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`Cong to pursue LS poll trend in ensuing Assembly polls`!Maha CM Ashok Chavan has expressed confidence that Cong in Maharashtra would follow the same trend and performance it pursued in the past LS polls.Source: Zee News : States | 9 Aug 2009 | 6:27 am `Docs should inform patients about drugs adverse effect`!The Supreme Court has held that doctors have a duty to inform patients about the adverse effects of a particular medicine prescribed by them or otherwise it might amount to medical negligence.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Aug 2009 | 6:27 am Law Commission recommends legal sanction to surrogacy!The Law Commission has recommended giving legal sanction to surrogacy and to prohibit its commercial use by making it mandatory for one of the parents wanting to have child through it to be a donor.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Aug 2009 | 6:27 am NRI in Ahmedabad dies of swine flu, toll rises to four!An NRI died of swine flu in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The country has now seen 4 deaths from swine flu with the number of infected cases rising to 782.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Aug 2009 | 6:27 am Post-mortem on Shastri could have been done: Nayar!With a number of conspiracy theories doing the rounds on whether a post-mortem was conducted on former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, senior journalist Kuldip Nayar has said no autopsy was done.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Aug 2009 | 6:27 am Spain pounds India 8-2 in first hockey TestThe hapless Indian hockey team received a morale-shattering 8-2 plastering at the hands of Spain in their first Test against their world number three rivals.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:36 am Form doctors' panel on swine flu, PM tells AzadPM on Sunday told health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to form a team of doctors to provide "correct information" to the people regarding swine flu that has claimed four lives in India.Source: The Times of India | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:27 am Silver prices set to touch Rs 27,000 per kg by DecemberSilver prices are set to touch the Rs 27,000-mark per kilogram in forward market by December, following renewed retail as well as industrial demand, an industry official said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:24 am Who's got the prettiest smile in Bollywood?Source: The Times of India | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:23 am UK's Premier Inn to set up 80 hotels in IndiaUnited Kingdom's hotel chain Premier Inn is planning to open about 80 hotels in India in the next 10 years.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:13 am Karunanidhi unveils Thiruvalluvar statue in Bangalore - Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:12 am 600 tonnes sand in eight lorries seized, 15 arrestedBased on specific information and government directives to prevent sand smuggling, rural police kept a vigil on bordering area and stopped eight lorries on Anamalai-Kerala Route.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:12 am Audio tape claims match-fixing in ICLThe tape has a member of the national selection committee telling PCB chief operating officer Saleem Altaf about how matches were fixed in the ICL.Source: The Times of India | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:07 am Rio Tinto mulls $100 mn investment in exploration projectUK-based diamond producer Rio Tinto Diamonds plans to invest $75-100 million on a pre-feasibility study of its diamond mines project in Madhya Pradesh, a top company official said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:07 am Propofol caused Jackson's death: Leaked toxicology reportThe leaked results confirm the rumours and reveal Jackson also had traces of anxiety drug Xanax, generically known as alprazolam, in his blood.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:07 am England pull out of badminton tournament - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:06 am Two WR suburban trains collide in MumbaiSix persons were injured after a local train collided with a stationary train at Mahim station of Western Railway following a signal failure this afternoon.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:04 am England pull out of worlds over security fearsHYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - England have pulled out of the badminton world championships in Hyderabad due to concerns over the team's security, Badminton England announced on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Aug 2009 | 4:00 am Indian ADRs gain $3 bn last weekIndian stocks trading on American bourses gained nearly $3 billion in one week, with IT major Wipro accounting for more than half of the gains.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:59 am ONGC orders probe into blow incident - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:51 am Air travellers can now move to higher class at lower costAirline passengers now have the choice to upgrade from the economy class to a higher one at a fraction of the normal cost.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:50 am Bank of Baroda open to overseas acquisitionThe country's third-largest public sector lender Bank of Baroda (BoB) today said it is open to overseas acquisition if a good opportunity comes across.