M&M launches Xylo in Rajasthan

Utility vehicle major Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday, launched multi utility vehicle Mahindra Xylo, priced at Rs 6.23 lakh.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:32 pm

Gandhi assures broadcasters on proposed media curbs

Sonia Gandhi assured broadcasters, that the government would not take any action which would be detrimental to the working of free media.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:27 pm

Satyam fiasco raises concerns on accounting issues: Citi

Citi said Satyam's financial wrongdoings have raised questions on the reliability of accounting statements for companies and highlighted the need to focus on regulations.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:23 pm

Apollo Tyres cuts tyre prices by 3-5%

In line with reduction in input costs, Gurgaon-based Apollo Tyres today announced a 3-5 per cent cut in various categories of tyres.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:20 pm

Govt says no Satyam bailout; shares off 32 pct

HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - The government is not considering bailing out Satyam Computer Services, and the fraud-hit outsourcing firm may have to turn to banks, many of them state-run, if it needs funding.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:11 pm

VHP workers 'force' schools to declare holiday

Over 2,500 students were 'forcibly asked to go home' on Thursday, allegedly by VHP workers, since the schools run by Christian managements did not give holiday on "maattu pongal"
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:10 pm

UK foreign minister urges rethink of "war on terror" - Reuters India


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UK foreign minister urges rethink of "war on terror"
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By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called on Thursday for a rethink of the strategy against terrorism, saying the notion of a "war on terror" was misleading and mistaken in present times.
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:07 pm

'26/11 mastermind' furious at JuD's U-turn against him

LeT operations commander and alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks is reportedly furious at the Jamaat-ud-Dawah leadership's U-turn to publicly disown him.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:07 pm

Gurkhas may not be recruited by British Army: Report

The fearless Gurkhas, who have been part of the British Army for almost 200 years, may no longer be recruited over fears that the veterans will cost too much for the government.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:04 pm

Pakistan vows to bring Mumbai attackers to justice - Khabrein.info


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ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- Pakistan Thursday reiterated its vow to bring Mumbai attackers to justice and said that a probe has been launched since the tragic incident occurred in neighboring India.
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:01 pm

Pamela Anderson comes to the rescue of Mumbai's stray dogs

Pamela Anderson have come to the resuce of stray dogs after she learnt that the civic authorities, can kill stray dogs if they are a 'nuisance'.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:01 pm

Satyam employee commits suicide fearing job loss

Apparently fearing that he may lose his job, a 23-year-old employee of scam-ravaged Satyam Computers allegedly committed suicide here, police said.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 2:00 pm

Roses, posters, prayers for jailed Satyam chief

HYDERABAD (Reuters) - Contemplating his fate from a prison cell, his reputation shattered, Ramalinga Raju, the founder of India's Satyam Computer Services, can still rely on supporters to whom he will always be a hero.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:57 pm

Miliband visits hotels Taj and Trident; praises brave staff

David Miliband on Thursday visited the Taj and Trident Hotels and spent some time with the employees who helped in evacuating guests during the November 26 terror strikes.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:55 pm

UK foreign minister urges rethink of "war on terror"

MUMBAI (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called on Thursday for a rethink of the strategy against terrorism, saying the notion of a "war on terror" was misleading and mistaken in present times.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:50 pm

Tendulkar kidnap plot: Final hearing against Hizb men to begin

The final hearing against six alleged terrorists hatching a conspiracy to kidnap cricketers, Tendulkar and Ganguly, is likely to restart in a Delhi court.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:49 pm

Pakistan says 124 arrested in wake of Mumbai attacks

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Thursday security forces had closed five training camps run by Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the Mumbai attack, and arrested 124 of its leaders and those of a related charity.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:48 pm

Centre undertakes 1st phase force pull out from Kandhamal - Zee News


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Bhubaneswar, Jan 15: Twelve companies of central para-military force, including seven companies from Kandhamal, were withdrawn on Thursday even as Orissa government was hopeful of retaining about 2000 jawans in riot-hit district till the coming Lok ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:44 pm

India climbs down, says Pak can try 26/11 suspects - IBNLive.com


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India climbs down, says Pak can try 26/11 suspects
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:42 pm

TCS Q3 consolidated net up 2.7% y-o-y at Rs 1,362 cr

The net profit figure, however, was higher by Rs 41.53 crore due to lower depreciation charges.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:31 pm

FIIs net sellers of Rs 484cr in cash mkt today

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 484.33 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 1:30 pm

Widening disparity in India's health battle - U.N.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's fight to lower maternal and child mortality rates is failing due to growing social inequalities and shortages in primary healthcare facilities despite an economic boom, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:56 pm

62 get life sentence for 2003 Kerala killings - Times of India


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62 get life sentence for 2003 Kerala killings
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NEW DELHI Special court in Kozhikode on Thursday sentenced 62 of the 63 convicts to life in the May 2003 Marad carnage case. ( Watch ) The case relates to the murder of eight Hindu fishermen by an armed mob at Marad beach on the night of May 2, 2003.
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:44 pm

Three more join Satyam board

The government today appointed three more directors to the new board of crisis-ridden Satyam Computer Services, the Corporate Affairs Minister Prem Chand Gupta said.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:42 pm

Zero visibility hits air traffic at SC Bose Airport, Kolkata!

