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China backs India`s UNSC bid: Menon!India has received the support for its United Nations Security Council bid from its neighbour, China.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm Rail link along Indo-Bangla border proposed!The North East Frontier Railway has proposed a rail link connecting key trading points along the Bangladesh border in Assam and Meghalaya.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm Clinton seeks bipartisan support for her India initiative!The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sought to take top Congressional leadership into confidence in her endeavour to take the Indo-US relationship to a new level, which she fondly says is 3.0.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm Delhi to host global meet on climate change in October!A 2-day global meet is being held in Delhi in October to promote international technology development and transfer within the developed and developing nations.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm Amarnath: One killed, 4 injured as helicopter crashes!A woman pilgrim was killed and four others, including the pilot, were seriously injured when a helicopter crash landed at the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas on Thursday.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm SC asks Centre to take stand on Delhi HC verdict on gay sex!The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the Delhi High Court judgement legalising gay sex among the consenting adults.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm Gujarat hooch tragedy toll rises to 69!As many as 69 people have died after drinking illegally brewed liquor in Ahmedabad.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm Sushma disappointed with PC`s briefing on Varun!BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said she was "disappointed" with the briefings of Home Minister P Chidambaram on the issue of security of young party MP Varun Gandhi.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm New US Ambassador to arrive in New Delhi next week!The new US Ambassador to India, Timothy Roemer, is expected to arrive in New Delhi sometime next week, at least a few days ahead of the visit of the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:22 pm Ponting admits to giving Lee the occasional kick in the backside to rev him upRicky Ponting has said that he has had to give Brett Lee an occasional kick up the backside to get the best out of him.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 10:03 am Keralite youth felled by Sania volley - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:58 am People have seen enough of my bum and boobs, says Kate WinsletKate Winslet insists that she may not appear naked on-screen anymore because people have seen enough of her.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:56 am Kevin Pietersen blames nut for Ashes Test dismissalKevin Pietersen has blamed his `nut' for his suicidal dismissal in the first Ashes Test against Australia being played here.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:54 am UPDATE:Mamata announces measures to tone up rail functioningThe Railway Budget was today passed by the Lok Sabha with Minister Mamata Banerjee announcing a slew of measures to tone up the functioning of the Railways in terms of amenities and safety and deciding to set up an expert committee to prepare a blueprint for future.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:52 am Turkey to ease two-wheelers' import duty; India to benefitTurkey is considering possibly scrapping of a safeguard duty imposed three years ago on import of two-wheelers, a decision that will benefit India that once enjoyed a five per cent market share in European country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:50 am 'US not supporting India's UNSC seat bid'The government today said that the United States has not expressed support for a permanent seat for India in an expanded United Nations Security Council.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:48 am Punjab to collect 22 per cent more in revenues in 2009-10The government of Punjab is aiming to increase tax revenue by 22 percent this fiscal, an estimate that will take the state's Tax-Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) ratio to 8.25 per cent.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:47 am Hooch tragedy spells trouble for Modi - Times Now.tv
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:46 am "Zero tolerance" to curb corruption in bureaucracy: ChavanExpressing concern over Indian bureaucracy being rated poorly by certain international agencies, the Government today said is "fully committed" to implement the policy of "zero tolerance" to curb corruption.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:43 am Bomb attacks kill 42 in IraqA double suicide attack and two other bombings killed at least 42 people in Iraq on Thursday in the deadliest day since US forces pulled out of towns and cities nationwide just over a week ago.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:43 am Jaiswal to discuss auctioning of coal, lignite blocks with statesIn a move that could usher in an era of competitive bidding in allocation of coal and lignite blocks for captive mining, the government has convened a meeting of 17 states having coal and lignite reserves next month to discuss changes in the existing policy.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:42 am PSU fuel retailers to set up 2,263 petrol pumps in FY10State-run fuel retailers Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) will set up 2,263 new petrol pumps in the country during current fiscal, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:39 am Srinagar simmers as tension over boy's death persists - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:38 am South Korea developing new electronic bombsAmid fears of a North Korean attack, South Korean defence researchers are developing electronic bombs that can knock out equipment including radars, ships and communication networks within a one km radius.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:35 am WPI falls again, rates unlikely to changeNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index remained negative at the end of June, but with prices rising on a weekly basis and the impact of a fuel price hike still to be seen analysts said the central bank would keep interest rates steady.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:33 am Infosys slips 2% ahead of Q1 nosInfosys has slipped ahead of Q1 numbers on earning worries.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:29 am BJP demands rollback of hike in petrol, diesel pricesAccusing the UPA government of "plundering" the common man, the opposition BJP today demanded a rollback of hike in prices of petrol and diesel.