India will go to any extent to root out terror: PM!

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that India will go to any extent to root out terror. He further asked Pakistan to handover perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks to India so that they could be brought to justice.
Source: Zee News : India National | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:58 pm

Vital proof in engineer`s murder!

UP DGP has disclosed that vital proof was recovered from murdered engineer Manoj Gupta`s residence.
Source: Zee News : India National | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:58 pm

Wild Life team out to catch man-eater tiger alive

The tiger, which strayed into human settlements and killed two persons recently at Pilibhit and Barabanki, has been giving a slip to UP forest officers for a month now.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:05 pm

Chidambaram to visit US with dossier on Mumbai terror

In effort to drum up international pressure to nail Islamabad's lies, Chidambaram will travel to the US next week with evidence on involvement of Pakistani terrorists in 26/11.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:58 pm

West Bengal reports fresh bird flu outbreak

KOLKATA (Reuters) - Health and veterinary workers culled poultry in densely populated West Bengal on Saturday after a fresh outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, officials said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:27 pm

Chidambaram to visit US with Mumbai dossier - Times of India


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3 Jan 2009, 1743 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: As part of efforts to drum up international pressure for nailing Islamabad's lies, Home minister P Chidambaram will travel to the US next week armed with evidence about involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:23 pm

AP Minister demands public apology from Kalyan for his remarks - Zee News


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AP Minister demands public apology from Kalyan for his remarks
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Hyderabad, Jan 03: Andhra Pradesh minister Mohammad Ali Shabbir on Saturday issued a legal notice to actor and Praja Rajyam's youth wing president K Pavan Kalyan demanding a public apology for dubbing him a "traitor" and also making "baseless, ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:07 pm

Mamata Banerjee ends overnight dharna near CM Bhattacharjee`s residence!

After squatting overnight near Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee`s residence demanding release of her party supporters, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee called off her dharna early on Saturday.
Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:05 pm

CAG report indicts Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan, Deshmukh!

The CAG has passed strictures against Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh and Revenue Minister Patangrao Kadam, pointing out lacunae in dealings concerning them.
Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:05 pm

Two Andhra ministers quit over Congress defeat in local body polls!

Two Andhra Pradesh cabinet ministers have resigned, owning moral responsibility for the defeat of the ruling Congress party in by-elections to local bodies.
Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:05 pm

Police officer killed in Poonch district - Hindu


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Police officer killed in Poonch district
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Poonch (J&K) (PTI): A police officer was killed in overnight fierce gunbattle with terrorists in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir that continued on Saturday.
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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:05 pm

MCX register record crude oil volume

The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the countrys leading commodity bourse, posted a record volume of 23.49 million barrels in crude oil futures on January 02, 2009. The previous record was of
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:04 pm

India urges "sense" in Pakistan over militancy

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday he hoped sense would prevail in Pakistan over tackling militancy and reiterated a demand that Islamabad hand over those suspected of plotting the deadly attacks in Mumbai.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:03 pm

Auto operators torch buses - Sify


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By our correspondent | Saturday, 03 January , 2009, 14:30 Kolkata: A violent mob allegedly comprising auto rickshaw operators set on fire two government buses on Saturday at Park Circus area of Kolkata as protests against a crackdown on two-stroke ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:45 am

Next fiscal likely to be more difficult: PM

Expressing concern over the 'effects' of global slowdown on the Indian economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cautioned that the next fiscal could be 'more difficult'.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:45 am

Sebi asks Sardar Sarovar to justify redemption price

Gujarat government backed Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam which has proposed to prematurely redeem its 20 year deep discount bonds has attracted Sebi ire.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:35 am

BCCI introduces Inter-Corporate tournament

The Cricket Board today decided to introduce an Inter-Corporate prize money tournament, to be conducted in 50-over and Twenty20 formats, to encourage business houses to recruit cricketers into their
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:32 am

