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Michelle Obama eager to meet Will Smith and Jada Pinkett"Will Smith strikes me as a very interesting and conscientious individual with a very strong family," Mitchell saidSource: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:49 pm Infosys slashes discretionary pay for senior mgtSoftware major Infosys today said it would pay lower discretionary pay to senior management level personnel due to the economic slowdown.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:38 pm Sonia seeks fresh mandate for Congress in Andhra Pradesh - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:36 pm Gujarat govt moves SC over POTA panel decision - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:35 pm Delhi Medical Council working on list of registered doctors!Have you had a brush with unregistered medical practitioners or are wary of running into unqualified local quacks posing as medicine experts?Source: Zee News : States | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm NTP merges with Praja Rajyam!The Nava Telangana Party (NTP) on formally merged with the Praja Rajyam Party in Andhra Pradesh.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm Left regime responsible for WB`s degradation: Study!The economic health of West Bengal is dismal with the state having a backlog of 7.72 million at employment exchanges, the highest in the country, and way behind Bihar and Jharkhand in facilitating business, a report has said.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm CBI arrests top income tax official for accepting bribe !A top ranking Income Tax official was on Friday arrested by the sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for accepting bribe here.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm Godhra riots cases reopened, 810 persons chargesheeted!Gujarat police have reopened Godhra riots cases and 810 accused have been chargesheeted following the Supreme Court`s direction.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm None turned up before Kandhamal riot probe panel on 2nd day!Witnesses failed to turn up today also before the Justice Basudev Panigrahi Commission, probing the 2007 communal riots in Orissa`s Kandhamal district, despite adequate security arrangement.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm Man in jail for 15 years as undertrial on housebreaking charge!After being in jail for over 15 years for housebreaking and attempted theft, a man will be set free by authorities who have acknowledged the "gross injustice" committed in the case.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm FII net sell at Rs 463cr, DII net buy at Rs 649crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 463.03 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm Congress president Sonia to address public rally in Andaman today!Congress President Sonia Gandhi will address a public rally at Netaji Stadium here Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:31 pm Sanjay Dutt to join African National Congress at Durban rally!Film actor turned politician Sanjay Dutt will be sharing a platform with top African National Congress (ANC) officials here Sunday.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:31 pm Delhi Medical Council working on list of registered doctors!Have you had a brush with unregistered medical practitioners or are wary of running into unqualified local quacks posing as medicine experts?Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:31 pm Bal Thackeray`s condition stable!The condition of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who was admitted to a hospital here following complaints of fever, is stable, doctors attending on him said on Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:31 pm UPA govt targeting me: Mulayam !SP chief Mulayam Singh has charged the UPA govt with using the CBI to try and put him behind bars.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:31 pm Paswan to launch project for rebuilding of steel plant at Amethi !The launching of project for rebuilding of steel plant erstwhile Malvika Steel Limited, a division of Usha (India) Limited) will be held Friday at Jagdishpur Industrial Area, Amethi.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:31 pm Canada partners IIT Delhi for wireless research!Under a new research partnership between Canada and India, a Canadian professor will collaborate with a professor from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi in wireless communication research.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:31 pm IBM still considers Satyam a worthy competitorIt may have been rocked by the country's biggest-ever corporate fraud, but Satyam Computer still figures among the companies considered worthy rivals to global technology giant IBM.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:30 pm No roundabout entry for FDI in barred sectorsForeign investment cannot enter India through a circuitous route in sectors like multi-brand retail, atomic energy and the lottery business and will need to operate within the sectoral caps, according to new guidelines.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:27 pm ONGC plans IPO for Rs 12,440 cr plantOil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning an initial public offering (IPO) of its subsidiary, which is building the Rs 12,440 crore petrochemical plant at Dahej in 2011, even as it agreed to give the state gas utility Gail India a 19 per cent stake in the mega project.