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Aging inmate wants longer jail term to avoid workingA 69-year-old Chinese man begged a court to jail him for a longer period after he was sentenced to two years in prison for robbing a woman.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 2:33 pm Unfriending online 'pals' is the latest offence in social networkingDeleting pals from online friends list is emerging as the latest offence in the world of social networking.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 2:25 pm 'Desperate' PCB mulls using diplomatic channel to salvage Lanka seriesIn a desperate step to save the proposed Sri Lanka tour from getting cancelled, the PCB said it will use diplomatic channels to save the home series, if needed.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 2:20 pm Should there be a CBI probe into engineer's death in UP? - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 2:07 pm Karnataka CM asks PM for NSG station - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 2:07 pm Doctor found dead in Patna hotelThe body of a doctor missing since Tuesday was found in a hotel in the Bihar capital, police said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:58 pm Luxury brands a tough sell in wealthier IndiaMUMBAI (Reuters) - On a recent evening at a luxury Mumbai hotel, shoppers tried on sequined sandals and handmade moccasins at Joy Shoes, an Indian family business that has sold out of its only shop for nearly 70 years.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:52 pm Losing the momentum - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:50 pm British sex-on-the-beach couple back home from DubaiA British man and a woman who were arrested by Dubai police after having been found to have sex on a beach have returned home, their lawyers said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:48 pm Opposition has resorted to dirty politics: MayawatiFacing flak after her party's legislator was arrested for an engineer's murder, Mayawati accused all opposition parties of mounting a slander campaign against her.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:38 pm Reliance Petroleum commissions Jamnagar refineryReliance Petroleum announced commissioning of its only-for-exports oil refinery in a Special Economic Zone at Jamnagar in Gujarat.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:16 pm Goa celebrates Christmas amidst tight securityAmidst tight security arrangements, Goa celebrated Christmas with midnight masses being held at all Churches and Chapels across the state.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:15 pm Moshe's grandparents in Mumbai to pray - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:57 pm BSF personnel burnt to deathA BSF personnel was burnt to death in a fire which broke out at a border outpost along the Indo-Bangla border in Assam's Dhubri district.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:56 pm Chinese pirates' porn website leaves T-Series sleeplessIt takes just a press of a button to spoil reputations on the info-highway. And a music company realised this after facing embarrassment due to Chinese "cyber pirates"Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:54 pm Leaders greet Vajpayee on his 85th birthday - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm MCD passes buck on govt; says govt delaying release of funds!The MCD on Wednesday said the Delhi government should quickly release additional funds for completion of projects for construction and improvement of roads and bridges before the Commonwealth Games 2010.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm Huge response to Orissa recruitment drive to combat Maoists!Officials in Orissa`s troubled Kandhamal district wanted to recruit 500 residents to combat Maoists. They received over 3,000 applications.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm Petition of lady marshal admitted in Orissa!The Orissa High Court on Wednesday admitted a petition by Gayatri Panda, a suspended assistant lady marshal of the state assembly who had brought sexual harassment allegations against the then Speaker Maheswar Mohanty.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm Assess if anti-terror law applicable against Mayawati: SP!Lashing out at the UP government over the killing of an engineer, Samajwadi Party asked the Centre to assess if the newly-passed anti-terror law could be applicable against Mayawati.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm Close terror cells in India: Pakistan Parliament!Pakistan`s Parliament has asked the world community to press India for the closure of `terror cells and to stop anti-Pakistan.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm In India, a woman becomes a crime victim every three minutes!Every 3 minutes a woman becomes victim of a crime somewhere in India.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm 32 torture marks on UP engineer`s body !32 marks of torture have been found on the body of an Uttar Pradesh engineer who was allegedly lynched by a ruling BSP legislator for refusing to pay for CM Mayawati`s birthday celebrations, according to the autopsy report.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm Indian spy held for Lahore blast, claims Pakistan!Pakistani intelligence agencies claim to have arrested an Indian national in connection with the Lahore car bomb blast.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm Lynching case: SP`s UP bandh!SP calls for shutdown in UP to protest the alleged lynching of a government engineer by a BSP MLA.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm Kidnapped Indian still alive - Times Now.tv
