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Youth dies while trying to catch relief packetA youth was killed in Saharsa district when he fell into the floodwaters and got washed away while trying to catch relief packets being air-dropped by an Indian Air Force helicopter.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:58 pm Nitish Katara case: Vishal Yadav appeals against conviction!Vishal Yadav nephew of former Member of Parliament D P Yadav and a co-accused in the Nitish Katara murder case on Friday appealed against his conviction in the Delhi High Court.Source: Zee News : States | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:56 pm Amar parries queries on Gandhi-Bachchan tiesAmar Singh on Friday parried questions on how the ties between the Gandhi and Bachchan families have been affected with his party cosying up to the the Congress-led UPA government.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:55 pm Advani annexes World Billiards ChampionshipAsserting his supremacy, Pankaj Advani on Friday annexed the ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship (point format) with a comprehensive six games to one victory over Geet Sethi.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:54 pm India A forces Aussie side to follow onMarcus North hit a brilliant half century as Australia 'A' fought back strongly in the second innings after being forced to follow on in the three-day game against India 'A'.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:53 pm We will cooperate with Governor over Singur talks: MamataTrinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said her party would cooperate with West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who has convened crucial talks between the state government and the partySource: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:53 pm Nuclear group voices doubts about trade with IndiaVIENNA (Reuters) - Forty-five countries mulling dropping a ban on nuclear trade with India welcomed an Indian pledge on Friday to uphold non-proliferation standards but some felt it did not go far enough, diplomats said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:51 pm Australia appoints first female governor generalAustralia's first ever female Governor General Quentin Bryce was on Friday sworn in office and promptly declared that she would continue to champion human rights of womenfolk.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:51 pm BJP demands lowering of retail price of petrol and dieselWith a fall in international crude oil prices, BJP today demanded that the retail price of petrol and diesel be reduced by Rs five and Rs three respectively.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:50 pm Army should have non-political role: ZardariAsif Ali Zardari on Friday advocated a non-political role for the country's armed forces, saying their involvement in politics had made the military "controversial" in the past.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:50 pm Godrej forays into CTV marketGodrej Appliances, the flagship division of the $3-billion Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Limited, on Friday entered the Indian colour television market, the largest business in the durableSource: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:45 pm PM calls for more public-private partnerships in health sectorPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for more public-private partnerships in providing affordable healthcare in the country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:43 pm FIIs net sell Rs 1,857cr, DIIs net buy Rs 485crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 1,857 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:42 pm 'Playing more against Mendis has helped'Young middle order batsman Rohit Sharma reckons Indian players had become more adept in reading the guiles of mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis in the one-day series.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:36 pm 'ICICI, Kingfisher, Taj top brands in Asia-Pacific'Three Indian brands -- ICICI, Kingfisher and Taj -- have emerged as the most admired consumer brands across Asia-Pacific.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:32 pm Finnair plans to reduce flights from IndiaHelsinki-based Finnair has plans to optimise its Indian operations through flights rationalisation, a top company official said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:32 pm SP ready to give only a dozen seats to CongressThe Samajwadi Party on Friday indicated that it was ready to concede only about a dozen seats to Congress in Uttar Pradesh and firmly ruled out "friendly fights" in the Lok Sabha polls.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:31 pm Entry points to Kandhamal sealed - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:30 pm Sohrabuddin fake encounter case: Further probe ordered - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:25 pm MTNL to install 1.5 mn 3G lines; to tie-up with content cosState-run MTNL is installing 1.5 million 3G lines in the first phase in Delhi and Mumbai and plans to tie up with the content providers on revenue-sharing basis to enrich its high-endSource: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:25 pm Tea exports inch up by 53% in July; output rises 5%India's tea exports surged by a whopping 53 per cent in volume in July on robust demand created due to low output in Kenya, a major producing country, while output shot up marginally by five perSource: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:25 pm Imperial acquisition deal to be concluded in 4-5 weeks: DeoraIndia hopes to conclude the acquisition of UK-listed Imperial Energy in 4-5 weeks, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:23 pm Further progress on India waiver at NSG talksFurther progress was made today at the meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) towards reaching a consensus for a waiver to India as the United States expressed optimism over achieving theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:23 pm Deora rules out immediate cut in fuel pricesPetroleum Minister Murli Deora today ruled out any immediate cut in fuel prices, saying international prices will have to fall further to trigger a retail priceSource: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:23 pm Mayawati surveys flood-hit Bihar, donates Rs 11 crore - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:06 pm Singur talks: Mamata vows to cooperate with Governor - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:55 am Indian hit and run driver jailed - BBC News
