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Chidambaram's second innings as home minister to begin from JKAfter beginning his second innings as the Union home minister, P Chidambaram will be on a two-day visit to strife-hit Jammu and Kashmir from June 11.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 2:10 pm UP govt did not take Guv into confidence on RTI issue: CongressUP Congress said that the controversial notification, keeping 14 points out of the ambit of the RTI, was issued without taking the governor TV Rajeswar into confidence.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 2:09 pm Khadse demands home minister's resignation in Nimbalkar caseAccusing NCP leaders of deliberately trying to cover up the Pawanraje Nimbalkar murder case, BJP leader Eknath Khadse demanded the resignation of Jayant Patil.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 2:08 pm Sheetal sent to judicial custody; arrest after tip-off claims lawyerSheetal Mafatlal was remanded in judicial custody till June 12 after she was arrested for allegedly trying to evade duty by not declaring Rs 51 lakh worth jewellery.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:57 pm Nimbalkar case: CBI grills Patil - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:56 pm INTERVIEW - DLF sees property prices firming upNEW DELHI (Reuters) - DLF Ltd, India's largest listed real estate firm, sees signs of recovery in the country's beaten down residential property sector and expects prices to start firming up, a senior official said on Monday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:51 pm Vijayan should face proceedings legally: CPICPI said CPIM Kerala state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan against whom the governor has accorded sanction for CBI to prosecute in a graft case, should 'fight it legally.'Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:49 pm ISI maintains link with terrorists: MusharrafFormer Prez Parvez Musharraf said that ISI maintains link with terrorists like Sirajuddin Haqqani, allegedly masterminded the attack on Indian embassy in Kabul.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:48 pm Graft case: CPI-M observes 'black day' in KeralaProtest demonstrations and public meetings marked the 'black day' observed by CPI-M in Kerala to protest governor RS Gavai's decision to accord sanction to Pinarayi Vijayan.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:47 pm Chairperson of MKM and supporters detainedChairperson of the breakaway faction of MKM, a constituent of the hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference, was detained along with her supporters.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:46 pm Monsoon seen subdued next 2 days - IMDMUMBAI (Reuters) - India's annual monsoon rains are seen subdued during the next two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on its website late on Monday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:40 pm Maik Stephan is new Volkswagen India MDHe will report to Joerg Mueller, VW Group Chief Representative India and president and managing director of VW India.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:36 pm Lanxess to buy Gwalior's chemical biz for Rs 536 crGwalior Chemical Industries today said it has entered into an agreementwith German firm Lanxess for selling its chemical business for (82.4 million euro (about Rs 536 crore).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:29 pm Handicrafts exports shrink 26% in MayIndia's handicrafts exports contracted 26 per cent in May at $125 million compared to that in the same month last fiscal, but exporters expressed hope that the worst is probably over.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:27 pm Moody's downgrades rating of Tata SteelGlobal rating agency Moody's today downgraded its credit rating on Tata Steel, primarily due to the deteriorating operating performance of its European operations, including Corus.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:24 pm Viru, Bhajji, Rohit skip nets; cold war with media onThree star cricketers, including Virender Sehwag, were conspicuous by their absence from the nets as Team India's cold war with the media continued.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:23 pm High level panel interviews 50 GMs of PSBs for post of EDsA high level panel headed by RBI Deputy Governor Usha Thorat is interviewing around 50 general managers to select 12-15 executive directors (EDs) at various public sector banks, official sources said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:22 pm Domestic institutions net sellers of Rs 876crDomestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net sellers of Rs 875.92 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:22 pm Vijayan should face proceedings legally: CPI - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:20 pm Britain launches anti-protectionism trade websiteLONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a website on Monday that will give live updates on global protectionism to foster free trade and help the world economy recover from the worst recession since the 1930s.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:20 pm Court permits ED to record statements of Raju, othersA city court today permitted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) torecord the statements of Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju and other accused in themulti-crore rupee fraud in the IT company.