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Angry BCCI complains to LorgatIndian Cricket Board has reacted angrily to ICC General Manager Dave Richardson's remarks that the IPL poses a serious corruption threat and has shot off a letter to ICC CEO.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:40 pm Five Mumbai cops in CBI net for 'bribery'CBI on Friday arrested four Mumbai police officials including an Assistant Commissioner of Police for allegedly demanding bribe from a travel agent to give him benefit in two cases.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:35 pm Crowds go frenzy on last day of Olympic tickets saleThousands of people queued up overnight for their last chance to buy Olympic tickets as police battled hard to keep hopefuls under check amidst frayed tempers.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:33 pm Indian shooters eyeing Beijing gloryHockey was seen as a medal prospect for years at the Olympics. Now aficionados of shooting are looking at it in the same way with the Beijing Games.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:29 pm Eight small blasts hit BangaloreBANGALORE (Reuters) - Eight small bombs exploded in quick succession across Bangalore on Friday, killing a woman and wounding at least 15 people, police said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:27 pm Teaching the British how to cook fish betterIt's like teaching ducks to take to water, but an Indian chef is intent on teaching the British how to cook fish.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:27 pm Ultra group ventures into Marathi film prodnUltra Distributors Pvt Ltd, leaders in home video and content aggregation business, have decided to venture into regional film production in a big way.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:18 pm Serial blasts rock BangaloreBangalore's tryst with terror on Friday afternoon claimed a woman's life and injured more than half-a-dozen persons, besides bringing all business-related activities to a grinding halt.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:15 pm Colour TV prices set to go upA steep rise in prices colour television is on the cards with manufacturers gearing up to pass on the burden of anti-dumping duty imposed on imported colour picture tubes by the government.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:10 pm PM, Karnataka CM condemn blasts; call for calm - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:07 pm Muralitharan leaves India reeling in first testCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan snared four wickets to leave India struggling on 159 for six when bad light ended play early on the third day of the first test on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:02 pm Taj Mahal attracts maximum visitors in IndiaIf ticket sales are anything to go by, the luminous 17th century Taj Mahal in Agra is the most popular monument in India, attracting over 2.5 million visitors a year.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm 'Spy aircraft' that weighs just three gramsDutch engineers have developed a miniature remote-controlled aircraft that flies by flapping its wings like a dragonfly, has an on-board camera and weighs just three grams.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:59 pm Manmohan Singh condemns Bangalore blastsPrime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday condemned the Bangalore serial bomb blasts and urged people to remain calm and maintain communal harmony.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:57 pm Ganges Jute signs MoU to build factory in GhanaWest Bengal-based Ganges Jute (P) Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) to set up a jute bag-stitching factory at Kumasi, Ghana News Agency said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:56 pm 50 of our MPs were contacted to cross-vote: BJP - Expressindia.com
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:55 pm Toyota beats GM in global salesToyota Motor has overtaken General Motors of the United States in global auto sales during first half of 2008, according to data released by the two automakers.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:54 pm Left attacks Centre on Bangalore blastsThe Left parties today condemned the serial blasts in Bangalore and accused the Centre of failing to uncover the terror network responsible for such attacks in the IT city as also in Jaipur a few months ago.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:51 pm Indian telephone subscriber base crosses 325 mnLed by the robust growth in the wireless telecom market, the Indian telephone subscriber base crossed the 325 million mark in the month of June to take its total subscriber base to 325.78 million (wireline and wireless).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:46 pm Toyota beats GM in global salesToyota Motor has overtaken General Motors of the United States in global auto sales during first half of 2008, according to data released by the two automakers.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:43 pm Power crisis hits Indian states - BBC News
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:43 pm During week rupee gains 1.2% to 42.265/$ - India Infoline.com
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:39 pm Parents seek their son lost during Godhra riots back from foster ... - Newstrack India
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:35 pm Hindustan Unilever net up 13.2 % at Rs 558.2 croreFast moving consumer goods major Hindustan Unilever posted a net profit growth of 13.2 per cent to Rs 558.2 crore led equally by both value and volume growth for the quarter ended June, 2008.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:25 pm Delhi's affidavit on power crisis not sufficientThe Supreme Court today expressed its dissatisfaction over the steps taken by the Delhi government to overcome the power crisis in the national capital.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:23 pm PM asks people to maintain communal harmonyCondemning the serial bomb blasts in Bangalore, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the people to remain calm and maintain communal harmony.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:21 pm INS for cut in newsprint consumption by publishersThe Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has asked its members to reduce use of newsprint by at least 20 per cent in their publications in order to meet the challenges of "extraordinary and uncalled for" rise in indigenous newsprint prices.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:20 pm 3 killed, 30 injured in Ghaziabad communal clash!Three people were killed and other 30 injured, as members of two communities traded gunfire and indulged in arson in Loni, about 24 km from Ghaziabad on Thursday night over construction of a house in a locality dominated by the minority community.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm Curfew lifted in Jammu; situation returning to normalcy!The situation in Jammu retuned to normal on Friday after authorities lifted the indefinite curfew imposed yesterday following a relatively calm Thursday night. There were minor incidents of stone pelting, informed authorities.