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Chawla's continuance in EC challenged in SCNavin Chawla's continuance as election commissioner has been challenged in the Supreme Court.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:53 pm Gupta for tech major taking over SatyamIn the midst of the government-appointed Satyam board finalising the bidding norms for strategic sale, Corporate Affairs Minister P C Gupta today said preference should be given to a good technology company or a reputed industrial house to take over the IT company.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:50 pm Areva objects to Siemens-Rosatom nuclear dealFrench nuclear power group Areva objected strongly today to an overnight announcement by German group Siemens that it is to create a rival venture with Russian group Rosatom.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:39 pm Argument over Rs 100 costs woman her lifeAn argument over Rs 100 with the tenant cost a 52-year-old woman her life when she was caught in between a fight between her son and the tenant.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:33 pm FIIs net sellers of Rs 494cr in cash mkt todayForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 494.22 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:31 pm 'Cheerful' PM's first official engagement after surgeryManmohan Singh had his first official engagement since his bypass surgery and appeared fine as he held a 90-minute talks with Boni Yayi, president of African country Benin.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:31 pm 26/11 probe: Real identity of Abu Al Qama and Zarar Shah foundWanted Lashkar-e-Taiba militants Abu Al Qama and Zarar Shah, turned out to be residents of Pakistan.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:29 pm Tata yet to reach Jaguar, Land Rover websites?They were touted as prestigious takeover trophies won abroad, but there is no mention of the Tatas at the Internet addresses of luxurious car brands Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm Prez accepts Oscar's resignationFernandes has quit as part of Congress' strategy to draft in Union ministers for full-time party work in the run up to Lok Sabha polls.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm Never thought cricketers would be welcomed like soldiersI never thought I would see the day when cricketers would return in the arms of their families as soldiers often do after a protracted battle at the front.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:25 pm US collector declines India`s offer for Gandhi items!A California collector who plans to sell possessions once owned by Mahatma Gandhi says he has rejected a "generous but small" offer from India and barring a last minute agreement Thursday`s planned auction would go ahead.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm Congress` war cry - `Jai ho`!Congress has decided to adopt AR Rahman`s Oscar-winning song `Jai ho` in its LS poll campaign.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm IAEA approves additional nuclear inspection measures for India!The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday approved additional nuclear inspection measures for India, which the country has to ratify before it can receive imports for its growing nuclear energy sector.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm Election Commission to review poll preparedness in UP today!Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalswami and two Election Commissioners Navin Chawla and S Y Quraishi will on Wednesday review the poll preparedness in Uttar Pradesh for the coming Lok Sabha polls.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm SL cricketers arrive home amid tight security!Sri Lanka`s wounded and shaken cricketers flew into Colombo under tight security early on Wednesday, less than a day after a deadly ambush targeting the team in Pakistan, an airport official said.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm BJP to give preference to youths, women in LS polls!BJP has decided to give preference to youths and women during the selection of the candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Gujarat, party office-bearers said.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm ITBP personnel could guard Kasab in jail!Personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) could be brought in to guard arrested terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab in jail, a senior police official said on Tuesday.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm Cong-NCP seat-sharing talks headway!Congress and NCP have made "some headway" during their talks on seat-sharing in Maharashtra for Lok Sabha polls but are yet to reach a firm understanding.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm India making efforts to stop auction of Gandhi`s items!Indian diplomats in the US are making all out efforts to stop the auction of Mahatma Gandhi`s personal items, even as community leaders and groups are working out strategies to buy them if the auction goes ahead on Thursday.Source: Zee News : India National | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm Congress-NC to go to polls together in J&K - 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Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:22 pm Worn-out items of Gandhi restored by INTACHThese items were restored to their past glory at the INTACH's laboratory in Lucknow.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:21 pm Sri Lankan Tamils' issue to figure in BJP's poll campaign - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:20 pm Last-ditch efforts to save Bapu's belongings - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:16 pm Last leg of interceptor missile test launch reached"Senior scientists of the DRDO along with the field staff of ITR have been working round the clock to make the test successful," DRDO sources said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:16 pm 350 children admitted to hospital after consuming ice-creamAfter the incident, villagers have demanded strict action against vendors operating without licenses.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:14 pm Aniston's hairstyle cost £40,000Jennifer Aniston's red-carpet hairstyle that could be achieved with a decent pair of straightening irons, has cost £40,000 to the actress.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:12 pm 'Cheerful' PM back in office after surgery - Indian Express
