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`1500 more personnel needed for IGI airport`!The opening of new integrated terminal (T3) of the IGI airport ahead of the Commonwealth Games will require an additional 1500 security personnel for properly manning it.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am Infiltrator killed in Jammu and Kashmir!Border Security Force (BSF) troopers on Sunday killed an infiltrator who was trying to sneak into the Indian territory in Ranbirsinghpora sector from the Line of Control that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am CWG in mind, Delhi Police revamps traffic unit!Keeping the Commonwealth Games in mind, Delhi Police has reorganised its traffic unit by setting up two more ranges and a district besides inducting 1,000 constables to man the city streets.Source: Zee News : States | 17 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am Indian taxi driver threatened with knife in Oz!An Indian student-cum-cabbie was threatened with knife by his two passengers in Australia.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am Citizens can kill in self defence: SC!A person has got every right to kill the aggressor in self defence, the Supreme Court has held.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am Sam Pitroda oppose political interference in education!Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda on Saturday opposed the political interference in higher education institutions like universities.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am Fog engulfs north India; air and rail traffic hit!Dense fog has reduced the runway visibility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here to less than 50 metres, disrupting flight operations.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am Terror infrastructure in Pak still intact: Nirupama Rao!Nirupama Rao has said the recent fidayeen attacks in Kashmir point to the "undeniable" fact that terror infrastructure in Pakistan was intact.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am Bar Councils open to public scrutiny under RTI Act: CIC!The Bar Councils are open to public scrutiny under the Right to Information Act (RTI) and should set-up a mechanism to facilitate processing of applications directed to them under the transparency law, the CIC has held.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am Centre overlooking Chinese activities on border: Joshi!Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday alleged that the Centre was overlooking China`s intrusive activities on the northern border, and demanded a white paper on national security.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am CPI (M) patriarch Jyoti Basu bids adieu!Former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu has died due to multiple-organ failure. He was 95.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am A Marxist and a colossus!As a young barrister who embraced Communism, Jyoti Basu showed remarkable pragmatism in a dogmatic party that prevented him from becoming Prime Minister at the height of coalition politics.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am Indian tribals at bottom of poverty index: UN!Tribals of India find themselves on a par with the bottom 25 countries in the poverty index.Source: Zee News : India National | 17 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am Mumbai Marathon participants inspire Akshay KumarMumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who appeared for a short while before the Mumbai Marathon started Sunday, says he had come to encourage the people but he is taking away good lessons of life from the participants of the world-class event.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:30 am Basu preferred rallies to closed door meetingsKolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) A leader of the masses, Jyoti Basu preferred rallies and street corner meetings to closed door discussions, says his former election agent Gokul Bairagi.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:30 am Sam Pitroda advocates use of all forms of technology for education"As information and communication technology changes, the available tools and applications also change. So we need to harness these tools and look for new models of learning as well," he pointed out.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:24 am Mazda and Ford to dissolve China JV: ReportMazda, Ford and China's Chongqing Changan Automobile Co have basically agreed to split their three-way tie-up, Changan Ford Mazda, into two entities.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:23 am CPM leader Jyoti Basu dies - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:22 am Fears for 100 Afghan asylum seekers bound for AustraliaMore than 100 Afghan asylum-seekers who left Indonesia by boat for Australia three months ago have not been heard from and are assumed to have been lost at sea.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:22 am Who is 'Chemical Ali'?Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majeed, was handed a death sentence on Sunday for his role in a 1988 gas attack in the Kurdish town of Halabja in which 5,000 Kurds were killed.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:21 am Man dies after setting off bomb in Iran city: ReportA man set off an explosive device near a provincial governor's office in northeastern Iran on Saturday night, fatally wounding himself but causing no other damage.