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Fever keeps Buddhadeb from internal security meet!West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee cancelled his trip to New Delhi for the internal security conference of Chief Ministers convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday due to ill-health.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Aug 2009 | 6:53 am Terrorism, Naxalism, insurgency continue to threaten India: Chidambaram!Union Home Minister P Chidambaram brought into focus the internal security at the conference of Chief Ministers of all states in New Delhi on Monday.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Aug 2009 | 6:53 am AICC Gen Secy Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi today!Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will arrive here today on a three-day visit.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Aug 2009 | 6:53 am Indian dies of swine flu in Saudi Arabia!An Indian expatriate was among three persons who became the latest victims of swine flu in Saudi Arabia, taking the death toll from the disease to 14 in the country.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Aug 2009 | 6:53 am Pak-based terror groups planning fresh attacks: PM!PM Manmohan Singh on Monday warned there was credible information that terrorist groups based in Pakistan were planning to carry out fresh attacks.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Aug 2009 | 6:53 am Pune woman dies of swine flu; toll at 28!A 36-year-old woman died of swine flu in Pune, taking the nationwide toll to 28.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Aug 2009 | 6:53 am Malay-Indian Cong youth, women`s wing chiefs re-elected !Delegates of the MIC have re-elected the chiefs of their Youth and Wanita (women) wings, setting the pace for the party`s plenary meeting and elections next month.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Aug 2009 | 6:53 am Jet Airways plane skids off runway in Dhaka!A Delhi-bound Jet Airways aircraft carrying 139 persons skidded off a runway just before its take off from the Bangladesh capital on Monday but no one was hurt in the accident.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Aug 2009 | 6:53 am 20-year-old pleads guilty to attack on Indian-origin doctorThe Australian accused of involvement in an attack on a leading Indian-origin doctor became the second person to admit his crime in the incident that sent the victim into coma.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:35 am Raje not to resign "for now"Vasundhara Raje will not resign as Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly "for now" and would call a Legislature Party meeting by August 26.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:31 am Airlines stocks in red on ATF price hikeJet Airways plunged over 7% to settle at Rs 242. Around 151,800 shares changed hands at the counter as against its two-week average traded quantity of 135,102 shares.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:30 am HCL Infosystems plans to raise Rs 825 cr for fueling growthTechnology firm HCL Infosystems today said it plans to raise about Rs 825 crore through issue of warrants and private placement of shares with institutional buyers to fuel its long-term growth plans.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:26 am 4 President's bodyguards convicted for gangrape - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:24 am Elantas Beck soars on delisting moveElantas Beck rallied over 5% to close at 452. The stock hit its 52-week high at Rs 465 today during the day. The stock touched an intra-day low of Rs 421, after opening at Rs 426. The counter saw trades of 21,468 shares as against its two-week average traded quantity of 38,590 shares.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:20 am Rahul accuses UP govt of not cooperating in development work - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:16 am L Finance to raise Rs 50 cr via NCDsL&T Finance Limited, the financial services firm promoted by construction major L&T is coming with a public offer of 500,000 secured redeemable non-convertible debentures of the face value of Rs 1,000 each. The issue will open on August 18, 2009 and closes on September 4, 2009. The NCD issue aggregates to Rs 500 crore with an option to retain over subscription of up to Rs 500 crore.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:16 am NIIT Tech scales 52-week high, ends off day's highNIIT Technologies surged 3% to settle at Rs 130. The counter clocked a volume of 4.82 million shares as against its two-week average traded quantity of 321,073 shares.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:14 am Top paint brands found toxic, can harm kidsMost of the popular brands of paints contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous for children, says a latest study done by Centre for Science and Environment. While there is no mandatory standard for lead levels in paints in the country, top companies exceed even the voluntary limit specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:13 am 'Pak police going slow in probing charges against Musharraf'With the government not giving it "clear instructions" to proceed further in the case against Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani police has adopted a "go-slow" policy.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 4:13 am NTPC may move Supreme Court on RIL gas row this weekState-run power producer NTPC is expected to move the Supreme Court this week to get Reliance Industries to execute a contract for gas supply, even as the Mukesh Ambani-run firm is challenging an identical prayer of Anil Ambani group firm RNRL.