Hold referendum to resolve Kashmir issue: Hurriyat!

Rejecting general elections as a "futile exercise", Moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday demanded holding of a referendum to address the long-standing Kashmir issue.
Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

Naxal attacks in Bihar, Jharkhand on poll eve!

Maoists attacked a BSF camp in Bihar and a bus carrying security personnel in Jharkhand ahead of the 1st phase of Lok Sabha polls.
Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

Orissa`s coastal areas on cyclone alert!

The Orissa government on Thursday alerted collectors of all coastal districts to remain alert as a severe storm formed in the Bay of Bengal may intensify and hit the state, officials said.
Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

Shashi Tharoor votes for first time, says he is proud!

A first-time voter, former UN diplomat and Congress Lok Sabha candidate from here Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said he was proud to exercise his franchise in home land, after having remained an NRI all his life.
Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

2 arrested for minor`s rape!

The police Thursday claimed to have recovered two minor girls of West Ram Nagar who were kidnapped and raped allegedly by two youth on April 12 last.
Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

Four Shiv Sainiks arrested for breaking voting machines!

Four Shiv Sena activists were arrested for breaking electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls Thursday in Babhulgaon village near here, police said.
Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

Digvijay Singh to visit slain Cong leader`s house!

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh will pay a visit on Wednesday to the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh.
Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:30 pm

Moderate Hurriyat not for election boycott !

In a significant development, the moderate Hurriyat group led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq Thursday decided not to call for a boycott of parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

`EC able to control muscle power but not money power`!

As polling for the first phase of the 15th Lok Sabha elections began Thursday, an Election Comissioner SY Qureshi said that the EC has not been able to contain money power, though the noose has been tightened on criminal elements.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

Moderate polling in Jammu!

Moderate polling was reported from the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir that went to polls on Thursday in the first phase.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

Moderate to brisk voting in northeast!

Moderate to brisk polling was recorded in the first three hours of voting Thursday for the first phase of parliamentary elections in India`s northeastern region amid heavy security, officials said.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

Polling in 13 Bihar seats on track; Lalu faces Rudy!

Polling began on Thursday morning in 13 of the 40 parliamentary constituencies in Bihar going to the poll in the first of the four-phase elections amidst tight security.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

`Fairly good` early turnout in Uttar Pradesh!

About 10 percent turnout was recorded in the two hours after polling opened in the 16 parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh where the first phase of elections was underway Thursday, an official here said.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

Fourth Front will divide secular votes: Pranab!

Not ruling out taking its support again to form the govt at the Centre after the LS elections, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the `Fourth Front` comprising SP, LJP and RJD would split secular votes.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

Brisk voting underway in Kerala!

Brisk voting was underway in all of Kerala`s 20 Lok Sabha constituencies Thursday morning, where the main contest is between the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

Peaceful start to polling in Maharashtra !

Polling began on a peaceful note in 13 parliamentary constituencies in Maharashtra Thursday morning, officials said.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

SC orders release of Varun on parole!

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered release of BJP leader Varun Gandhi on parole for two weeks.
Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:11 pm

How Obamas earned 2.73 million dollars in 2008, and what they spent it on

President Obama and his wife Michelle Obama earned 2.73 million dollars in income in 2008, according to their tax statements.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 11:19 am

Is Angelina Jolie pregnant again?

New claims have emerged that the actress is two-and-a-half months pregnant with her fourth biological child.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 11:10 am

Lanka President in captured LTTE HQ

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid a surprise visit to the LTTE's captured political headquarters of Kilinochchi, the first trip by a head of the state to the embattled north of the island nation in nearly three decades.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 11:07 am

Riot victims come forward to vote in Kandhamal

About 25 % of the electorate in Orissa's riot-hit Kandhamal district, including those from relief camps, exercised their franchise amidst tight security till noon today.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 11:06 am

EOU status of RIL refinery ends; can sell fuel locally

The Export Oriented Unit status of Reliance Industries' Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat has ended, allowing the company to sell petrol and diesel locallyincluding through its 1,432 now-closed petrol pumps.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 11:05 am