President okays her own salary hike by 300%

President Pratibha Patil has approved the law giving her a 300 per cent hike in salary taking her monthly pay cheque to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 50,000 per month in the New Year.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:30 am

National Conference joins ruling coalition in Central Govt. - Hindu


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National Conference joins ruling coalition in Central Govt.
Hindu - 1 hour ago
Srinagar (IANS): Peace, progress and employment would be the three top priorities of his government, chief minister designate of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah said here on Saturday.
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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:26 am

Cold wave claims over 50 lives in Uttar Pradesh

The state home department has now issued orders for bonfires to be lit along roads for pavement dwellers.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:24 am

Next fiscal likely to be more difficult: PM

However, the prime minister claimed that despite the the global economic slowdown, India would achieve a growth rate of close to 7 per cent this fiscal.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:21 am

Musharraf may visit India this month

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf might visit India along with other countries this month to deliver guest lectures.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:19 am

Harvey lashes out at out-of-form Hayden

Former Australia cricketer Neil Harvey has lashed out at beleaguered opener Matthew Hayden calling him "a pain in the bum".
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:18 am

Bhubaneswar boy sitting on a treasure trove of rare coins

A resident of Bhubaneswar, Devi Prasad Maharaj is a proud owner of about 40,000 coins, many of them rare and antique.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:14 am

Man named 'Ultimate Couch Potato' after 19hrs in front of TV

A Manhattan man has won the title of 'Ultimate Couch Potato' after spending 19 hours reclining in front of the TV.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:12 am

Brit man finds lost sister as neighbour after 40 years

A 64-year-old British man, who had been searching for his lost sister for four decades, discovered that his sibling resided just 300 yards apart.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:12 am

Sri Lanka bombs Tigers in north after fall of HQ

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan jets and attack helicopters bombed Tamil Tiger positions in the north of the island on Saturday, the military said, a day after ground forces seized the rebels' de facto capital Kilinochchi.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:09 am

Pakistan behind Mumbai terror strikes: Salman Rushdie

India-born author Salman Rushdie blames Pakistan for the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes and has asked Britain to warn the country.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:06 am

Chargesheet filed against BSP MLA in engineer murder case - NDTV.com


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Chargesheet filed against BSP MLA in engineer murder case
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PTI The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday filed a chargesheet against 10 persons, including BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari, in the murder of PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta in Auraiya.
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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:51 am

Guwahati blast victims stare into unsure future - Hindu


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Guwahati blast victims stare into unsure future
Hindu - 2 hours ago
Guwahati (PTI): Even as Union Home Minister P Chidambaram assured that security forces would tackle terror in Assam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the wounded, the bomb blast survivors, stare into an indecisive future with no certainty of ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:40 am

Another day of air, rail traffic disruption by fog - Hindu


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Another day of air, rail traffic disruption by fog
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New Delhi (IANS): Hundreds of air and rail passengers were stranded in the bitterly cold national capital on Saturday due to the dense fog that led to numerous flight cancellations and train delays.
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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:39 am

Communists are the greatest consumerists!

C hina teaches - and the Great Kolkata Shopping Festival confirms - that Communists are the greatest consumerists. Shopping is the new opiate of the masses.I thought one bought what one needs when the...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:19 am

Making Akshay Kumar look Chinese

I t's not everyday that one gets to make a Bollywood superstar look Chinese. Jaimal Odedra (inset) clearly had a lot on his plate when he was signed on to design the looks of Akshay Kumar and Deepika ...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:19 am

SPO killed, Poonch encounter continues

] that continued on Saturday.Two army personnel succumbed to bullet shots in the operations that started on Thursday evening leaving four terrorists dead.Special Police Officer Naresh Kumar was killed...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:19 am

We shall go to any extent to fight terror, says Manmohan

A day after Defence Minister A K Antony had asked Pakistan to check the terror camps in its territory, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India shall go to any extent to root out terror.&quot...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:17 am

