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Boffins discover control mechanism behind autoimmune diseasesThe discovery is of potential significance to the treatment of serious diseases such as MS (multiple sclerosis), rheumatoid arthritis, and SLE (Systemic lupus erythematosus).Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 4:16 am Dam! Where did all the water disappear?DNA's A Veeramani takes a day out to explore the Tippangondahalli Reservoir, once a source of water for Bangalore, which lies neglected today.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 4:11 am Major fire in DelhiA major fire broke out in a factory in the Okhla industrial area here Wednesday, the Delhi Fire Service said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 4:10 am Uneasy calm in Kerala's opposition UDFKerala's opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) seems unhappy with a backdoor entry, with a constituent having unilaterally brought in a party from the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) into its fold.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 4:10 am Carlo Ancelotti to face Roman Abramovich inquest even if Chelsea wins doubleChelsea will lift the Premier League crown if they beat Wigan on Sunday, and then, have an FA Cup final with Portsmouth on May 15.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 4:04 am 3 die in workshop explosion in Uttar PradeshPolice suspect that the combustible materials in the workshop might have come in contact with an ignited stove.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 4:03 am Lady GaGa a Michael Bolton fanWhile speaking to a radio show, Bolton said Lady GaGa asked if they could write songs together because she was a fan.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 4:00 am CPI-M begins three-day central committee meetingA three-day meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) central committee began here Wednesday with a key agenda being rooting out corruption within the party ranks.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 4:00 am Court issues notice to CBI on Goa scamA Goa court Wednesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) why Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and some cabinet ministers were not being quizzed over an alleged scam linked to the 2004 International Film Festival of India (IFFI).Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 4:00 am Allianz first quarter operating profit rises by a fifthEurope's biggest insurer said operating profit in its main money spinner, property and casualty insurance, was below that of the first quarter of 2009.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 3:58 am Maoists strike to oust Nepal govt continues for fourth dayMaoists cadres carrying sticks and red banners blocked all approach roads leading to the country's key administrative building complex, in an attempt to pressurise the government to quit and also enforced a complete shutdown throughout the country.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 3:58 am Citigroup plans small-biz fund for low income communitiesCitigroup plans to launch a $200 million fund for small-business lending in low and moderate income communities.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:57 am Union of India, Sharad Pawar dragged into PIL on IPLThe court also allowed the petitioner to make Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar a party to the case since there are some allegation against him in the petition.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 3:56 am Second Nithari killings case: Court postpones hearing to May 12Special additional district and session judge AK Singh yesterday convicted 38-year-old Koli in the Arti murder case.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 3:55 am Rains bring respite to people from scorching heat in JammuRain preceded by heavy winds lashed Jammu city and its surroundings this afternoon bringing down the temperature appreciably.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 May 2010 | 3:54 am ABRL to open 10 hypermarkets, up to 100 supermarkets in FY11Aditya Birla Retail (ABRL) plans to open 10 hypermarkets and up to 100 supermarkets this fiscal, a top company official said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:51 am Apex court verdict on Krishna-Godavari gas dispute likely FridayThe Supreme Court is expected to deliver Friday its much-awaited verdict on one of India's most high-profile legal battles between companies led by the two Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, over natural gas supplies from the Krishna-Godavari basin.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 3:50 am RBI increases cash limit for foreign travelPeople travelling abroad can now carry foreign exchange up to $3,000 or its equivalent amount in other currencies without the Reserve Bank of India's consent.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 3:50 am Huawei working to allay Indian security fearsChinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies said on Wednesday it was ensuring its networks were secure, as India reiterated it has not banned Chinese-made telecoms gear though added there were restrictions due to security reasons.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:48 am Mayawati's claim of ousting criminals an eyewash: Congress - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 3:47 am Now, India to ease visa rules for Bangladeshi visitorsBuilding on improved relations with Bangladesh, India today said it proposes to ease visa rules for visitors from the neighbouring country.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:47 am No noticeable impact of Dubai crisis on exports: GovtThe government today said the recent Dubai World debt crisis had no significant impact on the Indian economy including, exports.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:46 am Punjab, Haryana find Chandigarh's water consumption too highChandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, is consuming too much of drinking water - the governments of both states feel.