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K P Singhdeo new president of Congress Party`s Orissa unit!Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, K P Singhdeo was on Tuesday appointed president of the Orissa unit of Congress.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:31 pm Huge arms cache seized in West Bengal, kingpin arrested!The West Bengal Police CID arrested Ashok Mondol said to be one of the biggest arms suppliers in the eastern region from Malda.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:31 pm Sikkim achieves total sanitation!Sikkim has become the first state in the country to have achieved complete sanitation under the government`s Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC).Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:31 pm Fifteen pilgrims killed, five injured in Tamil Nadu road mishap!Fifteen pilgrims were killed and five injured in a head-on collision between a van and a milk van in the wee hours near here on Tuesday.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:31 pm Sikkim achieves total sanitation!Sikkim has become the first state in the country to have achieved complete sanitation under the government`s Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC).Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:31 pm Mangalore pub assault: Sri Ram Sena leader arrested!Drawing public ire of the media over the attack on women in a Mangalore pub by Sri Ram Sena. K`taka`s BJP govt has come under immense pressure to crackdown on the group after one of its top leaders, Prasad Attavar, was arrested.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm India actively considering Canada`s offer for nuclear cooperation!India is actively considering Canada`s offer for nuclear cooperation and the government will soon finalise the draft agreement after working out on the final technical details and conditions under which business can be done.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm M`lore incident an unacceptable act of hooliganism: BJP!Faced with mounting criticism over the attack on women in a Mangalore pub, BJP termed it as an "unacceptable act of hooliganism" and regretting that its political opponents were levelling allegations against the Sangh.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm Sonia Gandhi, Lalu to lay foundation of Rail Coach Factory in Rae Bareli!Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party MP Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday to launch a Rs.20 billion (USD 408 million) Rail Coach Factory.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm LTTE cornered: Pranab rushes to Sri Lanka!Amid reports that LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been cornered, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is rushing to Sri Lanka on Tuesday to hold talks with the island nation`s government.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm Kashi Vishwanath Express rams into stationary goods train, no causalities!A Varanasi-bound Kashi Vishwanath Express rammed into a stationary goods train at Janghari railway junction, 30 kilometers from here, in the early hours on Tuesday.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm Nepal President puts off India visit due to Manmohan`s surgery!Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav`s visit to India has been put off indefinitely following the recent heart surgery of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm Hotel attack: Sanjay Raut arrested !Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut was arrested in connection with the vandalism at a Mumbai hotel.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm Former president R. Venkataraman deadNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Former Indian president R. Venkataraman died on Tuesday, officials said. He was 98.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:10 pm CM should take steps to effect 'real ceasefire' in Lanka: AISMKTamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi should make efforts to effect a 'real ceasefire' in Sri Lanka, so that the lives of innocent Tamils can be saved.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:10 pm Pranab Mukherjee heads to Sri Lanka over fate of TamilsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrives in Colombo on Tuesday to discuss the safety of some 230,000 Tamil civilians caught in the end-game of Sri Lanka's 25-year-old civil war.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:04 pm I hope India hosts F1 race by 2011: KarthikeyanAce Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan hoped that India could host a Formula One Grand Prix event by 2011, as scheduled.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm Vishal Retail seeks rent re-negotiation, to relocate storesDiversified retail player Vishal Retail today said the group is undertaking re-negotiation of rent agreements with property owners for a 25-50 per cent reduction in rentals and also plans to close down, relocate and resize stores to achieve economic viability.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:59 am Orissa villagers in human chain protest at VedantaBHUBANESWAR (Reuters) - Thousands of tribespeople in Orissa, some carrying bows and arrows, formed a human chain on Tuesday to protest against a bauxite mine planned by Vedanta Resources Plc, police said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:58 am Ports in Eastern coast strengthened after Lashkar threatsSecurity at ports in Eastern coast of the country has been strengthened following intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba could carry out terror strikes.