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BCCI rewards Beijing Olympics heroesThe Cricket Board on Saturday decided to reward the country's first-ever individual gold medallist in Olympic Games, and bronze medal winners with cash prizes totalling Rs 45 lakh.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm 'Batsmen hold the key in Sunday's clash'Mahela Jayawardene is hoping that his batsmen would leave no stone unturned to exploit the batting friendly conditions and post a big score against India in the third one-dayer.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Rane meets Gandhi, says he will attend cabinet meetingsThe crisis in the Maharashtra Congress over the resignation of senior minister Narayan Rane appears to have been resolved with the former Sena man.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:59 pm India won't accept any 'prescriptive conditionalities':PranabIndia on Saturday made it clear that it will not accept any "prescriptive conditionalities" attached to the exemption.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:57 pm Farmers in Singur don't want Tatas to leaveA day after Ratan Tata threatened to pull out of the 'Nano' project in Singur, farmers whose land have been acquired do not want the Tata Motors Limited Chairman to leave.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:57 pm Sonia to head UPA-SP coordination committeeCongress President Sonia Gandhi will head a six-member UPA-Samajwadi Party Coordination Committee constituted on Saturday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:56 pm Security tightened around Tata plant siteTwo thousand policemen and Rapid Action Force (RAF) have been deployed during Trinamool Congress' indefinite dharna at Singur, the Tata Motors' small car plant site.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:55 pm Congress will not interfere in Sikhs' affairs: Tewari - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:24 pm Maharashtra offers red carpet for Nano plantMaharashtra is ready to offer 'red carpet' treatment to the Tata Group if it wants to shift to the state its plant to manufacture Nano, the much-awaited Rs 100,000 family car.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:19 pm 'Indian art market is becoming global'The high and mighty in the world of Indian art and its western promoters are now in the sprawling arena of the capital's exhibition grounds to take contemporary Indian art.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:17 pm Abhinav Bindra gets Rs 3.9 mn VolvoIndia's only individual gold medal winner at the Beijing Olympics, shooter Abhinav Bindra, was on Saturday gifted a Volvo car worth Rs 3 9 million by the Swedish car manufacturer.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:16 pm Jharkhand CM Koda likely to resign today!With Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda reportedly agreeing to step down after meeting UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi, the road to the Jharkhand CM`s post is clear for JMM chief Shibu Soren. Koda is likely to announce his decision on Saturday.Source: Zee News : States | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:12 pm Security beefed up at TataSecurity arrangements around Tata Motors' Nano project site at Singur have been strengthened ahead of an indefinite agitation against the project from Sunday. Group chairman Ratan Tata has said the plant would be shifted out of West Bengal if the security of employees could not be assured.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:01 pm Cricket selectors now will get Rs. 2.5 million per annumTo make selectors more accountable, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Saturday decided to put national selectors on its payroll.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:01 pm Breakthrough in sight in Amarnath land rowA solution to the festering Amarnath land row seemed to be in sight Saturday with the Jammu and Kashmir government proposing that the shrine board use the controversial 40 hectares of land for three months during the pilgrimage season.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Gum infections can make men infertileNew Delhi, August 23 : An Israeli study has uncovered an association between male infertility and gum infections.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Brutally stabbed man still in critical conditionThe condition of the man who had been brutally stabbed by a gang in the heart of the capital continued to remain critical Saturday, even as police claimed to be closing in on the culprits.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm President, vice president, PM greet nation on JanmashtamiPresident Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have greeted the nation on the occasion of Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, which will be celebrated Sunday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Four SIMI men sent to 24 hours police custody - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:57 am Top military officer among 4 Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir gunbattleGunbattle As massive demonstrations demanding independence of Kashmir from India overwhelmed capital Srinagar, militants fought a fierce gunbattle with Indian army in the northern forests killing four...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:55 am Heavy rain, floods claim over 700 lives in IndiaFloods Leaving behind a massive trail of death and destruction, heavy rainfall and floods have claimed 710 lives in Uttar Pradesh, besides rendering about 1.56 lakh people homeless. Of the total casua...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:55 am Mysterious disease killed 8 people in IndiaMysterious Disease Villagers in Bihar's East Champaran district Friday claimed that eight people have died in the past 10 days of a disease that doctors have been unable to diagnose. Residents of Akau...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:55 am Breakthrough in sight in Amarnath land row - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:55 am India's N-dream will have to wait, NSG meet fails - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:54 am Sharif acts tough, wants sacked judges restored by MondayTaking a tough stand, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday cut short by two days the Wednesday deadline for restoration of the deposed judges and linked the issue to his party's...