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After nuclear summit, top US diplomat to visit India !US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg will be travelling to India next week, a senior US official has said.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am IPL row: Tharoor to speak in LS, Sonia holds consultations!Under fire for his alleged involvement in the Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor will Friday give a statement on the issue in the Lok Sabha Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am India pitches for UN reforms, global anti-terror treaty!Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday made a strong pitch for urgent reform of the United Nations.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am Flying ash forces change in PM`s special aircraft route!Flying ash from Iceland`s erupting volcano has forced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s special aircraft to change its planned route and now he will return to home via Johannesburg in South Africa.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am India contributes to UN memorial for slavery victims !India has contributed USD 250,000 to the Trust Fund for the Permanent Memorial to honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. India is the largest contributor to this Fund.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am `US intends to give Indian investigators access to Headley`!The US intends to give Indian investigators access to David Coleman Headley, a key accused in the 26/11 terror attack, US Consul General at Mumbai Paul Folmsbee has said.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am ISI used LeT to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir: UN!Pakistan`s powerful spy agency ISI continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Toiba and has used the terror group`s services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am India contributes to UN memorial for slavery victims!India has contributed $250,000 to the Trust Fund for the Permanent Memorial to honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. India is the largest contributor to this Fund.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am NIT amendment bill introduced in Lok Sabha!A bill was today introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend a law to make the five Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) statutory bodies and enable them award degrees to students.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am India-UK flights hit due to volcanic ash!Kingfisher Airlines cancelled its flights to London on Friday while AI rescheduled its flights.Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am Beheaded body in Kali temple; not case of human sacrifice: Cops!A nude, beheaded body of an unidentified man was found today in a Kali temple in Birbhum district but police said it did not appear to be a case of human sacrifice even as it arrested a man in this connection.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am Stapled visa stalls Arunachal shooter`s China trip!Arunachal Pradesh`s ace shooter and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Pemba Tamang was offloaded by the Indian immigration officials from a flight to Beijing since he possessed a stapled visa.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am 12-year-old Dalit killed for stealing wheat !A 12-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten to death by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh`s Hardoi district for stealing wheat from the fields, police said Friday.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am Maoists torch trucks in Bihar !Suspected Maoists have torched several trucks and machines of two road construction companies in Bihar`s Vaishali and Aurangabad districts, police said Friday.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am Ban Ganga has little water for Vaishno Devi pilgrims !For many, a holy pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi means a dip in the Ban Ganga river which meanders around the sacred shrine. But this year there is disappointment in store as the river is almost dry.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am CBI probing 22 allegations against Parrikar: Naik!As many as 22 allegations against former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in connection with the IFFI infrastructure `scam` are being probed by the CBI, Congress MP Shantaram Naik said today.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am GNLF, GJM call for Kurseong bandh; security beefed up!Additional security forces were deployed in Kurseong sub-division of Darjeeling district in view of Friday`s bandh calls by the GJM and the GNLF.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am Maha govt for suspension against Ravi Gaekwad!Maharashtra government has begun suspension proceedings against Deputy Regional Transport Officer Ravi Gaekwad for his failure to report to duty after being transferred out of Mumbai in the wake of the imported bike scam.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am Four mowed down by train in Ghaziabad!Four persons were killed when they were run over by the Guwahati-Delhi Sampark Kranti Express at Kotgaon railway crossing here, police said on Friday.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am President conveys condolences to storm victims` families!President Pratibha Patil on Friday conveyed her condolences to the members of the bereaved families and wished speedy recovery to the injured in the Tuesday night`s devastating storm in Bihar`s Seemanchal belt.Source: Zee News : States | 16 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am Govt bans SMS for post-paid mobile users in Jammu and KashmirThe Department of Telecom has asked all the 12 operators, including state-owned BSNL and other private players, to withdraw text message service to their post-paid users in J&K altogether.