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Harbhajan leads India fightback against Sri lankaGALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh claimed four for 71 to leave Sri Lanka on 215 for five at the close of the second day of the second test on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 3:03 pm Navy's procurement process goes online - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:49 pm Train fire kill 32 passengers in sleep in Andhra - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:49 pm India gets IAEA pass for global N-tradeThe India-US civil nuclear deal Friday cleared its first global test as the 35-member board of the IAEA unanimously approved the India-specific safeguards agreement.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:49 pm Culture not conflict urged in India-Pakistan row - Reuters India
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:46 pm Culture not conflict urged in India-Pakistan rowCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Trade and cultural similarities are the best ways to improve relations between uneasy neighbours Pakistan and India, Pakistan's foreign minister said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:38 pm Hitler, Goebbels, Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar - who's who?Bihar's chief minister Nitish Kumar called his political bete noire Lalu Prasad Goebbels the other day.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:27 pm Pakistan denies spies behind Indian embassy attackISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan angrily rejected a New York Times report on Friday that said U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded members of Pakistan's spy agency helped plan the suicide bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul last month.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:25 pm Abdullah, Mufti forced to stay in airportFarooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were forced to stay at the airport for over three hours as agitators for Amarnath shrine land blocked their way out.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:24 pm Chinese footwear giant starts operations in IndiaAokang International, which is the official leather goods supplier to the Beijing Olympics, will invest Rs 3 billion to set up a chain of retail stores and factories across India.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:19 pm CPI accuses PM of misleading country on N-dealThe CPI alleged that the PM was misleading the nation on the N-deal after former American pointsman to the deal Nicholas Burns said the 123 agreement was consistent with the Hyde Act.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:16 pm Sensex up 301 pts as govt introduces 3G normsThe markets got a major boost in the form of guidelines for next generation (3G) mobile services and the benchmark Sensex settled the day higher by over 300 points.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:09 pm 'Serial blasts likely at Patiala House courts'An anonymous letter threatening bomb blasts in Patiala House district courts complex here on Friday was received in a magistrate court in the complex.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:06 pm Deccan rolls back hike in base air faresBudget air-carrier, Deccan, has rolled back its fare hike, barely 24-hours after it announced the hike on Thursday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:03 pm Communist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet diesNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Veteran communist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet died of cardiac arrest at a hospital near New Delhi on Friday, his party said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:01 pm Curfew clamped in Jammu as violence escalates - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 2:01 pm IAEA clears India inspection plan, boosts US-India dealVIENNA (Reuters) - Governors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog approved an inspections plan for India by consensus on Friday, a key step towards finalising a U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation deal, diplomats in the closed meeting said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:46 pm MI5 bugged phones of British civil servantsBritain's intelligence agency MI5 bugged phones of civil servants during World War II to uncover whether they were carelessly revealing wartime secretsSource: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:41 pm IAEA green signal for nuke deal - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:40 pm ElBaradei backs Safeguards agreementEndorsing the India-specific safeguards agreement, the IAEA chief said on Friday that it conformed to "all the legal requirements" of his agencySource: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:39 pm I am now a sinner in the eyes of the party: Somnath - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:32 pm CORRECTED - Pakistan denies spies behind Indian embassy attackISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan angrily rejected a New York Times report on Friday that said U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded members of Pakistan's spy agency helped plan the suicide bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul last month.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:31 pm Government releases new defence procurement policyGovernment releases new defence procurement policy; enables foreign vendors to create offset programme in anticipation of future contract.??All defence vendors to be given advance information beforeSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:28 pm Patent office witnesses surge in online applicationsIn less than a year since the first patent electronic application was filed at the Indian Patent Office, the number has increased to 1,000, up three per cent.??TheSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:28 pm Interest rates to moderate in 6-12 months: Chidambaram??The current high interest rates in the country will begin to moderate in the next6 to 12 months, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.??"We will go back toSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:28 pm Tata Steel in no hurry to raise pricesTata Steel today indicated it is in no hurry to raise the price of the key commodity as the self-imposed moratorium by the domestic steel makers for holding prices ends nextSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:28 pm India's oil import bill shoots up by 53.4% in JuneRising crude prices have pushed up India's oil import bill by 53.4 per cent to $ 9.03 billion in June this fiscal.??The country imported oil worth $ 5.89 billion in theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:28 pm India second best country for business investment: SurveyIndia is the second best country for business investment, a new survey of American corporate executives shows.??Conducted by Development Counsellors International every threeSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:28 pm Air India hikes fares by 10%On the heels of private airlines increasing the fares, national air carrier Air India today hiked the economy and business