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Miley Cyrus slapped with $4bn lawsuit over Asian rowA woman has filed a massive 4-billion dollar suit against Miley Cyrus, who was pictured mocking Asians by slanting her eyes.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 1:05 pm Adam Sandler joins Rob Schneider, Chris Rock for new comedy flickAdam Sandler has teamed up with Rob Schneider, Chris Rock, David Spade and Kevin James to appear in an upcoming flick.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 1:00 pm Rolls-Royce posts 1.34 bn pound loss in 2008Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, said today it made a net loss of 1.34 billion pounds in 2008 which it blamed on the weak pound.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:56 pm The global link in Mumbai terror attack, Pak gives detailsFrom Italy, Spain and an unnamed Middle East country to the US and Russia, the plotters of the Mumbai terror attack tapped local resources.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:55 pm Tom Cruise to join Denzel Washington in The Matarese CircleTom Cruise is set to join Denzel Washington in the adaptation of the Robert Ludlum thriller The Matarese Circle for MGM.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:54 pm PLR may fall further if inflation, deposit cost fall: PNBChandigarh Press Trust of India Lending rates could further go down by 1 per cent if inflation comes down to a level of 4 per cent and deposits rates fall below 8 per cent, PNB Chairman and Managing Director K C Chakrabarty said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:50 pm Poor form is the reason to quit captaincy: JayawardeneMahela Jayawardene said his poor form in the recent ODI series against India prompted him to take the decision to step down from captaincy.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:50 pm India Inc. debates climate hurdles, solutionsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government needs to give financial support and incentives for technological research to help industry go green, but firms must also take initiatives in battling climate change, a new industry white paper said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:46 pm Sahara to invest Rs 2,000cr in healthcareIn line with its plan to foray in the healthcare sector, diversified business conglomerate, Sahara today said it will invest Rs 2,000 crore in the next two-three years for setting up three super specialty hospitals in different parts of the country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:46 pm India, U.S. in talks ahead of fighter deal contractNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is talking to the United States to resolve a legal clause that allows its inspectors to monitor arms it sells to New Delhi, a major obstacle for U.S. companies bidding for a $10-billion fighter jet contract.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:43 pm World's first buffalo cloned in IndiaIndian scientists said they have cloned the world's first buffalo.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:42 pm Nuclear sub project near completion-ministerNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's project to construct three nuclear-powered submarines at a southern India naval base is near completion, officials said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:35 pm 26/11 probe: Modi vs Chidambaram, Pak gains - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm Ajantha Mendis will bounce back: MahelaSri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene believes that Ajantha Mendis will soon make a successful comeback despite a poor run against India.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:31 pm MRTPC orders probe into air fare hikeThe anti-monopoly watchdog Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) has ordered a probe into the sudden air fare hike by airlines in unison.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:29 pm Pak gives details: The global link in Mumbai terror attack - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:28 pm Change in FDI policy won't allow back door entry: NathThe government today said the changes in FDI policy will not allow back door entry for foreign investment into the retail sector or circumventing the rules.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:28 pm IAF helicopter pilots did not land in wrong manner: MajorIAF chief Fali Homi Major defended his pilots in the near collision incident at the Mumbai airport saying they did not land in a wrong manner.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:26 pm FIIs net sellers of Rs 185cr in cash mkt todayForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 185.32 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:24 pm Yashwant, Munda injured in police baton chargeYashwant Sinha, Arjun Munda and at least 20 men and women were injured when police resorted to baton charge to disperse activists.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:22 pm Take "preventive and punitive" action on V'Day: PC to Karna CMThe Centre has asked the Karnataka government to take "preventive and punitive" action to ensure law and order on Valentine's Day.