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US govt to inject $3.39 bn into Amex in lieu of shares: CEOCredit card firm American Express, a bank holding company, will receive $3.39 billion from the US government's bailout package for the financial sector, company CEO Ken Chenault informed theSource: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 2:34 pm Stainless steel industry against anti-dumping probeAll India Stainless Steel Industries Association, the apex body of stainless steel utensils and cutlery manufacturers, has opposed the probe and possible levy of anti-dumping duty on stainless steelSource: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 2:16 pm Aceh people hold mass prayers commemorating tsunami victims - Antara
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 2:12 pm PM calls military meet as Pakistan tensions grow - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 2:05 pm Don't get punchy on Boxing Day, India saysNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Boxing Day isn't a day to put up your dukes and get into the ring, Indian boxing officials said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 26 Dec 2008 | 2:02 pm American diplomacy on terrorism - Merinews
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 2:01 pm Forex reserves up $3.6 bn at $254.05 bnIndia's foreign exchange reserves swelled to $254.052 billion for the week ended December 19, up by $3.599 billion over the previous week.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:57 pm War is a media hype, says Jairam RameshIndian, Pakistani and American media are responsible for creating a hype about an imminent war between India and Pakistan, union minister Jairam Ramesh allegedSource: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:49 pm Kingfisher Airlines plans to raise $400 mn: MallyaKingfisher Airlines' plans to raise $400 million are on track and private equity players have showed keen interest in investing in the airline, its Chairman Vijay Mallya said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:44 pm India warns citizens it is unsafe to travel to PakistanNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India warned its citizens on Friday that it would be unsafe to travel to Pakistan amid heightened tension between the nuclear-armed rivals over last month's Mumbai attacks.Source: Reuters: Top News | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:39 pm India PM meets armed forces, Pakistan moves troopsNEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met military chiefs on Friday and Pakistan cancelled army leave and moved some troops from its western border despite both sides playing down the threat of war over the Mumbai attacks.Source: Reuters: Top News | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:36 pm Cabinet nod for 'Integrated Energy Policy' - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:33 pm Thai leader plans $8.7 bn stimulus packageThailand's prime minister said today the government wants to spend 300 billion baht ($8.7 billion) next year to jump-start the country's ailing economy.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:18 pm Maharashtra Govt welcomes Chidambaram letter; to act on suggestions - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:17 pm PM, army chiefs review security situationChiefs of the three armed forces today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and reviewed the security situation in the country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:11 pm Govt okays national highway projectsAs part of efforts to pump in more funds in the infrastructure sector to boost economy the government today cleared over a dozen national highway (NH) projects entailing a total investment of RsSource: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 1:00 pm Slain engineer's son declines Maya's compensation - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:59 pm India's iron ore exports double in NovemberThe country's iron ore exports doubled to about nine million tonnes in November as against 4.13 million tonnes in October, mainly due to better demand from Chinese steel mills.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:57 pm Foreign ministry gives go ahead, Lanka to tour PakistanSri Lanka decided to go ahead with its cricket tour of Pakistan to fill in for a cancelled Indian trip, putting an end to the uncertainty on the fate of the series.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:50 pm India to miss $200-bn export targetIndia is likely to miss the export target of $200-billion by 5-10%this fiscal as exporters face payment defaults, price cut and order cancellations with deepening of global financialSource: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:38 pm Violence in Kashmir lowest in 20 years - policeSRINAGAR (Reuters) - Separatist violence in Indian Kashmir has fallen to its lowest level since an insurgency began nearly two decades ago, police said on Friday, but almost 1,000 Muslim militants are still operating in the region.Source: Reuters: Top News | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:34 pm Adlabs shareholders to discuss radio biz demerger in JanAnil Dhirubai Ambani Group-promoted Adlabs Films today said its shareholders will meet on January 22 to consider the scheme of arrangement envisaging the demerger of its radio business into RelianceSource: Business Standard | News Now | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:24 pm India to share 26/11 evidence with Saudi Arabia!As part of its efforts to build pressure on Pakistan to cooperate