Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi, who is celebrating his 85th birthday on Tuesday, knows how to appease the common man for sure. Effective from today the Tamilians favourite Tiffin – dosa, idli, vada and coffee - would cost 10-15 % less. Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
For students graduating this year, India is seen as having the most job opportunities with the US a close second, a study released by Accenture on Tuesday said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:44 pm
Noted Marathi screen-play writer and V. Shantaram award winner Annasaheb Deulgaonkar died on Tuesday. He was 87 years old. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:43 pm
Force India is banking on Adrian Sutil's new-found confidence and Giancarlo Fisichella's cracking record at Montreal to seal their first podium finish in the Formula One. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
Nissan Motor Co on Tuesday said it has identified India as one of the five low cost countries to manufacture its new generation compact cars, including the Micra. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:33 pm
Electronics major LG Electronics India announced a price hike of 7-10 per cent of its product categories like monitors and optical storage devices. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:28 pm
Launching two more FM radio stations at Gulbarga and Asansol under S-FM brand, the Chennai-based Sun TV Network Ltd has increased its number of FM stations to 40. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
Power and engineering major ABB has bagged orders worth Rs.2.95 billion (US$74 million) to provide power equipment for JSW Energy's upcoming project in Ratnagiri. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
Microsoft has kept development of Internet Explorer 8 pretty quiet, but already the next major version of the most widely-used browser is available for downloading in a beta version. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
:Karnataka's newly elected assembly begins its first session on Wednesday, and the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first government in the south will seek the confidence of the house. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:25 pm
Reliance Communications has appointed city-based banker Ken Costa to advise the firm on negotiations with South Africa's MTN. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:23 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Mumbai plans to erect a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji off the city's shore in the Arabian Sea that will be taller than the Statue of Liberty, government officials said on Tuesday.
The Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPCC) today signed an agreement with Aravali Power Company for the procurement of 750 MW of electricity to be generated from 1,500 MW Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Station. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:16 pm
The Supreme Court today refused Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Energy Ltd's plea seeking to restrain the state power regulator from fixing the distribution tariffs for Mumbai without considering its application for equitable distribution. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:13 pm
Global rating agency Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded the corporate family rating of Tata Motors (TML) to Ba2 from Ba1 following the announcement that it has completed the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover ("JLR"). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:11 pm
Enthused by overwhelming response to Kisan Credit Cards, the Reserve Bank has agreed with the suggestion of issuing multi-purpose "swarojgar credit cards" for self-employed persons in the non-farm sector. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:10 pm
Punj Lloyd Group, a specialist in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, has acquired a strategic 74 per cent stake in Technodyne International Limited, UK for an undisclosed amount. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:10 pm
GMR Industries(GIL), the agri-business arm of the GMR Group, registered a net profit of Rs 14.41 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2008, as compared with a net loss of Rs 6.48 crore incurred during the same period last year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:08 pm
Chinese eclipsed Koreans as Japan's largest group of foreign residents last year, fuelled by an influx of workers and students, the government said today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:06 pm
The three-day legislature session of the newly elected Karnataka State Assembly will begin tomorrow. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:01 pm
MindTree Ltd, a global IT and R and D services company and provider of Bluetooth intellectual property (IP) solutions, today announced availability of its EtherMind Bluetooth Software Development Kit (SDK) for the automotive market targeting infotainment and Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:56 am
Francisco Costa, Tom Ford and Tory Burch were the big winners at the Council of Fashion Designer of America awards, the industry's top honour. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:51 am
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a top Kashmiri separatist leader, said on Tuesday he had been put under house arrest to stop him from attending a function to commemorate the Indian army's storming of Sikhism's holiest shrine, the Golden Temple, in 1984.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani said on Tuesday the country needed a new economic model that did not ape the West, appealing for ideas because he did not understand "money matters".
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's feuding doubles pair Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have agreed to set aside their differences and team up for the Beijing Olympics, the national tennis federation said on Tuesday.
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been detained at Dubai airport for possession of illegal drugs, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India may raise fuel prices on Wednesday to ease pressure on bleeding oil firms, a top official said, after 10 days of political tussling over the proposal.
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - The Gujjar community, which is demanding job quotas, began cremating on Tuesday dozens of people killed by police, but continued blocking rail and road traffic in Rajasthan, the centre of days of violent protests.