China woos Nepal's communists

On Saturday, the new chief of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist, Jhalanath Khanal, will head for Beijing on a 10-day visit at the invitation of the Communist Party of China. Khanal will be accompanied by four senior members of his party, including two former ministers.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 11:02 am

Will Sahu's gamble pay off in Orissa? - Rediff


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Will Sahu's gamble pay off in Orissa?
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The inevitable has happened. And perhaps, it seems, Ashok Sahu, the Bharatiya Janata Party [Images] candidate from the communally-sensitive Kandhamal parliamentary seat in Orissa, was asking for it.
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:59 am

PM was not courteous to Advani: Rajnath - Indopia


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PM was not courteous to Advani: Rajnath
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Bokaro (Jharkand), Apr 16 BJP president Rajnath Singh today said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not&aposcourteous&aposto senior party leader LK Advani when they met at a function recently.
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:59 am

Candidates of small parties worry BJP, Cong

Candidates nominated by smaller parties like Maha Gujarat JantaParty (MJP), NCP, SP and BSP are giving sleepless nights to leaders of the BJP and theCongress, as they may spoil the chances of major parties.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:56 am

CPI-M keeps options open for post-poll alliance with Congress - SamayLive


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CPI-M keeps options open for post-poll alliance with Congress
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Kolkata: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday kept its options open on a post-poll alliance with the Congress, saying the party would take a decision if such a situation arose after the Lok Sabha elections.
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:49 am

40% voting in Orissa, stray incidents of Maoist attacks

Around 40 % voting was recorded till 1330 hrs in 10 Lok Sabha and 70 assembly constituencies of Orissa, which witnessed sporadic incidents of firing and arson by Naxals in Malkangiri and Sundargarh districts.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:46 am

Compensation for poll officials killed in naxal violence - Times of India


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Compensation for poll officials killed in naxal violence
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16 Apr 2009, 1543 hrs IST, PTI RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government on Thursday announced compensation for officials killed on poll duty, during the Lok Sabha election.
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:45 am

Mkts close in red, Sensex below 11k

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) sensitive index (Sensex), which opened at 11,358.06 points, fell 337.33 points or 2.99% to close at 10,947.4 points.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:44 am

Saffron bid to enter former Biju turf - Times of India


Saffron bid to enter former Biju turf
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BARIPADA: Once known as Biju Patnaik's bastion, the saffron party on Wednesday tried to make inroads into Karanjia constituency with the BJP's star campaigner LK Advani's arrival to give a major boost to the prospects of party candidate Sumantra Naik.
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:40 am

35-40% polling in six hours in Kerala

An impressive 35-40% polling was reported in the first six hours in Kerala where polling is progressing peacefully in all 20 Lok Sabha seats, most of which are witnessing a keen fight between the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-controlled UDF.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:40 am

Spy satellite undergoing final stages of testing

India's spy satellite, built by Israel, is undergoing final stages of testing and integration at the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh for an April 20 launch.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:38 am

Mohammad Ajmal's lawyer says he loves challenges

"The judge has decided to have me as the lawyer and I feel that it is honour of our nation that Ajmal should have a lawyer to defend him," he said.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:37 am

'Slumdog' crew gives charity $747,000

The money will be given to Plan, a children's charity that has been working in India since 1979. The aim is to help educate 5,000 slum kids over the next five years.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:36 am

Jaya replaces SS Chandran with Muslim candidate for Chennai Central - Times of India


Jaya replaces SS Chandran with Muslim candidate for Chennai Central
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CHENNAI: Effecting yet another change in her party candidates' list, AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday replaced film comedian SS Chandran with a Muslim candidate to take on the DMK nominee and former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran in Chennai ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:36 am

Cops did not help me: US gangrape victim - Times of India


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Cops did not help me: US gangrape victim
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16 Apr 2009, 1340 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: The 23-year-old student of Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), who was allegedly gangraped by her six companions, said that she tried to lodge a complaint the very next day of the incident but could not do so ...
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:35 am

Govt awaits EC nod for sop to diamond workers - Times of India


Govt awaits EC nod for sop to diamond workers
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GANDHINAGAR: In an effort to attract lakhs of diamond workers ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the Gujarat government has asked the Election Commission (EC) to clear a major sop to implement a group insurance scheme for them.
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:35 am

