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TDP chief writes to PM for probe into IPL scandal!The Telugu Desam Party has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to order a probe into the Indian Premier League (IPL) controversy.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am Pvt dispute no basis for withholding retirement benefits: CAT!Retirement benefits of a government employee cannot be withheld on the ground of his involvement in a private dispute, the Central Administrative Tribunal has held.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am India to include Tibetans in census exercise!Tibetans residing in India for the past six months or more would be included in the National Census 2011, process for which is underway now, official sources said on Friday.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am Speaker threatens to act against 51 MPs including Lalu, Kalyan!Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has threatened to act against 51 members including Union Minister R P N Singh and leaders like Lalu Prasad, Kalyan Singh and Babulal Marandi if they failed to disclose their assets soon.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am India wants pragmatic framework for elimination of N-weapons!India said the danger of nuclear terrorism has made early elimination of atomic weapons a matter of even greater urgency and hoped that "pragmatic and purposeful" frameworks would be worked out by the international community.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am Shakti wins Dance India Dance !Shakti Mohan became the winner of Zee TV`s dance reality show `DID` at the grand finale Friday night.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am Yet another arrest in Geeta Aulakh case!Police have arrested one more person in connection with the murder of Indian-origin Geeta Aulakh, a radio station receptionist, who was left dying in the north-west London with one of her hands cut off last year.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am Tharoor looking forward to thorough inquiry into IPL scandal!Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said he was looking forward to a "thorough inquiry" into the IPL imbroglio, which cost him his position as minister of state for external affairs.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am Where is Alagiri? Even Speaker wants to know !A day after Opposition raised questions over "perpetual" absence of Union Minister M K Alagiri from Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today said that even she had not received any communication about his whereabouts.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am Flight delay triggers protest at Kolkata airport!A Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight got delayed indefinitely for several hours triggering protests from passengers at the NSCB international airport here Friday night.Source: Zee News : India National | 24 Apr 2010 | 5:30 am ICICI Bank net up 7 percentThe country's largest private lender ICICI Bank Saturday reported a 7 percent increase in net profit in 2009-10 at Rs.4,025 crore ($896 million) compared to Rs.3,758 crore ($837 million) in the previous fiscal.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 4:10 am Rain brings temperature down in ShimlaRains in Himachal Pradesh Saturday brought down the temperature, with the weatherman forecasting better times across the state.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 4:10 am Renovated Oberoi hotel finally reopens after 26/11The Oberoi, a landmark hotel in Mumbai that Pakistani terrorists targeted in November 2008, killing 32 people there, reopened Saturday with a brand new look, 287 guest rooms and tighter security.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 4:10 am Neil Nitin Mukesh gets wounded all over in 'Lafange Parinde'It seems doing traumatic roles has become a part of Neil Nitin Mukesh's acting karma. For his role in 'Lafange Parinde' the actor is required to fight man to man with his adversaries, with the result he has bloody bruises and cuts all over.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 4:10 am I have not done anything wrong: Shashi Tharoor tells his supportersShashi Tharoor insisted he has not done anything wrong and that he used his office only for the benefit of his constituency and state.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 4:05 am Nitish Kumar shouldn't be worried about phone tapping: Lalu PrasadThe RJD leader said he spoke to the chief minister this morning and advised him not not be worried.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 4:01 am BCCI mulling to form sub-committee to run IPLUnder-fire from all quarters in the wake of Lalit Modi's alleged financial irregularities in the running of the Indian Premier League, the Cricket Board is planning to form a small sub-committee to run the Twenty20 league in future, according to sources.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:58 am Chandigarh Academy enters Women Hockey tournament semisChandigarh Academy got its first goal in the 15th minute through Lily Chanu who scored off a reverse shot.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:49 am Pratibha Patil to address special session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly on May 11Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and parliamentary affairs minister Narottam Mishra, had called on the president in New Delhi on Wednesday.