Courts should curb false statements by tenants: HC!

The civil courts and the rent controller should take effective steps to blunt tenants` bid to make false statements to avoid eviction from the rented premises by their landlords, the Delhi High Court ruled.
Source: Zee News : States | 5 Aug 2008 | 1:05 pm

Kashmir short of essentials after highway blockade

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - India's Muslim-majority Kashmir valley was running short of food, fuel and medical supplies after Hindu protesters stopped transport along the region's major highway in the latest protests over the Amarnath shrine land row.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:49 pm

PM, Sonia seek opinion from Advani on Amarnath issue

With the protests over the revocation of land to Amarnath shrine board refusing to die down, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi has sought the opinion of Leader of
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:46 pm

BJP puts poll promises on back burner

From populism to pragmatism: Well, that has turned out to be the BJP's strategy to cling on to power in Karnataka.??Two months after it came to power by promising distribution of rice at Rs 2 per kg
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:44 pm

PwC and IIM-C join hand to offer IFRS training

Auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta (IIM-C) today signed an agreement to launch dedicated executive programmes on International Financial Reporting
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:42 pm

Japan pledges over Rs 4000 cr loans for 5 Indian projects

After the success of Delhi Metro, a similar project in the Tamil Nadu will get a boost with Japan today extending Rs 852.69 crore for the Chennai Metro Project as part of the Rs 4,102.28 crore soft
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:40 pm

Haryana gets Rs 35,000 cr investment in over 3 years

Haryana has received an investment of Rs 35,000 crore in the industrial sector during the last over three years. Besides, projects to the tune of Rs 70,000 crore are also in the
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:38 pm

RBI employees to boycott work on August 20

The All India Reserve Bank Employees Association (AIRBEA )has called for a strike nationwide strike on August 20 opposing outsosurcing of bank's jobs and demanding recruitment to fill up vacancies for
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:35 pm

StanChart H1 FY'09 profit jumps 89 per cent

Buoyed by a robust growth in its wholesale and consumer banking businesses, foreign lender Standard Chartered India has clocked a 89 per cent jump in its operating profits for the six months ended
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:29 pm

Max New York launches insurance policy for poor households

Leading private insurance company, Max New York Life has launched an insurance policy for the financially under-privileged people in the country.??The company is planning
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:24 pm

FIIs net sell Rs 398cr, DIIs net buy Rs 287cr

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 397.67 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.??While FIIs made gross purchases of Rs 4,202.83 crore, gross sales
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:24 pm

Goa Minister Narvekar resigns to make way for Monserratte - Hindu


Goa Minister Narvekar resigns to make way for Monserratte
Hindu - 45 minutes ago
Panaji (PTI): Goa Finance Minister Dayanand Narvekar on Tuesday resigned from the Cabinet to pave way for the induction of United Goans Democratic Party's (UGDP) unattached MLA Atanasio Monserratte.
Congress promised Cabinet berth, claims Monserratte Hindustan Times
Narvekar’s fate hangs in balance Herald Publications
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:20 pm

Bangalore Forensic lab directed to send Narco CDs to HC - Hindu


Bangalore Forensic lab directed to send Narco CDs to HC
Hindu - 45 minutes ago
Kochi (PTI): The murder case of Sister Abhaya took a new turn on Tuesday with the Kerala High Court directing the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Bangalore, which conducted narcoanalysis test of three suspects,to directly send copies of the CDs of ...
Abhaya case: Kerala HC directs forensic lab to produce original CD Zee News
Reports of Abhaya case corrupted: High Court Indian Catholic
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:20 pm

Hindustan Copper gets mini-ratna status

Hindustan Copper Ltd today said it has received mini-ratna (category-I) status from the government that will give it a free hand in taking decisions on capital expenditure up to Rs 500
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:18 pm

Abortion law can't be amended for one case: Ramadoss - IBNLive.com


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Abortion law can't be amended for one case: Ramadoss
IBNLive.com - 1 hour ago
ABORTION DENIED: The HC refused to go against a 37-yr-old law which disallows abortion after 20 weeks. If this also fails, then calling for elections might just be the only way out.
Do you support the HC judgment in the Mehta abortion case? Times of India
Abortion act needs amendment Newstrack India
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:34 am

