India-born surgeon Jayant Patel` bail plea will be heard in a court in Australia on Saturday. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
In the backdrop of the UPA-Left
stand-off on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Congress
president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of top party
functionaries on Saturday. The meeting is expected to take stock of the political situation across the country which could help the party leadership take a `political call` on whether to take
the next steps on the nuclear deal. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
The roar of tigers will again be heard in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan after almost seven years on Saturday when two cubs will be introduced in the sanctuary. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
President Pratibha Patil on Friday dedicated the Choithram Eye Hospital to the nation in an impressive function here. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
Bangladesh on Saturday paid glowing
tributes to the iconic former Indian Army chief Field Marshal
Sam Manekshaw, recalling his "signal contribution" to its 1971
liberation war. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
A multi-millionaire Indian-American businessman, found guilty along with his wife of virtually enslaving two Indonesian housemaids, has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison and fined USD 12,500. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
The spending by working class
families in the country on housing, medical care, education,
transport and communications, has gone up considerably,
according to a survey conducted by the union ministry of
labour and employment. Source: Zee News : India National | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
Putting a question mark on reality shows, the family of a teenage girl has alleged she was unable to speak and was paralysed after being rebuked in one such show. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 11:09 am
With the BJP announcing its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, RJD took a swipe at L K Advani, saying he was "anxious" to become the Prime Minister. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:58 am
Congress decided to plunge into election mode, with Sonia Gandhi directing senior leaders to draw up time-bound programmes and strategies to re-energise the party. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:47 am
Retailer Subhiksha Trading Services today announced the acquisition of 40 per cent stake another Chennai-based retail network and listed entity, Blue Green Constructions and Investments for Rs 2 crore. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:45 am
Wage board today recommended an interim relief of 30 per cent of basic salary for journalist and non-journalist newspaper employees with effect from January 8, 2008. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:40 am
Congress today decided to plunge into election mode, with party chief Sonia Gandhi directing senior leaders to draw up time-bound programmes and strategies to re-energise the party in all states. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's former army chief Sam Manekshaw, considered one of the country's greatest war heroes whose victory over Pakistan in 1971 helped create Bangladesh, has died in hospital, officials said on Friday. He was 94.
KARACHI (Reuters) - Bangladesh won the toss and batted first against India in the Super Four stage of the ninth Asia Cup one-day tournament at the national stadium on Saturday.
Thirteen Indian firms, led by Reliance Industries, have made to the list of world's 500 most valued companies compiled by the UK business daily Financial Times, even as 12 of them fell down from their previous rankings amid weak stock market trends. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:11 am
Country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki is confident that the Rs one-lakh wonder car Nano will be of no competition to it. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:08 am
As Tata Motors gears up to roll out Nano by Durga Puja, country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki is confident that the Rs one-lakh wonder will be of no competition to it. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:06 am
Tata Motors today said its ambitious small car Nano is seeing a huge global interest with enquiries pouring up for setting up plants from countries like the US, Latin America, Europe and South East Asia. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:05 am
The three-member fact finding committee, formed to probe the Mohammad Asif detention case in Dubai, is unlikely to begin its work before next week. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:03 am
A court remanded Raj Kumar, domestic help of Talwar's family friend, to 14-day CBI custody to enable it to carry out a detailed interrogation. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Deciding to go it alone in the next elections, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has categorically denied any alliance with any party. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 9:59 am
Even as the government in Nepal has moved fast to slash the various facilities enjoyed by deposed King Gyanendra, there are other 'Rajas' and monarchs who continue to enjoy allowances. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 9:48 am
Shiv Sena hit out at BCCI for the deteriorating standard of Indian cricket and also took a swipe at its President Sharad Pawar for "raining money over the cricketers". Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 9:16 am
Sena hits out at BCCI, Sharad Pawar Press Trust of India - 2 hours ago Mumbai, June 28 (PTI) Shiv Sena today hit out at BCCI for the deteriorating standard of Indian cricket and also took a swipe at its President Sharad Pawar for "raining money over the cricketers" at a time when farmers in Maharashtra are committing ...
Sri Lanka's national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, will re-introduce a fuel surcharge to cover rising jet fuel costs, the airline said today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 9:12 am
Ricky Ponting has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at umpire's decision during the team's second ODI against the West Indies in Grenada. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 Jun 2008 | 9:03 am
It would not be possible for India to maintain 9 per cent growth rate this year due to the growing inflation. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
In the wake of the rising oil prices, major US airlines are forced to cut their services and the flights could be reduced by as much as ten per cent this year with deeper cuts in 2009, according to in... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:41 am
India has been ranked 64th in a global list of best countries to do business in, dropping from 51st place last year. While India has dropped 13 places, China is down two notches to No 79. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:41 am
Goa Police are up against a case that is eerily similar to the Scarlett Keeling case. They found the body of 28-year-old Meghna Subedar in a highly decomposed state on a Goa beach on Thursday. She had... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:41 am
His vision for a computer in every home largely achieved in the developed world, Bill Gates ended his full- time job at Microsoft on Friday to focus on charity work aimed at improving healthcare and e... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:41 am
The government's ambitious Sariska experiment begins today. It's an experiment that is aimed at re-introducing the big cats in Sariska. All tigers in Sariska were poached out of existence three years ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:41 am
Wall Street ended a depressing week with another big loss on Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials falling more than 100 points amid ever-escalating worries about high oil prices and fallout from the... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:41 am
A 16-year-old girl from Kolkata is lying paralysed in a Bangalore hospital allegedly after judges of a reality dance show on a Bengali TV channel criticised her for her performance. Shinjini Sengupta ... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:41 am
With rising monthly incomes, working Indians are spending more on housing, education, healthcare, transport and communication than they did in previous years. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:38 am
Describing as 'solvable' the Kashmir issue with India, Pakistan People's Party chief Asif Ali Zardari has said the two countries should not allow slow progress on it to be an obstacle to work in other... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:25 am
Clashes continued for the sixth day on Saturday between police and demonstrators at several places in the Kashmir Valley as the protests against transfer of forest land to the Amarnath shrine board in... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:24 am
A multi-millionaire Indian American businessman, found guilty along with his wife of virtually enslaving two Indonesian housemaids, has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison and fine... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:24 am
The opposition to the land acquisition for Tata company's power plant in Raigad district is likely to be resolved with farmers giving their consent on the issue with a rider that they be adequately compensated, official sources said today. Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 Jun 2008 | 8:11 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - Born with both male and female genitalia, a life of uncertainty seemed to await Ali and his family, but changing attitudes means hermaphrodites once-scorned in India are finding their place.
