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Gas tanker catches fire in Kerala; One dead; 21 injured !A gas tanker collided with a car and caught fire at Puthantheruvu near here early on Thursday in which at-least 21 people have been injured, three of them are serious.Source: Zee News : States | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:22 am Govt`s latest Telangana move evokes reactions!The decision of the central government to call a meeting January 5 has evoked contradictory reactions.Source: Zee News : States | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:22 am Cold winds continue to lash the national capital!Piercing cold wave continued to sweep the capital on Thursday even as the mercury climbed slightly to settle at 6 degree Celsius.Source: Zee News : States | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:22 am US to honour Mother Teresa with stamp!India`s Nobel peace prize winner Mother Teresa will be honoured on a US postage stamp on her birth centenary.Source: Zee News : India National | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:21 am `Haryana Govt to register fresh case against Rathore`!The Centre can ask the Haryana government to register a new case against the accused former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore.Source: Zee News : India National | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:21 am Pak agency arrests Indian fisherman from Arabian Sea!Pakistani Marine Security Agency (PMSA) has arrested an Indian fisherman from the Arabian sea and released the nine others accompanying him, a senior official of the National Fish Forum (NFF) said today.Source: Zee News : India National | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:21 am Four countries issue travel advisory against India!Four countries - the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada - have warned their citizens against travelling to India.Source: Zee News : India National | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:21 am LS, RS authorities differ on additional increment to staff!Establishments of the two Houses of Parliament have taken diametrically opposite positions on the controversial grant of additional increments to their 4,000-odd staff in the face of objections from FM Pranab Mukherjee.Source: Zee News : India National | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:21 am New amendments to empower victims: Report!The Centre will amend the CrPC to empower victims to appeal against a court order acquitting an accused.Source: Zee News : India National | 31 Dec 2009 | 5:21 am China Mobile vice-chairman to step downZhang Chunjiang was suspected of being involved in "serious economic problems". As a result, all of his responsibilities would be suspended.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:30 am 10-year bond yield not worrisome: Reserve Bank deputy governorKC Chakrabarty said 7 to 8% yield on 10-year is not uncomfortable, dangerous nor worrisome.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:28 am Ex-Bulgaria coach Stoycho Mladenov to take over at Egyptian clubThe 52-year-old's contract will last until the end of the season with an option to extend for a further season.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:26 am ONGC doubles oil production at Imperial to 16,000 bpdThe Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has doubled the crude oil production at Imperial Energy, the Russia-focused oil firm it acquired recently, to 16,000 barrels per day and is set to turn the company around next year.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:25 am Markets sign off in styleThe markets ended the last day on a high note. Erasing the previous day's losses and shrugging off the spike in food inflation, the Sensex gained 120 points to end at 17,464 and the Nifty conquered the 5200 barrier to close at 5208, higher by 39 points. Power, consumer goods and energy stocks powered the indices.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:24 am Goran Pandev set to join Inter as Luca Toni heads for RomaInter had also been linked with Bayern Munich's Luca Toni but the Italy forward is on the brink of joining AS Roma.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:23 am EPFO remains indecisive over investing funds in stock marketsThe country's largest retirement fund, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), remained indecisive throughout the year 2009 on investing part of its huge corpus of Rs 2.57 lakh crore in stock markets, an important step which will hang in balance for some more time.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:23 am Three killed as truck collides with train in Uttar PradeshThree persons were killed when a mini truck in which they were travelling was hit by a train at an unmanned railway crossing.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:21 am Fulham defender John Pantsil out of African Nations CupPantsil will miss the tournament in Angola after twisting a knee in his club's 2-1 defeat at Chelsea. Ghana have named Derek Boateng of Getafe as replacement.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:21 am 2010 dawns, but Delhi unprepared for Commonwealth GamesNew Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Delhi steps into the year of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) struggling to battle infrastructural delays, unending construction work and unimaginable traffic snarls.