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Watches becoming more expensiveRising incomes and a burgeoning middle class have thrown up a new category of affluent young professionals, managers and executivesSource: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:40 pm Narang looks for positives in loss at BeijingShooter Gagan Narang came up with his career best performance but still failed to make the final in the Olympic 50 m rifle 3 position here on Sunday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:37 pm 'Charles GM remarks risk becoming political crisis'British ministers believe anti-GM remarks made by Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, risk becoming a constitutional crisis, a newspaper reported on Sunday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:35 pm MI5 re-casting its social veilTwo former school mates have come together to expand the social frontiers of Britain's counter-intelligence spy ring by proposing to recruit from among gays and lesbians.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:33 pm How a flat tyre took Russia, Georgia to warThough the simmering ethnic tensions and East-West brinkmanship in the Caucasus have been blamed for the war between Russia and Georgia.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:32 pm Frill-free wedding in crunch-time BritainThe average cost of a British wedding where the couple barely meet current standards of fashion is 20,273 pounds to be exact.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:32 pm America 'slipping away': Barack ObamaDemocratic Party's presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he believed America was "slipping away" and needed someone to get it back on track.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:31 pm India's strength is its resilience: UAE dailyIndia's strength lies not in the brief glory of short-term gains but in its resilience to walk the long and tough road ahead, said a daily of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:30 pm Prachanda to take charge in Nepal on MondayPushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, the former guerrilla leader who led a successful war on Nepal's omnipotent royal dynastySource: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:30 pm Obama, McCain woo Christian votersUS presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain appeared onstage together for the first time in thier campaignSource: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:29 pm Nadal adds singles crown to golden yearBEIJING (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal of Spain added an Olympic tennis gold to the French Open and Wimbledon titles he has won this year, powering to a 6-3 7-6 6-3 victory over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez in the men's singles on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:14 pm Switzerland to support India's case at NSG - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 1:04 pm JMM decides to pull out of Koda govt - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:45 pm Bihar to get 6 more engineering colleges in 2008-09Six new engineering colleges are expected to be set up in Bihar from the 2008-09 academic session under an action plan to have several new engineering colleges by the end of nextSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:39 pm Corporate investment to be robust this fiscal: RBIStrong domestic demand is likely to push up the private corporate investments in the current financial year but in a slower-pace owing to a deceleration in global and domestic economies, the ReserveSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:32 pm For 17,500 right people, ICICI scans 7.5 lakh resumes: KamathIn a sort of testimony to hard times being faced by India Inc in getting the right talent, the country's top private sector lender ICICI Bank's chief K V Kamath has said that the bank had to siftSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm Phelps amazes world with Beijing eightBEIJING (Reuters) - Michael Phelps held his arms aloft on Sunday after surpassing Mark Spitz as the most successful swimmer and Olympian of all time, relief written on his face after he won an unprecented eighth gold at one Games.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:29 pm Metro trains to have power connections inside coachesPassengers on board metro trains can now use laptops and charge their mobiles while travelling with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) deciding to provide power connections insideSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:29 pm India expects exemption from NSG without any change to draftAhead of the two-day extraordinary plenary meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna from Thursday, India today said it expected an exemption from the NSG without any change to the draftSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:29 pm Bihar govt clears 135 proposals worth Rs 71,290 crAiming to further expand the industrial network, Bihar's NDA government has cleared altogether 135 proposals worth Rs 71,289.64 crore submitted by big entrepreneurs for setting up medium and largeSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:27 pm Fed says US banks stricter on lending; India begs to differSustained credit crisis may have pushed banks in developed economies like US to tighten their lending norms, but the lenders in the country, including market leaders like ICICI Bank, do not see theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:25 pm Goa's monsoon tourism a huge hit among domestic touristsMonsoon tourism has become a huge hit with the domestic travellers as they refuse to get away from beaches even in the heavy rains.??Goa's beachesSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:25 pm Farnell plans to set up more shops in GujaratFarnell Electronics India Pvt Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of UK-based Premier Farnell plc, plans to set up more shops in Gujarat.??One of the leading multi-channel distributors of electronicSource: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:24 pm China mulls first offshore currency marketBuoyed by the growing influence of the Chinese economy and strength of the Yuan, the government is set to establish an offshore currency market with Hong Kong and Shanghai in the race with Tianjin,Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:11 pm Shabana Azmi's comments very unfair, uncharitable, says BJP - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 11:48 am Maruti to open 110 new driving schools; 10 research institutes!The country`s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki plans to set up 8-10 new Institutes of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) and 110 Maruti Driving Schools (MDS) across India by 2010, with an aim to train five lakh people within the next three years.