Northern Railways on Friday
cancelled 27 trains passing through Rajasthan and diverted
several others in the wake of the ongoing agitation by the
Gujjar community in the state, causing acute hardship to
commuters. Source: Zee News : India National | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:30 pm
India on Friday said it wants to work
with China to ensure peace and stability in Asia and
"beyond" by evolving a new "security architecture" and
restructuring of UN and other global political and economic
institutions to bring then attune with current realities. Source: Zee News : India National | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:30 pm
Three Indian-origin businessmen who swindled banks in Britain and the United States of more than 300 million pounds by pretending to run a worldwide metal trading empire have been sentenced to nearly 25 years in jail. Source: Zee News : India National | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:30 pm
Hoping to recover the weapon used in Noida double murder, the CBI cleaned a number of drains located around the residence of dentist Rajesh Talwar. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:41 am
Aditya Birla Nuvo, part of the Aditya Birla group, has shut down its fertiliser plant at Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh two days back due to fire in synthesis gas compressor turbine. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:37 am
India's One-Day skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has cleared dope test conducted after the Chennai Super Kings' semi-final victory over Punjab King's XI in the IPL. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:21 am
Pakistani cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan's first official biography, written by New Delhi-based writer Frank Huzur is set for a global launch next month. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:20 am
Suggesting that any criticism on government's handling of inflation was not welcome if not accompanied by concrete advice to ease prices, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said it will beat price rise with more steps and people's support. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:19 am
At a time when the car industry is reeling under the fuel price hike, country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki has launched a new LPG variant of its once flagship model M800, priced between Rs 2.05 lakh and Rs 2.26 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:15 am
Three relatives of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.G. Ramachandran were detained late in connection with the murder of a nephew of his late wife Janaki, police said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:09 am
Yadav said here that the common man had suffered under both the BJP-led and Congress-led regimes. "Price rise is one concrete instance of this," he said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:08 am
Manmohan Singh will meet Bush on the sidelines of the G8 summit of the world's wealthiest nations in the Japanese island of Hokkaido in the first week of July. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:07 am
(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard at the site of an explosion in Moratuwa, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 6, 2008. A bomb ripped through a crowded passenger bu... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:02 am
Kabul, June 6 : A constable of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Dev Kumar was killed and four injured in the latest terrorist attack in Afghanistan on Thursday evening. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Korean financial major Mirae Asset, which entered Indian mutual fund market recently, plans to launch nine new funds in India this year including one that would invest in stocks of companies engaged in commodity business worldwide. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case related to the death of British teenager Scarlette Keeling, whose body was found on Goa's Anjuna Beach in February, a CBI official said Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
New Delhi/The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday searched the Noida residence of dentist Rajesh Talwar, who has been arrested for the alleged murder of his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, to look for the murder weapon. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
A chemical explosion at the Indian Petrochemicals Corp Ltd (IPCL) plant at Nagothane in Maharashtra's Raigad district Friday killed two people and injured 17. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
New Delhi,June 6 (IANS)The Left parties are trying to distance themselves from the Congress-Led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the wake of fuel price hiks amid soaring food prices, party leader said Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Friday called for a shutdown in Jharkhand June 10 to protest the hike in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Australia's competition regulator launched an inquiry today into mining giant BHP Billiton's hostile takeover of rival Rio Tinto. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:55 am
Domestic electronic bike makers are expecting a 5-10 per cent jump in their sales on the back of a steep hike in fuel prices, which is giving jitters to the automobile companies. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:53 am
As the inflation climbed to a new high of 8.24 per cent, the BJP today accused the UPA government of mismanaging the economy and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:51 am
Cairn India, a unit of British exploration firm Cairn Energy Plc, has secured rights to explore oil and natural gas deposits off Sri Lanka's coast, the island's petroleum minister said today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:40 am
Vehicle maker Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt Ltd (RNAIPL) kicked off construction work for its new passenger vehicle plant in Chennai. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:39 am
The new model, named M800 Duo will have dual fuel option of petrol as well as LPG, the company said in a statement. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:38 am
JKSPDC has alloted Rs 580.50 lakh under the rehabilitation scheme for the 350 families set to be evacuated from the Pul-Doda belt. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:35 am
The state government also removed 4 per cent VAT on domestic LPG, lessening the burden on common man by Rs 13 per cylinder. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:34 am
Karnataka government would set up a separate cell to focus attention on the infrastructure development of Bangalore, and issues relating to regularisation of unauthorised constructions and the Capital Value System (CVS) of property tax would be reviewed. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:32 am
PATNA, India (Reuters) - A rich 80-year-old widow has spent thousands of dollars on a feast for 100,000 people in the hope it would please the gods and open the doors of heaven for her, local officials said.
