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Patnaik demands revision of royalty on non-coal minerals!Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has demanded immediate revision of the royalty on non-coal minerals as the central government has not made any revision since 2004, the office of the Chief Minister stated here Wednesday.Source: Zee News : States | 5 Aug 2009 | 6:02 am CAG flays heavy expenditure by Mulayam govt on Safai airstrip!The Comptroller and Auditor General has termed as "unwise" the crores of rupees spent on the upgradation and extension of the airstrip in Safai, the native village of Mulayam Singh Yadav, during his tenure as Uttar Pradesh CM.Source: Zee News : States | 5 Aug 2009 | 6:02 am Buta Singh's son in judicial custody till Aug 12 - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:28 am Austral Coke hits new high on stock split, fund raising plansThe stock finally settled at Rs 431 - up 1%. Over 479,848 shares were traded on the BSE today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:24 am Cholamandalam MS set target to make Rs 2500 cr premium in 5 yrsChennai-based general insurance company, Cholamandalam MS, a joint venture of Murugappa group and Japanese Insurance major Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group has set the target to make Rs 2500 crore premium within five years.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:22 am Aegis Logistics soars 5% on buy-back planThe stock finally ended with a gain of 5% at Rs 129. Volumes jumped to 32,081 shares as against its two week daily average trade of 5,061 shares on the BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:22 am Buta Singh's son sent to judicial custody till Aug 12The CBI had last week arrested Sarobjit Singh in Mumbai on charges of demanding a bribe of Rs one crore from Nashik- based contractor Rama Rao Patil.Source: The Times of India | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:20 am Mafatlal to set up 50 showrooms this yearMafatlal Industries Ltd (MIL), a flagship company of Arvind Mafatlal Group, is planning to open 50 showrooms this year across the country at an investment of Rs 6 crore.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:19 am Corporation Bank to recruit 1,400 staff in FY10State-owned Corporation Bank has said it is planning to recruit 1,400 staff during the current fiscal.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:04 am BJP demands Centre to convene CMs meet to discuss droughtBJP senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu said that the party would launch a nation-wide agitation in the last week of this month against the spiraling prices of foodgrains.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:04 am Swine flu death toll passes 1,000 mark: WHOThe death toll in the swine flu pandemic has passed the 1,000 mark, with 1,154 deaths since the outbreak was uncovered in April, data published today by the World Health Organisation showed.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 4:02 am Protest over death of Indians in a hit-and-run case in Nepal - Zee News
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:57 am Ocean coral may offer treatments for neuropathic painA compound initially isolated from a soft coral collected at Green Island off Taiwan could help give rise to new set of treatments for neuropathic pain.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:55 am Recession? Infosys pursuing $1bn dealsInfosys Technologies is pursuing deals worth $1 billion in this quarter and has 12-15 deals in the pipeline, its chief executive and managing director said on Wednesday.Source: The Times of India | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:52 am What men want to hear in bedSpice up your love sessions with some vocals for an even better night of passion. Find out what your man likes to hear while having sex...Source: The Times of India | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:48 am One injured after altercation over seat inside Delhi metroThe incident took place inside a metro train on the Dwarka Sector9-Yamuna Bank line around noon when a group of passengers came and asked Parmeet to get up from a seat saying it was reserved for women.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:48 am Security forces foil infiltration bid, kill 9 militants in J&KNine militants, including a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, were killed in six encounters in J&K, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday.Source: The Times of India | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:45 am BJP demands Centre to convene CMs meet to discuss droughtBJP today demanded the UPA government at the Centre to convene a meeting of chief ministers to discuss the situation arising out of skyracketing prices of foodgrains and drought in various parts of the country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:41 am Five more power plants seek gas from KG-D6 fieldsFive more power plants have joined the scramble for natural gas from Reliance Industries' (RIL) KG-D6 fields, seeking a minimum allocation of 4.73 million standard cubic metres a day (mmscmd).