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Akhtar to play in domestic T20 tourney without paying fineShoaib Akhtar was named in the 15-member Islamabad squad for the national Twenty20 Championship in Lahore from October 4 to 8 despite the controversial fast bowler not paying the fine.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:33 pm RIM looking at manufacturing and logistics operationsBetting big on the Indian market, Nasdaq-listed smartphone maker Research In Motion said it is looking at starting manufacturing and logistics operations in the country.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:26 pm 'Advani, Modi responsible for indigenous terrorism'The Congress held Bharatiya Janata Party's senior leader LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi responsible for "indigenous terrorism" in the country.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:24 pm India, China hold boundary talksAfter a year-long hiatus, India and China said on Thursday held a fresh round of boundary talks with Beijing saying the two countries must maintain peace and tranquilitySource: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:24 pm 300 schoolchildren taken hostage by militantsAbout 300 students held hostage by three would-be suicide bombers at a school in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday were freedSource: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:17 pm Yousuf to face life ban if he joins ICLPakistan will not hesitate to impose a life ban on its premier batsman Mohammad Yousuf if he joined the Indian Cricket League (ICL).Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:15 pm Rice pushing for Congress OK for nuke dealUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in the midst of another round of hectic lobbying with key lawmakers to secure Congress' approvalSource: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:14 pm Business well capitalised: Tata AIGTata AIG Life Insurance business is well capitalised and continues to meet obligation to policyholders and clients, the insurer said in a release today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:13 pm 15 hurt as bomb explodes in Assam marketAt least 15 people were injured, two of them critically, in a powerful explosion on Thursday in Assam's Chirang district.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:12 pm Amway eyes 50% share in energy drink marketDirect selling FMCG major Amway is aiming to capture a 50 per cent market share in the estimated Rs 500 crore energy drinks market in the next three to five years.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:11 pm 'Alienation drawing educated Muslims to terrorism'The alienation of the Muslim community in the country is taking educated Muslims towards the "path of violence", said Finance Minister P Chidambaram.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:07 pm Inflation at 12.14% vs 12.1% a week earlierWPI based inflation stood at 12.14 per cent for the week ending September 6, 2008 compared to 12.10 per cent reported a week earlier and 12.63 per cent for the week ending August 9, 2008.??More newsSource: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:02 pm FIIs net sell Rs 1,202cr, DIIs net buy Rs 1,192crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 1,201.64 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:54 pm Nepal prime minister calls his India visit a success - Monsters and Critics.com
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:49 pm George Fernandes Defends Christians, Ask CM to Restore Law & Order - Daijiworld.com
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:48 pm India, China hold boundary talks - Sify
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:42 pm Inflation at 12.14 pct on Sept. 6NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index rose 12.14 percent in the 12 months to Sept. 6, marginally above the previous week's annual rise of 12.10 percent, government data showed on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:36 pm Non-proliferation groups appeal to Congress to reject N-deal - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:01 pm Heavy rain in Saurashtra, 4500 evacuated - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 11:53 am India sees a rise in patent, trademark applications: DIPPIf the total number of IPR applications filed in the country is an indication, then India is creating a conducive environment for innovations.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 11:48 am Dr Reddy's launches US speciality businessPharmaceutical major Dr Reddys Laboratories (DRL) announced its US speciality business with the launch of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Promius Pharma.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 11:46 am iGATE India's top employer says surveyiGATE Corporation, the integrated Technology and Operations (iTOPS) company, today announced that its subsidiary iGATE Global Solutions Limited has been ranked the top IT employer in India inSource: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 11:31 am Five held guilty of professor Papiya Ghosh's murder - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 11:22 am Pakistan's Zardari likely to meet Manmohan SinghISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York this month, a cabinet minister said on Thursday, for their first talks since Zardari became president.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 11:16 am Karnataka offers 1,000 acre of land to Tatas for Nano projectAmid uncertainty over Tatas' Nano project in West Bengal, Karnataka government today offered 1,000 acres of land in case the company decides to relocate its Nano carSource: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 11:00 am Bomb-hit India plans special anti-terrorism centreNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, reeling under a spate of bombings by Islamist militants, is building a new counter- terrorism centre, as part of a revamp of its policing and intelligence apparatus to prevent future attacks.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:51 am Pakistan's Zardari likely to meet Indian leader - Reuters India