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:57 am Fuel consumption up 4.4% in DecemberMirroring slowdown in the economy, India's fuel consumption grew by a bare 4.4 per cent in December with diesel sales recording the lowest expansion rate in the current fiscal.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:56 am JSW Group to review Rs 96-cr contracts given to MaytasPrivate steel maker JSW on Tuesday, said that it will review the Rs 96-crore township project with Maytas Infra.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:54 am Educomp Solutions Q3 net up 61% at Rs 32 crEducomp Solutions today reported a 61.36 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 31.83 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2008, as compared to Rs 19.72 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:44 am JSW Group to review Rs 96-cr contracts given to MaytasPrivate steel maker JSW today said that it will review the Rs 96-crore township project with Maytas Infra, a company run by the family of tainted Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju, who is being probed for the Rs 7,800-crore financial fraud.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:40 am CIL rejects Rio Tinto's offer for developing coal minesCoal India (CIL) has rejected global major Rio Tinto's proposal for developing its abandoned and underground mines with total reserves of over 1,665 million tonnes of coal, saying the foreign company "falls short of expertise" to take up the venture.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:35 am Cadila Healthcare Q3 net profit at Rs 60 crPharmaceutical firm Cadila Healthcare today reported a net profit of Rs 60.53 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, while it had a net profit of Rs 51.56 crore in the same period last fiscal.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:30 am President condoles Venkataraman's death - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:30 am Sitting in a window seat on a plane 'raises risk of DVT'A new study has claimed that sitting close to the window on a plane can raise a passenger's chance of developing a deep vein thrombosis.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:29 am President condoles Venkataraman's deathPresident Pratibha Patil on Tuesday expressed deep condolences over the demise of former president R Venkataraman.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:28 am Bindra to set up five-star hotel in DehradunBeijing Olympics Gold medal winner Abhinav Bindra is planning to set up a luxury hotel in Dehra Dun, the proposal which was recently cleared by the Uttarakhand government.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:22 am Superman-like vision may soon be a realityYour dream of having a Superman-like vision may soon be a reality, thanks to researchers who are working on developing X ray specs.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:20 am Lavalin case: HC declines to go through contents of sealed cover - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:16 am Babies are born with a beat for musicJust like adults, babies too appreciate music, suggests a new research, which found that newborns can feel the beat.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:16 am Ram Sena chief arrested but not for Mangalore pub attack - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:15 am Pals not surprised about Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto's successSlumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto's amazing rise to fame has come despite her never taking any acting lesson, but her friends are not a bit surprised about her success.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:14 am Sonia Gandhi signals fuel price cut - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:13 am Nomura Q3 loss at $3.8 bn; takes hit from Lehman buyJapanese financial services major Nomura today reported a net loss of 342.9 billion yen ($3.8 billion) in the third quarter, bearing the impact of its purchase of Lehman Brothers' Asia operations and huge trading losses amid the financial crisis.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:09 am Heroin worth Rs 70 crore seized from Samjhauta passengers - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:08 am RV, a copybook president who worked with 4 PMs in 5 yearsA copybook president, R Venkataraman skilfully guided the country through a testing period of coalition politics in its nascent days.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:06 am Glenmark Q3 consolidated net dips 71%Glenmark Pharmaceuticals today said its consolidated net profit in the December quarter declined 70.91 per cent at Rs 81.43 crore over the corresponding period a year ago.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 11:05 am Sesa Goa Q3 net dips 22% at Rs 471 crMining firm Sesa Goa today said its standalone net profit for the third quarter ended December 31, declined by 22.53 per cent to Rs 470.69 crore, as compared to Rs 607.60 crore in the same period a year ago.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:54 am India's "Taliban" may hurt BJPNEW DELHI (Reuters) - An attack by Hindu hardliners on women in a pub in Mangalore is threatening to dent the reputation of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before elections due by May.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:54 am RBI holds rates, asks banks to pass on easingMUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left its key interest rates steady on Tuesday, saying banks still had to pass on the benefits of previous cuts, but analysts expect another reduction in coming months to shore up the slowing economy.