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Car sales go downhill, two-wheelers continue to grow in AugustDomestic car sales continued to go downhill for the second consecutive month in almost three years with August sales declining by 4.36 per cent, although motorcycles cruised with 15.9 per centSource: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:57 am US asks India, others to help achieve success in Doha talksThe US is committed to move the multilateral trade talks forward this year but India, China and Brazil need to contribute to a positive outcome of the WTO negotiations, US Trade Representative SusanSource: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:54 am Man self-immolates at famous Shanghai squareAn unidentified man committed self-immolation in Shanghai's historic riverside Bund area on Thursday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:54 am Satellite Chandrayaan-I passes thermal vacuum testThe Chandrayaan-I satellite has successfully undergone the thermal vacuum test even as Indian space scientists achieved a major milestone inching closer to the country's first mission to theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:53 am HCL begins export to AfricaHCL Infosystems on Thursday said it has began export of its hardware products and has bagged an IT infrastructure project in Africa.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:50 am 7Seas Tech bags '2008 International Stevie Business Award'IP game development company 7Seas Technologies Ltd has bagged the '2008 International Stevie Business Award' in the 'Best Website' category for its online gaming portal.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:49 am Balakrishna likely to make political debutPopular Telugu actor and N T Rama Rao's son N Balakrishna on Thursday appeared to be gearing up for an imminent political foray.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:43 am Chandrayaan-I passes thermal vacuum test - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:38 am Infant dies in China, fake milk powder suspectedAn infant died of kidney stones in north-west China's Gansu Province, even as number of children affected by similar ailment continues to rise across the country.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:38 am Under trial attempts self-immolation in Orissa courtIn a bid to plead his innocence, an under trial on Thursday attempted self immolation in a court in this Orissa town, police said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:31 am Uphaar case: Ansal brothers surrender in courtReal estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal surrendered before a Delhi court on Wednesday in compliance with the Supreme Court order cancelling their bailSource: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:29 am India sets new biofuel target, risks food price rowNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India aims to raise blending of biofuels with petrol and diesel to 20 percent within a decade, threatening a revival of the food-versus-fuel debate.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:28 am 'Series against India bigger than Ashes'Simon Katich reckons his team's rivalry against India has become "bigger" than the Ashes in recent times and predicts the upcoming Test series in October will be tough for his side.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:25 am Haywood 'feels a lot safer' in Mumbai nowKenneth Haywood returned to Mumbai with his family early on Thursday morning, "feeling a lot safer than before".Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:22 am Kashmiri resident's ordeal ends; thanks CBIA week-long ordeal that had a happy ending for Riyaz Ahmed Lone who was arrested in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings and deported to India from Nepal for questioning.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:21 am Govt eases norms for pvt FM channelsGovt eased norms for private FM radio sector allowing the players operating for less than five years to set up subsidiaries or merge group firms through transfer of shares.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:12 am India starts negotiating global nuclear dealsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said on Thursday it was negotiating agreements to buy nuclear technology and facilities from countries such as France and Russia, days after winning a waiver on a ban that had stopped it from accessing the global atomic market.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:56 am President gets richer, gets 300 pc salary hike - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:54 am NSA briefs cabinet on NSG waiver - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:50 am Top Bollywood stars swept up in nativist politicsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - A surge of nativism in Mumbai, India's most cosmopolitan city, is leading to an uneasy relationship with one of its best-known institutions -- Bollywood.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:44 am India should respond positively with Zardari at helm: Ansari - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:35 am Parsvnath unveils Rs 120 cr commercial project at SonepatReal estate firm Parsvnath Developers today unveiled a commercial project in Sonepat entailing an investment of Rs 120 crore with a saleable area of 3.7 lakh sqSource: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:35 am Big Bang experiment marred by suicide - Independent Online
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:26 am Bharti unveils Rs 200-cr fund to promote innovation in telecomTelecom major Bharti Airtel today launched a Rs 200-crore innovation fund for promoting entrepreneurship in the telecom sector.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:25 am IEA for elimination of fuel subsidies to lower demand in IndiaInternational Energy Agency (IEA) has asked India to eliminate fuel subsidies so as to cool the spurting demand.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:25 am Rupee continues southbound journey, slips to 45.45The Indian rupee continued its slide for another day today and virtually hit a 23-month low of 45.45 during early trade largely due to strengthening dollar overseas amid increased pressure on theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:25 am Infosys takes India's largest group life insurance policy with LICInfosys Technologies Ltd today anounced renewal of the group life insurance policy covering 97,000 employees with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:25 am Infosys to relook its investment plan in West BengalInfosys Technologies, the second largest software development company in the country, today said that it will relook at its maiden investment plan in West Bengal following the ongoing crisis inSource: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:25 am India says coal shortage delaying power projectsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - A coal shortage has delayed new power plants that would add more than 60,000 megawatts to generating capacity in India, where inadequate supply has slowed economic growth, officials and analysts said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:24 am Ansal brother surrender at Patial House Court - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:09 am Poverty in India declines by 27 %: UN - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:03 am Ahmedabad blasts: I never fled India, says Ken Haywood - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 10:03 am India okays changes in IMF pact for enhanced quota - Business Standard
