Maharashtra on high alert: DGP

high alert has been issued in Mumbai and across Maharashtra following serial blasts in New Delhi, Director General of Police A N Roy said.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 2:45 pm

Five bombs explode in New Delhi, three killed

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least five bombs exploded in the heart of India's capital New Delhi on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 20 others, local television said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Sep 2008 | 2:25 pm

'123 pact does not affect right to conduct nuclear test' - Hindu


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New Delhi (PTI): As the controversy continues over some aspects of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Congress on Saturday came out with a brochure on it, asserting that the 123 agreement does not in any way affect India's right to conduct an atomic test in ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 2:12 pm

CRPF fire in air to disperse mob in Kandmahal - Hindu


CRPF fire in air to disperse mob in Kandmahal
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Phulbani (Orissa) (PTI): Security personnel fired in the air to disperse unruly miscreants after a CRPF jawan was injured when an unidentified person fired in Tumudibandh area of Orissa's riot-torn Kandhamal area on Saturday, officials said.

Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 2:12 pm

ASTRA - a new missile in India's armoury - Newstrack India


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ASTRA - a new missile in India's armoury
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India on Saturday added one more missile in its armoury. The indigenously developed air-to-air missile 'Astra' incorporated with a unique technique of penetrating beyond visual range was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) of Chandipur off ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 2:04 pm

Serial blasts rock Delhi; several injured - Times of India


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Serial blasts rock Delhi; several injured
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NEW DELHI: Four explosions rocked various places in Delhi on Saturday evening, injuring at least 40 people. The blasts at Ghaffar market in Karol Bagh, Connaught Place and Greater Kailash took place in a quick succession, police said.
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Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:58 pm

Bihar Calamity - Lets join hands to help: Uday Shankar - Indiantelevision.com


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MUMBAI: All of you would be aware of the terrible floods that have crippled Bihar. But the magnitude of the devastation may have escaped our attention - even from Indian standards, these are said to be the worst floods in almost a century.
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Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:57 pm

Five serial blasts rock Delhi

Five blasts rocked New Delhi on Saturday evening. The blasts took place at busy market areas. While3 havedied, 50 areinjured.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:57 pm

'Charge HUJI 'militants' with waging war against country' - Hindu


'Charge HUJI 'militants' with waging war against country'
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Barabanki (UP) (PTI): The two alleged HUJI militants arrested in connection with the serial bomb blasts in Faizabad and Lucknow should be charged with waging war against the country also, the prosecution has submitted.

Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:46 pm

2 killed, over 50 injured in 5 Delhi blasts

Two people were killed and over 50 injured in five blasts in various parts of the capital - three in Connaught Place, and one each in Greater Kailash I and Karol Bagh.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:30 pm

Kalam asks IIM-A students to enter public domain - Hindu


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Kalam asks IIM-A students to enter public domain
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Ahmedabad (PTI): Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam on Saturday asked IIM-A students to enter public domain to provide quality governance to the common man.
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Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 1:08 pm

Yamunanagar power plant to resume supplies

The 300 megawatt power plant at Yamunanagar will resume functioning by tomorrow, an official spokesperson said on Saturday.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:59 pm

Government divided over fighting terror - NDTV.com


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Government divided over fighting terror
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A political controversy on anti-terror laws is all set to escalate as the government appears divided over how to tackle terror. While National Security Adviser MK Narayanan appears to support Gujarat's demand for its own anti terror law, the Centre has ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:56 pm

Swamy to challenge order to release 1405 lifers

Subramanian Swamy said he will challenge the Tamil Nadu govt's decision to release 1405 life-convicts on the occasion of DMK founder C N Annadurai's birth centenary.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:54 pm

Youth baton relay arrives in Goa

The youth baton relay for the Commonwealth Youth Games has arrived in Goa as part of its over 8,500km journey, which was flagged off in the national capital on August 1.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:48 pm

Indian tour sparks Warne's comeback speculation

With the forthcoming Indian tour exposing Australia's inexperience in the spin department, speculation of Shane Warne's potential comeback has once again gained momentum.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:45 pm

Harbhajan wishes Symonds good health

Andrew Symonds has found an unexpected supporter in Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh with whom he had a run-in during the Indian tour of Down Under.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:42 pm

MacGill commiserates with young Casson

Former Australian spinner Stuart MacGill has expressed his sympathy with Beau Casson.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:41 pm

Sony targets 30% higher turnover

Sony India aims to achieve a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore this year 30 per cent higher than what it had achieved last fiscal with the launch of its new series of LCD television.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:40 pm

