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Punjab to tap IT potential of tier II, III citiesPunjab would soon explore the IT potential of Tier II and III cities like Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Bathinda.??The Government of Punjab today reached thisSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:22 am Nasscom fears loss of investment on tax and HR issuesIT industry body Nasscom today said the country could lose out on investments if certain tax and human resources related concerns were not taken care of.??"New ITSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:21 am Raja talks to BSNL workers on IPO, union unrelentingIn a move to appease the agitating employees of state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Communications Minister A Raja said that each of them would make around Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakhSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:18 am Impeachment motion against Musharraf on August 11: ReportPakistan's ruling coalition is expected to move an impeachment motion against President Pervez Musharraf in parliament on August 11.??Pakistan People's Party (PPP)Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:16 am RIL-RNRL case adjourned till August 12The Bombay High Court has once again postponed hearing on Reliance Industries (RIL)-Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) case till August 12, 2008.??The court will decide in its next hearing whetherSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:16 am Miners say iron ore exports dip up to 20% in a monthIndia's iron ore shipments have fallen by up to 20 per cent in the last one month following imposition of 15 per cent export duty and higher freight charges, the mining industry saidSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:16 am ArcelorMittal to invest $1.6 billion in BrazilGlobal steel player ArcelorMittal today said it would invest $1.6 billion to enhance crude steel production capacity in Brazil.??The company would expand its crude steelSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:16 am India least popular among expats for a long haul: SurveyIt offers the cheapest accommodation, the highest savings and a luxurious life across the world, but India is still the least desired place when it comes to attracting the expatriates for a longerSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:16 am Key US lawmaker pushes for conditional NSG waiver for IndiaAn NSG waiver "inconsistent" with Hyde Act will "jeopardise" the Indo-US nuclear deal in Congress,a key US lawmaker has warned the Bush administration, insisting that the groupSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:16 am Inflation seen crossing 12% for first time in 13 yearsThe wholesale price index based annual rate of inflation is seen rising to 12.1 per cent for the week ended July 26, 2008, the highest level in as many as 13-years.??Higher prices of some food itemsSource: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:16 am Tibetans in India, Nepal march against China GamesNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of angry Tibetans marched through the capitals of India and Nepal on Thursday, shouting slogans and waving flags in protest against the Olympics being staged by China, a day before the Games open in Beijing.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Qualitative improvement at Nandigram : Buddha - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 10:51 am RSS packs off Muslim delegation to Srinagar - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 10:45 am HC directs NCT govt to ban use of plastic in shopping centres - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 10:36 am Govt looking at $10 bln IPO for telco BSNLNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hopes to raise $10 billion in the country's largest-ever IPO through a share sale in state-owned telecoms BSNL, but will take a decision only after talks with trade unions, government officials said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2008 | 10:28 am Mangalore: BJP to Draw Up Strategies for Parliamentary Election - Daijiworld.com
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 10:04 am Olympic torch ascends Great Wall, Bush chides ChinaBEIJING (Reuters) - Doves flew and confetti rained down as the Olympic torch was carried along the ancient Great Wall on a misty Thursday, the day before the opening of a Games that China hopes will demonstrate its modern-day strength.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:58 am Ray of hope for Manjhi: Doctors seek legal recourse - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:52 am Pakistan to begin Musharraf impeachment next weekISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's parliament is likely to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf next week, a senior official of the ruling coalition told Reuters on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:27 am India recall Tendulkar, pick uncapped KohliNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Premier batsman Sachin Tendulkar, spinner Harbhajan Singh and fast bowler Zaheer Khan were recalled into India's 16-player squad on Thursday for the one-day series in Sri Lanka starting on Aug. 18.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:02 am Scientists develop new variety of bougainvilleaScientists at the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) here have claimed to have developed a new variety of bougainvillea.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:02 am Protests in Manipur over Monika DeviPolice burst teargas shells and baton charged hundreds of Manipuri sportspersons who tried to the storm the chief minister's residence here Thursday to protest the removal of weightlifter Laishram Monika Devi from the Beijing Olympic squad after she failed a dope test.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:02 am Three CRPF men killed in Manipur ambushAt least three paramilitary troopers were killed in an ambush by separatist guerrillas Thursday in Manipur, officials said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:02 am Classes begin at new IIT in PatnaClasses began at the new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here Thursday, a day after the orientation programme.