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:18 pm SIT gets Gujarat Govt nod to challenge Kodnani bail!The SIT has got permission from Gujarat govt to file an appeal in the High Court against the anticipatory bail granted to State Minister Maya Kodnani and former VHP leader Jaydeep Patel who are accused in two Godhra riot cases.Source: Zee News : States | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Bombay HC orders Municipal Corporation to remove illegal banners!The Bombay High Court Thursday directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to remove illegal banners.Source: Zee News : States | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Maoist commander `suspect in 2007 cops` massacre` arrested in Raipur !A Maoist group `commander` who is one of the key suspects in the killing of 55 policemen in March 2007 in Chhattisgarh`s Bijapur district has been arrested, the police said in this state capital Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Kerala High Court to deliver orders on Lavalin PILs today!The Kerala High court on Thursday will deliver orders on two PILs seeking a declaration that sanction of the Governor and the state government was not required to prosecute CPM`s Pinarayi Vijayan in SNC Lavalin case.Source: Zee News : States | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm FIR lodged against 154 persons in Nawada Maoist attack!The police on Wednesday lodged FIRs against four persons and 150 unknown Maoists in Kauakaul police station in connection with the killing of 10 policemen in Naxal attack on February 9 in the district.Source: Zee News : States | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Govt seeks strategic investor for SatyamThe government today said it is looking at the possibility of finding a suitable strategic investor who can acquire the beleaguered Satyam Computer, while pointing out that the crisis at the company is over.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Gas tragedy: US judge rejects mediation in Bhopal court case !A US judge has rejected a request to order mediation to help resolve a long-running pollution lawsuit stemming from the 1984 Bhopal toxic gas leak, after objections from defendant Union Carbide Corp.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm `Will spare no efforts to stop cross border terror`!Evan as Pakistan continues with its irresolute stance over its `official` response to the 26/11 dossier, External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee once again said that India will spare no efforts to stop cross border terrorism.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Amar to hold seat-sharing talks with Pawar!In yet another indication of widening rift between the Cong and the SP, the latter`s general secretary Amar Singh will on Thursday meet NCP chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai to discuss the seat sharing for the upcoming LS elections.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Manna`s postmortem report today!All eyes will be upon the post-mortem report of GRP SI Arindam Manna, who was yesterday found dead.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Early morning fog disrupts flight operations at IGI airport!Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here were disrupted due to dense fog, affecting the movement of about 20 flights Thursday morning.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Special CBI court defers Nithari judgement till 4 pm!A special CBI court Thursday deferred till 4 pm the verdict in the murder and rape of Rimpa Haldar, one of the 19 children Nithari village near Noida whose body parts were found in a drain in the affluent Delhi suburb.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm `Terror strikes are assaults on our values` !Noting that there was greater appreciation in the international community of the threat that exists to the region and the world from terror emanating from Pak, Govt said it would protect the people from such violence.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Centre to amend Organ transplant act!The UPA Government, in the coming session of Parliament, would bring in a bill to amend the Organ Transplant Act with a view to prevent illegal organ donations, Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss said.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm German-S Korean pact bags Rs 6,800-cr ONGC orderState-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has awarded a Rs 6,800-crore contract for a dual feed cracker unit at its mega petrochemical project at Dahej in Gujarat to the consortium of Linde AG of Germany and Samsung Engineering of South Korea.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:07 pm Nithari killings: Pandher, Koli convicted of murder, rape - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:02 pm Amarinder booked in fourth case - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 11:59 am Mumbai attacks: Pak admits role, arrests 6After a spate of flip-flops, Pakistan today finally admitted that "some part of the conspiracy" behind the Mumbai terror attacks was planned in the country and six persons have been arrested in this connection. Pakistan's response to India's dossier on the November 26 Mumbai strikes was handed over to India's High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal with a list of 30 questions.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 11:51 am How did Mutalik and the LeT crack our code? - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 11:49 am Pakistan unveils breakthrough, arrests in Mumbai probeISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan was holding in custody the ringleader and five other suspects in the conspiracy behind a militant attack that killed 179 people in Mumbai, the top Pakistani interior ministry official said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 11:41 am Probe on into West Bengal police officer's murder - Sify
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 11:40 am Pioneer to cut 10,000 jobs globallyJapanese electronics company Pioneer Corp will cut 10,000 jobs globally to cope with sinking sales of car audio equipment and flat-screen TVs. It will also withdraw from its money-losing plasma display business.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2009 | 11:39 am Protesters clash with security forces in Srinagar - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 11:14 am Moral policing, Mangalore girl commits suicide - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:39 am Kasab trial: HC issues notice for setting up special court - Indian Express