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:11 am Liverpool put up for sale, new chairman appointedLiverpool said British Airways chief Martin Broughton had been appointed as chairman with immediate effect and will oversee the sale process.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:05 am China wants to correct trade imbalance: Hu Jintao tells Manmohan SinghTrade between India and China has jumped substantially from $1 billion in 2001 to $52 billion in 2008 and the two sides are targeting to reach $60 billion.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:05 am Volcanic ash may force delay in Polish funeralUS president Barack Obama and dozens of other global leaders are due to attend the funeral at Krakow's Wawel cathedral in southern Poland.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:03 am TVS launches metal body scooter WEGA in NagpurTVS WEGO comes with a 110 cc engine that delivers a peak power of 8 BHP at 7,500 rpm. WEGA's other features include an external fuel fill with hinged cap, under seat charger for cell phones.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:03 am NEWSALERT: JSW Energy unit acquires South African CoalUtility JSW Energy said today its wholly owned overseas unit has agreed to acquire majority shareholding in South African Coal Mining Holding Ltd.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:02 am Govt bans SMS for postpaid mobile users in J&KThe govt has banned SMS service for postpaid subscribers in Jammu & Kashmir while restricting the facility for prepaid users to 10 SMSes per day per subscriber from midnight due to security concerns.Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:02 am Disabled children to get special treatment under Right to Education ActThe children belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, socially, educationally and economically backward classes get preference over others under the historic act enacted last year.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:01 am Teacher, students detained for visiting Maoist area in JharkhandThe group claimed to have come to Maoist-hit Gurabandha area of East Singhbhum of Jharkhand to see for themselves the alleged displacement of locals due to mining activities but no such activities took place in the area.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:01 am Icelandic volcano still spewing huge ash plumeAn Icelandic volcano is still spewing ash into the air in a massive plume that has disrupted air traffic across Europe and shows little sign of letting up, officials said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 4:01 am Jammu and Kashmir to promote of religious tourismSeveral travel operators have been roped in the project and the government is holding publicity campaigns to promote places of religious importance, the state's tourism minister Rigzin Jora said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:58 am Gopinath ropes in RIL as strategic investor in Deccan 360While the companies did not disclose the quantum of investment, RIL said that a wholly-owned subsidiary would provide "growth capital" for the new cargo airline.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:57 am Dennis Quaid fronts documentary to promote prevention of medical errorsDennis Quaid is heading a new documentary to promote the prevention of medical errors, three years after his newborn twins were given a drug overdose which almost killed them.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:57 am Rupee off lows on dlr inflows; shares eyedThe rupee recovered from the day's lows today helped by some dollar inflows towards a share-sale by an infrastructure company but losses in the local sharemarket and a stronger dollar overseas limited the rise.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:48 am Commodore's links with Russian woman being probed: Defence minister - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:45 am Pakistan probe of Bhutto death faces hurdlesISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan may find it difficult to thoroughly investigate former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination as called for by a U.N. report, analysts say, without antagonising the powerful security establishment.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:45 am Tharoor has hidden agenda: ModiThe verbal war between Lalit Modi and Shashi Tharoor intensified today with the IPL Commissioner accusing the Minister of State for External Affairs of having an "hidden agenda" in the Kochi consortium's franchise bid.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:38 am Govt sees jump in pvt funding for infrastructureIndia expects private firms to fund half of the projected $1 trillion investment in infrastructure between 2012 and 2017, an adviser said today, nearly triple the current proportion.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:32 am Ratan Tata retains Most Powerful CEO crownRatan Tata retains Most Powerful CEO crownSource: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:32 am Sebi to introduce more currency derivatives products: BhaveChairman of the Indian securities board Sebi, C B Bhave, today said the market watchdog is planning to introduce more currency derivatives products, beginning with options, to give a wider choice to investors.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:28 am Markets remain subduedThe markets continue to languish in the red. In a replication of this morning's attempt at a recovery, the markets momentarily clawed their way back into the green, only to lose the momentum yet again. The Sensex is now quoting at 17617,lower by21 points and the Nifty is at 5268, down five points.