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Younus' falls for 313, Akmal hits unbeaten ton in drawn TestKamran Akmal joined the run feast with an unbeaten 158 as the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka ended in a draw here on Wednesday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:54 pm SpiceJet freezes top mgmt salaries, to hire 60 pilotsLow-cost carrier SpiceJet will not hikesalaries of its top management in the next fiscal as part of itsmeasures to tide over turbulent times in the aviation sector, although it plans to hire up to 60 pilots within 12 months.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:44 pm RJD uproar in Bihar house - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:42 pm Tata Cap issue oversubscribed 6 timesTata Group firm Tata Capital said today that its public issue was oversubscribed six times, receiving bids worth more than Rs 3,000 crore on robust response from all categories of investors.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:37 pm Gujarat CM Modi to kick off poll campaign at Pimpalgaon on Feb 25!Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday address a public meeting to kick off election campaign for Lok Sabha election for the new Dindori Lok Sabha constituency in the district at Pimpalgaon Baswant.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:36 pm `End factionalism in Congress`!Sonia Gandhi has said that there will be no problem within the party if factionalism ended.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:36 pm Sukhram DA case: Quantum to be announced today!A Delhi court will on Wednesday pronounce the quantum of sentence to former Union Communication Minister Sukhram in connection with a disproportionate assets case.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:36 pm Mumbai Police to file 26/11 chargesheet today!Mumbai Police will on Wednesday file a 5000-page chargesheet into the 26/11 audacious terror strikes in Mumbai in which over 180 people were killed.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:36 pm Chennai row: SC seeks reply in 24 hrs!The SC has asked the TN govt to file its reply within 24 hours over the lawyers-police clash.Source: Zee News : India National | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:36 pm Nepal's ex-king leaves on first foreign trip - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm Mahatma Gandhi's personal items - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm 26/11: Mumbai Police files 10000-page chargesheet - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:29 pm Govt plans Rs 55,804 cr outlay on portsThe government plans to invest Rs 55,804 crore in the port sector of the country and would also encourage investment from the private sector, Parliament was informed today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:26 pm Conservatism helped India blunt impact of crisis: Mulford - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:25 pm FII net sell at Rs 384cr, DII net buy at Rs 368crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 384.37 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:21 pm Is Musharraf plotting his political comeback?Continuing his recent strings of meeting with several political leaders, Musharraf met Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) chief, Pir Pagara.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:19 pm Pakistan SC upholds disqualification of Sharif brothersThe court decision is likely to deepen a growing rift between Sharif and the new government headed by president Asif Ali Zardari.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:16 pm Iran to test first nuclear power plantIran is to test its much-delayed first nuclear power plant today as the Islamic republic presses on with its atomic drive despite international sanctions.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:12 pm US missile strikes 'destabilising' Pakistan: ReportAmerican missile strikes and Pakistani military raids have reduced the al-Qaeda's global reach but heightened the threat to Islamabad.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:12 pm No control of broadcasters in distribution: TraiSectoral regulator Trai today recommended prohibiting broadcasters from having control in distribution, as part of its media cross-holding guidelines. Broadcasters who did have controlling interest would have to restructure the stake holding pattern within three years.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm Sri Lankan Army faces heavy resistance from LTTEThe Tamil Tigers are battling to save their last stronghold Pudukudiyiruppu, even as 22 rebels were killed in fierce clashes.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:09 pm Sonia praises Manmohan, Pranab, asks MPs to give all - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:58 am Praja Rajyam promises 'permanent employment to youth' - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:58 am India files first charges over Mumbai attacks - TVNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police on Wednesday charged a man identified as the lone surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks with "waging war" against India, drawing up the first formal charges in the case, local television channels said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:58 am Power trading: CERC tightens net worth, purchasing normsPower imported from other countries for resale in the domesticmarket has also been covered under these regulations, an officialstatement said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:57 am China expresses concern over toys import banBeijing has expressed its concern to Indian authorities over the ban imposed on import of Chinese toys by New Delhi, Parliament was informed today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:52 am Sukhram gets 3 years in jail, fined Rs 2 lakh - Business Standard