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:58 am UK council urged to prevent bauxite mining in OrissaThe Leicestershire County Council has been urged to put pressure on mining major Vedanta Resources to stop a major project to mine bauxite from the Nyamgiri mountain in Orissa.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:53 am 2003 Delhi park gangrape: All accused held guiltyDelhi court on Monday held all four members of the cavalier guards of the elite PBG guilty in the 2003 Buddha Jayanti park gangrape case.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:51 am BSE extends losses to 4 pctMUMBAI (Reuters) - The Bombay Stock Exchange extended losses to 4 percent late on Monday, tracking a broad sell-off across equity markets worldwide on worries about the pace of global economic recovery.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:49 am Dravid says has nothing to prove after ODI recallCHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Former cricket captain Rahul Dravid has nothing to prove to his critics and says he is just glad to be back in the one-day side.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:46 am Sensex extend losses, down 612ptsThe Sensex finally ended (provisional) at 14,774 - down 638 points.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:46 am Nepal to seek India's help to build historic museum - Economic Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:35 am Ex-wife confesses her role behind Kuwaiti fire tragedyThe disgruntled former wife of a Kuwaiti bridegroom has reportedly confessed to starting the the fire which charred at least 43 women and children at a wedding.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:35 am No slowing down on H1 borrowing plan: Finmin officialThe government said today it would not cut its borrowing target scheduled for the first half of the current fiscal, scotching all speculations after a bond auction announcement was skipped last friday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:32 am Sensex tumbles 671 points, biggest fall in 3 monthsStock markets plunged on Monday in line with weakening global trends. The Sensex fell over 600 points below 15,000, while the Nifty was down 200 points.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:27 am Rare 1857 mutiny message discovered in UKWritten on Sept 1, 1857, a tightly folded scrap of paper containing a key encrypted message, has been discovered at the Harewood House in Leeds.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:24 am 16 killed in suicide attack on police station in RussiaAt least 16 people, including policemen, were killed and over 60 injured when an explosives-laden truck rammed into the gates of a police station in a southern Russian city.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:17 am RSS disagrees with Jaswant Singh's views on Jinnah - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:13 am States not doing enough to strengthen police: Chidambaram - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:09 am RSS disagrees with Jaswant's views on JinnahRSS, the ideological fountainhead of the BJP, on Monday said it did not agree with the views of senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on his eulogy of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:06 am Three new ministers sworn in Kerala - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 3:01 am 'Dil Bole Hadippa' postponed because of Rani's rashi?'Dil Bole Hadippa' postponed for Rani Mukherjee?Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:43 am BCCI's AGM on September 24"The AGM would be held on September 24. There are no elections scheduled for any post," a BCCI source said today.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:26 am Auto strike in Delhi, commuters hit hard - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:23 am Centre, states to overcome challenges of internal security: HMHome minister P Chidambaram today said the Centre and the states would act together to overcome all challenges posed to internal security.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:22 am Lata dedicates 'Hanuman Chalisa' recording to IndiaSinging legend Lata Mangeshkar has for the first time recorded the 'Hanuman Chalisa' for an album, dedicating her prayers for the betterment of the country, which is seeing 'tough times' due to a drought, a recession and the swine flu virus.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:20 am Swine flu cases in West Bengal rise to 44Five people tested positive for the Influenza A(H1N1) virus here Monday, taking the total number of swine flu cases to 44 in West Bengal, a health official said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:20 am Achuthanandan inducts three new ministersKerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Monday expanded his ministry by accommodating three allies in the 20-member council of ministers.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:20 am Cross-border terror still 'most pervasive threat', says PMEmphasising that cross-border terrorism was still a major threat, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday warned that the government had credible information of terror groups in Pakistan planning fresh attacks against India.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:20 am India welcomes more baby girls for first timeEND: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> More girls were born in Delhi than boys last year for the first time, according to of...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:19 am Man pleads guilty to attack Indian-origin doctorAlfer Azzopardi, 20, pleaded guilty to a total of 41 charges involving a series of armed robberies, attempted armed robberies and assaults around Melbourne.