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:47 am Lalit Modi to skip Champions League meeting: SourcesChampions League chairman Lalit Modi will not attend the Champions League T20 Governing Council meeting, where a decision on the venue for the T20 tournament is to be taken, sources said.Source: The Times of India | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:44 am Two bodies recovered in JammuThe body of CRPF head constable Partap Singh, a resident of Karnal in Haryana, was brought from Bantalab area.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:44 am Controversy-hit IPL heads towards finaleAhead of the final tomorrow Chennai Super Kings at the DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Indians are keeping their fingers crossed over Sachin Tendulkar's finger injury.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:42 am Those affected by CWG projects to be compensated soon: DikshitChief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said steps have been taken to provide compensation to those affected by development works in the run up to the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Delhi.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:42 am Maruti sees 20-30% decline in sales to European marketWe hope demand will once more pick-up and we will export more cars to Europe. Europe is a good market for us," Maruti Suzuki's managing director and CEO, Shinzo Nakanishi said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:39 am Lleyton Hewitt to play Davis Cup tie against Japan in MayHewitt is on the comeback trail from hip surgery following his fourth round exit at the Australian Open in January.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:36 am Lightning storm disrupts New Orleans PGA eventOnly 47 of the 151 players in the field managed to complete their second rounds while almost a third, including first round leader American Jason Bohn, did not even tee off.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:34 am ICICI, HDFC Bank Q4 net up by a third on credit demandMUMBAI (Reuters) - ICICI Bank, the country's second-largest lender, posted its best quarterly profit growth in two years, helped by an increase in fee income and reduction in operational costs.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:31 am Melanie Oudin leads US against Russia in Fed Cup semi-finalThe top-ranked Williams sisters Venus and Serena are out injured so Oudin, ranked a career-high 31, will play Russian number two Alla Kudryavtseva in the opening match.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:31 am Tibetans pray for Chinese earthquake victimsTibetan students in India offered special prayers for Chinese earthquake victims in Himachal Pradesh's Suja village.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:30 am Van Heusen launches couture lineFashion brand Van Heusen has launched its exclusive couture line that will have the signature style of established fashion designers.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:30 am Logistical difficulties in allowing NRIs to vote: CECAmid government's keenness to grant voting rights to Non-Resident Indians, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla today said there were 'logistical difficulties' in implementing the proposal.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:25 am CPI-M asks government to own up phone tapping - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:17 am Armenia to boost trade ties with India in IT, agricultureArmenia is focusing on IT, agriculture, diamond cutting and polishing to boost trade ties with India, the Eurasian nation's ambassador to India, Ara Hakobyan, said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:14 am Bouquets, brickbats greet Tharoor on Kerala visitWaving cricket bats, hundreds of Congress activists gave a roaring welcome to former minister of state for external affairs Shahshi Tharoor as he arrived here Saturday on his first visit to his home state after quitting over the IPL row.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:10 am BCCI mulling to form sub-committee to run IPLBCCI is planning to form a small sub-committee to run the Twenty20 league in future.Source: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:05 am Maruti sees 20-30% sales decline in European marketThe country's largest car-maker, Maruti Suzuki, said there has been a 20-30 per cent decline in sales to Europe in 2010-11 so far due to the stoppage of scrappage schemes, a top company official said.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:03 am Poor facilities in lower courts slammedSupreme Court judge S.H. Kapadia, tipped to be the Chief Justice of India in May, Saturday lamented the pathetic infrastructure in the lower courts in various states.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:00 am Shakti Mohan gave up IAS dream for 'Dance India Dance'She always wanted to become a bureaucrat but ended up being the country's new dancing sensation. And now 'Dance India Dance 2' winner Shakti Mohan says she will follow her heart and pursue her passion.