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Is Nepal's defence minister going to visit China?After Nepal's new Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda chose to break with tradition and made China his first destination abroadSource: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:29 pm Prachanda not to ink new pacts during India visitNepal's first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda's maiden political visit to India on Sunday marks a new chapter in India-Nepal tiesSource: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:29 pm Hong Kong teacher jailed for sex with minor pupilA 53-year-old schoolteacher in Hong Kong was jailed on Friday for six years for having sex with a 10-year-old female pupil.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:28 pm AFSPA is mother of all evils in J&K: PDPThe PDP on Friday alleged that Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was providing cover to the law enforcing agencies to indulge in human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:27 pm Higher heels the trend this autumn and winterHigh fashion is the watchword for women's footwear this autumn and winter. Literally.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:27 pm 8-yr-old Satwik is 'best person with disability'Eight-year-old Satwik, an exceptional child with Autism from Andhra Pradesh, and two others received a government award for being the 'Best Person with Disability' in the country.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:26 pm 'Go the extra mile to instal Advani as PM'BJP's top leader Atal Behari Vajpayee has told partymen to go the extra mile for installing L K Advani as the next Prime Minister.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:19 pm Buddha to have discussion with Mamata to end Singur impasse - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:17 pm Rahul meets Mulayam's son during UP visitCongress general secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi, who has been visiting flood-hit districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh, held a private meeting with Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's son AkhileshSource: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:17 pm Amarinder's bail extended till Oct - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:09 pm Govt not to extend export freight assistance to sugar millsThe government would not extend export freight assistance to sugar mills beyond September, union agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:09 pm Industrial growth above expectation, chambers want rates cutIndustry chambers today demanded a cut in interest rates to boost the industrial growth, which recovered to 7.1 per cent in July, better than expected even by leading analysts Goldman Sachs, Moody'sSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:08 pm India seeks tougher laws to tackle NRI divorce, desertion - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:07 pm One killed, 70 wounded in Kashmir clashesSRINAGAR (Reuters) - One person was killed and 70 were wounded in Kashmir on Friday when troops fired bullets and teargas shells to break up renewed protests by Muslims against New Delhi's rule in the disputed region.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:07 pm It all started over a bar tiff for SymondsAndrew Symonds must be wondering what hit him after heing dropped from the Australian squad for the four-Test series in India.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:07 pm Symonds' absence loss for cricket : SehwagVirender Sehwag has no doubt that Andrew Symonds' absence in Australian ranks would help India but the hard-hitting opener rues it would be a lossSource: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Sep 2008 | 1:07 pm Cheaper crude welcome; but no fuel price cut on cards: DeoraPetroleum Minister Murli Deora today said there are no plans to cut fuel prices in immediate future, while terming the fall in global crude prices to the lowest in six months as a "welcome"Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:52 pm Goldman Sachs expects RBI to up rates one more timeInflation is expected to peak at 13.50 per cent in November before cooling off to nine per cent in March, global investment banker Goldman Sachs said expecting another round of monetary tightening bySource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:52 pm Industrial production dips to 7.1% y-o-yIndustrial growth in July 2008 stood at 7.1 per cent compared with a 8.3 per cent growth in July 2007. Growth was down year on year as electricity generation feel to 4.5 per cent compared with 7.5 perSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:51 pm HC asks CIC not to disclose text of agreement with TatasIn a move perhaps without precedent, Tata Motors today moved Calcutta High Court against the state information commission to prevent it from releasing secret sections of the commercialSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:51 pm Petroleum Min mulling dual pricing policy for dieselThe Petroleum Ministry is looking into a dual pricing policy for diesel that would entail charging bulk users a higher price for the subsidised fuel, a senior official saidSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:50 pm Rupee loses 18 paise to touch new 23-month lowThe Indian rupee today fell by 18 paise to close at a fresh 23-month low of 45.75/76 against the US dollar, as banks continued to buy the greenback amid regular capitalSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:50 pm Govt rules out regulating steel pricesRuling out any price band, the government today said domestic steel prices should come down following the softening global trend.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:50 pm IFCI wants clarity on govt debt before stake saleAfter making an abortive bid to sell 26 per cent stake last year, country's oldest financial institution is still on a look out for a strategic investor, but seeking clarity on the government debtSource: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:45 pm Kashmiris should be 'integral component' of peace process: Pak - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:31 pm Pallam Raju meets Indian peacekeepers in LebanonNew Delhi, Sep 12 : Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju today met the Army contingent deployed in Lebanon on an UN peacekeeping mission.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:03 pm Army deals major blow to ULFA, kills its organising secretaryNew Delhi, Sep 12 : The Army today dealt a severe blow to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) by killing self styled Lieutenant Shashankar Baruah, its organising secretary, in upper Assam's Tinsukia District along the state's border with Arunachal Pradesh.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:03 pm Job fairs for people displaced by Narmada damsA Narmada valley panel will organise job fairs with a view to provide employment to educated youth belonging to families displaced due to construction of various dams in the Narmada valley, official sources said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm India gears up to host Pracahanda, new pacts unlikelyNew Delhi/India Friday announced the first official visit of Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, who comes here on Sunday on a five-day trip that has the potential to modernize ties between the two neighbours, bound by close cultural and fraternal relations.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm Delhi civic body moves to handle all corruption casesNew Delhi, Sep 12(IANS) All corrupt government officials beware! The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) that has arrested 13 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) engineers on graft charges is now gunning to clear all pending complaints.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm Industrial production growth keeps to a crawlIndia's industrial production continued to grow at a sluggish pace, registering a 7.1 percent expansion in July, though there was a slight improvement over the month before, official data showed Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm Two die in new Kashmir protests - BBC News
