 May 2008 | 12:13 am
Prime Minister`s Economic Advisory Council wants the government to pay its employees in phased manner and deposit part of the estimated arrear of 18,000 crore in their Provident Fund while implementing the Sixth Pay panel report to minimise its impact on inflation. Source: Zee News : India National | 29 May 2008 | 12:13 am
The 33 per cent reservation for women would soon become a reality and the Parliamentary standing committee, to which a Bill on this had been referred, would accommodate all the views, comments and suggestions from various quarters, Union Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni said here on Wednesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 29 May 2008 | 12:13 am
Strongly backing the stalled civilian nuclear deal with India, presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said it would strengthen the US` ties with the world`s largest democracy and further involve New Delhi in non-proliferation efforts. Source: Zee News : India National | 29 May 2008 | 12:13 am
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to suspended BJP MP Babubhai Katara who has been chargesheeted for allegedly taking a woman and her son abroad on his wife`s diplomatic passport last year. Source: Zee News : India National | 29 May 2008 | 12:13 am
Veteran Marxist leader Harkishen Singh Surjeet, who was admitted to a hospital here with acute respiratory problems, was on Wednesday shifted from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after spending 22 days in the facility. The 92-year-old leader has shown "impressive" improvement and was shifted from the ICU, Dr Purushottam Lal, Director of Metro Hospital, told agencies. Source: Zee News : India National | 29 May 2008 | 12:13 am
India became the first country to congratulate Nepal on the first meet of its constituent assembly that abolished the nation's 239-year-old monarchy and declared the country a federal secular republic. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 8:00 pm
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's political parties voted on Wednesday to abolish the Himalayan kingdom's 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, a key demand of Maoists after they ended a decade-long war against the government.
Shaun Marsh scored a breathtaking century as Kings XI Punjab brought the high-flying Rajasthan Royals down to the ground with a 41-run victory in the last league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Tuesday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 7:02 pm
Following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Kings XI Punjab beat Rajasthan Royals by 41 runs here Wednesday night: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 7:02 pm
Despite losing to Kings XI Punjab here Wednesday, Rajasthan Royals finished at the top of the points table as the league stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) concluded. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 7:02 pm
Kings XI Punjab opener Shaun Marsh struck a century to guide his team to a 41-run victory over Rajasthan Royals here Wednesday. Marsh, who scored 115 off 69 balls, thus became the leading run-getter of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 7:02 pm
In a shocking finding, over 11 percent of students in the upscale south Delhi carry weapons, a study by Safdarjung Hospital said Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 7:01 pm
In a bid to win over the people of regions affected by Maoist violence, the home ministry Wednesday decided to strengthen the implementation of government-run welfare and development schemes in these areas. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 4:32 pm
Tata Motors will launch their world truck, simultaneously in India and South Korea, in June, said company's managing director Ravi Kant here Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 4:30 pm
Communications and IT Minister A. Raja is expected to meet officials of the Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) Thursday to end the impasse over security concerns on the use of BlackBerry enabled mobile phones in India. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 4:30 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Rich nations need to cut per-capita greenhouse gas emissions to India's current levels by mid-century to avoid devastating climate change, Britain's former chief scientific adviser said on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is set to meet Indian government officials on Thursday to address security concerns, but analysts say an amicable solution would be difficult.
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.
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.
