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Mamata Banerjee has a complex: Lalu PrasadLalu Prasad on Friday sought to embarrass railway minister Mamata Banerjee on the rail budget saying she had used his achievements in the ministry to build her case.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 1:02 pm NZ airline issues nude safety videoNew Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:58 pm Godrej Industries acquires 100% stake in subsidiary NBLFMCG major Godrej Industries today said it has acquired the entire stake in its step down subsidiary Natures Basket Ltd (NBL) for an undisclosed amount.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:50 pm FIIs net buy Rs 211cr, DIIs net buy Rs 299crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers of Rs 210.82 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:49 pm Bangalore: Mother kills three childrenA mother killed her three children in the age group of three to eight years, by pushing them into a water tank and then committed suicide by jumping into it.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:48 pm Bajaj Hindusthan raises Rs 723 cr via share saleThe country's largest private sugar producer, Bajaj Hindusthan, today said it has raised Rs 723.18 crore through the issue of shares.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:47 pm Govt to recall 4 govt directors from Satyam boardNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Four of the six government nominated directors will be withdrawn from the board of Indian outsourcer Mahindra Satyam Ltd, the chairman of India's Company Law Board (CLB) said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:47 pm Gilani hopes meeting with Manmohan Singh in Egypt will be 'positive'Pak premier Gilani said that his upcoming meeting with Manmohan Singh in Egypt would be an opportunity to strengthen bilateral ties.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:30 pm Lalu Prasad says Mamata Banerjee has a complexLalu Prasad claimed there was "nothing new" in the budget and that she had just read out what he had prepared during his stint.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:23 pm Vacuum toilets on trains will also save the rails below - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:21 pm 52 US banks go belly up in 2009; 7 fail in a single dayTwenty five banks went belly up in 2008 and many of them failed after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers last September.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:20 pm Gay sex ruling will help HIV/AIDS prevention - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:18 pm Restrictions on shop timings lifted in Delhi!City traders fuming over the recent government order to shut down their shops by 7.30 pm due to power crisis can now carry on their business as usual with the authorities withdrawing the restrictions on Friday.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:15 pm Patnaik for re-deployment of central forces in Kandhamal!Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik has opposed the withdrawal of central forces from Kandhamal district, which witnessed communal riots last year, and demanded their re-deployment to ensure peace in the region, officials here said Friday.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:15 pm `Conversion, re-conversion led to Kandhamal riots`!Conversion and re-conversion were among the major factors which led to the riots in Orissa`s Kandhamal district last year, a judicial commission probing the violence has said.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:15 pm FIR registered against former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda!The vigilance department has filed an FIR against Jharkhand`s former chief minister and MP Madhu Koda and three of his former Cabinet colleagues on the charge of illegally amassing money when they were in power.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:15 pm 100 Maoists still hiding in Lalgarh: Official!More than 100 Maoist rebels were still hiding in Lalgarh forests, WB Home Secy Ardhendu Sen said.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:15 pm Primary education for all becoming a reality in Bihar!Bihar has shown the way. The enrolment in government schools has gone up in the state while more and more students are opting for private schools in the rest of the country.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:15 pm Naxal leader `picked up` by Andhra police!A top Naxalite leader of outlawed Janasakthi group was reportedly whisked away by police from his residence here on Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:15 pm Government bans Assam militant group DHD!The Centre has banned the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD)-Black Widow militant group in the wake of its involvement in several incidents of violence in Assam.Source: Zee News : States | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:15 pm Two more swine flu cases confirmed in Kerala!With a seven-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother testing positive for influenza A (H1N1) infection, the number of swine flu cases in Kerala has risen to six.Source: Zee News : India National | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:14 pm HRD Min planning to criminalize education malpractices!With an aim to reform the country`s educational system, Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has proposed a law that intends to end the prevalent malpractices in this sector.Source: Zee News : India National | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:14 pm Heavy security in Mysore as communal tension flares up!Fresh violence was reported from the Udayagiri locality of Mysore Thursday night as some members of a community pelted stones and shouted communal slogans inciting tension over the construction of a place of worship.Source: Zee News : India National | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:14 pm Two-hour strike by Air India staffEmployees of national carrier Air India went on a two-hour strike at airports across the country on Friday to protest the delay in salary payments, but it failed to move the airline management.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:59 am AI staff to strike today, airline warns of wage cutsEmployees of national carrier Air India went on a two-hour strike at airports across the country on Friday to protest the delay in salary payments, but it failed to move the airline management.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:59 am India Inc on fund raising spree; mops up Rs 11,714 cr in Q1Funds raised by India Inc at home and abroad went up five-fold in the first quarter of the current financial year at Rs 11,714 crore, with more than half of it being mobilised in the last week of June.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:57 am Carnivorous clock that tells time by killing bugs!A strip of sticky flypaper moves in a loop over the surface of the unit, much like a treadmill or moving sidewalk.