RIL top Indian pvt firm on Fortune 500

Mukesh Ambani-led RelianceIndustries has emerged as the top Indian private company on the latest Fortune 500 Global list.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 2:05 pm

Eden Gardens groundsmen threaten suicide over pay

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Groundsmen at Kolkata's famous Eden Gardens have threatened to commit suicide if the cricket authorities do not meet their financial demands, including five months' back pay, Indian media reported on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:52 pm

Ennore port to invest Rs 2,700 cr during 11th plan

State-owned Ennore Port will invest Rs 2,700 crore during the eleventh five year plan on projects located near Chennai.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:46 pm

Railways register growth in freight

Indian Railways have carried 202.99 million tonne of freight traffic during April-June 2008, an increase of 4.92 per cent as compared to the corresponding period last year.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:46 pm

Ratan Tata to be conferred with Doctorate degree

Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata group of companies, Mumbai would be among the three eminent persons to be conferred with Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), during the 29th Convocation of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) to be held here on July 25.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:44 pm

Delhi Metro planning multi-level parking systems

Delhi Metro is planning to build multi-level parking systems at three stations in west Delhi for which tenders have been invited.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:37 pm

RIL top Indian pvt firm on Fortune 500

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has emerged as the top Indian private company on the latest Fortune 500 Global list, where the country's presence has grown to seven firms with a debut by Tata Steel.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:33 pm

Development Credit Bank hikes BPLR by 0.75%

Private-sector lender Development Credit Bank has increased its benchmark prime lending rate by 0.75 per cent hike in line with other banks following tight monetary policy of the Reserve bank of India.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:29 pm

Textile mills strike, Centre scraps import duty

Relenting to striking textile mills across the country, the Ministry of Textiles has agreed to scrap 10 per cent basic import duty and 4 per cent additional import duty on cotton.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:27 pm

ConnectM appointed COE in India

ConnectM, a Sasken and IDG Ventures Company, today announced that it has been appointed by Wavecom S.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:21 pm

Gujarat to come out with Dolomite Policy

As the state government gives finishing touches to the limestone policy, a separate policy for dolomite is also likely to be announced.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:21 pm

India imposed max anti-dumping measures: WTO

India imposed the maximum measures and ordered the highest number of probes into dumping of goods from different countries, including China, during July 1 to December 31, 2007, a WTO report has said.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:19 pm

Son arrested for plotting murder of father, the Matka king - Newstrack India


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Son arrested for plotting murder of father, the Matka king
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The hide-and-seek game between police and the accused ended on Tuesday with the arrest of Hitesh Suresh Bhagat alias Chintu from a five-star hotel in Goa, for his alleged hand into the murder of his father Suresh Bhagat, widely known as Kalyan's Matka ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:11 pm

Mumbai riots: Shiv Sena leader gets jail - NDTV.com


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Mumbai riots: Shiv Sena leader gets jail
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A fast track court sentenced Shiv Sena leader Madhukar Sarpotdar for inciting mobs during the 1992-1993 riots in Mumbai. Shiv Sena leader Madhukar Sarpotdar has become the first major politician in Maharashtra to be sentenced in the 1992-1993 Mumbai ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:04 pm

Custom duty on raw cotton scrapped

India has scrapped import duty on raw cotton and withdrawn export incentives to boost domestic stocks, it was announced Wednesday.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Chandigarh business school opens doors for SAARC countries

A business and technology school in Chandigarh has opened its doors for students from SAARC countries for admission in various professional courses.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Linking rivers in western India

New Delhi, July 9 : Presiding over the 24th annual general meeting of National Water Development Agency, Water Resources Minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz today promised the Government's commitment to remove the anomaly of regional imbalance in availability of water in the country to the extent possible.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Tamil Nadu lawyers protest heritage building demolition

Two lawyers Wednesday said they would move the Madras High Court to prosecute the Tamil Nadu government for alleged contempt of court following partial demolition of a heritage building.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

