Modi flays Ranatunga for 'continuous blasting' of IPL

BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi has hit back at Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Arjuna Ranatunga for his "continuous blasting" of the Indian Premier League
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 2:00 pm

Fielding errors helped Aussies: Kirsten

Dropped catches and unimpressive bowling helped Australia come back into the third cricket Test on the fourth and penultimate day, rued India coach Gary Kirsten.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:57 pm

Student in custody for sending threatening email

A court has sent the BTech student, who allegedly sent an email to Rashtrapati Bhavan threatening the life of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, to two weeks in judicial custody.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:54 pm

BSNL's offer for customers

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has come out with an offer on occasion of diwali - full waiver of rent and a discount of 10 to 25 per cent on arrear bills
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:44 pm

RBI measures to induce rate cuts: Bankers

The Reserve Bank's move to further cut reserve ratios and short term lending rate (Repo) would induce banks to cut lending rates
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:41 pm

Survivor Clarke rallies Australia with hundred

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Michael Clarke survived three dropped chances to score his eighth test hundred to ensure Australia all but denied India victory in the third test on Saturday.


Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:39 pm

Police question six people in Assam bombings

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Police detained six people on Saturday after a little-known Islamist group claimed responsibility for bombings that killed 77 people in the troubled state of Assam.


Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:38 pm

RBI complements govt efforts to boost growth

Paving the way for easing home, car and commercial loan rates, RBI announced steps on Saturday to pump in an estimated additional Rs 85,000 crore
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:37 pm

Stars protest for Lankan Tamils - NDTV.com


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Stars protest for Lankan Tamils
NDTV.com - 32 minutes ago
Close to a hundred speeches on their emotional ties with Sri Lankan Tamils and a donation of 45 lakh rupees towards a relief fund.
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:29 pm

Bajrang men assault terror suspects in M’lore jail - Daily News & Analysis


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Bajrang men assault terror suspects in M’lore jail
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BANGALORE: Two terror suspects were severely beaten up by suspected Bajrang Dal men inside the Mangalore jail on Thursday, reportedly to “avenge” the Assam blasts.
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:21 pm

Obama gets irked by media

Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama lost his famous cool when he got annoyed with the media while walking down a Chicago street
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:20 pm

Missing techie's family suspects he was also killed

The family members of Nerusu Lakshminivasa Rao suspect that the crime was committed by some 'outsiders' who may have also killed or kidnapped him.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:19 pm

Kannada gets classical language tag, Karnataka makes a 'habba' - Daily News & Analysis


Kannada gets classical language tag, Karnataka makes a 'habba'
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BANGALORE: Celebrations broke out across Karnataka on Friday evening as the news of the UPA government deciding to grant classical language status to Kannada came in.
Karnataka celebrates 53rd state formation day Press Trust of India
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:07 pm

'Congress not using Raj to split Shiv Sena votes' - Hindu


'Congress not using Raj to split Shiv Sena votes'
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Mumbai (PTI): The state unit of Congress in Maharashtra on Saturday refuted the charge that the party was pursuing an agenda to split Shiv Sena votes by using MNS chief Raj Thackeray.
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:07 pm

Malegaon blast: 'Military' school head questioned - Times of India


Malegaon blast: 'Military' school head questioned
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NEW DELHI: Retired Lt Col SS Raikar - the principal of Bhansala “Military” School was questioned by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Saturday in connection to the Malegaon blast, according to Times Now.
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:05 pm

Police arrest 3 in attacks in India that killed 77 - The Associated Press


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Police arrest 3 in attacks in India that killed 77
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Police have arrested three people and are investigating whether local militants received help from other terrorist groups in carrying out coordinated attacks that killed at least 77 people in India's troubled northeast, ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 1:00 pm

Praja Rajyam comes in support of Telangana - Newstrack India


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Praja Rajyam comes in support of Telangana
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Leaving ruling Congress the only obstacle in the creation of separate Telangana state, the actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, founder of the newly set up Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), categorically stating his party’s stand on Telangana said that his ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:58 pm

Mukherjee supports Iran on nuke issue - Zee News


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Mukherjee supports Iran on nuke issue
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Tehran, Nov 01: Iran has every right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said but made it clear that this has to be consistent with its international obligations and commitments.
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:58 pm

Give state youths their due job share in Maharashtra industries: Rane!