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:51 am Satyam bullish on hiringAmid fears that the US financial crisis will effect hiring plans of outsourcing companies, India's fourth largest software firm Satyam today said it is bullish on hiring and has no plans to recast itsSource: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:50 am Govt to take more steps to provide liquidity: FMFinance Minister P Chidambaram today said more steps would be taken to provide liquidity to tide over credit tightening in the aftermath of fresh global financial market turmoil.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:42 am Americans fear for their life insurance after financial turmoilAmericans who have ploughed their savings into life insurance and annuity-linked pension funds were running scared yesterday as financial titans collapsed aroundSource: Business Standard | News Now | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:40 am Captain of hijacked ship Stolt Valor e-mails assuring safety - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:19 am Existing terror laws needs to be made more stringent: Dasmunshi - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:14 am Education for disabled at secondary stageNew Delhi, Sept 18 : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today gave its approval for introduction of a new centrally sponsored scheme of 'Inclusive Education of the Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS)' in place of the existing scheme of Integrated Education for Disabled Children with an expenditure of Rs. 1260.80 crore during 11th Five Year Plan Period.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:06 am Institute of Nano Science and Technology to be established at MohaliNew Delhi, Sept 18 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the establishment of an autonomous 'Institute of Nano Science and Technology Mohali' under the Department of Science and Technology at a total cost of Rs.142.45 crores for 11th Plan Period as a registered society.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:06 am Social security agreement between India and FranceNew Delhi, Sept 18 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for signing a social security agreement between India and France.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:06 am Foreign telecom firms can bid without a domestic partner for 3G spectrumNew Delhi, Sep 18 : The Union Government has said that it will allow foreign telecom companies to bid on their own without a domestic partner for the 3G spectrum but they will have to find a local player before starting services.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:06 am India Infoline hires key people for its asset management businessMumbai, Sept 18 (ANI/Business Wire India): India Infoline announced the hiring of Deepesh Pandey, erstwhile Deputy CIO of Mirae Asset, Singapore and Manish Srivastava, ex-Fund Manager of Halbis (HSBC Global Asset Management), Singapore, as co-heads of the Investment team for its Asset Management business, IIFL Capital.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:06 am Work on Qazigund-Baramulla railway track in Kashmir stalledBadgaum (J and K), Sept 18 : Nearly 95 per cent of the work on the 199-kilometre Qazigund-Baramulla section of the railway project in Kashmir has been completed, but the ongoing protests and shutdowns have stalled any further work.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:05 am Sonia has advice for bickering Chhattisgarh Congress leadersCongress president Sonia Gandhi has advised party leaders in Chhattisgarh to stop bickering publicly over picking candidates for the November assembly elections, party sources said Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:04 am Sports Minister gives away special cash awards to Olympic medal winnersNew Delhi, Sept 18 : Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. M.S. Gill here today presented special cash awards to Olympic medal winners for their splendid performance at Beijing Olympics.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:04 am Delhi picks Ahmed Rashid, Aravind Adiga as best selling authorsPakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid's 'Descent Into Chaos' rules the non-fiction list this week while the Booker Prize shortlisted 'The White Tiger' by debutant Aravind Adiga is a hit with fiction readers.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:03 am Heavy rains kill three, affect one millionAt least three people have died and nearly one million people have been affected by flash floods in Orissa, officials said Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 18 Sep 2008 | 10:03 am Tata says Karnataka offers home for NanoKOLKATA (Reuters) - Tata Motors said on Thursday Karnataka had offered land for a production plant for its cheap Nano car after the firm suspended work in West Bengal due to violent protests.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 9:45 am Bomb attack wounds 20 in AssamGUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Separatist guerrillas triggered an explosion in Assam on Thursday, wounding at least 20 people, police said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 9:02 am Karnataka offers 1,000 acres for NanoThe Karnataka government Thursday offered 1,000 acres of land to Tatas if they plan to shift the Nano car project from troubled Singur in West Bengal.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Sep 2008 | 8:31 am India to review print media ownership rules - govtNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The cabinet on Thursday approved review of print media ownership rules but foreign direct investment will be kept at 26 percent, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi told reporters.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 8:24 am Indian government asked to justify LTTE banA special tribunal has asked the central government to justify its renewal of the ban on Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Sep 2008 | 8:03 am India's iconic electric car gets volt of energyMUMBAI (Reuters) - Long before "green" cars became trendy in other parts of the world, a boxy electric two-seater began rolling out of a small factory in Bangalore, which was then emerging as a software services hub.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 7:52 am Govt ready to take more steps for easy cash - ChidambaramMUMBAI (Reuters) - Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Thursday more steps would be taken to provide liquidity if cash conditions were tight, adding global turmoil would partly impact credit availability in India.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 7:39 am 19 injured in cycle bomb blast in Assam - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 18 Sep 2008 | 7:30 am Rare rhinos in Nepal, India lose grazing land to weedsKATHMANDU (Reuters) - South Asia's endangered Great One-horned Rhinoceros is being driven out of its natural habitat in search of food into the hands of illegal poachers, experts said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 5:33 am Yahoo begin biggest overhaul ever of its home pageSUNNYVALE, Calif. (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page -- the most heavily trafficked site on the Web -- making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web.Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Sep 2008 | 4:33 am My brother Baba is an actors' director: Shabana AzmiCinematographer Baba Azmi has decided to direct a film and his sister, veteran actress Shabana Azmi, is confident that he will do a good job because she feels he is an 'actors' director'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Sep 2008 | 4:31 am US stocks plunge as AIG rescue fails to calm Wall StreetUS stocks fell sharply Wednesday amid fears that more major bank failures could be around the corner, despite the government rescue of struggling insurance giant American International Group Inc (AIG).Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:30 am Playing computer games is beneficial: studyA national study in the US has concluded that computer games foster social interaction and civic engagement and that there was no evidence that they incited users to violence.