National Skill Development policy soon would be posed for approval

New Delhi, July 9 : Labour and Employment Minister Oscar Fernandes disclosed today that the Government has formulated a National Skill Development policy.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Former Shiv Sena leader Sarpotdar convicted in Mumbai for inciting violence in 1992

Mumbai, July 9 : Former Shiv Sena MP Madhukar Sarpotdar and two other party workers have been sentenced to one year imprisonment for inciting violence during the 1992-93 communal clashes in Mumbai by a special riot court here today.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

BEML bags Rs.2 bn mining equipment export orders

India's leading mining and construction equipment maker Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) has bagged orders worth Rs.2.07 billion to export hydraulic excavators, rear dump trucks and bulldozers to Indonesia.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Madhya Pradesh assembly adjourned sine die over riots

The Madhya Pradesh assembly was adjourned sine die Wednesday as the main opposition Congress party continued to disrupt proceedings for the third consecutive day, protesting the communal violence in Indore.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Samtel to make avionics systems for Sukhoi, Tejas

Joint venture Samtel HAL Display Systems has secured a Rs.2.2-billion ($50 million) order to develop display systems for fighter aircraft such as Sukhoi (Su-30 MKI) and Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), the company said Wednesday.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Supreme Court lifts curbs on Mundra port project

The Supreme Court Wednesday lifted its temporary curbs, imposed early this month, on development of the Rs.74 billion Mundra port project in Gujarat.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Indian shares rebound 4.6 pct, Reliance Comm jumps

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian shares bounced 4.6 percent on Wednesday to their highest close in two weeks, as oil drifted away from record highs and the withdrawal of left parties from the ruling coalition was seen as helping economic reforms.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm

RCom, MTN shares gain amid extension of talks

Shares of Anil Ambani-led Relaince Communications and South African telecom giant MTN on Wednesday rose sharply amid the two companies extending their exclusive negotiations.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:50 pm

Wankhede Stadium restructuring in controversy

The restructuring of parts of the Wankhede Stadium to improve its facilities for hosting the 2011 World Cup matches, including the final, has reportedly run into trouble.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:23 pm

HC to dictate guidelines for incest case investigations - Expressindia.com


HC to dictate guidelines for incest case investigations
Expressindia.com - 1 hour ago
New Delhi, July 9: Investigators looking into cases of minors' rape by their family members are likely get suggestive guidelines for collection of evidence as the Delhi High Court sought on Wednesday the assistance of Delhi Commission for Women on the ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:16 pm

Left demands nuke deal be made public - Times of India


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Left demands nuke deal be made public
Times of India - 1 hour ago
NEW DELHI: The Left has accused the Manmohan Singh government of pushing forward the “notorious” nuke deal in its bid to fulfil its commitment to US President Bush.
N-deal will not provide energy security: Left Economic Times
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:14 pm

Sobhraj given life term for washing clothes

Charles Sobhraj was arrested from a casino in Kathmandu by Nepal police five years ago and slapped with a jail term of 20 years because he drank mineral water and ate Chinese food.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:14 pm

Afghanistan says embassy bombers trained in Pakistan

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Militants who carried out this week's suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital received their training at camps in Pakistan, Afghanistan's interior minister said on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:11 pm

Hear Carla Bruni's album online for free

French First Lady Carla Bruni's new music album, in which she sings of her love for her hubby Nicolas Sarkozy and of her previous "thirty lovers", can now be heard online for free.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:07 pm

Hair care giant Alfaparf Milano enters India

Bad hair days for Indians may soon be history with the entry of some of the leading international hair styling and hair care brands in the country.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:07 pm

When it comes to eating, Indians look for colour

Indians, however, still would look for the colour of food believing firmly that if the colour is attractive the food should be good, say experts.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:05 pm

'Inflation to moderate by September quarter'

Inflation across the Asia Pacific region is expected to moderate in the second half of the year due to tightening monetary measures.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:02 pm

