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`Expedite trials where accused is in jail for over 3-yrs`!The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed that trials in all the cases where accused is languishing in jail for three years or more should be expedited.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Sep 2009 | 6:41 am IIT faculty on hunger strike over pay hike!Teachers of IITs, for the first time, are staging a hunger strike on the issue of pay structure.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Sep 2009 | 6:41 am Chhattisgarh chimney crash: Search ops continue!The rescuers early on Thursday continued their search for survivors under the debris of an under-construction power plant chimney in Chhattisgarh of the Balco that caved in Wednesday amid heavy rain killing at least 20 labourers.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Sep 2009 | 6:41 am India can see through Pakistan`s `game`: Krishna!Pakistan`s powerful ISI is still working in "tandem" with the Taliban in Afghanistan to further complicate efforts to find a political solution to the conflict there, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Sep 2009 | 6:41 am `Racist attacks won`t be tolerated in Oz`!Victoria premier John Brumby Thursday said that racist attacks are unacceptable.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Sep 2009 | 6:41 am Army wants 9 mm semi automatic pistols for its elite units!In a bid to provide more firepower to its special forces for anti-terrorist and counter insurgency roles, the Army is considering procuring 9 mm semi automatic pistols and new General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG).Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Sep 2009 | 6:41 am Pokhran II controversy unnecessary, says AEC Chief !In an apparent attempt to clear all doubts over India`s nuclear prowess, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar on Thursday termed the controversy over Pokhran II nuclear tests as unnecessary.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Sep 2009 | 6:41 am Terrorists asked us to set Oberoi on fire: 26/11 witness!A staff of hotel Oberoi on Wednesday told a special court hearing the Mumbai attacks case that he was held hostage by two of the terrorists and was forced to set afire furnitures in a restaurant at gunpoint.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Sep 2009 | 6:41 am India capable of building N-deterrence up to 200 KT: KakodkarEmphasising that India's hydrogen bomb test Pokhran II was "successful" and achieved all the desired goals, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:32 am Nagarjuna Construction to raise Rs 600 cr via QIP routeNagarjuna Construction today said it will raise Rs 600 crore by way of private placement of shares with potential buyers.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:26 am Woman injured in bear attack in KashmirA middle-aged woman was today seriously injured when a bear attacked her in Pulwama district in Jammu and KashmirSource: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:24 am Suzlon slips 3% on treasury stake saleThe stock finally ended near the day's low with a loss of 2.5% at Rs 92. The counter witnessed trades of 13.07 million shares on the BSE today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:22 am Tata Power drops over 3%, ends flatThe stock dipped further to a low of Rs 1,275 - down 3.5% from the days high. However, it receovered its losses and ended flat at Rs 1,311. Around 52,212 shares changed hands at the counter on the BSE today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:17 am Uttar Pradesh in a tizzy as Rahul stays in Dalit's hut - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:15 am Euro Multivision IPO fully subscribed on final dayThe initial public offer (IPO)of the compact disc maker Euro Multivision got fully subscribed on the final day of its issue today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:12 am Punjab government exempts Adarsh schools from taxesChandigarh, Sep 24 (IANS) The Punjab government has exempted Adarsh (model) schools, coming up under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the state, from various taxes.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:10 am Lucknow University to launch degree course in event managementLucknow, Sep 24 (IANS) The Lucknow University is all set to launch a two-year post-graduate degree programme in event management - a mega industry now reaching a figure of over Rs.10,000 crore annually in India, officials said Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:10 am Gun-toting securitymen guard Tripura during Durga pujaAgartala, Sep 24 (IANS) It's festival time in Tripura, with colourful marquees and prayers amid beating of drums. At the same time the state government, scarred by years of insurgency, has heightened security for Durga Puja to thwart any terror attack.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:10 am Inflation up at 0.37 percent, prices of essential items soarEssential prices rose exorbitantly on yearly basis, fuelling inflation to 0.37 per cent during the second week of September from 0.12 per cent a week ago.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:08 am Gujarat ATS to question ISI agent caught in BiharGujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) will question alleged ISI agent Sudhanshu Sudhakar arrested from Patna.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:54 am Uttar Pradesh in a tizzy as Rahul stays in Dalit's hutLucknow, Sep 24 (IANS) After taking his party colleagues and the state administration by surprise when he landed unannounced in Lucknow and drove off to an undisclosed destination, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi spent Wednesday night in a poor Dalit's hut in a remote village of Shravasti district in Uttar Pradesh.