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:24 pm Honda reels under slowdown; stops work on 2nd plantJapanese car giant Honda has indefinitely put on hold opening of its Rs 1,000-crore second plant in India due to slowdown in the auto market.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:24 pm Dhoni asks teammates not to sulkDhoni asked his teammates not to sulk after losing both the Twenty20 Internationals against New Zealand and gear up for the forthcoming ODI series.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:22 pm IBM still considers Satyam a worthy competitorIt may have been rocked by the country's biggest-ever corporate fraud, but Satyam Computer still figures among the companies considered worthy rivals to global technology giant IBM.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:21 pm Tata names Kirby Adams Corus CEO, Nerukar is EDGlobal steel giant Tata Steel today named Kirby Adams as the CEO of its European subsidiary Corus and approved the appointment of H M Nerukar as the executive director on the company's board.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:20 pm Pakistan navy unsure if Mumbai gunman went by seaKARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's naval chief said on Friday he did not have any evidence that Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, who India says is the lone surviving gunman in last year's attacks on Mumbai, was among the raiding party that went by sea.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:16 pm Somnath disagrees with Advani's suggestion of PM from Lok Sabha - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:12 pm Delhi serial blasts: Police file two fresh chargesheetsDelhi Police filed two fresh chargesheets against eight suspected IM terrorists for allegedly carrying out the September 13 serial blasts in Delhi.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:03 pm Guj govt launches drive to check unsafe medical practisesGujarat government has launched a state-wide drive against unsafe medical practises and improper disposal of bio-medical waste, following the hepatitis outbreak.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:02 pm Sebi nod likely for Satyam's bidding frameworkMarket regulator Sebi is likely to approve the Satyam Board-formulated framework to induct a strategic investor.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 pm France offers assistance for displaced Tamil civiliansFrance has offered humanitarian assistance to thousands of Tamil civilians, who have crossed over to the government-controlled region from the LTTE-held territory in Sri Lanka.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 pm Lalu gifts Bihar 36,500 km rural roadsWith the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections expected any time, railway minister Lalu Prasad on Friday, gifted Bihar 36,500 km of rural roads.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:59 am India rubbishes Pak navy's claims on sea route - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:57 am Ninth standard student killed in Nashik15-year-old Akshay Anilkumar Potti, student of St. Francis Convent School, was allegedly assaulted by his schoolmate over a minor dispute.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:51 am RIL mulls merger with Reliance PetroleumMukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) today unveiled its plans to merge its group firm Reliance Petroleum with itself.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:43 am Bangladesh mutiny ends, death toll put at over 70DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina drew praise on Friday for bringing a swift end to a mutiny by paramilitary troops who slaughtered scores of their officers accounting for most of a death toll now put at more than 70.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:40 am Noisy scenes in J&K Assembly over Bandipora incident - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:30 am Kasab didn't come by sea route: Pak navy chiefPakistan was back in denial mode today with Navy Chief Admiral Noman Bashir claiming there was no proof that Ajmal Kasab took the sea route from this country to carry out the Mumbai terror attacks.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:25 am Court sends 16 'Lion poachers' to jail for 5 yrs - Indian Express
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:23 am Arun Gawli to contest on BSP ticket - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:19 am Pinki meets PM's wife, gets her blessingsPinki Sonkar, the child protagonist of Smile Pinki met prime minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur, who showered her with gifts.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:08 am Drinking himself to death is Gazza's greatest fearFormer England football star Paul Gascoigne has one great fear drinking himself to death like his hero George Best.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:06 am MNS poll tickets only to those who can serve people: Raj Thackeray - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:37 am McCullum helps snatch last-ball win over IndiaWELLINGTON (Reuters) - Brendon McCullum hit a single off the last ball to lead New Zealand to a thrilling five-wicket win over India in the second Twenty20 international at Wellington on Friday to take the series 2-0.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:34 am Gursharan Kaur hosts a reception for smilingNew Delhi, Feb 27 : After winning accolades at the Oscars, the little protagonist of Oscar winning documentary 'Smile Pinky' got a warm reception by the wife of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:02 am Exiled Tibetans in Kashmir boycott Losar celebrationsLeh, Feb 27 : The new year celebrations of the Tibetan exiles are muted and subdued this year as they mourn for the loss of lives of those killed in Lhasa by the Chinese.