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:17 pm Burns to visit India from WednesdayUS Under Secretary of State William Burns will undertake a four-day visit here from Wednesday during which India is expected to convey its disappointment over Pakistan's inaction against perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:14 pm Bus plunges into river in Kashmir, 21 killedJAMMU (Reuters) - A bus veered off a mountain road in Kashmir and fell into a river, killing at least 21 people, police said on Monday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:09 pm Central team visits cyclone-hit areas of Bengal!A Central team, headed by a senior Home Ministry official, on Sunday visited areas ravaged by Cyclone Aila in West Bengal to assess the damage.Source: Zee News : States | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:03 pm World Bank okays Rs.1,332 crore loan for Uttar Pradesh!The World Bank has given its nod to a whopping Rs.1,332 crore (Rs.13.32 billion) soft loan for reclamation of sodic land in Uttar Pradesh - a move that will help an estimated 250,000 farmers.Source: Zee News : States | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:03 pm Rajasthan BJP president OP Mathur resigns!Rajasthan BJP president Om Prakash Mathur on Monday said he had resigned from the post owing moral responsibility for the party`s poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.Source: Zee News : States | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:03 pm Sheetal Mafatlal remanded to judicial custody - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:03 pm Karia Munda elected Deputy Speaker of LS!BJP leader Karia Munda was on Monday elected the new Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha by a voice vote.Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:02 pm Arrested NCP MP spends night at police lock-up !Senior NCP leader and MP Padamsinh Patil, arrested for his alleged involvement in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, spent the night at a police lock-up in Navi Mumbai.Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:02 pm SNC Lavalin case: Threat call to Kerala Gov!Security at the Raj Bhavan has been stepped up after a threat call to Kerala Governor RS Gavai.Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:02 pm Goolam Vahanvati appointed Attorney General!The new UPA government on Monday appointed senior advocate Goolam E Vahanvati as the new Attorney General of India.Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:02 pm No more Deemed Universities, for now!The govt on Monday decided not to accept any further applications for `Deemed-to-be-University` status.Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:02 pm Another day, another attack: Indian student beaten up in Oz!A 23-year-old Indian student was on Sunday beaten up for the second time in a fortnight by a group of youths in Melbourne.Source: Zee News : India National | 8 Jun 2009 | 1:02 pm Areva bags Rs 350-cr orders from Power GridAreva T&D India, the local arm of French power equipment maker Areva, today said it has bagged four contracts worth Rs 350 crore from power transmission utility Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) for developing four substations in the country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:48 pm Govt has scope for asset sales - AhluwaliaNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government can raise funds through selling up to 49 percent of state-run firms, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Monday, adding the economic outlook had improved over the past three months.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:48 pm Police fire on Kashmir protesters, 5 woundedSRINAGAR (Reuters) - At least five people were wounded on Monday when police in Kashmir fired to disperse thousands protesting the alleged rape and murder of two Muslim women, police said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:44 pm Sheetal Mafatlal in judicial custodySocialite Sheetal Mafatlal was remanded to judicial custody till June 12th by a Mumbai court on Monday, a day after she was arrested for carrying and gold jewellery.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:44 pm North Korea jails 2 US journalists for 12 years of hard labourNorth Korea sentenced two women US television journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years hard labour for "grave crimes" against the country.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm Congress for more steps by govt to prevent attacks on IndiansWith attacks on Indian students continuing unabated in Australia, Congress asked the government to take "more effective steps" to prevent such incidents.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:19 pm 'Western firms shutting shop in India'Many Western companies have recently sold or closed back-office facilities in India, reversing a decade-long trend as companies look to slash costs and eliminate headaches during the recession, according to the Wall Street Journal.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:10 pm Will Modi be knocked out in the semi-finalsImages ] Durbar Hall, while Mr Modi sits forgotten in Gandhinagar as the BJP re-orders itself and makes way for a new generation. Indeed, the party's new leader in the Rajya Sabha as well as sundry i...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:08 pm What Deepak Chopra says about ObamaPresident Obama's superlative speech at Cairo University will be much analyzed. It was, as expected, an address that was rational, intelligent, eloquent, and fair. In stark contrast to George Bush's [Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:08 pm New Bill to protect bureaucracy from political interferenceWhen the Civil Services Bill, 2009, becomes an Act, bureaucrats will no longer be at the mercy of the arbitrary transfers and postings regime that operates currently. The Civil Services Bill, 2009,...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:08 pm ISI maintains link with militants, says MusharrafFormer Pakistan President General Parvez Musharraf has conceded that his country's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) maintains link with militant commanders like Sirajuddin Haqqani, suspected of havin...