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Showers bring down temperature in Delhi!Delhiites woke up to a pleasant morning on Tuesday with light showers bringing down the mercury to a comfortable level.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:15 am CWG contracts, construction work under CVC scanner!The Central Vigilance Commission is examining all construction work related to Commonwealth Games being undertaken by civic agencies following complaints of alleged large-scale corruption.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:15 am CBI files appeal in Dinakaran newspaper office attack case!After a delay of 118 days, the CBI has filed an appeal before the Madras High Court Bench here against a lower court verdict acquitting 17 persons, including a DSP, in the 2007 Dinakaran newspaper office attack case.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:15 am Voting underway in Telangana region by-polls!Polling for 12 Assembly constituencies in Telangana began at 07:00 hours on Tuesday.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:15 am Special vigilance court allows Koda to attend Parliament session!A special vigilance court here Tuesday allowed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is currently in jail in connection with the multi-core money laundering scam, to attend the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:15 am SSP, Samba shunted out over graft charges after protests!The SSP of Samba was on Tuesday shunted out over "serious" charges of corruption, a day after the district witnessed violent protests over alleged collusion of police officials and a gang of cattle lifters.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:15 am Three earthquakes hit Meghalaya, Assam!Three earthquakes shook parts of Meghalaya and Assam within eight hours Tuesday, triggering panic among residents. No casualties were reported.Source: Zee News : States | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:15 am I`m a Bengali, says Tipu Sultan`s descendant !Bespectacled and grey hair brushed back, Husain Shah, 70, is the quintessential elderly Bengali man next door. But within him he carries a historic legacy, as a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:13 am Price rise issue rocks Parliament!The Opposition is adamant that it would not settle for anything less than voting on the issue.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:13 am WikiLeaks: US says gave heads-up to India on ISI!The US gave heads up to India, besides Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the leak of classified documents pertaining to the war against terrorism.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:13 am New Zealand names High Commissioner to India !Jan Henderson has been appointed as New Zealand`s next High Commissioner to India.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:13 am CWG contracts, construction work under CVC scanner!The Central Vigilance Commission is examining all construction work related to Commonwealth Games being undertaken by civic agencies following complaints of alleged large-scale corruption.Source: Zee News : India National | 27 Jul 2010 | 6:13 am Orissa govt begins land acquisition for Posco steel projectThe Orissa government today said it has begun the land acquisition process for the proposed Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district near here amidst tight security.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 4:00 am JSW Steel expects debt-equity ratio to fall by FY12JSW Steel, India's third-largest steel producer, expects its debt-equity ratio to fall to 0.5:1 by FY12, following the investment by Japan's JFE Holdings Inc, JSW group's Chief Financial Officer M V S Seshagiri Rao said on Tuesday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 4:00 am Reserve Bank monetary policy will ease inflation claims Pranab MukherjeeFinance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the Reserve Bank India (RBI) decision to raise short-term key rates would check inflation without hurting growth.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 4:00 am Cop accused of botching Scarlett Keeling probe penalised, says Ravi NaikThe department has said that this penalty will not bear any effect on the future increment of pay.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:58 am Rise in fuel product prices minimal, says DeoraDefending the increase in fuel product prices and their de-regulation, Government today said the hike was "minimal" and such a decision was needed to improve the financial health of oil marketing companies.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:57 am Inter-state vehicle thief nabbed in BangalorePalaraju allegedly stole vehicles in Bangalore and after changing the number plates, used to sell the same vehicles in different parts of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:51 am Meghalaya, Assam seek more time on border disputeA committee set up to resolve the border dispute between Meghalaya and Assam - the last incident in May claimed four lives - has sought more to time to prepare the modalities.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:50 am Court asks government not to interfere in Hockey India electionHolding that Hockey India is a private body, the Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the central government not to interfere in HI elections slated to be held July 28.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:50 am Strategic partner with 26% stake an ideal solution: BSNL CMDFacing a sharp deterioration in its finances and market share, state-owned BSNL today said selling a 26 per cent stake to a strategic partner, be it foreign or domestic, could improve its performance.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:49 am No plans to hike FDI cap in defence sector: AntonyThe government has no plans to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) ceiling in the defence equipment sector, Defence Minister A K Antony told parliament in a written reply on Tuesday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:48 am US investigating possible ISI role in Mumbai attack - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:47 am Self-proclaimed Australian witch claims to be an alienA self-proclaimed Geelong witch told a traffic policeman she was not bound by earthly laws because she was "a being from another world", an Australian court was told.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:45 am Passengers 'assaulted' at Ranchi airport - Times Now.tv
