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Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon cancels visit to India!Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon has cancelled his visit to India beginning Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:14 pm Govinda under EC scanner for distributing money!Congress MP Govinda has come under Election Commission scanner for distributing cash outside his Juhu residence on Wednesday during Holi.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:14 pm CPM, CPI part ways in Kerala over seat-sharing!The CPM and CPI, both part of the ruling LDF in Kerala, have parted ways on Friday after talks over the right to contest the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency collapsed.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:14 pm JMM flip-flop on alliance with UPA!JMM to support UPA only if its nominee is accepted as the chief ministerial candidate in Jharkhand.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:14 pm Sena-BJP alliance on track!Shiv Sena and BJP appear to have buried their differences and will jointly fight LS polls.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:14 pm Mayawati wants to be Third Front`s PM candidate: Report!BSP supremo Mayawati has reportedly made it clear to the Third Front backers that they have to declare her as the prime ministerial candidate before the polls or else her party would walk out of the coalition.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:14 pm BJP-JD(U) talks on seat-sharing continue!BJP and JD(U) are involved in last minute hectic parleys to arrive at a seat-sharing formula in Bihar.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:14 pm Pietersen attributes India's one-day success to IPLPietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Ravi Bopara and Owais Shah are supposed to play in the second edition of the IPL.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:22 pm Kerala Left front meltdown is now in full-blown recession - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 11:55 am Pak queries: Home Min hands over 26/11 replies to Pranab - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 11:51 am 269 players for IPL 2; KKR have a jumbo squad of 57A total of 269 players, including 80 cricketers from abroad, are to be seen in action in the 45-day second season of the IPL.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 11:48 am Highways regulator seeks EC nod for projectsHighways regulator the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has sought the Election Commission's approval for bidding of 50 highway projects.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 11:34 am Suzlon appoints Robin Banerjee as CFOSuzlon Energy, the world's fifth largest wind turbine-maker, today said it has appointed Robin Banerjee as its new chief financial officer (CFO).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 11:20 am Recession-hit billionaires selling castle, jets and yachtsWith the global economic downturn making holes in pockets of billionaires, the richie-rich of the world are out to dispose of all their costly belongings, including castles, yachts, private jets and even soccer team.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 11:03 am UPDATE: Instanex FII index gains 4.68%The market consolidated its gains and FIIs seemed to have bought in the cash and futures markets. Sensex was up 4.95% at close, the Instanex FII index was close behind, up 4.68% at 197.67, followed by the Instanex Retail 15 portfolio that was up 4.66%, the Instanex DII 15 portfolio (+4.29%), Nifty (+3.89%), the Instanex Top 15 portfolio (+3.13%) and the Instanex Promoter 15 portfolio (+2.53%).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:59 am S sees India's GDP at 6% in calendar 2009"Standard & Poor's estimates India's real GDP growth will slow to about 6 per cent in 2009 from roughly 8 per cent over the past five years," the agency said in a statement.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:45 am Pakistan seeks way out of crisis, detentions multiplyISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's year-old civilian government sought a compromise to appease opposition leaders and a lawyers movement on Friday as police detained hundreds of activists in a bid to stifle a nationwide protest.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:38 am Doctors save speared Indian boy - BBC News
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:35 am BJP, Sena finalises seat sharing - NDTV.com
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:22 am Govt imposes 35% safeguard duty on aluminium productsThe government has imposed up to 35 per cent safeguard duty on specified aluminium products to protect domestic industry, dominated by players like Hindalco and Vedanta, against cheap imports from China.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:08 am JM Financial MF reduces stake in Balrampur ChiniMutual fund house J M Financial Mutual Fund has cut its stake in the sugar producer Balrampur Chini Mills to 3.05 per cent through open market selling.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:04 am Gujarat BJP shortlists candidates for stateThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Gujarat unit has shortlisted about 30 nominees for the state's 26 Lok Sabha seats and will submit the names to the party's central parliamentary board in Delhi Saturday for finalising the candidates, party officials said here Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:01 am Forget about films, Dutt to move to Lucknow to script MP careerKeeping his Bollywood career firmly on the backburner, actor and wannabe MP Sanjay Dutt will camp in Lucknow from now till the end of the elections and spend time 'reaching out to the masses' while he waits for the Supreme Court's green signal to contest.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:01 am Markets extend gains, Sensex rises four percentIndian equities rose further Friday afternoon, with a key index ruling almost four percent higher about 90 minutes before the closing bell.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Chhattisgarh recommends two officers for DGP post to poll panelChhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has nominated two officers for the post of director general of police (DGP) following the Election Commission's demand for removal of the incumbent Vishwaranjan, official sources said here Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Upset RSP, Forward Bloc werenUpset over the way the Third Front launch was planned, leaders of two Left outfits - the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and the Forward Bloc - did not show up for the massive rally in Tumkur near Bangalore, party members revealed Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Goa casino operator moves court after relocation threatThe Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Goa government to freeze its directive to offshore casino operators to move outside the city limits and drop anchor in a nearby bay.