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm National Aluminium reduces prices againNational Aluminium Co Ltd (Nalco), India's second largest aluminium manufacturer, has slashed its basic metal prices for the second time within a month to match international prices, a senior company official said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm AMU docs to provide free service to flood victims in BiharThe Aligarh Muslim University will organise free medical camps in flood-devastated Bihar, a university official said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm Krishna, Rajkumar get bail in Aarushi murder caseA court here Friday granted bail to Krishna and Raj Kumar, accused of the murders of teenager Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help Hemraj.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm Police station torched in Uttar Pradesh communal violenceA police station and a dozen vehicles were set ablaze by irate devotees returning from a religious gathering after dirty water was allegedly thrown on them by members of a minority community in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, the police said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:02 pm Orissa, AP to open more routes for passenger buses - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:47 am Republican lawmaker seeks support from colleagues for N-deal - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:34 am Singhal rubbishes Maoist hand in Saraswati's murder - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:34 am Aarushi murder suspects get bail, court slams CBI - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:45 am Australia to rely on pace to win India seriesMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will be counting on their pace attack, not spin, to beat India in their four-test series that begins next month, chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:43 am India may fall short of goals - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:40 am India July industry output flags underlying strengthNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output rose more than expected in July, driven by capital goods production, suggesting the economy was resilient enough to withstand another rate rise if inflation made more tightening necessary.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:18 am Force India's Sutil quickest in washed-out Monza practiceMONZA, Italy (Reuters) - Heavy rain washed out first practice at the Italian Grand Prix on Friday with Force India's Adrian Sutil leading the timesheets before the deluge.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 10:06 am Kashmiri militants chop nose of "Indian informer"SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim guerrillas sliced off the nose of a villager in Kashmir, thinking that he was an informer of Indian security forces, police said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:45 am New houses, better food for South Asia flood victimsPATNA, India (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern India battling devastating floods said they would rebuild homes of flood victims and feed them with better food in camps, following frequent protests across South Asia by homeless villagers.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 9:30 am Fear of losing drove U.S. ground raid in PakistanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. decision to mount a ground strike inside Pakistan last week reflected fears that Islamic militants are winning the war against U.S.-led forces and followed political pressures in a U.S. election year.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 8:34 am Sethusamudram channel project likely to miss deadlineThe controversial Sethusamudram ship channel to link India's eastern and western coasts to avoid a 785-km detour around Sri Lanka is expected to overshoot its October deadline, as petitions against it are still pending in courts and only 25 percent of the work has been completed, officials said here.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 7:33 am India has just two unique IP addresses per 1,000 peopleIndia has only two unique Internet Protocol (IP) addresses per 1,000 people. But a just-released study says the country's net penetration could 'significantly increase in the coming years', with its economic boom and growing IT adoption.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 6:00 am Orissa tribal lands, a factory of Hindu foot soldiersJALESPETA, India (Reuters) - Deep inside the thickly forested hills of Orissa, where ancient tribes live in huts of grass-and-mud cut off from modernity, a stealth electoral weapon is at work for Hindu nationalists.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 5:35 am Key policy changes needed to free India's n-power businessIndia Inc. may be gung ho over the country joining the nuclear club but experts say some key policy issues need to be addressed before domestic firms can get into the atomic power business, seen as a $40 billion investment potential.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 5:33 am After 'Rock On', Luke Kenny gets recognition as an actorLuke Kenny's English looks stood as an obstacle in his acting career for almost a decade, but with his immaculate performance in the recent hit 'Rock On', the actor feels he has been able to draw the director's attention away from his appearance to his art.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 5:30 am Home productions allow me to do my kind of films: Bobby DeolAfter 'Chamku', Bobby Deol will feature in two more home productions and says the films made by his own banner gives him a chance to play the kind of roles he wishes to play.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 5:03 am Big B excels as Shakespearean actor in 'The Last Lear'Film: 'The Last Lear'; Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Shefali Shah, Divya Dutta: Screenplay writer and amp; Director: Rituparno Ghosh; Rating: *** 1/2Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 5:01 am Australia's Symonds dropped for India tourMELBOURNE (Reuters) - All-rounder Andrew Symonds has been dropped from Australia's cricket squad for their tour of India and replaced by Queensland team mate Shane Watson.