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 3:40 am Domestic brokerages' institutional mkt share to be 50% by 2015Domestic brokerages, such as Motilal Oswal and ICICI Securities, are likely to strengthen their hold over the institutional market to catch up with their foreign counterparts, as their marketshare is expected to rise to over 50 per cent by 2015.??According to a report by global research firm Celent, domestic brokerages' importance is steadily increasing in the Indian institutional market, where foreign brokerages like CLSA, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan have been the leadingSource: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:37 am Uttar Pradesh lawyers on strike to protest police excessesThe functioning of courts in Uttar Pradesh was affected Wednesday when lawyers in various districts of the state struck work protesting last month's alleged police excesses against their colleagues in Kanpur.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 3:30 am Bhandarkar turns actor on Smita Thackeray's insistenceCritically acclaimed filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, who will be seen in a special appearance in Rahul Dholakia's 'Society', says he agreed to act in the movie on producer Smita Thackeray's behest.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 3:30 am Mother of 26/11 victim cheated of compensationThe mother of a Mumbai terror attack victim has filed a complaint in a Bihar court against two villagers for allegedly cheating her of the compensation paid to her.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 May 2010 | 3:30 am Govt reacts cautiously to SC ruling on narco test - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 3:28 am Greece rocked by anti-austerity general strikeA general strike paralysed Greece today in the first major test of the socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented austerity cuts needed to avert a fiscal meltdown.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:26 am Prudential delays rights issue to fund Asian insurer buyoutBritish insurer Prudential today said it had decided to delay launching a rights issue aimed at helping to fund a 35.5-billion-dollar takeover of AIA, the Asian arm of troubled US insurer AIG.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:24 am SBI, Visa in JV for merchant acquiring bizCountry's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) today said it has selected US-based Elavon Incorporation and Visa International as its joint venture partners for merchant acquiring business.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:22 am India Inc M deals touch $1.7 bn in AprilCorporate India's merger and acquisition deal activity stood at $1.74 billion in April taking the total M&A kitty so far this year to $21 billion.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 5 May 2010 | 3:20 am China's Huawei working to allay Indian security fearsNEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies said on Wednesday it was ensuring its networks were secure, as India reiterated it has not banned Chinese-made telecoms gear though added there were restrictions due to security reasons.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 May 2010 | 3:01 am Spicejet flight makes priority landing in Kolkata, 2 passengers detained - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 2:51 am Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over MPs' remarks - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 2:19 am Spicejet flight makes priority landing in Kolkata, 2 passengers detainedA Spicejet flight on Wednesday made a 'priority landing' in Kolkata after a burqa-clad passenger with a man-like physique aroused the suspicion of crew members onboard.Source: The Times of India | 5 May 2010 | 2:18 am World's oldest person dies at 114 - Guinness recordsTOKYO (Reuters Life!) - The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman, has died at the age of 114, Guinness World Records said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 May 2010 | 2:17 am Sachin joins, sets Twitter ablazeSource: The Times of India | 5 May 2010 | 1:45 am After '3 Idiots' comes 3 'Raavans'Source: The Times of India | 5 May 2010 | 1:41 am Police to question boyfriend in scribe's murder - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 1:35 am Terror scare: Spicejet flight makes 'priority' landingA Spicejet flight made a 'priority landing' after after a burqa-clad person aroused suspicion.Source: Top Headlines | 5 May 2010 | 1:24 am Mumbai trains back on track - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 1:23 am Aiyar calls Jaitley 'fascist', BJP won't bear it - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 1:20 am Kalmadi and co seek PM's intervention in tenure rowMiffed with sports ministry's regulations limiting their tenures IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi met PM Manmohan Singh and sought his intervention in matter.Source: The Times of India | 5 May 2010 | 1:19 am Videocon shares dip 12% on BSE after 3-year World Bank ban - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 1:02 am Calm U.S. Gulf weather aids spill fight, for nowVENICE, La. (Reuters) - Teams of oil spill workers were set to take to advantage of at least one more day of calm in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to keep fighting to contain a huge and growing slick before winds turn against them.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 May 2010 | 12:58 am Arguments deferred in Nithari case - Economic Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 12:44 am Radiation leak: BARC recovers all missing cobalt pencilsIn a major relief for Delhi residents, all the missing cobalt pencils auctioned to a scrap dealer by Delhi University have been recovered.Source: Top Headlines | 5 May 2010 | 12:43 am Greeks to ramp up protests, euro hit by contagion fearATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) - Greece is likely to grind to a halt on Wednesday as protests intensify against draconian measures to secure financial aid, sending global stocks and the euro tumbling and stoking anxiety about an EU debt contagion.