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:27 am Govt bans SMS for post-paid mobile users in J-KThe Department of Telecom has asked state-owned BSNL and other private players to withdraw text message service to their post-paid users in JandK altogether.Source: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:19 am RBI governor to meet Mukherjee on FridayNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor will meet the finance minister on Friday, an official said, as the two sides try to balance growth with fighting inflation ahead of the bank's monetary policy review on April 20.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:15 am Interested in studying in the UKA UK education could be the start of something big -- your future. The UK offers a vast mix of forward-looking courses and exciting experiences that lead to valuable qualifications. The UK also off...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am 'India allowing Chinese economic invasion'M Naik has spent 45 years with the engineering giant and says he has taken just 40 days leave in his entire working life. Speaking to Shyamal Majumdar at L&T's sprawling office in Powai, Naik d...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am ISRO to meet on Saturday, will analyse GSLV-D3 failureImages ] top space scientists will be meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday to analyse the data and find the cause for failure of GSLV-D3 rocket, which was launched for the first time on Thursday ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am Modi accuses Tharoor of having hidden agendaBrushing aside all media reports that said Modi may step down from the post of IPL Commissioner and that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Shashank Manohar may be appointed as...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am Why the UN report blames Musharraf for Bhutto's assassinationThe Commission was headed by Chilean UN Ambassador Heraldo Munoz and included former Indonesian attorney general Marzuki Darusman and Ireland's former deputy police commissioner Peter Fitzgerald.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am HC asks govt to form panel on Gujjar quota issueImages ] high court on Friday asked the state government to constitute a committee led by a retired judge to look into the quota demands of the Gujjars and to find a solution to the problem arising ou...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am China wants to correct trade imbalance: Hu tells SinghChinese President Hu Jintao has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that his country wanted to correct the trade imbalance which is in its favour and that ways should be explored in this direction.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am Tharoor on IPL rowImages ] on Friday rejected the Opposition's demands for his resignation as minister of state for external affairs by asserting that the allegations against him on the IPL issue were 'baseless, ill-fo...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am 'Nothing To Do With Me''The notion that somebody is some sort of “proxy” for me is frankly insulting to me and to the professionalism and business ethics of the investors and their associates, particularly since I could...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:12 am India must play PakistanThe ICC is putting pressure on India to play cricket with Pakistan despite knowing that is impossible under the present situation.Source: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:11 am RBI Reference rate for US dollar and euroThe Reserve Bank of India today fixed the Reference rate for the US currency at Rs 44.49 per dollar and the single European unit at Rs 60.16 per euro from Rs 44.38 per dollar and Rs 60.53 per euro, respectively, as on yesterday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:11 am Volcanic ash halts much of northern Europe air travelLONDON (Reuters) - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano caused further air travel chaos across Europe on Friday on a scale not seen since the Sept. 11 attacks, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:09 am 'Reliance invested $20-$30 mn in Deccan 360'Reliance Industries invested between $20 million and $30 million for a stake in freight services firm Deccan 360, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:08 am Reliance invested $20-$30 mln in Deccan 360 - sourceMUMBAI (Reuters) - Reliance Industries invested between $20 million and $30 million for a stake in freight services firm Deccan 360, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 3:00 am SBI: not much rate rise seen in 2-3 monthsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - State Bank of India, the country's top lender, does not expect much of a hike in interest rates, Chairman O.P. Bhatt said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 2:58 am Govt sees jump in pvt funding for infrastructureNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government expects private firms to fund half of the projected $1 trillion investment in infrastructure between 2012 and 2017, an adviser said on Friday, nearly triple the current proportion.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 2:55 am Indian priest under house arrest in Italy for paedophiliaThe priest, identified only as David, who confessed to sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Italy has been placed under house arrest. He has been transferred to an unnamed location.Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2010 | 2:54 am Capital burns as mercury crosses 42.3 degrees - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Apr 2010 | 2:48 am Shashi Tharoor has hidden agenda: ModiIPL chairman Lalit Modi also alleged that minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor wanted to move the Kochi franchise to Abu Dhabi but said he would not let that happen.Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2010 | 2:45 am RBI seen hiking rates, CRR next weekMUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India is expected to raise interest rates for the second time in a month on Tuesday and drain more liquidity from the banking system to contain rising inflationary pressures.