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am India, Nepal discuss cooperation to check cross-border crimes - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:19 am Kiran Bedi stresses on changes in education, health for strong IndiaBedi, the first IPS woman officer of the country, said that country's educational system is very poor as nobody takes care of the children living in the slum and rural sector.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:19 am Players enjoy light relief before Australian OpenThe hastily-arranged match at a packed Rod Laver Arena raised more than A$2,00,000 ($184,700) in aid for the Haiti victims.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:19 am Left parties mourn Jyoti Basu's deathThe Left parties described Basu as a tall leader who fought for the downtrodden and said his death was a loss to the Left movement.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:18 am Injury concerns hamper Angola bid to win Group AAngola have injury concerns over key players for their final African Nations Cup Group A match against Algeria on Monday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:18 am Army coach wants Indian marathons to be spread outArmy coach KS Mathew urged the Athletics Federation of India to space out the number of such events in the country.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:14 am There will be none like Jyoti Basu again, says KaratNew Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) 'There will be none like Jyoti Basu again.' This is how Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Sunday saluted a man he prevented from becoming the prime minister in 1996.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:10 am Exhibition on UPA government's initiatives in the north-eastAgartala, Jan 17 (IANS) A five-day mega exhibition showcasing the development initiatives of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the Indian north-east began in south Tripura Sunday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 3:10 am India struggle, 160/6 at teaChittagong, Jan 17 (IANS) India were struggling at 160 for six in the first innings against Bangladesh at tea on the first day of the first Test here Sunday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am Farooq Abdullah, Azad condole Basu's deathNew Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday condoled the death of Jyoti Basu and said the leading light of the Communist movement in India would be missed.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am Man who defeated Basu pays rich tributesKolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) The man who handed out Jyoti Basu his only electoral defeat acknowledged Basu's greatness Sunday, saying he was 'one of the greatest Communist leaders ever born in India'.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 2:20 am After swear words, Karnataka politicians swear by GodBangalore, Jan 17 (IANS) After hurling swear words, Karnataka politicians are now ready to swear by the gods to prove their honesty in the face of charges of corruption, irregularity and amassing land.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 2:20 am India thrash Hong Kong by nine wicketsChristchurch, Jan 17 (IANS) Defending champions India registered their second consecutive victory in the under-19 World Cup with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Hong Kong at the Hagley Oval here Sunday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 2:20 am Prayer meet to express solidarity with Ruchika's principalChandigarh, Jan 17 (IANS) Hundreds of people from various communities Sunday gathered at the Catholic church here in Sector 19 to take part in a prayer meeting organised to express solidarity with S. Sebestina, principal of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 17 Jan 2010 | 2:20 am World pledges quake aid, Haitians still waitingPORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - World leaders have stepped up to pledge aid to rebuild a devastated Haiti, but on the streets of its wrecked capital quake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for the basics: food, water and medicine.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Jan 2010 | 2:07 am Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu diesKOLKATA (Reuters) - Jyoti Basu, the patriarch of Indian communism whose pragmatic politics twice saw him coming close to becoming prime minister, died on Sunday. He was 95.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Jan 2010 | 2:01 am Anil Ambani's VC firm aims to seal 3-6 deals in 6 monthsAnil Ambani Group's venture capital arm Reliance Technology Ventures (RTVL) aims to seal 3-6 deals by June, a top company official said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Jan 2010 | 1:59 am Six of top-10 firms add Rs 65,000 cr to m-capIn lacklustre trade last week, six out of top-10 companies added Rs 65,128.41 crore to their total market capitalisation (m-cap).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Jan 2010 | 1:48 am CPM patriarch Jyoti Basu passes awayJyoti Basu, who strode the political arena like a colossus for over six decades, died here today of multi-organ failure after being struck by pneumonia 17 days ago.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 17 Jan 2010 | 1:31 am Yahoo pulled into Google fracas, Alibaba slams commentsSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Yahoo got pulled into a growing row between China and Google on Saturday, as its Chinese partner slammed Yahoo's statements supporting Google while a source revealed the search giant had stayed silent about cyber-attacks.