in the wake of Mumbai attacks, India is expected to urge Saudi Arabia to use its influence on Islamabad when its Foreign Minister visit here on Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:10 pm A month after 26/11 anger persists!Mumbai is as busy as ever but one month after 26/11 anger among public still persists.Source: Zee News : India National | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:10 pm Bangladesh-India standoff over oil exploration in Bay of Bengal!Bangladesh has deployed two war ships in the Bay of Bengal after a standoff with India over hydrocarbon exploration in the waters, according to a media report quoting a navy official.Source: Zee News : India National | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:10 pm Rice, Chinese FM call up Pranab to discuss Pak !Amid a chill in Indo-Pak ties, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called up Pranab Mukherjee and discussed the situation arising out of Mumbai terror attacks.Source: Zee News : India National | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:10 pm Four held for dodging security checks at airportPolice arrested four people who allegedly dodged airport checks ato smuggle out Nokia batteries, phone chargers and beetle leaves.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:08 pm Its business as usual forMuridke, Dec.26 : Despite claiming that it has come down heavily on terror outfits operating from its territory, Pakistan is still uncertain about how to tackle Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the terrorist outfit which India claims masterminded the Mumbai terror attacks.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:02 pm India, South Africa air services agreement approvedNew Delhi, Dec 26 : The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal submitted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for superseding the existing Air Services Agreement (ASA) signed on December 5, 1998 between India and South Africa by a revised ASA.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:02 pm Saudi Arabia proposes an international body to fight terrorismNew Delhi, Dec 26 : Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal, who arrived here today said that his country has proposed to the United Nations to form an international body to fight terrorism across the globe.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:02 pm Paramilitary forces on poll duty leave Jammu and KashmirOf the 450 companies of paramilitary forces that were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir for the recently concluded assembly elections, 100 companies will leave the state Saturday, a police official said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:01 pm Over 100,000 people laid off in IndiaMore than 100,000 people have been laid off in recent months by the gems and jewellery industry in India because of the global slowdown in demand and lack of adequate credit, an industry leader said in this hub for the sector in Gujarat.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm Recession hits Indian sports goods marketThe global meltdown has impacted the Indian sports goods market with export orders going down by more than 30 percent in the last two months.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm Indonesia commemorates 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamiNew Delhi, Dec 26 : Indonesia commemorated the fourth anniversary of the tsunami that devastated the coastal areas of Indian Ocean on December 24, 2004, and killed over 230,000 people, with 170,000 of them in Aceh province.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm Two killed in clash in DelhiAn altercation over a wooden ladder escalated into a major quarrel between neighbours in which two people were killed and four injured in the capital Friday, police said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm All nations need to cooperate against terror, says Saudi Arabia - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:56 am Advance tax in Q3 down 22% to Rs 12,600 crThe economic slowdown has cast its shadow on the government's revenue realisation, with advance tax collections declining by over 22 per cent.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:56 am Hyundai to cut production from next weekHyundai India said it is cutting production from three-shift to two from next week following a slump in demand.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:55 am Tough NSA laws invoked in the engineer murder casePolice decided to invoke the provisions of the National Security Act and the Gangster Act on BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari in the engineer murder case.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:41 am Witnesses come forward to identify AjmalThirty five people who had seen Mohammad Ajmal Amir, the only terrorist to be captured alive on 26/11 will identify him in a formal identification parade.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:37 am 'Maha cabinet minsters tarnishing Chavan's clean image'Several ministers in the newly-constituted Maharashtra cabinet are tarnishing chief minister Ashok Chavan's clean image, noted Anna Hazare.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:22 am Arrested suspect with Pak links is still under interrogationEven three days after the arrest of a suspect, from Assam with 'Pakistan links', Goa police have refused to divulge any details stating that the `interrogation is still on.'Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:17 am All nations need to cooperate against terror: S ArabiaSaudi Arabia on Friday joined India in pressing for urgent and transparent cooperation of all nations in ending terrorism.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:10 am Orissa Police face flak for custodial tortureHuman rights activists in Orissa Friday raised a furore over alleged torture of a government employee in police custody earlier this week.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:01 am Rs.10 mn-worth heroin seized in Nashik, four heldFour people were arrested here for drug trafficking and heroin worth Rs.10 million in the foreign market was seized from their possession, the police said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 26 Dec 2008 | 11:01 am Only Indian citizens can represent country in sports eventsThe sports ministry said Friday that only Indian citizens can represent the country in sporting events and they will be entitled to government assistance.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 10:30 am RJD may be stripped of main opposition status in Bihar's Upper House - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 10:23 am PM meets service chiefs to review security - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 10:15 am 26/11 aftermath: Mumbai attack ripple effect - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 26 Dec 2008 | 9:40 am India-Sports: Milestones 2008Timeline of India's sporting achievements in 2008:Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 8:33 am 'Rocky' an average fareFilm: 'Rocky'; Cast: Yeshwant, Biyanka Desai, Jai Jagadish, Padmaja Rao, Girija Lokesh, Mithra and others; Story-Screenplay-Direction: Nagendra Aras; Producer: Thimmappa Raju; Dialogues: Vijay Chendur; Music Director: Venkat-Narayan; Rating: **Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 8:31 am Inflation falls, deep interest rate cuts seenNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian inflation fell to a nine-month low in mid-December, helped by cheaper fuel and lower factory taxes, and analysts saw it diving to around 2 percent by March, freeing the Reserve Bank to cut rates deeply.Source: Reuters: Top News | 26 Dec 2008 | 7:47 am Priyanka, Akshay together again, for a showAkshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra, who had stopped working together in spite of doing successful films like 'Aitraaz' and 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi', came together after a four-year gap for a show in Hong Kong.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 7:32 am Saif will be out of hospital in a few days: KareenaKareena Kapoor says that Saif Ali Khan, who is undergoing treatment at Lilavati hospital for food poisoning, will be discharged after two-three days.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 7:31 am I prefer to play dark characters: Emraan HashmiBollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, who has stayed away from doing boy-next-door kind of roles, maintains that he would rather portray dark characters than do roles where he would be required to dance around trees.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 5:32 am Mumbai attack fallout: Delhi hotels fortifiedWary guards, metal detectors and X-ray machines - a month after the Mumbai terror attacks, five star hotels in the capital have left no stone unturned to equip themselves to deal with any untoward incident.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 5:31 am Hope for Chiru, as Pashmina shawls make comebackThere was a time when the Tibetan antelope Chiru used to be slaughtered en masse for wool to make expensive Shahtoosh shawls. But today more and more Kashmiri artisans who produced these are switching to Pashmina, giving the endangered species a new lease of life.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 5:31 am Equity markets rise on openingIndian equity markets opened higher Friday with a key index rising about 100 points above Wednesday's close, about 15 minutes into trading.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 5:30 am Southern star Asin shifting base to MumbaiWith several Bollywood projects in hand, southern beauty Asin Thottumkal is moving lock, stock and barrel to Mumbai from Chennai and has almost finalised a house in Bandra. What's more, her parents have given up their jobs to look after their talented daughter's flourishing career.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Dec 2008 | 3:01 am Kosi embankment breach to be plugged by Mar 31: Nitish!Resolving his commitment to plug the breach in the embankment of Kosi river at Kusaha in Nepal, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the work would be completed by March 31.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am Pune police serve deportation notice to 100 foreign students!In a fresh security measure in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, police here have served deportation notices to around 100 foreign students who are overstaying after the expiry of their visa.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am Karunanidhi`s son Stalin set to be elevated as Treasurer of DMK!M Karunanidhi`s son M K Stalin is all set for his much awaited elevation in the party hierarchy on December 27 when the General Council is expected to elect him as party Treasurer, the third highest slot in the party set up.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am !Contrary to apprehensions of unpleasant incidents, the Christmas celebrations in the strife-torn Kandhamal district were noticeably peaceful.