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 9:32 am Raj Thackeray accepts Bachchan apology, calls off stirMUMBAI (Reuters) - A boycott threat against actor Amitabh Bachchan and his family by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) was called off by its chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday, a day after Bachchan apologised for a remark that had irked the regional party.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Sep 2008 | 9:24 am Bangladesh frees ex-prime minister KhaledaDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's army-backed interim government released former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on bail on Thursday after a year in prison on alleged graft charges, paving the way for a credible election to restore democracy.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Sep 2008 | 9:10 am Aarushi case: Krishna bail hearing today - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:57 am Court issues bailable warrant against TytlerA local court in Ludhiana on Thursday issued a bailable arrest warrant against senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a defamation case.The warrant against Tytler was issued by the court of Judicial...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am 20 killed in militant attack in north-western PakistanAt least 20 people were feared killed and 30 others wounded when suspected militants hurled hand-grenades and fired on people offering prayers in a mosque in northwestern Pakistan late on Wednesday ni...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am India lost in Maharashtra] , instead of standing firm to save the honour of the words of his wife and his mother tongue, yielded to political pressure and apologised. What a shame! To him the success of his film weighed more ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia released on bailBangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was released on Thursday on bail after one-year imprisonment.She ruled the country twice as Prime Minister since 1991. Zia was arrested in September last...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am Mallya reminds Force India who is bossVijay Mallya has reminded feuding factions inside his Formula One team that, even if he sees no need to bang heads together, he pays the bills and calls the shots.-Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am Why China did what it did at NSG] having played a "constructive" role in last week's Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting on India, diplomats from several NSG States say China stood by the handful of countries resisting approval of the I...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am 5 tests most CIOs faceCIOs in most companies are busy stomping out fires in the data center--figuratively, that is. A rise in energy costs prompts most chief financial officers and CEOs to say let's do something about it. ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am Centre issues ultimatum to NDFB in AssamRejecting the charter of demands submitted earlier by the proscribed militants group, National Democratic Front of Bodoland that is now in truce, the Indian government has set a one month deadline for...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am England soar, Brazil held in World Cup qualifiersT eenager Theo Walcott scored a hat-trick as an inspired England crushed 10-man Croatia 4-1 in their World Cup Group Six qualifier in Zagreb on Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am Women have scarier nightmares than men!Women experience far scarier nightmares than men that leave more of an impression when they wake up, a study has suggested.According to the study at the British University of the West of EnglandSource: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:20 am Mallya reminds Force India who is bossLONDON (Reuters) - Force India owner Vijay Mallya has reminded feuding factions inside his Formula One team that, even if he sees no need to bang heads together, he pays the bills and calls the shots.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Sep 2008 | 6:39 am Shahid Kapur injured six times on sets of 'Kaminay'Bollywood actor Shahid Kapur has suffered the maximum number of injuries so far on the sets of Vishal Bharadwaj's 'Kaminay'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 6:02 am India's "river of sorrow" brings biblical floodMADHEPURA, India (Reuters) - Most years, the Kosi river is a tranquil stream that flows gently into the Ganges. But every few years it becomes a raging torrent, wreaking disaster on everything in its path.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Sep 2008 | 5:51 am 'West Bengal will soon emerge as animation hub'West Bengal will emerge as one of the leading hubs of the animation, visual effects and gaming industry in the next three years, DQ Entertainment (DQE) chairman and CEO Tapaas Chakravarthi said here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 2:01 am Kashmir rail project to have world's longest rail tunnelJammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra Wednesday conducted an aerial survey of the upcoming 10.96-km Pir Panchal rail tunnel, which is set to become the world's longest railway tunnel.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 2:01 am Tanubha still unconscious, on life support systemTanubha Saha, a 21-year-old who attempted suicide by consuming poison at the venue of a TV reality show here, was still on life support system and yet to regain consciousness Wednesday night.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 2:00 am Singur is an exception, says BuddhadebWest Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday tried to remove doubts expressed by business houses about the state's industrial climate following the prolonged stand-off over the Tata Motors' small car factory, and said the trouble in Singur was only an exception.