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Tension in Orissa town after policeman beaten up!Prohibitory orders have been clamped in Orissa`s Paradip port town after a policeman was beaten up and his motorbike was set afire Saturday by a mob protesting the death of a man who was allegedly hit by a police vehicle.Source: Zee News : States | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:38 am Two engineers held for Balco chimney collapse!Two engineers of a private construction firm were arrested Saturday for their alleged role in last year`s chimney collapse at the Bharat Aluminum Company Limited power plant in which 40 people were killed, police said here.Source: Zee News : States | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:38 am Delhi gets Rs 1,358 cr interceptor project for Yamuna!In its ongoing efforts to keep pollution away from the Yamuna river, the government has okayed a major interceptor sewer project for the city under JNNURM.Source: Zee News : States | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:38 am Mayawati gives Taj Corridor accused key slot!Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday gave a key slot to a top bureaucrat who figures among the accused in the Taj Corridor scandal.Source: Zee News : States | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:38 am Security beefed up in Mumbai, rest of Maharashtra!Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said late Saturday that security in Mumbai and other parts of the state had been tightened in the wake of the Pune terror attack in which nine people died.Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am Uddhav blames Ashok Chavan`s `sins` for Pune blast!Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday squarely blamed Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan`s immature politics as "responsible for the Pune terror attack".Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am Alert sounded in UP following blast in Pune!In the wake of a terror strike in Pune which killed eight persons and left 32 injured this evening, an alert has been sounded in UP with security and vigil around important installations tightened across the state.Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am No intelligence failure in Pune, says Chidambaram!A day after a blast ripped through a popular bakery in Pune, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said there was no intelligence failure.Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am Rape victim`s statement not always truth: SC!The SC held that in rape cases the testimony of the victim cannot be considered to be the gospel truth.Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am Slogan of `bijli, sadak, pani is passe`: Nilekani!The slogan of "bijli, sadak, pani" is a passe; `virtual things` like UID number, bank account and mobile phone are the in-thing, says Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan M Nilekani.Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am JAC asks all Telangana legislators to quit!The all-party JAC Saturday night unanimously asked all legislators from the Telangana region to quit in protest against the terms of reference of the Srikrishna committee that will study the demand for a separate state.Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am Pune blast "significant terror" act: Chidambaram!Union Home Minister Chidambaram on Saturday night described the blast in Pune as a "significant terrorist incident" since the Mumbai attacks 14 months ago.Source: Zee News : India National | 14 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am 15 MLAs from Telangana region submit resignation to speakerThe MLAs, 10 from TRS, 2 from Congress, one each from BJP and TDP and Praja Rajyam met speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy here and submitted their resignation.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:39 am Security strengthened in Delhi after terror alert'The home ministry has issued a red alert for the city. We are taking all precautionary steps. We have deployed policemen on streets. There is nothing to panic, a police official said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:37 am Teenage pregnancy can make sense for youngstersTeenage pregnancy can have a positive effect on the lives of young people, according to the authors of a new study.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:33 am Maoists blow up mobile phone tower in OrissaThe ultras disappeared into the nearby forest raising slogans against the police and administration after their swift attack, police said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:33 am Transgenders models walk the ramp in MumbaiThe finale of the contest, orgainsed with an aim to dispel social taboos associated with being a transgendered person in India, will be held in New Delhi on February 21.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:31 am Pigeons carry message of love across borderIndians yet again conveyed a message of peace and brotherhood to the neighbouring country via roses, balloons and pigeons on the eve of Valentine's Day.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:31 am Transgenders models walk the ramp in MumbaiMumbai, Feb 14 : Twenty-six models participated in the second round of a beauty contest organised here on Saturday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:30 am Maharashtra governor cuts short Coimbatore tripMumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan rushed here back from Coimbatore Sunday following the Pune terror attack which left 9 people dead.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:30 am Shivraj Chouhan sings praises of rival Digvijay SinghThe chief minister said Singh during his tenure as CM launched many schemes for the uplift of Dalits, poor and economically backward class in the state.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:28 am India says investigating local, foreign leads to blast'As of now our line of investigation is towards the possible involvement of LeT in the attack, a sleeper module of the Indian Mujahideen could also be involved,' a senior interior security official said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:26 am MNC biggies return to IIMA placementsThe institute has confirmed that almost all recruiters had made more offers than last year.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:25 am City goes red as V Day couples plan romance & weddingsPartygoers, brides are wearing outfits with a red blaze, and are even using that colour to highlight their hair.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:24 am That man Headley: Govt links LeT man to Pune blast - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:22 am Terror alert in Delhi, Indore, Kanpur after Pune blastNew Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) A general alert was sounded across the country and the cities of New Delhi, Indore and Kanpur put on high alert Sunday, a day after a bomb blast ripped through a popular eatery in Pune killing nine people.