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am Sharad Pawar says info-tech to play a major role in agriculture expansionNew Delhi, Feb 27 : Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said that information technology has to play a major role in the expansion of agriculture in the country.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am All round concern as slowdown drags IndiaThe fears of a sharp slowdown in India were confirmed Friday, with official data showing economic growth at just 5.3 percent for the third quarter of this fiscal - the slowest since 2003 - as against 8.9 percent in the like period of the previous year.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am Of reviving modernists, pearl carpet and an art blitzAfter the roller-coaster brush with contemporary art throughout 2008, the market for modern Indian art seems to be looking up again.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am Rupee touches new lowThe Indian rupee touched a new low Friday when it slipped in afternoon trading to Rs.51 against a dollar on heavy demand for the US currency.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Markets fall further in afternoon tradeIndian equities markets were in a slump Friday, with a key index 2.07 percent down about 90 minutes before the closing bell.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Priyanka Chopra inaugurates motherBollywood star Priyanka Chopra inaugurated her parents' cosmetic-surgery clinic Studio Aesthetique here and said that it will provide world-class treatments to its clients.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am Flying out of Mumbai to cost more, still less than DelhiThe government Friday approved the levying of a development fee on passengers flying out of Mumbai airport, who will have to pay Rs.100 per trip for domestic flights and Rs.600 for flights abroad.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:00 am No decision yet on post-poll support to Cong.: Basu - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 9:49 am Commuters hard hit - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 27 Feb 2009 | 9:42 am India, Pakistan officials meet after Mumbai raidNEW DELHI (Reuters) - High-level officials from India and Pakistan have met for the first time since last year's Mumbai attacks, but little progress was made in reviving a peace dialogue that New Delhi put on hold after the raids.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 9:24 am Verizon Business Receives Security Clearance From Government of India to Operate International Gateways/PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Business has received approval from the government of India's Department of Telecommunications to operate the company's two international gateways inSource: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Feb 2009 | 9:03 am Rupee falls to 51/dlr; RBI support seenMUMBAI (Reuters) - The rupee plunged to a record low of 51 per dollar on Friday as month-end dollar demand from importers dragged and weak economic growth figures sparked losses in local shares.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:52 am Mumbai int'l airport gets nod for development feeMUMBAI (Reuters) - The government has allowed Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) to levy a 'development fee' on domestic and international passengers departing from the city's international airport.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:08 am L&T sees stable sales growth, no Satyam deal pressureNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Larsen & Toubro, India's top engineering and construction firm, hopes to maintain sales growth of 30 percent in the next fiscal year, though orders were slowing, a senior company official said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:02 am Relative fights to buy Gandhi legacy on saleNEW DELHI (Reuters) - A great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, India's iconic freedom hero, is appealing to Indians for money to buy some of the leader's personal belongings in a New York auction and keep them in a museum.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 7:14 am India Dec qtr growth slowest in nearly six yearsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's economy grew at its slowest annual pace in almost six years in the December quarter, throwing into doubt growth estimates for the full fiscal year and raising expectations the central bank would soon cut rates.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 6:56 am 'Slumdog...' book helps raise money for underprivileged kidsSpecial copies of Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup's book, which was adapted for the eight-Oscar winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire', has been auctioned online to raise funds for an NGO engaged in child welfare.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 6:01 am Wages at IT multinationals start melting downSoftware multinationals in India have begun freezing wage increases, slashing salaries and postponing merit-based hikes, a study by Indian consulting firm Zinnov has found.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 5:01 am Vidya Balan decides to stick to what's natural for herThe graceful Vidya Balan has turned a new leaf. After her unsuccessful attempts to revamp her wardrobe in 'Heyy Babyy' and 'Kismat Konnection', the actress has decided to go easy on the glamour quotient.