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 1:33 am UK men's magazines to hit Indian newsstands by year-endUK-based publisher Dennis Publishing will launch men-specific magazines in India this year in a joint venture with the country arm of Thai publication house Media Transasia, the company said Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 1:03 am Pankaj Advani completes a double of IBSF World titlesPankaj Advani overwhelmed Devendra Joshi to complete a fantastic double, winning the ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship (time format) to add to his points format title of last week here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 1:03 am Army XI in All-India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup semisArmy XI snatched an improbable 4-2 win against Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and qualified for the semi-finals from pool A in the 84th All-India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament, here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 1:02 am Seeds fall in second round of Chennai ITFSeventh seed Mansingh Athare went down to compatriot Vishwajit Tirumurthi, 6-7(5), 4-6 on a day when seeds tumbled in boy's singles' pre-quarter final round of India Cements ITF Junior boys and girls tennis championship here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:33 am Action against officers for Naina Devi temple stampede!The Himachal Pradesh government will take disciplinary action against officials blamed in a probe for a stampede at a hill temple Aug 3 that killed at least 142 devotees.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Communal riots won`t recur: Orissa Governor!Orissa Governor M C Bhandare Wednesday asked violence victims in Kandhamal to start life afresh and promised them safety and security, affirming the state government`s resolve to prevent recurrence of communal riots in the state.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Singur has sent out a wrong message: Buddhadeb!Admitting that the events in Singur have sent out a wrong message to industrialists and manufacturers, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said they formed an exception rather than the rule.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Flood situation improves in Bihar !A total of 29.57 lakh people continue to reel in one of the worst floods in five north east districts of Bihar, which has claimed 95 lives so far, despite improvement in the situation Wednesday with water level receding fast in the affected areas.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Jharkhand CM picks non-IAS as his 2nd principal secretary!Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren has appointed his officer on special duty as his principal secretary raising eyebrows in bureaucratic circles.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Amarinder Singh expelled from House!Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was expelled by the Punjab Assembly after being indicted by a House committee in a graft case and his seat declared vacant. He will remain expelled from the House for at least 3 and a half years, his remaining term in the Assembly. The Speaker also asked the Vigilance Bureau to examine the corruption cases relating him in the land scam.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Violence will be met with violence, warns Togadia !Unfazed by the criticism his group has faced over the violence in Orissa, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia has said that violence against Hindus will be met with violence.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Surat bomb planting case: Two sent to 24-hr police custody!The police remand of two persons accused of planting bombs in Surat city was extended for a day on Wednesday.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Police arrests 12 for inciting riots in Agra !A dozen people were arrested for inciting riots as tension continued to prevail in the Mantola area of the city Tuesday following communal clashes on Monday night, police said.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Imam Bukhari demands probe into saffron groups for terror acts!Syed Ahmed Bukhari, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid on Wednesday asked the government to order a high-level inquiry into the activities of saffron outfits, including VHP and Bajrang Dal, accusing them "of playing a role in the recent terror attacks" in the country.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:11 am Six firms bid for BSNL's 93-mn GSM line orderWith the state-run telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), gearing up for third generation mobile services, six global network equipment makers have bid in a tender to supply 93 million GSM lines, a top company official said here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:02 am U.S. to sell Harpoon missiles to IndiaIt is the first sale of U.S. missiles to IndiaSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Sony unveils prototype of OLED televisionTOKYO: Sony Corporation has unveiled a prototype model of a wireless organic light emitting diode (OLED) television with an 11-inch panel, powered by a lithium-ion battery. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Power crisis hits engg. unitsCOIMBATORE: With unscheduled power cuts extending to more than five hours a day, many engineering units in Coimbatore are losing orders. Jayakumar Ramdass, president of the Southern India Engineering Manufacturers’ Association, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Facebook unveils new look and approachPopular online hangout forces its 100 million users to adapt to a redesigned websiteSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Assembly disqualifies AmarinderHouse panel indicts him for alleged involvement in corruption in transfer of land to developerSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am State, Trinamool at odds over land to be returnedKolkata: The West Bengal government and the Trinamool Congress continue to be at odds over the acreage of land within the Tata project site at Singur that could be handed back to farmers who have not received compensation. Underpinning ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Guessing game over Zardari’s remark on KashmirISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari’s remark that there would soon be “good news” on Kashmir has set off a cross-border guessing game but officials said it might have been a reference to efforts by India and Pakistan to ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Rice takes steps to ratify nuclear dealHolds talks with Pelosi, BermanSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Pinarayi flays corporate mediaKANNUR: Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the ‘corporate media’ of failure to highlight adverse impacts of the Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement. Inaugurating the town bureau of ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Many feared trapped as mall collapsesHOWRAH: The second floor of an under-construction shopping mall collapsed in Howrah district of West Bengal late on Wednesday night. Several people were feared trapped, police said. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Chanderpaul bags ICC Player of the Year awardNEW DELHI (Reuters) - West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul claimed the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player of the Year award on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:52 pm Smashing Big Bang experiment gets turned onGENEVA (Reuters) - Physicists around the world, some in pajamas and others with champagne, celebrated the first tests on Wednesday of a huge particle-smashing machine they hope will simulate the "Big Bang" that created the universe.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:41 pm
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