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No compromise on Jharkhand CM post: Soren!JMM chief Shibu Soren on Thursday made it amply clear that he wants to become the CM of Jharkhand.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Dec 2009 | 5:40 am 10 yrs after IC-814 hijack, Nepal pledges better safety!Recovering from the trauma of the sensational hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft 10 years ago, Nepal`s civil aviation authorities say they have strengthened security measures at the country`s only international airport.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Dec 2009 | 5:40 am Four cops injured in Maoist encounter in Orissa!Maoist violence continued unabated in Orissa as four policemen were injured in a shootout between police and extremists in Koraput district early Thursday.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Dec 2009 | 5:40 am Historical edifices in Bihar lie in ruinsThis historical edifice has inscriptions in Pali dates back to 3rd century BC. The locals are unhappy about the state of the monument in their neighbourhood.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:24 am Modern carpet looms to boost carpet industry in Kashmir ValleyOnce a popular industry in Jammu and Kashmi, carpet-weaving is going through a rough time for the want of good weavers.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:21 am Mushrooms could harbour cancer cureResearchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered how a promising cancer drug, first discovered in a mushroom commonly used in Chinese medicine, works.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:19 am 3i Infotech erases gains, ends down 2%The stock erased all its gains and slipped into the negative terrain to touch a low of Rs 90. The scrip finally ended at Rs 91, down 2% from its previous close. The counter clocked volumes of 3.71 million shares as compared to the two-week daily average traded volumes of 1.11 million shares on the BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:17 am Gene linked to childhood asthma identifiedResearchers have identified a gene linked to childhood asthma, a finding that may be instrumental in developing new treatments for common respiratory disease.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:16 am Future-minded people make better decisions for their healthA survey conducted over college students with an average age of 19 showed that subjects who gave future-minded answers were more likely to report healthy behaviours.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:14 am Protein that keeps blood pressure in control discoveredResearchers at the University of Iowa have discovered a protein channel that helps nerve sensors in blood vessels keep blood pressure in check.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:12 am Govt approves extension of order benefits to sick ITIIn an attempt to revive loss-making telecom equipment manufacturer ITI, the government today approved a proposal under which the company will continue to get orders for 30 per cent of products requirement of BSNL and MTNL in reservation quota.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:11 am Noted thinker Bhaskar Laxman Bhole passes awayAn authority on social reformers like Shahu Maharaj, Jyotiba Phule and Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, Bhole was a recepient of several awards.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:11 am Centre to grant "Maharatna" status to PSEs with potential to be MNCsNew Delhi, Dec 24 : The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the introduction of Maharatna category for Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:10 am PM's Working Group suggests autonomy for Jammu and KashmirNew Delhi, Dec 24 : In a noteworthy progress, a Working Group of the Prime Minister has suggested autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the Central Government may consider an offer made by the ruling National Conference in this regard.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:10 am Brokers oppose change in trading timingsMumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) Brokers at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) Thursday demanded that the two apex exchanges reconsider advancing the daily trading sessions to 9 a.m. from Jan 4.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:10 am Genes that drive aggressive brain cancers identifiedScientists have identified two genes that, when simultaneously activated, spur the most aggressive forms of human brain cancer.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:09 am Justice Sagir's Centre-state relations report ignores Jammu, Ladakh: BJPKhajuria said despite Kashmir valley having less population and area, it has 46 assembly seats, while Jammu having more population and more area has only 37 assembly seats.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:08 am Lily Allen rumoured to be engagedThe 'Fear' singer, 24, has fuelled speculation that she is to marry builder-boyfriend Sam Cooper, 44, when she slipped a sparkler on her ring finger during a posh night out.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:05 am Nifty ends at 2009-closing highSensex has finally ended (provisionally) at 17,336 - up 104 points.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:03 am Foreign direct investment crosses $19 bn this fiscalNew Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Foreign funds inflow into India touched $19.38 billion during the first eight months of this fiscal ending November, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said here Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Core industries grew 5.6 percent in NovemberNew Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Key sectors of the economy grew 5.6 percent in November, according to Commerce Minister Anand Sharma.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Maruti to showcase concept MPV at Auto ExpoThe company will showcase 17 vehicles at the fair, under the theme 'Joys of Life', celebrating its 26 years of journey in the Indian auto market.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:57 am Aureole Inspecs to bring three global eyewear brands in 2010Aureole Inspecs, a joint venture between Aureole India and British eyewear company Inspecs, today said it would introduce three international brands early next year to enhance its offerings in the country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:51 am Wary Goa set to usher in ChristmasPanaji, Dec 24 (IANS) On the heels of US based terror suspect David Coleman Headley's reported visit to the state earlier this year, a wary Goa is all set to usher in Christmas celebrations amid high security.