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Shoaib, Gul in Champions Trophy squadStrengthening their pace attack, the Pakistani selectors today included controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and his fellow paceman Umar Gul in the final 15-man squad.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Seafood export falls, growth in dollar termsIndian Seafood exports fell by 11.58 per cent in terms of volume, but grew 2.49 per cent in dollar terms last fiscal.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Markets down on weak IIP dataThe markets reacted sharply to the fall in industrial growth with the benchmark Sensex taking a hit of over 290 points to cut its five-day long gaining spree.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:52 pm Karnataka annual plan fixed at Rs 26,000 crKarnataka's annual plan size for 2008-09 has been fixed at Rs 25,952.53 crore which include an additional Rs 100 crore-central assistance for projects of special interest of theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:48 pm India to add 6,000 Mw wind power by 2012; but below targetIndia is expected to expand its wind-based power plant capacity by 6,000 Mw by 2012, but this could still be below the eleventh plan target for this period, a latest reportSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:48 pm NSG may hold 2nd meeting to finalise waiver for India: BoucherA senior American official lobbying for an expeditious approval of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal has held out the prospect of finding an "easy agreement" with the 45-nation NuclearSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:47 pm Nalco to rope in consultant for Rs 16,000 cr aluminium projectCountry's second largest aluminium producer National Aluminium Company Ltd will soon rope in a consultant to undertake the detailed project report for its Rs 16,000 crore-proposed aluminium smelterSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:46 pm 500 BJP activists detained in UPAs many as 500 activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were detained by the police on Tuesday when they took out a procession.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm Industrial growth in June slips to 5.4%A slowdown in the manufacturing sector pulled down India's industrial growth in June to 5.4 per cent from 8.9 per cent a year ago, but consumer sector nursed its way back to health growing 10 perSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm Tesco announces cash and carry venture in IndiaAfter negotiations with many Indian corporates, Tesco, the United Kingdom's largest retailer, today announced its that it is going solo into the cash-and-cary sector in the country, withSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm Website for empowering businessesTargeting small and medium enterprises business companies and entrepreneurs, www.zaabiz.com, an online portal for empowering businesses was launched here on Tuesday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:42 pm Shibu Soren may become Jharkhand CMWith the Prime Minister reluctant to take Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren back in the Union cabinet, the Congress leadership is working out a strategy to make him the chief minister ofSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:41 pm Twelve killed as Kashmir land row boilsSRINAGAR (Reuters) - Police shot dead at least 11 people in Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim protests against what they said was an economic blockade by Hindus over a land row began to morph into independence calls, officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:38 pm Satyam joining hands with RelWareSatyam Computer Services entered into an alliance with RelWare, a developer of web-based solutions to deliver solutions to healthcare organisations around the world.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:38 pm Union Bank to raise Tier-II capital this fiscalCountry's fifth largest public sector lender, Union Bank of India (UBI), today said it would raise Tier-II capital within the current fiscal through a mix of foreign currencies and rupeeSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:36 pm 'Uncle Sam, lay off Musharraf impeachment'The impending impeachment of President Prevez Musharraf "is entirely a matter for Pakistan and not a matter for the United States to be interfering in".Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:35 pm Officers of SBI, associate banks to strike work on Aug 18Over 80,000 officers in SBI and seven associate banks would strike work on August 18 to protest the move to merge State Bank of Sourashtra with SBI.??The protest call was givenSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:34 pm Navi Mumbai to get first luxury hotelCity-based Metropolis Hotels has bagged a contract to build Navi Mumbai's first five-star hotel.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm FIIs net sell Rs 687 cr, DIIs net sell Rs 8 crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 687.19 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.??While FIIs made gross purchases of Rs 2,445.60 crore, gross salesSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:31 pm Murder charges against reality show crewA hotel caretaker in West Bengal's Midnapore town, pushed off from the fifth floor of the hotel Saturday by reality show producers and contestants of a TV reality show, died on Tuesday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:26 pm India confident of qualifying for Asia CupExactly a year ago Indian football's fortunes took an upswing here at the Ambedkar Stadium, winning the Nehru Cup for the first time.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:21 pm 12 killed in J&K, panel may invite Samiti for talks - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:50 am TC walks out of the WB Assembly over Nandigram issue - Hindu
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Source: Google News India - India | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:44 am Phelps wins again to join elite Olympic groupBEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps carved his name among Olympic greats on Tuesday, winning a record-equalling ninth career gold on a dominant morning for Americans in the pool.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:10 am Dawood's brother Anees detained in Saudi Arabia: Reports - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Aug 2008 | 11:08 am UPA can take decision on leadership issue: Koda - Hindu