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am Osho Ashram turns into a fortressPune, Feb 14 (IANS) A day after a bomb ripped through an eatery killing nine people here, Pune's best known landmark, the Osho Ashram, turned into a veritable fortress.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am Indian ADRs gain $6.26 bn last weekIndian stocks trading on American bourses added over $6 bn to their cumulative market capitalisation last week, with IT icons-- Infosys Technologies and Wipro --accounting for half of the total gains.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:17 am 'My Name Is Khan' earns Rs.250 mn on opening dayNew Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Controversies notwithstanding, the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'My Name Is Khan' has gone on to rake in around Rs.250 million (about $5.3 million) across the globe on the opening day.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am IGNOU launches course in dialysis medicineNew Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Sunday announced that it is going to introduce a post doctoral certificate course in dialysis medicine from July.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am 15 Telangana legislators submit resignationsHyderabad, Feb 14 (IANS) Fifteen legislators from the Telangana region Sunday submitted their resignations to the state assembly speaker to protest the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel set up by the central government to study the demand for a separate state.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am 15 Telangana legislators submit resignations - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:08 am Karnataka put on high alert in wake of Pune blast - Daily News & Analysis
Source: Nation - Google News | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:01 am Gilani urges EU to treat Pak at par with IndiaIslamabad, Feb.14 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the European Union (EU) to treat Pakistan at par with India.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am Britains's partial relief to students sees mixed responseChandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) The decision of the British government to partially lift the ban imposed on student visa applications from north India has seen a mixed response from the students and overseas education consultants.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 2:50 am Petersen, Amla hit tons to put South Africa in commandKolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Twin tons from debutant opener Alviro Petersen and the in-form Hashim Amla put South Africa in the driver's seat at tea on the opening day of the second cricket Test against India here Sunday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 14 Feb 2010 | 2:50 am Pak troops violate LoC truce, JCO injured in firing of rockets - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 14 Feb 2010 | 2:40 am No comment on fate of India-Pak talks: KrishnaThe Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries are to hold talks in Delhi on Feb 25. Referring to the Pune attack, foreign minister Krishna said, "Terrorists want to create fear and suspicion. They sow seeds of distress to create confusion, we will not be cowed down by the terror".Source: The Times of India | 14 Feb 2010 | 2:22 am Govt says investigating local, foreign leads to blastPUNE, India (Reuters) - The government said it had little idea who was behind a bomb in a tourist eatery in Pune that killed nine people, with sources saying a local militant outfit and a Pakistani-based group were suspects.Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Feb 2010 | 1:25 am IT biggies on hiring spree, one lakh people to join workforceComing after a forgettable year of hiring freeze, layoffs and pay cuts, the recruitment drive in IT space is led by biggies such as Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys.Source: The Times of India | 14 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am Lashkar had warned of Pune as targetSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Indian-American professor shot dead in AlabamaSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Srikrishna panel to visit HyderabadSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am 60 per cent of high school teachers remain unpaidSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Bihar Minister threatens to speak about ‘scam’Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Milma steps up efforts to ease milk shortageSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am U.K. partially lifts ban on student visaSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am A reminder from terrorists: We don’t want India-Pakistan talksSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am “Headley surveyed ashram close to Pune blast site”Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am The Indian quicks have a shot at redemptionSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 14 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am Aggressive Petersen gives South Africa a strong startKOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Opener Alviro Petersen scored a sparkling unbeaten fifty in his first test innings to give South Africa a solid start in the second and final test against India on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Feb 2010 | 11:27 pm South Africa 116-1 v India, final test - lunchKOLKATA, India (Reuters) - South Africa were 116 for one at lunch on the opening day of the second and final test against India on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Feb 2010 | 11:10 pm Rape victim's testimony not always truth: SCWhile primacy has to be given to victim's statement, there can be no presumption that she is telling the ultimate truth as the charge has to be proved "beyond reasonable doubt" like any other criminal case, SC said.Source: The Times of India | 13 Feb 2010 | 10:18 pm No intelligence failure in Pune blast: ChidambaramHome minister Chidambaram said the terrorists have hit a 'soft target' like German Bakery which is frequented by foreigners and Indians. No foreigner has been killed in the attack, the govt has clarified. List of victimsSource: The Times of India | 13 Feb 2010 | 9:32 pm Who did SRK model himself on?Mariana Pinto, whose son is afflicted with aspergers syndrome, questions team MNIKs research on the disability, and why the film is not exactly A Beautiful Mind....Source: The Times of India | 13 Feb 2010 | 9:11 pm Govt gears up to check Mutalik this V-Day - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Feb 2010 | 8:22 pm Good Indo-Pak ties must to fight militancy: Zardari - Daily Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Feb 2010 | 8:19 pm Bharti offers $10.7 bln for Zain Africa ops - reportsKUWAIT (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel has offered up to $10.7 billion for the African assets of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain, Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Saturday, as India's largest mobile operator makes a renewed foreign push.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Feb 2010 | 7:23 pm Badal slams Centre's move on water - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Feb 2010 | 5:21 pm Mamata guns for Maoists - Calcutta Telegraph