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:07 pm Armyman's statement to be used in Malegaon blast case: ATS - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 11:58 am Reliance Petroleum refinery goes on streamJamnagar to emerge as refining hub with total refinery capacity of 1.24 million bpd??Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) today announced the commissioning of its refinery in a Special Economic Zone atSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 11:42 am 26/11 fallout: Pak resorts to diversionary tactics - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 11:38 am Largest-ever Santa sculpture to enthrall Chandigarh on ChristmasA sand sculptor from Bhubaneshwar is upbeat about his new project -- a mammoth sand sculpture of Santa Claus that he completed Thursday morning in the union territory of Chandigarh.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am Samajwadi Party battles police over engineerPolice fired in the air and fought running battles with opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) activists who were protesting the lynching of an Uttar Pradesh engineer, allegedly by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator. The body bore marks of torture and electric shocks, the autopsy revealed Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 11:00 am SBI to inject funds into insurance armThe country's largest public sector lender, State Bank of India, is planning to inject fresh capital into its insurance arm, SBI Life, which is awaiting the right market conditions to raise fundsSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:52 am Kasab live on TV to call Pak’s bluff? - The Statesman
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:50 am Falling crude prices to trim trade deficitDeclining prices of crude oil will help India manage its trade deficit comfortably even in the backdrop of declining exports and eroding foreign exchange reserves.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:43 am SAIL pulled up for going slow on expansionConcerned over slow progress of SAIL's capacity expansion plan to reach 26 million tones steel production by 2010, the government has decided to review the PSU's projects on fortnightly basis to ensur...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:43 am Hospitality sector faces uncertain timesFor hospitality sector, which began the year with uncorking of champagne, is closing 2008 on a dry note, jolted not only by the global economic downturn but also to a great extent by the Mumbai terror...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:43 am BJP to hold poll talks with NDA - The Statesman
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:36 am Bill Clinton may be HillaryLONDON: Former US President Bill Clinton may be Secretary of State-designate Hillary's special envoy for India and Pakistan even as she is believed to be forming a "hit squad" of diplomats for the ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:33 am CBI records statement of anti-Sikh riots witness in New YorkNEW YORK: A key witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots deposed before a two-member CBI team, which recorded his statement here before it proceeded to San Francisco to take the testimony of another wit...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:32 am 32 Bangladeshis arrested in TripuraAGARTALA: Thirty two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested from a brick kiln on the outskirts of the capital town here, police said today. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a brick kiln at C...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:32 am President & PM greets himNEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee turned 85 today, but there was no birthday celebrations due to last month's Mumbai terror attacks. Vajpayee had expressed his desire a couple o...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:32 am DHR losing Rs. 30,000/ a daySILIGURI: The world heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was losing an average of Rs. 30,000/- a day since April this year as tourist turn out was on steady decline following GJM sponsored movemen...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:32 am Unitech lays off 10% employees??????The country's second largest realty firm, Unitech, has reduced its workforce by about 10%, out of a total of 1,700 employees, as part of its cost-cutting measures on the back of a creditSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:32 am Refiners to post daily profits on fuel sales this monthState-run oil refiners are likely to report profits on daily sale of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene in the fortnight ending December 31, after average crude oil prices have been nearly 3 perSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:31 am PE investments down 80% in October-November??Private equity investments have declined by as much as 80%in the first two months of December quarter with the ongoing credit crunch casting its shadow on the investment space of theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:28 am Shyam-Sistema brings global brand MTS to IndiaShyam Telelink has tied up with Mobile TeleSystems of Russia that will bring the globally acclaimed brand MTS to India for offering telecom services.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:20 am Vizag Steel offers additional Rs 2,500 discountVisakhapatnam Steel Plant, which reduced its product prices by Rs 8,500 per tonne in November, is offering a further discount of Rs 2,500 on each tonne steel from December 23 to boost sales and clearSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:14 am Ghajini gets bumper openingBollywood actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan's much awaited film 'Ghajini', the story of a man with short term memory loss on a mission to avenge the death of his fiancee, opened to a bumper response inSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 9:49 am Maoists kill seven villagers in Jharkhand - policeRANCHI, India (Reuters) - Suspected Maoist rebels have killed seven people in Jharkhand in the past two days, police said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Dec 2008 | 8:51 am Future Generali upbeat on health, says break-even in 4 yrs??????Private sector non-life insurance major Future Generali India Insurance is betting big on health segment and plans to launch new products by early FY10, a top company officialSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 8:35 am New York Times Co to sell stakes to save newspaperThe New York Times Company which owns newspapers, radio and TV stations is trying to sell its stake in a baseball team to raise cash to shield its newspaper franchise particularly the flagship, TimesSource: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Dec 2008 | 8:28 am Firms should co-create with customers: C.K. PrahaladUS-based management guru Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad says companies should join hands with customers to co-create products of value.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 7:02 am At 43, Salman still amongst Bollywood's hottest bachelorsHe set pulse racing with his suave and charismatic approach as Prem in 'Maine Pyar Kiya'. Two decades and more than 70 films later, Salman Khan, who turns 43 Saturday, is still among Bollywood's most sought after stars and hottest bachelors.