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm Aarushi murder case: 3 main accused sent to judicial custody!CBI court on Friday sent Rajkumar, Krishna and Vijay Mandal, the three main accused in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, to 14 days judicial custody.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm N-deal: IAEA to brief its 144 members!The IAEA secretariat will hold a briefing for the 144 countris part of the organisation and respond to questions on any provision in the Indian draft that individual countries feel is still unclear.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee turns 79!Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was greeted by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as he turned 80 on Friday, two days after he was expelled from CPI(M) for not quitting the post.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm Indian-origin judge is the new UN human rights chief!Indian-origin ICC judge Navanethem Pillay has been named the United Nations` new human rights chief, despite some initial opposition from the US.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm SP-Congress begin talks for future alliances !With the Samajwadi Party lending support to the Congress-led UPA government, talks between the two parties on future alliances have begun in right earnest.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm BJP to file formal complaint of cash-for-vote with Speaker !The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will file a complaint with Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, alleging that Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh had offered bribe to three of its MPs for abstaining themselves during the trust vote in the Lok Sabha on July 22.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm No bitterness towards Left parties: Pranab!Despite the Left parties breaking ties with the UPA on an acrimonious note, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said he has no bitterness towards them but was sad at the turn of events. Mukherjee, however, said he did not want to be a political astrologer and comment on whether the Congress will do business with the Left parties again in the future.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm Voted for a Sikh; deal is good for the country: Libra!Expelled Shiromani Akali Dal MP Sukhdev Sing Libra on Friday defended his action of abstaining during the Trust Vote on July 22 by saying that he did so in the national interest as he personally believes that the deal is good for the country.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm Supreme Court reserves judgement on Vedanta miningNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Britain's Vedanta Resources Plc agreed on Friday to pay compensation to tribal people displaced by a planned bauxite mine in Orissa, as the Supreme Court concluded hearings and reserved judgement.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:46 pm India to lobby hard with China over N-deal - Business Standard
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:38 pm SIMI, LeT may be behind Bangalore blasts: IB - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:34 pm Villagers burn Dow Chemical building site in MaharashtraMUMBAI (Reuters) - About 100 people worried about industrial pollution set fire to a construction site of a local unit of Dow Chemical Co in Maharashtra on Friday, police and a Dow official said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:33 pm Champions Trophy boycott looms over security worriesNEW DELHI (Reuters) - A boycott of the September Champions Trophy loomed on Friday, a day after the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to retain Pakistan as the venue despite safety concerns by many teams.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:06 pm Travel Picks: Top 10 beach citiesTORONTO (Reuters Life!) - The idea of going surfing or for a dip in the ocean before work is a dream for many people, but for others it's part of daily life in a beach city.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:19 am India can kickstart stake sales but jumbos unlikelyMUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Emboldened by winning a confidence vote, India's government is expected to revive a privatisation drive, but a looming election means it will only have time for a few small sales rather than any jumbo ones.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:08 am Omar, Rahul win praise on YouTubeNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of users on YouTube, the popular video-sharing website, are toasting two young Indian politicians, one of them seen as a potential prime minister, after they spoke eloquently in a parliamentary debate last week.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:09 am Govt announces assistance to Dogra - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 8:39 am Round two of clashes at SSKM - The Statesman
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 7:25 am ANALYSIS-After Total pulls out of Iran gas, eyes on India - Reuters India
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Jul 2008 | 7:19 am Mumbai, a modern Babel, downgrades EnglishMUMBAI (Reuters) - Earlier this month, a Mumbai city official stood up to make a presentation on water meters only to be heckled and jeered into silence by his colleagues.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 7:08 am Markets trading with heavy loss at early tradeThe Indian equities market opened on a mixed note Friday but slipped into red during early trade, mirroring weak global markets. Banking stocks were under heavy selling pressure at initial trade.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:30 am Oil find beneath Fayed estate makes Harrods' boss richMohamed Fayed of Harrods has been awarded a share of the profits from three oil wells beneath his estate in Surrey, England.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:30 am Kolkata eyes graveyard tourismKOLKATA (Reuters Life!) - The dead are an unlikely tourist attraction, but authorities in Kolkata are promoting the graveyards of India's former colonial capital to woo foreigners trying to trace their roots.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:24 am Sanjay Dutt's solo in 'Alibaug' scrappedFirst Sanjay Gupta replaced his good friend Sanjay Dutt with Irrfan Khan in his autobiographical film 'Alibaug' and now is he set to scrap the love song that was recorded in the Munnabhai actor's voice.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:31 am I'd do anything for Amitbah Bachchan: Akshay KumarBollywood star Akshay Kumar, who took time out from the shooting of Sajid Nadiadwala's 'Kambhakt Ishq' in Los Angeles to be part of the Bachchan's Unforgettable tour opening show in Toronto, says he wouldn't mind going out of the way for the Big B.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:31 am I have been concentrating on motivating the youthI did not realize that I have already completed one year after demitting office on 25 July 2007. This one year has been an extremely eventful one me having visited over 12 states in India and nine countries.