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:46 am Krishna meets racial attack victim Shravan KumarA concerned external affairs minister SM Krishna met Indian student Shravan Kumar, who is yet to fully recover from a brutal assault by a group of teenagers.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:38 am CAG writes to Oil Ministry to access RIL booksUnable to access Reliance Industries' (RIL) books for two years for auditing the government's gas contract with the Mukesh Ambani-led firm, the country's apex audit institution Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has sought the Petroleum Ministry's help in the matter.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:36 am Rights activist urges India, Bangladesh to resolve border deathsDhaka, Aug 9 : A visiting Indian human rights activist has urged Dhaka and New Delhi to resolve the issue of border guards shooting dead people infiltrating the porous frontier.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:33 am Maruti zips past 80-lakh-mark in 25 yearsOil India Ltd (OIL), the nation's second-largest state-run explorer, will hit the market with an initial public offering (IPO) on September 7. The price band for the IPO is likely to be fixed on Augus...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:33 am Delhi government to step up drive against beggarsTwelve mobile courts and a control room assisted by police are being introduced to speed up convictions of beggars whose population is estimated to be at 60,000 at present.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:32 am Krishna meets racial attack victim Shravan Kumar - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:24 am Delhi school shuts for a week as three get swine fluThe privately run Sanskriti School here will be closed for a week after three of its students tested positive for swine flu, a teacher said Sunday. One of the students contracted the virus in Britain.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:20 am Delhi schools on swine flu alertWith swine flu infecting more people, schools in Delhi are doing all they can to contain the spread of the virus among students. So much so that even a sneeze in class is enough to send a student back home with advice for an immediate check up by the doctor.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:20 am Who will get to keep the gunmen, who will notAfter the government sought to assure senior leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Murli Manohar Joshi that there would be no scaling down of their security cover, former bureaucrats and ministers have been lobbying to ensure that their security too remains untouched.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:20 am Local train rams into another in Mumbai, one injuredA local train rammed into a stationary train at Mahim station in south-central Mumbai, injuring a commuter, a railway official said Sunday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:20 am Poverty, hunger drive elderly couple in Bihar to suicidePoverty and hunger forced an elderly couple in a Bihar village to commit suicide, villagers said Sunday. However, a local official maintained the couple died of cancer but was unable to explain how the deaths occurred at the same time.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:20 am North Korea ship crew uncooperative: investigatorsPORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - The crew of a North Korean ship carrying a cargo of sugar that was detained off the Andaman and Nicobar islands, was not cooperating with Indian investigators, an official said on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:19 am Three swine flu patients in Maharastra criticalThree swine flu patients were in a critical condition today and put on ventilator while all educational institutions in Pune were closed down for a week.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:15 am IDBI Bank aims to enhance base in SME, retail sectorsIDBI Bank has taken an initiative to strengthen its base in the mid-corporate, SME and retail sectors without compromising its pre-eminent position in the corporate banking business.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:12 am Landslide kills 46 in north IndiaMUMBAI (Reuters) - At least forty-six people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, police said on Sunday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:05 am India invests in US debts worth $38.8 bn till May '09India has invested in US debt securities worth $38.8 billion till May this year, nearly four-fold rise when compared to the same month in 2008.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:01 am 'Hard times' ahead for European steel players: MuthuramanTata Steel Managing Director B Muthuraman has said crisis-hit European steel producers sales will go down by 75 per cent in the wake of the global economic slowdown, and India and China will be the ones to buck the trend.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 3:00 am Confusion remains over fate of Mehsud's potential successorsConfusion persisted today about the fate of two top militant commanders vying to replace Baitullah Mehsud as chief of the Pakistani Taliban.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 2:59 am World pays more for food as India goes shoppingWith sugar prices touching Rs 30 per kg and pulses averaging Rs 75-95 per kg, the government appears to be relying heavily on imports to ease the crisis. But the very thought of the world’s large...