class rates by 10 per cent for its domesticSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:27 pm Cognizant Technology net up 26%Nasdaq listed Cognizant Technology Solutions reported a 26 per cent increase in net profit at $103.9 million during the second quarter ended June 30 compared to $82.3 million for the same period lastSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:27 pm Daily under-recoveries to fall 20%Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation are projected to lose 20 per cent lesser every day from their sale of petrol, diesel, kerosene and cooking gasSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:25 pm Karat warns against introducing economic legislationHaving failed to bring down the UPA government, the CPI(M) has now set its??eyes on stalling all pending major reform related legislation in??Parliament.??General secretary Prakash Karat, in a signedSource: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:25 pm Rahul Gandhi in Dhaka on five-day visit - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:06 pm Four blasts injured die, Ahmedabad toll reaches 55 - Newindpress
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 1:02 pm FACTBOX - Solar eclipses, history and scienceREUTERS - The moon will block the sun across a swathe of Russia, Mongolia and northwestern China just before sunset on Aug. 1, launching a momentous month for China as it hosts the Olympic Games in Beijing.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:54 pm Rahul Mahajan, Shweta get divorced - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:24 pm CPI rules out any alliance with Cong - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:08 pm Krepon calls Indo-US nuclear dealWashington, Aug 1 : Michael Krepon, a co-founder of the Stimson Centre and a South Asia expert, has said that the Indo-US civil nuclear was bad for global nuclear restraint, because by fulfilling India's demand for a nuclear fuel bank, the IAEA's Board of Governors will enable the resumption of nuclear testing, first by India, and then by Pakistan.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:01 am Asian football body unhappy with Delhi projectAsian Football Confederation's (AFC) ambitious project in Delhi to raise the standard of the sport is suffering due to the apathy of the local administration, says AFC general secretary Paul Mony Samuel.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:01 am Three members of biker gang accused of murders arrestedThree members of the notorious gang of bikers, allegedly involved in at least five shootings in July, were arrested in the capital, police said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Surjeet dies following cardiac arrestVeteran communist leader Harkishen Singh Surjeet Friday died following respiratory cardiac arrest, six days after he was admitted to the Metro Hospital in neighbouring Noida, doctors said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am President, PM mourn Surjeet deathPresident Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh mourned the death after prolonged illness of Communist veteran Harkishan Singh Surjeet Friday afternoon.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Haryana resumes Volvo buses on Chandigarh-Delhi-Gurgaon routeTravel on the Chandigarh-Delhi-Gurgaon route just got better with Haryana resuming its air-conditioned Saarthi Volvo bus service Friday, almost three years after it was discontinued.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Apex court adjourns hearing on LaluThe Supreme Court Friday adjourned hearing on two lawsuits questioning the Bihar government's power to challenge the acquittal of Railways Minister Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi by a state trial court from the charges of owning wealth exceeding his legal income.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am India to auction airwaves for 3G telephonyCommunications Minister A. Raja Friday announced the much awaited guidelines for the auction of spectrum, or airwaves, to launch third-generation (3G) mobile phone services in the country.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am India to ensure greater transparency in defence purchasesIndia said Friday it would ensure greater transparency in the purchase of military hardware by streamlining procedures to speed up the acquisition process.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Highway blockade threatens Kashmir fruit industryThe Valley's fruit industry faces a serious crisis with agitators blocking the Srinagar-Jammu highway in the Jammu region in protest against the revocation of forest land allotment to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Rates may moderate in 6-12 mths - ChidambaramBANGALORE (Reuters) - Indian interest rates should moderate from current high levels over the next six to 12 months, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 9:31 am India to push insurance, pension reformsHONG KONG (Reuters) - India's ruling coalition has the support to push through three major reforms in the banking, insurance and pension sectors in the next parliamentary session, Junior Finance Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 8:44 am India-Pakistan clashes bring fear to Kashmir villagesNAMBLA, India (Reuters) - When Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire for 16 hours on the disputed Kashmir border earlier this week, the worst violation of a 2003 ceasefire, the news sent a chill down Usman Khan's spine.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Aug 2008 | 8:32 am Ahmedabad trauma centre limping back to normalcy!A trauma centre at the city civil hospital, which was in tatters after a powerful explosion on July 26, is limping back to normalcy under heavy security.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am TN fishermen assaulted by Lankan navy!About 80 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were allegedly assaulted by the Sri Lankan navy in the Palk Straits in the early hours on Thursday, officials in Rameswaram said.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am HC slams Mumbai advocate for `frivolous` PIL; slaps fine!The Bombay High Court, irked with an advocate for filing a "frivolous" petition on the Indo-US nuclear deal, on Thursday imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on him.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am TN terror module has no links with SIMI, LeT: Police!The recently unearthed terror module plotting bomb attacks on key installations in Tamil Nadu has no direct link with banned outfits such as the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), police said here on Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am BJP, Sangh parivar workers arrested!More than 200 workers belonging to BJP and Sangh Parivar were arrested on Thursday when they attempted to stage picketing in the city condemning the recent explosions in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am Akalis may revive terrorism in Punjab: PCC chief!Noting that Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal does not have "any control" over his party, the state unit of Congress on Thursday expressed apprehensions that the Akalis might "revive terrorism" in the state.