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Aug 2008 | 11:29 am Maha checkposts to be interlinked to check terror activities!To check inter-state terror activities, Maharashtra government has embarked upon a plan to modernise and inter-link all of its border checkposts.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Aug 2008 | 11:29 am Telugu actor Chiranjeevi enters politics - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:42 am Will he be the new 'Chiranjeevi' of Andhra politics?Yet another star has risen on the south's political firmament. After mesmerising millions of fans with his dancing and emoting skills for three decades, the 53-year-old Telugu actor is now set to cash in on his mass popularity in the political arena.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:31 am 9 blasts accused sent to 14-day police custody - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:07 am Five missing in West Bengal car accidentFive people went missing after a car fell into the Teesta River in Darjeeling district of West Bengal Saturday night, the police said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Equestrian industry booming in IndiaKanpur/New Delhi, Aug 17 : As more and more people are getting hooked onto the sport of horse racing and polo, lots of opportunities for the Indian leather industry are opening up one of them being the equestrian industry.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Bollywood filmmakers experimenting with new genre of filmsMumbai, Aug 17 : Bollywood film undergoes a change as the new breed of filmmakers are now experimenting with new genres of short duration film-making, rather than sticking to age old three hours of dream drama.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Director Jayaram's death huge loss to Kannada films, say peersThe death of award winning director K.V. Jayaram has created a void in Kannada film industry, say prominent film personalities.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am An Ayurvedic park for general awareness in PunePune, Aug.17 : From time immemorial, people in India have relied upon Ayurveda, the science of life as the means of therapy.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Pilot passport project to be launched in two citiesSoftware major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will launch a pilot project for the ambitious Passport Seva Project - a public-private initiative to improve passport services - in two cities shortly, an official said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Finally, help for mentally ill woman chained for 15 yearsA woman in an Orissa village, chained since the past 15 years by her family because they could not afford medical treatment for her mental illness, has finally got help from the district administration, an official said Sunday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am After PM vote, Nepal Maoists try to form governmentKATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoists began the difficult task of cobbling together a coalition cabinet on Sunday, hoping to form the country's first elected government after the abolition of the monarchy, party officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2008 | 9:26 am 3 killed in road mishaps in HisarThree persons, including a two-year old girl were killed and three others injured in two seprate road accident in the district, police said on Sunday. Two youths were killed a tractor-trolly overtu...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 9:21 am 36 Uttarakhand pilgrims injured in accident in BiharAltogether 36 pilgrims were injured, when a bus carrying them overturned and fell into a roadside river near Bhabhua in Bihar's Kaimur district on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred when th...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 9:21 am One killed, 42 injured as bus hits truck near DausaOne person was killed and forty-two others were injured in a head-on collision between a tourist bus and a truck on the Agra-Jaipur highway near Dausa in Rajasthan on Sunday morning, police said. T...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 9:21 am All-party delegation to visit KathmanduAn all-party delegation led by Communist Party of India(Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury would visit Kathmandu next week at the invitation of the Nepal's new government. The delegation, representing t...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2008 | 9:21 am India's shooting challenge ends as Gagan, Sanjeev crash out - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 9:13 am Pilot passport project to be launched in two citiesSoftware major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will launch a pilot project for the ambitious Passport Seva Project - a public-private initiative to improve passport services - in two cities shortly, an official said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 9:00 am India's strength is its resilience: UAE daily - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 8:59 am All-party delegation led by Yechury to visit Kathmandu - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 8:59 am Ekta Kapoor's TV appearance - a special gift for TussharAnything for my brother Tusshar, says Ekta Kapoor who made an exception for him by appearing on the Rakhi special of Zee TV's music reality show 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' to promote his forthcoming 'C Kkompany'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am India begins naval games with France, Africa - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 7:23 am Consim Info seeks partner for its job portalCity-based online service provider Consim Info Pvt Ltd, better known as the Bharat Matrimony group that runs a group of business portals, is now looking for a strategic partner for its job portal www.clickjobs.com.