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am Aamir designs shoes to promote '3 Idiots'New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan has designed shoes for his latest movie '3 Idiots', which will be released Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am 80 Telangana legislators quit over centre's u-turnHyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) As many as 80 legislators from the Telangana region cutting across party lines have decided to quit, while nearly half of them have already submitted their resignations to the assembly speaker, protesting the central government's move to put on hold the process of forming a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am India gives greater autonomy to 'jewels' among state-run firmsNew Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) India Thursday created a new category for its highly-efficient state-run firms, called maharatnas or mega-jewels, to extend much greater autonomy to its managements and flexibility in areas like mergers, acquisitions and recruitment.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:40 am Crorepati clerks in Uttar Pradesh governmentLucknow, Dec 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh is notorious for its affluent politicians and bureaucrats. Now a new report by the state vigilance department says even clerks in the state government have been found owning assets far beyond their known and legitimate sources of income.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:40 am Cong eyes govt in Jharkhand, talks on with JMM - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:36 am Mixed response to report on Centre-Kashmir ties - Daily Pioneer
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:36 am Crorepati clerks in Uttar Pradesh govtUP is notorious for its affluent politicians and bureaucrats. Now a new report by the state vigilance dept says even clerks in the state govt have been found owning assets far beyond their known legitimate sources of income.Source: The Times of India | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:35 am Infra industries expand by 5.3% in NovemberCore infrastructure industries grew by 5.3 per cent in November against meagre 0.8 per cent a year ago, in line with the recovery in industrial growth.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:31 am Nepal P.M. to visit Lhasa as China seeks closer tiesBEIJING/KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's prime minister will visit the Tibetan capital of Lhasa during his upcoming trip to China, as China tries to forge closer ties with its southern neighbour in order to control a restive minority at home.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:29 am s.Oliver mulls expansion, to have 77 outlets by 2012German premium fashion and lifestyle brand s.Oliver today said it will invest around Rs 47 crore by 2012 to have a total of 77 outlets and shop-in- shops across the country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:27 am Fannie Mae, Freddie exec pay to be disclosedThe Federal Housing Finance Agency is expected to announce the pay packages of top executives at the government-run mortgage-finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a media report says.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:23 am Govt approves development of 352 km of highways at Rs 2,973 crThe government today approved developing 352 km of highways with an investment of Rs 2,973 crore.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:19 am Sri Lanka elect to bat first in must-win fourth India ODIKOLKATA (Reuters) – Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the penultimate one-day international against India on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:10 am Now, Sun Pharma gets RiskMetrics' support in Taro battleSun Pharmaceutical has managed to gain more support in its battle to acquire Israel-based Taro Pharmaceuticals.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Dec 2009 | 2:01 am Reliance Comm introduces new billing planNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Reliance Communications, country's second-largest mobile operator, on Thursday said it would charge 20 paise per minute for local and national long-distance calls within its network under a new bill plan.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2009 | 1:59 am Politicians aided molester cop: Ruchika's dad - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Dec 2009 | 1:47 am Imam tied to Fort Hood shooter "killed" in Yemen raidSANAA (Reuters) - A radical Muslim preacher linked by U.S. intelligence to a gunman who killed 13 people at a U.S. Army base is believed to have died in a Yemen airstrike on al Qaeda militants, a security official said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2009 | 1:43 am Food inflation cools down to 18.65%Food inflation softened to 18.65% for the week ended December 12, though essential items like potato and pulses continued to remain expensive.Source: The Times of India | 24 Dec 2009 | 1:42 am Games give Facebook-weary employers more headachesBANGALORE (Reuters Life!) - For many employers, Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are already a scourge that cut into productivity. Now they have something else to worry about -- the games hosted by these sites.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2009 | 1:17 am Blast in Peshawar, 5 deadPESHAWAR (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed five people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday when he set off his explosives at a checkpost on a busy road, police said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2009 | 1:11 am Cong says no need for precipitate action by ministers on Telangana - Daily News & Analysis
