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Mariah got stood up!Singer Mariah Carey had a tough time with celebrity hairstylist Ricardo Rojas during her trip to the Cannes Film Festival.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 1:04 pm India joins elite club of nations with AWACS capability - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 12:55 pm Day curfew lifted in Punjab, calm returns in Haryana - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 12:55 pm New Delhi condemns attacks on Indian students in Australia - Express Buzz
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 12:54 pm Five dead, 30 hurt in blasts in Pakistan's PeshawarPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded on Thursday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killing five people, a rescue official said, hours after the Taliban claimed an attack in Lahore the previous day and warned of more violence.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 12:47 pm IRCTC introduces special holiday train to J-KThe Catering and Tourism wing of railways has announced a special holiday train from Pune to Jammu and Kashmir with an additional air conditioned coach for the first time.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 12:44 pm 13-yr-old kills infant, rapes corpseIn a bizarre case, a 13-year old boy has been arrested for killing a three-year old infant girl and then having sex with the corpse. The postmortem has confirmed that the girl was first killed and then sexually assaulted.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 12:42 pm Assembly by-poll in Tripura`s Bardawali seat today!The stage is all set for the by-election to Bardwali Assembly constituency here, to be held on Thursday, which fell vacant after the demise of Congress MLA Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar in January.Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2009 | 12:42 pm Noida: Seven killed, 12 injured in mishap !Seven persons, including three policemen, were killed and 12 others injured in an accident on the Greater Noida Expressway here, police said on Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2009 | 12:42 pm UP Cong plans action against those indulging in indiscipline!The Congress is contemplating stern action against those who worked against the party in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh and a revamp of its state unit appears likely.Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2009 | 12:42 pm DHD(J) holds Assam`s North cachar Hills to ransom!The breakaway faction of the Dima Halam Daoga, DHD(J) led by Jewel Gorlosa in Assam`s North Cachar Hills district has been abducting for ransom and attacking the Railways, bringing development activities to a total halt.Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2009 | 12:42 pm Woman and child hospitalised with symptoms of swine flu in Kolkata!A woman and her one-year-old child were admitted to a city hospital with symptoms of swine flu after they landed at the international airport here.Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2009 | 12:42 pm 5,000 people donate their cornea in Maharashtra!Maharashtra has emerged as a leading state under the National Programme of Control of Blindness (NPCB) by collecting over 5,000 corneas of dead persons.Source: Zee News : States | 28 May 2009 | 12:42 pm Know your new ministers !Brief profiles of the Ministers of State with Independent Charge.Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Antony "anguished" over delay in supply of military equipment!Anguished over delays in procurement and supply of military equipment, Defence Minister A K Antony on Thursday urged foreign vendors, including those from Russia and Israel, to stick to deadlines.Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm IAF to get its first "eye-in-the-sky" AWACS today!The first of three IAF Airborne Warning and Control Systems will be formally inducted into the force today.Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Timothy to be new US Ambassador to India!President Barack Obama has nominated Tomothy R Roemer as the new US Ambassador to India.Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Team Manmohan expansion: 59 ministers being sworn-in!Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expanded his cabinet on Thursday with the 59 ministers being sworn-in taking the total strength of the new Congress-led UPA government to 78.Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm India asks Australia to ensure security of students!Expressing outrage at the attack on its students, India has asked Aus to ensure safety of students.Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Canada says nuclear deal with India soon!Canada on Wednesday said that the on-going talks with India on resumption of nuclear ties may soon end in a nucelar deal with New Delhi.Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Curfew relaxed in trouble-torn areas of Punjab!Day curfew was on Thursday lifted in Jalandhar, Phagwara, Hoshiarpur, Malout and Ludhiana in Punjab following improvement in the situation in the areas hit by violence following the attack on a sect leader in Vienna.Source: Zee News : India National | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Zaheer to leave for England with India team: SourcesZaheer Khan, who is recovering from a shoulder injury, is set to leave with the India's Twenty20 squad for the World Cup in England, BCCI sources said on Thursday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 12:41 pm Punjab Police DSP hit by his head constableA lady head constable working in department of Punjab police slapped the DSP when the later allegedly attempted to outrage her modesty in his office.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 12:30 pm Rare Audrey Hepburn smoking stamp fetches £47k at auctionA rare stamp portraying film star Audrey Hepburn smoking fetched close to £47,000 at an auction in Germany.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 12:30 pm I believe in doing one job and doing it well: Rahul Gandhi - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 12:21 pm US auto parts supplier Visteon files for bankruptcyAmerican auto parts firm Visteon Corp, one of the major suppliers of Ford Motor, has filed for bankruptcy protection.