India starts marathon vote marred by Maoist attacks

VARANASI, India (Reuters) - With Maoist insurgents stepping up attacks, tens of millions of Indians began voting in a month-long general election on Thursday with signs an unstable coalition may emerge in the middle of an economic slowdown.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:35 am

Mohammad Ajmal gets a new lawyer

Special sessions judge ML Tahilyani appointed Abbas Kazmi, a lawyer of 20 years standing, to defend Ajmal.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:33 am

Hot summer, absent El Nino set to aid India monsoon

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's monsoon rains, vital for the farm-dependent economy and the success of major crops, may exceed the norm this year if the El Nino system that brings drier weather fails to appear, as expected, forecasters say.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:30 am

Firing at Poonch polling station

Unidentified persons fired at a polling station in a village in Poonch on Thursday, prompting security personnel to retaliate.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:28 am

Rickety ST buses shake up dark memories of Bodeli

GSRTC buses which are no better than the one that had met with the mishap are found running on the same Bodeli -Waghbod route.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:27 am

EC refuses approval for diamond workers' package in Gujarat

The Election Commission (EC) has stalled the Gujarat government's proposed relief package for diamond workers in the state.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:24 am

Daewoo Electronics to sell non-core assets

Daewoo Electronics Corp, South Korea's third-largest electronics maker, will look to sell its non-core businesses including its TV manufacturing unit in order to focus more on appliances, its chief executive officer has said.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:22 am

Sabarmati jailbird Rangrez was killed, autopsy reveals

Jail authorities will quiz staff, prisoners and police to nail culprit.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:22 am

Case filed against Dhoni, Harbhajan

A criminal case was filed in a court Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh with 'hurting' fans by staying away from the Padma awards function.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:21 am

Pota court allows lie-detector test on Akshardham accused

Majid Patel was one of the 26 absconders in the temple attack case.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:20 am

HSBC expands top mgt in India, Kidwai is country head

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd, India has appointed Naina Lal Kidwai, currently group general manager and chief operating officer of the bank to the new role of group general manager and country head of HSBC India.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:19 am

Minor girl raped by tenant

A two-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her tenant at the house she lived in Pandesara in Surat on Wednesday morning.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:19 am

No address? No army job

State government has asked government offices across the state to issue domicile certificates in a uniform format to all non-Gujarati candidates who want to join the army.
Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:17 am

Court appoints Abbas Kazmi as Qasab's lawyer - NDTV.com


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Court appoints Abbas Kazmi as Qasab's lawyer
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A special court in Mumbai has appointed Abbas Kazmi as the lawyer for Amir Ajmal Qasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the November 26 Mumbai attacks.
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:12 am

Spice Mobiles promoter consolidates stake, to make open offer

Spice Mobiles Ltd today said that its promoter Spice Televentures will make an open offer for purchase of additional shares from the public shareholders,after acquiring over 43 per cent equity from two other promoter group entities.
Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:11 am

Kidwai to head HSBC India operations

Well known woman banker Naina Lal Kidwai has been appointed as the country head of HSBC group companies in India.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 10:09 am

Modi belittled sacrifices of army: Chidambaram - Daily News & Analysis


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Modi belittled sacrifices of army: Chidambaram
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Ahmedabad: Taking a dig at chief minister Narendra Modi on his home turf, Union home minister P Chidambaram said that not 'budhiya' or 'gudiya', but security, economic stability, communal harmony and foreign policy are issues of concern to the people.
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Source: Google News India - India | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:55 am

India get security clearance for world championships

CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Badminton's ruling body has given security clearance for the world championships to be staged in India in August, an Indian federation official said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:40 am

BSP's LS candidate is worth Rs 600 crore

BSP's Deepak Bhardwaj, who is the richest LS candidate so far, came on a tractor to the election office to file his nomination from the West Delhi constituency.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:23 am

Chinese Navy plans to develop new generation of warships, aircraft

New Delhi, Apr 16 : The Chinese Navy plans to develop a new generation of warships and aircraft as part of the country's effort to upgrade the maritime security defence system.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:20 am