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:38 am Yum! Restaurants to increase KFC outlets in India"We are planning to invest up to Rs 150 crore in the Indian market by 2010. We will expand the KFC chain in the country to 110 restaurants by end of the period, from 50 now," Yum! Restaurants India Managing Director (Indian Subcontinent) Niren Chaudhary said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:34 am ArcelorMittal to continue mining coal in SiberiaTransnational steel giant ArcelorMittal will continue mining coal in Siberia and will not lay off any miners.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:32 am Hindu epic Mahabharata retold - tweet by tweetNEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - Mahabharata, the ancient epic about princes, demigods and a cataclysmic war is getting a makeover on Twitter -- 140 characters at a time.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:27 am AC Milan to make £31 million bid for FabregasMilan is ready to tempt Fabregas with a five-year contract and a big boost to his current 90,000-pound-a-week deal.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:19 am Delhi kids celebrate raksha bandhan with President Pratibha PatilIt was a joyous occasion for President Pratibha Patil as children from 17 schools, one dressed as 'Jhansi ki Rani' and another as prime minister Manmohan Singh tied rakhi on her hand.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:08 am TRAI puts new telecom licences on holdNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's telecoms regulator TRAI has asked the government not to issue new licences until it decides whether there is a need for more players in the crowded market, a move that could further delay entry of firms such as AT&T.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2009 | 3:02 am Youth held on charges of cheating insurance policy holdersAnanda Shripati Tapekar was arrested by Local Crime Investigation Branch (LCB) on charges of cheating insurance policy holders of HDFC Standerd Life Insurance Company of Rs16 lakh.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:49 am Mayawati insensitive towards those facing drought: Congress - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:45 am Clintons continue to play key roles, even in the Obama era: NYTAccording to the paper, the initiative to send Bill Clinton was cloaked in secrecy and came after weeks of back channel talks between the United States and North Korea.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:45 am India sink Belarus 6-0, reach medal league roundRani Devi shone with a hat-trick as India blanked Belarus 6-0 to top their pool and qualify for the medal league second round.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:33 am Indefinite curfew in force, security tightened in ManipurIndefinite curfew remained in force in Manipur capital with tight security measures in place as a leading Manipuri social organisation planned to carry out a torch rally.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:22 am A baby for Mr & Mrs Rakhi Sawant!After Rakhi Ka Swayamvar, Rakhi Sawant and Elesh Parujanwala intend to face the camera yet again for another show, but this time with four other couples.Source: The Times of India | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:09 am Lightning kills 10 in Bengal villageTen people were killed and 12 injured when lightning struck the venue of a religious ritual in a West Bengal village, police said Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Sensex slips further, down 119 pointsA key index of the Indian equities markets slipped further into the red Wednesday as selling continued in realty, FMCG, and capital goods stocks. Early afternoon, the index was 119.78 points lower than its previous close.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am England cricket chief asks supporters not to jeer at PontingGiles Clarke, chairman of the England and the Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has said that he will plead with the fans not to jeer at Australian captain Ricky Ponting during the fourth Ashes Test at Headingly.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Shoot-at-sight orders in curfew-bound ImphalShoot-at-sight orders have been issued in this curfew-bound capital of Manipur, with the state rocked by a wave of violent protests over an alleged fake encounter in which a surrendered militant was killed, officials said Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Dreaded criminal held after gunfight in DelhiA dreaded criminal wanted for half-a-dozen murders in Delhi and adjoining areas was arrested after a brief gunfight with policemen Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am Jharkhand IAS official faces graft chargeThe health secretary of Jharkhand, a senior official of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), faces a corruption charge with the police filing a First Information Report (FIR) in this regard Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 2:00 am India's golden soccer oldies stung by paltry pensionsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Members of India's 1956 Olympics soccer squad have accused the national federation of treating them like "beggars" and have decided to return cheques received from the governing body, Indian media reported on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:52 am Dreaded criminal held after gunfight in Delhi - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:48 am Clinton, U.S. journalists leave N.Korea after pardonSEOUL (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton left North Korea on Wednesday with two American journalists, having secured their release in a meeting with the hermit state's leader who a U.S. official said was not promised any rewards.