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:20 am Why a window seat on a plane is riskyThe next time you travel by air, don't insist on a window seat, for a new study has claimed that sitting close to the window on a plane can raise a passenger's chances of developing deep vein thrombos...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:01 am US slashes $55 million aid to PakistanThe United Stated deducted $55 million under its reimbursement programme -- for expenses incurred by Pakistan on the war on terror -- after American auditors raised objections to a claim submitted by ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:01 am Tukaram Omble, the LionheartA dignified Tarabai Omble, stepped up to the Presidential podium to receive the Ashok Chakra, the country's highest bravery award in peacetime. As the Delhi winter chill swept through the dais, she...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:01 am These girls are like my sistersminutes before his arrest.Do you agree that it is a shameful incident or are you proud of it?I am not proud of it. It is a minor incident in Mangalore which has been blown out of proportion.Girls we...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:01 am Violent protests in Mangalore against Ram Sena chiefMurugesh, the driver of one of the lorries, said that a mob stopped his vehicle and asked him to get off, before setting the lorry ablaze.A violent mob attacked a bus at Padeel, while it was on its wa...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:01 am Fatwa issued against yoga in IndonesiaIndonesia's top Islamic body has banned Muslims in the country from practicing yoga.The 700-odd clerics of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas were in agreement that yoga exercises included Hindu religio...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:01 am JuD activists protest takeover of headquarters by Pak govtMumbai attacks , on Tuesday staged a demonstration outside the organisation's headquarters in Muridke to protest its takeover by Pakistani authorities.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am Republic Day celebrated in US, UK, South Africa] to the US Ronen Sen unfurled the tricolour at a function held at the Indian Embassy in Washington, with a large number of community members from in and around the capital attending the event, at whi...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am Muslims can very well do yoga, says Darul UloomGoing against Indonesia's ban on Muslims practicing yoga, India's best known Islamic seminary says there is nothing wrong with any exercise done for health reasons.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am Markets hold on to gainsIndian equities markets were trading firmly Tuesday, with a key index trading 3.42 percent higher than its previous close nearly an hour before the closing bell.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am Probe ordered into firing, transporters squat before RSP plant - Indopia
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 9:37 am Parents say children exploited in 'Slumdog Millionaire' - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 9:29 am Bihar deploys police after "Slumdog" protestsPATNA, India (Reuters) - Police in Bihar tightened security on Tuesday, a day after slum dwellers objecting to the word "dog" attacked a cinema hall screening the Oscar-nominated film "Slumdog Millionaire" in Patna.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 9:27 am Doubts over "Pakistan militants" foiled by IndiaNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Doubts have been raised about police reports of a foiled attack on India's capital blamed on Pakistani militants, with newspapers wondering if the whole episode might have been staged.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 9:17 am Satyam jumps as L&T says may raise stakeMUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares in fraud-scarred Satyam Computer Services Ltd jumped more than 28 percent on Tuesday after engineer Larsen & Toubro said it may raise its stake in the outsourcing firm beyond 12 percent.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 9:14 am Roddick into Melbourne semis after Djokovic quitsMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic's defence of his Australian Open title ended abruptly on Tuesday when the Serb retired from his quarter-final against Andy Roddick midway through the fourth set.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 8:56 am Fears for civilians as Sri Lanka troops, Tigers fightMULLAITTIVU, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military battled for the last territory held by the separatist Tamil Tigers on Tuesday, as fears grew for the safety of hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the war zone.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jan 2009 | 8:55 am Disturbance of school programme was unfortunate: MNS - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 8:53 am PM makes good progress, has breakfast with wife, daughters - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 8:18 am Organic farmers paint Vidhana Soudha green - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Jan 2009 | 8:11 am Bar councils to discuss global law firms' rush to IndiaAmid reports of global law firms forging alliances with Indian counterparts, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has called a meeting of lawyers' bodies to assess the impact of the trend and work out modalities to regulate the operation of such alliances.