Airlines cut flights to contain losses

Rising fuel prices, high operational costs and decreasing passenger loads have forced major airlines to reduce flights on domestic routes.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 11:55 am

'Drought-like' situation in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared a "drought-like" situation in the state.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2008 | 11:49 am

Govt looks for votes after left exit

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government began on Wednesday the hard task of cobbling together votes to survive a no-confidence motion after the withdrawal of its communist allies in protest against a nuclear deal with the United States.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 11:48 am

Ex-minister and JDU leader shot dead in Jharkhand - Hindu


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Ex-minister and JDU leader shot dead in Jharkhand
Hindu - 2 hours ago
Ranchi (PTI): Former Jharkhand minister and sitting JDU MLA, Ramesh Singh Munda and three others were on wednesday shot dead by suspected naxalites at Baruhatu village near Bundu in Ranchi district, about 60 km from here.
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 11:45 am

NRI groups write to Rice, say deny visa to Narendra Modi - IBNLive.com


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NRI groups write to Rice, say deny visa to Narendra Modi
IBNLive.com - 3 hours ago
TV, radio, YouTube, etc are all part of US Gujaratis campaign in support of Modi. Washington: Indian Muslim Council-USA, President Rasheed Ahmed has urged the State Department to refuse US visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 10:06 am

Over 3000 Indian workers detained in Abu Dhabi - NDTV.com


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Over 3000 Indian workers detained in Abu Dhabi
NDTV.com - 5 hours ago
Over three thousand one hundred (3147) Indian workers who were taken in for questioning on Friday are still at police detention in Dubai.
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 8:47 am

Poor come first, G8 must do more on climate - PM

SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - India said on Wednesday its first priority was spurring economic growth so that it could eradicate dire poverty and called on G8 countries to keep their promises to deliver significant green house gas reductions.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 8:32 am

G8 says to work with India, IAEA on non-proliferation

TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - The Group of Eight wants to work with India and international organisations on New Delhi's "non-proliferation commitments and progress", the G8 chairman said in a statement at the end of a three-day summit.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 7:27 am

Amitav Ghosh looks back to weave new seafaring novel

NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - More than 20 years after writing his first novel, Indian writer Amitav Ghosh is still drawing on his favourite subjects of history and anthropology to weave his stories.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 7:10 am

FACTBOX - Indian officials to brief govt's new ally on economy

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Senior officials from India's finance, petroleum and telecom ministries are likely to soon brief a new ally of the government on key economic issues, newspapers reported on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 7:09 am

Pakistan PM Urges International - Gant Daily


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Pakistan PM Urges International
Gant Daily - 7 hours ago
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (AHN) - Pakistan prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday urged the international community to support its war against terrorism.
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 6:07 am

Diplomat, Brigadier cremated - Hindu


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Diplomat, Brigadier cremated
Hindu - 9 hours ago
Beyond words: In the picture on the top, Sunita, wife of Brigadier RD Mehta who was killed in the bomb blast in Kabul, pays homage to her husband before the cremation in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 4:35 am

Probe ordered into multiple ration cards scam - Hindu


Probe ordered into multiple ration cards scam
Hindu - 9 hours ago
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Government on Tuesday ordered a probe into multiple ration cards scam which has exposed widespread corruption in the Public Distribution System.
One woman, 901 ration cards: Delhi's great scam IBNLive.com
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Source: Google News India - India | 9 Jul 2008 | 4:33 am

Rakhi Sawant bags Yash Raj film, makeover by Manish Malhotra

Casting aside her item-girl image, Rakhi Sawant has bagged a full-fledged dramatic role in Yash Raj Films' new venture that she hopes will result in a flood of offers.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am

India says relations with U.S. in good shape

TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who faces political turmoil at home over a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, said on Wednesday that ties with Washington have never been as good as now.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 3:57 am

Shilpa Shetty's travelling woes

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty had to do a lot of travelling lately and she discovered that it wasn't that easy.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Jul 2008 | 3:30 am