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:53 am Indian Railways plans acquisition of 18,000 wagonsThe government today said Indian Railways proposes to acquire 18,000 wagons in 2009-10,under rolling stock programme during the current fiscal against 11,000 in the previous financial year.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:52 am Wearing T featuring nude Posh Spice may land you in jail!A Lebanese national was reportedly jailed in Dubai for wearing T-shirt showing Victoria Beckham in the nude.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:51 am Woman hangs herself on fishhooksA British woman took a drastic step to stress the threat of extinction facing sharks worldwide by piercing her skin with giant fish hooks.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:50 am ICAI signs MoU to allow CAs to practice in AustraliaAccounting regulator ICAI today entered into an agreement with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia that would allow professionals to practice in each other's country after fulfilling a few conditions.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:43 am Beckhams head to Seychelles for their anniversaryDavid and Victoria Beckham are celebrating their tenth anniversary by taking a break worth 50,000 pounds in the Seychelles.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:41 am Michael Jackson to be buried in $2,50,000 gold plated coffinMichael Jackson will be buried in a solid bronze, gold-plated coffin worth a whopping 2,50,000 dollars, say reports.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:39 am Twilight stars to have their own Barbie dollsFans of Twilight actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's can rejoice, for the actors are set to get their own Barbie dolls.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:39 am UP govt gives nod to file chargesheet against Varun - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:38 am Posted: Friday , Jul 03, 2009 at 1647 hrs IST Majuli (Assam): - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:37 am RIL allots 47,945 shares to employees under EsosDiversified business conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has alloted 47,945 equity shares to its employees under Employees Stock Option Scheme (Esos).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:19 am UP govt gives nod to file chargesheet against VarunThe Uttar Pradesh government on Friday gave its go ahead to file chargesheet against BJP MP Varun Gandhi for his 'hate speech' in Pilibhit.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:18 am Recession-hit Gordon Ramsay sees brighter futureGordon Ramsay has revealed that he sees a better future for his global restaurant empire, even though the ongoing recession has hit him hard.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:17 am UK promoter fixes buyback price at Rs 135 a share for AveryWeighing automation solutions provider Avery India today said its UK-based promoters will buy back its remaining 22 per cent stake in the company from the public at Rs 135 a piece, a move that would help to delist the company from the stock exchanges.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:17 am Emerging mkt equity funds see record inflow in Q2Equity funds focussed on India and other Asian countries cornered more than 85 per cent of the record investment of $26.5 billion in emerging markets in the second quarter of this year, a report says.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:14 am Uproar in LS over demand for tabling Liberhan reportBut speaker Meira Kumar ordered that all remarks made by all members on the subject be expunged and carried on with question hour.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:12 am Potter is back: box office big bucks assuredLONDON (Reuters) - Boy wizard Harry Potter is back in cinemas later this month with the sixth instalment of the movie franchise, and another box office bonanza looks assured for the Warner Bros. studio.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:10 am Two-hour strike by Air India staff, management unfazedEmployees of national carrier Air India went on a two-hour strike at airports across the country Friday to protest the delay in salary payments, but it failed to move the airline management.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:00 am Tamil Nadu lawmaker threatens protest outside minister's houseThe Tamil Nadu Assembly Friday saw a heated debate when Congress Legislature Party leader D. Sudharsanam threatened to protest outside the house of Minister Suba Thangavelan over the plight of slum dwellers who face eviction.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:00 am Sensex closes 254 points higherA key index of the Indian equities markets ended trade Friday 254 points above its last closing figure, as banking and capital goods stocks picked up.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:00 am Mamata Banerjee announces slew of staff-friendly proposalsSeveral employee-friendly initiatives including medical colleges and nursing institutions for their children figured in Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget for her ministry presented in the Lok Sabha Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am 460 new foreign medical graduates eligible to work in IndiaAbout 460 foreign medical graduates this year cleared the screening exam that makes them eligible to practice in India, while the number was 1,326 last year, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am From now, women commandos to be deployed on trainsIndian Railways will deploy women security personnel and increase their number in the proposed commando battalions, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said in the railways budget presented in parliament Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am Tamil Nadu gets a fair share of new railway projectsTamil Nadu figured prominently in the budgetary proposals of Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee tabled in parliament Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am Driving from India's west to east in 85 hours!Three young men from Chandigarh claim to have created a world record of the fastest drive from India's western to eastern tip, covering 3,941 km in just 85 hours.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am Army awaits corruption probe, doesn't seek fresh howitzer bidsThe Indian Army will not issue fresh bids to buy the ultra-light howitzer that it badly needs for frontline defence. Instead, it will await the outcome of the probe into corruption charges against the Singapore firm, whose guns it had chosen for field trials. The firm is among seven 'blacklisted' on corruption charges.