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New law to check mushrooming of coaching institutes in Bihar!In a significant step to check mushrooming of coaching institutes, Bihar government will enact a stringent law to regulate their functioning, making it the first state to do so.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am Two Maoists arrested in Orissa!Two Maoists have been arrested in Orissa, police said on Thursday.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am Villagers sleepless as IAS officer`s fraud unravels!On paper, he is the director of a steel factory, with two bungalows in posh localities and Rs.16 crore in a bank account. In reality, Bhola Yadav, a resident of this village, owns two goats and a cycle and is almost starving.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am Showers likely in Delhi today: Met officials!The national capital has had less rain than usual this winter, the met office said Thursday, but it forecast showers in the evening, which would bring down the mercury as well.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am Punjab, Haryana stay cold!It was cold in Punjab, Haryana and their shared capital Chandigarh Thursday. The weatherman has predicted isolated spells of rain and a further plunge in the mercury in this region in the coming days.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am Many schools asking for donation: Parents!The ongoing nursery admissions in the capital have turned out to be a way of making money for schools, if allegations by parents are to be believed.Source: Zee News : States | 11 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am Sarath Fonseka may be put in jail for five years: Defence secretaryThe court martial would start after a few procedures were completed, the powerful younger brother of the president and defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said adding that the charges were 'serious'.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:30 am Aarushi's parents undergo narco-testGandhinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) The narco-analysis test of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the dentist parents of teenager Aarushi Talwar who was found murdered at her home, finished at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)here Thursday, officials said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:30 am Junior NTR's marriage postponedSource: The Times of India | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:25 am Amar Singh attacks Mulayam, calls him a snakeThe expelled SP leader, addressing a symposium on 'Prevailing Conditions in the Country and Muslims' organised by Muslim Political Council of India, used the opportunity to vent his ire against the SP chief.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:24 am Hindalco up on funds raising plansThe stock ended at Rs 138, up 1% from its previous close. The counter clocked volumes of 1.14 million shares on the BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:24 am Deora, FM to discuss fuel price hike on SundayFacing opposition from key allies in the UPA government, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora will on Sunday meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to explore the possibility of tweaking a proposal to hike fuel prices.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:23 am Fortis strengthens on fund-raising plansThe scrip finally settled at Rs 152, up 6% from its previous close. The counter clocked volumes of 3.14 million shares on the BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:23 am Tourism and travel fair begins in DelhiNew Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The 78th edition of the Travel and Tourism Fair and the Outbound Travel Mart (TTF&OTM), billed as India's largest network of travel marts, was inaugurated here Thursday with the tagline - 'one world, one Asia'.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am FIFA World Cup to lure Indians to South AfricaNew Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The 2010 FIFA World Cup is all set to lure Indians to South Africa, with an Indian event management company being roped in to create special travel packages, TV commercials and other promotional activities.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am India's food inflation inching to 18 percentNew Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stressed last week that the worst was over on rising prices of essential items, India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 17.94 percent for the week ended Jan 30.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am Properties worth Rs.3,000 crore on show at Fairpro 2010Chennai, Feb 11 (IANS) Around Rs.3,000 crore worth of residential properties at a price ranging from Rs.10 lakh to Rs.8 crore will be on the offer at the third edition of a property fair to be held here from Feb 19.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am Bihar to have law to monitor coaching institutesPatna, Feb 11 (IANS) After violent protests by students here against fleecing by coaching institutes, the state government has decided to make a new law to monitor and regulate the functioning of private coaching institutes.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am Omar welcomes amnesty for Kashmiri militants, BJP angryJammu, Feb 11 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday welcomed the union government's willingness to grant amnesty to Kashmiri militants who want to return from Pakistan, saying it was a big gift for their families.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am Infosys for acquisitions in Europe, Non-Eng speaking countriesStating that discretionary spends were happening, an Infosys official said that it, however, remained to be seen how fast it would rise and what would be the quantumn.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:19 am Unitech gains on new project plansThe stock advanced to a high of Rs 76 and finally settled at Rs 75, up 4% from its previous close. The counter clocked volumes of 9.77 million as compared to the two-week daily average tarded volumes of 8.82 million on the BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:17 am Indonesian court jails ex-graftbuster for murderThe case dealt a temporary blow to the reputation of the Corruption Eradication Commission, one of Indonesia's key weapons in the fight against graft.