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:20 am Mahadalits to get money for homestead land in BiharPatna, Dec 31 (IANS) Poorest of the poor Mahadalit families in Bihar will be given Rs.20,000 to purchase homestead land under a housing scheme, official sources said Thursday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:20 am Sensex ends year's last day 134 points upMumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) On the last day of the year Thursday, Indian equities ended on a high with a benchmark index adding over 134 points to its tally.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:20 am Tharoor back on twitter, says meeting with Krishna excellentTharoor had publicly ticked SM Krishna off for questioning the new visa rules on the social networking site.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:17 am NTPC hits new 52-wk high on disinvestment plansThe stock pared most of its gains and ended at Rs 236, up 1% from its previous close. The counter clocked volumes of 1.83 million shares as compared to the two-week daily average traded volumes of 1.20 million shares on the BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:17 am Elephant dies of injuries as it tries to descend slopeA veterinary doctor said the calf had tried to descend a slope and got injured. It might have become weak due to the injuries and died.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:16 am Brother sister duo charred to death in Uttar PradeshFahmida, and her 7-month old brother Shamim died n the mishap caused by accidental fire from a coal stove kept to keep the room warm.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:14 am Improvised Explosive Device detected and defused on J&K highwaySecurity forces defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Jammu-Srinagar national highway.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:13 am Radico Diageo shareholding to remain unchanged: RadicoLiqour manufacturer Radico Khaitan today said the Government's nod to Diageo Radico Distilleries (DRD), its joint venture with Diageo, for increasing foreign equity to 100 per cent will not have any impact on its shareholding pattern.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:12 am Sensex ends up 134ptsSensex has ended (provisional) at17,478 - up134 points.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:02 am Two Pakistani politicians in India next week, to pitch for thawNew Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Amid the chill in India-Pakistan ties, two senior Pakistani politicians will be in India next week for a multilateral meet, but use the opportunity to make a renewed pitch for the resumption of the stalled composite dialogue.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am West Bengal among worst performers in NREGA: PranabThe Left Front Government in West Bengal is among the worst performing states in providing work to rural people under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 3:00 am Sensex to enter silver jubilee yearThe BSE Sensex, the barometer of stock market, is all set to enter its silver jubilee year.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:55 am India a safe place for foreign visitors: Krishna - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:50 am B'desh cabinet approves power exchange proposal with IndiaBangladesh cabinet has cleared the proposed landmark power exchange deal with India which will allow the import and export of electricity amounting to over 900 million unit per annum.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:46 am Exiled Tibetans call on China to release Tibetan political prisonersNew Delhi, Dec 31 : Tibetans-in-exile in India held a protest march here today against China's suppression of Tibetan nationals in Nyagchuka County in Tibet.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:40 am HC permits Vishal Yadav to attend sister's engagementNew Delhi, Dec 31 : The Delhi High Court on Thursday accepted a petition filed by Vishal Yadav's lawyer that permits him to attend his sister's engagement ceremony on January 3, 2010.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:40 am Ruchika's school principal under scanner nowChandigarh, Dec 31 (IANS) Education department officials here are probing the 'questionable' role of Sister Sebestina, the principal of Sacred Heart senior secondary girls school, in expelling molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra in 1990.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:40 am An action-packed January for Indian diplomacyNew Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The new year starts on a busy note for Indian diplomacy as New Delhi hosts leaders of four countries in January and imparts fresh momentum to India's engagement with Africa.