With Upper Assam already going under flood waters this monsoon season, Air Force and Army personnel are gearing up for relief operations in flood-prone Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa. Source: Zee News : States | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:43 am
Gearing up to train Railway managers for future challenges, Indian Railways will set up an international management institute here. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
Ahead of the UPA-Left meeting
to resolve differences over the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal,
Washington has said it would make every effort to get the pact
through Congress by January 20 next year when the new
President assumes office. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
In its strongest ever Hindutva rhetoric, Shiv Sena on Wednesday asked Hindu fundamentalists to come together and form “suicide squads” saying that the Islamic terrorism has reached its pinnacle and hence should be targeted. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
India, backed by a large number of UN member states, has firmly rejected the suggestion that the 15-strong Security Council be expanded only in the non-permanent category with a provision for review after 10 years, seeking increase in membership in both segments. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
The hearing on petition filed by Nalini Murugun, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking premature release is scheduled to be heard in Madras High Court on Wednesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
General V P Malik, who headed the Army during the Kargil war, has blamed the lack of visualisation of security threats by the then government as one of the main reasons for the 1999 conflict. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
With Upper Assam already going under flood waters this monsoon season, Air Force and Army personnel are gearing up for relief operations in flood-prone Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa. Source: Zee News : India National | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
Mystery shrouds the death of a resident of Jhajjar and student of B.Pharmacy, who was found dead in his rented room situated in the local Canal colony. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:30 am
A flood alert has been sounded in over thirty districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lakhimpur Kheri, Faizabad, Gonda and Bahraich, following incessant rains, officials said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:26 am
Indraprastha Gas (IGL), which supplies gas to households and vehicles in Delhi, recorded a 20 per cent growth in net profit during the quarter ended March 2008 as higher gas sales pushed its turnover 13 per cent higher compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:23 am
The US has not given up hopes on the stalled Indo-US nuclear deal saying it will make "every effort" till the last day of Bush administration on January 20 to get the pact approved by the American Congress. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:23 am
As inflation has touched 8.75 per cent, the highest level during the UPA regime, FM P Chidambaram said the rate of price rise is high, prompting RBI to tighten money supply. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:23 am
Power sector needs a massive Rs 10,00,000 crore investment to realise the ambitious target of setting up 1,10,000 Mw of electricity generating capacity in the XIth Plan Period (2007-2012), a government report has stated. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:20 am
The crucial talks between the Left parties and the Government on the Indo-US nuclear deal was suddenly postponed on Wednesday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:18 am
Indian Oil Corp, Oil and Natural Gas Corp and GAIL India have expressed interest in buying out Asian Development Bank's 5.2 per cent stake in Petronet LNG. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:17 am
Core sector growth for April 2008 declined to 3.6 per cent from 5.9 per cent in the same month last year on account of a huge fall in the production of petroleum refinery products and electricity. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:15 am
German banking powerhouse, Deutsche Bank, has clocked a 77 per cent jump in its profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 386.11 crore in FY 08 as against Rs 218.22 crore in the year-ago period. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:13 am
As inflation has touched 8.75 per cent, the highest level during the UPA regime, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the rate of price rise is high, prompting RBI to tighten money supply. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:10 am
After acquiring a controlling 60 per cent stake in Aluminium foils maker Gujarat Foils for Rs 33 crore, Topworth Group of Companies today said promoters of the company will now invest Rs 60 crore in two phases for capacity expansion. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:08 am
Tata Communications today said its international subsidiary has acquired 50 per cent stake in a Chinese telecom company, China Enterprise Communications, for an undisclosed sum. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 11:05 am
The head of the World Trade Organisation today criticised US legislation giving hundreds of billions of dollars of subsidies to farmers and said only a global trade deal could redress the balance. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:44 am
The Cricket Board has sought details about the unsavoury happenings involving temperamental pacer S Sreesanth two days ago at a Bangalore hotel. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:38 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A meeting between the government and its communist allies to break a deadlock over a nuclear deal with the United States was postponed on Wednesday, clouding the fate of a pact that is badly running out of time.
