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Person with 80% disability booked for attempt to murder by UP cops!!Can a 60-year-old physically challenged man who cannot even stand on his feet "run away" after attacking a police team? The Uttar Pradesh police believes he can.Source: Zee News : States | 7 Aug 2009 | 6:10 am Check sale of illegal arms: West Bengal Governor!Asking the West Bengal government to move swiftly to check the sale of illegal arms and bring criminals to account, Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi has expressed his anguish at the rising level of political violence in the state.Source: Zee News : States | 7 Aug 2009 | 6:10 am Cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh leaves two dead!Two people including a child were killed in a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh, an official said Friday.Source: Zee News : States | 7 Aug 2009 | 6:10 am Murder case against cops for fake encounter in Uttar Pradesh !A murder case has been registered against six policemen in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh for their alleged involvement in a fake encounter that took place three years ago, police said Friday.Source: Zee News : States | 7 Aug 2009 | 6:10 am Oz PM assures safety of Indian students!PM Kevin Rudd has assured that Australian govt would take steps to ensure safety of Indian students.Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Aug 2009 | 6:10 am `Hizbul ultras were planning terror strikes ahead of I-Day`!Two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants, arrested in the capital Thursday night, were planning terror strikes in the city ahead of Independence Day, police sources said on Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Aug 2009 | 6:10 am Swine flu: 2 more patients critical in Pune!The swine flu panic has gripped the Pune city with two more patients reported to be critical.Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Aug 2009 | 6:10 am Australia may supply uranium to India for JV power plants - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:27 am Gunmen open fire at newspaper office in Manipur - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:22 am New process can remove 90% of salt from seawaterClean water for drinking, washing and industrial uses is a scarce resource in some parts of the world. Its availability in the future will be even more problematic.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:21 am Webel-SI Energy Systems hits 5% upper circuitThe stock ended at the same upper circuit of Rs 263.55 with trades of 96,360 shares on the BSE. Buy orders of 2,751 shares were pending at the counter.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:19 am Chinese bride sets world record with 2,162-meter-long wedding dress!A Chinese bride wore the world's longest dress on her wedding day on Thursday in the country's Jilin Province.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:19 am 26/11 Trial: Kasab pleads guilty, then backtracks - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:16 am Dewan Housing Finance erases gains, ends down 2%The stock slipped to a low of Rs 126 - down 7% from the day's high of Rs 136. It finally ended down 1.6% at Rs 128. Around 104,047 shares were traded on the BSE today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:16 am Delhi govt drops plan on Wi-Fi for security reasonsDelhi Government's ambitious plan to provide Wi-Fi connectivity for high-speed wireless internet services in some of the favourite haunts in the capital ahead of the Commonwealth Games has been stalled due to security reasons.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:15 am Oprah Winfrey sued for $1.2 trillion over plagiarism claimsDamon has accused the media mogul and her production company Harpo Inc of plagiarising his book A Tome of Poetry.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:14 am Superdad Tom Cruise gives daughter $59,000 makeover!Tom Cruise has given his 16-year-old daughter Isabella a makeover worth 59,000 Australian dollars after she was upset that guys at her school weren't noticing her.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:12 am Cindy Crawford, the bikini babe, still sizzles at 43Supermodel Cindy Crawford flaunted her bikini body while vacationing with hubby Rande Gerber.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:10 am Madonna courts controversy, is compared to SatanThe pop diva has come into the ambit of religious controversy again, with a former president comparing her to the Satan.Source: The Times of India | 7 Aug 2009 | 4:00 am SBI to raise Rs 500-cr via bondsState Bank of India (SBi) plans to raise Rs 500-crore via perpetual bonds, a senior bank official said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:58 am Women's shopping guilt doesn't last longWomen feel guilty after splashing out big bucks on shopping, but not for long, and head straight to the mall for another spending spree, according to a survey.Source: The Times of India | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:57 am India seeks $3.2 bn from World Bank to recapitalise PSU banksThe government has sought a $3.2 billion loan from the World Bank to infuse capital into public sector banks, the Lok Sabha was informed today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:53 am India, China begin 14th round of border talks - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:51 am CERC Power plants can now save on transmission costIn a development that would help private power producers save significantly in constructing a dedicated transmission line, power regulator CERC today said that power plants with a capacity above a certain level will be directly connected to the central grid.