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:07 pm IPL security: Global cricket body for separate assessmentTim May, chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations, has written to IPL organisers expressing his concern over the event and demanding involvement of player representatives in security assessment in the wake of the Lahore terror attack.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 11:54 am Turner, Warner Brothers to launch channel in IndiaTurner International today joined hands with Hollywood's leading studio Warner Brothers to launch a news 24-hour English Entertainment channel in India, its top revenue market in Asia Pacific region.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 11:51 am India gains 3 places up in world tourist map: WEFIndia has moved up three places on the list of the world's attractive destinations, but is still at a low of 62nd position in the global ranking, which is topped by Switzerland, according to a report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 11:44 am China's defence budget to rise by 14.9% in 2009China today announced plans to boost its defence spendings by 14.9 per cent in the current year, a trend which it has been maintaining for the last many years that will evoke concerns in the US and by its neighbours.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 11:35 am Rahul plays good Samaritan to woman caught in melee - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 11:26 am MobileStore ties up with PayMate to enable m-paymentsThe MobileStore, a mobile and electronic accessories retail chain from Essar Telecom, has partnered with PayMate, an m-commerce company, to offer comprehensive point-of-sale solutions across its 1,300 stores in over 200 cities.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 11:20 am Tata Steel wins Golden Peacock award for CSRTata Steel, world's sixth largest steel maker, today said it has bagged the 'Golden Peacock' award for 2009 for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 4 Mar 2009 | 11:18 am President appoints Chawla as the new CEC - IBNLive.com
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 11:02 am High alert on Indo-Pak border - Sify
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 10:57 am Slain Pakistani driver pays for love of cricketLAHORE (Reuters) - Driver Zafar Khan was with the New Zealand cricket team in 2002 when a suicide bomber struck outside their hotel in Karachi.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 10:48 am "Contempt proceedings should be initiated against lawyers" - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 10:45 am Lahore attack grips Pakistan, police hunt gunmenLAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police hunted on Wednesday for the dozen gunmen who ambushed Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore, as the world shuddered at the nuclear-armed state's inability to contain rising militancy.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 10:28 am India steps up effort to bring back Gandhi memorabiliaNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government intensified efforts to buy back some personal belongings of iconic leader Mahatma Gandhi from an auction in New York as a New Delhi court injunction may have failed to halt the sale.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 10:21 am India plan massive security for 2010 GamesNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The 2010 Commonwealth Games will adopt security methods similar to those used at last year's Beijing Olympics, its chief said on Wednesday, allaying fears the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team could scupper the event.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 9:57 am Saraswati Hembrom joins BJD - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 9:51 am Gowda hits a ‘mine’ ahead of polls - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 4 Mar 2009 | 9:26 am Congress buys rights to Slumdog tune "Jai Ho"NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Aiming to spice up its election campaign, Congress party has bought the rights to "Jai Ho", the Oscar-winning song from "Slumdog Millionaire".Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am Gunmen who attacked cricket team in Pakistan likened to those in Mumbai siegeLAHORE, Pakistan — A team of heavily armed gunmen, some traveling in motorized rickshaws, ambushed Sri Lanka’s national cricket team Tuesday as it traveled to a match in Lahore, killing si...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:48 am Import nuclear bombs with ease, through Indian portsIndia's sea ports do not have equipment to detect radioactive or contaminated consignments, exposing the country to security and safety risks, besides damaging reputation of goods manufactured in the ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am Key questions on Lahore attack answered] there was a single target with no synchronisation. Second, in Mumbai one saw a mix of attacks on buildings and moving targets (common people in different parts of the city); in Kabul the attacks we...