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 12:21 pm Eight houses set ablaze in troubled North Cachar Hills - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 12:16 pm Of IPL and a broken marriageThe IPL is over and with it Parag's marriage. For 35 days Parag S allowed his wife a free hand, just as long as he got his daily dose of cricket.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 12:15 pm Poachers, not cyclone, main threat to Bengal forest officialsIt is not the cyclone Aila but the threat from poachers which is keeping the West Bengal forest officials on their toes while protecting the Royal Bengal tigers.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 12:15 pm Prabhakaran's parents in IDP campSlain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran's parents are living in a newly set up welfare camp in Vavuniya, together with the relatives of other rebel leaders killed in the war, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has revealed.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 12:03 pm Indian student stabbed in Australia in a latest assault caseIn a fresh incident of racial attack on Indians in Australia, a 25-year old student was stabbed here, even as another youth from Andhra Pradesh was battling for life after an assault by local teenagers.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 12:02 pm 'India 3rd best in tackling recession'India has been ranked as third best country that will tide over the global economic crisis by a worldwide survey among business persons to understand the business morale and impact of the economic downturn.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 11:55 am Three more ministers can be included in Council of MinistersThe UPA Government can add 3 more members in Manmohan Singh's team as the constitutional cap on the num1ber of ministers in the current Parliament is at 82.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 11:45 am Men are the 'weaker sex'Men are the "weaker sex" according to a study, which found that males are not only more likely to develop complications during birth but are more vulnerable to infections during adulthood.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 11:44 am Pak govt asks spy agencies to shift offices to 'safe' placesApprehending more attacks, Pakistani government has directed its intelligence agencies to shift their offices from congested residential and commercial areas.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 28 May 2009 | 11:42 am Power restored in cyclone-hit KolkataNinety per cent of power restoration work in the cyclone-hit metropolis has been completed and the rest will be done shortly, the city's power utility said.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 11:33 am Goa poaching case alarms tiger bodyThe National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is piqued over Goa forest department's alleged laxity in handling the tiger killing reported in Mhadei wildlife sanctuary in the coastal state.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 11:30 am Punjab Police DSP in the dock for sexual harassing woman constable - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 11:26 am BRIC nations meet tomorrow to discuss security agendaSecurity chiefs of the world's four fastest emerging economies, including India and Russia, are meeting here tomorrow to finalise the agenda of the first stand alone summit of the grouping in Yekaterinburg next month.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 11:18 am ICAI to frame accounting norms for farm sectorCorporatisation of agriculture and vast income potential of commercial crops have attracted the attention of accounting regulator ICAI, which for the first time is evolving accounting norms for the sector.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 11:17 am Sensex closes 186 points upThe Bombay Stock Exchanges Sensex, which opened at 14,112.04 points, rose 186.37 points or 1.32% to close at 14,296.01 points.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 11:13 am L plans capex of Rs 2,000 cr for FY 2009-10Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said it has planned a capital expenditure of Rs 2,000 crore for this financial year.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 11:12 am Religare to foray into home finance bizFinancial services firm Religare Enterprises today said it will foray into home finance business with acquiring a controlling stake in Maharishi Housing Development Finance Corporation (MHDFC).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 11:12 am Bajaj Elec aiming for over Rs 2,000-cr turnover in FY 10Bajaj Electricals with its order-book presently at Rs 960-crore, is aiming for a turnover and PAT in excess of Rs 2,000-crore and Rs 100-crore in FY 10, a top company official said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 11:09 am Westinghouse, NPCIL ink MoU on nuke co-operationUS energy major Westinghouse Electric company (WEC) and Nucelar Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) today signed an MoU for starting discussions on techno-commercial aspects to set up six to eight AP1000 type nuclear power reactors in India.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 11:08 am Pakistan seeks English version of Mumbai evidenceISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is seeking an English translation of information India provided about November's militant attacks in Mumbai in order to begin prosecutions of suspects, a government spokesman said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 11:07 am Punjab DSP 'molests' woman copA woman head constable has complained against a Punjab Police DSP for sexually harassing her. The constable has demanded stringent action against the culprit.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 11:06 am Tata Motors, Jharkhand govt in talks for 300 acres of landTata Motors is negotiating with the Jharkhand government to acquire 300 acres of land to set up a vendor park on the lines of the one in Pantnagar (Uttar Pradesh), a senior company official said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 11:04 am Another Indian student attacked in Australia25-yr-old Baljinder Singh was attacked by two men in Melbourne who demanded money. Singh was searching through his bag when he was stabbed in the abdomen.