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Prachanda seeks clarification on Gen Kapoor`s remarks!Prachanda, who earlier blamed India for the deepening political crisis in the country, today sought clarification from New Delhi about the reported remarks of Indian Army Chief.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Dec 2009 | 6:03 am Govt orders inquiry against Ruchika`s school !The Chandigarh administration has ordered an inquiry against the school, which expelled Ruchika Girhotra under pressure from ex-Haryana DGP SPS Rathore.Source: Zee News : States | 29 Dec 2009 | 6:03 am Six houses set ablaze, six injured in clash!At least six houses were set on fire here and six people injured as rival factions clashed while the tazia procession was being taken for burial this evening on the occasion of Moharram.Source: Zee News : States | 29 Dec 2009 | 6:03 am Security beefed up at Vellore port!Security has been beefed up around a mosque under the protection of ASI in a 16th century Fort here following a tip-off that a group of Muslims might enter it forcibly and offer prayers tomorrow.Source: Zee News : States | 29 Dec 2009 | 6:03 am Colva tense as villagers protest CD maligning priest surfaces!Colva village remained tense on Tuesday as protests over a CD purportedly portraying a local priest in bad light snowballed into a major controversy.Source: Zee News : States | 29 Dec 2009 | 6:03 am Telangana ministers press for `time bound` solution!The Congress MPs from the Telangana region have refused to withdraw their resignations until the party leadership comes out with a time-frame for the formation of a new state.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Dec 2009 | 6:02 am Headley is 2nd biggest case of the year: FBI!Terror suspect David Headley`a arrest has been classified by the FBI as its second biggest case for the year 2009.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Dec 2009 | 6:02 am Former Lok Sabha MP dies of swine flu!Former Member of Parliament from Osmanabad Arvind Tulsiram Kamble succumbed to swine flu today, taking the death toll due to the H1N1 infection to 150 in the city, health officials said.Source: Zee News : India National | 29 Dec 2009 | 6:02 am AR Rahman marketing his Best albumTitled as The Best of AR Rahman: Music and Magic From the Composer of Slumdog Millionaire, this CD claims to compile AR Rahman's finest work in one comprehensive package.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:25 am Global property sector M touched $152 bn: DealogicThe global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the property sector so far this year amounted to $151.8 billion (around Rs 7 lakh crore), the lowest level in the last six years amid the economic downturn.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:24 am Indian sweets, drinks and clothes get copyrightsPlaces famous for their food, drink or clothes -- like Tirupati Ladu, Goa Feni and Banarsi Saree -- from much before the days of copyrights and trademarks won the exclusive right to use these names in 2009.??After a lull of more than two years, the Chennai-based Geographical Indication (GI) Registry dusted off old applications and granted GI certificates to 'Tirupati Ladu', a sweet manufactured by the Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanam-administered Lord Venkateswara Temple, the 'Banarasi Sarees',Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:22 am Malawi police arrest couple after gay weddingHomosexuality is banned in Malawi and carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:22 am Rupee changes little; equities lift sentimentDollar demand from importers tends to peak at the end of each month, when they are required to make payments for their imports.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:19 am Markets end marginally higherThe benchmark indices closed marginally in the green. The markets touched their highest levels in 19 months during the course of the day, only to shed weight towards close. The Sensex finally ended at 17,401, higher by 40 points, and the Nifty closed at 5186, up 7 points.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:18 am Morgan Stanley to set up risk committee; overhaul pay planFinancial services major Morgan Stanley has said it will set up a committee to supervise the company's risk management.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:18 am ArcelorMittal issues $750mn convertible bondsGlobal steel giant ArcelorMittal today said it has raised $750 million (Rs 3,500 crore) through issue of convertible bonds by its wholly-owned arm based here.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:16 am Sebi panel for recovering gains made by IPO scamstersScamsters gained Rs 95.69 crore by rigging IPOs between 2003 and 2005, a regulatory panel has found.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:12 am Police seize seven barrels containing methyl from Bangalore railway yardResidents of the Srirampur area complained of burning and irritation in the eyes, and also that they could smell a foul odour.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:11 am Peace march in Ruchika's memory, 16 years after deathPanchkula (Haryana), Dec 29 (IANS) Teenager Ruchika Girhotra, who committed suicide three years after being molested by former Haryana top cop S.P.S. Rathore, was remembered by people from all walks of life through a march held here on her 16th death anniversary Tuesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:10 am Prohibitory orders in Hyderabad ahead of shutdown, protestsHyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad Tuesday tightened security and imposed prohibitory orders in view of the Telangana shutdown called by all-party Joint Action Committee demanding statehood to the region.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:10 am Earthquake damages property in northeastern IndiaGuwahati, Dec 29 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook India's northeast Tuesday, damaging property in some parts, including in Assam's main city Guwahati.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:10 am ONGC strikes new gas well in TripuraThe gas reserve is huge, and the new discovery would form a considerable reserve base of hydrocarbon.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:08 am Jindal Power files DRHP with SebiJindal Power, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL), has filed a Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for a public issue of equity shares through 100 per cent book building method.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:07 am Illegal wells pose health hazards for slum dwellers in MumbaiChildren could especially be affected by diarrhoea due to pathogens that get mingled with groundwater from the several sewage pipes running below the colony at Shivaji Nagar in suburban Govandi.