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am `Action will be taken against anyone supporting banned outfit`!Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday warned that his government would not hesitate to take action against anyone, speaking or acting in support of any banned outfit.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am BSP MLA remanded to judicial custody till Jan 7!BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari, arrested in connection with the brutal murder of an Uttar Pradesh PWD engineer, was on remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a court here.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am BSP leaders on overdrive to collect funds for Maya`s B`day !Ever since Mayawati declared that her birthday on Jan 15 would be observed as `Aarthik sahyog diwas`, party leaders and units across the state have been trying ensure the collection drive for the occasion is a stupendous success.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am 800 guerrillas still active in Jammu and Kashmir: Police!Eight hundred terrorists, including 300 foreigners, were still active in Jammu and Kashmir although militancy related violence had largely been controlled, state Director General of Police Kuldeep Khuda said here on Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am Railway police arrest 32 Myanmar nationals from Kolkata railway station!Railway Police have arrested 32 Myanmar nationals from Sealdah Railway station in Kolkata.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am Kashmir separatists baffled by high voter turnout !Some senior separatist leaders are beginning to doubt the merit of their poll boycott call after the high voter turnout witnessed during the polls that went on for over a month.Source: Zee News : States | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:31 am Ajmal’s nationality not proved: PakistanISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not act on the request for legal aid by Ajmal Amir, the lone terrorist captured for the Mumbai attacks, unless it is proved that he is a Pakistani, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik has said. “There is no ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Agartala police arrest 32 BangladeshisAgartala: Thirty-two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested from a brick kiln at Champamura on the outskirts of Agartala, police sources said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a team from the West Agartala police station raided the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Karunanidhi warns supporters of banned organisationsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Political bonhomieSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am YSR, family offer prayers at church in PulivendulaKADAPA: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, his family members and relatives offered prayers at the CSI Church in Pulivendula on the occasion of Christmas on Thursday. Dr. Reddy, his spouse Vijayalakshmi, son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am PSU officers to go on indefinite strikeNew Delhi: Public sector oil firm executives will strike work indefinitely from January 7 against the “minuscule wage hikes” approved by the government. — PTI ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am No ground beneath her feetMumbai blast victim’s wife has a rough road aheadSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am A stray victim of the terror attackMUMBAI: Among those who suffered bullet injuries during the terror attack at the CST railway station on November 26 was Sheroo, a stray dog. An Army doctor is seen attending to ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am No need for CBI probe: MayawatiSamajwadi Party workers protest against killing of PWD engineerSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Moon Mapper throws new lightBangalore: The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), one of the 11 payloads on board the Chandrayaan-I spacecraft, has taken a composite image of the Orientale Basin region of the moon providing new information, officials have said. Different ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 26 Dec 2008 | 12:00 am Satyam asks World Bank to withdraw statementBANGALORE (Reuters) - Satyam Computer Services said on Thursday it had asked the World Bank to withdraw "inappropriate" statements about the Indian outsourcer and to issue an apology for harm done to the company.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Dec 2008 | 11:16 pm Mumbai Jews celebrate Hanukah and remember victimsMUMBAI (Reuters) - The parents of a rabbi and his wife slain in last month's Mumbai attack lit a menorah outside a badly damaged Jewish centre on Thursday, vowing the centre's work would continue.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Dec 2008 | 10:49 pm Reliance Petro makes biggest fuel complexMUMBAI (Reuters) - Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday began processing crude oil at a new refinery in Gujarat, almost doubling company output and creating the world's biggest refining complex just as global oil demand retreats.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Dec 2008 | 5:05 pm Hundreds detained over Uttar Pradesh protests - policeLUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Police fired teargas and live rounds into the air to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday after the killing of a senior public servant.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Dec 2008 | 2:12 pm
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