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Violent clashes between police and protesters in Kashmir over the transfer of forest land to a Hindu shrine have scared away thousands of visitors, hurting the Himalayan region's tourism industry, tour operators say.
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's six-pack abs in 'Om Shanti Om' gave a complex to many including 20-year-old Aditya Narayan, best known for hosting 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007'. He says he was ashamed of his paunch after seeing King Khan's toned body. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Jun 2008 | 4:31 am
It looks like the slump in the music industry is over as music directors and other technicians have hiked their prices. Composer Pritam Chakraborty blames actor Akshay Kumar for this sudden hike. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Jun 2008 | 3:01 am
Popular television actor Jai Bhanushali, who plays Neev Shergil in Ekta Kapoor's 'Kayamath', is all set to make an exit from the serial because he feels there is nothing left in it for him. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
India's chief coach Bob Houghton believes the overseas clubs are a 'menace' for Indian football as their so-called talent hunt programmes will take the country nowhere. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Goa and Maharashtra Governor S C
Jamir has rebutted the media reports that he had expressed
the desire to step down from gubernatorial post and join back
Nagaland politics. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
The proposed Rs 1,300-crore rail projects in central and south Gujarat would ensure speedy development of the state`s tribal belt, Minister of State for Railways Naranbhai Rathwa said on Friday. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
Two successive earthquakes originating below the sea and measuring 6.7 and 6.1 on the Richter scale respectively, jolted the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday evening triggering panic among residents. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
Over a dozen people, including
a CRPF jawan, were injured in fresh clashes as protests
against diversion of forest land to the Amarnath Shrine Board
continued for the fifth day on Friday in the Kashmir valley. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
Appealing for communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir, state Congress chief Saifuddin Soz on Friday expressed confidence that the situation created by the row over transfer of land to Amarnath shrine board would be tackled carefully by the state government and an amicable solution would be found. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
Asserting there was no split in the ULFA ranks, a top leader of the group`s strike force 28 battalion, which recently declared unilateral ceasefire, on Friday hoped the other three wings will soon follow it and facilitate talks with the government. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
Authorities on Friday suspended Amarnath
Yatra from here in view of the continued strike in Kashmir
valley over transfer of forest land to Shri Amarnath Shrine
Board (SASB). Source: Zee News : States | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
Police fired teargas shells on villagers demanding jobs at Tata Motors small car project in Singur in West Bengal shortly after the arrival of company managing director Ravi Kant on Friday. Source: Zee News : States | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
Asserting that there is no magic cure for obesity but help is at hand, leading surgeons, on the eve of a two-day meet Obesity 2008, Friday said bariatic surgery is the only long-term solution to weight control. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:01 am
The government Friday said it will stick to the June 30 deadline for receiving bids from domestic and global companies for the award of hydrocarbon assets under the seventh round of auctions. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
KANPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani on Friday sent feelers to Bahujan Samaj Party president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati that his party was not averse to a possible understanding with her. He also said ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: A mild tremor, linked to an earthquake of moderate intensity near the Andaman Islands, shook several parts of the city around 5.10 p.m. on Friday. Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, R.V. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said on Friday it was proposing to sell Pakistan ITT Corp electronic warfare gear valued at up to $75 million to enhance Islamabad's existing F-16 fighter aircraft fleet.
REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) - Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home.
The Hindi edition of the seventh book in the Harry Potter series 'Harry Potter Aur Maut Ke Tohafe' (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow) was released here Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
Twelve teams from all over the country will take part in the inaugural Yakult Danone Nations Cup, which will be held here at the Ambedkar Stadium July 11-12 for kids in the age group of 11-12 years. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
The Himachal Pradesh cabinet Friday deferred the decision on controversial Dutch company Brakel Corp, official sources told IANS. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jun 2008 | 4:33 pm
The next 18-24 months are crucial for the Indian realty sector given the various challenges that lie ahead, said a top official of global real estate brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj (JLLM) here Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jun 2008 | 4:33 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuter) - India's inflation rate jumped to 11.42 percent in mid-June, its highest in more than 13 years, and analysts said the central bank could follow up two rate increases this month with more policy tightening as prices climb.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A strong earthquake shook India's remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands but no tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of damage, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services said on Friday.
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Police on Friday fired tear gas and beat villagers protesting land seizures who had tried to force their way into a factory owned by Tata Motors Ltd near Kolkata.