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Source: Google News India - India | 12 Aug 2008 | 10:25 am Musharraf loses allies ahead of impeachment bidISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Embattled Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf lost the support of some allies on Tuesday, with provincial legislatures dominated by his opponents increasing pressure on him to step down before a bid to impeach him.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Aug 2008 | 10:20 am Tesco enters India with cash-and-carry, Tata dealLONDON/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tesco Plc, the world's No.3 retailer, plans to set up shop in India with a wholesale cash-and-carry business and a deal to help Indian conglomerate Tata Group grow its hypermarket business.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:58 am Centre informs SC about steps taken to curb ragging - Indlaw.com
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:55 am India and S Africa to ink deal for cultural exchange - Business Standard
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:53 am BSNL hopeful of winning union nod for IPONEW DELHI (Reuters) - State-owned phone company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is hopeful of getting its unions on board for its proposed IPO, which could raise up to $10 billion in the country's biggest-ever share sale, its chairman said on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:38 am WTO's Lamy: trade deal still possible by end-2008NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A new global trade deal is still possible by the end of this year despite last month's collapse of talks, the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) chief said on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:32 am Indian labourer dies - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Aug 2008 | 9:25 am India heaps praise, cash on winner BindraNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Ecstatic India lavished praise and nearly $400,000 in cash on shooter Abhinav Bindra after he won the first solo Olympic title for a medal-starved nation.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Aug 2008 | 8:55 am Bindra makes history for IndiaAbhinav Bindra, left, won India's first ever individual Olympic gold medal yesterday, saying it was a reward for "punching holes in a paper target" all his life. Bindra, a 25-year-old businessman fro...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:43 am Media relentlessly pursues BindraAce shooter Abhinav Bindra's residence near Chandigarh has been swarmed by media persons since his gold medal winning performance at the Beijing Olympics, making it difficult for his parents to relax ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:28 am Gays upbeat over RamadossUpbeat over Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss calling for the legalisation of homosexuality, the gay community in India feels that his "progressive" stand will help their cause. Several membe...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:28 am Tesco to launch venture in IndiaSupermarket giant Tesco is to make its debut in India by developing a wholesale cash-and-carry business, the group announced today.The firm said it would pump £60m (€76.7m) into the venture for the...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:21 am Quiet acceptance of consistent deprivations shocks Amartya Sen: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen addresses the inaugural Hiren Mukherjee Memorial Parliamentary Lecture at the Central Hall of Parliament on Monday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:13 am Two RS members take oathNEW DELHI: M. Rama Jois and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, newly elected members of the Rajya Sabha, were administered the oath of office by House Chairman Hamid Ansari on Monday. Mr. Jois was elected in the bie...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:13 am India's June industrial output up 5.4 pct y/yNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output rose 5.4 percent in June from a year earlier, above the previous month's upwardly revised 4.1 percent, data showed on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:12 am Wagh Bakri opens first tea lounge in MumbaiAhmedabad, Aug 11 : The first 'Tea lounge', where people would have choice to taste tea before purchasing the product, has opened at Vile Parle, a western suburb of Mumbai.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:07 am Lerros bestows fashion opens its first store in IndiaNew Delhi, Aug 11 (Business Wire India): LERROS, a premium apparel brand from Germany marked its entry in to the Indian market. The brand launched its first ever store in India at Select City Walk, Sa...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:06 am Remote Rajasthan village gets lit by solar powerAround 500 residents of a Rajasthan village now have lighting from solar power, thanks to an initiative by international renewable energy major Conergy, in partnership with the Masonic Trust here.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:00 am Nude art show in Delhi a hit with women, art loversA photographic exhibition of nudes was highly appreciated by art lovers here, especially women, indicating that many more people were now comfortable accepting nudes on their picture frames.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Aug 2008 | 7:00 am One killed, five injured as trains collideA passenger was killed and five others injured when one train rammed into another on the outskirts of the national capital Tuesday morning, an official said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Aug 2008 | 5:30 am Equity markets start in the greenIndian equity markets opened with a marginal gain Tuesday and were in the green in early trade, with buying interest in FMCG, oil and gas and IT stocks. But bank, metal and auto stocks were under selling pressure.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Sell loss-making state-owned companies quickly: Sharad PawarAgriculture Minister Sharad Pawar wants speedy disinvestment in public sector units (PSUs) such as the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) or even their closure if they are loss-making units.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am At your special service, say hotels to women guestsNow women have an added reason to travel alone! Leading Indian hotels are offering exclusive wings, separate floors and specialised services to protect and pamper them - a new concept in the country.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Aug 2008 | 4:30 am 'Dombivli Fast' director to make light-hearted filmAfter Marathi film 'Dombivli Fast' and its Tamil version, director Nishikant Kamath has decided to take a break from serious cinema and has put the Hindi version 'Mumbai Meri Jaan' on hold. He now wants to make a light, frothy film.