India cannot make “any healthy, fruitful contribution” to resolving Sri Lanka`s ethnic conflict until it changes its mind on the Tamil Tigers` struggle for an independent state, a rebel leader has said. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
Maintaining that it is committed to the Indo-US nuclear deal, the US on Thursday sought to
push the ball into India`s court saying it was for the
country`s leadership to decide on the pact. "... This administration has been firm in its support
for this -- this deal. It continues to be so. Right now we`re
at a situation where this is with the Indian government and
literally with the Indian people," acting spokesman Gonzolo
Gallegos replied when asked if the initiative is "close to
dead". Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
Taking lessons from the recent
quake in China, the National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA) will roll out a Rs 600 crore project to mitigate the
risk in the event of a natural calamity, especially in
quake-prone areas of the country. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
The Dalai Lama on Thursday appealed to Tibetans not to disturb the Olympic torch relay as it passes through the capital Lhasa, saying he fully supports the Beijing Olympics. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
Flooded streets during the last
weekend as monsoon hit the country`s financial capital has
prompted the US Consulate to issue an advisory to its citizens
living in the city. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which brought Krishna, the compounder at the Noida clinic of dentist Rajesh Talwar, to Bangalore for a narco test, has finally subjected him to the test at the Forensic Science Laboratory. Nearly 300 questions will be asked from Krishna about the double murder. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
Incensed at Pakistan's spineless display against India in Bangaldesh tri-series, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman has dashed off a stongly worded letter to manager Talat Ali. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:39 am
BJP government hastily withdrew a two-day-old controversial circular directing temples in the State to perform "poojas" in the name of the Chief Minister and the government everyday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:39 am
Expanding its product portfolio, Japanese two-wheeler maker Yamaha Motor today launched a 150 cc sports bike in the country, priced at Rs 97,425 (All India ex-showroom). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:23 am
C Govindasamy, leader of the CPI-M Legislature party in the Tamil Nadu assembly and a state committee member, has been removed from both the posts. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:23 am
middle-aged tribal couple was axed to death by a relative on suspicion of being witches in Rasodabar village under Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum district. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:17 am
Terming organised retail as the major growth platform for Reliance Industries, Chairman Mukesh Ambani today said its retail business will generate more than half a million jobs in the next five years. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:13 am
The 28 families of the 59 people who died in the Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy await justice even as the case became 11-years-old on Friday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
ABG Shipyard today said it has bagged a Rs 127 crore order from an Italian company for construction of shipping vessel. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:08 am
Central Bank of India today said it has fully geared-up for implementing the agricultural debt waiver and relief scheme announced in the Budget 2008. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:05 am
Government is planning to upgrade the Indian Institute of Mass Communication into a world class International Media University. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:58 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's truck fleet will begin an indefinite strike early next month over rising fuel costs and taxes, a union leader said, taking 4 million vehicles off the roads, curbing diesel demand and possibly hitting goods supplies.
In a rare display of a public official and a cabinet minister Master Mohan Lal, Transport Minister of Punjab chose a rather conventional mode of transportation. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:47 am
Bicycle maker Tube Investments of India (TII), has ventured into the eBikes segment with the launch of three models -- BSA 250, BSA 500 and BSA 800. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
Terming organised retail as the major growth platform for Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani said its retail business will generate more than half a million jobs. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
The Dalai Lama tried to distance himself from Sharon Stone's controversial "karma" remark linking China's devastating earthquake to Beijing's handling of Tibet. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
Despite a fresh appeal from Manmohan Singh to take forward the India-US civil nuclear deal, the CPI-M asserted that there would not be any change in its opposition. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:27 am
Karnataka Bank plans to raise upto Rs 500 crore through the Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:20 am
After decided to bat first, Bangladesh were 39 for two after 11 overs against India in the third match of the Kitply Cup at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.Praveen Kumar struck in first ov... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:18 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India'a annual inflation rate is expected to have held at 3-¾ year highs above 8 percent at the end of May, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, ahead of an expected jump above 9 percent in early June due to a fuel price rise.
Srinagar, June 12 : The indefinite strike by transporters in Jammu and Kashmir entered the fourth consecutive day today as talks between striking transporters demanding 50 per cent increase in fares and the Government failed to end the stalemate. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
A woman suffering from recurring back pain attempted to end her life in Chhattisgarh after poisoning her three minor children, two of who died, the police said Thursday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday asked the army to start route march in Siliguri in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, rocked by violence during the ongoing agitation by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha for more powers to the regional council. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The Indian government Thursday approved of a Rs.34 billion scheme to develop a water resources information system over the next three years. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Madhya Pradesh Minister of State for Home Ramdayal Ahirwar's son and two others accused of manhandling and abusing a police officer were arrested and later released on bail, the police said Thursday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Five people were trapped in an abandoned Jharkhand mine and may be dead after it collapsed Thursday when they were illegally extracting coal. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The Rajasthan government Thursday released 24 women who had been arrested during the ongoing agitation by Gujjars for Scheduled Tribe status to set the stage for talks with the agitation's leadership later in the day. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Monsoon finally enveloped Thursday almost the whole of Chhattisgarh, two days after the state received the first showers. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The government Thursday fixed an interim purchase price of Rs.850 per quintal of rice pending a final decision on the rate to be paid to farmers for the upcoming winter crop. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output rose 7.0 percent in April from a year earlier, rebounding from the previous month with a resilience which economists said gave the central bank room to tighten policy further.