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:02 am Virat Kohli gets maiden call-up for ODIYoung talent Virat Kohli got his maiden One Day International (ODI) call-up while Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni returned after a break to lead a 16-member squad in the five-match series against Sri Lanka announced here Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:02 am Meteor showers to make sky sparkle Aug 12The night sky will be streaked with light in a celestial spectacle put up by the Perseids meteor showers Aug 12.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:02 am Hyundai India defers third shift plan on slowdown fearsIndia's second largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor India Ltd. has deferred a decision to introduce a third shift at its new plant near here, according to a top company official, in the wake of predictions that the Indian auto industry will slow down in the coming months following rising interest and input costs.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:01 am NSG to meet twice to decide Indian waiverThe 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is likely to have two meetings - one on Aug 21 and another in early September - to decide whether to lift the ban to trade with India on civil nuclear energy.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:01 am Two joint lives and a wish to tie a rakhi on SalmanThirteen-year-old conjoined twins Saba and Farah have stopped eating so that their wish to tie rakhi (a ceremonial thread) on Bollywood actor Salman Khan's wrist is fulfilled.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:01 am Apex court judge refuses to hear graft case against judiciaryThe second seniormost judge of the Supreme Court of India Thursday refused to hear a lawsuit seeking a high-level probe into the allegations that several retired and sitting judges were beneficiaries of fraudulent withdrawal of over Rs.70 million from the Ghaziabad district court's treasury.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:01 am AMU strike to protest delay in 6th Pay Commission report - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:01 am Sonia, Rahul leave for Beijing - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:01 am Army deploys thousands more troops to KashmirJAMMU, India (Reuters) - The Indian army is deploying around 10,000 extra soldiers in Kashmir to quell weeks of protests over land for a Hindu shrine that had sparked some of the state's worst religious riots in two decades.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2008 | 8:59 am Security tightened at Chinese Embassy in Delhi - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 8:41 am MP Govt approves fisheries policy - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 8:40 am Media tries to be super investigating agency: SC - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 7 Aug 2008 | 7:56 am Inflation seen below double-digits by FY-endNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's headline inflation rate, which is ruling at a 13-year high just below 12 percent, is expected to fall to below double-digits by the end of the fiscal year, a top government official said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:57 am Perceived bias deprives cancer patients of screeningMinority men and women who feel health care providers discriminated against them were less likely to be screened for colorectal or breast cancer, according to a report.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:02 am Teacher should apologise for racist slurs: Malaysian IndiansA secondary school teacher in Malaysia accused of hurling racial slurs at her Indian students has been transferred but the local community refuses to treat the matter as closed and has demanded a public apology.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:02 am Dance festival celebrates rivers of IndiaWhat would be a better time to celebrate the rivers of India than the monsoon season? As dark clouds drift over Tamil Nadu, Chennai this week is hosting a river themed dance festival.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:02 am Miss Nepal gives Dabur sleepless nightsShe was given the kiss of life seven years ago by Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur. But now Miss Nepal, the Himalayan republic's oldest and most prestigious beauty pageant, has run into fresh trouble due to a combination of politics and Maoists.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:01 am Kathak comes to the land of BharatanatyamTamil Nadu, rich in cultural heritage, just became richer with the Sangeet Natak Akademi's Kathak Kendra deciding to open a teaching centre in the heart of Bharatanatyam land here.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am 13 killed as lorry rams into bus in West BengalAt least 13 people were killed and 20 injured Wednesday when a lorry loaded with sand collided with a stalled tourist bus on a highway in West Bengal's Hooghly district.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Indian films drawing audiences to Pakistani multiplexAfter a number of years, Pakistanis are flocking to watch movies on the big screen, thanks to the latest Bollywood blockbusters now being screened in a newly opened multiplex.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Maoists kill four in ChhattisgarhMaoist rebels killed four people in two separate attacks in Chhattisgarh, police said Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Musharraf cancels China visit amid impeachment rumoursPakistan President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday called off his visit to China, hours before his departure, as the possibility of his impeachment brewed amid crucial meetings of the country's ruling coalition.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:33 am Gujarat students leave for space camp in USSeventeen schoolchildren from here will attend NASA's special eight-day space training programme in the US.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:32 am U.S. lawmaker urges India nuclear deal be delayedWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has urged the Bush administration to shelve a nuclear trade deal with India unless it can guarantee compliance with a U.S. law that would suspend trade if India tested a nuclear weapon again.