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Alliance Francaise to have new head after drugs rowChandigarh's Alliance Francaise is to get a new director after the previous head was arrested for possession of drugs.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Army officer commits suicide in Uttar PradeshA 40-year-old lieutenant colonel shot himself in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, the police said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Home Secretary holds video conference with states on IPLNew Delhi, Mar 13 : Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta held video conference with senior officials of the states where Indian Premier League (IPL) matches are scheduled to be played in April-May following their demand for central forces to host the cricketing tournament.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am Tax department to be consulted before changing insurance Form IIndia's insurance regulator will seek the opinion of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) before changing the format of the valuation balance sheet, or Form I, as demanded by private insurers, a top official said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am NDA struggles ahead of electionNEW DELHI (Reuters) - National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the main opposition Hindu-nationalist-led alliance, is struggling to unite and find new partners in potentially swing states, possibly damaging its chances of winning a general election only weeks away.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am NHPC to commission two power projects by Dec 09The country's largest hydro-power producer, NHPC, today said it will commission two projects, including Teesta in West Bengal, by December this year which will raise its generation capacity by over 250 MW.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 9:53 am IDG Ventures plans Rs 100cr investment in start-upsIDG Ventures India and Microsoft India today announced a funding programme under which the former intends to invest up to Rs 100 crore in start ups.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 9:39 am BJP, Shiv Sena finalise seat-sharing pact, Mar 13 (PTI) BJP today said its alliance with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has been finalised with both parties having reached an understanding in the seat-sharing arrangements.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Mar 2009 | 9:32 am Satyam sees interest from about 8 suitors - sourcesMUMBAI (Reuters) - About eight potential bidders have registered with Satyam Computer Services to buy a 51 percent stake in the fraud-hit Indian outsourcer, two investment banking sources said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Mar 2009 | 9:26 am India backs down to US on H-1 B visa issue - Economic Times
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:48 am Indian-origin medic among three charged in Anna Nicole deathAnna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and doctors, including an Indian-origin medic, have been charged with supplying her addictive prescription pills.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:45 am Orissa Governor likely to decide soon on trust vote - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:37 am CPI threatens to field candidates against CPI(M)The CPI is threatening to field candidates in all constituencies of the CPI(M)if it is not allowed to contest the Ponanni seat.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:29 am Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer 'split'...againLove has slipped through Jennifer Aniston's fingers once again. The stunner has been dumped by musician boyfriend John Mayer.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:23 am Roger Federer, girlfriend expecting first childTennis ace Roger Federer and girlfriend Miroslava "Mirka" Vavrinec are expecting their first child together.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:21 am Govinda accused of violating Model Code of ConductGovinda has been accused of violating the Model Code of Conduct by the Election Commission for distributing money during Holi.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:18 am China says willing to meet Dalai Lama's envoysBEIJING (Reuters) - Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday China was open to holding more talks with envoys for the Dalai Lama as long as the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader renounces what Beijing describes as separatism.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:15 am Indian batters' Kiwi blitzkrieg drives KP crazy for IPL stintThe blitzkrieg launched by the Indian batting machine has driven Kevin Pietersen crazy, so much so, that he is desperate to play in the IPL.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:15 am Britney turns naughty to nice in new music videoBritney Spears has shown that she can be both naughty and nice in the music video of her controversial new song If U Seek Amy.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:13 am Prince William feels 'emptiness' on Mother's DayIn a speech, Prince William has revealed that he feels the 'emptiness' whenever Mother's Day comes around.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Mar 2009 | 8:10 am PRP trying out new ticket strategy - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 7:27 am Govinda doles out cash, EC to conduct inquiry - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 7:19 am Earlier probes favoured Maya, Patel: SIT - Daily News & Analysis
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 7:09 am Opposition meets CEC - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 13 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am ELECTION EYE - BJP struggles with alliesNEW 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 | 13 Mar 2009 | 6:33 am CPI-M, Trinamool both hope to ride on Nano factorFor Tata Motors' Nano, Singur may be history. But for rival parties in this rural hamlet where the abandoned factory of the world's smallest car still stands like a haunted mansion, it is the most potent weapon to sway voters in the Lok Sabha polls.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2009 | 5:02 am Online ads get in your face amidst money crunchOnline advertising has suffered almost as much as its print and broadcast siblings from the global economic implosion. But now some of the most important players in the field are fighting back.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2009 | 3:31 am Madhur Bhandarkar shoots 'Jail' in different wayNational Award winning director Madhur Bhandarkar has begun a start-to-finish shooting schedule of his forthcoming prison drama 'Jail' which is being filmed in a unique way. Every scene will be shot in the same order as it will appear in the final print.