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 3:00 am Indian Bank Q4 net rises 4% at Rs 410 crIndian Bank today reported a 4.03 per cent increase in its net profit at Rs 409.9 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2010, over the same period last year.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:58 am Pawar talks with Mallya, BCCI bigwigsAgriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday met with Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar, Secretary N Srinivasan and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise owner Vijay Mallya.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:50 am India property expo hopes to garner Rs 150 cr in SingaporeSome 600 Indian property projects are on display in Singapore this weekend, hoping to attract interest and Rs 150 crore of investment from Non-Resident Indians in the city state.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:48 am HDFC Bank Q4 profit up 33% to Rs 836 crPrivate sector lender HDFC Bank today reported a 32.61 per cent jump in its fourth quarter net profit at Rs 836.62 crore.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:48 am BJP slams govt on phone tapping, demands statement from PMBJP today slammed the Government on the issue of phone tapping of senior politicians, saying that it was resorting to such "despotic actions" as it has failed on all fronts.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:40 am Delhi markets to close on CWG opening, closing days - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:39 am Manmohan Singh's SAARC visit unchangedPrime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the SAARC Summit in Bhutan as scheduled.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:39 am Resurgent Opposition puts Congress on back footA series of political gaffes by the Congress the Tharoor controversy being the latest has forced the ruling party on the back foot and brought a hitherto dormant Opposition right back into the battle.Source: The Times of India | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:36 am Greece presses 'help' button, markets still waryATHENS (Reuters) - Debt-stricken Greece appealed to its European partners and the IMF for emergency loans on Friday, yielding to overwhelming market pressure to start the first financial rescue of a member of the euro zone.Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:16 am ISI officer says kar sevaks were bigger threat than ISI in Ayodhya - India Today
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:03 am Civilian killed in Kashmir firing - Daily News & Analysis
Source: Nation - Google News | 24 Apr 2010 | 2:01 am Govt looking into telephone tapping issuePolitical parties slammed the government for allegedly resorting to snooping on leaders.Source: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2010 | 1:34 am Don't ignore our viewpoint, Taliban warn Pak mediaThe Taliban have warned the Pakistani media for "the last time" against "ignoring" the group's viewpoint and claimed that newspapers and television channels were hiding the truth and working as an ally of army.Source: The Times of India | 24 Apr 2010 | 1:17 am Tharoor tweets: 'Looking forward to inquiry into IPL-gate'Shashi Tharoor said his resignation would be worthwhile only when it leads to reforms.Source: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:28 am Is India a global trash can?Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu is the dumping dock for all kinds of international hazardous waste. Why is this small port the preferred destination for poison cargo?Source: The Times of India | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:27 am Panchayat an instrument to counter Maoists: PMDr Manmohan Singh said challenges posed by Maoists could be countered by empowering rural poor.Source: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:06 am 'Hostile' Musharraf never wanted Bhutto to return to PakMusharraf had a confrontation with Benazir Bhutto over the telephone days before she returned to the country in 2007, Bhuttos close friend has disclosed.Source: Top Headlines | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am BCCI bigwigs skip IPL awards nightSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am India-US naval exercise beginsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Asiatic lion census at Gir set to beginSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Judges differ on allowing polygraph test on RajuSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Decision on IPL franchisee's FDI plea deferredSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Solicitor-General going to U.S. on Headley trailSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Tribunal stays Thachankary's suspensionSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Opposition demands JPC probe into IPL irregularitiesSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Maoists call bandh from MondaySource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Phone-tapping intolerable, says KaratSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 24 Apr 2010 | 12:00 am Wastes Land - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Apr 2010 | 11:50 pm Time to just do itCouch doctors have pointed out what to many is a curious aberration that they're seeing an incline in cases of married couples who've never had sex.Source: The Times of India | 23 Apr 2010 | 11:17 pm China replaces Communist Party chief in XinjiangChina has replaced the Communist Party leader for the sprawling western region that was hit by deadly ethnic violence last year.Source: The Times of India | 23 Apr 2010 | 10:50 pm INTERVIEW - GM's 2010 India sales set to double - LeeBEIJING (Reuters) - General Motors expects to double sales in India this year and to double its share in that market in the longer term with the addition of commercial vehicles it plans to begin making with its joint-venture partner, China's SAIC.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2010 | 9:42 pm Golden jubilee celebration will boost growth momentum: Gujarat CM - Daily News & Analysis