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am State units to hold 3-day long `dharnas` on Amarnath issue: BJP!Stepping up its agitation on the Amarnath land row, BJP on Thursday said it will hold a three-day-long protest in all state capitals on the issue.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am Terrorists are strapping explosives on gas cylinders: NSG!Investigators of the Ahmedabad serial explosions and the planting of bombs in Surat have found a new trend among terrorists strapping explosives on gas cylinders, a move to multiply the damage.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am CBI chargesheets sacked Assam Minister on bribery charge!The CBI on Thursday filed a chargesheet against sacked Assam Education Minister Ripun Bora, arrested along with two others for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 17 lakh to an agency official to "negotiate" the outcome of a murder case in which he is a suspect.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am Pol parties condemn kidnapping of children in Manipur!All political parties in Manipur have condemned the kidnapping of children by militants to recruit in their ranks during the past two months, official sources said on Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:19 am Admission to management seats to be from entrance rank listSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Drains to be desiltedTIRUCHI: The Tiruchi Corporation has decided to desilt all major drainage channels in the city and remove encroachments blocking their flow. The civic body has called upon encroachers to voluntarily remove their structures on the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Jail term for wife of Thaksin ShinawatraBangkok: Thailand’s Criminal Court on Thursday handed down a three-year jail term to the wife of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for tax evasion. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am India plans big push to regional tradeNEW DELHI: India will give a major push to deepening trade ties among South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations at the coming summit in Colombo, according to highly-placed sources. With trade between the nations ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Most IAEA members worried about precedent being set for PakistanSome Western members are unhappy at the lack of automaticity in the agreementSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Magsaysay for Amte couple serving tribal peoplePhilippine group announces the 2008 awardees, including Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan achieversSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Teachers to get gratuityNew Delhi: Teachers are expected to come under the gratuity scheme with effect from 1997. The government on Thursday decided to amend the Payment of Gratuity Act to give effect to the proposal. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am IAEA to back India, but with ‘mixed feelings’Countries still have concerns about Indian weapons programmeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Inflation inches closer to 12%NEW DELHI: After decelerating to 11.89 per cent a week earlier, which now appears to be more an aberration rather than a trend, the rate of inflation inched up to 11.98 per cent for the week ended July 19 on account of higher prices of certain ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Murdoch meets PMNew Delhi: Media baron Rupert Murdoch held meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. His visit to India has come amid reports that he wanted the government to come out early with norms for ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Government to revamp power sector reformsThe government Thursday decided to revamp the Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (APDRP) aimed at reducing commercial and other losses of power companies.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 6:30 pm North Korea too good for Sri Lanka in AFC CupTournament favourites North Korea were too good for Sri Lanka in their opening Group B game of the AFC Challenge Cup and they should have scoreline should have been much more imposing than 3-0 at the Gachibowli Stadium here Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 6:03 pm ICICI hikes lending, fixed deposit ratesThe country's largest private-sector lender ICICI Bank has raised lending rate by 75 basis points (bps) effective from Friday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened the monetary policy earlier this week.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 6:03 pm Bhaichung may be rested for crucial tie against TajikistanIndia's football captain Bhaichung Bhutia may be rested for the crucial tie against defending champions Tajikistan in the AFC Challenge Cup here Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 6:01 pm Fans remember Rafi on his 28th death anniversaryNearly a thousand people from various parts of the country gathered here Thursday to observe the 28th death anniversary of one of the greatest Bollywood playback singers, Mohammed Rafi.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 5:30 pm Red Fort Capital ties up with Godrej Properties Enters Kolkata market with an investment in Godrej Genesis IT parkRed Fort Capital, an India focused international real estate private equity firm, has announced its partnership with Godrej Properties Limited to mark its foray into Kolkata. The company has taken a 49% stake in an IT Park project named "Godrej Genesis" which is expected to generate sales of over Rs. 750 crores.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 4:54 pm Farmers paid out for land at midnight camp in Mayawati's villageIn a midnight camp, authorities in Uttar Pradesh paid out compensations amounting to nearly Rs.330 million to farmers whose lands have been acquired for a proposed world class recreation centre in Chief Minister Mayawati's village of Badalpur.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 3:30 pm India will have to tighten their game against TajikistanIndia had a lucky escape against Afghanistan in their opening Group A game of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup Wednesday night. It was a scrappy performance, no doubt, and unless they improve and come up with a tighter game plan, they will find it difficult to put it across reigning champions Tajikistan at the Gachibowli Stadium Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 3:03 pm Delhi to get longest elevated corridor for Commonwealth GamesThe Delhi government Thursday decided to construct a dedicated flyover, the longest in Delhi, to connect Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and the Games Village located 5 km away.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 3:02 pm Farewell Ishmeet, voice of India, say tens of thousandsSinging sensation Ishmeet Singh's body was consigned to the flames here Thursday as tens of thousands of mourners braved a stampede-like situation to bid farewell to the 'Voice of India' whose journey to stardom was cut short by a mysterious death.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Jul 2008 | 3:02 pm
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