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 18 Sep 2008 | 1:30 am Bailout of AIG calms nervesBut worries persist about the health of the global financial systemSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Cabinet discusses securityNEW DELHI: A special Cabinet meeting on Wednesday night saw Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil presenting a concept paper on terrorism, internal security and plans to tackle the newly emerging “metro terrorism.” The meeting, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am India and Nepal decide to step up economic relationsNew Delhi to promote industrialisation in KathmanduSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Cable operators in a fix in TiruchiSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am No payment crisis in boursesNEW DELHI: Despite foreign institutional investors (FIIs) pulling out over $1 billion so far from India, the government does not visualise any grave threat to the economy. The domestic capital markets, though, are expected to be impacted by ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Fall in number of migratory waterbirdsNew York: The numbers of migratory waterbirds travelling across Africa and Eurasia have fallen by more than 40 per cent owing to habitat destruction and wetlands exploitation, a report has said. The report was prepared for a meeting ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Shamshabad robbery: gold recovered intactHYDERABAD: Nine days after the sensational robbery of Rs. 1.10 crore worth gold at gunpoint at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here, Cyberabad police recovered the entire gold intact after arresting three persons in Agra in Uttar Pradesh on ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Disclose details of conversions: GowdaMANGALORE: Janata Dal (Secular) president H.D. Deve Gowda on Wednesday urged Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to place before the people details of religious conversions, if at all they had really taken place during the 100-day BJP rule in ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am HC prevents re-counting of votesMADURAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside a decree passed by the Virudhunagar Principal District Judge on April 28 ordering a re-count of votes polled in the 2006 election to the post of Viswanatham panchayat ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Manmohan: we need to strengthen anti-terror lawsHits out at Pakistan-based terror groupsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 18 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am UP PF scam: SC to fix date for plea for CBI probe!The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would fix on September 23 an early date for examining the question of ordering a CBI probe into the multi-crore rupee Uttar Pradesh provident fund scam allegedly involving judges and other VIPs.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Two killed, thousands affected in Orissa rains !At least two persons were killed and thousands affected in rain-related incidents as heavy downpour pounded coastal Orissa on Wednesday, raising fears of floods in major rivers including Mahanadi.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Nanda case: Delhi HC notice to police on Gupta`s plea!The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to city police on a petition filed by one of the convicts in the Sanjeev Nanda BMW hit-and-run case, Rajeev Gupta, sentenced to one-year imprisonment for destroying evidence.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Sri Lanka donates USD 50,000 for Bihar flood victims !Sri Lanka has donated USD 50,000 to Bihar Chief Minister`s Relief Fund for victims of the recent devastating floods in the state.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Karunanidhi asks Centre to look into OBC quota issue !Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi on Thursday demanded that Centre take immediate steps to deal with the situation arising out of the Supreme Court ruling on the filling of vacant seats in central educational institutions.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Mizo body seeks NSCN help for assembly polls !Mizoram People`s Forum (MPF), a conglomeration of major churches and NGOs, has sought the help of NSCN-IM to persuade militant groups not to interfere in the state`s assembly elections later this year.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Expressway promoter trying to extract land: Karnataka to SC!The Karnataka Government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway`s promoter corporation was trying to extract more land from it for the completion of the project.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Gujarat encounter killing probe tardy, SC told!Investigations by Gujarat`s Special Investigations Team (SIT) in the fake encounter killing of alleged gangster Syed Sohrabuddin were "tardy" and there is something "seriously amiss", the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Death of children at TN school: HC orders compensation!The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay Rs One lakh each as compensation to the parents of four children who died when a state-aided school gate on which they were swinging collapsed.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Mayawati reviews BSP`s preparedness for Delhi Assembly polls !Even as a group of disgruntled local BSP leaders on Wednesday joined Congress, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati reviewed the preparedness of her party ahead of Delhi assembly elections.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm Fresh attacks on church property in Karnataka, Mangalore quietPlaces of Christian worship were again attacked in Karnataka Wednesday though violence scarred Mangalore showed signs of normalcy with schools and offices opening and transport back on the roads after three days.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Sep 2008 | 8:30 pm Revival of agriculture a must for inclusive growth: PMRevival of agriculture, which has grown at an average of 3.5 percent in past four years, is a must for self-sufficiency in food grains and inclusive growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Sep 2008 | 8:03 pm ICICI Bank says management not offloading company sharesIndia's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank Wednesday said its top management members have not sold any shares during the current year.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Sep 2008 | 8:03 pm Pakistani groups' role in blasts not ruled out: PMSaying that the role of Pakistan-based outfits' involvement in the spate of terror bombings in Indian cities 'can not be minimized', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh contended that terror groups from across the border were attempting to set up new 'modules' in this country.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Sep 2008 | 8:02 pm Agitations not in national interest: PMExpressing 'serious concern' over the destruction of public property during agitations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday this called for 'serious introspection'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 17 Sep 2008 | 8:02 pm
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