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Railways yet to give nod for 2,700 GRP posts in Kashmir!Railways are yet to give the green signal for recruiting 2,700 GRP personnel required for guarding the rail track in Kashmir that came under militant attack last week.Source: Zee News : States | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:51 am Delhi petrol pump owners withdraw strike!Petrol pump owners in the national capital have withdrawn their 24-hour strike, which was to begin midnight to demand a rollback of increase in VAT for diesel, after the government "assured" them that it would look into the issue.Source: Zee News : States | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:51 am Probe ordered into Lalu`s Patna Zoo visit!RJD leader Lalu Prasad`s recent visit to Patna Zoo with securitymen carrying weapons has sparked off a controversy with the authorities ordering an inquiry by a Forest Ranger to investigate the matter.Source: Zee News : States | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:51 am `Anti-landmine vehicles in Midnapore cannot withstand high explosives`!The anti-landmine vehicles being used by the joint forces in anti-Maoist operations in West Midnapore district could not withstand high explosives just as the one which was blown up by ultras in Chhattisgarh`s Dantewada district.Source: Zee News : States | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:51 am BARC experts scan radiation leak site in west Delhi!Experts from the BARC Friday scanned a west Delhi industrial area where a "mild radiation leak" in a scrap shop left five persons injured and examined whether there was any other source of a similar emission in the vicinity.Source: Zee News : States | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:51 am Jammu shuts down over bill to ban inter-district recruitment!All shops and business establishments were closed and traffic was off the roads as daylong shutdown called by the BJP against a bill seeking to ban inter-district recruitment in Jammu and Kashmir began here Friday.Source: Zee News : States | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:51 am Army jawans held for raping teenager in Pune!Two Army jawans were on Friday arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old girl in Sangvi area near here, police said.Source: Zee News : States | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:51 am Ranjit Mathrani appointed High Sheriff of Greater London!Indian-origin entrepreneur Ranjit Mathrani, who operates a group of leading Indian restaurants in the UK, has been appointed the High Sheriff of Greater London -- the oldest civil office in Britain.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am Govt buildings allowed to use four times more FSI: Bhujbal!Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal today rejected the charges that government proposes to undertake the "Mantralaya redevelopment project" under the provisions of SRA scheme.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am When bullets foiled this jawan`s homecoming plans!!His leave was sanctioned and CRPF jawan Ashis Bagal was all set to come home after more than a year; but that was not to be.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am Biryani, big bash awaits Sania-Shoaib wedding!With the Ayesha Siddiqui ending in an amicable way, preparations have begun in the earnest for the Sania-Shoiab wedding.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am Relative under DRI scanner, PM says probe will be on!Amid reports that one of his relatives was being investigated by DRI, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made it clear that the probe into the matter would proceed in accordance with the law "without let or hindrance".Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am `Not easy to extradite child abuse accused priest to US`!Extraditing a Roman Catholic priest from his native India to face charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the US could take several years, the prosecutor in the case has said.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am SC shunts Justice Dinakaran to Sikkim HC!Controversial Karnataka HC Chief Justice PD Dinakaran was shunted to the Sikkim High Court Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am Maoists kill two in Bihar!Suspected Maoists shot dead a man and his son in Bihar`s Rohtas district, police said Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am Buck stops at my desk: Chidambaram on Naxal attack!Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday accepted `full responsibility` for the tragedy saying that the buck stops at his desk after Dantewada.`Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am Cobalt-60 source of radiation in west Delhi!Scientists from Department of Atomic Energy are probing radiation leak in Mayapuri industrial area.Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2010 | 5:50 am Migraine sufferers process visual cues poorly in messy environmentsAbout a third of migraine sufferers experience neurological disturbances before a headache begins. These auras are frequently visual and can appear as shimmering lights or zig-zag patterns.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 4:13 am Farmers' suicides: Maharashtra govt mulls Rs7262-crore package'We are awaiting Centre's approval for implementing the package. The Central government's response is expected within three months,' revenue minister Narayan Rane said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 4:12 am Deccan Chargers look to spoil Chennai's semifinal hopesThe last time the two teams clashed, Andrew Symonds had blown away Chennai by blasting a 43-ball 50 run and picking up two crucial wickets.