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Feb 2010 | 4:19 pm Bollywood's Love khichdiIn Bollywood, nothing sells like a good love story. And the formula is almost always the same; boy meets girl; they fall in love; singing and dancing; happily ever after. What differs is the treatment of the subject.Source: The Times of India | 13 Feb 2010 | 3:39 pm UK to partially lift ban on student visas - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm IIT-B and docs use nanotech to treat cancerIf it does pass the muster, it could be Indias second nano success story. Only this nano creation is being unveiled in the field of healthcare thanks to collaboration between oncologists and scientists of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.Source: The Times of India | 13 Feb 2010 | 2:47 pm Bihar girl calls off wedding over groom's 'dirty dancing'A homeopathy doctor in Bihar refused to exchange marriage vows with her banker bridegroom after exchanging garlands with him because he danced in an 'uncivilized manner' to celebrate the occasion.Source: The Times of India | 13 Feb 2010 | 1:42 pm BSF commandant in J&K suspended - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 13 Feb 2010 | 12:42 pm Enter Adam, the 'iPad killer' made in IndiaThe Adam tablet PC of Hyderabad-based Notion Ink could make the iPad seem outdated. On Sunday, the final product minus the custom user-interface will be showcased in Barcelona. Notion Ink's founders are 6 IITians and an MBA grad.Source: The Times of India | 13 Feb 2010 | 12:19 pm UK, India sign civil nuclear accord, paves way for conferenceLONDON (Reuters) - Britain has signed an agreement on nuclear energy cooperation with India, paving the way for an international conference, the government said on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Feb 2010 | 11:04 am U.S. Marines spearhead major Afghanistan offensiveMARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marines spearheaded one of NATO's biggest offensives against the Taliban in Afghanistan on Saturday, in an early test of U.S. President Barack Obama's troop surge policy.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am TIMELINE - Major attacks in India since 2005REUTERS - At least eight people were killed when a bomb blast ripped through a restaurant popular with foreign tourists in Pune on Saturday, police and home ministry officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Feb 2010 | 10:21 am 8 killed, 33 injured in Pune bakery blastAt least eight people were killed and 33 injured in a suspected bomb blast this evening in a popular bakery in Koregaon Park, which also houses a Jewish prayer house and the Osho Ashram. The blast took place at German Bakery, an old business establishment, around 6.30 pm.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 10:01 am Ruchi Soya gets board nod for merger with Palm TechIn a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange Ruchi Soya said the board has approved the amalgamation of PTIL with itself under which all the assets and liabilities of palm Tech would be transferred to Ruchi Soya.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 6:44 am Hinduja Ventures to acquire IDL Speciality ChemicalsHinduja Ventures today said its board has approved the acquisition of pharma firm IDL Speciality Chemicals and also decided to enter into an MoU to that effect.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 6:37 am Satyam need not merge with Tech MahindraMahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer) need not necessarily be merged with its new owner Tech Mahindra, and it could well be the reverse, Mahindra Group Vice Chairman and MD Anand Mahindra indicated today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 5:58 am UK partially lifts ban on visas for Indian studentsThe UK announced a partial lifting of the ban on students visas in north India, sending a wave of relief among thousands of genuine students who are at an advanced stage of enrolling at British universities.Source: The Times of India | 13 Feb 2010 | 5:53 am Create awareness about genetically modified vegetables, says SwaminathanNoted agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan today called for creating awareness about genetically modified vegetables. "People should be given education on genetically modified vegetables like Bt Brinjal," Swaminathan told reporters here.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 4:22 am Final placements begin at IIM-A adopting Cohort Based systemFinal placements at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A) got underway today, adopting the newly introduced 'Cohort-Based' system.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 4:11 am Pakistan's president backs better ties with IndiaISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Good relations between Pakistan and India are vital for fighting Islamist militancy, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday, as the old rivals prepare for their first official talks since the Mumbai attack.Source: Reuters: Top News | 13 Feb 2010 | 4:02 am Global highlights of the weekMoscow: Lowering the threshhold for the use of nuclear weapons, Russia says it reserves the right to hit back with nukes in case of an aggression, in a new doctrine which may be a veiled warning to China and rising NATO powers.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 3:37 am Sensex snaps 3-wk losing spree; hits 16K-mark with 234pts gainThe Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex snapped a three-week sluggish trend by gaining 234 points, or 1.49 per cent, during the shortened week under review on firm global cues amid good buying support from domestic funds.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 3:05 am Govt introspects on tepid response to NTPC FPOThe government today went into an introspection mode after the much-talked about NTPC follow-on offer evoked tepid response from investors, but asserted that there would be no change in the policy.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
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