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 7:01 am Sohail Khan outshines brother Salman in badly made 'God Tussi...'Film: 'God Tussi Great Ho'; Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Sohail Khan and others; Director: Rumy Jafry; Rating: *Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 7:00 am Indian Navy to participate in first war games in Atlantic OceanUnderlining its increasing strategic prowess, the Indian Navy will for the first time participate in separate war games with the British and French navies in the Atlantic Ocean.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 6:02 am I-Day with a difference - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 17 Aug 2008 | 5:20 am Online gaming - one stop shop for entertainment, education and employmentOnline games on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's political upheavals, on driving through the crazy streets of Mumbai and on arranging your daughter's marriage will teach you real life lessons that textbooks never could.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 5:01 am Will 'Singh is Kinng' bring home NRIs?Will some NRIs head back to India after watching the latest box office hit, 'Singh is Kinng?' After watching the conscience pricking scenes during which the hero Akshay Kumar urges his friend to return from Australia to care for his old and ailing parents back home in Punjab, many NRIs will have to answer their consciences as to why they should not return.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 5:01 am Etihad Airways to augment freighter fleetThe $2.5- billion Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to increase the share of its cargo revenue from the current 15 percent by augmenting its freighter fleet.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Aug 2008 | 5:01 am Dalai Lama - China mistreating Tibetans during GamesPARIS (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said on Saturday China was mistreating and torturing civilians in Tibet while the Olympic Games were going on.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2008 | 2:25 am Milk price increase put on hold, for nowIf KMF has its way, consumers will have to pay Rs. 2 more for a litreSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am New procedure for treating uterine fibroid-related infertility in womenSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am On eve of NPT, U.S. knew India would go nuclearDeclassified documents reveal Chester Bowles’ junket diplomacySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am A “shocking” approachNEW DELHI: Ambassador Chester Bowles’s secret cable of December 12, 1967 reveals that after being rebuffed by Indira Gandhi, the Canadian High Commissioner tried his luck with Rajeshwar Dayal, who was Foreign Secretary at ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Brain behind the Ahmedabad blasts heldNine SIMI activists also in custodySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Transgenders press for landCOIMBATORE: The transgender community in Coimbatore has urged the Government to provide them land. This is following the demand to the State Government to ensure equal rights to this marginalised community. M.Sangeetha, president of the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am India’s indigenous speak-and-see phoneMake local/international calls through Internet connectionSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am India not to blame for “delay” in LoC tradeNEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir not to allow themselves to be influenced by ‘misleading’ propaganda about the ‘delay’ on the part of India in starting trade across the Line ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Rainfall in some parts in for declineNortheast, West Bengal and U.P. may get fairly widespread rainSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Breach in Sutlej following floodsJalandhar: Several villages of the Lohian sub-division in this district were submerged on Saturday following a breach in the Sutlej due to floods. Army personnel were called in for rescue operation. A large posse of personnel was ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am India pin medal hopes on Kumar trioBEIJING (Reuters) - Indian hopes of a first Olympic boxing medal were high on Saturday, with three fighters reaching the quarterfinals. The trio, coincidentally all called Kumar, a common name in India, will secure at least bronze if they win their next bouts.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2008 | 6:44 pm Lightning Bolt scorches to 100m goldBEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt scorched to Olympic 100 metres gold on Saturday, opening his arms wide in celebration 20 metres from the line before clocking a world record 9.69 seconds.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2008 | 4:47 pm Suspected mastermind of Ahmedabad blasts arrestedNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police arrested 10 people on Saturday who they said were behind bomb attacks which killed at least 45 people in Ahmedabad last month.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2008 | 4:01 pm Thousands march in Kashmir to honour slain leaderSRINAGAR (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Muslims marched in Kashmir on Saturday to pay homage to a separatist leader killed by police in protests over a land row that is testing New Delhi's hold on the troubled region.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2008 | 2:56 pm
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