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:50 am Vijayan skips court, counsel wants Antony examinedKochi (Kerala), Sep 24 (IANS) Marxist leader Pinarayi Vijayan Thursday failed to appear before a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here in connection with the SNC Lavalin corruption case, but his counsel demanded that Defence Minister A.K. Antony be examined by the investigating team.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:50 am Envoys of seven nations present credentials to President PatilNew Delhi, Sep.24 : Seven envoys presented their credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:50 am Adlabs promises action over theft of '...Raashee' printMumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) Adlabs Processing Thursday pledged to take action against employees responsible for leaking the master print of forthcoming Bollywood movie 'What's Your Raashee?'Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:50 am Rs.10 million compensation for miscarriage of justiceChandigarh, Sep 24 (IANS) Nachhattar Singh and his four other 'murder' co-accused spent the past 13 years in agony. They made countless rounds of the courts and police stations claiming they were innocent and even spent five years in jail. Finally, the Punjab High Court has exonerated them and will compensate them with Rs.10 million, an official said Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:50 am India to hold joint military exercise with China in 2010New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) India Thursday said it will hold the third joint military exercise with China next year and clarified that no such drill was planned for this year.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:50 am IBN18 Broadcast board okays Rs 510 crore rights issueMedia house IBN18 Broadcast today said it would raise up to Rs 510 crore through the issue of shares to its existing shareholders.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:41 am Man trespassing into Pakistan shot dead by BSFA man trespassing into Pakistan was shot dead after he was challenged by BSF personnel at Gadraroad fencing in Rajasthan's Barmer district.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:41 am RIL, NTPC sign gas supply agreementReliance Industries (RIL) today said it has signed natural gas sales pact with state-run NTPC.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:35 am Desist from hunger stir, Sibal tells IIT faculty - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:34 am Pakistan's Younis fit to face IndiaKARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan captain Younis Khan will be available for their Champions Trophy match against India despite a finger injury, the Pakistani board said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:31 am Hizbul commander killed in a encounter in KashmirA self-styled chief commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Peer Panchal Regiment and his close associate was shot dead by security forces in Kashmir.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:31 am Angry monks pray as China opposes Dalai Lama's Arunachal visitTawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Sep 24 (IANS) Buddhist monks have been holding special prayers here for the safe visit of the Dalai Lama to India's frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh after China objected to the Tibetan spiritual leader's proposed trip, religious leaders Thursday said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:30 am Narayana Murthy steps down as NDTV DirectorMedia firm New Delhi Television (NDTV) today said N R Narayana Murthy, founder of IT major Infosys Technologies, is stepping down as its director with immediate effect.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:29 am Gujarat ATS to question ISI agent caught in Bihar - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:29 am Chander Mohan's love life costs him Congress ticketChander Mohan's claim for Congress ticket has been ignored by the high command -- due to his controversial marriage to lawyer Anuradha Bali aka Fiza and the eventual break-up earlier this year.Source: The Times of India | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:27 am 'G-20 Meet will Chart Course for Balanced, Sustained Growth' - Outlook
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:19 am 13 Indian firms in Forbes Asia's Fabulous 50 listAs many as 13 Indian companies, including Reliance Industries (RIL), Infosys Technologies and Tata Steel, have made it to the list of Forbes' 50 best listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:17 am Champions Trophy: England have a daunting task against Sri LankaEngland must find a way to get rid of Dilshan, who is in red hot form, early, else he, along with Jayasuriya, could severly punish their bowlers. The match starts at 6pm IST.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:15 am India's Apr-July pulses imports surge by 50%Imports of pulses have surged by 50 per cent to 900,000 tonnes in the first four months of this fiscal till July, due to the supply-demand mismatch that sent prices of key pulses like tur soaring.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:08 am Champions Trophy: S Africa choose to bowl against KiwisSouth Africa are unchanged from the side which lost Tuesday's tournament curtain-raiser to Sri Lanka, with Hashim Amla continuing to open the batting in place of Herschelle Gibbs.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:08 am Infosys tops combined value chartInfosys tops the combined value chart on both the BSE and the NSE with a value of Rs 762.61 crore. It is followed by Reliance (Rs 467.57 crore), Tata Steel (430.84 crore), JP Associates (Rs 430.74 crore) and HDFC (Rs 376.64 crore).