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:47 am Thousands protest against Indian rule in KashmirSRINAGAR (Reuters) - Thousands of Muslims staged sit-in protests in parts of Kashmir on Friday, resuming demonstrations against New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region after a three-day break, witnesses said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:34 am Thousands protest against Indian rule in Kashmir - Reuters India
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:28 am Food assistance cards for people outside relief camp: govt - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:11 am Nano car deadlock shows holes in India land policyNEW DELHI (Reuters) - A colonial-era law for land acquisitions in India has helped trip up several industrial projects, including Tata Motors' plans for the Nano, adding to calls for reforms to keep investors attracted.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:06 am Flood-affected refuse to leave home, officials perplexedArmy personnel and other government agencies are facing a new challenge in flood-hit Bihar -- convincing marooned people to evacuate without delay.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:02 am New IITs are a disaster, says PMPrime Minister Manmohan Singh's initiative to establish eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has drawn flak from his own scientific adviser C.N.R. Rao, who said Friday that the opening of so many new IITs is a "disaster".Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:02 am 50 percent apple crop transported out of Himachal PradeshThe apple season in Himachal Pradesh is in full swing with 11 million boxes having been transported out of the state.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:02 am 17 killed, 1.5 million hit by Assam floodsThe flood situation in Assam continued to be critical Friday, with an estimated 1.5 million people displaced and 17 dead, even as soldiers were engaged in a massive relief and rescue mission, officials said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am Web portal for teachers launched by President PatilTeachers from across the country can now share their professional ideas and thoughts on a web portal launched by President Pratibha Patil Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am ING Vysya Bank expects 35 percent growth in depositsING Vysya Bank Ltd expects a growth rate of 25 percent in advances and 35 percent in deposits in the current fiscal, a top company official said here Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am Mauritius college sets up scholarships honouring Lucknow martyrA medical college in Mauritius has instituted two scholarships in honour of a Kargil War martyr from Lucknow, who received the highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra, posthumously, an official said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am voluntary moratorium stays, no arms raceNew Delhi/In a last ditch effort to win sceptics in the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) that is meeting in Vienna to discuss a clean waiver, India Friday said its deal with the US would strengthen the global non-proliferation regime and reiterated its commitment to voluntary moratorium on nuclear testing.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am Poverty drives Maharashtra family to suicide bid, four killedDriven by abject poverty, four members of a family committed suicide by jumping into a canal near Satara in Maharashtra, the police said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am Sanjeev Nanda gets five years in prisonA Delhi court Friday sentenced Sanjeev Nanda to five years in prison for mowing down six people under his BMW in January 1999.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am Why does media call me a glamour girl: ABVP candidate for DUSU - Indian Express
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 10:38 am India to NSG: voluntary moratorium stays, no arms race - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 10:15 am 17 killed, 1.5 mn hit by Assam floods - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 5 Sep 2008 | 10:14 am Don't go home yet, Bihar govt warns flood victimsPURNEA, India (Reuters) - Authorities battling a massive deluge in Bihar issued public warnings on Friday of more floods to come and asked villagers not to return home from temporary shelters yet.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Sep 2008 | 10:13 am Subbarao takes the reins at RBIMUMBAI (Reuters) - Duvvuri Subbarao took over as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday afternoon, succeeding Y.V. Reddy whose term has come to an end.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Sep 2008 | 9:57 am West Bengal government, governor contradict each other over Singur talksEven as West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi Friday said talks between the state government and the opposition Trinamool Congress-led farmers body to resolve the standoff over the Tata Motors' Singur plant were deferred on the request of the administration, the chief minister claimed it was the governor who wanted the meeting postponed.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Sep 2008 | 8:30 am Equity markets start with huge lossesIndian equity markets opened significantly lower Friday following weak global cues and went further in the red during early trade. Oil and gas, PSU, realty, power and metal stocks were under selling pressure.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Sep 2008 | 7:02 am Nano impasse kindles new hope for used cars marketThe cloud of uncertainty over the Tata Nano roll-out from West Bengal is raising new hope far away in Uttar Pradesh for the used small car market.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Sep 2008 | 6:02 am This Delhi flea market is for high-end buyers!It's fashioned after a flea market but isn't quite one. With a mall for its backdrop, Flea @ Nite offers designer clothes, silver and semi-precious jewellery, vintage coins and even classy home linen at what high-end buyers might consider 'throwaway prices'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Sep 2008 | 6:01 am Talks begin over Tata's Singur plantWith Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi playing the peacemaker, the West Bengal government and the opposition Trinamool Congress began formal talks Friday to resolve the standoff over Tata Motors' factory in Singur that is scheduled to build the world's cheapest car Nano.