India urged to tell Sri Lanka to stop war

Four Tamil MPs from Sri Lanka have urged New Delhi to put pressure on Colombo to stop the war in the island to protect civilians trapped in the conflict zone.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:10 am

Choppy trade at Indian markets, Sensex in red

Indian equities markets were witnessing a choppy trade about an hour before end of trade Thursday, with a key index losing 0.91 percent from its previous close.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:10 am

Over 30 percent voting in Bihar till afternoon as Maoists kill two

A voter turnout of over 30 percent was recorded in Bihar in the first six hours of polling for the first phase of general elections under way in 13 of the state's 40 Lok Sabha constituencies Thursday, even as Maoists attacked polling stations in Gaya district and killed two securitymen.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:10 am

Telugu filmstars make a beeline to polling booths

Popular actors and other Telugu film personalities made a beeline to polling booths here to cast their votes for the first phase of parliamentary and assembly elections Thursday.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:10 am

ISRO gearing up for spy satellite launch Monday

India's defence surveillance capabilities will get a quantum boost Monday with the launch of a sophisticated spy satellite that can see through fog and clouds, a facility that has been hitherto unavailable.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:10 am

Tech Mahindra gets Company Law Board nod for Satyam buy

India's Company Law Board (CLB) Thursday approved the takeover of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services by outsourcer Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:10 am

Kasab gets new lawyer to defend him

A senior criminal lawyer from Mumbai, Abbas Kazmi, was Thursday appointed to defend Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist in the 26/11 attack.
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:10 am

CII forum on India-China business

The Confederation of Indian Industry on Wednesday established an India Business Forum in China to build the brand of India's industrial capabilities and facilitate growth of business between the two countries.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am

Slipper hurled at Advani in MP rally

] , the latest in the series of such episodes involving political leaders, but it did not hit him.The slipper was hurled by former Katni district president of BJP Pawas Agarwal, who allegedly was aggr...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 8:58 am

From slum to crorepati

, a catering service that has five branches across the country.    From the slum, he went to BITS, Pilani to study engineering and then joined the most prestigious management institute in India, II...
Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2009 | 8:58 am

Inflation near zero, may help ease rates

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The annual inflation rate headed towards zero in early April, which could give the central bank room to cut interest rates when it reviews policy next week.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2009 | 8:50 am

26/11 trial: Abbas Kazmi is Kasab's new lawyer

Senior criminal lawyer Abbas Kazmi has been appointed by the special court to replace Anjali Waghmare as Kasab's lawyer for the Mumbai attack trial.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 8:42 am

Abbas Kazmi is Kasab's new lawyer

Senior criminal lawyer Abbas Kazmi has been appointed by the special court to replace Anjali Waghmare as Kasab's lawyer for the Mumbai attack trial.
Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2009 | 8:42 am

Samajwadi Party says may back Congress-led alliance

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Samajwadi Party which held the balance of power in the last months of the Congress party-led government could again support a similar coalition, its leader said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2009 | 7:31 am

Nine killed as Maoists attack securitymen on poll duty in Jharkhand

Seven Border Security Force (BSF) personnel going for polling duty were killed in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Latehar district of Jharkhand early Thursday, police said. The driver and assistant of the bus in which they were travelling were also killed.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2009 | 5:31 am

'Jhalak...' makers wanted gossip, rivalry for TRPs: Bhagyashree

Bhagyashree of 'Maine Pyaar Kiya' fame put on her dancing shoes for the third season of reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' but became the first one to get voted out. She says the show was more about generating gossip and creating rivalry than about dancing alone.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2009 | 4:01 am

Dressing up Stallone, Routh was fabulous: Indian designer

Dressing up Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone and Brandon Routh was the most fabulous experience of her career and she is floored by their humility, says Indian celebrity designer Shabina Khan.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2009 | 4:01 am

Venus survives tough test from Indian Mirza

CHARLESTON (Reuters) - Second seed Venus Williams needed three sets to beat battling Indian Sania Mirza 6-1 3-6 6-2 in the second round of the Family Circle Cup on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2009 | 3:26 am

