Rise in commodity prices has surprisingly not hit the expatriates living here and their cost of living in Indian cities has become cheaper. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:34 pm
A helicopter engaged in relief work in an earthquake-devastated area in southwest China on Wednesday made a forced landing in an open field Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:32 pm
Leading Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd,will acquire majority stake in India's largest drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:29 pm
TOKYO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd will pay up to $4.6 billion for control of India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, the latest in a string of global health deals as firms look to bulk up and diversify to fend off aggressive rivals.
Maladministration during Governor's rule in Karnataka is responsible for shortage of fertilisers in the state, the BJP said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
While China might have overtaken India as the largest tea producer couple of years ago, it is now Sri Lanka and Kenya that seem to be giving India a run for its money in tea export market. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:26 pm
With an aim to clock 30-35 per growth per annum, the US fast food chain McDonald's plans to open around 60 more restaurants across the country annually and pump in Rs 400 crore in the next three years. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:26 pm
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said outsourcing of American jobs to India and China cannot be reversed. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:25 pm
In a pre-dawn attack on a Sri Lankan navy outpost in the restive Mannar region, the LTTE's sea Tigers on Wednesday killed three sailors and lost five of their cadres Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:24 pm
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a strong pitch for Indo-US nuclear deal, saying it is crucial for ending nuclear apartheid against India and hoped progress will be made in the months ahead on the agreement which has "run into some difficulties". Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:24 pm
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is going to launch a television channel by the end of this year to provide weather news, an official said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:22 pm
Kloit Shyrmang used a dagger to kill her sister Philda (30) in Jalaphet village yesterday. Police have registered a case against the accused, who is absconding. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:22 pm
Describing India as an emerging "global power" and an "ally," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Washington has a "vital" stake in New Delhi's rise. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:19 pm
The failure of the Muslims to integrate with British society has left their children open to the lure of extremism, a top Islamic scholar has said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:18 pm
Sun Network, Tamil Nadu's premier cable channel, struggled for the third day to resume operations after CM M Karunanidhi's older son MK Azhagiri ordered its virtual boycott here. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:15 pm
Normal life continued to be paralysed in the Darjeeling hills Wednesday, on the second day of the indefinite shutdown called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:14 pm
J Harinarayan will be taking charge as the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) on Thursday. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 11:56 am
The country's general insurance sector is expected to grow at around 18 per cent this year, a senior insurance industry official said. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 11:51 am
After the aborted attempt to induct strategic investor six months back, non-banking finance company IFCI board will again meet tomorrow to consider inviting bids for selling 26 per cent stake. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 11:42 am
IT services provider, Patni Computer Systems today said that it has successfully completed the first-ever SAP ERP implementation for a temple trust in the country. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 11:37 am
Hyundai Motor India the country's second largest passenger car manufacturer and the largest exporter today said that its recently launched small car i10 made in its Chennai plant has already crossed the export milestone of 100,000 cars. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Jun 2008 | 11:31 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian shares rose 2 percent on Wednesday as investors scooped up bargains after the market had hit a 2008 low the previous day, while drug maker Ranbaxy was driven by a takeover bid from Japan's Daiichi Sankyo.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese airliner coming from Amman and Damascus burst into flames after landing in Khartoum on Tuesday night, killing at least 29 of the roughly 214 people on board, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The chief executive of India's Ranbaxy Laboratories, Malvinder Singh, said on Wednesday Japan's Daiichi Sankyo wanted a controlling stake in the Indian firm and a deal would not have happened without the founders selling their entire holding.
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - A one day strike to protest against fuel price rises shut shops and banks in Kashmir on Wednesday, coinciding with a protest by transporters demanding they be allowed to raise fares and freight charges.
New Delhi, June 11 : India and Bulgaria held wide ranging discussions on various security related bilateral issues, here today. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Chhattisgarh plans to tap solar energy in state's southern restive Bastar region to overcome repeated attacks by Maoist guerrillas on the power distribution system. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
It has been 12 days since a newborn baby went missing from a government hospital in the Chhattisgarh capital but police Wednesday admitted they were yet to make any headway in the case. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The annual Haj pilgrimage is likely to cost much more with accommodation at the holy site in Saudi Arabia increasing by about Rs.4,000 and airfares being hiked too. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - UBS on Wednesday cut India's economic growth forecast for the 2008/09 fiscal year that began in April to 7.7 percent from 8.2 percent, citing weakening investment and industrial out... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 9:50 am
The fall in the value of Indian rupee against the US dollar means good times ahead for export-oriented companies, while increasing worries for importers. The fall in the value of Indian rupee against... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 9:05 am
Era says for Ajay the entire week is about work, but the weekends are reserved for the family. "He does make it a point to spend a lot of time with the children. They do not miss him as he has managed... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 9:05 am
Despite playing no competitive golf for eight weeks following knee surgery, world number one Tiger Woods has declared himself ready for the start of the US Open on Thursday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 9:05 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tigers are doing so well in one of India's top reserves that authorities have agreed to expand its boundary to give them a bigger area to roam, a rare piece of good news for a country struggling to save its big cat.