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:28 am Mamata unveils measures to tone up functioning of Railways - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:26 am Big B advised rest, under medical careMegastar Amitabh Bachchan, who underwent tests for his stomach ailment, has been advised few days of rest and is under medical observation.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:25 am HC admits CBI plea to enhance life sentence in Khairlanji caseThe prosecution has moved the High Court for confirmation of death sentence, while the defence has moved for its rejection.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:13 am Steven Gerrard signs contract extension for 26 m poundsLiverpool FC skipper Steven Gerrard has agreed to continue with the club till 2013 for a contract fee of 26 million pounds.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:09 am No cash to meet Arsenal's Premier League dreamArsenal do not have enough cash to finance Arsene Wenger's Premier League dream, claims their second-biggest shareholder.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:08 am Resident doctor's strike enters third dayResident doctors across Maharashtra continued their indefinite strike for the third day today despite government assurances to resolve their grievances.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:05 am Protests in Srinagar over youth's deathProtests continued and people observed a spontaneous strike for the seconday in Srinagar against the killing of an undergraduate student.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:03 am Police arrest man accused of stalking Sania MirzaCHENNAI (Reuters) - Police have arrested a man accused of stalking the country's top-ranked woman tennis player, Sania Mirza, local media reported on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2009 | 9:00 am No disinvestment of AI, AAI: Praful PatelPraful Patel said the government had entrusted the AERA with the responsibility of deciding on the issue of development fees being levied in privatised airports.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:54 am Poppy cultivation in KashmirJammu, July 9 : Satellite images of Jammu and Kashmir taken by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have led to shocking revelations.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:50 am Ahmedabad hooch tragedy toll 73The death toll in the hooch tragedy rose to 73 as 25 people died on Thursday during treatment in various hospitals of the city, police said.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:44 am Britain's biggest UFO mysteryFor years, Britain's biggest UFO mystery had been kept under wraps, but now an Air Force official has admitted that an 'extra-terrestrial' craft did visit the air base at Rendlesham Forest in 1980. F...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:40 am 55-year-old woman stripped in AligarhA 55-year-old woman was stripped and thrashed in the presence of hundreds in a village in Aligarh.The incident took place at Pariwali village of Madrak police station. The police have registered an FI...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:37 am Doctor beaten up for filing RTIA doctor with the Sports Authority of India was allegedly beaten up after he wanted to uncover malpractices going on in the organisation. Dr Sajib Nandi, who was seeking information through RTI was at...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:37 am SC notice to CentreThe Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the Delhi High Court judgement legalising gay sex among consenting adults.The apex court posted the matter for heari...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:37 am On a high, with RTIIf you had come to the Consumer Redressal Forum building even last September, you might have had to climb up all six floors. But today you don't have to do that. Thanks to a 79-year-old Bangalorean an...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:37 am Sushma disappointed with Chidambaram's briefing on VarunThe BJP politician, however, refused to disclose details of her meeting with the home minister. "What transpired in the meeting was between me and the home minister," she said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:36 am 'Worst could be over for India Inc'As Indian firms prepare to post their earnings for the June quarter, analysts warn most reports will be weak but expect an improvement in the near future as government stimulus packages take effect.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:35 am Let me return to Bangladesh: TaslimaBangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has petitioned PM Sheikh Hasina to be allowed to return home 15 years after fleeing death threats by Islamic militants. She has not yet received any response.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:33 am Home-brew alcohol kills 69 in IndiaAt least 69 people, mostly poor workers living in slums, have died after drinking tainted home-brewed alcohol in western India.People began to fall sick after drinking sessions over the weekend in Ahm...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:25 am Hyderabad tech student kills selfApparently depressed over not getting admission into her desired branch at a university in Tamil Nadu, a second-year B Tech student allegedly jumped to death.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:24 am G8 eyes climate as summit includes emerging powersL'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's richest nations and major developing powers meet on Thursday to seek common ground on global warming and international trade, with the poorer countries seeking concessions.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:24 am Oz business body to teach local culture to Indian studentsMELBOURNE: In the wake of recent attacks on Indian students, an Australian business body has come out with a novel initiative -- "Friendship Programme" -- for the newcomers in the country to help t...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:21 am Sushma disappointed with PC's clarificationNEW DELHI: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said she was "disappointed" with the briefings of home minister P Chidambaram on the issue of security of young party MP Varun Gandhi. "...I can te...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:21 am Supreme Court issues notice to center to reply on gay sex verdict by July 20New Delhi, July 9 : A two judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice K. G. Balkrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam today issued notice to the Union Government, to explain its stand on a petition challenging the Delhi High Court's ruling to legalize gay sex among consenting adults.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:20 am Woman stripped, paraded in AligarhTension prevailed in a village here after some residents claimed that a woman was stripped and then paraded in the wake of an incident involving her son and a girl, police said.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:20 am SC notice to Centre on Delhi HC verdict on gay sexThe SC issued notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the Delhi HC judgement legalising gay sex among the consenting adults.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:20 am Notices to union and Delhi governments on Section 377 - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 8:14 am Absence of law makes Delhi institutes late on OBC admissions - Business Standard