Subash Chandra Bose - A Violent Patriot With A Humble Mission - Oneindia


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Subash Chandra Bose - A Violent Patriot With A Humble Mission
Oneindia - 1 hour ago
The government of Britain almost shivered with fear whenever they heard the name of Indian freedom fighter, Subash Chandra Bose. Generally known as Netaji (literally "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent and highly respected leaders of the ...
Air India official kills self The Statesman
Airline official found hanging at airport Calcutta Telegraph
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:34 am

CRGI request review of Yahoo board election

Capital Research Global Investors, one of Yahoo's largest shareholders, has requested a review of last week's board election
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:20 am

At 93, MF Husain turns poet

Maqbool Fida Husain, India's most famous painter, has been writing poems and has built up a collection that should send Indian publishers queuing up outside his London studio.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:17 am

Porn sites to be filtered in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed the country's TRC to immediately filter all websites containing obscene and pornography materials.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:16 am

Karunakaran bats for son's return to UDF

Veteran politician K Karunakaran, who returned to the Congress in December 2007, now wants the United Democratic Front (UDF) to readmit his son K Muraleedharan
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:15 am

Karzai links ISI to Indian Embassy attack - NDTV.com


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Karzai links ISI to Indian Embassy attack
NDTV.com - 1 hour ago
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has made the clearest public reference to both Kabul and the US having evidence linking Pakistan's ISI to the attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul.
Kabul attack an assault on friendship: Manmohan Hindu
Kabul attacks not to deter India: PM The Statesman
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:14 am

Akal Takht Jathedar quits - Times of India


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Akal Takht Jathedar quits
Times of India - 1 hour ago
CHANDIGARH: Akal Takht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti on Tuesday quit his post alleging he was asked to resign by a top functionary of the SGPC, a statutory body that manages affairs of Sikh shrines.
Vedanti's differences with SAD over dera Sacha Sauda cost him his job PunjabNewsline.com
Akal Takht Jathedar quits Hindu
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:10 am

Strong quake hits China's Sichuan ahead of Games

BEIJING (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked the western Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Gansu on Tuesday, near the site of May's devastating quake that killed at least 70,000 people, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:10 am

5.5 magnitude earthquake hits Indian Ocean

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A 5.5. magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, but officials described it as "small" and a tsunami warning was not issued.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:07 am

Illegal site allotments to be cancelled - Times of India


Hindu

Illegal site allotments to be cancelled
Times of India - 2 hours ago
BANGALORE: The government will cancel all alternative sites allotted by the BDA in violation of rules. An inquiry by senior BDA officers will determine which sites have been allotted illegally.
Allotment of alternative sites against rules to be cancelled Hindu
Probe into alternative BDA site allotment Deccan Herald
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:01 am

BJP will fight to the end for chairman post - Times of India


BJP will fight to the end for chairman post
Times of India - 2 hours ago
BANGALORE: Even as the Congress, reassured of JD(S) support, announced Veeranna Mathikatti as its candidate for the council chairman's post election slated for Tuesday, the BJP has decided to enter the fray, fuelling speculations of cross voting .
Cong bags council chairman post in Karnataka Press Trust of India
VEERANNA MATHIKATTI ELECTED UNOPPOSED AS COUNCIL Star of Mysore
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 11:01 am

'Tatas never thought of leaving Singur' - Sify


Sify

'Tatas never thought of leaving Singur'
Sify - 2 hours ago
Singur: Dismissing reports that many workers had left Tata Motors here due to alleged intimidation by the Trinamool Congress-backed Save Farmland Committee, the West Bengal government today categorically said that at no point of time did the Tatas ...
Mamata gears up for showdown over Nano NDTV.com
Trinamool trying to sabotage Tata car project, says Bose Hindu
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 10:38 am

Japan non-committal on NSG support, asks India to sign NPT - Hindu


AFP

Japan non-committal on NSG support, asks India to sign NPT
Hindu - 2 hours ago
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, with Masahiko Koumura, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, prior to their meeting at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi.
US fast-tracks N-deal, will present it to Congress on Sept 08 Zee News
Japan does not commit support for India-US nuclear deal AFP
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Source: Google News India - India | 5 Aug 2008 | 10:34 am