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:04 am Tharoor tweets again, says he missed brouhaha on visa issue - Economic Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:02 am Sensex ends up 35ptsThe Sensex finally ended (provisional) at 17,396 - up 35 points.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:02 am Japan wants India to sign CTBT, PM puts onus on US, ChinaIndia today clearly put the onus on the US and China for taking a lead in this direction by ratifying the CTBT.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 3:01 am Goa detects three HIV patients every dayPradeep Padwal, director GSACS said judgements decriminalising homosexual relationships and likelihood of legalising sex workers will go a long way in controlling the disease.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:59 am Divine Solitaires to inscribe diamonds with unique identification numberThe unique identification number protects customers from being cheated, because often the purchased diamond is different from the quality as per certificate shown to them.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:55 am Rathore 'abandoned' by his buddies - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:53 am Kannada music composer C. Aswath deadBangalore, Dec 29 (IANS) Well-known Kannada composer-singer C. Aswath died Tuesday after a prolonged illness in the Asian Columbia hospital here on his 70th birthday. He suffered kidney failure which triggered off multiple health problems.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am Was Manali Jewish centre on Headley's target listManali (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 29 (IANS) Investigators tracking American terrorist of Pakistani origin David Coleman Headley's India visits are probing if his friends -- an American couple -- had visited this picturesque resort in Himachal Pradesh for reconnaissance of a Jewish centre here.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am Chaos and anarchy at DDCA AGMNew Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Chaos and anarchy was the order of the day at the Ferozeshah Kotla as Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) members traded charges at a stormy Annual General Meeting (AGM) here Tuesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am National Mineral Development Corp public offer by fiscal-endMumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) The government plans to divest 8.38 percent in state-run National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC) before the end of the fiscal, the company said Tuesday in a regulatory statement.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am Crane falls on three cars, no injuriesNew Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Three cars were badly damaged when a crane at a south Delhi site where a flyover is being built fell on them Tuesday, police said. No one was injured.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am Tharoor tweets again, says he missed brouhaha on visa issueNew Delhi, Dec 29 : A day after he was publicly reproached by his senior colleague S M Krishna, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday commented on Twitter that he had missed brouhaha on the issue.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:40 am Australian contribution to the development of netballNew delhi, Dec. 29 : Australia recently provided a grant for the development of netball courts at Goal sites in Delhi. Under this grant, courts at three community sites have been refurbished. Some sport equipment (skipping ropes and cones) was also purchased under the program.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:40 am ONGC, GAIL to take 12.5% stake in Chinese gas pipelineState-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and GAIL India plans to take 12.5 per cent stake in the $2.01 billion (around Rs 9,300 crore) gas pipeline that China is building in Myanmar to transport natural gas found in the Bay of Bengal.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:34 am Failure to ink legally binding climate deal unfortunate: JapanJapan today termed as "unfortunate" the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks to deliver a legally binding agreement to tackle global warming.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:30 am Aviation sector to turn the corner in 2010: Praful"Specially since October, there has been a rebound in air traffic figures. I hope things will stabilise next year," Patel told PTI here.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:29 am Japan wants India to sign CTBT, PM puts onus on US, China - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:24 am Japan wants India to sign CTBT, PM puts onus on US, ChinaPressed by Japan to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, India clearly put the onus on the US and China for taking a lead in this direction by ratifying it.Source: The Times of India | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:12 am I made mistakes, forgive me, says B SY - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 1:29 am Hartal will be peaceful: BMS state president - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 1:10 am Post-Rajiv years most difficult for Congress: Sonia Gandhi - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:53 am Shibu Soren oath-taking rescheduled at astrologers' behest - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:07 am Hottest celeb controversies of 2009Hottest celeb controversies of 2009!Source: The Times of India | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:03 am Only Congress can meet challenges, says Manmohan‘Major challenges to the nation are terrorism, communalism, naxalism and regionalism’Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Telangana: Centre may clarify soonSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Police remove fasting studentsOU professors launch relay hunger strike in front of Arts CollegeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Concern over bad condition of highwayRAMANATHAPURAM: The deplorable condition of the stretch of National Highway 49 from Madurai to Ramanathapuram has been causing concern among tourists visiting Rameswaram, an important pilgrim centre in the country. The NH 49, which ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Fire at IGI airportNew Delhi: A fire broke out at the basement of a building under construction in terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Monday. There were no casualties. One of the faulty UPS batteries at the site caught fire and heavy ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Airports put on