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts on Wednesday said it has signed a sales and marketing agreement with US-based Preferred Hotel Group, with effect from June 1. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:23 am
Oil companies are not supplying unleaded petrol and diesel to petrol bunks in Tamil Nadu and forcing such such establishments to sell only costly branded petrol and diesel. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:06 am
United Breweries Group, the second largest spirit company in the world, has developed colourless whisky and diet whisky which does not add to the cholesterol level. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:04 am
New Delhi, June 18 : Former Cricket captain Kapil Dev has asked the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) to return the personal gifts and memorabilia of his cricketing years. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:01 am
New Delhi, June 18 : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today said that Syria recognizes the increasing importance of India in world politics and looks forward to India's active participation in the Middle East peace process. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
A flood alert has been sounded in over thirty districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lakhimpur Kheri, Faizabad, Gonda and Bahraich, following incessant rains, officials said Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Saina Nehwal moved into the second round of Indonesia Super series badminton championship after a straight set win over local favourite Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari in the women's singles in Jakarta Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
New Delhi, June 18 : Chinese health workers are getting ready to counter epidemics in the quake-hit districts, although no major disease outbreaks have so far been reported after the devastating earthquake on May 12 claimed thousands of lives. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Separatist rebels have held the media to ransom in Manipur, forcing newspapers off the stands for two days after a militant faction threatened editors for publishing a statement by a rival group. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The body of an unidentified accident victim who died in a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district was dumped in a roadside ditch by the compounder and the driver of the hospital ambulance, a police official said here Wednesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Dickie Bird joined debate over Kevin Pietersen's 'switch-hit' and questioned the legality of the stroke. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 9:55 am
The body of an unidentified accident victim who died in a private hospital in Ghaziabad was dumped in a roadside ditch by the compounder and the driver of the hospital ambulance. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Jun 2008 | 9:50 am
HYDERABAD : After a debacle in the recent by-elections, the Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) is actively considering to give-up its isolated political activities and attempting to find a common cause wi... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 9:29 am
HYDERABAD : Indian Youth Congress president Ashok Tanwar has hinted at revamp of the State and district units to bring new talent into the youth wing. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 9:29 am
NEW DELHI: The All-India Congress Committee on Tuesday said if necessary, the split between the DMK and the PMK would be discussed at the UPA level. Party spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP from the Sta... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Jun 2008 | 9:25 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A meeting between the government and its communist allies to break a deadlock over a controversial nuclear energy deal with the United States has been postponed, a senior communist leader said on Wednesday.
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - The Gujjar community, demanding job quotas, is likely to call off its violent campaign on Wednesday after signing an agreement with authorities, community leaders and officials said.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Karnataka High Court has given the nod for the Kingfisher Airlines-Deccan Aviation merger, according to a spokesman for Kingfisher.
The soaring food prices and the global energy crisis that are glaring at us today have proved many optimists of the past wrong. Some of these optimists had said three decades ago that the world will never have to face the current scenario as had been predicted by some Malthusian thinkers then. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 4:31 am
Ever heard of the 'Lalu mango'? Well, it's just the good old Digha mango with a new name, but the brand is doing wonders for mango sellers in Bihar. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 4:30 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has agreed to an Egyptian brokered truce with Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, starting at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Thursday morning, an Israeli Defence official said on Wednesday.
Actor Akshaye Khanna is baffled by rumours of alcoholism. He says he neither has a drinking problem nor did he check into a rehabilitation centre. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 3:31 am
Contrary to rumours that his 'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic' has been inspired by Hollywood's children's classic 'Mary Poppins', director Kunal Kohli says its essence lies in the Bollywood blockbuster 'Mr. India'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 3:30 am
Director Priyadarshan is back with the 'Hera Pheri' team to make a no-holds-barred comedy titled 'Aise Ko Taisa'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 2:30 am
The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (Amul) has registered 22.9 percent growth to reach a record turnover of Rs.52.55 billion, an increase of nearly Rs.10 billion over the previous year. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 2:01 am
Tata Communications net profit dipped to $2.5 million (Rs.100 million) during the fiscal 2008 compared to $3.75 million (Rs.150 million) for the previous year. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 2:01 am
Budget carriers will find it difficult to survive with fuel prices and airport charges going up, an airline official said Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Jun 2008 | 1:33 am
BASEL (Reuters) - Italy came out on top in a tense three-way tussle for a place in Sunday's Euro 2008 quarter-final against Spain as the world champions beat 10-man France 2-0 and Romania lost by the same margin to Group C winners Netherlands.
JAIPUR: A solution to the 26-day-old violent agitation by Gujjars, to press for Scheduled Tribe status, appeared to have been found late on Tuesday. Leaders negotiating on behalf of the community and the Rajasthan government told the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation will go in for partial privatisation of the removal of garbage from transfer stations and its disposal as part of its Rs. 96.51-crore Integrated Solid Waste Management Scheme, under the Jawaharlal Nehru ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
BAGHDAD: A car bomb blast at a bus stop in north Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded 75 others on Tuesday. — AFP Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
LAHORE: Hinting that Pervez Musharraf’s Presidency could be on its last legs, PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said his party would soon appoint Pakistan’s next President. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Washington: With the arrest of seven Indians, U.S. authorities have claimed to have busted an immigration racket run by an information technology company owner who charged tens of thousands of dollars from expatriates by fraudulently ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Krishna, the compounder of Rajesh Talwar, has confessed to his involvement in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, according to the CBI. On Tuesday, he was produced in a special court in Ghaziabad that remanded him to six days’ CBI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
KOTTAYAM: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has reiterated his government’s commitment to hold the price line under check through effective market intervention. Inaugurating the construction of the first hypermarket being set up ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The owner of an electronics company has been sentenced to 35 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to illegally export sensitive computer parts to India, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman said on Tuesday.
Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is not covering up the death under mysterious circumstances of a party legislator's wife and there is no need for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Home Minister V.S. Acharya said Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Jun 2008 | 4:32 pm
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Monsoon rains swept across India's remote northeast, forcing hundreds of thousands of villagers from their flooded homes and killing at least 30 people, officials said on Tuesday.
JAMMU, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Hindu pilgrims chanted hymns as they set off to Amarnath shrine deep in Kashmir on Tuesday, despite fears of a possible militant attack on them.
