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Rumblings in Goa government, Congress says all is well!Some legislators and ministers in the Congress-led coalition government in Goa are unhappy with the way the administration is being run and a few are even tentatively seeking a change of leadership.Source: Zee News : States | 15 Jan 2010 | 5:08 am Maha Kumbh: Many projects for devotees yet to be completed!Nearly 100 projects aimed at providing basic amenities to the six crore pilgrims planning to visit the three-month-long Maha Kumbh mela are yet to be completed by the administration.Source: Zee News : States | 15 Jan 2010 | 5:08 am Press `panic button` to send messages from low-floor buses!In an effort to ensure better security inside low-floor DTC buses, the Delhi govt will soon install GPS and a `panic button` on the vehicles through which emergency messages can be sent to police control rooms.Source: Zee News : States | 15 Jan 2010 | 5:08 am Now, demand to remove mannequins displaying lingeries in MP!The saffron brigade, donning the role of moral police, has asked shop owners here to remove mannequins displaying women`s lingeries.Source: Zee News : States | 15 Jan 2010 | 5:08 am Culling of chickens begins at Bengal villages!Culling of flu-affected chickens has begun at Khargram and Nabagram areas in Murshidabad district on Friday morning after hundreds of the birds died in the past few days.Source: Zee News : States | 15 Jan 2010 | 5:08 am 'Continue stimulus till economic recovery firm'Economists today asked Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to continue with the fiscal stimulus until firm economic recovery amid intense speculations about a possible withdrawal of measures taken to spur the economy.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:24 am Tata Motors Group's global Dec sales up 84%The company also posted 137 per cent surge in the sale of its commercial vehicles at 37,326 units in December 2009, it said in a statement.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:22 am Sensex ends 36 points downMumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities ended 36 points lower Friday, bringing an end to a lacklustre day of trading.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am TRS chief's daughter faces cases for provocative callHyderabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Hyderabad police have booked Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao's daughter K. Kavita for making a provocative statement against the screening of the Telugu film 'Adurs.'Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am India, US to deepen cooperation in urban developmentAs India witnesses a boom in its urban population, New Delhi and Washington have agreed to deepen their ties in the urban development sector.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:17 am Oz court sentences man who attacked Indian cabbie - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:13 am Maharashtra Seamless gains on export ordersThe stock slipped further to a low of Rs 368 and finally ended at rs 372 - up 2.2%. Around 37,000 shares were traded on the BSE today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:12 am 6 wounded as militants attack Sopore police station - Press Trust of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:09 am Intel posts Q4 net income at $2.28 bnChip maker Intel has reported a robust growth in the fourth quarter net income at $2.28 billion, indicating recovery in technology sector.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:09 am Indusind Bank Dec qtr net up 95% to Rs 88 crHinduja group-promoted Indusind Bank today said its net profit rose by 95.38 per cent to Rs 88.04 crore for the quarter ended December 31, against Rs 45.06 crore in the same period a year ago.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:01 am The curious case of Singapore arms firm's 'blacklisting'New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) For about a year now, there have been reports of a $3.8- billion Singapore arms firm being 'blacklisted' on corruption charges. On Friday, the company said this was far from being so.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am Post-26/11, Headley told to do surveillance of Chabad housesEncouraged by the role played by David Coleman Headley in Mumbai attacks without even coming to notice of intelligence agencies, LeT had put the Pakistani-origin Chicago resident on another job -- surveillance of Jewish Chabad houses in several Indian cities -- for possible future strikes on the lines of 26/11.??The fresh indictment filed against Headley along with his school friend Tahawwur Hussein Rana, alleged that in March 2009, Headley conducted surveillance of various targets inSource: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:58 am India,Bangladesh meet-a new phase of relationship - ncrsamaylive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:54 am Telangana issue: Cong legislators redraw resignation strategiesCongress legislators from Telangana region are redrawing strategies in the wake of a serious difference of opinion on locking horns with the high command over the issue of tendering resignations before January 28.????Having been caught in a fix with the party high command issuing a serious warning directing them to immediately withdraw their resignations and not to precipitate the situation, these leaders are sitting down to redraw their strategies and find a way out of situation, party sourcesSource: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:51 am Sensex rises by 55 points in the opening tradeMumbai, Jan 15 : The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex increased by 55 points in the opening trade on Friday, on emergence of fresh buying by funds ahead of the quarterly results of firms led by software company Tata Consultancy Services.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:50 am Feast organised during solar eclipse in OrissaBhubaneswar, Jan 15 (IANS) The Pathani Samant Planetarium in Orissa has arranged a special feast at its campus during the solar eclipse Friday to dispel any superstition, said an official.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:50 am 'Citi to cap cash bonuses below $1,00,000 level'Citigroup will limit the cash bonuses for its bankers at below $1,00,000 in a move to defuse public uproar over compensation, says a media report.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:47 am Shree Renuka Sugars Q1 net jumps 24-fold to Rs 260 crShree Renuka Sugars today said its consolidated net profit jumped twenty-four times to Rs 260 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, over the same period previous fiscal.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:46 am Orissa hopes to win local support for Posco projectBhubaneswar, Jan 15 (IANS) The Orissa government says it will try to win the confidence of those opposed to South Korean steel major Posco's proposed $12-billion project in the state's Jagatsinghpur district.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am Senior Goa cop's son may be held in accident casePanaji, Jan 15 (IANS) The son of Goa's Inspector General of Police (IGP) K.D. Singh may be arrested for his alleged involvement in a road accident here, a top police official said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am God is on the side of devotional musicNew Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Devotional music is one genre that has shown no decrease in popularity in India at a time when all other genres of the Rs.7.3 billion a year industry have been affected by Bollywood music, say singers and music sellers.