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Pro LTTE PDK state president detained under NSA!The state president of the pro-LTTE Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK), Kolathur Mani, was on Wednesday detained under the NSA, for making a `provocative speech.`Source: Zee News : States | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:34 pm 3000 detained in Delhi for creating trouble on Holi!Around 3,000 people were detained for creating trouble during Holi in the city while over 5,300 motorists were challaned for violating traffic regulations.Source: Zee News : States | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:34 pm Chiranjeevi to contest from Tirupati!Telugu film star and Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi has said that he would contest the April 23 election for the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from temple town Tirupati.Source: Zee News : States | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:34 pm Election Commission to review poll preparedness in Andhra Pradesh today!Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalswami and two Election Commissioners Navin Chawla and S Y Quraishi will arrive here on Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:34 pm Do more to bring 26/11 accused to justice: India to Pak!Observing that Pak has taken some steps to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice, India said Islamabad needs to do more in achieving the goal and take "credible steps" to dismantle terror infrastructure there.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:33 pm Obama wants to nominate Indian-American to key administration post!Another Indian-American Richard R Verma is in line to get a key appointment in Obama administration.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:33 pm Meghalaya Health Minister quits!Health and Family Welfare Minister Advisor Pariong resigned over deepening political crisis.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:33 pm Madras HC rejects lawyers plea !Rejecting pleas by agitating advocates, the Madras HC has asked them to return to work.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:33 pm Third Front to be formally launched today!All is poised for the launch of the Third Front, which is seeking to emerge as an alternative to the combines spearheaded by the Congress and BJP, at a rally near here on Thursday.Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:33 pm Menon wraps up US visit with a note of consensus on Afghanistan - MSN India
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 10:37 am Ragging case: Four accused students expelled from college - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 10:21 am ELECTION EYE - Congress ties up with Trinamool in West BengalNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. The sources of reports are in brackets.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 10:19 am L&T puts in interest for Satyam biddingMUMBAI (Reuters) - Engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro Ltd has registered interest to participate in the bidding process for Satyam Computer Services Ltd, its spokesman said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 10:16 am Surrogate candidates will be severely dealt with: CEC Navin Chawla - Hindustan Times
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 10:10 am Nano may find it tough to enter Europe: AudiTata's small car Nano may not be able to enter Europe due to stringent safety and emission norms, leading German luxury carmaker Audi said joining the list of auto players, who are sceptical about the prospects of the world's cheapest car.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 10:09 am No confidence motion against Meghalaya Govt : Lapang - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 9:43 am Pakistan turmoil: PM reviews situation at CCS - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 9:43 am Wipro wins Rs 1,182 crore project from ESICWipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd and a provider of IT and business transformation services today announced that it has been awarded the largest IT outsourcing contract from Employees State Insurance Corporation(ESIC). ESIC is a statutory corporation, under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India (GoI), and is the implementing agency of Social Security Scheme in India.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 9:31 am Tech Mahindra says interested in SatyamMUMBAI (Reuters) - Tech Mahindra Ltd said on Thursday it had registered interest to participate in the bidding process for troubled outsourcer Satyam Computer Services Ltd.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 9:26 am Cairn raises 116 million pounds via share placementCairn Energy, which owns 25 oilfields in Rajasthan through its subsidiary Cairn India, has raised 116.1 million pounds by placing6,542,270 shares with the institutions at a price of 1775 pence ashare, said a company release. The placing represent a five per centincrease in the companys ordinary share capital.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 9:14 am Gujarat Congress using internet to attract youth - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 9:09 am Satyam sale process underway; bidders face deadlineBANGALORE (Reuters) - Fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services closes registrations for potential bidders on Thursday, kicking off a process to sell a majority stake in the company caught in the country's biggest corporate scandal.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:57 am BJP denies joining hands with PDPCriticising both the PDP and the NC as Kashmir-centric parties which discriminate against the Jammu region, the BJP today termed former chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah's statement that there is a BJP-PDP alliance as "totally irresponsible and politically motivated".Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:50 am Credit Suisse appoints David Mulford as Vice-ChairmanZurich-based Credit Suisse today appointed former US Ambassador to India David Mulford as its Vice-Chairman International.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:45 am Left, key regional parties launch 'Third Force'Launching the 'Third Force', the Left and major regional parties today joined hands to take on the Congress and the BJP in the upcoming general elections, saying both of them had failed to address people's grievances.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:45 am Mulayam in trouble for bribing villagers - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:42 am Security tight as Pakistani protest beginsKARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani lawyers and opposition activists launched a cross-country protest on Thursday, heading for a showdown with the civilian government which has banned rallies and detained hundreds of activists.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:41 am Left, key regional parties launch 'third force'Launching the 'third force', the Left and major regional parties joined hands to take on the Congress and the BJP in the general elections.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:41 am Mangalore: Strict Enforcement of Election Code of Conduct from Mar 12 - Daijiworld.com