British tourism industry plunged into chaos

Britain's tourism industry was plunged into chaos on Saturday as XL, the country's third-largest travel firm collapsed, leaving more than 85,000 people stranded in foreign resorts and cities.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:39 pm

Bihar urges villagers to evacuate as flood waters rise

PATNA, India (Reuters) - Authorities fighting floods in Bihar urged thousands of villagers to leave their homes on Saturday after rains caused flood waters to rise.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:18 pm

Karunanidhi to announce more sops on Oct 2 - Hindu


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Karunanidhi to announce more sops on Oct 2
Hindu - 2 hours ago
Chennai (PTI) : After reducing the price of PDS rice from Rs two to RS one per kg, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Saturday said he is going to announce more sops for the poor and middle classes on October 2.
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Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:04 pm

FIIs asked to reduce holdings in NCDEX

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs), Goldman Sachs and Intercontinental Exchange, have been asked to bring down their combined holdings to 10 per cent by June 2009.??Chairman and Managing Director
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:40 am

Sony India targets 30% higher turnover

Electronics major Sony India aims to achieve a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore this year 30 per cent higher than what it had achieved last fiscal with the launch of its new series of LCD
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:38 am

Hero Honda's releases music video on 25th anniversary

Two-wheeler major Hero Honda Motors has roped in all its brand ambassadors to feature in a music video celebrating the company's silver jubilee year.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:37 am

BJP says N deal a "mega fraud", assurances to Par not kept

Stepping up its attack on the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, BJP today charged the Congress-led UPA with perpetrating a "mega fraud" on both Parliament and people of the country on
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:35 am

Jt inquiry to probe assault on Bhushan Power & Steel employees

A joint inquiry was today ordered by the East Singhbhum District Administration to probe assault on employees of Bhushan Power and Steel Company by locals during a land survey exercise at a Jharkhand
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:35 am

Hurricane Ike begins pounding Texas coast as thousands flee

Giant Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas Gulf Coast today with its fierce category 3 winds threatening to shut down US oil industry and flood the big water front area which is already under waist
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:14 am

Advani to lead BJP's Vijay Sankalp Yatra in poll bound states

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national executive has skirted the issue of building Ram temple at Ayodhya to take up most current issues of Amaranth land row and Ram Sethu.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:09 am

Shefali Goradia joins BMR Advisors

BMR Advisors has announced the expansion of its partnership to include Shefali Goradia, a leading international tax advisor, taking the number of partners in the firm to 22.??She was most recently
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:07 am

Delhi farmers to intensify agitation over land acquisition

Farmers on a sit-in here for the past six months seeking enhanced compensation for land acquired by the Delhi government Saturday threatened to intensify their agitation. The current market price of the land is over 15 times what they were offered in 2005, they say.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:02 am

Lord Ram gets voice of Bollywood baddie in animated epic movie

When Mumbai-based Maya Entertainment Limited (MEL) contacted Manoj Bajpai to play the role of Ram in its forthcoming movie 'Ramayana- The Epic' three months ago, the actor said he reacted with disbelief.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:02 am

Protesters clash with security men in Srinagar

A day after two people were killed and 40 injured in clashes with security personnel, agitated mobs Saturday forced the shutdown of shops in Lal Chowk, the centre of this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, by pelting stones at police and paramilitary forces.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am

Tamil star Vijaykanth to turn director with political film

Tamil actor-turned-politician Vijaykanth is now set to turn director with a film that is said to have many political connotations.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am

West Bengal governor moots

West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who has been trying to resolve the contentious land problem over Tata Motors' Nano factory in Singur, Saturday said a 'farm-factory balance' should be reached to resolve the impasse.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:01 am

Despite NSG waiver, equity markets go down

The Indian equity markets had a mixed week as the key indices surged on the first day of trading, thanks to the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) giving a waiver to India, but then went down in the remaining four seasons due to weak global markets.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am

VoA to shutdown its Hindi service on Sep. 30

New Delhi, Sep 13 : Voice of America (VoA) is switching off its Hindi service 54 years after it started broadcasting.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am

BMW accident victim dies, family vows to follow case

Anuj Aditya Singh, who was critically injured after a speeding BMW car driven by an industrialist's son hit the motorcycle he was riding, died here Saturday - in a chilling reminder of another accident nine years ago that came to be known as the BMW case.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am

Kim Kardashian keen to be a popstar

New Delhi, Sep 13: Kim Kardashian has revealed that she is keen to launch her career as a popstar, when she is over with her reality series stint.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am

