Tennis star Maria Sharapova has opted for shorts instead of the short skirts that have made her popular for the ongoing Wimbledon tournament. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:40 am
India launch their campaign in the Asia Cup cricket tournament against minnows Hong Kong here on Wednesday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
With India allowing FDI up to 100 per cent in many sectors, power, petroleum and natural gas, services, construction and real estate have emerged as the preferred destinations for foreign investors, who have pumped in $20.8 billion in these areas in the last four years. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:35 am
A Malaysian city has banned Muslim women employees from wearing thick make-up, bright coloured lipstick and high-heeled shoes to work to prevent incidents like rape and illicit sex. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:35 am
Lashing out at the UPA government at the Centre, BJP said the soaring inflation and price rise was due to the 'failure' of the government. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:33 am
New generation private sector lender Yes Bank has become the first bank to be empanelled as advisor by Ministry of Tourism. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:30 am
Ahead of the crucial meeting between the ruling UPA and its allies over the India-US nuclear deal, top nuclear scientists asked the government not to go ahead with the IAEA agreement. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:23 am
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday got a nod of approval for their security arrangements for the Asia Cup from Indian team manager Aravind Ganguly. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:21 am
Fourteen-year-old Akash Gupta set a new world record by playing his guitar for 45 hours here, Guinness World Records judge Ralph Hana said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:21 am
Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has a shot up his sleeve that could match England batsman Kevin Pietersen's switch-hit slog. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:20 am
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today said that he saw airports decreasing their landing and parking charges for aircraft as a way in which airports can contribute to a "form of relief" for the loss-making aviation industry. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:15 am
Lashing out at the UPA government at the Centre,BJP today said the soaring inflation and price rise was due to the 'failure' of the government to take steps at the right time to tackle the issue. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:11 am
M Venkaiah Naidu said that there were possibility of mid-term polls in the country in the wake of sharp difference among the constituents of United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:10 am
BJP activists blocked the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway asking the government not to cancel the controversial order of land allotment to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:05 am
A web portal exclusively for IT professionals to socialise and share ideas was launched today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The Ministry of Shipping, Road, Transport and Highways has invited bids for consultancy services to formulate master plan for the proposed National Expressway Network. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 9:56 am
Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu today said that there were possibility of mid-term polls in the country in the wake of sharp difference among the constituents of United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 9:54 am
Indivest Pte, an affiliate of Singapore government's investment arm GIC Special Investments (GIC SI), has invested Rs 900 crore in Reid & Taylor India, a wholly owned unlisted subsidiary of textile major S Kumars Nationwide (SKNL). Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 9:51 am
British natural gas producer BG Group Plc Today made a third bid to buy Australia's Origin Energy Ltd, the country's second-largest power company, in a deal worth $13 billion. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Jun 2008 | 9:48 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has started shifting a border fence closer to Pakistan, ostensibly to free farmlands in the no man's land between the two rivals, but experts say it will position India better to halt militant infiltration.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan and India began a one-day counter-terrorism meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday amid mutual suspicion over each other's involvement in separatist insurgencies raging in border areas.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif blamed President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday for Sharif's disqualification from a by-election for a National Assembly seat.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's economic "miracle" is being examined more critically, as inflation hits a 13-year-high and growth is expected to tail off.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government and its communist allies meet on Wednesday to break a deadlock over a controversial nuclear energy deal with the United States, a decision that could decide the fate of the ruling coalition.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government and its communist allies meet on Wednesday over a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, in talks that could decide if the controversial energy pact or the ruling coalition survives.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's in-form batsman Gautam Gambhir has credited captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the newfound confidence which has helped him cement his one-day spot.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - This is supposed to be India's century, but the dangers of complacency have been starkly underlined with inflation hitting a 13-year high and stellar economic growth expected to tail off.
Jitendra Agrawal is good looking, in his 30s and desperate to get married. But sadly, there are no takers for this eminently suitable groom in this Jharkhand town. The reason - smouldering underground fires in the vast reserves of coal below the township that has claimed several lives. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 4:30 am
Not very long ago Manisha Koirala was declared 'down and out' by critics and audiences. But her life seems back on track now - she is enjoying her relationship with golfer boyfriend Chris and is looking forward to the release of long-pending film 'Mehbooba'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 3:30 am
The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has awarded a Rs.22.07 billion power generation contract to a consortium comprising the state-run Bharat Heavy Electric Limited (BHEL) and US-based General Electric Company, officials said here Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 3:30 am
Producer Sajid Nadiadwala has finalised Brandon Routh and Denise Richards for his $20 million project 'Kambhakt Ishq', which also has Akhsay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor. And he says that it is easier to meet Hollywood stars for roles than actors back home. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 2:30 am
An anonymous call to the Delhi Police informing of a bomb planted at a Metro station here Monday evening turned out to be a hoax, officials said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 12:36 am
A 25-year-old woman was found strangled to death in her east Delhi house Monday. Her parents alleged she was murdered by her husband for not fulfilling dowry demands. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 12:35 am
Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has apparently decided to keep the Congress party and the Manmohan Singh government on tenterhooks by holding his cards on the nuclear deal close to his chest. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 12:34 am
HYDERABAD: The crisis in Telugu Desam over Telangana deepened on Monday when two senior leaders from the region, T. Devender Goud and E. Peddi Reddy, resigned from the party. Mr. Goud who is considered number two in the party, a polit ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Ghaziabad (UP): Dr. Upendra, an accused in the kidney transplant racket, was granted bail by a designated court here on Monday, exactly six months after his arrest from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. Special CBI judge Sapna Mishra ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Chandigarh: BJP Lok Sabha MP Navjot Sidhu and 31 party workers were arrested on Monday for violating prohibitory orders while protesting against price rise. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
New York: Software that enables mobile phone users to obtain location-specific, real-time information, either actively or passively, from other users across the world has been developed by a team led by an Indian-American Professor at Duke ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
SRINAGAR: The issue of land “transfer” to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has snowballed into a major controversy as Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik threatened on Monday to go on a ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Government is
looking into complaints of misuse of foreign aid by NGOs
receiving them, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan informed the
Kerala Assembly on Monday. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:42 pm
The Centre was not in
favour of intervening directly into the Gorkhaland issue, but
would rather like to extend all help to the state government
to maintain the territorial integrity of West Bengal, Union
Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi
said this evening. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:42 pm
Australia will keep its ban on selling uranium to India because of New Delhi`s refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Monday. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
India and Australia on Monday
reviewed the bilateral framework dialogue between the two
foreign ministers and underlined a strong bond and enduring
shared interests that underpin their growing relationship. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
The compounder of Dr Rajesh Talwar, prime accused in the Aarushi murder case, will be produced in the Ghaziabad CBI court on Monday. Krishna was earlier sent to 6-day CBI remand on June 17. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
Eleven persons associated with the Dera Saccha Sauda were arrested today in connection with the gunning down of a Sikh allegedly by a bodyguard of Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh outside a mall in suburban Mulund. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
DMK Chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday evening said
that the unity between the UPA and Left parties should not be
disrupted over the latter`s opposition to the Indo-US nuclear
deal, as it would affect the nation`s progress. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
The UAE has 188 outstanding red
notices on Interpol`s website, of which 57 warrants are for
Indians. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
India on Monday said its commitment
to non-proliferation is "second to none" and the issue of
procuring uranium from Australia will come up once it firms up
an international arrangement for nuclear commerce. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