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:16 am Ryan Giggs awaiting X-ray result on injured armGiggs, 36, left Villa Park with his right arm in a sling after being hurt in a collision with Steve Sidwell during the second half of the Premier League champions' 1-1 draw at Aston Villa.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:15 am Palakkad to be declared first totally electrified districtAccording to LDF government, which began the process when it came to power four years ago, this is as important an achievement as Kerala's records in literacy and universal education.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:14 am Commviva targets $200 mn revenue by 2013; eyes LatAm market"We have been growing our top line revenue at 30 per cent ... Our strategic goal is to achieve $200 million revenue in three years time (starting from 2010-11) and to get there we would take both organic and inorganic route," Sangeet Chowfla, Executive Vice-President, Commviva (formerly Bharti Telesoft) told PTI.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:14 am SRK-Sena row: 295 Shiv Sainiks arrested todayOn Tuesday, soon after director Karan Johar, who is also co-producer of thye movie met police commissioner D Sivanandhan to discuss security issues ahead of the movie's release.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am Cabinet nod to revised air service agreement with NepalThe approval for signing the Air Services Agreement (ASA) between the two countries was given today by the Union cabinet, chaired by prime minister Manmohan Singh.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:05 am Child rights body recommends appointment of doctors in schoolsThe recommendations by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), which is a statutory body, came months after death of a 17-year-old student of Modern School in Vasant Vihar.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:05 am People exposed to World Trade Center dust, fumes may still have headachesA study has found that people who were exposed to dust, fumes during the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 still frequently report having headaches.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:04 am 12 schoolchildren killed in Arunachal hostel fire - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:02 am PC supports Omar's POK surrender policy - indiablooms
Source: Nation - Google News | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:01 am Sanctions stay until North Korea talks: South Korea, JapanThe comments come as the North's top nuclear envoy is in Beijing in a sign the destitute state may soon end its year-long boycott of six-country disarmament-for-aid nuclear talks.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 11 Feb 2010 | 3:01 am Jan exports jump 11.5%For the third month in a row, exports rose in January, reporting 11.5 per cent growth to $14.34 billion, against $12.9 billion in the year-ago period, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:58 am India-Pak agree on roadmap to resolve water disputesLahore, Feb.11 : In order to resolve the long pending water issues between them, India and Pakistan have agreed on a 'roadmap' and decided to hold two additional meetings, besides a routine meeting due in May, over the next six months.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:50 am Committee to decide handover of sick power plantRanchi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has set up a six member committee to study a proposal to hand over a sick company, Pataratu Thermal Power Station (PTPS), to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:50 am Finally, Shabana-Tabu come togetherMumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) Both are critically acclaimed actresses, but what brought Shabana Azmi and Tabu together was not a film but a book.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:50 am Sympathy to Toyota, recall not good though, say rivalsGlobal carmakers, including GM, Ford and Honda, today said they are not going to take advantage from the crisis faced by Japanese auto giant Toyota, which is recalling over eight million vehicles worldwide but agreed it is not a good sign for the industry.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:47 am Hero Honda jumps 4% on new launch plansHero Honda Motors has jumped 4% to Rs 1,680 on reports that the company is planning to tap the 250cc space in the next six months.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:46 am ONGC, IOC, OIL consortium wins oil block in VenezuelaThe Indian firms will develop the Carabobo-1 block in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt with Spain's Repsol YPF SA and Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bdh, ONGC said in a statement.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:41 am God, let nobody get hurt: SRKAs high security builds up outside cinema halls screening the film, Shah Rukh tweets, Ironic and sad that a film made for world peace has led to so much angst in my own house, my city, my countrySource: The Times of India | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:22 am 12 children killed in Arunachal hostel fireAt least 12 schoolchildren were charred to death and eight injured in a massive fire that broke out at a private hostel in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said. There were 62 students staying there.Source: The Times of India | 11 Feb 2010 | 2:02 am Fuel price issue to come up on February 14 - Economic Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 11 Feb 2010 | 1:59 am Broken back no drama for India's fastest manWHISTLER (Reuters) - Indian luger Kannan Palan Shiva Keshavan has defied doctors' orders to slide down the world's fastest track at the Vancouver Olympics with a fractured back.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Feb 2010 | 1:54 am Celebrities add glitz to tiger conservationNEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - 1,411 -- that's the number on the lips of Indian celebrities fronting a new campaign to save tigers which was launched ahead of the Chinese lunar Year of the Tiger -- a time some conservationists fear will lead to a spike in demand for the endangered animal's body parts.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Feb 2010 | 1:42 am India's wholesale gold demand slack for 2nd dayMUMBAI (Reuters) - India's wholesale gold buying remained slack for a second day on Thursday as prices inched up to trade at around $1,080 an ounce in the overseas markets, dealers said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Feb 2010 | 1:35 am Kashmir, water to top Indo-Pak talks: Qureshi - Zee News