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 4:54 am 2X Releases ThinClientServer 6 - The Missing Part in the Desktop Virtualization PuzzleNew 2X ThinClientServer 6 Makes Business IT Mobile, Secure and Cost EfficientSource: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Sep 2008 | 4:11 am Mobile phone condom ring-tone sings safe sexCHENNAI, India (Reuters Life!) - A mobile phone ring-tone that sings "condom, condom, condom" has attracted over 270,000 downloads since its launch last month, helping to spread the message of safe sex in India, according to organisers.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 3:50 am Fewer police cases reported in CoimbatoreCoimbatore: Criminal activity in Coimbatore has come down substantially owing to preventive measures including intensive patrolling, City Police Commissioner K.C. Mahali has said. At a crime review meeting on Thursday, he pointed out ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Sonia defends nuke dealSays it is historic development for India, will meet our energy requirementsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Trinamool Congress proposal unacceptable to governmentHowever, it will consider returning some land from within the car project areaSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am U.S. delivers 123 blow to IndiaFuel assurances not binding, says BushSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am India believes fuel assurances are bindingBush message makes it clear that the U.S. is not legally bound even after the 123 agreement is approvedSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Azamgarh DIG, SP suspendedLUCKNOW: Five days after communal violence in Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh claimed the life of one person, the Mayawati government on Thursday suspended Azamgarh Range DIG Abhimanyu Tripathi and SP V.K. Garg, on charges of dereliction of duty and ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Chandrayaan-I passes endurance testBangalore: The lunar craft to be used in India’s first unmanned mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-I, successfully passed a test for its endurance in harsh space environment, crossing a major milestone in preparation for the odyssey ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Inflation easesNew Delhi: Inflation fell to 12.10 per cent, extending the decline to the third week in succession, even as the Finance Ministry pointed out that 30 essential commodities have become expensive during the week ended August 30. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Ban on SIMI extendedNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the ban on the SIMI for four weeks.Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Raj calls off agitation against BachchansMumbai: Raj Thackeray on Thursday called off the agitation against the Bachchans over Jaya Bachchan’s alleged anti-Marathi remarks. - PTI ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am CBI claims new lead in Nobel medallion theft case probe !Claiming to have found new leads, the CBI is preparing to move a court in West Bengal seeking its permission to reopen the case relating to theft of Rabindranth Tagore`s Nobel medallion which was closed nearly a year ago.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm J-K court directive to book SSP for firing on protesters !A local court on Thursday directed the J-K police to register a case against SSP Prabhat Singh in connection with the police firing in Samba which killed two youths during the Amarnath land agitation.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm Bombay HC asks builder, Govt to reply in Powai land matter !The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the MMRDA, Hiranandani builders and the state government to file their responses to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against construction of plush flats in suburban Powai instead of affordable housing for the middle-class.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm Kashmiri resident`s week-long ordeal comes to end; thanks CBI!It was a week-long ordeal but with 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: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm Former Patna High Court chief justice to conduct Kosi probe!Rajesh Balia, a former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, will conduct the judicial probe into the breach in the Kosi embankment that triggered the worst floods of Bihar in 50 years, officials said on Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm Consumer Act not meant to enrich complainants: Panel!The object of the Consumer Protection Act is not to enrich consumers unjustly, the Delhi State Commission has said while snubbing a DDA shop applicant who sought an "exaggerated" compensation from the civic agency for being denied possession of the property.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm After Singur, a pullout threat looms over Sangrur!Singur in West Bengal and Sangrur in Punjab are similar sounding names, but the similarity does not end there.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm FIR filed against Goa Education Minister Monserratte !A local NGO has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Goa`s Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte for allegedly submitting a false affidavit with the Election Commission.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm Court to take cognizance of CBI chargesheet on UP Home Secy !A special court in Lucknow will hear the arguments tomorrow on whether to take cognizance of the chargesheet filed by CBI against Uttar Pradesh`s Home Secretary Mahesh Kumar Gupta and two others for alleged manipulation in selecting candidates for state`s Information department in 1998.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm Singur row: Trinamool leader meets Bengal Governor !Senior Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee on Thursday met West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi in the backdrop of the dispute between the state government and the party on landholding pattern of Tata Motors car factory and ancillary units that threatens to kill the accord reached to end the Singur impasse.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Sep 2008 | 11:32 pm Congress attacked for Delhi's water, energy woesThe ruling Congress was once again under severe attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the capital's water and energy problems on the second day of the Delhi legislative assembly's monsoon session Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:30 pm Sonali Bendre defends Jaya BachchanBollywood actor Sonali Bendre, a close friend of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, Thursday came in defence of actor-MP Jaya Bachchan saying her alleged 'anti-Marathi' remarks were 'misinterpreted'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 8:30 pm Tatas launch new Gateway Hotels brandIndian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) promoted by the Tatas, one of India's top business houses, announced here Thursday the launch of a new brand called 'Gateway Hotels'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Sep 2008 | 7:00 pm
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