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 May 2010 | 12:38 am Radiation response team recovers all Cobalt-60 source from DelhiThe National Radiation Emergency Response team recovered 16 Cobalt pencils, of which four were recovered intact and others scattered in pieces as they were dismantled in the scrap yard at Mayapuri in Delhi.Source: The Times of India | 5 May 2010 | 12:27 am Govt misusing CBI in assets cases against politicians: BJPBJP MPs will sit on a dharna on Thursday in Parliament to protest alleged misuse of CBI by the government.Source: Top Headlines | 5 May 2010 | 12:19 am Six boys held while trying to cross LoCSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am Pakistan-born man held for Times Square bombSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am SSLC, PU results on May 6 and 7Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am Kasab to be sentenced tomorrowSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am Technopark firms lift ban on poachingSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am Cabinet clears State Legislative Council proposalSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am Mumbaikars relieved as motormen call off strikeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am Gill stands firmSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am Uproar in Lok Sabha over motormen's strikeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am No rollback of fuel duty hike: PranabSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 May 2010 | 12:00 am Pak producing 10,000 jihadists a year: ReportA jihadi believes the enemies of Islam - the US, India and Israel - are on a crusade to push back the frontiers of Islam, said the report.Source: Top Headlines | 4 May 2010 | 11:44 pm No narcoanalysis test without consent, says SCThe Supreme Court on Wednesday declared as "illegal" use of narcoanalysis, brainmapping and polygraph tests on suspects. Even if such tests are taken voluntarily then also results cannot be used as evidence unless corroborated by other evidence, the bench said.Source: The Times of India | 4 May 2010 | 11:37 pm Kalmadi and Co takes tenure row to PMNSF chiefs approached PM to discuss the issue of the new guidelines, that seek to limit tenures of sports administrators.Source: Top Headlines | 4 May 2010 | 11:28 pm Picasso piece sets record for art sold at auctionNEW YORK (Reuters) - Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for more than $106 million at Christie's on Tuesday, setting a record for art sold at auction.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 May 2010 | 11:24 pm Investigators still interviewing NY bomb suspectNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities were still questioning a Pakistani-American man on Wednesday, who they say admitted trying to bomb New York's Times Square and receiving training in a Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 May 2010 | 11:07 pm Pakistan native admits to NY bomb plotFaisal Shahzad admitted to receiving bomb-making training in Waziristan before he rigged a sport utility vehicle with a homemade device to explode in Times Square, authorities said.Source: The Times of India | 4 May 2010 | 11:01 pm Blood group diet, a new way to fitnessAfter hitting the gym, doing yoga and jogging, people are now trying blood group-based diets as experts say the secret to a fit body may be hidden in the blood type.Source: The Times of India | 4 May 2010 | 10:56 pm SC declares narco-analysis, brain-mapping illegalSC's order on the narco-analysis and brain-mapping comes as a major blow to investigating agencies.Source: Top Headlines | 4 May 2010 | 10:31 pm No maintenance for second Hindu wife: HCA Hindu woman, who marries an already-married man, cannot claim maintenance later, the Bombay HC has said.Source: Top Headlines | 4 May 2010 | 10:24 pm Army Captain and jawan killed in J&K encounterA Captain was among two army personnel killed in a gunbattle with militants in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Wednesday.Source: The Times of India | 4 May 2010 | 9:27 pm Kasab costing Maharashtra Rs 2 lakh per dayThe cash-strapped Congress-led Democratic Front government in Maharashtra has been spending well over Rs 2 lakh a day on Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in 26/11 terror attack.Source: The Times of India | 4 May 2010 | 4:26 pm Government not for caste census - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 4 May 2010 | 3:16 pm Thomson Reuters Q1 beats Street, CEO sees pickupNEW YORK (Reuters) - News and data provider Thomson Reuters Corp reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as the recovery from the financial crisis accelerated in its main businesses.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 May 2010 | 10:08 am Flanagan named new ICC anti-corruption chiefLONDON (Reuters) - Former senior UK police chief Ronnie Flanagan has been appointed chairman of the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, the ICC said on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 May 2010 | 9:46 am Prosecutors seek death sentence in Kasab trialMUMBAI (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked a Mumbai court on Tuesday to sentence to death a Pakistani man found guilty over the 2008 Mumbai attacks after a trial India said sent a message to its rival neighbour Pakistan not to "export terrorism".Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 May 2010 | 6:06 am Q+A: Wealthy Ambani brothers brace for gas row rulingMUMBAI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court is expected to rule by next week on a long and high-profile dispute between the estranged billionaire Ambani brothers that has unnerved investors unsure about India's future gas pricing policy.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 May 2010 | 5:36 am
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