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Headley`s Rahul identified as Mahesh Bhatt`s son!The mysterious Rahul, talked about in terror suspect David Headley`s emails, has been finally identified as Mahesh Bhatt`s son.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Nov 2009 | 6:05 am RJD leader abducted in J`khand; search on !Search is on for RJD leader Ramchandra Singh, who was abducted by suspected Naxalites in Jharkhand.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Nov 2009 | 6:05 am Son of I-T inspector probing Koda`s case assaulted!Two unidentified persons tonight assaulted the son of an income tax inspector who was one of the officials engaged in the investigation into the hawala scam allegedly involving former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Nov 2009 | 6:05 am US preparing a `substantive` visit for Manmohan Singh!Preparations are well underway to ensure a "good, substantive" schedule for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he comes here later this month on the first state visit hosted by President Barack Obama.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Nov 2009 | 6:05 am President to fly fighter jet only if fit: IAF chief!President Pratibha Patil is "medically fit" to fly in a frontline Sukhoi fighter aircraft, but would undertake the sortie only if found fit on the day of the flight, IAF chief P V Naik said here on Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Nov 2009 | 6:05 am Swine flu toll at 514, over 15,000 affected in India !Six swine flu deaths, including two each from Rajasthan and Gujarat, were reported on Thursday, pushing the total toll to 514 in India, health authorities said here.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Nov 2009 | 6:05 am Passport confirms Headley`s 9 visits to India!LeT terror suspect David Coleman Headley`s visits to India have been confirmed through his passport.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Nov 2009 | 6:05 am Govt ready to `revisit` genuine concerns of Maoists: PC!The government on Thursday said it is ready to "revisit" issues like land acquisition, structure of government and tribal rights raised by the Maoists but for that the Naxals have to abjure violence and come for talks.Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Nov 2009 | 6:05 am New neurons erase old memories to make new onesThe study provides some of the first evidence that new neurons sprouted in the hippocampus cause the decay of short-term fear memories in that brain region, without an overall memory loss.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:41 am New software for rendering cloaked objectsThe software, which is not yet commercially available, is a visualization tool designed specifically to handle complex media, such as metamaterial optical cloaks.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:39 am No regrets, Andre Agassi wrote tell-all for his kidsAndre Agassi said he has no regrets about baring his life in his recently published memoirs, adding that his wife Steffi Graf was proud of him.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:37 am South Korea GS Shopping to buy $18.5 million TV channel stakeSouth Korea's TV shopping channel, GS Shopping, said on Friday it was set to buy a 15% stake in TV18 HSN Holdings Ltd.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:35 am NTPC stake sale to fetch government $1.7 billionSince August, share sales in two state firms -- NHPC and Oil India raised about $1.8 billion.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:33 am Silence descends for Costa Rica and UruguayCosta Rica and Uruguay waged a war of silence rather than words as they prepared for the first leg of their 2010 World Cup playoff.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:32 am Bangladesh arrests 3 for targeting US, India interestsBangladesh has in recent months detained dozens of members of hardline Islamist groups who want to turn the secular democracy into a sharia state.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am StanChart eyes India listing in early 2010It would be the first time an overseas company lists its parent group's shares in India.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:29 am Ranbaxy pares early gains, ends flatThe stock ended flat at Rs 410 and clocked volumes of 201,186 shares at the counter on the BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:28 am Myanmar's Suu Kyi's lawyers file detention appealLawyers for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday they had lodged an appeal against her house arrest with the Supreme Court but expected no rapid decision.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:27 am Bajaj Hindusthan seeks shareholders' nod to raise Rs 2,000 crThe country's largest sugar manufacturing firm, Bajaj Hindusthan, today said its shareholders will meet on December 16 to consider and approve raising of Rs 2,000 crore from domestic and international markets.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:26 am Blast near US base in Kabul wounds severalA car bomb exploded near a NATO convoy just outside a US military base in Kabul early on Friday, wounding civilian contractors, foreign soldiers and Afghan bystanders, the NATO-led force and local police said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:25 am Mahindra Satyam down 7% on L's stake saleMahindra Satyam slipped to a low of Rs 109 and finally ended at Rs 110, down around 7%. The counter witnessed trades of 46.44 million shares on the BSE as compared to the two-week daily average traded volumes of 7.23 million shares.