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:47 am Indefinite curfew in force, security tightened in Manipur - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:46 am Vladimir Putin bares it all in SiberiaRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is clearly in a minority of one. The 56-year-old showed off his toned torso as he indulged in a few outdoor pursuits in southern Siberia on Monday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:40 am BJP has much to discuss at 'chintan baithak'The chintan baithak is likely to be attended by about one dozen top-rung leaders, also called the 'core group'. Party chief Rajnath Singh, L K Advani, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Arun J...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:40 am Seven terrorists killed in Kashmir encountersThe army has also surrounded a forest area in the Pir Panjal mountain range in south Kashmir on specific information that a group of militants was hiding in the area.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:40 am Qureshi says only dialogue can improve Indo-Pak relationsIslamabad, Aug. 5 : Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that dialogue is the only way to improve Indo-Pak relations, and added that Pakistan is committed to engaging India in a composite dialogue to resolve all issues.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:40 am It's not a joke, RGV to direct a comedy now!Ram Gopal Verma loves to shock and this time the director, better known for his macabre dramas and horror flicks has a big surprise up his sleeve for everyone.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:36 am POLL - WPI seen down 1.5 pct y/y as at July 25MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index (WPI) is forecast to have fallen 1.5 percent in the 12 months to July 25, little changed from the previous week's decline of 1.54 percent, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:28 am Pak tests patience, 5 encounters in J&K - Times Now.tv
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:20 am Doctors baffled by Kerala village of over 200 sets of twinsKODINJI (Reuters Life!) - Walk around Kodinji village in Kerala and you'd be forgiven for thinking you have double vision as this community is known as "twin village."Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:12 am Somdev Devvarman beats Marin Cilic in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - India's Somdev Devvarman stunned Marin Cilic of Croatia 7-5 6-4 in the second round of the Washington Classic on Tuesday in what the 24-year-old described as the biggest win of his career.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Aug 2009 | 1:03 am India passes free education bill - BBC News
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:59 am Outbreak of chikungunya suspected in some parts of RameswaramRAMANATHAPURAM: Outbreak of chikungunya has been reported in some parts of Rameswaram. A team of entomologists, who visited the island a few days ago and collected blood samples from affected persons, has also confirmed the outbreak. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Sankararaman’s wife, daughter change earlier statementsTrail of witnesses who have turned hostile lengthensSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Chopper carrying YSR’s son-in-law forcelandsNALGONDA: A helicopter carrying Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s son-in-law, Anil Kumar, and two others made an emergency landing near Naginenipalli village in Bommalaramaram mandal on Tuesday evening. According to sources, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Parliament nod for Right to Education BillFree education to children in 6-14 age groupSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Court order on Pradhan panel report stayedNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court order directing the Maharashtra government to place before it the report of the Pradhan Committee — which probed the government’s response to the 26/11 attacks — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Rida’s death exposes communication lapseDirectorate of Health reportedly said hospital wrote to municipal corporation; corporation denies thisSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Sentencing in 2003 blast case adjournedMumbai: A POTA court adjourned to Thursday the sentencing of three people, including a couple, convicted in the 2003 Mumbai serial blasts that killed 54 persons. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Airport gets ISO certificationDuty free shop at the airport from August 7; it will be run by ITDCSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am A case of gross negligence, alleges victim’s familyPune: The family of 14-year-old Rida Shaikh, who died of swine flu in Pune on Monday, said on Tuesday that it would initiate legal proceedings against Jehangir Hospital, where she was treated. The family’s lawyer, Asif Lampwala, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am FIR registered against Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh, wife in corruption caseSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Raksha Bandhan special: Sharing the sweet bondSource: The Times of India | 4 Aug 2009 | 11:48 pm 'Fake encounter': Indefinite curfew in ImphalSource: The Times of India | 4 Aug 2009 | 11:11 pm I wasn't uncomfortable doing intimate scenes: Prachi DesaiAfter playing Farhan Akhtar's petite wife in 'Rock On!', Prachi Desai has now teamed up with Tusshar Kapoor in 'Life Partner' and she had to shoot some intimate scenes in the film. While she insists she wasn't uncomfortable, the actress admits she was definitely a bit shy.