New Delhi, June 3 : National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah has said the group would keep up its agitation as no alternative solution was in sight. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:01 am
Bangalore, June 3 : As part of its service to society, the Art of Living foundation based in Bangalore founded by spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravishankar has started working in quake hit China. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:01 am
Srinagar, June 3 : Engineers in Kashmir have indigenously designed a low cost machine to clear the snow in narrow lanes and link roads in the region. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
New Delhi, June 3 : The Beijing Olympic Games organizers' (BOCOG) have said that foreigners suspected of having the potential to carry out terrorist or violent attacks, or indulge in subversive activities will be denied entry into China. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
Bollywood celebrities don't just peddle dreams but also dream homes. Real estate developers are now banking on the star power of the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai to endorse their projects. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
Munnar (Kerala) June 3 (IANS) While her classmates are busy studying at the Tata High Range School here, class 5 student Roshna T. Henry is staging a sit-in outside the front gates - along with her parents - for nearly two weeks now, following her ouster from the school. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
Posted on: Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 00:00 CDT By Nirmala M Nagaraj BANGALORE: The hands that helped heal Amitabh Bachchan now seek a helping hand. Julie (52), who spent most of her life home-nursing pat... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 8:37 am
PATNA: Communist Party of India (Maoist) members caused derailment of a train and crippled train services on the Howrah-Delhi route by blasting both the up and down tracks early on Monday, during a ba... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 8:14 am
A survey joined by the National Sample Survey Organization of India reveals that Delhi is the city that will make the most money in 2008-09. Mumbai will be the one spending the most, while Bangalore w... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 7:43 am
Last month, Bhupathi had told the All India Tennis Association that he did not want to partner Paes at the upcoming Beijing Olympics, and instead would prefer teaming up with Rohan Bopanna.Paes then h... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jun 2008 | 7:41 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The annual inflation rate is probably already near 9 percent, close to a 13-year high, and will top the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) comfort zone all year as the impact of rising raw materials prices seeps deeper into the economy.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee visits China this week, under pressure at home for "appeasing" his country's powerful northern neighbour over a long-running border dispute and over Tibetan protests.
With five films, nine endorsements and three stage shows, Kareena Kapoor says she is overworked and exhausted. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:30 am
The Punjab government has asked Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ranbir Singh Khatra to go on one month leave following his public spat with Ness Wadi, industrialist and owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:30 am
Pain, suffering and bereavement bring out the best in an actor. And John Abraham knows it only too well, having shot 'Aashayein' while both his parents were ill and in hospital. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 2:06 am
Onlookers often wonder why Sikandar Kher is constantly seen accompanying the Bachchans at important public events. It was presumed that his mom Kirron Kher's friendship with Jaya Bachchan was the reason behind this comradeship. But there's a much deeper link between Sikandar and the Bachchans. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 2:04 am
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, known for being an atheist, attempted to appease theists here late Monday by offering to rename the controversial Sethusamudram project after Hindu god Ram. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 1:02 am
GOTEBORG: Young adults experience news fatigue from being inundated by facts and updates and have trouble accessing in-depth stories, according to a study unveiled at a global media conference on Monday. The Context-Based Research ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Two-thirds of spending on health is out-of-pocket; people with no safety net especially vulnerable, says Ramya Kannan Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
WASHINGTON: In a first step towards sampling the Martian soil for ice and life, the Phoenix Mars Lander scooped up a little dirt, scientists said on Sunday. It then took a snap of the print its robotic arm left on its trial run. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
The two countries already have a high degree of trust between one another, says its Defence Minister Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Paris: French designer Yves Saint Laurent (71), who revolutionised women’s clothing in the 1960s, died of a brain tumour here on Sunday. President Nicolas Sarkozy said he had elevated haute couture to the “level of art.” ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The declaration of Nepal as a secular state is a “negative development,” but the end of monarchy in what was till recently the world’s only Hindu kingdom is the result of the “wishes of the people,” ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Greenpeace activists on Monday painted their torsos with climate change messages and stood at Jantar Mantar during an awareness campaign. It coincided with the Prime Minister’s Climate Council meeting to deliberate on the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
India has floated global tenders for acquisition of 22 attack helicopters, days after clearing a deal for purchase of 384 light helicopters. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
Buoyed by a series of Assembly poll wins including in Karnataka, BJP on Monday started gearing up for emerging as the "clear winner" in the next Lok Sabha polls with senior leader L K Advani coining the slogan Jeetega BJP, Jeetega India. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), a member of the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM), on Monday said it was pulling out of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-Left coordination committee. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
The CBI on Monday began questioning Rajesh Talwar who was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the murder of his daughter Aarushi and a domestic servant. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
With the Indo-US nuclear deal already turning into a major headache for the government, the BJP on Monday asked the Congress to take a clear stand on the issue instead of blaming others. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
The CPM on Monday dismissed as "defunct and ineffective" the UPA-Left coordination committee and said it made little difference whether to continue in it or not. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
The Centre has earmarked Rs 2,000 crore to modernise 14,000 police stations across the country, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Monday said while seeking to allay apprehensions in the minds of industrialists investing in Naxal-hit areas. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
Amid reports of tension on Sino-India border in North Sikkim, Army border personnel of the two countries held a meeting at the famous Bum La pass in Arunachal Pradesh to maintain tranquility on the frontier. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
The Union Law Ministry on Monday put the ball back into Rajasthan government`s court on the Gujjar issue by saying that the initiative for giving reservation to any community needs to be taken by the state. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, offered special prayers at the historic Jama Masjid for the first time here on Sunday. Source: Zee News : India National | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:59 pm
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan Monday refused to comment on fellow actor Shatrughan Sinha's latest barb - that he thinks the Big B is senior to him in age, but junior to him in the Hindi film industry. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:30 pm
India has lost its top position as the most attractive emerging market destination for retail investment to Vietnam, according to a study by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:30 pm
New cars, especially those which hit the Indian roads after 2005, are emitting more carbon dioxide, a green house gas responsible for global warming, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said here Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani Monday exhorted his party's cadres to carry the momentum of victory in Karnataka polls last week to the Lok Sabha elections due next year even as the Congress reels under poll debacles in state after state. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Monday evening attributed the debacle of the party in the Karnataka assembly elections to 'poor preparation'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