Zero visibility due to dense fog has affected air traffic at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here, airport sources said.
Source: Zee News : States | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

Phased withdrawal of central forces from Orissa`s Kandhamal district begins today!

The government would begin withdrawal of its Central Forces from Orissa state`s Kandhamal district in a phased manner from Thursday.
Source: Zee News : States | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

Cong asks Mulayam to focus on circumstances for seat sharing!

Congress on Wednesday asked SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav to focus only on the political circumstances for talks on seat-sharing between the two parties.
Source: Zee News : States | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

26/11 key witness Anita cooking up false stories about disappearance: Police!

After giving many sleepless nights to the investigating agencies probing the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, Anita Uddaiya, the missing key witness, who returned dramatically, seems to be cooking up false stories.
Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

Indian statements most unfortunate: Pakistan!

Pakistan has termed as "most unfortunate" Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram`s statement threatening severance of trade and transport links with Islamabad if it failed to nab the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

Miliband gets a feel of rural India!

British Foreign Secy got a real taste of rural Indian life when he spent last night in Amethi.
Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

Pak to respond to India`s dossier in a week: Report!

Pakistan is believed to have prepared its response to the dossier given by New Delhi on the Mumbai terrorist attacks and as expected, towing PM Gilani`s line, asks India to extend concrete evidence not information.
Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

26/11 is a test of our patience: Army Chief !

A day after assuring the country about Army`s war preparedness in case of any hostility with Pakistan, Army Chief Major General Deepak Kapoor on Thursday described 26/11 as a test of India`s patience.
Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

Ex DDA officer arrested in allotment scam!

A retired officer of Delhi Development Authority was on Thursday arrested after evidence cropped up against him in the DDA flat allotment fraud, while a property dealer is understood to have been detained for questioning.
Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

`Indo-US ties under Bush era exceedingly well`!

The White House has said the Indo-US relationship has been exceedingly well in the last eight years of Bush regime and is expected to continue during the incoming Obama Administration.
Source: Zee News : India National | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:25 pm

FMCG cos lose 8-10% revenue due to fakes, pass-offs

In Iraq, a leading oral care product of Unilever is available which mentions that the product is manufactured in France. Nothing strange here. Except that, Unilever does not do business in Iraq, moreover, the company has not been manufacturing in France for the last 10 years.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:22 pm

100 days plan to tackle issues: Omar in his first conference - Zee News


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100 days plan to tackle issues: Omar in his first conference
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:09 pm

Infotech Q3 net dips 32% on forex losses

Infotech Enterprises, a Hyderabad-based engineering and geographic information services provider, reported a 32.16 per cent decline in its net profit to Rs 14.47 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2008, as compared to Rs 21.33 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:06 pm

Satyam board to meet on Saturday

HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh, one of the members of the newly appointed Satyam board, today said the board will meet on Saturday.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:35 am

Sonata Software net profit up 27% y-o-y at Rs 19.9cr

Sonata Software, a Bangalore-based travel and outsourced services firm, has posted consolidated profit after tax (PAT) increase of 27 per cent at Rs 19.90 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2008, as compared to Rs 15.68 crore posted in same period last year.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:33 am

Andhra engineer shot dead in US - Sify


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Andhra engineer shot dead in US
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Hyderabad: In a series of killings of Indian students and professionals in US, an engineer from Andhra Pradesh was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:18 am

Celebrate Sonia's birthday as 'ghulami diwas': Maya - Times of India


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Celebrate Sonia's birthday as 'ghulami diwas': Maya
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:09 am

DDA scam: Retired official arrested - IBNLive.com


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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 11:04 am

CCEA okays four laning, six laning of NH18, 47

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved four laning and six laning of various sections of National Highways 18 and National Highways 47 at a cost of Rs 3,084 crore.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:57 am

Unisys named master systems integrator for Delhi airport

Bangalore-based IT systems integrator Unisys Corporation announced today that its Indian subsidiary Unisys India has been named master systems integrator for the Delhi airport.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:56 am

Narendra Modi becomes India Inc poster boy

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two powerful industrialists have pitched for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to be India's next leader, a sign of how the controversial Hindu nationalist is gaining momentum going into this year's elections.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:47 am

'No threat of war' with India: Gilani - Times of India


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'No threat of war' with India: Gilani
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Source: Google News India - India | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:22 am

Mohammad Asif coming to resolve "financial issues" with Delhi Daredevils

Lahore, Jan.15 : Banned Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif will be in New Delhi today to resolve some 'financial issues' with the Delhi Daredevils, the team he represents in the Indian Premiere League (IPL).
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am