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 11:01 pm Swine flu: Indifference at govt hospitals exposedSource: The Times of India | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:46 pm Genelia refuses to reignite the passion with ImranSanjay Gadhavi's big budget film 7 Days In Paris is going through casting trouble.Source: The Times of India | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:26 pm Kicking daughter-in-law is not cruelty: SCSimilarly, if a mother-in-law gives constant sermons to the daughter-in-law or gives her used clothes, it does not invite prosecution, the Supreme Court has held.Source: The Times of India | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:22 pm Bharti Airtel plans bid for Millicom Sri Lanka network - reportMUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Bharti Airtel plans to bid for telecom operator Millicom's Sri Lankan mobile network, the Economic Times said on Wednesday, citing two executives familiar with developments.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:07 pm 63 survive scare on Delhi-Vadodara flight - Daily News & Analysis
Source: Nation - Google News | 4 Aug 2009 | 9:26 pm Iranian blogger tells of escape from TehranWhen Iran sought to hide its crackdown on people protesting the allegedly rigged presidential election of June 12, young Hamid Raza Khoshnya used his weblog to keep the world enlightened about the regime's brutality.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 9:00 pm Bharat Ratna for Dilip Kumar: Bollywood rallies supportThe Indian film fraternity is trying to seek 100,000 solidarity comments on a social networking website to urge the government to confer the prestigious Bharat Ratna upon Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 8:30 pm Virbhadra, wife booked for graft - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 4 Aug 2009 | 7:01 pm Clinton leaves North Korea with journalistsThe two American journalists pardoned by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il left the country Wednesday aboard a chartered plane carrying the homebound former US president Bill Clinton.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 7:00 pm Australia charges three men on terrorism offencesMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian police charged three men on Wednesday with planning to attack an army base as the government considered whether to ban a Somali militant group linked to the plot.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Aug 2009 | 6:39 pm Massa leaves hospital in Brazil after testsSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa left the hospital in Sao Paulo on Tuesday after a series of medical tests ruled out the need for further surgery, his personal physician said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Aug 2009 | 6:09 pm Lightning kills 9 in one stroke - Calcutta Telegraph
Source: Nation - Google News | 4 Aug 2009 | 3:26 pm 17 killed in China building collapseSeventeen people were killed Tuesday when an under-construction building collapsed in China's northern Hebei province, officials said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 12:00 pm RGV says hanging dummy dead bodies was to get noticedPerhaps Ram Gopal Varma doesn't need to get noticed any more after he created panic by getting dummy dead bodies hung at 15 locations in Mumbai. And the unapologetic filmmaker says it was merely for more publicity for his supernatural thriller 'Agyaat'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:31 am India issues fresh guidelines after swine flu deathShaken by the death of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, India Tuesday issued fresh guidelines, including allowing home quarantine, to prevent a repeat of the country's first swine flu casualty in Pune.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:30 am Melbourne soccer heroes cry humiliation, return cheques to AIFFHurt and humiliated at a meagre grant of Rs.25,000 to each of them, the nine surviving members of India's 1956 Melbourne Olympics football squad that finished fourth in the quadrennial extravaganza, have decided to return the cheques to the All India Football Federation (AIFF).Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:30 am Krishna-Godavari gas output being kept low: Anil Ambani firmAnil Ambani-led Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) Tuesday once again said production at the D6 block in the Krishna Godavari (KG) hydrocarbon basin was being artificially curbed.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:01 am Delhi tops India in swine flu casesDelhi has seen the maximum number of swine flu cases in India so far with 163 patients, closely followed by Pune - where a 14-year-old girl has died due to the influenza A(H1N1) virus.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 4 Aug 2009 | 10:01 am
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