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Sep 2009 | 3:00 am 26/11 mastermind Saeed files petition to end house arrestJuD chief Hafiz Saeed filed a petition in Pakistan court on Thursday seeking the discharge of two "fake" cases registered against him under the anti-terrorism act.Source: The Times of India | 24 Sep 2009 | 2:52 am Anna Joshi leaves BJP; to fight Mah polls on NCP ticketCracks in the BJP city unit have surfaced with Joshi's cross-over to a party which is ideologically opposite with its secular plank.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 2:50 am Jaipur not to host India-Australia series - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 2:49 am UP govt to take up Rahul's surprise visit issue with Centre'The government has taken a serious view of Rahul's surprise visit to the state without any information either to the local administration or police,' an official said today.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Sep 2009 | 2:48 am Assembly Polls: Prez's Son Gets Congress Ticket - Outlook
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 2:46 am No Sino-Indian army exercise scheduled this year - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 2:05 am Australia's Bracken out of Champions TrophySYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia pace bowler Nathan Bracken will miss the Champions Trophy due to a knee injury, the Australian cricket board said on Thursday. The left-arm bowler is suffering pain in his right knee and will return home to consult a specialist, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Sep 2009 | 1:57 am Skydivers claim highest landing ever near Everest - Reuters India
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 1:37 am Rahul on surprise visit to UP, Mayawati fumesIt took the authorities 6 hrs to put together all information about Rahul's hush-hush visit to the state. The UP govt will file official complaint against him to central govt.Source: The Times of India | 24 Sep 2009 | 1:30 am Skydivers claim highest landing ever near EverestKATHMANDU (Reuters Life!) - Three skydivers, including one Indian, made the highest parachute landing ever at a drop zone near Mount Everest, Nepal officials said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Sep 2009 | 1:24 am Toll rises in Balco plant chimney mishap, 31 dead - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 1:23 am Can build nuke deterrence upto 200 kilotons: KakodkarRubbishing doubts on the efficacy of the hydrogen bomb test in 1998, Atomic energy commission chairman Anil Kakodkar today said scientists have achieved success in building deterrence capability of upto 200 kiltons.Source: The Times of India | 24 Sep 2009 | 1:17 am No military solution possible in Afghanistan: Krishna - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Sep 2009 | 1:14 am India's headline inflation exceeds forecastsNEW DELH (Reuters) - India's wholesale price inflation rate rose in mid-September on higher food costs, adding to the challenge for policy makers who are focused on nurturing growth but face an anticipated sharp uptick in inflation.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:58 am Shortage of contraceptives worry DhakaThe shortage of contraceptives is worrying health planners and international agencies engaged in curbing population in Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely populated nations.Source: The Times of India | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:48 am Air India cuts employee incentive pay by up to 50 pctMUMBAI (Reuters) - State-run Air India will cut productivity linked incentives (PLI) payable to its employees by up to 50 percent, in a cost cutting measure affecting over 7,000 of its employees.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am No split in PR, says ChiranjeeviHYDERABAD: Perturbed over reports of fissures in the Praja Rajyam, PR president K. Chiranjeevi has clarified that there was no scope for a split in the party as all the MLAs and leaders were united. Mr. Chiranjeevi’s comments ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am Hooda has his wayNEW DELHI: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has had his way in distribution of Congress tickets to candidates of his choice for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections and his detractors are left not just fuming but wondering why ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am Centre for new war on MaoistsMinistry proposal for use of special forces being consideredSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am Rescue work on at BALCO plant siteProbe ordered into chimney collapse; 20 bodies recoveredSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am PSLV puts Oceansat-2 and six nano satellites in orbitThis was the 15th successful flight of the PSLV in a rowSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am Now Tharoor complains about workloadNew Delhi: After creating a controversy by his ‘cattle class’ remark on the social networking site Twitter, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has now complained about his workload while twitting about ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am Oceansat-2 to beam first images todayHYDERABAD: The initial four images from Oceansat-2 will be received around 12.30 p.m. on Thursday by the National Remote Sensing Agency’s (NRSA) earth station at Shadnagar, about 55 km from here. The station, equipped with four ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am Rs. 230-cr. power projects reviewedChief Project Manager assesses progress along with top TNEB officialsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am ISRO has challenges ahead, says official“GSLV-D3 launch in December will be a landmark in indigenous technology”Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am Ban lauds India’s commitmentUnited Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday lauded India’s commitment towards reducing its per capita carbon emission. He was speaking after the conclusion of the high-level Climate Change Summit at the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am Ramesh Kumar bags bronze in World WrestlingIndia's Ramesh Kumar created history by winning the bronze medal in the freestyle 74kg category at the World Wrestling Championship.Source: The Times of India | 23 Sep 2009 | 10:50 pm G20 looks to nurture recovery, plant safeguardsPITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's biggest rich and developing countries meet on Thursday to seek ways to nurture the economic recovery and build safeguards against future catastrophes.