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 4:11 am J&K Assembly passes recruitment bill amid uproarJammu and Kashmir Assembly today passed the controversial bill which bans inter-district recruitment and provide quota to Scheduled Castes in government jobs in all districts.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 4:10 am Kashmir University forms coordination panel to reform UrduThe decision to constitute the committee was taken at a high level meeting chaired by the vice chancellor of the University Riyaz Punjabi.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 4:07 am Federal Bank launches portfolio investment scheme for NRIsThe bank, which has been authorised by RBI to administer the scheme, was the first among the traditional private sector banks to offer the facility, its managing director and CEO M Venugopalan said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 4:05 am Reliance finds more gas in KG basinIndian energy major Reliance Industries has found natural gas in four more areas in its field off the country's east coast, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 4:02 am Indian advertising industry needs to make up for lost time: Sam BalsaraAfter facing rugged recession, the Indian advertising industry must now begin to look at ways and means to rejuvenate its sagging market share, according to industry experts.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 4:01 am Movie Review: Jaane Kahan Se Aayi HaiThey say men are from Mars and women are from Venus. But what happens when a man from Earth meets a woman from Venus!Source: The Times of India | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:57 am ONGC aims over dozen Clean Dev projects by 2013Top oil producer Oil and Natural Gas Corp has identified more than a dozen projects to generate carbon offsets by 2013 as part of a drive to green its operations, a senior official said on Friday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:57 am Shoaib-Sania nikah tonight?According to Pakistan media reports, Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza are to wed tonight at 7pm in Hyderabad.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:56 am Three councillors threaten to commit suicide in Erode, pacifiedThree opposition councillors of Arachalure town panchayat threatened to commit suicide, alleging that no developmental works had been carried out in their wardsSource: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:56 am Prabhat Jha, Narottam Mishra, Sumitra Mahajan top contenders for Madhya Pradesh BJP chiefAnother thing that tilts the scale in Jha's favour is that both chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and outgoing party president Narendra Tomar are not opposed to his candidature.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:53 am Panel recommends Rs 71 cr infra plan for Tehri dam affectedA government appointed committee has recommended an infrastructure plan to provide various facilities to people affected by the construction of Tehri dam.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:52 am Chidambaram offered to resign, PM rejectsUnion Home Minister P Chidambaram had reportedly offered his resignation after Tuesday's Maoist attack in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, but the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, rejected it and asked him to stay on.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:50 am Chaos in J-K assembly, as inter-district recruitment Bill is adoptedChaos prevailed in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Friday even as the controversial Inter-District Recruitment Bill was adopted.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:50 am Kamal Nath seeks US investment in Indian Highways sectorNew York, Apr 9 (ANI) Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath has invited US construction and investment companies to participate in India's mega initiative to achieve a 'quantum jump' in the road sector.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:50 am US banks temporarily reduced debt levels to mask risks: WSJMajor American banks, including Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, temporarily lowered their debt in the past five quarters before reporting it to the public in order to mask risk levels, says a media report.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:46 am 5 exposed to radiation in Delhi - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:40 am Samajwadi Party to ascertain problems of minoritiesIn an apparent bid to help minorities, the Samajwadi Party (SP) will launch a statewide campaign to ascertain the various problems plaguing them, a party official said Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:40 am This is no time for blame, says BuddhadebWithin hours of Home Minister P. Chidambaram's remark that the 'buck stops' at his desk over the Dantewada Maoist massacre, a mollified West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Friday extended his full support to the central government to deal with the rebels, saying this was not the time for a blame game.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:40 am Chimpanzee death due to liver, lung injuriesThe chimpanzee, which died after falling from a tree trunk at Alipur zoological garden here, succumbed to liver and lung injuries, an expert said after the post-mortem examination Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:40 am 3G spectrum auction kicks off, first round completedThe first-ever auction of the radio frequency spectrum for third generation (3G) telephony that would facilitate high-speed mobile services in India began Friday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:40 am Family feud delaying a constituency for SorenChief Minister Shibu Soren is fast running out of time to get elected to the state assembly, as two of the constituencies that would be safest for him to contest are held by close family members who don't seem keen to quit.