Auto operators indulge in violence in Kolkata

Three buses were torched and several other vehicles damaged as the opposition Trinamool Congress-backed autorickshaw operators went on a rampage on Saturday at Park Circus in South Kolkata spreading p...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:17 am

Pakistan calls off hockey, squash tours to India

Lahore, Jan 3 : The Pakistan government has called off sporting ties with India and cancelled the Pakistan hockey and junior squash teams' tour to the neighbouring country.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:17 am

Chrysler gets $4 bn loan in auto bailout

Chrysler and the US Treasury Department said on Friday that the government had supplied the automaker with a $4 billion loan that was necessary to keep it operating.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:16 am

Cops smell scam in DDA house allotment

Just two weeks ago, 5000 new DDA flats were allotted to the chosen applicants by a computerised lottery. There were more than a 100 applicants for each flat.But now the concern is - Has Delhi been sca...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:16 am

US envoy Mulford meets Chidambaram

US Ambassador David C Mulford on Saturday met Home Minister P Chidambaram here in the backdrop of Washington's offer to collaborate with New Delhi following the Mumbai terror attacks.The 40-minute mee...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:16 am

Obama team polishing stimulus measure

US President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is putting the finishing touches on an economic recovery plan that could run from $675 billion to $775 billion.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:16 am

Supreme Court: GMA’s last card to extend term beyond 2010 - ABS CBN News


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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 8:39 am

US envoy meets Chidambaram

US Ambassador David C Mulford today met Home Minister P Chidambaram here in the backdrop of Washington's offer to collaborate with New Delhi following the Mumbai terror attacks.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 8:34 am

31 flights delayed, 19 cancelled due to fog in Delhi

After a day's respite, a thick blanket of fog again engulfed the Indira Gandhi International airport this morning causing inconvenience to passengers as 31 domestic and international flights were
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 8:33 am

SBI to sign MoU with Guj govt for fund deployment

State Bank of India will sign an MoU with the Gujarat government for fund deployment in micro, small and medium enterprises, bank officials have said.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 6:30 am

Oil prices rebound above $46 per barrel

Oil prices ended higher on the first day of 2009 trading as investors focused on commodities amid tensions over Israel's onslaught on Gaza, and a Russia-Ukraine gas row.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 6:29 am

CAG report indicts Mah CM, ex-CM

The Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) has passed strictures against Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh and Revenue Minister Patangrao Kadam,
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jan 2009 | 6:28 am

Separate Pay Panel For Armed Forces A Farce - TopNews


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Source: Google News India - India | 3 Jan 2009 | 5:58 am

The legend of Shah Rukh Khan lives on

It was love at first sight for both Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma when the then school-going girls watched Shah Rukh Khan win hearts in 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'. But not even in their wildest dreams did they think that they would star opposite the superstar in their maiden ventures.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Jan 2009 | 5:33 am

Suniel Shetty says I'm India's Goldie Hawn: Sophie Chaudhary

Singer-actress Sophie Chaudhary is working with Suniel Shetty in Inder Kumar's comic caper 'Daddy Cool' and says her co-star feels she is like Oscar award-winning actress Goldie Hawn.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Jan 2009 | 5:33 am

Defeated Bangladesh party questions neutrality of poll observers

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former premier Khaleda Zia Friday questioned the neutrality of international elections observers during Monday's polls, in which the party faced an embarrassing defeat.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Jan 2009 | 4:30 am

Pakistan stops hockey team travelling to India

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's government has stopped the national hockey team taking part in a tournament in India because of security concerns amid the simmering tension between the neighbours over November's militant attacks in Mumbai.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jan 2009 | 2:46 am

Kilinochchi captured in devastating blow to LTTE

Sri Lankan troops take Tiger ‘capital’; Rajapaksa says it’s victory for nation
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

Intelligence shared with Assam: Chidambaram

“Police know two perpetrators of the blasts”
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

