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Gambhir century puts India in controlNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Opener Gautam Gambhir struck a career-best unbeaten 149 and his second consecutive century to hand India control against Australia on the first day of the third test on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 1:07 pm Court orders brain mapping, polygraph tests on Malegaon blast accused - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 1:00 pm FM reviews global fin crisis with key heads, expertsFinance Minister P Chidambaram today met key regulators and policy makers to review the impact of the global financial crisis on the country and measures to tackle it.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:52 pm No fuel price cut for now: Oil MinistryGovernment is not considering reduction in prices of petrol, diesel and domestic LPG despite crude falling to its lowest-level in 15 months as prices have to stablise at this level to wipe out theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:51 pm Indian oil firms to get oil bonds worth Rs 65,942 crIndian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum are likely to get oil bonds worth Rs 65,942 cr this week to make up for half of their revenue loss on fuel sale during the first nine months ofSource: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:50 pm M consolidated Q2 net down 5%India's largest utility vehicle maker, Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) posted a drop of 4.9% in its consolidated net profit at Rs 373 cr for the second quarter ended September 30, 2008 as compared RsSource: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:50 pm Telenor buys 61% stake in Unitech Wireless for Rs 6,120 crTelenor, a Norway-based international telecommunication service provider has entered in to a definitive long-term partnership with Unitech Wireless to provide a pan-India telecom services.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:49 pm A crisis on all streets - Sify
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:48 pm US Fed eyes new rate cut to ease credit crisisThe US Federal Reserve was widely expected to deliver another cut in interest rates today to offer more help to an economy whose growth is being choked by a squeeze inSource: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:46 pm NTPC to form JV with NPCILState-run power producer NTPC today said it would form a joint venture with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd for setting up a nuclear power project.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:45 pm Pakistan rescuers pull 160 bodies from quake rubbleWAM, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani rescuers pulled 160 bodies from the rubble of hundreds of mud-walled homes flattened by a powerful earthquake in the southwestern province of Baluchistan on Wednesday, government officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:37 pm UP sugar mills may commence operation next fortnightSugar mills in Uttar Pradesh, the countrys largest sweetener producer, are all set to commence cane crushing in the first fortnight of November following state governments caneSource: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:36 pm Patni buys back shares worth Rs 237 crSoftware services provider Patni Computer Systems today said it has bought around 1.09 cr shares worth Rs 237 cr from the open market under its buyback offer.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:33 pm NRI computer whiz-kid jailed for chip-and-PIN fraud in UK - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:31 pm Rizwanur case: Ashok Todi, two others not to surrendertill Nov 3 - Expressindia.com
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:29 pm FII net sales at Rs 1,306cr, DII net buy at Rs 740crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 1,306.35 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:25 pm Uddhav Thackeray warns Bihar leaders over migrants` row!Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackeray has warned Bihar`s leaders not to add fuel to a raging migrants` row.Source: Zee News : States | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:04 pm Seven injured in a major fire in North West Delhi!Seven people were injured including four firemen when a major fire broke out in a slum cluster in Jehangirpuri area of North West Delhi, Fire Brigade officials said.Source: Zee News : States | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:04 pm Gautam Gambhir fights fire with fireFor a soft-spoken man Gautam Gambhir has made bold statements. This one came at the Feroz Shah KotlaSource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:50 am Maradona named Argentina's football coachFormer Argentine football superstar Diego Maradona has been named coach of the country's national teamSource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:49 am US couple in trouble for hanging Palin effigyA California couple has stirred up a nationwide controversy and visits from local secret service sleuths after hanging a mannequin of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah PalinSource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:47 am Flood waters recede in Assam - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:44 am Microsoft unveils Windows 7, a fix for disappointing VistaMicrosoft released key details on Tuesday of the next generation of software that it hopes will run the world's computers.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:44 am No fuel price cut for now: Oil MinistryGovernment is not considering reduction in prices of petrol, diesel and domestic LPG despite crude falling to its lowest-level in 15 monthsSource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:44 am Panaji: BJP, Shiv Sena Demand Governor to Dissolve State Assembly - Daijiworld.com
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:41 am Quake rocks Pakistan, at least 160 killedMore than 160 people were killed and scores of others injured in a powerful quake that rattled Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan provinceSource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:41 am Is the game really over in US presidential poll?To make their predictions, the pundits point to polls that put Obama ahead in even such previously Republican states as Virginia, Iowa and New HampshireSource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:41 am LTTE aircraft attacks Colombo, MannarThe Tamil Tiger rebels carried out air raids Tuesday night targeting a power plant in the capital and military detachments in Mannar districtSource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:40 am Andrew Symonds omission puzzles MoodyTheir reluctance to call on Andrew Symonds for the ongoing India tour puzzles Western Australia coach Tom MoodySource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:39 am ICC may reconsider Oval Test result: MorganUnder pressure from Marylebone Cricket Club to overturn the Oval Test decision from a draw to an England victory, the ICC saidSource: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:37 am I am still young enough to be chief minister: Abdullah - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:11 am "Himachal Pradesh Home Stay Scheme 2008" to woo tourists - Business Standard