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:22 am Toshiba strengthens retail business with new stores in BangaloreBangalore, Nov 13 (ANI/Business Wire India): To further the objective of being close and provide the best-in-class retail experience to customers, Toshiba India has added two more shop Toshiba retail outlets in Bangalore. Prior to this the company already had two shop Toshiba outlets in the Silicon Valley of India.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:20 am Jersey returns to India to promote finance industryMumbai, Nov 13 (ANI/Business Wire India): A Jersey Finance delegation, is heading to India later this month to build on the contacts established during previous visits and to promote the benefits of doing business with Jersey.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:20 am Inflation a risk to recovery: World BankAsian economies must handle their monetary and currency policies carefully to avoid unleashing a wave of potentially destabilising inflation, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said today. The US and European economies, which are barely starting to recover from the global meltdown, are less at risk, but in Asia, the massive liquidity flowing into regional markets could push asset prices up dangerously high, Zoellick said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:19 am Govt hopes to raise Rs 8,100 cr via NTPC divestmentThe government today said it is expecting to raise about Rs 8,100 crore from the five per cent stake sale in power PSU NTPC through a follow-on public offer (FPO).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:14 am Ramsarup Ind signs power purchase agreementRamsarup Industries, a leading manufacturer of steel wires in India, has signed a power purchase agreement for its waste heat, CO-gas based 22 MW power plant with West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) , a state government owned electrical utility company.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:11 am PM may meet BSNL top brass to check falling revConcerned over BSNL's falling revenues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet the top brass of the telecom PSU and Communication and IT Minister A Raja to look into causes and find ways to improve performance.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:04 am Pak: 20 killed as bombers strike at ISI officeSuicide bombers on Friday struck Pakistan's powerful ISI hitting its operational headquarters in northwestern city of Peshawar and a police station nearby in Bannu, killing 20 people, including seven personnel of the spy agency.Source: The Times of India | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:01 am Uttar Pradesh sugarcane farmers intensify agitationLucknow, Nov 13 (IANS) After carrying out a series of protests in western Uttar Pradesh against the sugarcane purchase policy of the central and the state governments, cane farmers are now spreading their agitation to other parts of the state.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am Cotton yield to decline 4.45% on adverse climateHit by drought during sowing season, flood in flowering time and cyclone on harvesting, Indias cotton yield is estimated to decline 5.45 per cent this year.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:55 am REI Agro raises $105 mn through FCCBsRice processing and marketing firm REI Agro today said it has raised $105 million (about Rs 486 crore) through the issue of convertible bonds in the international market.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:52 am The new face of the NSGNew Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) One year after the 26/11 terror attack, the NSG is acquiring a new, edgier face. Amongst the sophisticated gadgets that it will soon be equipped with are:Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:50 am IITs want to be accredited by statutory bodyAs the government wants to make accreditation mandatory for all institutions, the IITs have said they would like to be accredited by a statutory body and not by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:47 am Britney Spears' Twitter account hackedNew Delhi, Nov 13 : Pop diva Britney Spears has become a victim of Internet hackers.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am Court dismisses suit against Prasar Bharati chiefNew Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the government's decision to give extension to Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer (CEO) B.S. Lalli.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am Sensex up 1.15 percent in afternoon tradeMumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) A key Indian equity index was ruling 1.15 percent up Friday afternoon amid volatile trading.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am Immigrants now require 'permission' to stay in UKUnder the new Immigration Bill, immigrants will either be granted permission or refused, making the rules easier for applicants and staff. Those in the UK must gain permission or face removal for breaking the law.Source: The Times of India | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:22 am Bihar attracts Rs.1032 crore investment in four years - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:21 am Apex court turns down Mayawati appeal on Ambedkar parkNew Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday refused to suspend its order halting all construction and maintenance work at the memorial sites of Dalit leaders in Lucknow to enable the Uttar Pradesh government to prepare for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's death anniversary on Dec 6.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am Clouds cover Chandigarh, neighbouring statesChandigarh, Nov 13 (IANS) Overcast conditions and a fall in temperature Friday forced the residents of Chandigarh and neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana to take out their woollens.