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Sep 2008 | 6:00 am Careers in aviation grow even as sector witnesses slowdownThe Indian aviation sector may have hit an air pocket because of an industry slowdown and rising airfares, but a leading travel and tourism training institute says this is temporary - the sector will boom, and jobs abound.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Sep 2008 | 5:30 am Big risks for rising number of child brides - reportLONDON (Reuters) - The number of girls in poor countries who marry before the age of 18 will double to 100 million in the next decade, putting many at risk from AIDS, a report said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Sep 2008 | 4:47 am "A Wednesday" depicts terror threat in MumbaiMUMBAI (Reuters) - An anonymous call threatening to bomb Mumbai city sets off a hair-raising search for the attackers in a new Bollywood thriller opening on Friday, the latest in a slew of Indian films based on terrorism.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Sep 2008 | 3:59 am Abandon 123, says CPINEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India demanded that the Manmohan Singh government abandon the process of operationalising the123 Agreement as the letter of the U.S. State Department made it clear that promises on India’s right to ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Atlantis moved to launch padCAPE CANAVERAL: Space Shuttle Atlantis was moved to the launch pad here on Thursday. The launch is scheduled for October 8.Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Yatra won’t be permitted: OrissaNew Delhi: The Orissa government on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that it would not allow VHP leader Praveen Togadia’s yatra on Friday or any other day carrying the ashes of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, who was killed in his ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Nuclear power crucial for meeting country’s energy needs: SoniaERODE: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that nuclear power is crucial for meeting the country’s energy needs. Participating in a meeting organised by the party in this textile town on Thursday evening, she said, “For ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am 4 SIMI men arrestedAhmedabad: Four persons associated with the Students Islamic Movement of India were arrested in connection with the Ahmedabad serial blasts, in which 55 people lost their lives, police said on Thursday. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am ‘We will be guided by pact’NEW DELHI: India has categorically stated that it will be guided solely by the terms of bilateral agreement with Washington on the nuclear deal, the India-specific safeguards agreement and a clean waiver that it expects from the NSG. An ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Outcry over pollution of lakes in cityCouncil members pounce on Koneru, demand constitution of panelSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Students to get loans at low interest rateBANGALORE: Students in polytechnics and degree and professional colleges will now get educational loans at 6 per cent rate of interest from nationalised and cooperative banks. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Shobha ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am NSG hopeful of consensus soonNew draft to be developed overnight to allay lingering ‘concerns’Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am LDF stayed decision on quota: ChandyThiruvananthapuram: Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy alleges that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has stayed the previous United Democratic Front (UDF) government’s decision on 10 per cent reservation for the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Lack of adequate package crux of Singur problem: G.K. PillaiLack of adequate compensation package for farmers is the main cause of the ongoing Singur turmoil in West Bengal, Union Commerce Secretary G.K. Pillai said here late Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Sep 2008 | 10:04 pm 'Singur turmoil could have been avoided by more compensation'The West Bengal government could have averted the Singur crisis, caused by opposition to the Tata Motors' Nano plant by farmers and the Trinamool Congress, by offering more attractive compensation packages in lieu of farmland acquired for the factory, union commerce secretary G.K. Pillai said here.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Sep 2008 | 10:01 pm Car makers to adopt 100 industrial training schoolsIndian car makers will adopt 100 industrial training institutes (ITI) across the country in the next two years to generate skilled manpower, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) president Ravi Kant said here Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Sep 2008 | 10:01 pm Paes and Black win mixed doubles titleNEW YORK (Reuters) - India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwe's Cara Black won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open on Thursday, beating Briton Jamie Murray and American Liezel Huber 7-6 6-4.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Sep 2008 | 8:38 pm Cipsa expands printed circuit board manufacturing capacityIndo-Spanish joint venture Cipsa-RIC India Thursday commissioned its printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing unit at Tumkur, about 70km from here, expanding its capacity to meet the growing domestic and export demand.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Sep 2008 | 8:35 pm Sony recalls 438,000 laptops on burn concernNEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Sep 2008 | 7:02 pm Meeting planned next week on reviving Doha - SchwabWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior trade officials will meet in Geneva next week to explore options for reviving world trade talks two months after the negotiations collapsed, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Sep 2008 | 6:35 pm
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