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2009 | 3:30 am Communists launch Third FrontNEW DELHI (Reuters) - A group of smaller political parties, including the communists, formally launched a "Third Front" on Thursday in a bid to provide an alternative to the two main national coalitions, leaders said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Mar 2009 | 3:12 am Loveleen Tandan can't get over Oscar memories'Slumdog Millionaire' co-director Loveleen Tandan is still to get over the Oscar experience. She says her worst fear before the ceremony was she would trip and fall on her sari on the red carpet.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:30 am Newcomer Jackky's next on the lines of 'Jaane Tu....'Jackky Bhagnani's debut film 'Kal Kissne Dekha' is set for a May 1 release but the young actor has begun work on a second venture, a romantic musical comedy on the lines of 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa', to be again produced by papa Vashu Bhagnani.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2009 | 2:30 am Taiwan opposes China's building a rail link with TaipeiTaiwan is opposed to China's plan to extend its national railway network to Taipei, calling it unnecessary, according to a newspaper report Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Mar 2009 | 1:00 am Frequent flyer Jeev Milkha Singh soars in MiamiMIAMI (Reuters) - Golfing globetrotter Jeev Milkha Singh soared to the top of the WGC-CA Championship leaderboard at Doral on Thursday and said that while playing on three continents required meticulous planning it had made him a better player.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:39 am Armed robbers decamp with Rs.50-lakh bootyCHENNAI: Three armed robbers struck at a house at Anna Nagar here on Wednesday night and made away with Rs.10 lakh and diamond jewellery worth Rs.40 lakh. The police said Ashok Malpani (59) and his wife Latha Malpani (50) of Z Block ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Sahara sun could power all of EuropeFirst findings of major research point to potential of revolutionary solar energy planSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Plan to offer part-time Ph.D.MADURAI: The academic council of Madurai Kamaraj University, at its meeting held here on Thursday, resolved to offer part-time Ph. D. programme. The university would offer the part-time programme irrespective of the potential ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Another Meghalaya Minister quitsShillong: Yet another Minister, Advisor Pariong, quit the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance government on Thursday. Chief Minister Donkupar Roy will seek a vote of confidence on March 17. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Third Front launchedNew ‘secular democratic alternative’ vows to form governmentSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Crackdown on Pakistan lawyers continuesISLAMABAD: Even as efforts were on to pull back Pakistan’s two warring political parties from the brink of a confrontation on the streets, in Karachi police sealed a major highway to prevent a large group of lawyers from travelling ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am CCS reviews situationNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday reviewed the situation in Pakistan in the wake of political instability prevailing there. At a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), which Dr. Singh chaired for the first ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am Efforts on to defuse situation in PakistanIndications that Zardari may agree to a compromiseSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am EC slaps notice on MulayamNEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday sent notice to Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh, in the wake of a video clipping showing people at a public gathering he attended being allegedly bribed by his supporters and ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am U2 holds 1,000-seat mystery concertSOMERVILLE: U2 shook a small city, and riled up a core of rabid fans, when it gave a private concert in a venue a tiny fraction of the size of the stadiums it plans to fill later this year. The Irish rock band played the 1,000-seat ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am China says it must approve Dalai Lama reincarnationBEIJING (Reuters) - A top Chinese official warned on Friday that the central government in Beijing must approve the Dalai Lama's reincarnation, and would not recognise any candidate that it had not endorsed, the official Xinhua agency said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 6:08 pm Maoist lynched in BiharA Maoist rebel has been beaten to death by a group of villagers in Bihar, a police official said Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Mar 2009 | 6:00 pm Bomb hoax at Chandigarh bus terminusAn anonymous call threatening of a bomb blast at the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in Sector-17, the commercial hub of Chandigarh, kept police busy for about two hours but it turned out to be hoax.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Mar 2009 | 6:00 pm Govinda faces probe for cash dole on HoliFilm star-tuned-MP Govinda faces inquiry from the Maharashtra state Election Commission after he allegedly doled out cash to some supporters during Holi celebrations, an official said here Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Mar 2009 | 5:00 pm PDP shuns alliance, to contest all Lok Sabha seats in KashmirOpposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday decided to go solo and contest the Lok Sabha elections from all the six parliamentary seats in the state.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Mar 2009 | 5:00 pm Tibetan officer remembers 1959 escape with Dalai LamaDHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - Kelsang Damdul was just a low-ranking officer in the Tibetan army when he was part of a secret group who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959, under what he says was the protection of Buddhist deities.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 4:13 pm Satyam sale process under way as bidders registerBANGALORE (Reuters) - At least three Indian companies may bid for a majority stake in Satyam Computer Services Ltd, the fraud-hit Indian outsourcer looking for a strategic investor.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2009 | 1:43 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 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 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 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
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