Revenue Minister Narayan Rane has said that youth in Maharashtra should get their due share of jobs in industries set up in the state.
Source: Zee News : States | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:29 pm

Jamia shootout: Delhi Police seek more time to submit report - Times of India


Jamia shootout: Delhi Police seek more time to submit report
Times of India - 1 hour ago
NEW DELHI: Having missed the deadline to submit their report on the Jamia Nagar shootout for the second time, the Delhi Police have asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for a three week extension.
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:04 pm

ULFA, Bangladesh's DGFI join hands to wreak havoc - IBNLive.com


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ULFA, Bangladesh's DGFI join hands to wreak havoc
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TERROR HUB: Intelligence sources says the ISI and the DGFI are actively supporting North-East insurgents. New Delhi: The serial bomb blasts in four cities of Assam on Thursday point to a new chapter of terror by the United Liberation Front of Asom ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:02 pm

Iran-India joint commission begins

Commission Meeting of the 15th Iran-India Joint Commission opened on Saturday in the presence of Iran's Minister of Finance Shamseddin Hosseini and Minister of External Affairs of India Pranab Mukherj...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:56 am

As America rewrites itself

T he extraordinary events in world financial markets have partially hidden from view one of the most extraordinary events of our time. Scholars have been writing stories about either the death of Amer...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:51 am

Sadhvi undergoes polygraph tests

Pragya Singh Thakur, a sadhvi, former Army official Ramesh Upadhyay and Sameer Kulkarni were brought to the laboratory and tests are being conducted, police sources said.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:50 am

J & K govt shifts

] and will reopen in winter capital Jammu on November 10.While the civil secretariat offices closed on Friday, rest of the offices moving to Jammu for the six months of winter period closed today, off...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:50 am

India, Iran to discuss gas pipeline project

Tehran, Nov 1 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will attend the India-Iran Joint Commission meeting today with Shamsuddin Hoseyni, Iran's Minister of Economy and Finance to discuss various ...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:49 am

RBI cuts CRR, repo rates to up liquidity

After infusing Rs 1,85,000-crore liquidity into the banking system, the RBI on Saturday effected yet another 100 basis points cut in cash reserve ratio (CRR) and a 0.5 per cent reduction in key short-...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:49 am

Foreign law firms in India soon

Foreign law firms would soon be allowed to operate from India and the Bar Council shall not be able to resist their entry, says Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan."I don't think the Bar Coun...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:49 am

German girl to testify today

The 14-year-old minor German girl, who was allegedly raped and abused by the relatives of two of Goa's politicians, has arrived in a court in Mapusa.Her statement is likely to be recorded on Saturday....
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:48 am

Bandh by BJP affects life in Assam

Protesters torched vehicles, blocked railway tracks and roads and burnt effigies, as a daylong bandh called by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other saffron outfits to protest against the serial blas...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:48 am

Bal Thackeray comes out in support of Sadhvi

Coming out in support of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and other Malegaon blasts accused, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray lashed out at pro-Hindutva elements
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:32 am

Mercedes-Benz to shift to new plant early 2009

Luxury car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz India, would shift operations to a new plant at Chakon near Pune early next year
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:25 am

Police detain 3 in attacks in India that killed 77

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Police detained three people for questioning and are investigating whether local militants received help from other terrorist groups in carrying out coordinated attacks t...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 1 Nov 2008 | 11:06 am

Maruti's October domestic sales down by 8%

Despite October recording two major festival days like Dhanteras and Diwali, country's largest car manufacturer by domestic sales - Maurti Suzuki sold just 59,127 units of cars and utility vehicles
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Nov 2008 | 10:45 am

Century-maker Clarke frustrates India

Virender Sehwag claimed his first five-wicket haul in Tests even as butter-fingered Indian fielders dropped sitters to allow Australia narrow down the gap with India's huge first innings score of 613 for seven decalared at tea on the fourth day of the third cricket Test at Feroz Shah Kotla here Saturday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 10:00 am

RBI cuts rates to ease cash squeeze, support growth

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday unexpectedly cut its main short-term lending rate for the second time in as many weeks to ease a growing cash squeeze, spur faltering economic growth and fend off damage from the global financial crisis.


Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Nov 2008 | 9:54 am

RBI cuts CRR by 100bps, repo rate by 50bps

After infusing Rs 1,85,000-cr liquidity into the banking system, the RBI today effected yet another 100 basis points cut in cash reserve ratio (CRR) and a 0.5 % reduction in key short-term lending
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Nov 2008 | 8:32 am

Battered Indian equities markets end week in green

With Indian equities markets worshipping Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during Diwali this week, some wealth returned to the battered markets with a key share index ending with a gain of 12.5 percent after losing more than 35 percent in the first three weeks of October.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 8:00 am

Zee News India acquires 26% stake in Sky B

Zee News India Ltd, the media and entertainment company has acquired a 26 per cent stake in Sky B (Bangla) Pvt Ltd, West Bengals media player, according to a statement released by Zee News to
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Nov 2008 | 7:08 am

Kumble, Sehwag strike before lunch

Indian skipper Anil Kumble returned with heavily bandaged left hand to take his first wicket of the series as Australia reached 436 for six at lunch on the fourth day of the third cricket Test at Feroz Shah Kotla here Saturday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 7:01 am

Lunch Scoreboard: India vs. Australia; Third Test, Day Four

Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day of the third cricket Test between India and Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla here Saturday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 6:30 am

At 43, King Khan explores new avenues

He earns over Rs.1.5 billion ($30 million) a year through endorsements, over Rs.10 million to grace an event, Rs.10 million per TV episode, more than Rs.150 million/Rs. 15 crores per film and has now launched a Rs.109 billion real estate project in the UAE. Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who turns 43 Sunday, is much more than a Bollywood superstar.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 6:30 am

The week that was: Most popular on Reuters

Reuters - Here is a roundup of the most popular stories over the week from the world of business, politics, general news and entertainment.


Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Nov 2008 | 6:26 am

Act responsibly: US official to Dhaka politicians

US Assistant Secretary of State Richard A. Boucher has urged the political parties in Bangladesh to 'act responsibly' for ensuring a free and fair conduct of the Dec 18 parliamentary election.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 5:31 am

FIIs net buy Rs 1,292cr in F on Friday

The Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers of Rs 1,292.48 crore in the futures & options segment on Friday.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 1 Nov 2008 | 5:25 am

'Ek Vivaah...Aisa Bhi' is not a sequel to 'Vivah': Director

Debutant director Kaushik Ghatak says his 'Ek Vivaah...Aisa Bhi' is not a take-off on Rajshri Productions' last hit 'Vivah' and insists that the family drama is a completely fresh project.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 4:31 am

Experiential holidays: Latest in Indian holiday circuit

Fifty-two-year-old Virender Singh, a Gujarat-based hotelier, can't stop raving about his holiday. He availed himself of the 'Sex and the City' tour of New York city that took him to all the places that feature in the popular American teleserial.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 4:30 am

Raima defies Tagore, will face sis in 'Nauka Dubi'

Raima Sen will come face to face with sister Riya in Rituparno Ghosh's adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's novel 'Nauka Dubi', going against the original literary work.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 3:00 am

Maharashtra and Orissa: fit cases for President's rule

If there is any justifiability at present in imposing President's rule on a state, it is in Maharashtra and Orissa. But governments at the centre have misused this constitutional provision so often in the past that the present regime lacks the moral authority to take the necessary step.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 1 Nov 2008 | 3:00 am

Centre grants classical language status to Telugu, Kannada

The decision is subject to Madras High Court verdict on a petition
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

Equities stage smart recovery

Participants optimistic about rate cut
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

Chandrayaan-1 beams pictures of Earth

CHENNAI: Chandrayaan-1, India’s spacecraft to the moon, has beamed down two beautiful pictures of the Earth it took on October 29. The pictures were taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) on board the spacecraft after it was ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

‘Sarabjit issue will be taken up at global level’

KOLKATA: Sarabjit Singh’s case will be taken up at the international level if the Pakistan government refuses to commute his death sentence, Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney has said ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

Three held for throwing stones at convoy of Jayalalithaa at Pasumpon

They were “irked” by police preventing them from seeing her from a close range
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

Raja lays stress on rural teledensity

NEW DELHI: With telecom companies in the country adding an average of three lakh mobile phone subscribers a day, the government is expecting a steady flow of income from them, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology A. ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

Chandrayaan looks at Earth


Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

All should fight terrorism together: Brinda Karat

Guwahati: Communist Party of India(Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Friday urged all political parties to rise above narrow political considerations and stand united in the fight against terrorism. Condemning Thursday’s ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

Assam blasts death toll 75

Little known Islamist outfit claims responsibility
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

Cabinet nod for raising insurance cap

New Delhi: The Union government on Friday approved the insurance Bill, which seeks to raise foreign direct investment cap in the private sector from 26 % to 49 %. — ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 1 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am

FII-TO-FII TRADES: OBC traded at 3% premium

Trades between FIIs generated a volume of Rs 138 crore on the BSE Friday-an increase of 8.25% from Rs 127 crore clocked on Wednesday.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Oct 2008 | 8:35 pm

Gambhir ban again sours India v Australia clash

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Batsman Gautam Gambhir's one-test ban has again drawn attention to the acrimony that has marred India's recent tussles with Australia.


Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Oct 2008 | 7:28 pm

Google may scrap Yahoo deal - sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc may decide to scrap its proposed partnership with Yahoo Inc rather than accept government-imposed antitrust restrictions on it, according to two sources familiar with the companies' discussions.


Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Oct 2008 | 3:52 pm

Fly Hyderabad to UK for Rs. 90: British Airways

British Airways has announced a one-off introductory low fare to celebrate the launch of its latest route from India.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Oct 2008 | 1:16 pm

Oil producers in Assam reviewing their security arrangements

State-owned oil producers are planning to upgrade security arrangements protecting their oil installations in Assam following a series of bomb blasts on Thursday that left many dead and injured.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Oct 2008 | 12:58 pm

FIIs net buyers of Rs 1,237cr in cash mkt on Friday

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers of Rs 1,237.21 crore (provisional) on Friday, according to data released by BSE.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Oct 2008 | 12:32 pm

Agents to charge higher fee from air passengers

With cash-strapped airlines going ahead with introduction of 'zero commission' for travel agents from tomorrow, air tickets bought from the agents are set to become costlier as the agencies have
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Oct 2008 | 12:06 pm