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 2:34 am Rs. 1000 cr for laying world class roads in 11 TN cities - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Apr 2010 | 2:29 am "Cool" postures as yoga takes to water in IndiaAGRA (Reuters Life!) - You've probably heard of hot yoga and power yoga, but now there's another form of the physical and mental activity that's gaining in popularity in India -- water yoga.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 2:12 am Tharoor wants to move IPL Kochi to Abu DhabiVerbal war between Modi and Tharoor intensified with the IPL Commissioner accusing the MoS for External Affairs of having an 'hidden agenda' in Kochi consortium's franchise bid.Source: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2010 | 1:59 am Shah Rukh, Salman begin online raceSource: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2010 | 1:58 am Tibetans mourn dead as China quake toll hits 791YUSHU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans mourned dead relatives on Friday from an earthquake that killed nearly 800 people in remote western China as rescue crews found a handful of survivors, and homeless residents shivered in tents.Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Apr 2010 | 1:01 am IPL row created to thwart Kerala franchise: Tharoor"No misuse of my official position was involved. The issue has nothing to do with my ministry. As a minister, I was in no position to influence the bid process, let alone its outcome," Shashi Tharoor said.Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:45 am Ranbir calls Katrina bhabhiRanbir Kapoor would secretly tease Katrina Kaif and call her Bhabhiji while shooting for Prakash Jhas Raajneeti in Bhopal. Actually, Katrina plays Ranbirs sister-in-law and Arjun Rampals widow in Raajneeti.Source: The Times of India | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:43 am India 'human sacrifice' suspected - BBC News
Source: Nation - Google News | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:35 am Sunanda to sue Modi, IPL?Sunanda Pushkar hires lawyer in Dubai, may file for damages.Source: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:07 am Commodore's links with Russian woman established: Navy probeDefence Minister has said that a Navy inquiry has established a senior officer's connections with a Russian woman.Source: Top Headlines | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:05 am Inflation touches 10 per centSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am I-T officials visit IPL office for inquirySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Tipu sword fetches record priceSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Opposition members force repeated adjournments on Dantewada attackSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Heatwave sweeps through Punjab, HaryanaSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am New chief for Kochi IPL franchiseSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Manmohan, Hu review tiesSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Huge backlog in SC/ST recruitments in StateSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am CBI probes 22 charges against ParrikarSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am I'll continue to lead the fight against Naxals: ChidambaramSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Dantewada, a wake-up call: PC - Express Buzz
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Apr 2010 | 11:52 pm Finmin adviser: Inflation has peakedNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Inflation in India has peaked but it would remain high, Kaushik Basu, the finance ministry's chief economic adviser, said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Apr 2010 | 11:49 pm North Europe airspace closed, several flights hitKingfisher cancelled flights to London on Friday while AI rescheduled its flights to London, Toronto and New York as airspace over many northern European airports was closed due to drifting ash from a volcano in Iceland.Source: The Times of India | 15 Apr 2010 | 11:31 pm • AIPMT 2010 Preliminary Test Results Declared - Higher Education In India
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Apr 2010 | 11:07 pm Shooter misses flight due to Chinese stapled visaCWG gold medallist Pemba Tamang was stopped by immigration officials in Mumbai from boarding a flight to Beijing as his passport had invalid stapled visa.Source: The Times of India | 15 Apr 2010 | 11:05 pm Telangana panel to hear TRS delegation in Delhi - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Apr 2010 | 11:04 pm BPUT Results 2010 Declared - india-server.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Apr 2010 | 11:01 pm Katz, Bips, Shilpa and Shruti labeledSource: The Times of India | 15 Apr 2010 | 10:38 pm Pak used terrorists as a tool in Kashmir: UNPakistan is now increasingly facing brickbats at the international level for its role in sponsoring terrorism in Kashmir.Source: Top Headlines | 15 Apr 2010 | 10:07 pm Ban Ganga has little water for Vaishno Devi pilgrimsFor many, a holy pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi means a dip in the Ban Ganga river which meanders around the sacred shrine. But this year there is disappointment in store as the riverSource: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2010 | 9:30 pm Many trapped by cyclone which hit India and BangladeshA million people who have been left homeless by a deadly storm in north-east India are now waiting for aid.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 15 Apr 2010 | 5:09 pm RTE fails to take off in UP - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 15 Apr 2010 | 2:56 pm India has more cellphones than toilets, says UN report - Daily News & Analysis
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