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 11:03 am Flawless Diamond to raise Rs 100 cr; mulls restructuring bizJewellery maker Flawless Diamond today said it will raise Rs 100 crore by way of equity and debt to fund its expansion plans.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 28 May 2009 | 11:02 am I believe in doing one job at a time: Rahul Gandhi - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 10:57 am I believe in doing one job at a time: Rahul GandhiSaying that his "imprint" was there in the form of youngsters inducted in the govt, the 39-year-old Amethi MP maintained that he did not want to take up ministership.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 10:47 am EPFO aims to pay 8.5 pct interest for 2009/10 - Labour SecyNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), India's biggest pension fund, aims to pay 8.5 percent interest to its 40 million-plus subscribers for 2009/10, as new fund managers have helped it earn better returns, a top labour ministry official said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 10:47 am Indian-American kids shine atContinuing their magnificent run at the national level, 14 Indian-Americans have made it to the penultimate round of the US 'Spelling Bee' competition, constituting nearly 35 per cent of this year's s...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:44 am Pak claims key role in SL victory over LTTEImages ] played a key role in the ultimate defeat of Tamil Tigers, Pakistani media has claimed. 'It was the Pakistani defence cooperation with Sri Lanka as the largest suppliers of high-tech milita...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:44 am Mahindra Q4 net up 89 percentEngineering firm Larsen & Toubro today said its net profit in the March quarter of 2008-09 inched up 3.28 per cent to Rs 998.52 crore over the same period last year.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:42 am Now, food crisis in North Cachar HillsIt took months before a Central Team decided to visit N C Hills on Wednesday to review the situation. Meanwhile, a humanatarian crisis is unfolding in the hills of North Cachar the government says mor...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:42 am Freshers get nervous at swearing-in ceremonyThe oath-taking ceremony of UPA council of ministers had its share of interesting moments with some MPs committing faux pas and first timers going through nervous moments. NCP MP from Tura, Agatha San...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:42 am Chennai:1 held for air hostess murderPolice on Thursday claimed to have solved the murder of a 25 year-old air hostess Nitish Kumari with the arrest of a 23 year-old unemployed 'mobile phone thief'.Source: The Times of India | 28 May 2009 | 10:42 am Mumbai police gets clean chit, widow of slain cop hurtMumbai Vinita Kamte, wife of slain police officer Ashok Kamte who was killed during the 26/11 terror attacks, expressed disappointment over the Ram Pradhan committee report which has given a clean chi...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:36 am 59 ministers sworn in to complete IndiaNew Delhi - India's President Pratibha Patil Thursday administered the oath of office to 59 new ministers, completing the formation of the United Progressive Alliance government. The alliance, led by ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:34 am Obama Nominates Top Diplomats to London, Vatican, New DelhiWashington (AP) - President Barack Obama has picked a major Democratic fundraiser as ambassador to Britain, a theology professor to represent the United States at the Vatican and a former member of th...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:33 am Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested in J&KSRINAGAR: A Hizbul Mujahideen militant was arrested during vehicle checking in Baramulla district of North Kashmir today, a police spokesman said. The arrested militant was identified as Fayaz A...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:26 am CBSE 10th results to be declared on FridayNew Delhi: Results of Class-X students under CBSE will be declared for Allahabad, Delhi and Guwahati regions on Friday. The results will be announced at 10 a.m., the Central Board of Secondary Ed...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 28 May 2009 | 10:26 am India-US: Hazardous days ahead - Rediff
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 10:11 am TDP wants govt. to review SEZ policy - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 9:19 am Probe ordered into recovery of voter ID card from ISI agent - Press Trust of India
Source: Google News India - India | 28 May 2009 | 9:14 am Monsoon remains weak after early onsetNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Annual monsoon rains, which hit the country's southern coast more than a week ahead of schedule, remain weak and have not advanced northwards, officials of the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 8:40 am Sachin Tendulkar backs India to retain World Twenty20 crownCHENNAI (Reuters) - Batting great Sachin Tendulkar believes India will retain the Twenty20 World Cup next month, saying skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team were the world's best in the most explosive form of the game.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 7:55 am Anupam Kher thrilled at Woody Allen roleMUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - He has effortlessly straddled arthouse and mainstream cinema in India for 25 years, and now actor Anupam Kher is going to Hollywood to work with American director Woody Allen, a filmmaker he has always admired.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 7:47 am Myanmar Foreign Minister says Suu Kyi trial "not political"PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Myanmar's foreign minister defended the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, insisting the widely condemned case was not a political or human rights issue.