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:15 am Modi slams Centre for rejecting anti-terror billModi on Monday accused it of playing politics while dealing with terrorism and said he "fails to understand" why it returned the anti-terror bill proposed by his state.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:15 am Jet Airways plane skids off runway, passengers safeGet Quote ] aircraft carrying 139 persons skidded off a runway just before its take off from the Bangladesh capital on Monday, but no one was hurt in the accident.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:15 am 'India can locally produce H1N1 drug'The H1N1 virus is all that we get to talk or read about these days. While the government continues to move pillar and post to ensure that this problem is brought under control, it also faces another p...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:15 am Spirit of India comes alive in Manhattanhousands of people from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut jammed the sidewalks of Madison Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday to celebrate India's 62nd year of independence with verve and vigour.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:15 am India PM warns of fresh attacks - BBC News
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:07 am Sensex tumbles over 412 points at midsessionThe Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex tumbled over 412 points at midsession today on frantic selling by funds in line with weakening global trends.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 2:03 am Sehwag wants to quit Delhi; just a pressure tactic says DDCAIndian opener Virender Sehwag has threatened to quit the Delhi Ranji team, alleging interference in selection matters by the DDCA Sports Committee members.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 1:57 am Villager killed, SPO injured in militant attacksArmed militants barged into the house of Anayat-ullah at Poti village of Kashtigarh belt, 200 Kms from Jammu, and shot him dead late last night.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Aug 2009 | 1:41 am New swine flu jab may trigger brain disorderThe British Government has written to senior neurologists to warn them that the new swine flu vaccine may trigger a deadly brain disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 1:39 am Raje not to quit as Opposition leader of Rajasthan assembly - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Aug 2009 | 1:37 am Sensex tumbles over 412 points at midsessionSensex tumbled over 412 points at midsession on Monday on frantic selling by funds in line with weakening global trends.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 1:29 am Raje not to quit as opposition leader of Rajasthan assemblyRebellious Rajasthan leader Vasundhara Raje's camp stated that the former CM will continue as the leader of opposition till the next assembly polls.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 1:28 am Bomb blast kills six in northwest PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb planted in a vehicle went off near a petrol station in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing six people and wounding several, police said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2009 | 1:27 am Prime Minister says Pakistan groups planning new attacksNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday there was "credible information" that Pakistan-based militant groups were planning fresh attacks on India.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am Sehwag may leave Delhi Ranji team for HaryanaIndian opener Virender Sehwag has threatened to quit the Delhi Ranji team, alleging interference in selection matters by the DDCA Sports Committee members.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:36 am Credible info on fresh attacks from Pak soil: PM"Cross-border terror is the most pervasive threat. We've credible info that terrorists in Pak will carry out fresh attacks in India," PM said at the internal security conference.Source: The Times of India | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:18 am Leader of banned Pakistan militant group shot deadKARACHI (Reuters) - The leader of a banned Sunni Muslim militant party in Pakistan was shot dead on Monday in an apparent sectarian attack, police and party officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:10 am Two suspected Afghan nationals heldKOLKATA: Two persons, suspected to be Afghan nationals, were remanded to police custody for five days at Islampur in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Sunday. The duo was arrested in a raid on Saturday, Superintendent of Police ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am TNEB proposes 20 Any Time Payment machines for cityCHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has proposed to make available 20 Any Time Payment (ATP) machines in the city soon to ease the process of payment of electricity bills for consumers. A TNEB official said a tender calling ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am By-election campaign for five Assembly seats comes to an endSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Private temples get show cause noticesCoimbatore: The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board (HR&CE) has served show cause notices on nearly 140 private trust-run temples in the Coimbatore Zone in a bid to regularise their functioning in terms of maintenance of ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Sub-way work at Sellur resumesExpected to be commissioned in three months, it will decongest trafficSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Talks on Cauvery power projects todaySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Vasundhara statement ‘positive,’ no actionBJP Parliamentary Board believes she will quit legislature party post as directedSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am LeT militant killedSRINAGAR: A Lashkar-e-Taiba militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Pulwama district on Sunday. On a tip-off, police and the Army launched a combing operation in Aarmullah , where they were attacked by militants. The slain ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am 152 more test positive for A(H1N1) influenzaNEW DELHI: With 152 people testing positive for the A (H1N1) influenza in the country in the past 24 hours, the total number of confirmed cases has gone up to 1,707. Twenty-five people have died so far — Pune 13, Bangalore five, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Bhuvan will impact people greatly: Kasturirangan’Ideal example of space capability and IT conjunction’Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am Haryana will dig lakes to fight droughtNew lakes will be dug and reservoirs built, while old ones will be renovated by the Haryana government to fight drought in the future, the state's finance minister has announced.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 10:30 pm Bolt mesmerises with record-shattering runBERLIN (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt obliterated his own 100 metres world record to win the world championship final in a breathtaking 9.58 seconds on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2009 | 10:20 pm Kashmir wooing Bollywood backSparkling rivers, regal Chinar trees, flowering meadows and snowcapped peaks - the beauty of Kashmir had been depicted in several hit Hindi movies like 'Aarzoo', 'Kashmir Ki Kali' and 'Betaab' until insurgency hit the valley. After a long hiatus, filmmakers are once again going there and Piyush Jha's 'Sikandar' is the latest to capture the state's picturesque landscape.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 9:01 pm Post-'New York', filmmakers look at me differently: John AbrahamHit film 'New York' has completed 50 days at the box office and actor John Abraham says the film industry is looking at him differently now - from being termed as expressionless by critics, he is now being praised for emoting on screen.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 9:00 pm New courts for speedy justice - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Aug 2009 | 6:35 pm Exiled Afghan general Dostum returns as vote loomsKABUL (Reuters) - Exiled Uzbek leader General Abdul Rashid Dostum, whose supporters could swing this week's presidential election, returned to Afghanistan on Sunday after being given a government all-clear.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2009 | 12:08 pm South Korea reports second swine flu deathA 63-year-old South Korean woman died of swine flu Sunday, becoming the country's second victim of the viral disease, the WAM news agency reported.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 12:00 pm Football Lovers' Day observed with blood donation campsAltogether 1,149 soccer lovers of West Bengal donated blood on the occasion of the Football Lovers' Day Sunday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 11:01 am Harbhajan's advice: take swine flu precautionsIndian cricket star Harbhajan Singh Sunday landed in the city wearing a mask and also appealed to people to take proper precautionary measures against swine flu.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 11:01 am Family, friends and admirers remember Subhas ChakrabortyAmid tears, floral tributes, songs and emotional speeches, the family and friends of Subhas Chakraborty Sunday remembered the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader who died earlier this month.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 11:00 am Zimbabwe's Coventry equals record one-day scoreLONDON (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry smashed 194 not out against Bangladesh on Sunday to equal the record individual score in a one-day international.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2009 | 10:10 am Lin scripts history, China bag four gold medals in World BadmintonChina's Lin Dan and Lu Lan won the men's and women's singles titles beating their compatriots in the World Badminton Championships here Sunday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 10:01 am First swine flu case reported in Himachal PradeshA woman in Himachal Pradesh Sunday tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, making her the first case of swine flu in the state, officials said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 10:01 am Muslim scholars support India's fight against terrorReligious scholars and political experts from several Muslim and Arab countries Sunday endorsed India's fight against terrorism as they participated in a seminar held at the Taj hotel, the scene of last year's brutal terror attacks.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Aug 2009 | 10:00 am Lin masters the badminton worlds with three-in-a-rowHYDERABAD (Reuters) - Olympic champion Lin Dan spurred China to a dominant display at the world badminton championships on Sunday when he completed a record hat-trick of titles.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2009 | 9:10 am ANALYSIS - Karzai seen winning Afghan poll, but at what price?KABUL (Reuters) - There is no doubt who the strongmen are backing in Afghanistan's presidential election on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Aug 2009 | 5:00 am
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