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:40 am Musical protest at Vrindavan to save YamunaThe banks of the polluted Yamuna river came alive to the soul-stirring strains of a unique musical protest that bemoaned nature's bountiful beauty turning into a sewage drain and hoped for better sense that would one day revive its 'divine glory'.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:40 am Sri Lanka ruling alliance takes early lead in pollsCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ruling alliance was confident of a sweeping victory as it took an early and expected lead in parliamentary elections on Friday, but said it may miss the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:39 am 3G radio airwaves auction starts; eyes on bidsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India kicked off an eagerly awaited multi-billion dollar spectrum auction on Friday that would help telecom firms in the world's fastest-growing wireless market offer premium third-generation (3G) services.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:28 am Protest in Manipur over price rise - Oneindia
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:27 am JK bill bans inter-district recruitment - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:26 am Railways register nearly 8% growth in earningsRailways have earned nearly eight per cent more revenue in 2009-10 as compared to the earnings in the 2008-09 fiscal.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:24 am Federal Bank launches portfolio investment scheme for NRIsKerala-based Federal Bank today launched its Portfolio Investment (PIS) Scheme for NRIs in tie up with Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd, offering "hassle free" facilities for investments in stock market.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:19 am Sania Mirza to wed Shoaib Malik todayTennis star Sania Mirza will marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik after evening prayers in Hyderabad today. The reception is set for April 15.Source: The Times of India | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:16 am Financial help for former volleyball player SallyThe sports ministry Friday said a financial assistance of Rs.250,000 has been sanctioned for former international volleyball player Sally George Joseph.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:10 am Chidambaram offers to quit, PM says no - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Apr 2010 | 3:03 am BGR Energy to set up Rs 6,287 cr power project in OrissaPower equipment supplier BGR Energy Systems today said it has entered into an agreement with the Orissa government for setting up a 1,320-MW power project at an investment of Rs 6,287 crore.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:54 am Asian markets end in greenThe Hang Seng added 342 points or 1.5% at 22,208 and the Nikkei was up 37 points or 0.5% at 11,204, respectively.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:51 am SAIL raises Rs 1,500 cr via CPSteel Authority of India (SAIL) has raised at least Rs 1,500 crore via short-term debt, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:50 am Sibal meets NSW Premier, talks safety of students - Indian Express
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:46 am Hillary's ashes won't be scattered on Mount EverestKATHMANDU (Reuters Life!) - The ashes of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to summit Mount Everest, will be kept at a memorial near the mountain and will not be scattered on the peak as he had desired, a sherpa official said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:44 am Tata Tea, Pepsi in deal for beverage JVTata Tea, part of the Ratan Tata-led business conglomerate, today announced a preliminary agreement with global beverage major PepsiCo for exploring a joint venture in the non-carbonated beverage business.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:44 am Sania-Shoaib to marry todayIn a turn around, Sania Mirza has decided to marry Shoaib Malik today rather than on 15 April.Source: Top Headlines | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:36 am Former airport contractor commits suicide in Kerala - Daily News & Analysis
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:24 am Chidambaram offered to quit after Dantewada: PMOTaking full responsibility for the attack, the home minister wrote to Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi offering to step down after the massacre of 76 security personnel by Naxals. The PM has rejected the resignation.Source: The Times of India | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:18 am ASEAN urges Myanmar to hold fair electionHANOI (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders urged Myanmar to hold fair and inclusive elections, and pledged to work together to sustain recovery from the global financial crisis as they wound up their summit on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Apr 2010 | 2:02 am Chidambaram takes responsibility for Maoist attackNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Friday he took responsibility for the deaths of 76 police this week, as New Delhi mobilised more security forces to flush out the rebels from their forest bases.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Apr 2010 | 1:54 am Jet Airways sees fares rise 10-15 pct in Apr-JuneMUMBAI (Reuters) - Jet Airways expects average fares to rise by 10-15 percent in April-June over the Jan-March quarter, an official told reporters on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:59 am India to open 100 Kashmir peaks to foreign climbersSRINAGAR (Reuters Life!) - Mountaineers, rejoice: India will, for the first time, allow foreign climbers to scale more than 100 high-altitude peaks this summer in the Himalayan state of Kashmir.