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:22 am Google denies leaving China, seeks negotiationsSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc enters a second week of high stakes brinkmanship with China's government, amid speculation the firm has decided to pull out of the world's biggest Internet market over cyber-spying concerns.Source: Reuters: Top News | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:14 am Centre considering functional autonomy for national institutions: ManmohanRules for recruiting executive heads for eight such institutions have been liberalised, says PMSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am Sheikh Hasina defends agreements with IndiaDHAKA: In response to a threat of a agitation by a combined Opposition, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has strongly defended the outcome of her recent visit to New Delhi and said the country would get the maximum benefit out of ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am Custody for 3 in RTI activist murder casePUNE: Three persons were sent on Saturday to police custody till January 25 in connection with the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty (39). The three were identified as Vijay Dabhade, Parshuram Telugu and Pramod Waghmore. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am 2 tribal militants killed, ULFA leader arrestedShillong: Two tribal militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with security forces in Songsak area bordering South Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. Two activists of Liberation Achik Elite Force were killed and ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am M.K. Narayanan is new Governor of West BengalPatil for Punjab; M.O.H. Farook gets JharkhandSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am Jyoti Basu extremely criticalKolkata: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu’s condition continued to remain ‘extremely critical’ and ‘his position points towards multiple organ failure,’ a medical bulletin issued by the hospital authorities on ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am “Counter dogmas with rational thinking”Kolkata: India does not need blind faith but rational thinking and a scientific temperament to counter dogmas and ideologies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at the conclusion of the sesquicentenary (150th year) celebrations of the St. ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am Justice Sirpurkar heads 3-member Dinakaran impeachment panelNEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge V.S. Sirpurkar will head a three-member committee that will investigate the grounds for impeachment of Karnataka Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran whose removal from office has been sought jointly by 75 Opposition ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am Hungry Haitians clamour for food and waterRescuers wage an increasingly improbable battle to free the dying before they become the deadSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am Shinde suggests gas-based power plantsBANGALORE: Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday assured the State Government that clearances would be granted if it submitted a proposal to set up a gas-based power plant. Participating in a programme organised by the ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 17 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am Best honchos to head ASI: PM - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Jan 2010 | 11:55 pm Former West Bengal CM Jyoti Basu dies at 95Former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu died in Kolkata on Sunday. Basus vital organs brain, kidney, liver, lungs and heart had started sinking on Friday. He was 95-year-old. | Pay your tributes to Jyoti BasuSource: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 11:43 pm 'We don't feel safe in Australia' - Times Now.tv
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Jan 2010 | 11:24 pm Mattoo resigns as Hockey India presidentDeeply hurt by recent allegations, AK Mattoo resigned as the Hockey India president and also from all the other administrative posts in various sports bodies.Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 10:45 pm Heavy fog engulfs Delhi, air, rail traffic badly hit - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Jan 2010 | 10:43 pm FBI uses Spanish lawmaker's pic for Osama's posterA Spanish lawmaker was horrified to learn that the FBI used an online photograph of him to create an image showing what al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden might look like.Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 10:09 pm Terror infrastructure unharmed in Pak: India - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Jan 2010 | 10:02 pm Apple turns up heat in Nokia battle with ITC filingHELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia said it would defend itself vigorously against Apple’s new complaint to the United States International Trade Commission.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Jan 2010 | 8:38 pm EU unlikely to extend emissions cuts - ministersSEVILLE (Reuters) - The European Union is unlikely to raise its commitment to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent from 20 percent until other countries show greater willingness to follow suit, ministers said on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Jan 2010 | 7:47 pm Six-power Iran meet takes no decision on sanctionsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Six major powers discussed on Saturday prospects of further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, but China made clear it opposed more punitive action at the moment, participants in the meeting said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Jan 2010 | 7:35 pm Pakistani Taliban leader says he is not dead on tapePESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants issued an audio tape on Saturday which they said was of their leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, and proved he had not been killed in a U.S. strike two days ago.