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:49 am Govt orders special audit of DLF accountsThe government today informed the Parliament that it has ordered a special audit of the accounts of the real estate giant DLF and would take necessary action after scrutiny.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:43 am Mauritius firm slaps Rs 806 cr demand on Maytas PropertiesMauritius-based investment firm SRS Orion Investment has demanded Rs 806 crore from the troubled MaytasProperties, a company promoted by the kin of Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:42 am McCullum spurs Kiwis past India in Twenty20WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Brendon McCullum smashed an unbeaten half-century to steer New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over India in their first Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:34 am Sombre New Year for Tibetans a year after unrestTONGREN, China (Reuters) - Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama marked their New Year on Wednesday in quiet defiance and mourning a year after the region erupted in deadly riots and protests against Chinese rule.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:25 am 150 million year dino discovered in PortugalScientists have discovered a previously unknown dinosaur in Portugal, that walked the Earth about 150 million years ago.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:21 am Hugh Hefner wants British beauties to 'strip for him'Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner has one message for all the celebrity beauties in Britain-"strip for me."Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:20 am 'Single' Freida Pinto brands Dev Patel as 'little boy'Freida Pinto has blasted rumours suggesting that she is dating her co-star Dev Patel, branding the 18-year-old actor a "little boy".Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:20 am Freida Pinto wants to star alongside 'crush' LeonardoSlumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto wants to land a role alongside her schoolgirl crush Leonardo DiCaprio.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:18 am Jennifer Aniston 'very happy' with John MayerAfter the award ceremony the couple hit the Vanity Fair Oscar party, and were spotted sharing several smooches throughout the night.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:17 am Bangladesh PM meets mutineers in bid to end fightingDHAKA (Reuters) - Mutineers from the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) were meeting with Prime Minister Sheik Hasina on Wednesday in a bid to end fighting that killed at least one person and wounded nine more, officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Feb 2009 | 11:08 am Bus crash kills 39 in Kashmir - policeJAMMU, India (Reuters) - A bus carrying dozens of passengers in Kashmir skidded off a road and plunged into a river on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, police said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:18 am TNIE-C Survey: People blame lawyers - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:14 am Indian troops on alert to halt Kashmir protests - Reuters India
Source: Google News India - India | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:07 am Orissa to swap power to meet shortfallPower trader PTC India will swap power with Orissa to help it overcome the power shortage it is facing currently, an official said Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am Sukh Ram sentenced to jail for three yearsA city court Wednesday sentenced former union minister Sukh Ram to a suspended three year jail term and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs.200,000 for having amassed wealth that was disproportionate to his known sources of income.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am Markets hold on to gains in afternoonIndian equities held on to their morning gains about an hour before close Wednesday, with a key index trading 1.51 percent higher than its previous close.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am Blogger writing on civic issues assaulted in GoaLess than a month after an anti-mining web blogger in Goa was slapped with a Rs.5 billion defamation suit, another blogger was assaulted in the coastal town of Benaulim, allegedly for highlighting civic issues.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am Northeast chief ministers to visit Dhaka seeking transit facilityA group of chief ministers from the northeastern states will visit Dhaka next month to press for transit facilities to the region via Bangladesh.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Budget for Sochi Winter Olympics to be cut by two-thirdsRussia will slash financing toward preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by near two-thirds this year as it feels the heat of the market crunch.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Telecom operators get more time on next generation networkYou may have to wait a little more longer than expected before you start paying less to access the Internet through a high speed broadband network, as the telecom watchdog is yet to come out with the guidelines on the next generation network (NGN) that will enable telecom operators to offer better services at lower rates.