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:56 am Preity Zinta 'washes off sins' in GangaBollywood actress Preity Zinta had the most "adventurous day" Thursday, as she went to Haridwar to take a dip as part of the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, and "washed off" all her sins in the Ganga.Source: The Times of India | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:39 am My tweets are interactive Akashvani: TharoorShashi Tharoor was in spotlight earlier for his 'holy cow' and 'cattle class' comments on Twitter on the govt's austerity measures.Source: Top Headlines | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:22 am IM and LeT carried out Pune bomb blast - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:19 am Left parties lead groundswell against increase in pricesSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am From Chidambaram to Cambridge: solving the 30S subunit structure of the ribosomeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Low turnout in Sri Lanka electionSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Recognition for her tireless effort to provide quality educationSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Re-exam if answer sheets are not foundSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Groups write to Azad on HPV vaccine trialSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Chargers stuns Royal ChallengersSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Double oilseed production to achieve self-sufficiencySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Rammohan to probe attackSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Maoists had ambushed CRPF in same spot beforeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Auto sales seen up 10-15 pct in '10/11 - industryNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Vehicle sales in India should grow 10-15 percent in the fiscal year to March 2011, an industry body said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Apr 2010 | 11:53 pm 3G spectrum auction begins smoothly, top telecom operators in frayThe 3G spectrum auction is off to a smooth start with telecom operators, including Bharti, Vodafone, RCom and Tatas among the bidders, to acquire the radio waves that could fetch the govt up to Rs 35,000 crore.Source: The Times of India | 8 Apr 2010 | 11:19 pm 'Get acting CJ even if Dinakaran doesn't leave' - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Apr 2010 | 11:18 pm A reason to stay away from self help books!Source: The Times of India | 8 Apr 2010 | 10:51 pm PC offers to quit over Dantewada attackHM accepted 'full responsibility' for the Dantewada massacre and said the 'buck stops at my desk'.Source: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2010 | 10:34 pm Justice Dinakaran transferred to Sikkim HCJustice P D Dinakaran was shifted to the Sikkim HC in a late night decision by the SC collegium.Source: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2010 | 9:54 pm Shilpa Shetty on a hugging spreeSource: The Times of India | 8 Apr 2010 | 9:16 pm Extraditing Indian priest may take years: US attorneyRev Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul was charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in January 2007.Source: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2010 | 9:15 pm Tiger Woods exceeds expectations on Masters returnTiger Woods exceeded his own expectations in his first tournament for almost 5 months as Fred Couples charged into a one-shot lead in US Masters 1st round.Source: The Times of India | 8 Apr 2010 | 9:08 pm Apple announces new iPhone softwareApple Inc's iPhone and iPad devices will soon be able to run more than one program at a time, an ability that phones from Apple's rivals already offer and that iPhone owners have long sought.Source: The Times of India | 8 Apr 2010 | 9:03 pm Radiation in Delhi's Mayapuri!Scientists have carried out a survey of the extent of radiation in West Delhi's Mayapuri industrial area.Source: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2010 | 9:02 pm Few takers for H-1B work visaUS H-1B visa is the most sought after work visa by Indian IT professionals.Source: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2010 | 8:50 pm Woods exceeds expectations on Masters returnAUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - An astounded Tiger Woods exceeded his own expectations in his first tournament for almost five months as veteran Fred Couples charged into a one-shot lead in the U.S. Masters first round on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Apr 2010 | 8:35 pm Price rise: Three crack teams set up - NDTV.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Apr 2010 | 8:16 pm Govt to deploy drones along Maoist corridorAfter badly burning its fingers in the deadly Dantewada ambush on Tuesday, the Centre will deploy spy drones or UAVs for reconnaissance of Naxal hideouts at the tri-junction of Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.Source: The Times of India | 8 Apr 2010 | 3:13 pm 6 J&K ultras convicted for '96 Delhi blast - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 8 Apr 2010 | 1:59 pm Sonia Gandhi emerges from political shadowsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - After years of running India from the shadows, ruling party chief Sonia Gandhi has grabbed a more public role with a cabinet-ranked post that may herald more social welfare spending and less talk of economic "miracles".Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Apr 2010 | 7:04 am
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