Terrorism a global concern, says Boucher

The United States has said terrorism is a threat for the whole world and it needs to be tackled by all.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 10:10 am

India coach Kirsten to head home to ailing mother

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India coach Gary Kirsten will leave the team's Sri Lanka tour on Tuesday to visit his critically ill mother in his native South Africa, the Indian cricket board has said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 10:08 am

Lord Ganesha now in a new pearl wonder

You have seen the elephant-headed god in paintings, sculptures, calendars and candles, but now a young scientist has created pearls in the form of "Lord Ganesha'.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 10:07 am

Ex-PM Hasina followers win Bangladesh local vote

DHAKA (Reuters) - Unofficial results from local elections in Bangladesh showed that followers of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina won almost all the positions in a free, fair and peaceful vote, poll officials said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 10:03 am

'KP's only problem is he can't remain grounded'

Kevin Pietersen's meteoric rise to England captaincy comes as no surprise to his close friend Shane Warne
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 10:02 am

Gary Kirsten to skip third Test

Indian cricket team will be without coach Gary Kirsten in the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo as the South African will go home
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:59 am

Lanka mulling changes after losing Test

The drubbing in the second Test at Galle has forced the Sri Lankan cricket selectors to explore changes in the fast bowling department
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:57 am

Ayes for Gilly's idea of T20 in Olympics

Former Australian star Adam Gilchrist's idea that "(Twenty20) cricket should bid to become an Olympic sports" has received ayes from the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Steve Waugh and Stephen Fleming
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:56 am

Shooters tipped to end India's "one-medal" tag

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's shooters are poised to end the country's "one medal nation" tag at the Beijing Olympics, according to a team mate who missed a berth despite equalling two world records.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:45 am

Much of Asia fails in healthcare, children suffer - U.N.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is failing to provide basic healthcare to its poorest children despite robust economic growth, underlining a widening gap between rich and poor across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:41 am

Oil falls to $118 a barrel, a three-month low

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil fell to $118 a barrel on Tuesday, a three-month low, as investors focused on rising OPEC supply and declining demand in the United States and Europe.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:18 am

China to curb illegal Olympic broadcasts

China has set up a surveillance team which will monitor more than 200 websites round-the-clock to prevent illegal broadcast of Olympic events - a move it believes necessary in a country with a big piracy problem.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

Traffic movement hit as heavy rain lashes Delhi

People here woke up to a wet morning Tuesday as incessant rains, that started Monday afternoon, continued to lash the capital.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

From lounge to loo, the soiree that went places

Believe you me, Page 3 parties can be quite hilarious!
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

CBI officer to appear before court

Kerala High Court Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer who conducted the probe into the mysterious death of a nun, Sister Abhaya, in 1992 to appear before it Aug 12.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

12 killed as heavy rains lash Andhra Pradesh

Heavy rains continued to lash parts of Andhra Pradesh for the third consecutive day Tuesday as the death toll in rain-related incidents went up to 12.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

Normal rain derails life in Chandigarh

The rain was normal, but as it turned streets into rivulets here, the claim of the municipal authorities of being prepared for the monsoon turned out to be hollow.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am

LTTE retreating in Lanka; India neutral

Western diplomats say that Norwegian facilitation will remain on hold as long as fighting rages. There is unlikely to be any advancement in the peace process in the near future. Although Norwe...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 8:12 am

Opposition stage dharna at Metro Rail office

HYDERABAD : The opposition parties staged dharna before the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited office, near Secretariat, demanding tranparancy in Rs 12,132 crore Metro Rail Project works. Activists of TDP, ...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 8:08 am

News Corp to launch six regional TV channels in India

MUMBAI: News Corp plans to invest $100 million to launch six television channels in India, where the U.S. media conglomerate is a leading broadcaster, the chief of News Corp said on Monday.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 8:06 am

Australia missing India as try to retain gold

BEIJING (Reuters) - Reigning Olympic champions Australia are disappointed not to be able to test their mettle against eight-times hockey gold medallists India in Beijing.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 8:04 am

Jolie to adopt a Chinese baby

New Delhi, Aug 5 : Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is considering adopting a Chinese baby post the earthquake in the country, which orphaned many babies.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2008 | 8:01 am

