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Tata announces pullout of Nano project from West BengalTata group chairman Ratan Tata on Friday announced the company was taking the Nano small car project out of Singur in West Bengal because of continuing political opposition to it.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 2:49 pm Bhujbal withdraws defamation case against ThackerayChhagan Bhujbal on Friday withdrew the defamation case he filed against his former mentor Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 2:47 pm Tata Motors shifts Nano plant after land rowKOLKATA (Reuters) - Tata Motors Ltd will move the factory for its low-cost Nano car out of West Bengal after violent protests by farmers who lost land forced it to stop construction work last month, Chairman Ratan Tata said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 2:21 pm Kirsten tells cricketers not to get distracted by controversyBANGALORE (Reuters) - Coach Gary Kirsten told India's squad to distance themselves from the controversy surrounding five senior players ahead of the start of the test series against Australia next week.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:49 pm Tata drives Nano out of West BengalWest Bengal will no longer be the home for the mother plant of the Rs 1 lakh Tata Motors Nano car after Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata told chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee that the situationSource: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:44 pm Bhujbal has reached out emotionally to Shiv Sena: Raut - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:42 pm Orissa CM must ensure arrest of Saraswati's assassins: VHP - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:42 pm Income ceiling for creamy layer raised to Rs 4.5 lakhWith elections to the Lok Sabha and some state Assemblies round the corner, the government today raised the income ceiling for creamy layer from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh annually in a move that willSource: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:32 pm Kajol appointed goodwill ambassador of trustKajol has been appointed goodwill ambassador and patron of the UK based Loomba Trust, a charity devoted to educating widow's children, particularly in India.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:32 pm Merrill Lynch CEO gets good job from BofAMerrill Lynch's Chairman and Chief Exceutive Officer, John Thain will take over as the President of global banking, securities and wealth management after its merger with Bank of America.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:31 pm RIL to start test runs of its new Jamnagar refinery soonMukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries (RIL) is set to begin test runs of its new refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat shortly.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:31 pm BJP demands quota for economically backward in upper casteThe BJP today welcomed the raising of income ceiling for creamy layer but demanded reservation for the economically backward in the upper caste to bring "parity in the society".Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:30 pm German girl case: fifth suspect surrenders - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:30 pm 'No arrests or detentions in Malegaon blasts'The Special Inspector General (IG) of Nashik range on Friday denied reports appearing in a section of media that six persons were detained in connection with the recent blast in Malegaon.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:30 pm Price tag on rescue plan may have to rise: BuffettSuggesting US Treasury to team up with private investors legendary investor Warren Buffett has said the price tag of the $700-bn package may have to rise but did not estimate how much more money wouldSource: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:30 pm FIIs net sale Rs 1,662cr, DIIs net buy Rs 57crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 1,662.26 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:29 pm Cabinet nod for Daiichi's purchase of RanbaxyThe Cabinet okayed Daiichi Sankyo's purchase of Ranbaxy today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:29 pm Hotel cashier killed, robbery suspectedA cashier of a hotel in central Mumbai was stabbed to death on Friday morning, police said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:29 pm Satheesha Rai handed life banSatheesha Rai, who was earlier let off by the Indian Weighlifting Federation (IWF) despite his second dope offence, has now been handed a life ban, apparently under WADA pressure.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:23 pm Injured McGain to return homeInjured spinner Bryce McGain will return home but Cricket Australia is yet to decide on his replacement for the four-match Test series against India.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:22 pm Inzamam against Ministry's intervention in cricketPakistan's former captain Inzamam-ul Haq on Friday said he did not support the Sports Ministry's interference in cricket affairs.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:22 pm 'Don't be shy of playing home series at offshore venues'Javed Miandad on Friday advised the Cricket Board to play its home series at neutral and offshore venues until teams feel safe and secure to tour Pakistan.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:21 pm 13 militants killed in ongoing army operation in JK - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 1:16 pm Nun likely raped during Kandhamal violence: Police - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:51 pm SC asks EC not to hold Patiala by-poll - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:37 pm Cops make little headway in Soumya murder case - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:29 pm Christian groups say politics behind attacksNEW DELHI (Reuters) - From the rape of a nun to arson and killings, Christian leaders in India accuse Hindu nationalist groups of deliberately targeting Christians in eastern India to support their political agenda and shore up their support base.