Responding to the appeal by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the states to reduce sales tax on the petroleum products to extend relief to the consumers, Manoranjan Kalia, Cabinet Minister of Punjab and senior BJP leader today justified the stand of Chief Minister on not reducing the tax on Petrol and said Punjab was not in a position to face the burnt of inefficient policies of the union government. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:28 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Strikes and protests against government's decision to raise fuel prices spread around the country on Friday, paralysing transport in two key states and hitting businesses including software firms in Hyderabad and Kolkata.
Engineering firm Punj Lloyd on Friday said it has bagged a Rs 649-crore order from Indian Oil Corporation for construction related works at the oil major's Barauni refinery. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:14 am
The Reserve Bank of India Governor, YV Reddy, said that the central bank would be ready to use its forex reserves to prevent an oil shock. However, he expressed optimism that recent measures taken in ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:14 am
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded near a crowded passenger bus in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Friday, killing 20 people and wounding 47, the military said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian inflation rose further above 8 percent in late May, data showed on Friday, and with higher fuel prices seen sending it to a 13-year peak early next month, analysts expect central bank action soon to ease price pressures.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan boosted security in the capital Islamabad and neighbouring Rawalpindi on Friday where three vehicles laden with explosives were intercepted just days after a deadly attack on the Danish embassy.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Shiv Sena is planning demonstrations across Mumbai on Friday to protest against the Central government's raising of fuel prices, party officials said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - "Sarkar Raj", a new Bollywood film on a shrewd businesswoman's plan to build a power plant caught up in development politics, is drawing comparisons with the controversy behind the failed Indian project of U.S. utilities giant Enron.
TV star Rajiv Khandelwal has rubbished rumours that his debut movie 'Aamir', released Friday, is a copy of the Hollywood film 'Cellular'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:47 am
Once playback singing was in place in Hindi films, elaborate filming of the numbers caught the fancy of filmmakers. The process has come to be called 'picturisation'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:47 am
British writer Jeffrey Archer has overtaken desi writer Jhumpa Lahiri on the top-selling fiction list this week, while Rhonda Byrne still outsells everyone in the non-fiction category with 'The Secret'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:34 am
BRISTOW, Va. (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton distanced herself on Thursday from a push to convince former Democratic rival Barack Obama to choose her as his running mate and said the decision on a vice president was his alone to make.
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must act to fight climate change.
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Thursday condemned the attack on the residence of Kumar Ketkar, Editor of Marathi daily Loksatta , by activists of a little-known outfit. It demanded stringent action against those ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton has finally decided to endorse her rival, Barack Obama, after an unsuccessful vigorous bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Senior leaders had urged her to end the campaign as they want the party to go to ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Left Front asks Trinamool Congress to call off bandh proposed for Friday; it’s unnecessary, says Biman Bose Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has suggested a European Union-style bloc, comprising states such as India, the United States, China and Australia, to step up security and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
TIRUCHI: Anna University–Tiruchi (AU-T) has finalised temporary locations from where its four constituent colleges would start functioning from the ensuing academic year. In Nagapattinam district, the constituent college will function ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday announced a 2 per cent reduction in tax on diesel in the State to counter the hike in prices of petroleum products announced by the Centre. This will lead to revenue loss of Rs.260 ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Sports broadcaster ESPN Star on Thursday accused DTH operator TataSky of indulging in arm-twisting tactics and said it will take legal action. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: Six schoolchildren were injured on Thursday when an autorickshaw in which they were travelling was hit by a Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus on Santhome High Road. The front portion of the autorickshaw bore the brunt of ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have foiled a plot to kill Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and Ropar-based religious leader Baba Bhaniarewala. “We have arrested three militants of the newly formed ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: In a tough measure against money laundering, the Centre on Thursday decided to bring casinos, international credit card payment gateways such as VISA and MasterCard, full-fledged money changers (FFMCs) and money transfer service ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Three relatives of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.G. Ramachandran were detained late Thursday evening in connection with the murder of a nephew of his late wife Janaki, police said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Thursday announced his government would bear the burden of the fuel price hike and LPG would be continued to be sold at earlier prices. The state is also likely to reduce sales tax on petrol and diesel. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 7:01 pm
To mark World Environment Day, Software major Wipro Ltd joined Green Grid, the global consortium dedicated to energy efficiency in data centres and business computing eco-systems, the IT bellwether said here Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 7:01 pm
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) Thursday approved a power tariff hike ranging from six to 17 percent for the 2.6 million residential and commercial consumers of Reliance Energy Ltd (REL) in Mumbai. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 7:00 pm
The country's largest commercial bank State Bank of India (SBI) has inked a joint venture (JV) agreement with French financial services firm Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 4:33 pm
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will not attend the prestigious International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards gala starting here Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 4:33 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - State-run monopoly Indian Railways will not raise passenger and freight rates despite a steep increase in government-set fuel prices, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said on Thursday.