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:46 am Seven more militants killed in Kupwara encounter - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:41 am Indian army officer among 15 killed in Kashmir clashSRINAGAR (Reuters) - An Indian army officer and a dozen separatist guerrillas were among 15 people killed in a gun battle raging near the border with Pakistan in Indian Kashmir, the army said on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:36 am Maharashtra CM invites Tata Motors for Nano plant in stateAfter Uttarakhand and Orissa, now Maharashtra also has joined the race to lure Tata Motors to set up their much talked about small car or Nano project in the state.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:35 am BCCI rewards Beijing Olympics heroesThe Cricket Board today decided to reward shooter Abhinav Bindra, the country's first-ever individual gold medallist in Olympic Games, and bronze medal winners -- grappler Sushil Kumar and pugilistSource: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:29 am India won't accept conditions on U.S. nuclear deal - reportNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will not agree to any conditions to get approval from an atomic trade cartel necessary for a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, a report quoted India's foreign minister as saying on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:29 am Kashmiris are in India out of their own free will - Merinews
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 11:05 am Argentina win gold with Di Maria gemBEIJING (Reuters) - Argentina retained their Olympic soccer title by beating Nigeria 1-0 on Saturday with a stunning Angel Di Maria goal in a final adversely affected by scorching conditions.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 10:54 am Decision to be taken after talking to Independents: Koda - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 10:28 am Abhinav Bindra gifted a Volvo luxury carThe windfall after he won an Olympic gold in shooting in the Beijing Games continued and Abhinav Bindra was today gifted a Rs 44-lakh Volvo sedan for his outstanding achievement.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 9:50 am Farmers in Singur don't want Tatas to leaveIn a twist of the tale, a day after Ratan Tata threatened to pull out of the 'Nano' project in Singur, farmers whose land have been acquired do not want the Tata Motors Limited Chairman to leave asSource: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 9:47 am Punjab promises land to Tata for Nano plantPunjab today invited Tata Motors to make the state its home for manufacturing the world's cheapest car Nano, promising all possible facilities that the car maker needed.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 9:46 am Tata Singur issue: Pranab-Buddhadeb hold talksIn the backdrop of Ratan Tata's threat to pull the small car project out of Singur, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today held talksSource: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 9:45 am Broadcasters' panel to self-regulate news content - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 8:43 am India, US set to fine-tune draft waiverWith attempts to get a quick and clean exemption from NSG not materialising immediately, India and the US are set to work on changes in the draft waiver for fine-tuning its provisions in the light ofSource: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 8:33 am BMW sting case: Lawyers protest verdict - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 7:57 am Obama picks Senate veteran Biden as running mateCHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen veteran Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, a leading voice on international affairs, as his vice presidential running mate, his campaign said on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 7:55 am Kasargod: HAL Armament Factory at Sitangoli Soon - Daijiworld.com
Source: Google News India - India | 23 Aug 2008 | 7:19 am FIIs net sell Rs 594cr in F on FridayThe Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 594.45 crore in the futures & options segment on Friday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 6:20 am Wall St rallies as oil drops; ADRs shineThe Wall Street rallied on the back of cool down in crude oil prices. The US crude oil futures plunged $6.59 to $114.59 a barrel after having surged over $121 the preceeding day.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Aug 2008 | 6:16 am BCCI back Pakistan as Champions Trophy hostsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian cricket board wants Pakistan to remain as hosts for next month's Champions Trophy amid doubts over the competition's fate due to security concerns for some participating teams.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 5:49 am 'Indian art market is becoming global'The high and mighty in the world of Indian art and its western promoters are now in the sprawling arena of the capital's exhibition grounds to take contemporary Indian art and a few foreign exhibits to the masses.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Aug 2008 | 5:32 am Athletes head home in triumph and in tearsBEIJING (Reuters) - It's almost over. After years of preparation, athletes are heading home from the Beijing Olympics to resume jobs, studies, training, and a handful to cash in on new-found fame -- and many will struggle to adjust.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 4:44 am I don't want to be No.1 or No.2: Akshay KumarAkshay Kumar has given the maximum number of hits in the last one year and now the box office collections of his new release 'Singh Is Kinng' has cemented his position as the number one star.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Aug 2008 | 4:31 am Fertiliser major plans Rs.30 bn expansion at Gujarat plantLeading fertiliser maker Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) has said it will expand the production capacity of its Kalol urea plant in Gujarat at a cost of Rs.30 billion once natural gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin starts flowing to the state.