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:39 am Threats to my life from topmost people in govt: SharifAs the PPP-led government today launched countrywide crackdown to derail a PML-N supported mass rally, Pakistan's top Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has accused the government of plotting to kill him.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:34 am Dr Reddys Labs promoter pledge addtl sharesPharma major Dr Reddys Laboratories today said its promoter has pledged additional 84,000 shares for an undisclosed amount.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:33 am Naveen wins trust, Governor reviews vote - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:32 am 'Gilani may end political crisis through series of actions'PM Gilani may end the impasse in the country through a series of actions, including the reinstatement of justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:32 am Tata Comm raises $350 mn via debtTelecom major Tata Communications today said it has raised $350 million in the form of debt and there is no liquidity problem in the company.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:28 am Reliance resumes crude oil production from KG-D6Reliance Industries has resumed crude oil production from its predominantly gas-rich KG-D6 block after a three-month shutdown, which was forced by an equipment failure.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:28 am Leaders discuss common agenda ahead of Third Front rally - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:25 am Similarities in Mumbai and Lahore attack: NY police chiefAs attackers of Sri Lankan cricketers continued to elude police, experts have found similarities between Mumbai and Lahore strikes.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:20 am Jade Goody leaves hospital for homeTerminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody was granted her last wish when she was allowed home to be with her little sons.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:11 am Kiwis leave out injury-prone Oram of first Test against IndiaInjury concerns have forced New Zealand Cricket selectors to leave Jacob Oram out of the squad for the first Test against India.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 8:06 am Global crisis makes Indo-US ties more important: MenonForeign secretary Shivshanker Menon said that the current global crisis makes Indo-US economic co-operation all the more significant.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 7:55 am HRW slams PPP-govt for following into steps of previous rulersThe crackdown by PPP government on political activists and lawyers has been slammed by an international human rights group.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 7:52 am Prohibitory orders in temple city of VaranasiProhibitory orders were imposed where tension prevailed in the wake of the clash between people of two communities and police firing.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 7:48 am Nine children affected by contaminated Holi colours stableNine of the children who were hospitalised due to adulterated Holi colours, have been shifted to a hospital in Mumbai.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 7:44 am Pakistan police baton-charge protestersPakistan police baton-charged and arrested political activists and lawyers, who defied a ban on demonstrations to gather to set out on a match.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Mar 2009 | 7:35 am Inflation at 2.43 pct on Feb. 28NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index rose 2.43 percent in the 12 months to Feb. 28, below the previous week's annual rise of 3.03 percent, government data showed on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 6:45 am India's Jan industrial output down 0.5 pct y/yNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output fell 0.5 percent in January from a year earlier, marginally higher than the previous month's upwardly revised fall of 0.6 percent, data showed on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 6:42 am Satyam U.S. lawsuits may cost $440-$840 mln - reportMUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S. lawsuits filed against fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services could cause a liability of between $440 million and $840 million, the Times of India said on Thursday, quoting a potential bidder for the outsourcer.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 5:37 am Economic wall casts shadow across Tibetan highlandKUMBUM MONASTERY, China (Reuters) - Hammers clinked against copper sheets beside the Kumbum monastery, one of the holiest in Tibetan Buddhism, as workers shaped ornaments to crown the prayer halls at the centre of Tibetan culture.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 5:09 am Markets soar at opening bellIndian equities markets resumed trade in the green Thursday after a two-day break, with a key index ruling 2.32 percent higher than its last closing figure.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 5:01 am Bangalore youths to arrange homes for Bihar flood victimsA group of youth from Bangalore will approach corporate houses to finance plans to provide permanent shelters to over 3,000 people living in relief camps in Bihar's Madhepura and Araria districts that were hit by killer floods last August.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 5:00 am Meghalaya government reduced to minority, floor test MondayThe Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government is likely to bow out and make way for the Congress to head the northeastern state as the political crisis deepened Thursday with the resignation of Health Minister Advisor Pariong. The ruling coalition is now in a minority in the state assembly.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 5:00 am Two killed during Holi celebrations in BiharTwo men were shot dead and 28 injured in clashes in Bihar's Chhapra district over the manner in which Holi was being celebrated, police said Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 5:00 am What Menon feels when he wraps up the US tour] , and also met with the leadership in the US Congress, apparently has every reason to be satisfied that the transformed US-India relationship is ready to be launched to the next level of the partner...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 4:21 am US shelves plans to evacuate Tamils] and US Navy units attached to its Pacific Command (PACOM) to go into the rebel-held hold-outs and evacuate these civilians faced with the prospect of fast-declining food and medicine stocks in these...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 4:21 am Satyam suitors may get info for last 2 quarters] board may present prospective bidders for the troubled Satyam Computer Services with operating statements for two quarters - October-December 2008 and January-March 2009 - to help them arrive at a d...