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jan 2009 | 4:32 am Indian markets open in the greenIndian equities markets made a positive opening Tuesday, with the key index starting trade higher than its last closing figure.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jan 2009 | 4:32 am As realty market becomes tight, developers goaded to lower pricesAfter the government, it is now the turn of banks and private equity funds to urge developers to reduce property prices.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jan 2009 | 4:30 am 'Luck By Chance' - a behind-the-curtains Bollywood taleJust when you thought Shah Rukh Khan's 'Om Shanti Om' was the last take on Bollywood's inside story, Zoya Akhtar makes her directorial debut this Friday with 'Luck By Chance', a serious dig at the industry.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jan 2009 | 4:02 am BIG Synergy bringing wacky new talent hunt TV showSiddhartha Basu-headed television firm BIG Synergy is set to adapt Britain-based reality show 'Britain's Got Talent' for Indian television, which he promises will enthral audiences with its 'masti (fun), mazaak (comedy), naach (dance)'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jan 2009 | 4:01 am Sri Lanka court issues arrest warrant against LTTE chiefThe High Court here Monday issued arrest warrants against Tamil Tiger rebels' chief Velupillai Prabakaran and three others for the murder of Sri Lanka's former foreign minister.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:31 am Manmohan recovering fastNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh continues to make “excellent progress” following a bypass heart surgery performed over the weekend at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). According to a medical ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Governor calls for urgent steps to tackle recessionStresses need to streamline local self-governanceSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am CISF men killedROURKELA/BOKARO: In separate incidents in Orissa and Jharkhand, two CISF constables shot dead their seniors. An SI and a head constable were the victims. Later one committed suicide, while the other injured himself in a suicide bid. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am ‘We were molested in the name of God ’MANGALORE: “The entire scene has been playing out in my mind over and over again,” said a woman who was in ‘Amnesia,’ the pub that was attacked by a mob of Sri Ram Sene members on Saturday. She was sitting at the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am It’s for those who worked for poor: Sister NirmalaKOLKATA: The Padma Vibhushan awarded to Sister Nirmala, Superior-General of the Missionaries of Charity, is, according to her “for the many people who have worked together in service to the poorest of the poor.” “I feel ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am President honours the braveheartsNEW DELHI: Two months after the terror attacks in Mumbai, six security personnel who laid down their lives fighting terrorists, were honoured with Ashoka Chakra on the 60th Republic Day on Monday. In all, 11 security men were awarded ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Backlog of LPG bookings highCHENNAI: The backlog of refill cylinder supplies with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributors of Indian Oil Corporation in several parts of the State, particularly Chennai, remains high. Many of the households in the city and its ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am An impressive show on R-DayMartyrs honoured, cultural diversity showcased on the RajpathSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Flood control works to begin shortlyTIRUCHI: Public Works Department has finalised tenders for 45 works under the Rs.253.71-crore flood control project for Tiruchi and works are to commence shortly. Apart from strengthening the bunds of the Cauvery and the Coleroon in ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Ram Sene leader held for attack on women in pubPolice to invoke Goonda Act against extremist elements: IGSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Three killed in Uttar Pradesh road accidentAt least three people were killed and 15 injured, eight of them seriously, when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling turned turtle in an Uttar Pradesh village, the police said Monday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Jan 2009 | 6:02 pm Rajnath Singh discusses Mangalore attack with YeddyurappaBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh arrived here late Monday on a scheduled visit and met state party leaders in the backdrop of the outcry over a pro-Hindu outfit assaulting young women in a pub in Mangalore two days ago.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Jan 2009 | 6:00 pm Two children die after having mid-day mealTwo children died and four others were taken seriously ill after eating the mid-day meal served at a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district after the Republic Day function was over, officials said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Jan 2009 | 6:00 pm Indian economy slowing down, admits RBIThe Reserve Bank of India Monday said the economy after exhibiting strong growth in the second quarter this fiscal is now slowing down in the wake of the global meltdown.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Jan 2009 | 4:00 pm
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