Slaughterhouses to be closed down from Monday

Government Order follows complaints of lack of hygiene and the decision to shift them
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

‘Encounter’ in Karimnagar

KARIMNAGAR: Two persons, wanted in connection with several crimes in Hyderabad city, were shot dead in an alleged encounter with the police at Lower Manair Dam reservoir on the outskirts of Karimnagar on Friday evening. Police recovered a ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

Sonia saw the logic of my argument: Omar


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A wild ride through Vienna

VIENNA: A woman and her two small daughters got more than their expected scenic tour through downtown Vienna on Thursday, when a team of unruly horses took them on a wild ride — leaving the drunken coachman behind. The police said ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

ZPTC defeat: 2 Ministers resign from Cabinet

Maganti Venkateswara Rao, M. Mareppa own responsibility
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

Banks likely to cut lending, deposit rates

RBI urges banks to monitor their loan portfolio
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

Second stimulus package unveiled

More steps to reverse economic slowdown
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

Cabinet nod for hike in judges’ salaries


Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

Sangh advises BJP not to forget core issues

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Friday advised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) not to jettison the party's core issues related to Hindutva as it prepares for the Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jan 2009 | 6:01 pm

Six killed as tractor-trolley overturns in Madhya Pradesh

At least six people, including a woman and her two children, were killed and two others injured when a sand-laden tractor-trolley in which they were traveling overturned in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh early Friday, the police said.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jan 2009 | 6:00 pm

Satyam promoters' equity stake falls to 5.13 percent

The 8.27 percent minority stake of promoters in IT bellwether Satyam Computer Services Ltd slumped to 5.13 percent after their shares, pledged with financial institutions, were sold in the market, the listed firm disclosed to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) late Friday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jan 2009 | 6:00 pm

PMK to keep distance from DMK, AIADMK: S. Ramadoss

PMK founder leader S. Ramadoss said here Friday that the party would continue to maintain distance from the ruling DMK and the main opposition AIADMK.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jan 2009 | 5:02 pm

BSP lawmaker confesses lynching 'uncooperative' engineer: police

Arrested Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari Friday confessed that he had beaten and tortured Uttar Pradesh government engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta so brutally that he died on Dec 24 as he wanted to 'teach him a lesson'.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jan 2009 | 5:02 pm

Man cremates father's body in house, mother dies in blaze

In a bizarre incident, a man cremated the body of his father in the house itself and locked the door from outside leaving his mother inside, who was also engulfed in the flames, the police said Friday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jan 2009 | 5:02 pm

Kolkata auto-rickshaw drivers protest ban, Trinamool calls strike

Agitated auto-rickshaw drivers set ablaze a government bus here Friday, opposing the court ban on two-stroke public transport vehicles in the city, while the opposition Trinamool Congress stepped into the protest and called for a 12-hour auto and taxi strike Saturday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 2 Jan 2009 | 5:01 pm

Sania Mirza wishing for injury-free year

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Sania Mirza said she hoped an injury-free season would see her return to the higher echelons of the world rankings after a year ruined by a chronic wrist problem.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 2 Jan 2009 | 4:25 pm

India says Pakistan attitude unchanged on militants

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's defence minister said on Friday Pakistan was still failing to crack down on militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, and that New Delhi had not deployed troops despite tension with its neighbour.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 2 Jan 2009 | 4:17 pm

Kashmir protests over assault on Gaza, 50 injured

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - At least 50 people were injured when baton-wielding police in Jammu and Kashmir fired teargas shells on Friday to disperse hundreds of Muslims protesting at Israeli strikes on Gaza, police and witnesses said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 2 Jan 2009 | 3:57 pm

India slashes rates, lures funds to aid growth

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India slashed its main interest rates by 1 percentage point on Friday, its fourth cut in four months, and tried to draw more funds into the country to boost growth as it warned of a tough year ahead.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 2 Jan 2009 | 2:41 pm