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:08 pm Obama unwittingly used the language of pan-Islamist radicalsImages ], in his speech in Cairo on June 4, picked a very appropriate Quranic phrase, 'Be conscious of God and always speak the truth'. This phrase has been used in Quran twice -- in Chapter 4 and Cha...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:08 pm Employee hurt in Delhi airport mishapAn employee of the Delhi airport was injured on Friday when his hand got stuck in the conveyor belt. The incident occurred at one of the departure counters where the employee, working for Delhi Inter...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:07 pm Mafatlal in judicial custodySheetal Mafatlal, a socialite and president of Mafatlal Luxury who was arrested on Monday for allegedly carrying undisclosed jewellery and diamonds worth several lakhs of rupees, has been sent to judi...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:07 pm Drunk man kills his kidsIn a shocking incident, a man in Ghaziabad allegedly stabbed to death his five children before trying to murder his wife and commit suicide, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday n...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:07 pm No need to panicDoctors have said that there is no reason to panic even though the first case of swine flu has been recorded in Delhi.Early diagnosis is very important if you have flu like symptoms and been in close ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:07 pm India may allow private firms to mine coalGOLD NEWS JavaScript Tag // Tag for network 658: United Stations // Website: Mineweb.com // Page: Mineweb - ROS Gold News NEW // Placement: Mineweb-ROS-Gold News NEW Button (1607318) // created at: ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:05 pm DCB pares deposit rates by 25-50 bpsPrivate sector lender Development Credit Bank has cut its deposit rates on select tenures by 25-50 basis points (bps).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:04 pm Chidambaram likely to visit Kashmir on June 11 - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:03 pm Angry Pakistani villagers fight, surround TalibanISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani villagers enraged with the Taliban after the bombing of a mosque battled the militants on Monday, underscoring a shift in public opinion away from the hardline Islamists.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:01 pm An Appeal to Sharad Yadav - Bihar Times
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:52 am B'desh yet to handover Dawood shooters to India - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:51 am Tiger population dwindling in MP - Times of India
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:49 am Rajkot: 3 killed, 1 injured in accidentThree persons were killed and one seriously injured when a fertiliser-laden trailer collided with a tanker near Limdi town police said.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:48 am U.S. and India, in Doha deadlock, hold "positive" talksNUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United States and India, whose argument over agriculture subsidies scuttled a new global trade agreement last year, held positive talks on Monday at a meeting of leading agricultural exporters in Bali.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:46 am Indiabulls Real slips 10% on poor FY09 resultsThe stock finally tumbled 10% to end at Rs 208. The stock touched a low of Rs 206. Around 3 million shares were traded on the counter at the BSE, as against the two-week daily average volumes of 5.34 million shares.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:43 am Sensex ends 438 pts down, third-biggest fall of the yearThe Sensex, after completing 13 successive weeks of gains, fell 437.63 points ending at 14,665.92 as metal, banking & realty stocks suffered hefty losses.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:10 am Sensex drops 438 points, third-biggest fall of the yearThe Sensex, after completing 13 successive weeks of gains, fell 437.63 points ending at 14,665.92 as metal, banking & realty stocks suffered hefty losses.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:10 am 'Jumbo egg' makes it to Limca bookA 162 gram egg laid by a hen at a poultry farm in Punjab has made it to the Limca Book of Records as the biggest reported in the country.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:07 am Nepal teams to inspect 'encroachments' by Indian forces - Zee News
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 11:02 am Airlines to lose $9.0bn in '09: IATAWorld's airlines are expected to lose $9bn this year, industry body IATA said in a drastic reassessment of the worst slump the industry has yet faced.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 10:57 am Vahanvati appointed Attorney GeneralSenior advocate, Goolam E Vahanvati was on Monday appointed as the new Attorney General, the country's top law officer.Source: The Times of India | 8 Jun 2009 | 10:50 am Northeast India seeks Norway's help to set up power exchangeIndia's northeastern states are keen on setting up a power stock exchange in the region on the lines of Nord pool, the world's first multinational exchange for trading power in the Scandinavian market, Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey has said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 10:00 am Major among five killed in Kupwara encounter - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 9:14 am BJP asks for effective steps to avert road accidents - Hindu