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 7:53 am A bed in 'Florence' for Manmohan Singh - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 7:36 am Senate Committee confirms Roemer as next US envoy to India - Business Standard
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 7:29 am China objects to ADB funds for Arunachal: KrishnaChina had recently objected to ADB funding an irrigation project in Arunachal Pradesh which is a "clear violation" of the charter of the bank, the govt informed Rajya Sabha.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 7:13 am China flexes muscles in strife-torn XinjiangURUMQI, China (Reuters) - Armoured vehicles and trucks carrying thousands of Chinese troops rumbled through riot-damaged streets of the regional capital of northwestern Xinjiang on Thursday, blaring out propaganda urging ethnic unity.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2009 | 6:58 am Akal Takht, SGPC disapprove Delhi HC judgement on homosexuality - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 6:55 am Inflation declines to -1.55%Inflation further declined to minus 1.55 per cent for the week ended June 27 even though prices of food items like pulses, fish marine, and fruit and vegetables turned expensive.Source: The Times of India | 9 Jul 2009 | 6:53 am Bootleg liquor kills at least 65 in AhmedabadAHMEDABAD (Reuters) - At least 65 people have died in Ahmedabad after drinking bootleg liquor and the death toll could rise, police said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2009 | 5:06 am Chidambaram writes to Sushma on Varun security - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Jul 2009 | 4:17 am Michael Jackson's family silent on burial plansLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 31 million Americans watched Michael Jackson's public memorial on television, but mystery surrounded the whereabouts of his body on Wednesday and plans for his burial.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2009 | 1:01 am ANALYSIS - Google-Microsoft war may bring down PC pricesSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's bid to compete with Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system may help lower the cost of personal computers at a time when prices are already being pinched by inexpensive netbooks.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:12 am Talasani may face suspensionHYDERABAD: Telugu Desam Party is preparing the ground for suspending former Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav after giving him a last chance of appearing before a committee of senior party leaders on Thursday morning. The party sent a ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Pakistan admits to creating militant groupsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am 70 injured in fresh Srinagar violenceSRINAGAR: After four days of normality, the city was shaken by violence on Wednesday. People took to the streets, damaged property and set ablaze a police vehicle after the decomposed body of a youth, who went missing on July 3, was ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Manmohan Singh seeks green technology transfer commitmentDiscusses with Gordon Brown the prospects of an early global economic recoverySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Climate change talks at a critical stageDifferences remain on funding, technology transferSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Thomas Voeckler claims victory; Cancellara retains Yellow JerseyPERPIGNAN (France): Thomas Voeckler of France claimed a solo victory in Wednesday’s fifth stage of the Tour de France, a 196.5-kilometer (122-mile) ride from Le Cap d’Agde to Perpignan. Following a long breakaway, Voeckler ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am IMF raises India’s growth forecastWASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised India’s growth forecast to 5.4 per cent for 2009, even as it projected the world economy to shrink by 1.4 per cent. In April, it forecast a growth of 4.5 per cent for ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Human sperm created, claim scientistsFindings, however, were met by a barrage of criticism from other scientistsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Supreme Court ticks off medical colleges for excess admissionsThree unaided private colleges in Madhya Pradesh asked to file affidavitsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Youth held for “barging” into Sania Mirza’s houseHYDERABAD: A youngster from Kerala, who had been allegedly sending text messages seeking ace tennis player Sania Mirza’s hand in marriage, landed behind the bars after he barged into her house in Banjara Hills here on Tuesday night, the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am G5 discussed alternative currencies for tradeL'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - The Group of Five major developing economies meeting in Italy on Wednesday discussed the use of alternative currencies to settle trade among themselves, said Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jul 2009 | 9:10 pm Threat of F1 breakaway series revivedLONDON (Reuters) - The threat of a breakaway Formula One series loomed again on Wednesday after Ferrari and seven other teams walked out of talks in Germany with the governing body and warned that the sport's future was at risk.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jul 2009 | 9:07 pm NCP-Cong allaince is inevitable, should continue: RR Patil!NCP`s Maharashtra unit chief R R Patil on Wednesday said the party intends to fight the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections in alliance with Congress.Source: Zee News : States | 8 Jul 2009 | 12:44 pm Violent protests in Srinagar over missing youth`s death !Violent protests brought normal life to a near complete halt in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Wednesday after the body of a youth who was reported missing for the past five days was found in an old city area.Source: Zee News : States | 8 Jul 2009 | 12:44 pm ANALYSIS - How dangerous is Lashkar-e-Taiba to the west?LONDON (Reuters) - Should the west be worrying as much about Lashkar-e-Taiba as al Qaeda?Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jul 2009 | 11:35 am
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