New Delhi, June 11 : Daniel Markey, a South Asia expert at the US Council on Foreign Relations, has said that Washington would like to avoid complex problems that could arise if Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf quit office early. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
Agartala, June 11 : As India's poultry industry tries hard to undo the scare caused by a second outbreak of bird flu, poultry farmers in Tripura have taken up rabbit farming and are reaping the benefits. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Police in Orissa fired teargas to disperse a violent protest against the construction of a steel factory, officials said on Wednesday.
BASEL (Reuters) - A superb hat-trick from Spain's David Villa and goals of beauty from Portugal, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden have put an extra sheen on a bright opening round of matches at Euro 2008.
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh released former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who faces graft charges, on parole for eight weeks on Wednesday to go abroad for medical treatment.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra prepared to leave his sprawling palace on Wednesday to live like a commoner two weeks after the government abolished the 239-year-old monarchy.
The shares of Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's largest pharmaceuticals firm, were up 4.8 percent Wednesday after talks to offload the promoters' stake to Japan's Daiichi Sankyo entered the final stage. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 6:00 am
Gurgaon requires an apex development agency on the lines of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) and a committee has been formed to look into it, says a central minister who is an MP from the region. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 4:01 am
To all those unkind souls who thought that box office death by fire - 'Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag' - had a sense of finality about it, the filmmaker has some wisdom to impart. The vicious cycle of violence is never ending, thankfully. Varma's factory is humming again with high-powered equipment - the Family of Bachchan father, son and daughter-in-law in 'Sarkar Raj'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 4:00 am
Any movie starring Amitabh Bachchan invariably gets a good opening at the box office. So if 'Sarkar Raj' netted an 88 percent collection on its opening day, no one should be surprised. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Filmmaker Ketan Mehta, whose upcoming film 'Rang Rasiya' is based on legendary painter Raja Ravi Varma's life, says his next project would be on Rani Laxmibai, followed by another on last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 2:00 am
Singer-composer duo Meet brothers, who were seen in popular TV serials and advertisements, say they will focus on music from now on as acting was just temporary and never a priority for them. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 2:00 am
India and China are among the world`s top importers of arms, with Beijing accounting for almost 12 per cent of global weapons and military equipment import followed by New Delhi with eight per cent, according to a survey by a Stockholm-based think tank. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
Seeking quick implementation of the civil nuclear agreement, the US has said it would be "tragic" for India if it forgoes this opportunity for a strategic partnership with the US. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
Eight years after recommendation
for the creation of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was made at
the highest level, a consensus on the issue was still elusive. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
Amidst reports of a large number
of armed forces officers seeking a premature exit to jump to
lucrative offers in the private sector, Defence Minister A K
Antony on Tuesday told them the government was "alive to their
expectations". Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
India may like to think that it draws a lot of foreign tourists, but the fact is that the many-splendoured land of the Taj Mahal gets far fewer visitors than much smaller nations like Ukraine, Tunisia, Croatia and Saudi Arabia, says a report. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
A married woman`s self-acquired
wealth can also be given to her parents -- apart from her
husband, children and their relatives -- in case she dies
without writing a will, the Law Commission has recommended. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar has arrived here perhaps to mediate between the
Rajasthan government and Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla to
defuse the 17-day imbroglio. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
The Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested former Minister of State for Fisheries, Jamuna Nishad in connection with the death of a constable during a violent clash involving his supporters at Maharajganj police station. The arrest came after Chief Minister Mayawati sacked the minister on Sunday following the registering of a murder case against him. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
Any move to use the Noida twin murder case as a plot in a teleserial will reflect an `insensitive` attitude towards a minor, Union Minister Renuka Chowdhury said on Tuesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
Officers overstaying on foreign
assignments without valid reasons, including on the grounds of
children`s education, could be in for trouble. Source: Zee News : India National | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:03 am
Chandigarh: The two Haryana policemen, accused of raping a woman from Rohtak who subsequently committed suicide, were dismissed on Tuesday, police said. Four teams were formed to track down the dismissed constables Balraj Singh and ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: In a significant initiative to ‘de-commercialise’ the world-famous temple of Lord Venkateshwara and enhance the spiritual experience for devotees, the Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Board is contemplating scrapping ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday hinted that the murder of young Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in Noida last month could have been pre-meditated. Her father Dr. Rajesh Talwar is an accused in the double murder case. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
LUCKNOW: The former Minister of State in the Mayawati Government, Jamuna Prasad Nishad, was arrested on Tuesday under dramatic circumstances. He is an accused in the attack, allegedly by his supporters, on the Maharajganj police station ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
AHMEDABAD: The wax statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Madame Tussauds Museum in London which was kept close to a dustbin has been shifted to a fitting place. Following protests by visitors, especially Indians, the statue has now been relocated ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
The conciliation talks held here between Neyveli Lignite Corp Ltd (NLC) and its striking contract workers broke down Tuesday as the labourers were steadfast on their demands - absorption by NLC and pay parity with the permanent employees. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Jun 2008 | 6:30 pm
Tamil actress Priyamani was Tuesday thrilled at getting the National Best Actress Award for her role in Tamil film 'Paruthi Veeran', and credited director Ameer Sulthan and the team of technicians for creating her role. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Jun 2008 | 6:03 pm