FACTBOX - What's at stake in India's giant general election

REUTERS - Indians began voting on Thursday in a staggered general election that will end on May 13. Results are due on May 16.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2009 | 3:15 am

Polling begins in Andhra Pradesh

Polling began Thursday for the first phase of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assembly in Andhra Pradesh amid tight security.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2009 | 3:01 am

No more nude scenes for Nandana Sen

After the controversial nude scenes in Ketan Mehta's 'Rang Rasiya', Nandana Sen got an offer from Italian filmmaker Italo Spinelli to play a tribal woman who's surreptitiously shot nude by a photographer.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2009 | 1:32 am

Chance for RCB to redeem itself

New acquisitions Ryder, Uthappa and Pietersen expected to charge up the side
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

Appointment of Ajmal’s lawyer revoked by court

Anjali Waghmare kept silent about representing 26/11 victim
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

Man-animal conflict escalating

Udhagamandalam: With various factors inimical to life in the jungles driving wild animals out of their habitat the man-wildlife conflict is showing signs of escalating in various parts of the district. Bisons which moved out of the forests ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

Infosys net up 29 % at Rs. 1,613 crore in Q4

‘Velocity of business has been impaired by the global crisis’
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

Salahuddin cannot stop polls in J&K: Farooq

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin could in no way stop the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “There is no way he can stop that ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

V.S. Sampath new Election Commissioner

NEW DELHI: Union Power Secretary Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath, a 1973 batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, will be the new Election Commissioner. He will fill the vacancy in the three-member Commission to be caused by Chief Election ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

Prominent political heavyweights to test waters today

NEW DELHIThe voters will decide the fate of some of the political heavyweights and important personalities contesting from those constituencies covered in the first Phase. While RJD president and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, who has ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

3 killed as Maoists attack security forces

Latehar/Sasaram: Maoists on Wednesday attacked para-military forces a day ahead of the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand and Bihar, killing three persons including two CRPF personnel even as police claimed that 17 of the ultras were ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

Lok Sabha phase-1 elections today

Voting for Assembly too in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

Women voters outnumber men in Ernakulam

KOCHI: Women have an upper hand in the reorganised Ernakulam Parliament constituency consisting of seven Assembly segments—Kalamasserry, Paravur, Vypeen, Kochi, Thripunithura, Ernakulam and Thrikkakara. The women voters are more in each ...
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2009 | 12:00 am

Arsenal outclass Villarreal to reach semi-finals

LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal romped into the semi-finals of the Champions League with a crushing 3-0 home defeat of Villarreal on Wednesday to seal a 4-1 aggregate victory and a last four clash with holders Manchester United.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Apr 2009 | 10:41 pm

SCENARIOS - Possible outcomes from general election

REUTERS - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13, a mammoth process in which 714 million people will be able to cast their votes in the world's largest democracy.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Apr 2009 | 8:29 pm

FACTBOX - Election: numbers, symbols and records

REUTERS - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Apr 2009 | 8:25 pm

Vinod Khanna's four parliament questions cost Rs.13 mn each!

Actor-MP Vinod Khanna's each question in parliament has cost a whopping Rs.13 million (Rs.1.3 crore) of public money.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2009 | 6:02 pm

Rahul makes unscheduled night stay in Orissa

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi deviated from his schedule Wednesday and decided to stay back for the night in an Orissa town after addressing an election meeting there.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2009 | 6:00 pm

Marshal of IAF Arjan Singh's biography released

'The Icon', a biography of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, was released on his 91st birthday Wednesday, even as a demand was made to confer the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, on him.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2009 | 4:30 pm

Bengal political parties woo voters on Nababarsha

Political parties in West Bengal made full use of the Bengali New Year - Nababarsha - Wednesday to woo the electorates with calendars and greeting cards.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2009 | 4:00 pm

Pro-Dalit outfit, MMK form alliance in Tamil Nadu

The Puthiya Tamizhagam, a pro-Dalit outfit, and the recently floated Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) Wednesday fielded five candidates for the May 13 Lok Sabha Polls in Tamil Nadu and announced formation of the Social Democratic Alliance.
Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2009 | 4:00 pm