Dozen injured as fresh violence hits Kashmir

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - At least a dozen people were wounded on Saturday in the main city of Indian Kashmir as Muslim demonstrators clashed with troops in the latest anti-India protest to hit the region, police and witnesses said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Sep 2008 | 10:57 am

Protesters and police clash in Indian Kashmir

You Report SRINAGAR, INDIA (AP) - Government forces fired tear gas and swung batons to disperse stone-throwing protesters demonstrating Saturday against Indian rule in Kashmir, officials said, one day...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Sep 2008 | 10:48 am

Tata Motors to have annual vendors meet on Oct 16

Homegrown auto major Tata Motors has convened an annual meeting of its vendors in Mumbai on October 16, but the company said it is not related to the Singur issue.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Sep 2008 | 10:37 am

Fresh protests in Kashmir; 2 killed, 130 injured - Times of India


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Fresh protests in Kashmir; 2 killed, 130 injured
Times of India - 4 hours ago
SRINAGAR: Raising slogans for freedom, more than 3000 people joined a protest rally in the city centre here on Friday as part of the Hurriyat's month-long programme to spearhead the 'movement for Azadi'.
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Source: Google News India - India | 13 Sep 2008 | 10:12 am

Bollywood's 'Last Lear' a treat for Shakespeare lovers

MUMBAI (Reuters) - It's not about Shakespeare and not based on "King Lear," but fans of the Bard may find traces of both in a new Bollywood film set in modern-day India.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Sep 2008 | 10:01 am

West Bengal governor moots 'farm-factory balance' to solve Singur row

West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who has been trying to resolve the contentious land problem over Tata Motors' Nano factory in Singur, Saturday said a 'farm-factory balance' should be reached to resolve the impasse.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 9:31 am

Despite NSG waiver, equity markets go down

The Indian equity markets had a mixed week as the key indices surged on the first day of trading, thanks to the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) giving a waiver to India, but then went down in the remaining four seasons due to weak global markets.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 9:31 am

Nepal's Maoist PM to reassure India over China fears

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's new Maoist prime minister, Prachanda, arrives in New Delhi on Sunday seeking to allay fears that Kathmandu would now move closer to China, dumping its traditional friendship with India.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Sep 2008 | 8:51 am

Pankaj Advani heads strong field at ASCA invitational snooker

World champion Pankaj Advani heads the star cast in Alliance Group - Andhra Social and Cultural Association (ASCA ) invitational snooker tournament commencing here Monday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 8:02 am

Serious films, poor organisation mark festival

Amid a few groans and grumbles about the event not being organised well, Open Frame, Public Service Broadcasting Trust's (PSBT) international film festival, went on to its second day Saturday in the capital.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 8:00 am

Yahoo! India consolidates Field Sales function

launched several industry-leading platforms for customers/advertisers in India this year.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 6:46 am

Lukewarm opening in Mumbai for 'The Last Lear'

An Amitabh Bachchan film usually draws audiences and gets a good opening at the box-office here irrespective of its quality. But his latest - 'The Last Lear' - met with initial disappointment as it opened with a dismal 20 percent collection.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 6:01 am

Bangladesh seeks dialogue between "Battling Begums"

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's army-backed interim government says it hopes to bring together the country's perennially feuding political matriarchs to open a dialogue as it battles to stage a free and fair election in December.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Sep 2008 | 5:28 am

Left and BJP left high and dry over nuclear deal

After the Nuclear Suppliers Group's approval of the nuclear deal, its opponents in India such as the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been at a loose end. Having fruitlessly expended so much energy on blocking the deal, they now seem to have run out of ideas about their next step.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 5:00 am

Poor script mars Naveen Krishna's 'Dheemaaku'

Film: 'Dheemaaku'; Cast: Naveen Krishna, Pavani, Flora Saini, Rangayana Raghu, Sudha Belawadi, Sundar Raj. Director: Magesh Kumar; Producer: Pushpa Sreenivasa Murthy; Story-Screenplay Writer: Naveen Krishna, Magesh Kumar; Dialogue Writer: Shankar Billemane; Music: Arjun; Camera: Vinod Bharathi; Rating: **
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 4:00 am

New interpretation of cinema - through a painting

How do we generally react after watching a film? We discuss it with friends or scribble a film review. But Kurchi Dasgupta portrays in a different way her reactions to the films she watches and loves.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 4:00 am

There are so many false stories about Saif and me: Kareena Kapoor

Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor says that she doesn't like the endless attention people give to her relationship with actor Saif Ali Khan and that most of the stories are untrue.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Sep 2008 | 3:30 am