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:40 am Rathore's wife's plea for early hearing rejected - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:33 am Dubai sets limit for property rent hikes in 2010Dubai has set limits for increase in property rents in 2010 as part of efforts to stabilise the emirate's realty market, rocked by the debt crisis, a media report has said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:31 am 13 Telangana ministers withdraw resignationsImages ] a week ago demanding a time-bound plan for Telangana, said they withdrew resignations on a request by AICC general secretary Veerappa Moily [Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:12 am Past tense, future perfectImages ] leadership in the first election. In other words, it has come to power each time on a minority vote -- and if you place the average voter turnout to be around 55 percent of the electorate, ou...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:12 am Congress Telangana ministers to withdraw resignationAll the 13 Congress ministers from Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh today decided to withdraw their resignation after the Centre's announcement on holding discussions with political parties.Source: The Times of India | 31 Dec 2009 | 1:53 am Mobile number portability by March 2010NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government will introduce mobile number portability across the country by March 31, 2010, pushing back its introduction by up to 3 months in parts of the country, the government said in a statement on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Dec 2009 | 1:52 am Everyone said I should quit acting: Uday ChopraSource: The Times of India | 31 Dec 2009 | 1:30 am Govt's latest Telangana move evokes mixed reactions - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 31 Dec 2009 | 1:17 am Fight like a brave not as coward, Mamata warns Maoists - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 31 Dec 2009 | 1:14 am ‘3 Idiots’ adds punch to bleak 2009 box officeMUMBAI (Reuters) - A stand-off between producers and multiplex owners and a shortage of hits marked a bleak year for Bollywood in 2009, but Aamir Khan starrer ‘3 Idiots’ may have saved the industry from hitting rock-bottom, trade analysts said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Dec 2009 | 1:11 am Bangladesh captain Mortaza ruled out of tri-seriesDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza has been ruled out of next month's home tri-series against India and Sri Lanka after failing a fitness test, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:39 am Afghan attacks kill 8 CIA employees, 5 CanadiansKABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign army base in Afghanistan to kill eight U.S. CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the spy agency's largest death tolls, and a separate attack killed four Canadian troops and a journalist.Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:28 am Shibu Soren sworn in as Jharkhand CM for third time - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:05 am Centre calls all-party meet next weekNEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has announced the initiation of a consultation process on the Telangana issue by convening a meeting here of eight recognised political parties of Andhra Pradesh for January 5 next. Home Minister P. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Rathore denied interim bailFor want of a copy of two fresh FIRsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Bopaiah elected SpeakerBangalore: Amid chaos and pandemonium, and with several members of the Opposition threatening the presiding officer, Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly K.G. Bopaiah was elected the Speaker. The election for the post of the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Vishnuvardhan dies of cardiac arrestSeveral people injured in violenceSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Sale of rural food items at farmers’ market soonDINDIGUL: People visiting the farmers market at NGO Colony near here will soon get an opportunity to buy traditional rural food items and homemade products besides vegetables. It would become a single point shopping centre for consumers, ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Police asked to trace former Rajasthan DIG charged with rapeJAIPUR: The Rajasthan government on Wednesday instructed the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the police to trace and arrest the former DIG, Madhukar Tandon, who has been absconding after being charged with raping a tribal woman 13 years ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Fate of Indian sailors uncertainMUMBAI: The fate of six Indian sailors in St James Park, a hijacked British vessel, remained uncertain on Wednesday, two days after it was seized by pirates. The authorities are yet to establish any contact with the ship. The U.K.