Himachal firm plans agro-food unit in Gujarat

Himalaya International Ltd (HIL), a Himachal Pradesh-based frozen food manufacturer, will invest Rs.1.4 billion (Rs.140 crore) to set up an export-oriented unit in Gujarat, a company official said Thursday.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am

M.N. Prasad appointed secretary in Prime Minister

The central government Thursday appointed M.N. Prasad, a 1972 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official from the Bihar cadre, as secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am

Trade remains range-bound, markets still sluggish

The Indian equities markets were stayed low Thursday afternoon with a key index trading about 4.38 percent below its previous close Wednesday.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am

Inflation at 11-month low, rate cut possible

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian inflation fell more than expected to an 11-month low in early January giving the Reserve Bank room to cut rates at its month-end policy review, but some analysts said it may hold off after aggressive recent moves.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 9:44 am

BSP declares 4 LS candidates in Delhi

Jumping into the Lok Sabha electoral fray in the national capital, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party has declared candidates for four constituencies. One of the candidates is a billionaire, who unsucc...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 9:27 am

No role in engineer

"These (opposition) parties carried out various kinds of dramas to defame my party even as we took strong action against all the accused involved in the killing. There was not even the remotest link b...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 9:27 am

Pak to respond to Indian dossier in a week

The dossier had been thoroughly examined and the Pakistani response could be summarised by saying that "the Indians would be told to extend concrete evidence to
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 9:27 am

Life sentence for 62 convicts

] , on Thursday sentenced 62 of the 63 convicts in the May 2003 Marad carnage case to life imprisonment.While 62 convicts had been booked under murder charges, another accused was found guilty for fac...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 9:27 am

Government not to bail out Satyam Computer

The government has ruled out any bailout package for crisis-ridden Satyam Computer, but assured to do everything required to save jobs under the framework of its responsibilities."This is a decision t...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 9:24 am

Global PC shipments dip for first time in 6 years

Global shipments of personal computers posted their first quarterly decline in six years during the last three months of 2008 as consumers and businesses alike gripped their wallets in fear of further...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2009 | 9:24 am

Veteran filmmaker Tapan Sinha dead

KOLKATA (Reuters) - Filmmaker Tapan Sinha, a master storyteller best known for his children's films, died on Thursday, his family said. He was 84.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 9:10 am

Size matters for Indian soccer federation

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tall, strong and physically imposing - that's the new mantra for talent scouts in Indian soccer.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 7:21 am

India's inflation falls further to 5.24 percent

India's annual rate of inflation fell further to 5.24 percent for the week ended Jan 3, from 5.91 percent the week before, official data released here Thursday said.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 6:30 am

Government not to intervene in Satyam: Minister

The government will not intervene in the functioning of Satyam Computer Services, Minister of State for Industrial Policy and Promotion Ashwini Kumar said here Thursday. Beleaguered Satyam's former chairman B. Ramalinga Raju is in jail and after admitting to a Rs.70 billion ($1.43 billion) fraud last week.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 5:30 am

Filmmaker Tapan Sinha is dead

Tapan Sinha, the much awarded maker of critically acclaimed films like 'Uphaar' and 'Sagina Mahato', died here Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 84.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 5:30 am

India add extra test to New Zealand tour

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - India have added an extra test and Twenty20 international to their tour of New Zealand, which starts next month.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2009 | 5:05 am

I hope Deepika does not beat me: Akshay Kumar

Action hero Akshay Kumar says he helped co-star Deepika Padukone match his action skills in their forthcoming film 'Chandni Chowk To China' but made sure she came 'second best' to him.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 5:02 am

Rock star to villager, Purab Kohli explores diverse roles

Purab Kohli, who was applauded for his longhaired-goatied rock star look in the hit film 'Rock On!', will now be seen as a villager in his forthcoming film '42 Kms', about marathon running.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 4:00 am

Indian statements most unfortunate: Pakistan

Pakistan Wednesday termed as 'most unfortunate' Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram's statement threatening severance of trade and transport links with Islamabad if it failed to nab the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2009 | 12:31 am

Sri Lanka to consider Prabhakaran's extradition issue 'positively'

A day before Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon heads to Colombo, Sri Lanka Wednesday said it will look at any Indian request for extradition of LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran 'positively'.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 6:32 pm

Eight arrested in Noida for rape

Eight people were arrested here Wednesday for allegedly abducting and raping a Delhi University student earlier this month, police said.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 6:31 pm

Pakistan should nab terrorists: Miliband

Pakistan should use available 'legal channels' to nab the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said here Wednesday.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 6:31 pm

Court cancels Mayawati's recruitment probe order

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Wednesday quahsed the Mayawati government's order of appointing a committee to probe alleged irregularities in the recruitment of some 22,000 policemen in 2007 when her rival Mulayam Singh Yadav ruled Uttar Pradesh.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 14 Jan 2009 | 6:31 pm