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:09 am INLD completes foot march, demands Hooda governmentHaryana's main opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Thursday ended its 30-day, 600-km foot march across the state and its chief Ajay Chautala submitted a memorandum to Governor A.R. Kidwai, demanding dismissal of the Congress government.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Judgement day sees Pandher relaxed, Koli tenseThe businessman and his help, accused in the rapes and murders of 19 children and young women in what are known as the Nithari killings, were a study in contrast Thursday - Moninder Singh Pandher relaxed and saying his son had met him in jail, and a grim Surendra Koli admitting that his guilt had kept his family away.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Inflation drops to yearNew Delhi, Feb.12, : The inflation rate further dipped on Thursday due to the falling prices of fuel and food items, pulling it down to a year's low of 4.39 percent.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am IANS sites attacked by suspected Pakistani hackersHackers, purported to be from Pakistan, once again targeted an Indian portal, attacking the websites of the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), the premier wire agency and media house headquartered in the national capital.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Bangalore lovers offered protection against moral brigadeValentine's Day this year will be unique for lovers in India's IT hub Bangalore. An anti-moral policing group has assured youths that its members will protect them from activists of the Sri Rama Sene, a right wing Hindu group that has threatened to disrupt celebrations on Feb 14.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am President Patil says UPA govt acted on nearly all commitments made to peopleNew Delhi, Feb 12 : President Pratibha Patil today said that the UPA Government has kept all its promises spelt out in the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP).Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am SASS defers protest plan after meeting with governmentThe Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS) Thursday announced that it has deferred plans to hold demonstrations from Feb 13 following assurances by the Jammu and Kashmir government that it will implement all clauses of the agreement that they signed in August last year.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Two injured in J&K clashes - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Feb 2009 | 9:54 am Bid process to be defined in 7-10 days - Satyam chairmanMUMBAI (Reuters) - Satyam Computer Services Ltd's board expects to outline the bidding process for a possible sale of the fraud-hit firm in the next 10 days time, Chairman Kiran Karnik said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 9:45 am Second post-mortem on Manna"The second post-mortem will be carried on the body at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital," the additional director general (railways), Dilip Mitra, said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 9:32 am India, second fastest growing economyIt's not all gloom and doom for India. The advance estimates of national income released by the Central Statistical Organisation brings much hope for the ailing economy. The Indian economy will see t...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 9:32 am Jindal to respond to Obama] maiden State of the Union Address at the Congress on February 24.The Republican leadership in the Congress tapped Jindal -- seen as the fast emerging national leader of the party -- a day after the ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2009 | 9:32 am Factory output falls; inflation dropsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - A fall in factory output at the end of 2008 and the prospect inflation could turn negative in coming months bolstered analysts' expectations for further interest rates cut by showing the pressure the economy was under.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am "Loose" women to send knickers to Hindu groupMUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - Thousands of Indians, many fuming over a recent assault on women in a pub, are vowing to fill bars on Valentine's Day and send cartons of pink panties to a radical Hindu group that has branded outgoing females immoral.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 8:53 am Editor faces court charges over Islam articleKOLKATA, India (Reuters) - The editor and publisher of a prominent daily were briefly arrested and then released on bail after being charged with hurting Islamic sentiments in an article, police said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 7:50 am RSS plans cow urine drink to rival Western sodasNEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - A hardline Hindu organisation, known for its opposition to "corrupting" Western food imports, is planning to launch a new soft drink made from cow's urine, often seen as sacred in parts of India.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 6:56 am Economy will grow by 7 percent: PranabThe Indian economy will grow by 7 percent this fiscal even as recent projections by global agencies like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say that advanced countries' economies would shrink by 2 percent, Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee said here Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2009 | 5:30 am U.S. judge rejects mediation in Bhopal court caseNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has rejected a request to order mediation to help resolve a long-running pollution lawsuit stemming from the 1984 Bhopal toxic gas leak in India, after objections from defendant Union Carbide Corp.