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:06 am India vs. Australia; Third Test, Day oneScoreboard at tea on the first day of the third cricket Test between India and Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:04 am Australia hit back with TendulkarJust when Sachin Tendulkar looked good for his 40th Test hundred, having put on a century-stand with opener Gautam Gambhir, he fell in the last over before tea as India went into the break at 158 for three on the opening day of the third cricket Test against Australia here at Feroz Shah Kotla Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:04 am 10 lose vision as cracker shops catch fireAt least 20 people suffered burns, while 10 lost their vision, when cracker shops caught fire in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:04 am Chidambaram holds meeting on financial turmoilAhead of a meeting among world leaders in Washington next month on the global financial crisis, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram met with key policy makers and monetary experts here Wednesday to formulate India's position on the subject.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:04 am Bharat Biotech to develop pharma-IT park in OrissaThe Orissa government has selected the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) to set up the first biotech-pharma-IT park in the state.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:03 am India 158/3 at tea against AustraliaIndia were 158 for three against Australia at tea on the first day of the third cricket Test at Feroz Shah Kotla here Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:03 am Uttar Pradesh youth lynched in suburban train to MumbaiA young man from Uttar Pradesh was lynched in a running suburban train by a gang that waited only to find out whether he and his friends were 'bhaiyyas' before they began the assault, police said Wednesday, as Mumbai recorded one more incident of violence against non-Maharashtrians.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:02 am Jennifer Love Hewitt wants to become Angelina Jolie for Halloween!New Delhi, October 29 : Jennifer Love Hewitt says she would love to don outfits resembling those of Angelina Jolie for Halloween.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:02 am Zac Efron to star in remake of "Footloose"New York, Oct 29 : American actor Zac Efron is in talks for Kevin Bacon's iconic role in the Paramount remake of the movie 'Footloose'.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:02 am Three railway coaches set on fire in JharkhandRanchi, Oct 29(IANS) Three coaches of a Ranchi-Mumbai train were set on fire here by unidentified people as they were kept in a railway yard for cleaning, police sources said Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Oct 2008 | 11:02 am 10 Booked for Lynching UP Man on Mumbai Train - Daijiworld.com
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 10:52 am Anti-terrorist squad to be strengthened: Kerala minister - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 29 Oct 2008 | 10:24 am Sri Lankan rebel air raids show war not overCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Dual Tamil Tiger air raids on Sri Lanka's capital and a northern military base show the guerrillas are not out of the fight despite the government's confidence it is close to ending the 25-year-old civil war.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 10:22 am U.S. Fed set to cut rates, others line up to followTOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday, a measure Japan, the European Central Bank and Britain are forecast to follow by the end of next week to bolster economies facing recession.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 10:01 am Unitech Wireless offloads 60 percent stake in Norwegian firmNorwegian telecom giant Telenor has picked up a controlling 60 percent stake in Unitech Wireless, the telecom arm of real estate major Unitech Ltd.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 9:30 am Top Indian policymakers brainstorm on economyNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Top Indian policymakers including the finance minister and the central bank governor met on Wednesday and discussed several issues including New Delhi's position at the forthcoming G20 meeting, officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 8:50 am Indian cos may cut jobs by 25 pct soon - trade bodyNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian firms are likely to lay off a quarter of their employees in the next 10 days, as part of steps to contain costs in the face of shrinking margins amidst the economic turmoil, an industry body said on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 8:33 am After trousers, Malaysia Muslim body targets yogaKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters Life!) - Not content with banning women from wearing trousers, Malaysia's top Islamic council now wants a ban on yoga, according to a report on state news agency Bernama.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 7:56 am Maldives ruler falls to oppositionMALE (Reuters) - The Maldives' 30-year incumbent president on Wednesday conceded a historic election to a former political activist he repeatedly threw in jail during years of crusading for democracy on the tropical Indian Ocean archipelago.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 7:45 am Indian equities open on positive note after Diwali cheerIndian equities opened on a positive note Wednesday, after posting one of its steepest gains in recent years the day before during the traditional one-hour trading on Diwali when investors also worship the goddess of wealth.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 7:30 am India settle down after suffering early blows against AustaliaAfter losing two early wickets, India settled down to reach 67 for two at lunch on the first day of the third cricket Test against Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 7:30 am India 67/2 at lunch against Australia in Delhi TestIndia were 67 for two wickets against Australia at lunch on the first day of the third cricket Test being played at Feroz Shah Kotla here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 7:02 am Maradona named Argentina's football coachFormer Argentine football superstar Diego Maradona has been named coach of the country's national team, he confirmed after a meeting with Argentine football federation President Julio Grondona.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 7:02 am Lunch scoreboard: India vs Australia; Third Test, Day oneScoreboard at lunch on the first day of the third cricket Test between India and Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 7:01 am Floods kill six in northeast, thousands homelessGUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Floods and landslides caused by three days of incessant rain killed six people and left thousands homeless in India's remote northeast, one of the country's most flood-prone regions, officials said on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 6:11 am Nepal says off-season climbs rise after fee cutKATHMANDU (Reuters) - The number of climbing expeditions to Himalayan mountains, including Mount Everest, has risen since Nepal reduced off season climbing fees three months ago, officials said on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 29 Oct 2008 | 5:16 am I wear 137 costumes in 'Fashion': Priyanka ChopraIn Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Fashion', actress Priyanka Chopra will be seen in an unbelievable 137 outfits in the film!Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 5:01 am Higher wages make Kerala the new 'Gulf' for migrant labourersKerala, with its higher wages and ample opportunities is emerging as the new 'Gulf' for unskilled and semi-skilled labour from other states, even as far away as Orissa and West Bengal.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 5:00 am Airline offers free flights on Halloween in CanadaAt a time when airlines are going out of business because of high operating costs, Canada's low-cost airline WestJet will offer free flights to travelers with the surname of Candy, Orange, Web or Webb, and Sweet on Halloween.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 3:30 am 'Sorry Bhai' is new beginning for me, says Chitrangada SinghDusky actress Chitrangada Singh, who returns to the big screen for Onir's 'Sorry Bhai' after a three-year break, doesn't like to term her second innings as a 'comeback', but as a 'new beginning'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Oct 2008 | 3:30 am Bihari youth`s autopsy to be conducted in Mumbai!The post-mortem on the body of the youth killed in a shoot-out in a BEST bus will be conducted here on Tuesday following which it will be handed over to his relatives, a senior police official said.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am Hope for Sarabjit as Pak govt shifts him out of `death cell` !Indian national Sarabjit Singh, awarded capital punishment in Pakistan, has been shifted from death row to a normal cell in a Lahore jail, raising hopes that he might not be executed. Pakistani TV channel Geo news reported that the move may be an indication that the Sarabjit, convicted for triggering blasts killing 14 people in Pakistan in 1990, would not be hanged. However, there was no official word in this regard so far.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am Pak violates ceasefire, shells along LoC!Less than a fortnight after Pakistan promised to stop cross-border firing, its troops Tuesday shelled Indian posts, again violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am BEST bus shootout case handed over to Mumbai Crime Branch !In view of the increasing pressure and ensuing high-voltage political drama over the alleged killing of Rahul Raj – a Bihari youth - the state government of Maharashtra on Tuesday handed over the BEST bus shootout case to the Mumbai Crime Branch. The development came shortly after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanded a CBI inquiry into the killing of the 23-year-old youth in a police encounter in Mumbai.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am German girl rape: Tests to be conducted on Vaingankar!A local court here has allowed brain mapping and lie detector test on the prime accused in the Rodrigues case.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am CBI raids Ashok Todi`s residence !The CBI on Monday night conducted a raid at the residence of Ashok Todi, the father-in-law of Rizwanur Rehman who was found dead last year after a month of his marriage to the industrialist`s daughter.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am Malegaon blast: Ex Army officer arrested!A retired army officer is among two persons who were arrested on Tuesday in connection with September 29 Malegaon bomb blast, five days after sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and two others were held in the case.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am Make corporates pay more for cases in SC, HC: House panel!The Supreme Court and High Courts should charge a higher fee from corporate commercial bodies for settling their disputes and give a fee-waiver to poor and illiterate litigants, a House panel has said while pressing for a differential court fee system.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am Accused benefits if eyewitness statement inconsistent: SC!The Supreme Court has held that inconsistencies in statements of the so-called eyewitnesses can be a ground for acquittal of the accused in murder and other cases.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:35 am After air attack on army camp, power switched off in and around ColomboCOLOMBO: Tamil rebels on Tuesday carried out an air strike on an army camp in northwestern Sri Lanka, the Defence Ministry said. “Two bombs were dropped by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam aircraft over a military camp in ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Media have social responsibility to promote peace processes: RamCOLOMBO: “Time has come for the media in South Asia to seriously introspect on its role on how it could improve its performance in betterment of the welfare of the people and the peace processes in the society,” N. Ram, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Pakistan fires at Indian postsNew Delhi: Pakistani troops fired mortar shells at Indian posts on Monday night, violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Private bus strike on ThursdayTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bus Operators’ Coordination Committee, an apex body of three private bus operators’ organisations in the State, has decided to proceed with a token strike on October 30 after Tuesday’s talks with ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Drama in Colombo’s night skyColombo: There was drama over Sri Lanka’s capital close to midnight of Tuesday as electricity was shut down and anti-aircraft guns fired several rounds into the night sky, evidently in pursuit of an intruding aircraft. Police said an ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am We are firmly committed to a political solution: President Rajapaksa“It’ll be based on devolution of power and democratic rights”Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am The dirt on Martin Luther is outSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am High-level probe into shooting of Patna youthMumbai: The Maharashtra government has ordered a high- level probe into Monday’s shooting incident, in which a young man from Bihar was killed by the Mumbai police. Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has asked Chief Secretary Johny Joseph ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Kramnik stays alive with a winAnand needs only a draw in either of the two remaining gamesSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am “I myself will take charge of the political process and see it through politically”A military solution is for the terrorists, a political solution is for the people living in this country, says President Mahinda Rajapaksa.Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am
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