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Jan 2010 | 7:22 pm Aman ki Asha: Strategic dialogue is the only answerThe Himalayan ranges, covering an area of about 650,000 sq km, have shaped the culture, politics, religion, mythology, climate and military doctrines of all six countries Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan.Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 5:31 pm CPM upset with Narayanan's appointment governor of Bengal - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Jan 2010 | 5:09 pm Railway Board suspends 3 officials - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Jan 2010 | 3:18 pm Sheikh Hasina defends agreements with India - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Jan 2010 | 3:18 pm 24 yrs after Pan Am hijack, Neerja Bhanot killer falls to droneNeerja Bhanot, an attendant on the hijacked Pan Am 73 flight, died in a hail of gunfire after courageously saving scores of passengers. Some 24 years after her heroism, one of her killers died a dog's death in Pak, reportedly shot to pieces in a US drone attack.Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 1:27 pm Absent from trial, Bindra can't shoot in WC, CWGThe National Rifle Association of India's rigid stand on Abhinav Bindra has deprived the country of likely gold medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship and at the World Cup.Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 12:47 pm Govt plans to free 75% of undertrials by July-endThe UPA government is setting a six-month deadline, starting January 26, for the release of 1.25 lakh of the 1.7 lakh undertrials languishing in jail, though booked for petty offences and despite having served a major part of the prescribed maximum sentence.Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 12:09 pm Dinakaran issue: SC judge to head panel - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Jan 2010 | 11:47 am Sallu: Veer is one of my dream projectTOI catches up with Bollywoods most wanted superstar Salman Khan, during his recent trip...Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 11:30 am Headley case reveals LeT's global ambitions of mass killing: USDavid Headley's involvement in 26/11 attacks hints at Lashkar's ambitions to undertake bold, mass-casualty operations with a target set that would please al-Qaida planners," says Daniel Benjamin, a top US counter terrorism official.Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 8:27 am Maruti Suzuki raises vehicle pricesMUMBAI (Reuters) - Maruti Suzuki, India's top carmaker, said on Saturday it has raised the prices of some of its models to recover the rise in input costs.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Jan 2010 | 7:08 am M S Dhoni ruled out of 1st Test against BangladeshIndian skipper MS Dhoni ruled out of first Test against Bangladesh because of back spasm. Vice-captain Virender Sehwag will lead India in Dhoni's absence.Source: The Times of India | 16 Jan 2010 | 7:03 am Maruti Suzuki hikes prices of most modelsThe country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India today hiked prices of most of its models by an estimated up to Rs 10,000 to offset the increase in input costs, including that of steel.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Jan 2010 | 6:50 am Prices of life saving drugs should be made affordableThe All India Chemists and Druggists Association today demanded that prices of life saving drugs be made affordable to the common man.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Jan 2010 | 6:41 am Anil Ambani plans a takeover of MGM Hollywood studio: ReportLeading Indian entrepreneur Anil Ambani plans a takeover of the Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Hollywood studio in an attempt to become one of the world's most powerful film bosses, the 'Daily Telegraph' reported today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Jan 2010 | 6:26 am Toyota to ramp up Fortuner's capacityToyota Kirloskar Motor today said it would ramp up the assembling capacity of its most successful SUV in the country, Fortuner, to 1,000 units from next month on the back growing demand.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Jan 2010 | 6:17 am Govt ready to draft policy for steel manufacturers: ModiGujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said his government is ready to draft a separate policy for stainless steel manufacturers, provided they are willing to foray in gymnasium equipment and toys manufacturing as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR).Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Jan 2010 | 6:08 am Doordarshan plans to expand its DTH serviceWith an eye on expanding its DTH service DD Direct Plus, Doordarshan is in talks with several private television channels for including them in its ambit.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Jan 2010 | 6:01 am Row over MEA purchase of my books "contemptible": TharoorHitting out at the "bash ST (Shash Tharoor) brigade", the Minister of State for External Affairs today said a controversy over the External Affairs Ministry's purchase of books authored by him was "contemptible".Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Jan 2010 | 5:27 am
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