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Aug 2009 | 2:58 am Positive parental attitude can help stop child obesity epidemicAccording to Edward Abramson, PhD and professor emeritus at California State University, parents can ward off obesity by getting their children to eat better food and exercise.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 2:55 am Make details on RIL gas issue public: Former Secy to GovtSeeking a public disclosure of all financial and technical details on Reliance Industries (RIL) gas issue, a former bureaucrat has asked the government to allow a public debate on the matter to deal with the catastrophe-like situation emerging due to the tussle between the Ambani brothers.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Aug 2009 | 2:51 am Ozone depletion reduces CO2 uptake of southern oceanMost current models predict that the strength of the Southern Ocean CO2 sink should increase as atmospheric CO2 rises, but observations show that this has not been the case.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Aug 2009 | 2:42 am England pulls out of World Badminton tournamentEngland has pulled out of the World Badminton Championships to begin on Monday at Gatchibowli in Hyderabad after reports of LeT threat to the tournament.Source: The Times of India | 9 Aug 2009 | 2:07 am Landslide kills 46 in UttarakhandMUMBAI (Reuters) - At least forty-six people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Uttarakhand, police said on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Aug 2009 | 1:43 am Sri Lanka's first post-war polls show mixed resultsCOLOMBO (Reuters) - The political allies of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels won the most seats at local elections in a northern town, while the ruling coalition sailed to victory at local and provincial polls, results showed on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Aug 2009 | 1:27 am Female bosses more likely to be sexually harassedWomen who hold supervisory positions are more susceptible to workplace sexual harassment, according to a new study.Source: The Times of India | 9 Aug 2009 | 1:26 am Sania enters Vancouver finalSania Mirza came back strongly after dropping the first set to beat Sharon Fichman and enter the singles final at the Vancouver Open championships.Source: The Times of India | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:44 am Woman dies of swine flu in MumbaiMumbai: A 53-year-old woman from Mumbai died of swine flu at the Kasturba Hospital here on Saturday. This is the second swine flu-related death in the country, after Rida Shaikh (14) of Pune. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am India, China to set up hotlineDecision taken to hold the Year of Friendship with China in IndiaSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am ‘Genuine merchandise in detained ship’NEW DELHI: The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, said on Saturday that the suspicious North Korean ship detained at Port Blair was carrying genuine merchandise, and further investigations were on. “As per reports ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Troops recover IED in PoonchPOONCH (JAMMU & KASHMIR): A major tragedy was averted on Saturday when troops detected an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by militants on the Poonch-Mandi road here to trigger a blast targeting the security forces. The IED ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am All eyes on Saina; BWF meet from tomorrowState capital to host biggest-ever badminton event in IndiaSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Slum fire leaves infant dead in TambaramTAMBARAM: A one-year-old girl was killed in a fire in a slum at Muthamizh Nagar in Kadaperi, near Tambaram, on Saturday morning. The fire started in a hut on South Kulakkarai Street around 11 a.m. Residents and local party functionaries ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am WADA ‘whereabouts’ clause a necessity: BondChennai: In a career blighted by injuries, Shane Bond has kept the fire burning. The Kiwi fast bowler with a classical action is back in the international hunt after the ICC welcomed back players returning from the ICL. The 34-year-old ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Tripura put on swine flu alertAgartala: Tripura has been put on swine flu alert to prevent outbreak of the H1N1 virus. Observation centres were set up at seven entry points to the State, official sources said on Saturday. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am On the shoulders of giantsThis August, it is 40 years since Unix took the computing world by stormSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Growing preference for private schoolsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Japan marks 64th anniversary of Nagasaki bombingMore than 5,000 people have gathered in the Peace Park in Nagasaki to mark the 64th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 10:00 pm NKorean ship's China trips under lens - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Aug 2009 | 9:36 pm Rehabilitating poster artists of a bygone eraDigital technology has taken away the jobs of Bollywood poster painters. Designer Nida Mahmood hunted them out in dingy lanes of the capital and teamed up with them for her upcoming poster collection.