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 3:00 am Greed nearly cost him his daughterBangalore: This is one fortune-teller who could not predict he would bungle a kidnapping. The story also has a happy ending with the young victim being reunited with her parents. The Bangalore Rural district police arrested three men in ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am ‘Nano’ to be launched on March 23New Delhi: Tata Motors on Thursday said it will launch ‘Nano’, touted as the world’s cheapest family car, on March 23 in Mumbai and bookings will start from April this year. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Tibet on road of rapid uplift: N. RamBEIJING: A prominent Indian journalist on Wednesday rejected “Tibetan independence propaganda”, saying the region’s economic growth was good and the atmosphere was “relaxed”. “The problems are largely ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Mutineers surrender arms in BangladeshDHAKA: Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) men surrendered their arms to the authorities on Thursday ending their two-day revolt a few hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ultimatum to do so and go back to the barracks or face tough ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am It is curtains for 14th Lok Sabha, praise for SpeakerNEW DELHI: As the curtains came down on the 14th Lok Sabha on Thursday, parliamentarians seemed to have put the rancour and bitterness of the past behind them. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a statement, paid compliments to Speaker ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am My dream is to connect people with music, says RahmanPhonetic appeal of ‘Jai Ho’ lyrics transcends language barriersSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Petrol bomb hurled at police near High CourtCHENNAI: A petrol bomb was hurled at police personnel standing guard in front of the Madras High Court here on Thursday night. It hit a police vehicle but did not explode. No one was injured in the incident, police said. The ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am BrahMos to jointly develop robotic systemsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Evicted tenants cannot be asked to pay arrears: BenchMADURAI: Rent Controllers appointed under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 cannot direct tenants to pay arrears after ordering their eviction on the ground of wilful default, the Madras High Court ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am Srikrishna to probe court violence“Transfer four police officers”Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am "Slumdog", "Jai Ho!" named top Hollywood wordsLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Slumdog Millionaire", the rags-to-riches movie that took the Oscars by storm, also produced two of the most influential words of the 2008 Hollywood awards season, a language monitoring group said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 26 Feb 2009 | 7:56 pm Youth are India's greatest resource: Martin Luther King-IIIChampioning the cause of non-violence like his father did, Martin Luther King-III Thursday said that a nation should spend as much on public services as on defence and that India's younger generation was the country's greatest asset.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Feb 2009 | 7:30 pm India launches Pan-African e-network projectIndia's ambitious e-network project, linking leading universities and hospitals in this country with their counterparts in 11 African nations via satellite, was inaugurated Thursday evening by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who termed it a 'shining example of South-South cooperation'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Feb 2009 | 6:30 pm Former Nepal king arrives in Bhopal to attend marriageNepal's former ruler Gyanendra arrived here late Thursday evening to attend the marriage of his niece, sources close to the erstwhile royal family said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Feb 2009 | 6:01 pm 'Obama has galvanised young Americans'US President Barack Obama has successfully galvanised the imagination of America and its people, Martin Luther King-III, the son of late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, said here Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Feb 2009 | 6:01 pm India to send emergency medical unit for Sri Lanka's war victimsReiterating New Delhi's concern for thousands of civilians caught in the fighting between the military and Tamil Tiger rebels, visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon Thursday said a full-fledged emergency medical unit would be rushed to Sri Lanka to help the war-displaced.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Feb 2009 | 6:01 pm Traditional India welcome for Gyanendra in BhopalNepal's former King Gyanendra was accorded a traditional Indian welcome at a luxury hotel on his arrival in the city late Thursday to attend the marriage ceremony of his niece.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Feb 2009 | 6:01 pm Fraud alleged at online education firm; no wrongdoing, says companyOne of India's largest online education providers Educomp Solutions has been accused of fraud, but the company insists there is no wrongdoing, saying it has already provided whatever clarifications have been sought.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 26 Feb 2009 | 6:00 pm
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