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 7:02 am Shopping festival starts in KolkataWith the aim of emulating shopping festivals in Dubai and Singapore, the Great Kolkata Shopping Festival has got off to a glittering start.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 7:01 am Goa music festival on schedule: Nikhil ChinappaDismissing rumours that Sunburn 2008, billed as Asia's biggest music festival, was stalled because of the ban on beach parties by the Goa government, festival director and MTV VJ Nikhil Chinappa said that it is 'still happening'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 7:00 am Boom to gloom: Indian economy saw it all in 2008No other year in recent times saw such wild mood swings in the Indian economy than 2008, which started on a strong note but ended on a weak wicket in the wake of a general global slowdown and severe recession in some of the richest countries like the US and Japan.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 6:00 am Key business and economic milestones for India in 2008Following are some key economic, business and financial milestones in India during 2009:Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 6:00 am 32 torture marks on body of murdered Uttar Pradesh engineerMarks of torture and electric shock have been found on the body of an Uttar Pradesh engineer who was allegedly lynched by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator for refusing to pay for Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday celebrations, according to the autopsy report, officials said here Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 5:30 am Obama books return to bestseller listWhile the top of the bestseller lists remained the same this week, with Nandan Nilekani's 'Imagining India' atop the non-fiction category and Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' heading the fiction group, two books by US president-elect Barack Obama return to the bestseller list.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 4:01 am Kaifi Azmi's biography now inspires a filmShabana Azmi says her parents' romance was spectacular and confirms reports that a production house is keen to make a film on her father Kaifi Azmi's biography 'Yaad Ki Rahguzar' written by her mother Shaukat.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 3:00 am 17 killed in gas leak at steel plant in ChinaAt least 17 workers were killed in a gas leak at a steel plant in northern China Wednesday, local authorities said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Dec 2008 | 1:01 am Provide evidence: SharifISLAMABAD: India must provide evidence of its allegation that elements in Pakistan were involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Nawaz Sharif has said. Mr. Sharif told a gathering in Lahore on Tuesday that ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Engineer killed; BSP MLA arrestedLUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party MLA from Auraiya, Shekhar Tewari, allegedly involved in the brutal murder of Manoj Kumar Gupta, executive engineer of the Public Works Department, was arrested near Raniya in Kanpur district late on Wednesday. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am GJM calls off Darjeeling bandhKOLKATA: The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) leadership has called off its proposed 72-hour bandh from Saturday in Darjeeling district and areas. It has decided to participate in the tripartite talks scheduled to be held in New Delhi on December ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Hostile propaganda, alleges PakistanISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s elected representatives on Wednesday rallied against India for what they dubbed as its “hostile propaganda,” and sought to turn the tables with the accusation that “terror networks” operating ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Stalin set to become DMK treasurerElection will be held on December 27 when general council meetsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am We will send a spacecraft to Mars in 2013: Madhavan NairNEW DELHI: After the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-I mission to Moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on a slew of missions to conquer new frontiers of space, including landing a rover on the Moon in 2012, sending a ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am ‘He always put his life at risk to save others’Shinde was the first police officer to be killed by terrorists in the Mumbai attackSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Peenya lakes are ‘hazard zones’Water is unsuitable even for industrial use, varsity study findsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Mahila Congress to observe fastThiruvananthapuram: The All-India Mahila Congress will obesrve a 24-hour fast on December 29.Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Voters defy secessionistsTurnout in Srinagar city rises dramatically from 2002 electionsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Bethlehem fills up with Christmas pilgrimsBETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Thousands of Christian pilgrims gathered in Bethlehem's Manger Square on Wednesday to celebrate Christmas under the protection of security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2008 | 9:45 pm Clashes before polls close in crucial Kashmir voteSRINAGAR (Reuters) - Polls closed in Srinagar on Wednesday, bringing to an end the crucial final phase of state elections in the disputed region after sporadic clashes between police and dozens of separatists.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2008 | 3:26 pm What war with Pakistan could mean for IndiaNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Pakistan are engaged in a war of words over last month's Mumbai attacks, but experts say a real conflict between the two nuclear-armed rivals is highly unlikely.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2008 | 3:00 pm Pakistan parliament urges India to accept help offerISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's parliament called on India on Wednesday to respond positively to Pakistani offers of cooperation in investigating the Mumbai attacks and condemned "war hype" between the nuclear-armed neighbours.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2008 | 2:36 pm
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