maximum alertNEW DELHI: In the wake of Friday’s bid by a Nigerian to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight and due to the holiday and festival season, all international and domestic airports in India are in a state of “maximum ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Former Minister dies of swine fluPune: A former Member of Parliament from Osmanabad, Arvind Tulsiram Kamble, died of swine flu on Monday, taking the death toll due to the H1N1 infection to 150 in the city, health officials said. Mr. Kamble, a former Minister, was aged 57. He ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Governance too serious to be tweeted on: KrishnaNew Delhi: Distancing himself from Shashi Tharoor’s criticism on Twitter of the new visa rules for foreigners, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said South Block had “gone along” with the Ministry of Home in visa and ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Pennagaram by-election slated for January 20 cancelledSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Japan hopes India will ratify CTBTFor greater exchange of information on trade in high technology material with dual useSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Man arrested for staging his own abduction - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 28 Dec 2009 | 11:29 pm I am done with dating: Kangna RanautI am done with dating: KangnaSource: The Times of India | 28 Dec 2009 | 11:09 pm Hottest 'fashion statements' of the decadeThe decade gave us a lot to talk, tease and brag about! From people, politics and controversies, fashion and beauty was another 'happening segment' Hottest 'fashion statements' of the decade which was marked by a great deal of commotion.Source: The Times of India | 28 Dec 2009 | 11:03 pm Once in a blue moon event on New Year's eveWhen a second full moon in a calendar month appears in the night sky, the occurrence is known as a blue moon. There are 12 full moons most years but every two or three years there is an extra full moon which is called a blue moon.Source: The Times of India | 28 Dec 2009 | 10:47 pm Dangerous pitch threatens New Delhi's World Cup venue hopesCHENNAI (Reuters) – New Delhi is in danger of losing its hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup following a scathing report on the Feroz Shah Kotla pitch after a one-day international was abandoned, media in India reported on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 10:27 pm Headley second biggest FBI bust of the yearThe arrest of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley, that led to the foiling of a plot to carry out terror strikes in India, has been classified by the FBI as its second biggest case for the year 2009.Source: The Times of India | 28 Dec 2009 | 10:27 pm Govt says has no immediate plan to up fuel pricesNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government has no immediate plans to raise fuel prices, the country's petroleum secretary said on Tuesday, after a newspaper report that auto fuel prices could be raised early next year.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 10:23 pm 16 years after Ruchika's death, her school feels the heatRuchika's family is fighting for justice, 16 years after their daughter committed suicide after she was molested by former Haryana DGP Rathore. Meanwhile, a probe has been ordered into the girl's expulsion from school.Source: The Times of India | 28 Dec 2009 | 10:00 pm Govt to delay 3G auction - papersMUMBAI (Reuters) - India, the world's fastest growing mobile market, is expected to delay the auction of third-generation wireless spectrum to February due to uncertainty over defence forces giving up spectrum, two newspapers reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the development.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 9:51 pm Tiger Woods' sex scandal costs $12 billionSponsors of golf superstar Tiger Woods have lost around $5 to 12 billion since reports of his extramarital affairs broke out, a new survey has said.Source: The Times of India | 28 Dec 2009 | 9:50 pm Telangana is making many business-friendly - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 28 Dec 2009 | 9:40 pm Obama says U.S. will pursue plane attackersKAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane, and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every element" of U.S. power against those who threaten Americans' safety.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 8:26 pm 'Qaida claims failed attack on US-bound plane'Al-Qaida claimed the failed December 25 bombing of a US-bound aircraft in a statement posted on an Islamist website on Monday, US monitoring organisations said.Source: The Times of India | 28 Dec 2009 | 4:02 pm Vampires rule, 'Transformers' divides movie fansLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Twilight" vampire franchise topped a survey of 2009 moviegoers' favorites, but film fans were divided over whether they loved or hated this year's "Transformers" sequel.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 3:47 pm Fasting students taken to hospital - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 28 Dec 2009 | 3:11 pm Sonia credits Rajiv for eco reforms; no mention of RaoFormer PM P V Narasimha Rao's name did not find mention in Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's speech as she spoke in glowing terms about past presidents and prominent party leaders.Source: The Times of India | 28 Dec 2009 | 3:08 pm Japan PM to pursue thaw in India ties, boost tradeNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister, who has promised to forge a new place for east Asia in international diplomacy, opened three days of talks in India on Monday focusing on engineering a further thaw in relations and boosting trade.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 8:19 am Bomb at Shi'ite procession in Pakistan kills 25KARACHI (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew up a Shi'ite Muslim procession in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi on Monday, killing at least 25 people, in an attack that underscored multiple security challenges facing the U.S. ally.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 7:54 am Small cars in focus at Delhi Auto ShowREUTERS - The Delhi Auto Expo, which runs from Jan. 5-11 is set to host 10 global launches, all in the small car segment.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 3:42 am Bharti Airtel starts Middle East data servicesNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel, India's leading mobile operator, on Monday said it had launched wholesale data services for the Middle East.Source: Reuters: Top News | 28 Dec 2009 | 2:15 am
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