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:38 am Swine flu under control, says AzadThe government today assured Parliament that swine flu was under control due to continued efforts of doctors and was limited to only a few individuals.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:37 am IRDA for increasing ULIP lock-in period to 5 yrsThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) is thinking of increasing the lock-in period for Unit Linked Insurance Policies (ULIPs) by two years to five years. The regulator said it would help to bring down mis-selling.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:34 am Steel minister calls flat steel price hike 'unjustified'Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh today termed the hiking of prices of flat steel products by some of the companies as 'unjustified' and said he would talk to the firms on the matter.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:33 am Satyam, Raju owe Rs 541 cr in income tax duesThe government today said IT firm Satyam Computer Services, its founder B Ramalinga Raju and his family-promoted firm Maytas Group along with its other group companies owe Rs 541 crore in income-tax dues.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:26 am India's crops, shares at risk from monsoon woesNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Forecasts of weak rains in the next five days and inadequate water in Indian reservoirs have raised the risk to the country's cane and soybean crops, and fears of a wider economic fall out could spook the stock market.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:23 am I want to plead guilty to all charges: KasabKasab had pleaded guilty on July 20, but accepted only some charges. Court accepted his partial "admission of guilt" & decided to go ahead with the 26/11 trial.Source: The Times of India | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:22 am Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud dead: QureshiStriking a body blow to the Taliban, missiles fired from US drone killed Pakistan's most wanted terrorist Baitullah Mehsud.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:19 am Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud deadPak foreign minister Qureshi said that information gathered by the intelligence sources indicate that Baitullah Mehsud is dead.Source: The Times of India | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:06 am Katrina Kaif only Akshay Kumar's arm candySource: The Times of India | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:01 am Flintoff ruled out of fourth Ashes testLEEDS, England (Reuters) - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the fourth Ashes test against Australia at Headingley starting on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2009 | 3:00 am Zaheer faces lengthy layoff after shoulder surgeryNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Strike bowler Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of action until the end of the year after undergoing surgery on an injured shoulder, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:56 am Chelsea stars go on £120K booze binge in one nightBelieve it or not, star players of Chelsea FC spent a staggering £120,000 pounds on booze during a night out.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:44 am IB reveals why fewer terror camps operate in PoKImages ]. However, latest intelligence reports indicate a new strategy being adopted by terror outfits that seeks to downsize the number of training camps and increase the number of recruits so that i...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:42 am BJP top brass postpones brainstorming sessionImages ] on Friday postponed its brainstorming session, scheduled for August 17-19 in Shimla, by two days, in view of a meeting of chief ministers and by-elections in some states.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:42 am Cultural nationalism is not anti-Muslimndia is a nation of rich diversities. Linguistic diversity is a very unique and proud feature of our national identity. There is simply no other country in the world that has accorded the status of 's...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:42 am In tense times, a play on pangs of 1947 partitionImages ] until the perpetrators of the attack are brought to justice, Indian and Pakistani Americans have for the first time come together to stage a play at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, DC to sh...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:42 am Krishna says India committed to help Pacific Island countries on climate changeCairns (Australia), Aug 7 : Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Friday said that India is committed to providing assistance to Pacific Island countries in the process of adaptatio...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:40 am Australian PM assures India of safety of Indian studentsMelbourne, Aug 7 : Describing India as 'a rising power', Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Friday assured External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna that his government was taking all steps to ensure t...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:40 am Online CAT a setback for rural aspirantsWith the Common Admission Test (CAT) organised by Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) going online from November 2009, the going may get tough for the rural student community, say educationists. Te...