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 7:36 am Sahara Group close to Man Utd shirt deal - reportNEW DELHI, (Reuters) - India's Sahara Group is in advanced talks with Manchester United to become the new shirt sponsors of the English Premiership champions, domestic media reported on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 7:25 am Inflation at 0.61 pctNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index rose 0.61 percent in the 12 months to May 16, matching the previous week's annual rise, government data showed on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 6:34 am US, South Korea raise surveillance level over North KoreaSouth Korea and the US Thursday ramped up their surveillance over North Korea, as Pyongyang nullified its truce with Seoul and threatened war.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2009 | 6:03 am Wal-Mart says to launch Amrtisar store on SaturdayNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would open its first cash-and-carry store in India on Saturday in Amritsar.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 May 2009 | 5:29 am 50 government websites to be made disabled friendlyDisabled rights groups have approached the IT ministry with a list of 50 government websites like that of the Indian Railways, Central Information Commission and Income Tax Department which they want to be made disabled friendly.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2009 | 4:00 am Star or struggler - Mumbai addresses reveal allIf you're in India's entertainment capital and in showbiz too, then it's not hard to tell whether you are a Bollywood celebrity or a television actor or a struggler - just by knowing which part of town you live in.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2009 | 3:00 am My friendship with Farah is for real: Annu MalekMusic director Annu Malek, who has teamed up with choreographer-director Farah Khan yet again as a reality show judge after 'Indian Idol', dismisses rumours of a rift between them. He says their camaraderie on screen is for real and that they connect well.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2009 | 2:30 am Pakistan offers cash reward for information on Taliban militantsThe government in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has announced cash rewards worth millions of rupees for information leading to the arrests of 21 feared Taliban militants roaming freely in the country, a media report said Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 May 2009 | 1:00 am State-level bankers’ panel to get more freedomPlan for rehabilitation of NoRKs returning homeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am Mumbai terror trail leads to MuscatLashkar financier Ali al-Hooti was in India days before the November attackSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am Budget to focus on push to reformsNEW DELHI: The full budget for 2009-10 — proposed to be presented by July first week for approval by Parliament by the end of that month — will focus on expediting the long-pending reforms and stimulating “inclusive” ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am Canal modernisation in full swingThirty per cent of the Grand Anicut Canal work to be completed this yearSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am Performance of SSC students improves in State yet againHYDERABAD: Performance of students in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination improved for the third consecutive year with 78.82 per cent of students clearing it this year. Pass percentage in 2008 was 75.47 and 71.65 before ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am 59 more find place in Manmohan teamFarooq, Virbhadra, Deshmukh, Vasan, Kharge inSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am How Lashkar funded transnational terror campaignOman millionaire, Kerala computer engineer, Pakistani jihadists facilitated attacks from Muscat to Mumbai and BangaloreSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am No change in TDP’s stand on TelanganaHYDERABAD: Telugu Desam’s two-day Mahanadu began here on Wednesday with its president, N. Chandrababu Naidu, making it clear that there is no change in its stand on separate Telangana. Inaugurating the annual meeting, Mr. Naidu ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am EVMs were rigged in polls: AIADMKCHENNAI: The AIADMK on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to revert to ballot paper, arguing that Electronic Voting Machines were rigged in the Lok Sabha polls. A resolution adopted at the executive committee meeting of the party ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am A.P. student attackedMelbourne: A youth from Andhra Pradesh is battling for life after a brutal racial attack on a group of four Indians by Australian teenagers here. Shravan Kumar, a 25-year-old student who was attacked with a screwdriver over the weekend ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 28 May 2009 | 12:00 am Deccan Chargers reach Hyderabad to a rousing welcomeDeccan Chargers, the winners of the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa, arrived here Wednesday night to a rousing welcome from fans.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 6:00 pm West Bengal cyclone toll reaches 100, situation grimThe death count in floods triggered by Cyclone Aila reached 100 in West Bengal Wednesday as the Sunderbans faced a severe drinking water crisis and lack of civic amenities led to protests in Kolkata.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 5:00 pm 19-year-old student hangs himselfA 19-year-old student committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in Safdarjung Hospital in south Delhi Wednesday evening.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 4:30 pm Teenager commits suicide in hospitalA 19-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at the Safdarjung Hospital here Wednesday evening as he was depressed due to his health, police said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 4:30 pm Nearly half of cabinet ministers have law degreeHaving a degree in law can apparently improve one's chances of getting a ministerial berth as nearly half of the cabinet members have studied the subject.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 27 May 2009 | 4:00 pm
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