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:30 am Indian equities market opens on mixed noteThe 30-share benchmark sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange opened Friday with a loss of 325.06 points at 14,451.95 points.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:30 am Bush reaches out to India, hopes to break WTO impasseGENEVA (AP) — With global trade talks on shaky ground, President Bush placed a private call to India's prime minister on Thursday as their two negotiators tried to break a seven-year deadlock on ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:12 am Leela Ratnam passes awayCHENNAI: Leela Ratnam, 75, former national president of the Association of Inner Wheel Clubs of India and Founder President of the Madras Canine Club, passed away at her residence early on Thursday. ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:12 am JD , JD expel their rebel MPsNEW DELHI: Janata Dal (Secular) headed by the former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, on Thursday announced the expulsion of its Member of Parliament, M. Shivanna, for defying the party whip and votin...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:12 am IT towns could change the face of IndiaKPMG India announces key appointments KPMG India on Thursday appointed Pradip Kanakia as the head of markets and Abizer Diwanji as head of financial services, as part of strengthening its existing lea...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:11 am CLP wins bid to build US$1.2b India plant(16 mins ago) CLP Holdings (0002), Hong Kong's biggest power utility, won a bid to develop and operate a US$1.2 billion (HK$9.36 billion) coal-fired power project in India to expand into the develop...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:50 am Lure of India excites UnitedJOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Manchester United are considering offers to play a friendly game in India, with the English Premier League and European champions keen to tap into the growing demand for football ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:48 am Delhi, Mumbai becoming dearerA recent survey has found that cost of living in cities like Delhi and Mumbai is rising fast. Mumbai has moved up four places to reach 48 (score 90.3), whereas New Delhi climbed 13 places to 55 (scor...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:34 am Mumbai cabbies ask N Indian CMs for helpAccusing the state government of trying to finish off the taxi industry in Mumbai, which is dominated by North Indians, the Mumbai Taximen's Union has shot off urgent letters to North Indian chief min...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:33 am Bush and Manmohan discuss next steps in nuclear dealNew Delhi: Hot on the heels of the July 22 confidence vote in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United States President George W. Bush had a telephone conversation to discuss the next step...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:30 am Great Indian Bustard found in Bellary pocket), a majestic bird on the verge of extinction, has been rediscovered in Sirguppa in Karnataka — and they are breeding, too. Sirguppa taluk, situated on the banks of the Tungabhadra in Bellary di...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:30 am Beijing Athlete Village made of cardsHONG KONG: Guinness world record card stacker Bryan Berg completed, in 160 hours, a model of the Beijing Athlete Village out of playing cards ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Power cut hits water supply to SIPCOT unitsERODE: Industrial units at the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) estate in Perundurai near here do not get adequate water supply and this has affected their business. The 165 industries, a good number of which ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Minister ‘unaware’ of hoarding, artificial scarcity of dieselHalappa says the problem was ‘not brought to our notice’Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Bush and Manmohan discuss next steps in nuclear dealNew Delhi: Hot on the heels of the July 22 confidence vote in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United States President George W. Bush had a telephone conversation to discuss the next steps to be taken towards completion of the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Manmohan calls on SomnathNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday and was with him for 10-15 minutes. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee also called on the Speaker. Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ram ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Naidu may cut short ‘Mee Kosam’Senior party leaders express concern over desertionsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Brand new motorbikes for postmenCHENNAI: Postmen now have brand new motorbikes to deliver Speed Post and articles. On Thursday, India Post’s Principal Chief Postmaster General of the Tamil Nadu Circle, Indira Krishna Kumar, handed over TVS Star motorbikes, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Five of family killed in grenade blast in SrinagarMigrant labourers targeted at BatmalooSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Police, protesters clash in JammuJammu: Fourteen persons were injured as police and protesters clashed here on Thursday during a bandh by a Hindu outfit to protest the alleged suicide by a man over the Amarnath land row. Authorities clamped curfew in Jammu and adjoining areas ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Expelled BJP MP’s house in New Delhi vandalisedIt is part of a conspiracy: Chandrabhan SinghSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Doctors take out long, rusted nail from skull of youthIn a medical marvel, surgeons at a Meerut hospital successfully removed an eight-cm-long nail from the skull of a youth that he had himself rammed into his head in order to end his life.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 7:01 pm Man looted of Rs.330,000 in GujaratIn a daylight robbery Thursday son of a diamond factory owner was robbed of Rs.330,000 by four motorcycle borne men near Lingda village in Anand district of Gujarat, the police said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 7:00 pm Manmohan Singh calls on President PatilTwo days after winning a crucial trust vote in parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on President Pratibha Patil Thursday and apprised her about the two-day special session of the Lok Sabha and also other issues of national and international importance.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 7:00 pm Three killed in firing in eviction driveAt least three people were killed and dozens, including policemen, injured when an eviction drive by government officials turned into a communal clash between the police and members of a community here Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Jul 2008 | 7:00 pm
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