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Aug 2008 | 4:01 am Hollywood knows only Aishwarya: BipashaBollywood's dusky beauty Bipasha Basu has carved a niche for herself in Hindi cinema and says she has no intentions of going to Hollywood because filmmakers there are familiar with only one Indian actor - Aishwarya Rai.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Aug 2008 | 2:30 am 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' is all about heartbreaker Ranbir KapoorAfter a bad start as a gullible lover in 'Saawariya', Ranbir Kapoor hopes to change his image as well as box office dynamics with his new avatar of a cool, trendy guy in 'Bachna Ae Haseeno', which releases Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Aug 2008 | 2:30 am End of a nightmare for stranded peopleJAIPUR: All the 167 people stranded at the Gaiparnath temple on the foothills of Chambal ravines, 25 km from Kota in Rajasthan – after the stairs leading to the popular pilgrim centre collapsed on Sunday – were rescued in a ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Bindra’s shot brings home Olympic goldIt’s independent India’s first individual Olympic gold medalSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Stranded pilgrims rescuedKota: Army personnel on Monday rescued all the 135 pilgrims, who were stranded at the Geparnath Mahadeva temple, near here. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Russia sends reinforcements to AbkhaziaGeorgian troops serving in Iraq have rushed back, says MoscowSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Hopes for compromise fadingDelhi braces for protracted war of attrition with protestersSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Water recedes from flood-hit areasFamilies sheltered in relief camps leave for their homes in 15 districtsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Facelift for Saraswati Mahal LibraryTHANJAVUR: The Saraswati Mahal Library here, one of the biggest manuscript libraries, is getting a facelift. Entrance has been renovated at a cost of Rs.16 lakh with colourful arches, paintings and an idol of Goddess Saraswati at the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am All-party meet on Amarnath land row inconclusiveNEW DELHI: A meeting of the leaders of an all-party delegation, who visited Jammu and Srinagar last week in a bid to find solution to the Amarnath land row, was held here on Monday but it failed to reach any consensus. They will meet again in ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Muzaffarabad marchers fired upon, 5 killedRally to break “economic blockade” of Kashmir ValleySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am State Government to come out with new mining policyChief Minister orders crackdown on all illegal mining activitiesSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am All-party meet on Amarnath land fails to reach solutionAn all-party delegation meeting here to resolve the ongoing Amarnath land row failed to reach any solution Monday. The leaders will meet again Tuesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Aug 2008 | 8:31 pm Cash-for-votes tapes have more questions than answersEnding weeks of suspense over the contents of the cash-for-votes sting tape, the CNN-IBN news channel Monday evening telecast the controversial tape. However, the contents left several questions unanswered and did not conclusively establish a case of an attempt to bribe three BJP MPs to make them abstain during the July 22 trust vote in parliament.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Aug 2008 | 8:30 pm Kerala to spend Rs.2.5 bn for tourism developmentKerala Home and Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Monday said that the government would spend Rs.2.5 billion for tourism development this year.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Aug 2008 | 8:30 pm Golden Bindra gets lifetime rail passNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra will get a free lifetime railway pass for winning his nation's first solo title in an Olympics on Monday -- a perfect reward for someone who says he dislikes air travel.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Aug 2008 | 3:13 pm NE insurgent outfits call for I-Day celebration boycott!The ULFA and three other insurgent outfits in the North East on Monday jointly called for a boycott of the Independence Day celebrations and a "general strike" on the day.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Any govt proposal should be at par with Samiti`s demand: SASS!The Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti (SASS), which is spearheading the ongoing agitation over the Amarnath land row, today said any proposal made by the government to resolve the controversy should be at par with the demands of the Samiti.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Cong demands probe into Maya`s charge of threat to life !Coming down heavily on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Congress on Sunday said it will demand the Home Ministry to probe into her allegation that there was a threat to her life.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Operations to rescue 250 pilgrims trapped in Kota temple !Rescue operations resumed this morning at the Geparnath temple in Kota District of Rajasthan, where at least 250 people have been stranded after the stairs leading to the Mahadeva temple collapsed leaving one pilgrim dead on Sunday.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Flood situation grim in Andhra, toll rises to 53!The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh continued to be grim on Sunday with continuous rains claiming as many as 53 lives over the past five days. Weather officials have predicted more showers.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Al-Badr commander killed in encounter with army !The self-styled battalion commander of Al-Badr militant outfit Mohammad Sultan Bhat has been killed in a shootout with the army in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Hinduja plan to invest Rs 1000 cr in projects in K`taka!The Hinduja Group of companies has evinced keen interest in investing in Karnataka and plans to invest Rs 1000 crore in various projects in the state.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Four students go missing on NASA educational tour !Four of the 15 school students, who recently went to the US on a NASA educational tour, have not returned to India and are reported to be missing, according to a police complaint on Sunday.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Heavy rains continue to lash W Maharashtra; claims 1 life!Incessant rains continued to lash Nashik district claiming one death, according to reports reaching here.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm
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