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Aug 2008 | 4:31 am Quick work needed to save world trade deal - LamyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - World trade negotiators need to bounce back quickly from a failed meeting in July to have any chance of reaching a deal by the end of the year, the head of the World Trade Organization said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 4:21 am Singers Shaan, KK shine in 'Hijack'Film: 'Hijack'; Music Director: Justin-Uday; Singers: KK, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shilpa Rao, Suraj Jagan, Uday, Joi; Rating: ** and 1/2Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Aug 2008 | 3:31 am I'm not returning to TV soon: Prachi DesaiSmall screen star Prachi Desai, who has made her way to Bollywood with 'Rock On', says she may not be returning to television any time soon.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Aug 2008 | 3:31 am 'Mumbai Meri Jaan' changes Soha's views on journalistsSoha Ali Khan, who has already received rave reviews for her performance as a TV journalist in Nishikant Kamat's just released 'Mumbai Meri Jaan', says the film has changed her perception about scribes and their inquisitiveness.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Aug 2008 | 2:00 am Nations can't agree India nuclear pact, set Sept talksVIENNA (Reuters) - A 45-nation meeting on whether to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India ended inconclusively on Friday after many raised conditions for the move, leaving the future of a controversial U.S.-Indian nuclear deal unclear.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 1:54 am Pakistan expect three more Champions Trophy defectionsLONDON (Reuters) - Hosts Pakistan expect England, Australia and New Zealand to join South Africa and withdraw from next month's Champions Trophy because of safety and security concerns.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Aug 2008 | 1:54 am Bad roads in city hit sweeping machines tooSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Doctors see face transplants eventually becoming routine proceduresLONDON: Transplanting faces may seem like a chapter from science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgical procedures could one day become routine. In papers from two of the world’s three teams that have performed partial face ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Finding a fix to the NSG’s code of OmertaVienna: In keeping with its clubby, secretive character, the Nuclear Suppliers Group has a policy of strict confidentiality. Which means no official briefings or informal readouts of what transpires within, even by those unnamed “Western ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Talks with Amarnath Samiti todayJammu: Curfew was clamped on the Hiranagar area of Kathua district on Friday in the wake of continuing protests, even as the first round of talks to resolve the crisis, triggered by the cancellation of the order transferring land to the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Congress leaders in Jammu back shrine land movementCaucus of regional party leaders in New Delhi to lobby high commandSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Conditions mooted for Indian nuclear waiver“We don’t want to scuttle deal,” say NSG diplomatsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Not my concern, says MamataKOLKATA: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said here that it was not her concern how Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata decides on the future of the Tata Motors’ project at Singur. She, however, said later, “We do not ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Community Participation Fund plannedSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Ratan Tata threatens to pull out of SingurExpresses concern over constant violence thereSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am Holocaust survivor turns 100ATLANTA: Andrei Steiner, who turned 100, is the last known holocaust survivor of the Nazi’s Bratislava work group. He lives at a retirement home in ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Aug 2008 | 12:00 am FII-TO-FII: Pantaloon traded at 21% premiumTrades between FIIs generated a volume of Rs 61 crore on the BSE Friday-an decrease of 11.28% from Rs 68 crore clocked on Thursday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Aug 2008 | 11:33 pm French make-up artist to give Kareena new lookKareena Kapoor is all set to fly to Paris to shoot an advertisement for an apparel chain and the Bollywood actress will don a new look, thanks to a French make-up artist.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Aug 2008 | 7:31 pm Tata warns of pullout, West Bengal assures Nano project is onHours after Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata threatened to withdraw the Nano car project out of West Bengal if the unrest against it over farmland acquisition continues, the state government said Friday the small car factory would be set up at the proposed site in Singur despite agitations by the opposition Trinamool Congress.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Aug 2008 | 7:31 pm Sanjay Nirupam eliminated from 'Bigg Boss'Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam, who made news for his conversations with the women participants of reality TV show 'Bigg Boss', was the first to be voted out Friday night.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Aug 2008 | 7:30 pm Uma Bharti injured in dais collapseBharatiya Janshakti Party president Uma Bharti received injuries to her head when a dais she was standing on for a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district collapsed. She is reported to be out of danger.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Aug 2008 | 7:30 pm Tata says violence could force Nano plant to moveKOLKATA (Reuters) - Tata Motors Ltd said it was prepared to move a plant to make the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, from its West Bengal site if violent protests continued, despite having invested $350 million in the project.Source: Reuters: Top News | 22 Aug 2008 | 6:55 pm
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