Source: Nation - Google News | 11 Feb 2010 | 1:20 am Govt to debate fuel pricing on Feb 14 - officialNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's finance and oil ministers will meet on Feb. 14 to discuss fuel pricing and subsidies, a senior government official, who did not want to be named, told reporters on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Feb 2010 | 1:18 am Indians who wish to return from PoK are welcome: CentreHome minister Chidambaram said, "PoK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) is actually an Indian territory and we should facilitate their return." The state govt has been receiving feelers about the pathetic conditions there.Source: The Times of India | 11 Feb 2010 | 1:17 am Laxman declared fit for India in final South Africa testKOLKATA (Reuters) - Experienced middle-order batsman Vangipurappu Laxman has been declared fit to play in the second and final test against South Africa starting on Sunday, India's chief selector Kris Srikkanth said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Feb 2010 | 1:15 am Ban raises Fonseka arrest with Sri Lanka presidentUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed the arrest of a defeated Sri Lankan opposition candidate with the country's president and expressed concern about events in the Asian nation, the United Nations said on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:41 am Food, fuel prices rise; no RBI action until AprNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual food inflation rose for the third straight week, threatening to drive up the headline inflation into double-digits and putting more pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:37 am American detained in Delhi for suspected terror links - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:14 am Boeing India signs aircraft pact with state-run firmNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Boeing's Indian unit has signed a $4.7-million aircraft contract with India's state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Boeing India's defence head Vivek Lall told reporters on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:12 am Press for State’s demands, VS tells MPsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am India wants no preconditionsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Minister wants Deccan Chargers to boycott T-20Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Nooriya tests positive for drugSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Cabinet clearance for State’s annual PlanSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Hearing on Rathore’s appeal adjournedSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Sri Lanka poll on April 8Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Economist, Plan architect K.N. Raj passes awaySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Police crack down on Sainiks, tighten security in theatresSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Justice Nirmal Yadav transferredSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 11 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Indian convicted of killing lover with poisonLakhvir Kaur Singh faces life sentence after being found guilty of poisoning her former lover to death, using an ancient Indian herb Aconite in the first such case in Britain in 128 years.Source: The Times of India | 10 Feb 2010 | 11:55 pm Venezuela seals biggest oil deals under ChavezCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela awarded on Wednesday the largest oil investment of President Hugo Chavez's 11-year rule, drawing tens of billions of dollars of much-needed foreign finance to the Orinoco Belt just three years after the leftist leader nationalized operations there.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Feb 2010 | 11:27 pm Victoria refuses to release details of attacks on Indians - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Feb 2010 | 11:10 pm Dramatic new 9/11 photos taken by NY policeNewly released aerial photos by New York City Police Department and provided on Feb 10, 2010 by ABC News shows the collapsing World Trade Center in New York following attacks by terrorists who flew two airliners into the towers.Source: The Times of India | 10 Feb 2010 | 10:29 pm India's Genetically Modified Mistake - Wall Street Journal
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Feb 2010 | 10:13 pm Google to build high-speed Internet networkSAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc plans to build a super-fast Internet network for up to half a million people, a project that could pressure telecommunications companies to loosen their control of Web access in the United States.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Feb 2010 | 10:11 pm Maharashtra govt didn't let SRK, Thackeray meet: SenaIn an editorial titled 'My Name is Ashok Khan', Shiv Sena flayed Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, saying he was siding with Shah Rukh Khan, "a Pakistan lover", to retain his chief ministerial chair.Source: The Times of India | 10 Feb 2010 | 9:40 pm Does 'thinking outside the box' drive you mad?Grumpy colleagues, slow computers and office jargon are the things that annoy workers most, according to a survey.Source: The Times of India | 10 Feb 2010 | 9:33 pm Gohil alleges scam in GPPL divestment - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Feb 2010 | 5:14 pm Aman ki Asha: Verses that bindSetting the mood for the evening with Faiz Ahmed Faiz's verses was Pakistani actor Zia Mohyeddin. As he walked off stage to a thunderous applause, anticipation hung heavy in the air. A simple 'Mr Bachchan is backstage' announcement sent the audience into a frenzy.Source: The Times of India | 10 Feb 2010 | 4:18 pm Avalanches kill 3 more soldiers - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Feb 2010 | 3:14 pm Rafi, Madhubala don't rest in peace in MumbaiThe remains of Hindi cinemas finest stalwarts including Madhubala, Mohammed Rafi, Naushad and Sahir Ludhianvi have been disposed of and their tombs demolished to make space for new bodies.Source: The Times of India | 10 Feb 2010 | 1:33 pm Return usurped land to farmer, court tells Prez's husband - Hindustan Times
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