Pakistan cites anti-terrorism need for F-16s

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan uses F-16 fighters to support a campaign against border militants and needs upgrades to be able to fly at night, a Pakistani official said on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Sep 2008 | 2:33 am

Discord over return of Singur land

Chief Minister expresses inability to make available more than 70 acres from within the project site
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

3 HuJI militants killed in Kishtwar

Jammu: In a pre-dawn operation on Friday, security forces shot dead three HuJI militants, believed to be behind the killing of four Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officers three months ago, in J&K’s Kishtwar district. Acting ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

India contests Bush’s stand on fuel supply

Insists assurances in 123 pact legally binding
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

2 Lok Sabha MPs disqualified

NEW DELHI: The former Samajwadi Party leader, Jai Prakash, has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha for violating his party’s whip during the July 22 trust vote. The order disqualifying him from membership of the House under the Tenth ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

New questions over Rosenberg affair

The couple were executed in 1953 for espionage
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

Scarlette’s mother says notice too short

Panaji: Scarlette Keeling’s mother, Fiona Mackeown, summoned by Goa’s Women and Child Welfare Department, did not appear before the authorities on Friday. She said the notice was too short to make alternative arrangements for her ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

Defiant KMF resolves to increase milk price by Rs. 2

Government says no, invokes Cooperative Societies Rules
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

2 killed in police firing in Kashmir

100 protesters, including JKLF chief Yasin Malik, injured
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

Nationalise Amarnath Yatra route: Rajnath

“Create a special area in the Valley for Kashmiri Pandits”
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

“No cut in oil prices for now”

NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian crude oil basket fell to $95 a barrel Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Friday said there were no immediate plans to cut ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am

Tamil Nadu to release 1,405 life convicts!

Tamil Nadu government will release 1,405 life convicts, including 22 women, lodged in various prisons across the state on September 15, on occasion of the birth centenary celebrations of the DMK founder and former Chief Minister C N Annadurai.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

Nagaland committed for women quota in urban bodies!

The government told the State Assembly that it was committed to implement 33 percent reservation for women in town councils as Nagaland was not exempted from the 74th constitutional amendment.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

6 IPS officers transferred in Chhattisgarh!

Ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, the BJP government here has transferred six IPS officers, including Ramesh Chandra Sharma who has been posted as the Inspector General of Police, Bilaspur range replacing Rajiv Srivastav.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

Kerala celebrates Onam with gaiety and religious fervour !

Malayalis across Kerala on Friday celebrated Onam, the harvest festival, with traditional gaiety and religious fervour.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

Amarinder`s bail in Ludhiana centre scam extended till Oct!

In a reprieve for former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, facing graft charges, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday extended his interim bail till October 01 in connection with the Ludhiana city centre scam, a day after he left for the UK to undergo medical treatment.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

Man wanted in uranium ore theft from Meghalaya surrenders!

The son of an employee of Atomic Mineral Division (AMD), wanted by Meghalaya police for stealing and selling uranium ore, has surrendered before a local court, police said on Friday.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

Nagaland committed for women quota urban bodies!

The government told the state assembly that it was committed to implement 33 percent reservation for women in town councils as Nagaland was not exempted from the 74th Constitutional amendment.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

14 killed as bus falls into gorge in Andhra Pradesh!

Fourteen people were killed and 20 others injured when a private bus plunged into a deep gorge in Andhra Pradesh, the police said.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

Chhattisgarh govt takes action against 11 polluting factories!

Chhattisgarh government on Friday said it has directed closure of one factory and issued notices to ten others from power, steel and iron sectors for being found guilty of polluting the environment.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

Singhal rubbishes Maoist hand in Saraswati murder !

Rejecting the theory of a Maoist hand in the murder of Laxmanananda Saraswati, the VHP on Friday warned Orissa`s ruling BJD-BJP alliance that it will lose the next Assembly poll if it fails to protect Hindus and end religious conversions and cowslaughter.
Source: Zee News : States | 12 Sep 2008 | 11:48 pm

Australia tour will not reopen old wounds says Sehwag

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India batsman Virender Sehwag played down on Friday the prospects of further bad blood in the forthcoming series against Australia after a racism row marred the previous meeting between the two sides.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 3:32 pm

Dalai Lama calls special meeting to discuss Tibet

DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama has called a special meeting of Tibetan exiles in November or December to discuss political unrest in Tibet this year and the future of the Tibetan movement, officials said on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Sep 2008 | 3:24 pm