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am Fare freeze, service quality are focus of India's rail budgetAccording top priority to social commitment as opposed to economic viability, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday presented her ministry's budget for this fiscal with no fare hikes and proposals to introduce 57 new trains, improve passenger amenities and upgrade some 300 stations to global standards.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am FEATURE - "Untold" story of WW2 stirs Muslim youth prideBIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Taunted by racists as a "Paki" and "terrorist", Haroon bin Khaled spent his teenaged years feeling rejected by mainstream Britain and increasingly drawn to al Qaeda extremism.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 10:21 am Railways to invest Rs 40,745crRailways, one of the largest profit-making industries in the county, proposes to invest Rs 40,745 crore in the current fiscal, up from Rs 36,773 crore in the previous financial year.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 9:52 am Monsoon rains cover all of India - IMDMUMBAI (Reuters) - India's south-west monsoon, crucial for sowing of crops like paddy, oilseeds, sugarcane, cotton and pulses has covered all parts of India, the weather department said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 9:44 am Shiv Sena threatens IPL games over domestic eventCHENNAI (Reuters) - Shiv Sena, a rightwing Hindu political party, has threatened to disrupt Indian Premier League (IPL) matches next year unless the cricket board restored a key one-day tournament to the domestic calendar, local media reported on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 9:41 am 'Rs 25 monthly rail pass for the poor'A new scheme -- 'Izzat' -- was unveiled today by railway minister Mamata Banerjee for the workers in the unorganised sector who can now travel upto 100 km with a monthly season ticket of Rs 25.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 9:13 am Railway budget focuses on fares, servicesNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee unveiled a mix of populist measures, including cheap tickets for the poor and no increase in freight or passenger fares, as well as steps to boost the sprawling system's efficiency and finances.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 9:12 am Smell of fear is real and contagiousThe smell of fear really does exist, according to a new study, which also suggests that being terrified is infectious.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 8:54 am SBI offers Bharti $1 bln loan for MTN - sourcesMUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - State Bank of India has offered a loan of up to $1 billion to Bharti Airtel to partly fund the Indian telecoms firm's planned stake buy in South Africa's MTN, two sources said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 8:53 am Tata's Nano in Nigeria by 2010Tata Motors will introduce its small car Nano--considered the world's cheapest--in Nigeria within next 18 months, ahead of its planned launch in Europe.Source: The Times of India | 3 Jul 2009 | 8:51 am India funds dominate world top-100 stk funds in Q2MUMBAI (Reuters) - Fifty one India-focused funds were among the world's top 100 performing stock funds in the quarter to June as domestic shares leapt by nearly half, recording their biggest surge in 17 years, data from fund tracker Lipper showed.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 8:36 am Life remains paralysed in Baramulla, Sopore - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 8:36 am World Bank commits $6.6 billion committed to fight poverty in ... - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 8:14 am Price stability high on agenda - fin minNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has seen a rise in prices of foodgrains due to higher purchase prices of essential items and price stability is high on the government's agenda, the finance minister said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 6:30 am 3 killed in Mysore communal clashes - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 6:05 am PREVIEW - Farmers to reap good harvest from budgetNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's vital but antiquated farm sector may next week finally get the funding it needs to realise its rich potential, with likely big investments in irrigation and seeds aimed at boosting dismal productivity.Source: Reuters: Top News | 3 Jul 2009 | 4:19 am 'Chhatradhar provided an open forum for Maoists' - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 4:06 am Prez's rule extended in Jharkhand - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 3 Jul 2009 | 2:18 am Remove Raja: JayalalithaaCHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Thursday demanded the removal of Union Minister for Communications A. Raja on the issue of a telephonic call made by a Union Minister to a Madras High Court Judge. In a statement, she ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Asif fined Rs.1 millionKARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday paved the way for Mohammad Asif’s comeback for the Champions Trophy, after imposing a fine of Rs.1 million on the fast bowler for his involvement in a drug case in Dubai. — PTI ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Delhi High Court strikes down Section 377 of IPCSection criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in privateSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Vociferous demand in Rajya Sabha to identify and drop MinisterBJP wants Prime Minister to intervene, order an investigationSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Survey charts road map for sweeping reformsSuggests phasing out of surcharges, cesses, transaction taxesSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Murder attempt on college campus‘Spurned lover’ attacks cousin with sickle; girl hospitalisedSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Lower-rung AI staff to get salaries todayNEW DELHI: Air India said on Thursday that it was working on the formalities to disburse salaries to the lower-grade employees by Friday, as per the agreement reached with the unions last week. — PTI ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Uproar over fuel price increaseGovernment rejects Opposition demand for rollback; asks States to revise sales tax downwardSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Communal flare-up in Mysore: three killed, six injuredTrouble began following desecration of a religious schoolSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am ‘An exciting day, a historic judgment’NEW DELHI: Describing Thursday as an “exciting” day for people with different sexual preferences, Voices Against 377 and Naz Foundation (India) Trust have welcomed the Delhi High Court judgment that said making gay sex among ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 3 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Judge-minister scandal: 'Govt not interested in identifying culprit' - Times of India
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