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am India, Pakistan will survive or sink together] lends itself to various interpretations. In the increasingly volatile political landscape of Pakistan, the pertinent question should always be, 'Who stands to gain?' Days or weeks may pass before we...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am Retired Air Vice Marshal found dead"Retired Air Vice Marshal Manjit Singh Dhillon, 69, shot himself through the chin with a .12 bore gun at his Sector 35-C residence," Station House Officer Anokh Singh said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am Congress goes gung-ho on Jai Ho in polls, the Congress hopes it would begin with an advantage which it wants to build on.It is learnt that the party had approached AR Rehman to compose a special song for them for their election campaign but...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am Will IPL survive the Lahore attackHave your say] in Lahore Tuesday March 3 escaped with minor injuries, the bullets of the attackers hit, perhaps fatally, a larger target.For the first time since the Munich OlympicsSource: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am Indian diplomats making efforts to stop auction of GandhiAfter a high-level meeting with the top diplomats of the Indian Consulate on Wednesday, the Antiquorum Auctioneers promised to convey their final decision by Wednesday night just before Mahatma's item...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am Congress, BJP regret attack on Lankan playersIn a move that surprised most of the media critics, the Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party launched a stunning attack on the Pakistan government for its failure to provide protection to the player...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am Ohio Patient Thanks India and WorldMed Assist For Heart Surgery Overseas; His Indian Surgeon Thanks U.S. for Superb Trainingwww.WorldMedAssist.com to help him find the surgeon in India his U.S. cardiologist recommended. Just three weeks later, he was out of ICU with his mitral valve replacement overseas completed. He'...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:46 am India wants Twenty20 league tweaked due to securityNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's cricket board is looking to reschedule its popular Twenty20 league after the government, worried by Tuesday's attack in Lahore, said the security forces would be preoccupied with general elections.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:20 am We won't negotiate with Taliban - ZardariSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said that his government will not negotiate with Taliban militants, adding that the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team showed the evil the country faced.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 7:40 am Long winter looms for Pakistan cricketNEW DELHI (Reuters) - A billion fans in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka -- all test nations -- have used the game of cricket as a balm for their myriad problems.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 4:51 am Of Bollywood's new-found love for NRIs and DelhiWhat is common between Abhishek Bachchan, Abhay Deol and Aftab Shivdasani? First, their names start with the letter A. Second, in their recent releases they play NRIs. And last but not the least, the character played by each of them chooses Delhi as his final destination.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2009 | 3:30 am Satyam fraud, Mumbai attacks hit India as outsourcing destinationA downturn in worldwide economy, Satyam's fraud case and the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and supply chain and shipping cost issues in China are causing US technology companies to pull back from the two traditional outsourcing locations.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2009 | 3:00 am No more cameos for Madhur BhandarkarAfter a blink and miss appearance in hit film 'Fashion', filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar says he has no plans of doing a cameo again as he knows he is a 'bad actor'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2009 | 3:00 am 'Gulaal' offers fresh, thought-provoking songsFilm: 'Gulaal'; Music Director: Piyush Mishra; Lyricist: Piyush Mishra; Singers: Rahul Ram, Shilpa Rao, Swanand Kirkire, Piyush Mishra, Rekha Bharadwaj, Aushim, Rating: ***Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2009 | 2:00 am Sri Lankan cricket team returns homeThe Sri Lankan national cricket team returned to the country Wednesday morning after several cricketers were injured in a shootout in the Pakistani city of Lahore Tuesday, airport officials said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Mar 2009 | 2:00 am New Zealand "likely" to cancel tour of PakistanWELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Cricket officials said they expect to cancel this year's scheduled tour of Pakistan and play the series in a neutral venue in the wake of Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Mar 2009 | 1:15 am In Pakistan, India is emerging as prime suspectISLAMABAD: Despite an early statement by the Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, that “the same people who carried out the Mumbai attacks are behind the attack in Lahore,” India is emerging as a prime ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Terrorists