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 4:21 am From where does that indelible ink comeThe only public sector industrial unit that manufactures indelible ink to mark voters, casting votes in the country, the Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd. (Mylac) is busy churning out the ink to meet the...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 4:21 am Meet Tamil director BalaI n the Bala [extreme right] school of filmmaking, there is a difference in class. Some learn their basics, some raise their standards. Every Bala film is unique in its own way. Naan Kadavul is no ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 4:21 am US extends $8 million aid to PakistanWorried at the emerging reports from Pakistan, the United States has announced that it would provide immediate assistance to $8 million for "unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs" in Pakis...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Mar 2009 | 4:21 am Bangalore youths to arrange homes for Bihar flood victimsA group of youth from Bangalore will approach corporate houses to finance plans to provide permanent shelters to over 3,000 people living in relief camps in Bihar's Madhepura and Araria districts that were hit by killer floods last August.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Mar 2009 | 4:00 am World's richest not so rich, Gates regains top spotNEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates is the richest man again, overtaking investor Warren Buffett, as the global financial meltdown wiped out $2 trillion from the net worth of the world's billionaires, Forbes Magazine said on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 2:42 am Prakash Jha hires 5,000 theatre actors for 'Rajniti'It's an unheard-of screen phenomenon. For his intense political drama 'Rajniti', Prakash Jha has hired and trained 5,000 theatre actors to play the participants in various political rallies.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Mar 2009 | 2:30 am Vipul Shah wants film title that arch-rival hasIt looks like the new Vipul Shah-Akshay Kumar film that would also have Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead won't be able to get its chosen title 'Action Replay' that easily, as it is the property of his arch-rival.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Mar 2009 | 2:30 am LTTE's finance wing head killed in fighting, say officialsThe Tamil Tiger rebels' finance wing head Subarathnam Selvatureiy has been killed in Sri Lanka's northeastern Mullaitivu district where the government troops and the rebels were locked in heavy fighting, the defence ministry said Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:31 am Teenager kills 15, himself in GermanyWINNENDEN, GERMANY: A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire inside his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday killing 15 people before he turned the gun on himself, authorities said. The gunman entered the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Government loses majority in MeghalayaShillong: Crisis gripped Meghalaya on Wednesday, with the NCP-led Meghalaya Progressive Alliance government losing majority after withdrawal of support by Urban Affairs Minister Paul Lyngdoh. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am India readies answers to Pakistan’s queriesMove intended to break deadlock in Islamabad’s investigation after worsening political situation in PakistanSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am India gifts medicines to Sri LankaCOLOMBO: Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Alok Prasad on Wednesday handed over a consignment of medicines worth Sri Lanka Rs.70 million gifted by the Government of India for those displaced from the war zone in the island nation. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Pakistan clamps down on Opposition activistsProtests, rallies banned in two provinces; no leader arrestedSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Naveen wins trust voteCongress, BJP MLAs stage walkoutSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Jagan for Kadapa Lok Sabha seat?Candidature “cleared” by screening panelSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Pakistan’s political frontline mulling optionsISLAMABAD: In Pakistan’s fast-moving political game, the possible outcomes depend on how each of the principal actors assesses the stakes. There are four main actors in the ongoing drama: President Asif Zardari, Pakistan Muslim ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am 26/11: India set to reply to PakistanNEW DELHI: Indian authorities are in the final stages of drafting a response to a 30-point questionnaire prepared by the Pakistani investigators on the murderous Lashkar-e-Taiba attack on Mumbai in November last. Government sources told ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Projects in 3 civic bodies to be delayedCHENNAI: Implementation of many projects to upgrade basic amenities in three municipalities in north Chennai will be delayed as the local bodies’ budget for 2009-10 could not be presented before the code of conduct for the general ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Sangakkara to lead Sri Lankan team, Murali deputyWicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara is set to captain the Sri Lankan cricket team with spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan likely to be named as his deputy, the sports minister said here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Mar 2009 | 6:00 pm Holi revelers keep Delhi Police busyHoli revelers kept Delhi Police busy Wednesday as officials booked more than 6,000 people for various traffic violations, including drunken and dangerous driving.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Mar 2009 | 5:30 pm Congress-Trinamool make progress on seat sharingThe Congress and the Trinamool Congress have made significant progress in clinching a seat-sharing deal for the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal for the coming polls, a Congress leader indicated Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Mar 2009 | 5:30 pm Parents donate body of six-month-old baby to hospitalThe parents of a six-month-old baby have donated her body to a state-run medical college here after she died of cardiac failure.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Mar 2009 | 4:31 pm Amarnath Shrine Board to preserve Himalayan ecologyThe Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has decided to fund eco-friendly projects in the areas affected by the huge rush of pilgrims during the two-month long annual pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Amarnath in the Himalayan valley.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Mar 2009 | 4:30 pm Nitish Kumar refrains from Holi celebrationsTo express solidarity with the victims of last year's devastating floods in the Kosi river, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar refrained from celebrating Holi, and instead spent the day reading books and meeting officials.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Mar 2009 | 4:30 pm
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