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 9:30 pm North Korean ship's China trips under scannerMV Mu San now detained at Port Blair for unauthorised anchoring off Andamans had made several voyages between North Korea and China without maintaining proper records.Source: The Times of India | 8 Aug 2009 | 9:17 pm Bollywood newcomers prefer good scripts over big bannersTeenage pregnancy, terrorism, an out-and-out actioner or a spooky jungle thriller-Bollywood newcomers like Shruthi Haasan, Ruslaan Mumtaaz and Arunoday Singh are opting for different themes and strong scripts rather than being lured by big banners and typical potboilers.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 9:00 pm Nine killed in helicopter, plane collision over New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine people, including five Italian tourists, were killed on Saturday when a small plane clipped a helicopter over New York and both aircraft plunged into the Hudson River.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Aug 2009 | 8:57 pm Rival Taliban leaders killed at meeting to pick Baitullah's successorTwo rival militant leaders were killed following their heated argument over who should be the next Taliban chief in Pakistan, media reports said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 8:30 pm Ahmedabad man dies of swine flu, toll rises to 4A 43-year-old NRI man from Ahmedabad became the fourth Indian victim of swine flu. Praveen Patel died in Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Sunday.Source: The Times of India | 8 Aug 2009 | 8:29 pm Armed Forces Tribunal becomes a reality - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Aug 2009 | 7:01 pm World pays more for food as India shopsThe very thought of the worlds largest consumer of sugar and pulses coming to shop has sent international markets into a frenzy.Source: The Times of India | 8 Aug 2009 | 4:03 pm NSA gets charge of ties with China - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Aug 2009 | 3:58 pm Prepare drought plan: PM to states - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Aug 2009 | 3:58 pm EVMs tamper-proof: EC - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Aug 2009 | 3:58 pm Gandhi's Porbandar bars leprosy-affectedIn the Mahatma's birth place, persons with leprosy and other communicable diseases have been asked to stay away from the town for five days during Janmashtami.Source: The Times of India | 8 Aug 2009 | 2:40 pm Uttarakhand landslides: 43 feared dead - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Aug 2009 | 2:32 pm Boy tests positive for swine flu in LucknowA five-year-old boy, who had arrived here from London last month, has tested positive for the influenza A(HIN1) virus, officials said Saturday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 12:00 pm Fighting erupts between Taliban rivals - Pakistan govtISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistani government has received reports that shooting broke out between two rivals for the leadership of the Pakistani Taliban, and one of them may have been killed, the interior minister said on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Aug 2009 | 11:03 am Maoists kill two civilians in ChhattisgarhMaoist rebels killed two civilians in Chhattisgarh late Saturday, police said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 11:00 am Monica Bedi to star in TV showBollywood starlet Monica Bedi, the former companion of jailed gangster Abu Salem, will now be seen on the small screen in filmmaker Anubhav Sinha's new thriller show 'Mr and amp; Mrs Mishra'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 10:31 am Shahid unhappy over 'A' certificate for 'Kaminey'Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor, who is looking forward to the release of his latest film 'Kaminey', is upset over the 'A' certificate it has been given by the censor board.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 10:31 am Junior World Volleyball: India lose in semis, Brazil-Cuba finalIndia went down 97-105 in a closely fought encounter with holders Brazil in the semi-final of the men's junior World Volleyball Championship here Saturday. Brazil will face Cuba in Sunday's final.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 9:30 am Virbhadra case: Police identify industrialistsThe Himachal Pradesh Police have identified the industrialists referred to in a CD on the basis of which corruption cases have been registered against Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh, an official said Saturday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Aug 2009 | 9:30 am Officials allay security fears for world badminton championshipsHYDERABAD (Reuters) - One thousand police officials and commandos, including experts trained to deal with terror threats, have been assigned to the world badminton championships, the local police commissioner has said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Aug 2009 | 8:40 am Indonesia believes top militant dead, thwarts attackKEDU, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian police shot dead a man suspected to be leading Islamic militant Noordin Mohammad Top after an 18-hour siege in Central Java and planned to confirm his identity using DNA tests, police said on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Aug 2009 | 6:15 am PM asks states to act on poor rainsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked state governments on Saturday to take first steps to deal with poor monsoon rains that have hit sowing of important crops, leading to a sharp rise in prices of food items like sugar.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Aug 2009 | 5:24 am
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