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Feb 2009 | 5:25 am Abhay Deol moves to New York, takes up welding courseWhy is Abhay Deol not in Mumbai to savour the rave reviews his 'Dev D' is getting? The actor is in New York and has decided to make the city his home. He has even signed up for a welding and metal work course there because he finds it therapeutic!Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2009 | 4:30 am 'Victory' should have been reviewed by cricket lovers: DirectorMiffed with critics for panning his 'Victory', director Ajitpal Mangat alleges that his film was badly treated by reviewers as they disliked cricket and the lead actor Hurman S. Baweja.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2009 | 4:01 am Sonam Kapoor gorged on street food while shooting 'Delhi-6'Golgappas, chhole bhature and non-vegetarian delicacies from popular eatery Karim's - star kid Sonam Kapoor gorged on all this and more while shooting for her forthcoming film 'Delhi-6' in the capital.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2009 | 4:01 am Pakistan, US vow to jointly fight terrorismPakistan and the US will evolve a joint strategy to tackle terrorism and extremism in the region, the state-run APP news agency reported Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2009 | 2:00 am Fire safety in industries appallingHYDERABAD: The alarm bells are ringing. The blast at S.M. Laboratories in Moula Ali Industrial Area on Monday night has again brought into focus the inadequate fire safety systems in industrial estates here. Three years ago, the Andhra ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am No case filed, says PakistanWe intend to do so, says Sherry RehmanSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Schoolgirl commits suicideMANGALORE: A 15-year-old schoolgirl hanged herself to death at Mulky in Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday morning after she was publicly humiliated by a suspected Hindutva fringe group, according to eyewitness accounts. Superintendent of Police N. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Sub-jail demolition beginsTIRUCHI: Work on converting the sub-jail at Nagapattinam into a district Jail has commenced with the Public Works Department demolishing the sub-jail. The State Government had sanctioned Rs. 1.59 crore for the construction of the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Bara massacre: death penalty for 3 naxalitesGaya (Bihar): A District and Sessions Court on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to three naxalites in the Bara massacre case. Three others were acquitted in the case of the killing of 35 upper caste Bhumihars 17 years ago here. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am New material for nano-devicesIt could be moulded like plastic to create features at nano-scaleSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Two Pakistani boats held off Kutch coastAHMEDABAD: Two Pakistani boats with 18 fishermen were captured by the Indian Coast Guard off the Jakhau coast in Kutch district on Wednesday. An official spokesman said the fishermen were taken to Jakhau, where after preliminary ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am On court directive, Mahavir Prasad named in Gorakhpur murder caseLUCKNOW: Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Mahavir Prasad has been named in a case of alleged murder of Ram Prakat in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He represents the Bansgaon (Reserved) constituency. Additional ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Polit Bureau will discuss ‘letter’: VSSays Saturday’s meeting will decide on all matters related to Lavalin issueSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Centre on FDI capNew Delhi: Foreign investment through an investing Indian company will not be taken into account in determining the sector FDI cap, the Central government said on Wednesday. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am The Statesman's editor, publisher arrested, granted bailThe editor and the publisher of The Statesman, one of the oldest English dailies of the country, were arrested here Wednesday for allegedly hurting the religious belief of Muslims. The two were later granted interim bail.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2009 | 6:32 pm CPI-M leaders get bail in Tapasi Malik murder caseCommunist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Suhrid Dutta and party activist Debu Malik, who were last year sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Tapasi Malik in Singur, were Wednesday granted bail by the Calcutta High Court.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2009 | 5:00 pm Court orders Rs.1 mn compensation for Delhi boyThe Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi government to pay a compensation of Rs.1 million to a boy who was injured due to construction workers' negligence, affecting his mental health.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2009 | 5:00 pm Now face penalty for travelling with a drunk driverNow people travelling in a vehicle driven by an inebriated driver could also face a fine and a jail term here, thanks to a city court's ruling Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2009 | 5:00 pm Mumbai near-miss blame game continues, Patil joins issue with IAFThe Indian Air Force Wednesday gave a clean chit to its chopper pilots who narrowly missed colliding with a passenger aircraft at Mumbai airport, but Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel contested this, while the aviation watchdog citing an on-going probe declined to be drawn into the blame game.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2009 | 5:00 pm
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