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am High alert in Bihar's Jehanabad to foil repeat of 2005 jailbreakPatna, Nov 13 (IANS) Security was stepped up at Bihar's Jehanabad district Friday following intelligence reports that Maoist rebels may be planning a repeat of their audacious 2005 attack on the district jail, officials said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am Gold demand edges up as prices ease from recordsMUMBAI (Reuters) - India gold demand edged up on Friday as prices eased from their record highs struck in the previous session, but flow of scrap eased, dealers said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:04 am Obama faces strains in Japan, first stop in AsiaTOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Tokyo on Friday for a summit in which the two allies will seek to ease strained security ties as they adjust to a rising China, set to overtake Japan as the world's No.2 economy.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:02 am Canada needs India more than India needs Canada, says newspaper - Economic Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:02 am Telgi handed 7 years jail in stamp paper scamThe main accused in the fake judicial stamp case Abdul Karim Telgi has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment each in two cases by a local court here.Source: The Times of India | 13 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am INTERVIEW - No panic, but rice price pressure building - IRRIMANILA (Reuters) - Ample supplies mean the rice market does not need to panic about rising demand from the Philippines, India and Africa or the El Nino threat to production, an industry expert said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:50 am India quietly bolsters disputed China borderTAWANG (Reuters) - The rutted mountain road to Tawang in India's remote northeast, quiet and empty for years, is abuzz these days with heavy construction activity. Bulldozers are slowly turning the rickety road to the Chinese border into a double-lane highway.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:47 am Larsen sells part Satyam stake for $66 mln - sourcesMUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro sold a third of its holding in outsourcer Mahindra Satyam on Friday for about $66 million, three sources close to the deal said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:39 am Headley 'in league' with 26/11 attack terrorists - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:14 am Myanmar's Suu Kyi's lawyers file detention appealYANGON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday they had lodged an appeal against her house arrest with the Supreme Court but expected no rapid decision.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:05 am 13 killed, 55 wounded in Pakistan suicide bombingsAt least 13 people were killed Friday when a suicide bomber struck near the office of the Pakistani spy agency ISI in this North West Frontier Province (NWFP) capital and another detonated himself at a police station in the province's Bannu area.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:04 am Meira Kumar leaves for New YorkA parliamentary delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Friday left for New York to attend the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the Third World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:03 am Maoists abduct RJD legislator in JharkhandSuspected Maoist rebels abducted a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator and his six supporters in Latehar district of Jharkhand when he was returning home after attending a party, police said Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:02 am Most of Bengal's ruling parties against advancing assembly pollsIgnoring the views of a minor partner, the majority of West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) constituents say there is no need to advance the state assembly polls slated for mid 2011 just because of 'some electoral setbacks'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am Domestic call centre market seen at $6.8 bn by 2013With around 500 firms sending out promotional messages or calling up for bill payment reminders, the domestic call centre market is seen growing 33 percent per year to top $6.82 billion by 2013, says leading global market research and analytics firm IDC.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am 75 new swine flu cases in RajasthanAs many as 75 new cases of influenza A (H1N1) have been reported in Rajasthan, taking the number of positive cases of swine flu in the state to 455, an official said Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am Record number of pilgrims visit Vaishno Devi in 2009As many as 74,20,910 pilgrims have visited the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi here so far this year and the authorities expect the number to cross the eight-million mark.Source: The Times of India | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:56 am Maoists abduct RJD legislator in Jharkhand - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:45 am China gifted 50kg uranium to Pak for nuke bombsChinas dirty little secret of nuclear proliferation to Pakistan, including virtually giving Islamabad two nuclear weapons on a platter while the US remained oblivious and smug, has exploded in Washington.Source: The Times of India | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:43 am We’ll use force of law to tackle attacks: RuddSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am Railways to run spic and span Janata Ahar plazas“You can enjoy food for Rs.10 in a bright and clean ambience”Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am David Headley’s arrest pre-empted strikes in IndiaNEW