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:57 am Narain Karthikeyan eyes U.S. switchCHENNAI (Reuters) - Former Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan is exporing opportunities to join the U.S. NASCAR series and has already tested with a new team, he was quoted in local media as saying on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:51 am No one should suffer like my daughter did: Ruchika's fatherComing out in the open for the first time, Ruchika Girhotras father said he and his family were forced to go into hiding and leave Chandigarh due to harassment by former DGP SPS Rathore and his aides.Source: The Times of India | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:37 am Rise in food prices strengthen case for RBI actionNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Food prices rose nearly 19 percent annually in mid-December, reinforcing the case for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to withdraw excess liquidity in January to stem inflationary expectations.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:34 am I will settle for nothing less than Jharkhand CM's chair: Shibu SorenWith 18 Assembly seats in his kitty, JMM chief Shibu Soren today said the results indicated his popularity and wanted his party to be allowed to form the government in Jharkhand which has given a fractured verdict.Source: The Times of India | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:08 am Editors Guild denounces practice of “paid news”NEW DELHI: Shocked by the “pernicious practice” of publishing “paid news” by some newspapers and television channels – particularly during the recent elections – the Editors Guild of India has strongly ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Wide-ranging consultations needed on Telangana: CentreTRS chief sees betrayal, quits along with other MPs & MLAs; Telangana bandh calledSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Fractured verdict in JharkhandRanchi: Stability continued to elude Jharkhand, with the elections to 81 Assembly seats throwing up a fractured verdict. The alliances led by both the Congress and the BJP failed to secure a majority of 41 seats. The Congress, along ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Outcome good, but not adequate: PachauriNEW DELHI: The outcome of the Conference of Parties at Copenhagen is “good” but not “adequate,” R.K. Pachauri, chairperson of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, said on Wednesday. Talking to reporters ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi AwardsNew Delhi: Poets dominated this year’s Sahitya Akademi award winners with eight of their books chosen for the honours in 24 categories of literature. The poets honoured were: Praduman Singh Jindrahia (Dogri), Kailash Vajpeyi ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Chamarajanagar SP, DC to be transferred following protestsChief Minister meets farmers who came by padayatraSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Rosaiah planning Cabinet reshuffleHYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Rosaiah is planning to reshuffle his 34-member Council of Ministers after seeking the Congress high command’s approval for the changes. He is leaving for New Delhi after Christmas to meet AICC president ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am ‘I disposed of bulletproof jacket’MUMBAI: The mystery behind the missing bullet-proof jacket of the slain Maharashtra ATS chief, Hemant Karkare, took a new turn on Wednesday, with a government hospital sweeper claiming he had disposed it of long ago. — PTI ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Industry bodies divided over BIAL reportBangalore: The reactions of representative bodies of industry to the report of the Joint House Committee on Bangalore International Airport Ltd. are divided. While J. Crasta, president, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Situation in A.P. has altered: ChidambaramThis is the text of the statement made by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on the Telangana issue in New Delhi on Wednesday : “At a meeting of all political parties convened by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Telangana stir: Protesters take to violence on the streets, MPs, MLAs resignTelangana MPs, MLAs quit protesting the govt's decision to put statehood on hold even as TRS supporters and students resorted to pelting stones at buses, shops as a 48-hr bandh started in the region.Source: The Times of India | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:43 pm Suicide bomber kills three in Pak's PeshawarA suicide bomber blew himself at a police checkpoint in this northwestern Pakistani city today, killing three persons and injuring 4 others.Source: The Times of India | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:38 pm U.S. Senate on verge of passing healthcare billWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was poised to approve President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Thursday, backing major changes in the medical insurance market and new coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Dec 2009 | 11:03 pm Why women want to cuddle and men don'tWhat's up with this gender difference? Women like to make eye contact and stay close after the deed is done while men want to roll over and, literally or figuratively, light a cigarette.Source: The Times of India | 23 Dec 2009 | 10:54 pm Hrithik broken by Barbara's loveHrithik Roshan, say his friends, is slowly unraveling as he finds that forbidden love is just that forbidden....Source: The Times of India | 23 Dec 2009 | 9:11 pm Hat-trick, record margin for Anitha - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Dec 2009 | 7:00 pm Obama says disappointment at Copenhagen justifiedWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit was justified, hardening a widespread verdict that the conference had been a failure.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Dec 2009 | 6:07 pm Karkare jacket dumped in garbage a copout? - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Dec 2009 | 5:33 pm Chidambaram wants to bifurcate home ministry - Economic Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Dec 2009 | 5:18 pm Lucky to foil 12-13 terror strikes: Chidambaram"In 2009, 12-13 terror strikes were foiled which had the potential of becoming another Mumbai, Delhi or Jaipur attack... Luck plays an important role in this," home minister P Chidambaram said.Source: The Times of India | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:55 pm India, Pak get in a tangle over release of fishermen - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Dec 2009 | 3:44 pm Jharkhand's curse of chaos continuesThe Congress-JVM(P) has emerged as the largest pre-poll alliance with 25 seats and is likely to get the first invite from the governor. But it is well short of the 41 required for a simple majority.Source: The Times of India | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:36 pm UP BSP MLA's son opens fire at bar staff, arrested - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:25 pm Editors Guild denounces practice of “paid news” - Hindu
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