-based ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am French swine flu vaccine to be triedNEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry has given its nod for pre-market trial of swine flu vaccine by French drug-maker Sanofi Pasteur in the country. An order for 15 lakh doses worth Rs.50 crore has been given to the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Floriculture yet to take firm roots in NilgirisUdhagamandalam: Introduced during the latter part of the nineties as an alternative economic activity when the crisis in the tea industry was at its peak and later promoted as a source of additional income, floriculture in the Nilgiris is yet ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am Team mapping Dinakaran land begins probeCHENNAI: The three-member team, assigned the task of mapping the land allegedly grabbed by Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran, began its inquiry on Wednesday by meeting both the Tiruvallur district administration and the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am ANALYSIS - After tough year, Dubai expats pack up, eye AsiaHONG KONG (Reuters) - For lawyer Wilfred Goh, the sign it was time to leave Dubai came early in 2009, when the financial crisis took its toll, plunging the emirate's main stock index down roughly 70 percent in a matter of months.Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Dec 2009 | 11:50 pm Food price index up 19.83 y/y on Dec 19 - govtNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The food price index rose 19.83 percent in the 12 months to Dec. 19, while the fuel index was up 4.45 percent, the government said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Dec 2009 | 11:33 pm Great decade, but what after Ratan says tata?It will be interesting to see where the group heads for in the next decade when its chairman Ratan Tata makes way for a younger person to take over the reins.Source: The Times of India | 30 Dec 2009 | 11:30 pm BSE Sensex rises to highest since May 08MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex hit its highest level in nearly 20 months on Thursday, led by index heavyweights Reliance Industries and Infosys Technologies, and was set to post its biggest yearly gain since 1991.Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Dec 2009 | 11:04 pm Tweets, sexting 'unfriended' in U.S. banned word listKANSAS CITY (Reuters) - If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared "shovel-ready" to be "unfriended" by a U.S. university's annual list of terms that deserve to be banned.Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Dec 2009 | 10:05 pm US to honour Mother Teresa with stampIndia's Nobel peace prize winner Mother Teresa will be honoured on a US postage stamp on her birth centenary. The stamp honouring Mother Teresa is expected to be issued on August 26, her 100th birth anniversary.Source: The Times of India | 30 Dec 2009 | 9:30 pm Ex-McKinsey director may be in Galleon plea dealNEW YORK (Reuters) - Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey & Co director accused of leaking information in the Galleon hedge fund case, has agreed to waive indictment in the case, signaling that he may have reached a deal with prosecutors that could include a guilty plea.Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Dec 2009 | 8:08 pm Mother Teresa, Katharine Hepburn to get U.S. stampsLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday said Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa and Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn will be honored in 2010 with their own mail stamps.Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Dec 2009 | 4:38 pm Bollywood is badshah of adult movies in IndiaIt may come as a surprise, but Bollywood, which supposedly churns out "wholesome entertainment" for the jumbo Indian family, released the largest number of 'adults only' movies last year.Source: The Times of India | 30 Dec 2009 | 2:38 pm Five held for murder of kidnapped Gurgaon teenager - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 30 Dec 2009 | 2:25 pm Bopaiah elected Speaker - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 30 Dec 2009 | 2:25 pm Team mapping Dinakaran land begins probe - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 30 Dec 2009 | 2:25 pm BARC lab fire: Kin allege negligence - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 30 Dec 2009 | 2:14 pm Soren sworn in, says he'll complete full termJMM supremo Shibu Soren, who was sworn in for the third time as chief minister of Jharkhand on Wednesday by Governor K Sankanarayanan, hopes his tenure will be longer this time.Source: The Times of India | 30 Dec 2009 | 1:59 pm Centre to slap abetment of suicide charge on RathoreThe long arm of the law seemed to be catching up with former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore with the Centre indicating its preference for slapping Section 305 (abetment of suicide of a minor) against him.Source: The Times of India | 30 Dec 2009 | 12:16 pm MBA student kills DPS boy, seeks ransomAn MBA student plotted the kidnap and murder of a class XI student of DPS and then negotiated the ransom money with the victim's family for 40 days, while visiting them almost every day with words of support, cops said.Source: The Times of India | 30 Dec 2009 | 12:07 pm Rajya Sabha won't disclose biz dealings of MPsRajya Sabha has tried to fend off an RTI application seeking information on the commercial dealings of its members and the shares held by them on the plea that such disclosure will not serve public interest.Source: The Times of India | 30 Dec 2009 | 12:05 pm Directors' choice: Paa, 3 Idiots, Avatar!Almost every director and producer in Hindi in one voice, singled out Paa, 3 Idiots or Avatar as the film of their choice.Source: The Times of India | 30 Dec 2009 | 11:30 am India shrugs off CTBT - Express Buzz
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