do a Mumbai in LahoreThere are indications that the attackers may have planned to take the cricketers hostageSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Terrorists attack Sri Lankan cricket team in LahoreTeam’s convoy ambushed, five players injured, six policemen killed; Pakistan says it suspects foreign handSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Crucial MRPS meet on March 6HYDERABAD: A crucial meeting of the Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) on March 6 will witness the office-bearers taking a political stand in the run up to the general elections next month. MRPS founder president Manda Krishna told ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Pakistan-based terror a grave threat to entire world: IndiaSomalia of South Asia, says Congress; BJP sees it an indication of ugly realitySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Pakistan team for joint fight against terrorNEW DELHI: A visiting Pakistani peace delegation has called for a coordinated action by India and Pakistan to beat terrorism. Talking to journalists here on Tuesday, Karachi-based trade union leader and peace activist Karamat Ali said ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am ‘Sad that sportspersons are attacked’Dhoni, Vettori and other captains devastated by the tragedySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Advanced communication systems to monitor work at polling booths‘EC can directly talk to officials seeking action on complaints’Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Reschedule matches, Chidambaram tells IPLNew Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) should consider postponing the second edition of its Twenty20 cricket tournament, due to begin on April 10, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram suggested on Tuesday. Mr. Chidambaram told ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Two injured in blast at scrap shopLucknow: Two persons, including a minor girl, were injured on Tuesday in Allahabad district when a grenade went off at a scrap shop, police said. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 4 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am IAEA approves extra nuclear inspection pact for IndiaVIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog governors on Tuesday approved a deal allowing extra inspections of India's atomic industry, a condition of a U.S.-led deal allowing New Delhi to import nuclear technology after a 33-year freeze.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Mar 2009 | 11:22 pm 61 Gujarat students taken ill after drinking milkAt least 61 students of a government school in Gujarat were taken ill Tuesday after drinking milk supplied by a co-operative dairy, official sources said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Mar 2009 | 6:30 pm Dalmiya condemns attack on Sri Lankan cricketersFormer International Cricket Council (ICC) president Jagmohan Dalmiya Tuesday night condemned the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan players in Pakistan and hoped the authorities in the sub-continent would take measures so that the sport was not affected.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Mar 2009 | 6:30 pm 'Jai Ho' for Congress in poll campaignThe Congress will use music composer A.R. Rahman's Oscar winning song 'Jai Ho' in its poll campaign for the coming Lok Sabha elections, sources said Tuesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Mar 2009 | 4:30 pm Delhi's police stations to be linked through cyber highwayIn the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the country last year, Delhi Police has moved to connect all monitoring systems, CCTV cameras, traffic systems, police stations and police headquarters with each other via the cyber highway.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Mar 2009 | 4:01 pm Poll dates out but Maharashtra alliances still not sealedA day after the Lok Sabha election schedule was announced, major political parties in Maharashtra have still not managed to firm up their alliances for the polls.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 3 Mar 2009 | 4:01 pm Police arrests most wanted Maoist leaders in Orissa !Two most wanted Maoist leaders, including an alleged mastermind in the killing of Hindu leader Laxmanananda Saraswati, have been arrested in Orissa, claims police.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm Banglore road to be named after Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan!The Karnataka Government has decided to name a road in Banglore after Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who sacrificed his life battling terrorists during the Mumbai attacks.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm Train services disrupted as goods train derails in Uttar Pradesh!Train services on the Lucknow-Raebareli-Pratapgarh section of the Northern Railway have been affected since early morning Tuesday after the derailment of a goods train.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm Nine killed, 15 injured in road accident in Jharkhand !At least nine people were killed and 15 injured when a tractor carrying a marriage party hit a bus here, police said Tuesday.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm EC declines common symbol for Chiranjeevi`s Praja Rajyam party!In a setback to Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi ahead of polls, the Election Commission has declined to allot a common symbol to his party on the ground that only recognised political parties get it.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm
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