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Kashmir tense following youths killingSrinagar, Feb 25 : A curfew like situation prevailed in Srinagar on Wednesday over the killing of two young men, allegedly by the army.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Alleged Mumbai gunman Kasab to be charged todayThe man police claim is the sole surviving gunman of the Mumbai terrorist attacks will be formerly charged today. The document listing the crimes allegedly committed by Azam Amir Kasab is thought...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 9:24 am Troops on alert to halt Kashmir protestsSRINAGAR (Reuters) - Thousands of police and soldiers locked down Kashmir's main city on Wednesday to prevent separatist protests over the killings of two Muslim men, blamed on the army.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Feb 2009 | 9:23 am Reports of rebellion in Bangladesh armyA rebellion apparently broke out in paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana area in Dhaka on Wednesday, with witnesses reporting heavy gun battle among the troops at their main barrack...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 25 Feb 2009 | 9:18 am "Slumdog" child actors to get new homesMUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - The two main child actors from "Slumdog Millionaire" are to receive new homes from the authorities after the small-budget movie swept the Oscars, winning eight Academy Awards.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Feb 2009 | 8:20 am ISI could infiltrate through Sri Lanka: ChidambaramThe government is alive to the threat of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) attempting to infiltrate its operatives into south India via Sri Lanka and has taken steps to counter this, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2009 | 8:00 am Saina Nehwal to return to action at All EnglandMUMBAI (Reuters) - World number 10 Saina Nehwal has recovered from a shoulder injury and will return to action at next month's All England super series, domestic media reported on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 25 Feb 2009 | 7:39 am India not doing it right on terror: Jaggi VasudevMystic and yoga expert Jaggi Vasudev, a regular speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF), feels 'India is not handling the issue of terrorism with Pakistan right'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2009 | 3:00 am We are still haunted by the terror: Riot victimsAbdul Sattar Quereshi, 40, an iron fabricator in the Naroda Patiya area here, vividly remembers watching his shop being burnt by a group of sword-wielding men who went about killing passersby early Feb 28, 2002.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2009 | 2:30 am What's burning up Indian dance floors? EDMIt's high on energy, appeals to the young brigade and is the mainstay of elite nightclubs and hip dance parties. EDM, short for electronic dance music, has caught on in India, with much of its popularity fuelled by the internet.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 25 Feb 2009 | 2:00 am Cabinet approves exicise police for the year 2009-10!The Council of Ministers in its meeting held today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, approved the Excise Policy for the year 2009-10.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am Hepatitis: death toll rises to 46, vaccination drive stepped up!As Gujarat health officials stepped up the vaccination drive in hepatitis-hit Modasa town Sabarkantha district, the death toll due to the liver disease climbed to 46 with three more deaths on Tuesday.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am Goa sought PM`s intervention on water projects with Karnataka!Goa has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s intervention to stop Karnataka from going ahead with its "disputed" projects for diversion of water from Mandovi basin to Malaprabha basin.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am NE states want study on affect of dams!Dogged by repercussions in the downstream areas of hydro-electric projects, Northeastern states on Tuesday asked the Centre to undertake a cumulative study on the impact of hydro-electric projects.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am Delhi HC upholds life sentence of Lalit Maken`s killer!After keeping the verdict reserved for about two years, the Delhi HC on Tuesday awarded life sentence to convict Ranjit Singh Gill for the murder of former Congress MP Lalit Maken and directed the police to arrest him immediately.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am FIR lodged against BSP MLA, three others!An FIR has been lodged against BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari and two others, who are in jail in connection with M Gupta`s murder in Auraiya in December last year, for allegedly procuring mobile connections on the basis of fake documents.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am Gangsters shot dead were wanted in several cases: Police!The two alleged gangsters killed in a gunbattle at an industrial site here have a long criminal record and might have come to the city either for kidnapping or extortion, police said on Tuesday.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am Bail for policeman arrested in 2002 riot case!A local court here on Tuesday granted bail to K G Erda, a deputy superintendent of police arrested in connection with a post-Godhra riot case by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT).Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am CPM in WB finalises list of candidates for LS polls!The CPI(M) on Tuesday finalised its list of candidates in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections and is understood to have avoided major changes in seats which it had won in 2004.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am Youth Congress workers ask Rahul to contest LS polls from Nagpur!A section of Youth Congress workers from the city have asked AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi to contest from Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency.Source: Zee News : States | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am State proposes to include terrorism in definition of organised crimeDeath or imprisonment for life mooted for those convictedSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Avian additions at Kolleru LakeDetailed surveys could identify more species in the areaSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am 20 injured during protest in SrinagarSrinagar: Twenty persons were injured as police fired in the air and lobbed teargas shells here on Tuesday to disperse youths protesting the death of a relative of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik under mysterious circumstances here. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Global warming satellite has halting launchVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE: A satellite launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to track carbon dioxide emissions worldwide had technical problems shortly after its pre-dawn takeoff on Tuesday that put in jeopardy its ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am 26/11 charge sheet to be filed todayPakistan court must issue Letter Rogatory for evidenceSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Non-violence can be used to tackle terror, says KingCHENNAI: His father’s son, Martin Luther King III says his abiding philosophy is still what drove Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi – non-violence. He is convinced that non-violence can be used effectively to tackle global ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Service tax, excise duty reducedNEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday announced a reduction of 2 percentage points in the rates of excise duty and service tax, bringing relief to industry and aam aadmi in an atmosphere of economic slowdown. The ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Indefinite ceasefire, says TalibanPact has only reaffirmed militants’ control of Swat: expertsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Death of Malik’s kin sparks protestsTwenty people, including 5 reporters, injured; police booths burntSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Indian Idol fever is back againSourabhee, Torsha Sarkar and Kapil Thapa in March 1 finalsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 25 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Chinese firm to build cars in MexicoChina's Changan Auto will set up a factory in Mexico to produce 50,000 vehicles annually in partnership with Mexican firm Autopark, EFE reported.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2009 | 8:00 pm 'Slumdog' kids Ismail and Rubina gifted flats'Slumdog Millionaire' child actors Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Rafiq can now leave the squalor of their slum homes, courtesy the Maharashtra government which Tuesday night announced that both would be given a flat each.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2009 | 7:00 pm India, Sweden sign agreement for cooperation in health careIndia and Sweden Tuesday inked an agreement for bilateral cooperation in the area of public health, especially strengthening midwifery and nursing skills.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2009 | 6:33 pm Bengal circle direct tax collection rises 23.8 percentDirect tax collection in Bengal circle has increased 23.8 percent to Rs.103.16 billion (Rs.10,316 crore) during the first 10 months of 2008-09, a top tax official said Tuesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2009 | 6:33 pm Apex court refuses to suspend ruling on Godhra carnage accusedThe Supreme Court Tuesday refused to suspend a Gujarat High Court verdict that the 2002 Godhra train carnage was not an act of terror and did not attract the stringent provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2009 | 6:33 pm Simi, youngsters take on foreign challenge at DLF Women's OpenSeasoned Simi Mehra and a bunch of youngsters lead the Indian brigade at the third DLF Women's Indian Open where defending champion Phatlum Pornanong and last week's runner-up Kim Hae Jung of Korea present the strong foreign challenge.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 24 Feb 2009 | 6:32 pm Mumbai attackers' phones traced to Italy, U.S. - reportROME (Reuters) - Militants behind last year's attacks on Mumbai used cell phones that were activated in the United States and paid for with funds sent from Italy, an Italian newspaper reported on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Feb 2009 | 2:33 pm India says to file "waging war" charges over MumbaiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police will file the first formal charges over last year's Mumbai attacks on Wednesday, a government lawyer said, accusing a man identified as the lone surviving gunman and several others of waging war against India.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Feb 2009 | 2:33 pm
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