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:40 am Dispute over Gayatri Devi's assetsClose to Gayatri Devi's bungalow, the Lily pool, officials from the government are busy putting together an estimate of the land that belonged to the late Rajmata's estate. The government claims that ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:40 am Senior Andhra cop's family to be quizzed on constable's deathA police team from Madhya Pradesh will leave for New Delhi Saturday to quiz the family members of Andhra Pradesh anti-terror unit chief Vivek Dubey in connection with the mysterious death of a constable of the southern state's armed reserve, official sources here said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:30 am Four students in Assam suspended for raggingFour postgraduate students including two girls were suspended for allegedly ragging juniors at Dibrugarh University in Assam, officials said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:30 am Double-role in Kaminey, the best in recent times: ShahidShahid Kapur, who has played a double-role, with speech disorders, in Vishal Bharadwaj's upcoming film Kaminey is thrilled to play a 'bad' guy on screenSource: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:22 am Tony Curtis claims Marilyn Monroe was pregnant with his childHollywood legend Tony Curtis has revealed in his memoir that Marilyn Monroe was once pregnant with his child.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:18 am MJ may have killed himself with deadly shot of demerolMichael Jackson might have accidentally killed himself with deadly anaesthetic demerol, it has emerged.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:17 am FACTBOX - India, China begin talks on border disputeREUTERS - India and China began talks on Friday to resolve a long simmering border dispute.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:16 am Delhi has paid over Rs.200 crore for Himachal dam: Dhumal - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 7 Aug 2009 | 2:02 am India, China resume border talks amid rising tensionNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China began talks on Friday to resolve their long simmering border dispute, but hopes of any progress are expected to grind against a recent spike in geopolitical tensions as well as muscle flexing along the border.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2009 | 1:27 am Govt moves to take its share of Gayatri Devi's estateRajasthan government has made a go for the physical possession of the properties it had 'judicially acquired' from the ex-royals over one-and-half decades ago. Pictures of Rajmata Gayatri DeviSource: The Times of India | 7 Aug 2009 | 1:15 am Rahul spends night in Amethi villager's house - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 7 Aug 2009 | 1:06 am Baitullah Mehsud dead, says Taliban leaderPakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud has been killed, a close aide to the militant leader said, adding that a meeting was being held to 'choose his successor'.Source: The Times of India | 7 Aug 2009 | 1:01 am New Tamil Tiger head held in Sri Lanka - militaryCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan authorities said on Friday said they were interrogating the new head of the Tamil Tigers, their most-wanted target since crushing the separatist rebels and their 25-year insurrection in May.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:55 am Pakistan says Taliban chief is likely deadISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan believes Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, was probably killed with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:48 am Two Hizbul ultras held in Delhi ahead of I Day - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:17 am Hacker attacks silence Twitter, slow FacebookSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter and Facebook suffered service problems from hacker attacks on Thursday, raising speculation about a coordinated campaign against the world's most popular online social networks.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:10 am Public sector bank transactions hitNEW DELHI: The two-day nationwide strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), the umbrella organisation of nine bank unions, began on Thursday, with the public put to great hardship as regular transactions were affected in public ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am India not fixated on Saeed, wants action on terrorNew Delhi has followed policy of flexible containment since November 2008Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am I-Day alert for Delhi, Kolkata, HyderabadNEW DELHI: With nearly a week to go for Independence Day celebrations, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad are said to be facing high level threat perception from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba, sources in the Home Ministry said on Thursday. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Sarobjit gets bailMumbai: Sarobjit Singh, son of National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairman Buta Singh, and three persons were granted bail on Thursday by a special CBI court in a bribery case. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am ProtestKOZHIKODE: Faculty members of the National Institute of Technology, Calicut have protested against the delay in the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission for them. —Staff ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am 77 Opposition MLAs suspendedHYDERABAD: The Assembly was rocked on Thursday over the alleged irregularities in the Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) owned by Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy when the government turned down the Opposition’s demand to agree ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am New LTTE chief Pathmanathan heldArrested in a foreign country, he has been brought to ColomboSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Australia promises “firm action”Sydney: Australia on Thursday vowed to take “firm action” against those responsible for the recent attacks on Indian students as External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna became the first senior leader to visit Down Under to convey ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am H1N1 death in Pune affects screeningBangalore: The panic in Pune caused by the nation’s first case of H1N1-related death has had a cascading effect on Bangalore. Screening process here has been affected as testing of samples at the National Institute of ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Taslima back in IndiaNew Delhi: Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was dramatically bundled out of West Bengal in November 2007, returned here from a European country on Thursday for extension of her visa which ends on Aug. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am India sweat over targets after Asian archery meet shiftedNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian archers fear losing their home advantage at the 2010 Commonwealth Games after next month's Asian grand prix was moved out of New Delhi due to venue delays.Source: Reuters: Top News | 6 Aug 2009 | 11:33 pm India reservoirs at 36 pct of capacityNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Water level in India's main reservoirs was at 36 percent of capacity in the week to Aug. 6, crawling up 1 percentage point in seven days when the country received barely a third of normal rainfall.Source: Reuters: Top News | 6 Aug 2009 | 10:39 pm Oz PM assures Krishna on safety of IndiansAfter a meeting with Australian PM Kevin Rudd, external affairs minister Krishna expressed satisfaction at steps taken by the Oz govt to stop attacks on Indian students.Source: The Times of India | 6 Aug 2009 | 10:04 pm Only mediocre people play safe: Anupam KherActor Anupam Kher could have opted for a conventional subject and a known star cast for the first film of his new production house. But he chose to make 'Teree Sang', a film on teen pregnancy starring newcomers, as he didn't wish to play safe.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 9:30 pm Sanjay Dutt, Salman's moment of truthSticky moments on an episode of Dus Ka Dum, where Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan opened up over controversial issues, were edited out...Source: The Times of India | 6 Aug 2009 | 9:29 pm I'm an attention seeker: Ram Gopal VarmaHe is always in the middle of controversies, but instead of killing them, Ram Gopal Varma says he is at peace when people call him an 'attention seeker'. True to his style, the publicity stunt for his latest film 'Agyaat' saw around 15 dummies of dead bodies suspended from the movie's posters.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 8:30 pm 'Teree Sang' likable spin on premature parenthoodFilm: 'Teree Sang'; Cast: Ruslaan Mumtaz, Sheena Shahabadi; Director: Satish Kaushik; Rating: ***Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 8:00 pm Pakistan mulls steps to save ailing national airlineComing to the aid of Pakistan's cash-strapped national carrier, Pakistan Internatinoal Airlines (PIA), a parliamentary committee has called for urgent steps to arrest the declining trends in the airline, Online news agency reported Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 7:00 pm Akalis sweep Punjab bypolls, Sukhbir makes Assembly debut - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 6 Aug 2009 | 5:36 pm Pak Taliban chief Mehsud may be dead: MinisterThere is strong likelihood that Baitullah Mehsud was killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack two days ago, Rehman Malik has said.Source: The Times of India | 6 Aug 2009 | 4:45 pm Pakistan: India has not given enough material against Saeed - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:32 pm I-Day alert for Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 6 Aug 2009 | 3:31 pm Fresh trouble for Buta Singh brews in BiharMore trouble seems to be brewing for former union home minister Buta Singh. The Bihar government is to probe his role in the allotment of an embankment construction project on the Bagmati river to a firm in 2005 in violation of norms when he was the governor of the state, an official said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 12:00 pm Over 26,000 Indian business visas issued in ChinaIndia has issued over 26,000 business visas in China so far in 2009, parliament was told Thursday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 11:01 am Malayalam film veteran Murali passes awayNational best actor award winner and veteran Malayalam actor Murali died at a private hospital here Thursday night. He was 55.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 11:00 am Angry Sunny to sue radio station for 'cheap' mimicryUpset at the continuous spoofing of his and his father Dharmendra's dialogue delivery by a popular FM radio, Bollywood star Sunny Deol Thursday said he would sue the channel for its 'below the belt' mimicry and has sought damages of Rs.200 crore.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 11:00 am Will share part blame, not take responsibility for defeat: JaitleyBreaking his silence on the attack on him by senior party colleagues for the poll defeat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley has said he was willing to 'share part of' the responsibility for the debacle but not the whole as party seniors were part of the decision making process.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 9:31 am CII suggests 12-point agenda for infrastructure projectsThe Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Thursday outlined a 12-point agenda for the faster implementation of infrastructure projects with special focus on having an infrastructure budget, a Land Bank Corp and separate regulators for the sector.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 6 Aug 2009 | 9:30 am
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