Private equity firm Subhkam Ventures today said it has increased its stake in steel pump manufacturer Shakti Pumps from three per cent to 12.05 per cent through converting warrants issued on preferrential basis. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 9:45 am
Sanguine Media, a television content provider, today announced its foray into In-Film Advertising to provide more options to its clients and agencies for reaching their target consumers. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 9:39 am
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the Agreement signed between India and Syrian for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion in relation to taxes on income. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 9:29 am
An extra hour in bed not only improves performance and enhances concentration, but also helps a person get rid of daytime sleepiness. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Jun 2008 | 9:18 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama hopes postponed talks between China and his envoys will resume next month, he said on Thursday, adding he supported China's desire for stability but that it must come "from the heart not the gun".
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - A year ago, Vimla Atwal eked a living by cleaning outdoor pits used as toilets in a western Indian village. Next month, she will sashay down a New York catwalk with top Indian models.
KARACHI (Reuters) - The head of Pakistani cricket has taken the unusual step of writing directly to the team management, expressing his disgust with the humiliating 140-run defeat to India in the triangular series in Bangladesh.
Couple convicted for Pune murder MSN India - 5 hours ago Pune: A city court in Pune held a management student couple guilty of murdering the girl's former boyfriend. The district sessions court held Aditi Basu Deo Sharma, 25, and her boyfriend Praveen Premswaroop Khandelwal, 25, both students of a management ...
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A free judiciary is necessary for democracy to function in Pakistan, the country's deposed chief justice told protesting lawyers and activists who he said had started a revolution they had to complete.
Farooq blames coalition for ‘anti-people’ policies Etalaat - 6 hours ago Srinagar, June 11: Taking a dig at Congress led coalition government, former chief minister and National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said the coalition has failed to address problems of people.
Untimely rain in the northern plains and the prolonged Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan have affected the tourism industry of Himachal Pradesh, with many tourists having cancelled their bookings. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Jun 2008 | 5:00 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - At a time when family-run Indian companies are expanding their empires around the globe, Ranbaxy Laboratories' Malvinder Singh is taking a different path.
Supermodel Milind Soman may be sporting a greying beard, but his fit physique defies his age. And the 43-year-old actor says he wouldn't mind doing 'Captain Vyom', the science fiction serial, all over again. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Jun 2008 | 3:32 am
Call it a homegrown musical. Indian audiences will get to savour the glitz and glamour of Bollywood on stage through a play called 'City of Dreams', which is set for its maiden show here Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Jun 2008 | 3:30 am
Irrfan Khan is a self-confessed Mira Nair fan. But he has said no to the director's next film with Konkona Sen Sharma in the lead. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Jun 2008 | 2:30 am
TIRUCHI: Nine empty oil tank wagons of a goods train derailed between Manapparai and Samuthiram railway stations in the Tiruchi–Dindigul broad gauge section in the jurisdiction of Madurai Railway Division on Wednesday. The train ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Guwahati: Three hardcore militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed in an encounter with the Army at Borbam village in Dibrugarh district late on Tuesday. They were Madhurjya Gohain, self-styled lieutenant of ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
London: A ‘prequel’ by J.K. Rowling to her “Harry Potter” series fetched £25,000 at a charity auction on Wednesday. The last book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” went on sale less than a year ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Patna: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad celebrated his 61st birthday on Wednesday, cutting a train-shaped cake. Wife Rabri Devi gave him a red rose. A party leader presented him with a bouquet containing 732 roses. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its key lending rate for the first time in more than a year on Wednesday, and economists saw more policy tightening to come as a recent rise in state-set fuel prices threatened near double-digit inflation.
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Wednesday evening to seek an immediate supply of fertilizers for his state, which is grappling with farmers' agitations over fertilizer shortage. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 7:31 pm
The chief investigator of the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, D.R. Karthikeyan, has asked for a 'uniform policy' on commuting death sentences. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 7:31 pm
The Madhya Pradesh government Wednesday asked oil companies for an explanation on complaints of dealers being forced to sell certain brands of petroleum products. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 7:31 pm
Sri Lanka Wednesday 'called in' the acting UN resident coordinator here to the Foreign Office and 'expressed serious concerns' over a recent statement of UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Sir John Holmes on a series of bomb attacks targeting civilians, blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 7:30 pm
The Department for International Development of Britain Wednesday announced aid worth 150 million pounds (Rs.12.6 billion) for universalising elementary education in India and another 15 million pound to Bihar for better women and child health. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 7:30 pm
If Iraqi crude oil begins to flow into the market it can have a positive impact on the global economy that is already showing signs of retardation, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Wednesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Jun 2008 | 7:30 pm