DELHI: Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders were at an advanced stage of preparation for strikes in India when their plans were pre-empted by the arrests of two key operatives in Bangladesh and the United States, government sources toldSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am Fonseka quits as Chief of Defence StaffCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Sarath Fonseka, who as Army Chief led the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, on Thursday sent in his resignation letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, possibly to join ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am Jewellery stolenTirupur: Diamond jewellery were allegedly stolen from car passengers after the vehicle got involved in an accident at Palladam on Wednesday. Some persons who came in the pretext of helping the occupants took away the diamond jewellery ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am Transgenders can register as “other”NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday announced that transgenders will hereafter be referred to as “other” on the basis of willingness of the individual, instead of mentioning them as “male” or ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am MBBS students convicted of raggingVIJAYAWADA: The First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court here on Thursday awarded one-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1,000 each to three house surgeons of Siddhartha Medical College for ragging the students of the Government ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am Metro route eats up more treesRealignment costs 110 trees around Cubbon Park instead of original 70Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am Detectives begin work on mapping Headley networkSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am OMC row: dharna at Rosaiah’s officeHYDERABAD: Thirty nine legislators and one MP of Telugu Desam were arrested when they staged a dharna in front of the Chief Minister’s Office block inside the Secretariat on Thursday. They were demanding suspension of V.D. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am Bomber attacks Pakistani intelligence agency; 9 deadPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber attacked an office used by Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing nine people and wounding 55, officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Nov 2009 | 11:57 pm Australian gets over 6yrs in jail for attacking IndianIn April last year, Parrish Chales had stabbed taxi driver Jalvinder Singh five times with a hunting knife. Singh had crawled out bleeding from the cab and was found in the gutter hours later by a passing truck driver.Source: The Times of India | 12 Nov 2009 | 11:49 pm Mulayam's Firozabad disaster: SP down, Cong up everywhere - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 12 Nov 2009 | 11:23 pm Rajnath, RSS chief discuss bjp's future - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 12 Nov 2009 | 11:12 pm Rain and mist bring winter chill to DelhiDelhiites woke up to a chilly morning Friday with mist and light showers.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Nov 2009 | 11:03 pm Three killed in Pakistan police station bombingThree people were killed and 25 wounded Friday in a suicide attack at a police station in Bannu district in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Nov 2009 | 11:03 pm Sanatan Sanstha is threat to nation: Goa home ministerThe Hindu rightwing group Sanatan Sanstha, five of whose associates have been booked in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa, is a threat to the entire nation, state Home Minister Ravi Naik said here Friday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Nov 2009 | 11:03 pm Three troopers killed in Orissa landmine blastAt least three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed Friday after Maoists blew up their vehicle in Orissa's Malkangiri district, police said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Nov 2009 | 11:02 pm Investigators zero in on US-based LeT terrorist's mysterious 'Rahul'Its neither Shah Rukh Khan nor Rahul Gandhi. He is the son of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. But Rahul Bhatt, 25, a fitness instructor, is not on the LeT hitlist. He is a friend of Lashkar operative David Coleman Headley.Source: The Times of India | 12 Nov 2009 | 10:59 pm They were Reddy but much too hasty for steady Shettar - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 12 Nov 2009 | 10:59 pm Stapled Chinese visas not valid, says India - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 12 Nov 2009 | 10:55 pm Is your sexual obsession listed here?Obsessions or fetishes are normal inclinations towards one thing or the other. Here is a list of a few fetishes - while some are innocent, the other are on the wild side.Source: The Times of India | 12 Nov 2009 | 10:12 pm What is Amitabh-Abhishek starrer 'Paa' all about?Source: The Times of India | 12 Nov 2009 | 10:07 pm Coordination, timing needed to unwind stimulus - APEC forumSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Countries will have to closely coordinate unwinding stimulus packages to keep asset bubbles under control and to avoid derailing a fragile recovery in consumer confidence, business and political leaders said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 12 Nov 2009 | 9:37 pm Darling, I'm sorry, Om Puri tells wifeOm Puri now directs his anger at wifes publishers...Source: The Times of India | 12 Nov 2009 | 9:17 pm Geelani Charges Into KU - Kashmir Observer
Source: Nation - Google News | 12 Nov 2009 | 8:08 pm Eunuchs can vote, contest as 'others' - Times of India
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