Yash Chopra hopes to strengthen India-France ties through cinema

Well known Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra has expressed concern over the lack of cinematic exchanges between India and France and said he would try to improve this by facilitating the release of French films here.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Jul 2008 | 3:30 am

Sri Lanka contract dispute clouds India cricket tour

COLOMBO (Reuters) - A protracted contract dispute between Sri Lanka Cricket and its players has reached boiling point just weeks before India are due to tour there.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2008 | 3:29 am

Delhi boy to act with Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor

It's a dream come true for 14-year-old Rahul Kumar, who has got an opportunity to act with Bollywood stars Aamir Khan and Kareen Kapoor in a new movie.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Jul 2008 | 2:00 am

Manmohan Singh meets Bush, discusses n-deal and strategic ties

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday met US President George W. Bush on the sidelines of the G8 summit at this hot springs resort in the mountainous Japanese island of Hokkaido and the two sides discussed their landmark nuclear deal and development of strategic ties, officials said after the meeting.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:31 am

Plans to aid medical textile industry

COIMBATORE: The Union Ministry of Textiles has identified the South India Textile Research Association based here as a centre of excellence for medical textiles production. Association director Arindam Basu told The Hindu ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Supreme Court asks civic authorities to find solutions to Delhi’s problems

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre, the Delhi Government and the civic agencies to find solutions to problems pertaining to inadequacy of infrastructure due to phenomenal growth and haphazard urban development in the ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Left parties withdraw support

NEW DELHI: Political developments over the civilian nuclear deal with the United States reached a crescendo on Tuesday with four Left parties announcing withdrawal of support to the United Progressive Alliance government over its move to go to ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Left: why keep draft text of IAEA Safeguards Agreement secret?

The general secretaries of the Left parties — the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India, the Forward Bloc and the Revolutionary Socialist Party — on July 8 issued this statement in New Delhi, asking the ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

A letter to Pranab Mukherjee

This is the text of a letter that Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat and Communist Party of India general secretary A.B. Bardhan sent on July 8 to Pranab Mukherjee, the convenor of the United Progressive ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Farmer’s funeral held peacefully

NELOGAL (Haveri district): The funeral of the farmer Puttappa Honnatti, who died on Tuesday morning after battling for life for almost a month, was held here peacefully in the evening. He was critically injured when police fired on protesting ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

State to fight High Court verdict on language policy

Appeal to be filed in Supreme Court in two days
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Manmohan: Left pullout will not affect stability


Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Indore riots: death toll mounts to seven

Indore: With another person injured succumbing to his injuries, the death toll in the July 3 riots during the VHP- sponsored bandh to protest revocation of land transfer to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board has gone up to seven, official sources ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

India hopeful of China’s support

Sapporo: On a day when the Left parties announced the withdrawal of support to the government over the nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heard Chinese President Hu Jintao express his country’s willingness to cooperate with ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Manmohan Singh meets George Bush

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday met US President George W. Bush at this Japanese resort that is the venue of the G8 summit.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jul 2008 | 11:00 pm

Three sent to judicial custody for Rs.56 mn fraud

A former manager of a private bank, a dentist and a businessmen were remanded to judicial custody here Tuesday evening for allegedly defrauding seven non-resident Indians to the tune of Rs.56.3 million, police said.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jul 2008 | 6:30 pm

Three injured in acid attack in Ghaziabad

An Unidentified assailant threw acid on two girls here and stabbed one of them when the gutsy females tried to overpower their attacker.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jul 2008 | 6:30 pm

New governors for four states

Prabha Rau was Tuesday named governor of Himachal Pradesh while Shivinder Singh Sidhu, S.C. Jamir and Gurbachan Jagat were appointed governors of Goa, Maharashtra and Manipur respectively.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jul 2008 | 6:30 pm

Spiritual guru Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari is dead

Social worker and spiritual guru Narayan Vishnu alias Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari died at a private nursing home in Pune Tuesday. He was 86 and kept indifferent health for the last some months.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jul 2008 | 5:32 pm