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Sep 2009 | 10:45 pm Sensex opens in the red, down 0.66 percent in early tradeThe benchmark index of the Indian stock markets opened in the red Thursday and was down 0.66 percent within five minutes.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 10:30 pm Obama to chair historic UN council nuclear meetingUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will chair a historic meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that is expected to ask nations with nuclear weapons to scrap their deadly arsenals.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Sep 2009 | 10:30 pm Rs 1 crore for 5 framed in fake murder caseThe Punjab and Haryana HC has directed Punjab govt to pay Rs 1 crore in compensation to five innocent people who were sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for the murder of a person, who turned out to be alive.Source: The Times of India | 23 Sep 2009 | 10:14 pm Upset over pay, IIT professors on hunger strikeMembers of the All India IIT Faculty Federation have decided to stick to their plan of teaching with hungry stomachs on Thursday despite HRD minister Kapil Sibal snubbing them for their proposed agitation.Source: The Times of India | 23 Sep 2009 | 9:32 pm Shahid takes break for dads filmStarting November, Shahid Kapoor will take nine months off to prepare and shoot for his father Pankaj Kapurs out-and-outSource: The Times of India | 23 Sep 2009 | 9:26 pm Water found on Moon's surface; NASA to make announcementIndias maiden Moon mission Chandrayaan-1 has found water on the lunar surface. Credit for this much-awaited discovery goes to NASA's Moon Minerology Mapper (M3). NASA will hold a press conference later in the day.Source: The Times of India | 23 Sep 2009 | 8:50 pm Despite flops, I never lost confidence in Hurman Baweja: GowarikerWhen 'Love Story 2050' tanked at the box office, not many in Bollywood were willing to put their money on Hurman Baweja. But Ashutosh Gowariker, who had already signed him on for 'What's Your Raashee?', continued to show his trust in the youngster.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 8:30 pm Chandrayaan-1 finds water on moon - reportLONDON (Reuters) - Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar mission, has found evidence of large quantities of water on its surface, The Times newspaper reported on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Sep 2009 | 8:20 pm Pakistan reports one more swine flu caseA Pakistani national who arrived here from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been diagnosed with swine flu, a media report said Thursday citing hospital sources.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 7:30 pm Uttar Pradesh DSP shot by sonThe son of a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) shot his father and uncle Wednesday night after a brawl in the George Town locality of the city, police said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 6:00 pm Two distribution house executives held in film piracy caseMUMBAI (Reuters) - Two executives working in film distribution companies in Mumbai were arrested on Wednesday for their involvement in pirating movies, a thriving bootleg industry that sees Bollywood lose up to $400 million in revenue annually.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Sep 2009 | 1:13 pm 'Ecospace' business park inaugurated in KolkataAmbuja Realty Wednesday inaugurated the first phase of its 'Ecospace' business park on the northeastern fringes of the city.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 12:00 pm Kalavati to campaign for 'third front' in MaharashtraKalavati Bandurkar, a farmer's widow who became the face of the common people after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke of her plight in parliament, is not only fighting the Maharashtra assembly elections but also campaigning for the 'third front'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 12:00 pm PM didn't ask Uttar Pradesh for report on job scheme: officialPrime Minister Manmohan Singh has not asked for any report about the implementation of National Rural Employment Scheme (NREGS) in Uttar Pradesh, a state government spokesperson said here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 11:00 am 20 killed in Chhattisgarh power plant accidentAt least 20 workers were killed and some 50 were trapped under debris when a chimney of an under-construction power plant of Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) collapsed in Chhattisgarh's Korba town Wednesday afternoon, police said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 11:00 am West Bengal lagging in urban scheme implementation: MinisterWest Bengal is lagging behind in implementing the projects sanctioned under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) scheme, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy said here Wednesday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 11:00 am Salman's Diwali gift for the needyBollywood actor Salman Khan has found a new way of bringing a smile to the faces of the underprivileged this Diwali - by launching the 'Being Human' gold and silver coins, the proceeds of which will go to a charity.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Sep 2009 | 10:30 am
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