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am Indian cricket board announce dates for South Africa seriesMumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) The Indian cricket board Friday announced the dates for the series against South Africa starting Feb 6 with the first Test in Kanpur.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am Shyam Benegal's 'Manthan' to be screened at BerlinaleNew Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal's National award winning movie 'Manthan' will be screened at the fourth Culinary Cinema at the 60th edition of Berlinale Film Festival.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am LeT gave Headley $28000 for Mumbai terror preparation - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:36 am China says ways to resolve Google issue, U.S. cautiousBEIJING (Reuters) - China sought on Friday to play down a threat by Google Inc to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, saying any decision by the Internet search giant would not affect U.S. trade ties.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:30 am Krishna in Nepal on three-day visit - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:26 am Reliance Entertainment eyes MGM bid - reportMUMBAI (Reuters) - Reliance Entertainment, the media and entertainment arm of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is likely to bid for Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the Economic Times paper said, citing an unnamed person with knowledge of the development.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:24 am Security at oil facilities in Bihar tightenedPATNA (Reuters) - India has deployed additional forces to guard energy facilities including an oil refinery in Bihar after police found maps of such units with a suspected militant from Bangladesh.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:19 am India focused on Bangladesh series, not rankingCHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - India are focused on winning a two-test series against Bangladesh, not maintaining their place at the top of the world test rankings, said skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:18 am Suzuki aims to take stake in Volkswagen soonHAMAMATSU, Japan (Reuters) - Suzuki Motor Corp is keen to take a stake in Volkswagen AG soon, as the European automaker looks for shareholders willing to sell to Suzuki, the head of the Japanese firm said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:17 am India gold traders at bay; seek price declinesMUMBAI (Reuters) - Most Indian gold traders kept to the sidelines on Friday awaiting further falls and also as a weaker rupee weighed on sentiment, dealers said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:10 am "Ring of fire" solar eclipse millennium's longestSINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - The longest, ring-like solar eclipse of the millennium started on Friday, with astronomers saying the Maldives was the best place to view the phenomenon that will not happen again for over 1,000 years.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:07 am Rebels attack Kashmir police station, 2 killedSRINAGAR (Reuters) - Two people were killed and six wounded on Friday when separatist guerrillas threw grenades and opened fire at a police station in Kashmir, police and witnesses said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:53 am Solar eclipse brings Maha Kumbh to a standstillThe otherwise bustling Maha Kumbh Mela here has come almost to a complete standstill due to the solar eclipse with doors of temples shut and many devouts taking to meditation to ward off what they believe to be an inauspicious period.Source: The Times of India | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:08 am LeT gave Headley $28,000 for Mumbai terror preparationA Federal Grand Jury indictment unsealed in Chicago reveals that the LeT bankrolled 26/11 suspect Headley to the tune of $28,000, including $3000 in Indian currency, for his repeated trips to India for surveillance jobs.Source: The Times of India | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:50 am Desperate Haitians await foreign disaster reliefPORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Thousands of people injured in Haiti's massive earthquake spent a third night twisted in pain, lying on sidewalks and waiting for help as their despair turned to anger.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:20 am Watch: Millennium's longest solar eclipseSource: The Times of India | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:14 am Jyoti Basu 'very critical', docs see no improvement - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:13 am Oz court sentences man who attacked Indian cabbieAn Australian accused of assaulting an Indian taxi driver in a Victorian city was today swiftly sentenced to three months in jail, hours after he verbally and physically abused the cabbie under a spell of alcohol.Source: The Times of India | 14 Jan 2010 | 11:11 pm Jazz-up-your-home tips for 2010Source: The Times of India | 14 Jan 2010 | 11:07 pm Gilchrist worried by Sena threat, may skip IPL3Worried by Shiv Sena's threat against Aussie players, Deccan Chargers' skipper Adam Gilchrist could give IPL3 a miss if security experts rule India unsafe.Source: The Times of India | 14 Jan 2010 | 11:03 pm Actors should be like supermarkets: ShahidSource: The Times of India | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:30 pm Half a million bathe in Ganges; crush kills 7HARIDWAR (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Hindus bathed in waters considered sacred across large parts of the country to mark the start of the "Kumbh Mela" festival on Thursday, with at least seven people killed in a stampede in West Bengal.Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:47 pm Pak 'bomber' on recce for 26/11-type attack nabbed - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:10 pm CPM is not against religion, says Karat - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 14 Jan 2010 | 3:51 pm Nitish govt swears by Ganga to fight inflation - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 14 Jan 2010 | 3:40 pm Kapoor promises action against corrupt generals - Economic Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 14 Jan 2010 | 3:36 pm SC seeks allowance for CJI wife's 2009 tripIn a departure from tradition, Supreme Court has asked the govt for daily allowance for the wife of the CJI who accompanied him during visits to two countries last year against the practice of Indian missions giving it locally.Source: The Times of India | 14 Jan 2010 | 2:31 pm Kendriya Vidyalayas set weight limits on schoolbagsFinally, students can hope to have some load taken off their backs. The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has come up with a graded formula that prescribes weight limits on schoolbags of its students.Source: The Times of India | 14 Jan 2010 | 2:05 pm Mysore fourth on NYT's 2010 must-visit listThe only other destination in India in the list is Mumbai, ranked 13th. Sri Lanka tops the list, followed by Patagonia wine country in Argentina and Seoul.Source: The Times of India | 14 Jan 2010 | 1:54 pm
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