Source: Google News India - India | 8 Jun 2009 | 8:35 am India's passenger vehicle sales inch upIndia's passenger vehicle sales grew a marginal 1.68 percent in April-May to about 275,000 units from nearly 272,000 units sold in the corresponding period last year, according to an industry body.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 7:31 am Soha to host game show, says TV was obvious choiceActress Soha Ali Khan is set to make her debut on the small screen as a game show host and says coming on television was an 'obvious choice'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 7:30 am Anand Sharma kicks off process to revive global trade talksMoves to restart the stalled global trade talks have begun with a series of meetings in Bali on the sidelines of a conference among 19 farm products exporting countries, where Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is representing India.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 7:01 am SMS, listening to music top mobile phone usage: SurveyText messages, listening to music and surfing the Internet are the most popular activities of the Indian mobile user, while work-related tasks such as checking emails and managing meetings take a backseat, according to a report by a leading IT publication group.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 7:00 am Sensex slips further, down 138 pointsIndian equities markets went on a correction mode within about an hour of trading Monday morning with a key index shedding 116 points from its last closing figure.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 6:31 am He pens tales of India's urban underbellyWriting on castaways and people inhabiting the fringes of society is not always easy. Ask writer Palash Krishna Mehrotra who walks down the dark alleys of India's urban underbelly in his debut collection of short stories.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 5:31 am Director Mehul Kumar's daughter Jahaan turns heroineShe played the daughter of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Prada in 'Kohraam' a decade ago. Now Jahan Bloch is all set to debut as heroine in 'Krantiveer - The Revolution', being directed by dad Mehul Kumar.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 4:32 am Trinamool will protest if petroleum prices are hiked: MamataRailways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said her party will protest if the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government increases the prices of petroleum products.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 4:31 am Sensex opens in green, gives up early gainsA key index of the Indian equities markets started the week in the green Monday, but then dipped to trade just below its previous close, about 15 minutes into trade.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Jun 2009 | 4:30 am Crews find 15 more bodies from Air France crashRECIFE, Brazil/PARIS (Reuters) - Searchers found 15 more bodies from a crashed Air France jet on Sunday and retrieved a large amount of debris from the plane that plunged into the Atlantic ocean in the worst air disaster since 2001.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 4:26 am FEATURE - Domestic abuse plagues India's upper crustNEW DELHI (Reuters) - With stylish sunglasses on her head, brightly painted nails and dressed in black designer gear, the woman sitting at a trendy New Delhi cafe might not look like a battered wife.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jun 2009 | 2:23 am NCP MP held on murder chargeMumbai: In a major embarrassment to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), its MP Padamsinh Patil was arrested by the CBI on Saturday night for his alleged involvement in the murder of his cousin and Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar. He was ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am Federer completes career Grand SlamCHENNAI: Having already established himself in the pantheon of tennis greats, Roger Federer furthered a persuasive case to be considered the greatest ever when he won his maiden French Open title, defeating Sweden’s Robin Soderling 6-1, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am Governor clears prosecution of Kerala CPI(M) leaderGavai rejects Kerala Cabinet’s adviceSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am Decision comes after elaborate exerciseTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Governor R.S. Gavai’s decision on Sunday to allow the Central Bureau of Investigation to initiate prosecution proceedings against CPI(M) State secretary and former Electricity Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am Monsoon reaches Konkan, GoaMUMBAI: The monsoon has revived and advanced to the Konkan and Goa regions, which experience heavy rain, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am TRS leader wants KCR to resignHYDERABAD: The Mahabubnagar district president of the TRS, Yennam Srinivas, created a flutter at the party office here on Sunday afternoon by addressing a media conference and demanding replacement of TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am Court ruling on appointmentMADURAI: Lecturers and school teachers, who had obtained appointments, promotions and transfers without following statutory rules in collusion with the management, cannot be allowed to continue in the posts, the Madras High Court has held. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am Politically motivated, says CPI(M)Congress leaders Oommen Chandy, Ramesh Chennithala welcome Governor’s decisionSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am Dawood’s key aide held in BangladeshDHAKA: The Bangladesh police arrested one of the key aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim here on Sunday. — PTISource: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am Unfortunate, says RamachandranNEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday termed “unfortunate” Kerala Governor R.S. Gavai’s decision to give sanction to the CBI to prosecute State party secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC-Lavalin ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am
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