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:19 pm Government sanctions Rs.3.25 bn for upgrading madrassas - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:17 pm India retains right to conduct "nuclear test"Pranab India on Friday said despite the nuclear cooperation agreement with the US, the country still retains the right to conduct a nuclear test, while others have a right to react to such an incident...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:05 pm Hollywood make-up artist hired for Lara DuttaFormer Miss World Lara Dutta is all set to look ravishing in the film 'Blue', thanks to Hollywood make-up artist Nikoletta Skarlatos.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:02 pm Indian Army gets advanced amphibious warshipOne of the most advanced amphibious warships of the Indian Navy, the INS Shardul, was Friday formally affiliated to the 5 Armoured Regiment of Indian Army, at the Mumbai naval harbour.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:02 pm Rs.43.11 bn interest for banks on waived off farm loanState-owned banks will receive Rs.4,311 crore (Rs.43.11 billion) as interest on farm loans of Rs.716.8 billion that were waived off earlier this year under a government fiat.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:02 pm Orissa orders probe into nunMore than one month after she filed a complaint, the Orissa government Friday ordered a probe into a nun's allegation that she was raped and paraded naked in a village in Kandhamal district while a dozen policemen watched.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:02 pm Nitish Katara murder witness arrested on kidnap chargeAjay Katara, the main witness in the 2002 murder of Delhi youth Nitish Katara, was Friday arrested here on charges of kidnapping a property dealer, police said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:02 pm Cabinet gives nod for DaiichiIndia has approved Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo's buying over of Indian drug major Ranbaxy, Finance Minister P. Chidambarum announced Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:02 pm Agartala normal, reward put up for clues to bombersLife returned to normal in this capital city of Tripura less than 48 hours after serial blasts left about 100 injured, and the state government announced a cash reward for anyone providing clues about those responsible for the blasts.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:02 pm Talks between Buddhadeb, Ratan Tata begin over SingurWest Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata began crucial talks here Friday to decide on the future of the global auto major's stalled Nano small car project at Singur in the state.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:01 pm Mitsubishi Outlander, costing Rs.2.02 mn, drives into IndiaHindustan Motors and Mitsubishi Motors launched the Outlander, a crossover sports utility vehicle (SUV) from the Mitsubishi stable, here Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:01 pm 140 in custody in connection with groups clash in Madurai!As many as 140 people have been taken into custody for interrogation in connection with the group clash in Uthamapuram, when people belonging to two different castes hurled country bombs and stones at each other on Wednesday.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Oct 2008 | 11:37 am Kandhamal death toll 33, fire spills to neighbouring Boudh!Violence in riot-hit Kandhamal in Orissa spilled over to neighbouring Boudh district early on Thursday as miscreants set afire as many as 111 houses though no casualty was reported, police said.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Oct 2008 | 11:37 am Seven persons, including 3 cops, injured in clashes in Bharuch!Seven persons, including three policemen, were injured in a clash which broke out between two labour groups near Dahej port in the Vagra taluka here Thursday, police said.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Oct 2008 | 11:37 am Week-long Kashmir gunbattle ends, 14 killedSRINAGAR (Reuters) - A fierce gunbattle between Indian troops and Muslim militants high in the Himalayas in Kashmir has ended after a week, killing 14 people, the army said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 11:35 am India to fall short of FDI target by $10bn: Assocham surveyIndia may miss its foreign direct investment (FDI) target by as much as $10 billion, a survey revealed today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 11:33 am Abhinav Bindra becomes Samsung's brand ambassadorKorea-based Samsung Electronics today appointed Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra as the brand ambassador for its consumer electronics business in India.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 11:28 am Ajay Katara arrested on kidnapping charges - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 11:26 am Eye on polls, govt has some more goodies for OBCs - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 3 Oct 2008 | 11:01 am Rice to visit India, Kazakhstan this weekendWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit India this weekend, officials said on Thursday, celebrating a foreign policy victory on a nuclear trade pact while encouraging India to buy American technology.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 10:47 am AP govt plans to build nuclear power plant in stateFollowing the approval the Indo-US civil nuclear deal by the US Senate, Andhra Pradesh chief minister, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, announced plans for setting up a 2000 Mw nuclear power plant in theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Oct 2008 | 10:32 am 'Maya Bazaar' - for Mammootty's fans onlyFilm: 'Maya Bazaar'; Cast: Mammooty, Kalabhavan Mani, Sheela, Suraj, Biju, Rajan P. Dev; Director: Thomas Sebastian; Music: Rahul Raj; Rating:*Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 9:31 am Two Indian lifters handed life bans for dopingNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's weightlifting federation has handed out life bans to two lifters after both were found guilty of second doping offences, a senior official said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 9:15 am Rs.2.02-mn Mitsubishi Outlander drives into IndiaHindustan Motors and Mitsubishi Motors Friday launched here the Mitsubishi Outlander, a sports utility vehicle (SUV).Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 9:02 am Kohinoor Steel employees attacked in JharkhandKohinoor Steel Friday filed a police complaint against unidentified villagers for allegedly attacking its employees and vandalising its plant in Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand, company officials said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 9:01 am Buddhist film festival in Mexico from Oct 29The 10-day International Buddhist Film Festival will be held in Mexico from Oct 29, an official statement of the Tibetan government-in-exile said here Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am Australia's McGain ruled out of India tests with injuryMUMBAI (Reuters) - Australia leg spinner Bryce McGain has been ruled out of the four-test series in India with a shoulder injury and will return home, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 8:42 am Markets open weak, dip further on general nervousnessIndian equities markets opened weak Friday and began to slide deep into the red reflecting all round nervousness on weak global cues and a severe liquidity crunch.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 6:31 am Japan's Nomura Holdings to acquire Lehman Brothers' Indian unitsJapanese securities house Nomura Holdings Inc has reached a basic agreement to purchase Indian units of failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, Japan's Nikkei business daily said Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 6:30 am 'P.U.C.' a message that fails to deliverReview: 'P.U.C'; Cast: Chethan Chandra, Harshitha Poonachcha, Ramakrishna, Avinash, Vinayaprakash, Sadhu Kokila; Director: S.R.Brothers; Producer: Sharanegowda Patil; Music Director: Raviraj; Camera: Suresh Babu; Rating: ** 1/2Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 6:30 am 'Rock On' my biggest success so far: Arjun RampalHe learnt to play the guitar, grew his hair really long and genuinely gelled with his co-stars. The effort has paid off for model-turned-actor Arjun Rampal who says 'Rock On' is his biggest hit so far.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 5:02 am Now BRTS for nine more citiesNever mind Delhi's harrowing experience. India is pressing ahead with the bus rapid transport system (BRTS) - which entails dedicated lanes for high capacity, low floor buses - in at least nine other cities.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 5:01 am Inside the financial tsunami: what brought it on?The financial tsunami now inundating global economies and markets was brought on by imprudent easing of US lending norms and extreme over-leveraging by giant US investment banks, analysts say.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Oct 2008 | 5:00 am Next U.S. leader must revamp Pakistan policy - studyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next U.S. president must revamp policy toward Pakistan, mixing deft diplomacy, security support and economic aid to help Islamabad defeat a grave threat from extremists, an experts' report said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 4:50 am India bans smoking in public, tobacco firms fumeNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India banned smoking in public places on Thursday in an attempt to fight tobacco use blamed, directly or indirectly, for a fifth of all deaths in the world's third-largest consumer.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Oct 2008 | 2:59 am Protesting villagers return home after week-long stay in a templeKakkivadanpatti residents have been living at a temple in a neighbouring villageSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Mixed reactionsNEW DELHI: The U.S. Senate approval of the India-U.S. civil nuclear agreement drew mixed political response on Thursday with the Congress terming it a “landmark development,” the BJP as a “defeat for the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Rape of nun confirmedMedical examination done at Baliguda government hospitalSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Detonators found on Sikkim highwayGangtok: A total of 24 detonators were found on the roadside between the Toong and Reychu highway in north Sikkim, police said here on Thursday. The detonators were found by patrolling policemen on Monday, Deputy Inspector General, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am U.S. can’t compel firms to give supply assurances: MulfordNEW DELHI: The U.S. has said that it will “faithfully honour every single commitment” in the 123 agreement but “cannot compel” its companies to provide “certain things.” Addressing newspersons hours ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Chandrayaan-I moved to SriharikotaBangalore: The country’s first lunar mission Chandrayaan-I has completed all environmental tests and has been shifted to Sriharikota for launch on board PSLV-C11 later in the month. — PTI ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Tiruchi may soon get high rise buildingsTIRUCHI: The City could soon witness the growth of high rise buildings with a couple of proposals taking shape consequent to extension of development control rules (DCR) of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) to Tiruchi and a ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am State appoints special officerHYDERABAD: Amid the spate of suicides in Sircilla town of Karimnagar district, the Government has appointed a special officer in the rank of Deputy Collector to coordinate the relief work to bail out the distressed weavers. A bail-out ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Seven tier-two cities to get Rs. 100 cr. each for infrastructure developmentThe programme aims at preventing migration of people to BangaloreSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Sabarimala ordinance before CabinetPATHANAMTHITTA: Devaswom Minister G. Sudhakaran has stressed the need for coordinated efforts by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), government departments and other stakeholders for the smooth conduct of the Mandalam-Makaravilakku season at ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Congress hails historic nuclear dealNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The ruling Congress party on Thursday hailed U.S. approval of a historic nuclear trade deal which will unleash billions of dollars of investment and draw the world's biggest democracy closer to the West.Source: Reuters: Top News | 2 Oct 2008 | 5:18 pm
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