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:20 am Governor names panel for talksSRINAGAR: J&K Governor N.N. Vohra late on Wednesday night announced a four-member team to hold talks with the Shri Amarnathji Yatra Sangarsh Samiti. The members are: Vice-Chancellor of the Jammu University Amitabh Mattoo, a retired ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am GIS mapping exercise goes for a tossHYDERABAD: There could be more properties in the core area of the city compared to the available data with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)! This has long been suspected but preliminary confirmation has come through surveys ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Army opens fire in Kathua, one killedProtesters tried to block entry of essential commodities to the Kashmir valleySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Deferred placements and drop in recruitment make students jittery‘The good news is that there are more manufacturing companies now’Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Training for temple staff, shop ownersPALANI: While bringing the Dhandayuthapaniswamy Temple here under a security net, temple staff, sanitary workers and all shop keepers around the hill temple have been instructed to handle situations concerning security carefully and react in ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am UN tsunami relief team’s mission overSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Forensics link Gujarat bombings to earlier strikesAHMEDABAD: Forensic investigators have concluded that the Improvised Explosive Devices used in July’s serial bombings in Gujarat were constructed by the same bomb-makers responsible for a string of earlier attacks in Andhra Pradesh, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Court stays order lifting ban on SIMICentre appeals against tribunal orderSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Concern over safety of tigers in reserveExcavation of underground tunnel of Srisailam project poses danger to big catsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Bar on teachers’ political rights mootedPanel on recognised unaided schools submits report to Education MinisterSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am All nine of us can win a medal: NarangTen-metre air rifle ace tells Nihal Koshie that he wants to realise the promise he has shownSource: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:54 pm 'They stole my script for Om Shanti Om'After actor Manoj Kumar's legal action against Om Shanti Om (OSO), now a script writer has dragged Shah Rukh Khan, director Farah Khan and others to courtSource: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:50 pm HIV+ couple kills kids, ends lifeA 39-year-old Tamil film distributor from Mulund killed his three children and committed suicide along with his wife on Tuesday night.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:48 pm Maldhok home to shrink by 96%The Great Indian Bustard's sanctuary in Maharashtra may shrink to just 4% of its present size if the state government has its way.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:47 pm Amarnath: BJP talks peace but on its termsReports of violence trickled in from all parts of the Valley and Jammu region where angry protesters pelted stones at policemen defying curfew.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:35 pm Now, coaching classes will be a field for M&AsMahesh Tutorials, which was perhaps the first coaching class to get private equity funding in India, is working on an acquisition strategySource: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:32 pm Beware Delhiites, Big Brother's watchingThe next time you go to a crowded market place, or plan to jump a traffic light or visit any high-profile tourist spot in Delhi, beware, for Big Brother will be watching your every move.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:32 pm Automakers take steps towards hybrid carsIf a clutch of automobile makers have their way, India may soon join the 'hybrid' club.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:31 pm GSM lobby stiffens standThe issue of interconnection between dual-technology operators and pure-play GSM (global system for mobile communications) players has taken a turn for the worseSource: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:29 pm Mobile virtual network firms get green signalMore than five months after the launch of the Tata-Virgin Mobile joint venture, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended allowing MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators)Source: Daily News & Analysis | 6 Aug 2008 | 10:28 pm Controversial Champions League dates to be reviewedNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Organisers of the multi-million dollar Twenty20 Champions League due to start in September will review its scheduling following objections by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body said in a statement.Source: Reuters: Top News | 6 Aug 2008 | 8:36 pm Army says fired at from Pakistan border sideSRINAGAR (Reuters) - The army said its troops came under fire on Wednesday from across a military control line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.Source: Reuters: Top News | 6 Aug 2008 | 4:33 pm Narayan Rane resigns from Deshmukh govt!Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane on Wednesday resigned from the Vilasrao Deshmukh-led coalition government. The resignation came a day after Rane fired a fresh salvo at the Chief Minister`s style of functioning, alleging "it is serving the interests of one man".Source: Zee News : States | 6 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm WB: 12 pilgrims die in mishap on Durgapur Expressway!At least 12 pilgrims from Jharkhand were killed and 13 others injured when a truck hit a stranded bus on Durgapur Expressway at Chanditala in Hooghly district early on Wednesday, police said.Source: Zee News : States | 6 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm Terror-hit Gujarat to raise special intelligence cadre!In a bid to strengthen the information-gathering mechanism to thwart terror activities, the Gujarat government has decided to create a special intelligence unit by direct recruitment of cadres.Source: Zee News : States | 6 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm WB govt assures security to Tata`s small car plant at Singur!West Bengal``s Home Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty has assured the management of TATA Motors that their small car plant in Singur will be provided with full security.Source: Zee News : States | 6 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm Bihar gets raw deal in loan waiver scheme, claims Modi!The NDA-ruled Bihar seems to be on the low priority list of the UPA government as it has been given, the state government claims, a raw deal in the agricultural loan waiver scheme announced by the Centre.Source: Zee News : States | 6 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm
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