More AIDS risked as poor women trade sex for food

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Rising food prices around the world are likely to drive poor women to trade sex for basic goods like fish and cooking oil, raising the risk of new AIDS infections, U.N officials said on Monday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2008 | 7:15 am

Ashutosh Gowariker to make yet another period film

Though his epic romance 'Jodhaa Akbar' got into trouble for alleged distortion of facts, ace filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker is ready to make another period film. But this time he plans to be more cautious.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Aug 2008 | 2:51 am

RBI unearths fake notes in bank currency chest

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials and sleuths of the Uttar Pradesh police in a Monday night raid unearthed fake notes in the currency chest of the State Bank of India at Domariyaganj near the border with Nepal.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Aug 2008 | 1:05 am

Innovative olive crop project in Rajasthan

New Delhi: Olive farming is expected to receive an impetus in India with the implementation of a pilot project involving the Rajasthan Government and an Israeli firm to cultivate on 250 hectares the plants that produce the fruits that yield ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Freeman injured

Jackson: Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, 71, was injured in a car accident and is in a serious condition in a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. — ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Warship rescues merchant vessel

New Delhi: A merchant vessel in distress in high seas was rescued by a Navy warship in the Bay of Bengal and towed to safety to Port Blair. Responding to a request for help from m.v. Nazish on July 29, the Navy’s frontline ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Border police officers attacked in China, 16 killed

Beijing: With only four days to go for the Olympic Games opening ceremony, China has reported its deadliest attack against security forces in recent memory. Around 8:00 a.m. on Monday, 16 policemen were killed and as many injured in the ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Curbs on power supply to continue

Last week’s good rainfall has done little to ease the crisis in the power sector
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

BJP stage-managed MPs’ bribery scam, charge UPA allies

“Sting operation was mounted with an eye on elections”
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

New company to build and run metro

Two directors from HMR and rest from Maytas-led consortium for new entity
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Altamount Rd. world’s 10th costliest street

London: Mumbai’s Altamount Road, where India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani is building a billion-dollar home, has been named the world’s 10th costliest street. ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Anand retains crown

NEW DELHI: World champion Viswanathan Anand produced a masterly display to crush young challenger Norway’s Magnus Carlsen 3-1 to win the 13th Grenkeleasing rapid world chess championship at Mainz, Germany, on Sunday. In the ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Parliamentary panel views tapes

MPs to be questioned at next meeting
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am

Boy accused of murder in Asaram Bapu school sent to remand home

A 14-year-old boy accused of murdering two school children at a hostel run by spiritual leader Asaram Bapu in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara town was Monday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days to a juvenile home.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2008 | 9:30 pm

MIT project to introduce student laptops in Indian languages

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, launched by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Nicholas Negroponte, will now introduce laptops with various keyboards in local Indian languages.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2008 | 5:30 pm

No trace yet of Chhattisgarh-bound missing chopper

A private helicopter with four crew members on board, missing since Sunday afternoon after it took off from Hyderabad for the Chhattisgarh capital, remains without a trace despite rescue team making allout efforts throughout Monday, officials said.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2008 | 5:30 pm

Shah Rukh denies plans to stub the butt

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has denied having told a Malayalam daily that he would quit smoking within two months.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2008 | 5:17 pm

UTV plans a biopic on Kishore Kumar

The legendary singer-actor Kishore Kumar's life and time would be captured on the silver screen in a biopic film on the artist, his son announced here Monday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2008 | 5:17 pm

'Airline sector in trouble as number of passengers drops'

The airline sector is in trouble as the number of passengers falls and rising fuel costs inflict a huge loss on the industry this year, according to an aviation agency.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2008 | 5:17 pm

Jamia to set up audio-visual museum on freedom fighters

Many aspects of India's freedom movement and lesser-known freedom fighters will soon find their place of pride in a new audio-visual museum to be set up at the Jamia Milia Islamia here.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2008 | 5:16 pm

Dikshit's publicity drive misleading people: Mukhi

Countering claims of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in a spate of advertisements, Leader of Opposition Jagdish Mukhi Monday claimed her government was misleading people and misusing taxpayers' money.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2008 | 5:16 pm