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Apr 2010 | 9:31 pm Bikini bombshells of BollywoodBikinis are no more a big deal for Bollywood babes. Gone are the days when actresses sporting a bikini onscreen would be slotted as sleazy.Source: The Times of India | 23 Apr 2010 | 8:41 pm Raje, Gehlot locked in 'problem' league battle - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Apr 2010 | 5:16 pm Former DGP Rathore's medal taken back - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Apr 2010 | 5:02 pm “Nalini made calls to UK, Sri Lanka” - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Apr 2010 | 3:59 pm Bofors to Cola, JPC tool rarely usedIs a JPC an easy escape route for a ruling coalition or an effective tool for the Opposition to turn the heat on the govt?Source: Top Headlines | 23 Apr 2010 | 3:42 pm Focus shifts to IPL bid riggingThe government is seriously considering referring allegations of rigging of IPL bids to the Competition Commission of India for a thorough probe, which may extend to the disappearance of the bid documents of the Videocon and Adani groups.Source: The Times of India | 23 Apr 2010 | 3:14 pm EXCLUSIVE - Abacus might have had other benefits for GoldmanNEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group may have used a subprime mortgage-linked security that is the focus of a U.S. civil fraud lawsuit against the bank to unload other complex bonds it created, according to a deal document obtained by Reuters.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2010 | 3:13 pm Faster weapons may replace nukes in USCalled Prompt Global Strike, the new weapon is designed to carry out tasks like picking off bin Laden in a cave, if the right one could be found.Source: Top Headlines | 23 Apr 2010 | 2:58 pm Despite IPL profits, team owners post lossesDespite growth in total IPL revenue - Rs 662 crore in 2008 and Rs 774 crore in 2009 - team owners in most cases have either posted losses or barely broken even.Source: The Times of India | 23 Apr 2010 | 2:37 pm MIT's Duflo, poverty specialist, wins economics prizeBOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor from France who finds unorthodox ways to help the world's poor won the John Bates Clark medal on Friday, the so-called Baby Nobel given to the most promising economist in the United States under age 40.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2010 | 2:33 pm Kashmir pact was just a signature away - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 23 Apr 2010 | 2:29 pm Kashmir resolution was just a signature awayFor most people, Kashmir is an intractable problem dividing India and Pakistan. What they dont know is that the two countries have actually an accord on Kashmir ready and had almost unveiled it in 2007.Source: The Times of India | 23 Apr 2010 | 2:14 pm Kashmir protests death penalty in Delhi bombingSRINAGAR (Reuters) - Police fired teargas shells in Kashmir on Friday to quell violent protests during a strike called against death sentences for three separatists for their role in the 1996 bombing in New Delhi.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2010 | 9:36 am No early Pakistan action seen on Lashkar-e-TaibaISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is unlikely to take on Lashkar-e-Taiba any time soon, since this could drive it into a dangerous alliance with the Pakistani Taliban and other al-Qaeda linked groups, security officials say.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2010 | 9:22 am Bombs kill 64 in Iraq after al Qaeda deathsBAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs targeting Shi'ite areas rocked Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 56 people in an apparent backlash after Iraq touted a series of blows against a weakened al Qaeda-led insurgency.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2010 | 8:24 am IAF chief says India to have fifth-generation jets in 2018NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will introduce an advanced fighter jet it is building with Russia in 2018, a move that will bring sophistication to its air power but could also spark unease among neighbours China and Pakistan.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2010 | 7:28 am India, Pakistan in focus at South Asia summitNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Leaders of India and Pakistan are likely to meet in Bhutan's capital next week as their nuclear-armed rivalry overshadows a summit of South Asian nations to discuss trade and environment.Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2010 | 3:38 am
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