Source: Nation - Google News | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:44 am More cash tightening not desirable: SBI chiefState Bank of India Chairman O P Bhatt said on Tuesday that further tightening of liquidity was not desirable.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:44 am RBI governor to be vice-chairman of joint market regulators' bodyThe government today introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha that provides for a joint mechanism headed by the finance minister to resolve differences among the financial regulators - SEBI, IRDA, RBI and PFRDA.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:42 am Telecom software groups merge in app store battleTwo telecom operator-backed mobile software groups unveiled a merger plan on Tuesday to counter increasing competition from new rivals Google and Apple for applications.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:41 am Can David Cameron win friends in India? - BBC News
Source: Nation - Google News | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:40 am Google cuts ties with Chinese advertisersGoogle Inc has cut commercial ties with two of its Chinese advertising agents, raising concerns that the internet giant's recent standoff with the government may scare away more domestic advertisers.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:40 am RBI will now review monetary policy mid-quarterThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday said it would update the monetary policy about 45 days after the quarterly review to respond faster to changing domestic and international economic scenarios.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:40 am A.R. Rahman to sacrifice Bollywood for international careerMusic composer A.R. Rahman's international career which has taken off in a biggish way after 'Slumdog Millionaire' keeps encountering snags, thanks to long-pending assignments back home.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:40 am Delhi's Terminal 3 set for commercial operations from WednesdayThe stage is set for commercial fight operations at India's Swankiest and largest terminal at the Indira Gandhi International airport here, with state-run Air India's AI-102 from New York scheduled to land at 4.45 p.m. Wednesday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:40 am Abu Salem appears before CJM in fake passport caseExtradited gangster Abu Salem today appeared before the chief judicial magistrate court in Bhopal in connection with the alleged fake passport case.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:37 am China bans shame parades of criminal suspectsAlthough the ban is meant to apply to all the suspects, the shame parades have most often been used in periodic government crackdowns on prostitution.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:37 am L&T Q1 net meets f'cast, sees sales up 20pct in FY11MUMBAI (Reuters) - Engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Ltd met street expectations in its first-quarter net profit, and forecast 20 percent sales growth in this fiscal year to March 2011 on the back of a pick-up in orders.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:37 am UP court directs police to lodge FIR against MLA and eight othersThe chief judicial magistrate Pawan Pratap Singh also directed the police to submit the action taken report (ATR) within three days.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:36 am US may use leaks as leverage to get Pakistan to act tougherThe US may seek to gain leverage from WikiLeaks disclosures about Pakistani spy agency ISI maintaining links with Taliban and al-Qaeda, to get Islamabad to act tougher on militant groups on its soil.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:33 am No plans to hike FDI cap in defence sector - AntonyNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Th government has no plans to raise the foreign direct investment ceiling in the defence equipment sector, Defence Minister A.K. Antony told parliament in a written reply on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:32 am Greenpeace shuts down London's BP petrol stationsGreenpeace and BP said that the activists stopped the flow of fuel by flipping safety switches on forecourts before removing them to prevent the service stations from reopening.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:28 am US investigating possible ISI role in Mumbai attackIn the wake of India's assertion that ISI was involved in the Mumbai attacks, the Obama Administration has said it was investigating the matter to find out whether Pakistan's spy agency played a role in the 26/11 terror strikes.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:26 am L sees 20% sales growth in FY11Larsen & Toubro Ltd expects 20 per cent sales growth in the current fiscal year to March 2011 on the back of a pickup in orders, a senior official said on Tuesday.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:25 am Malaysia fines Muslims for Hindu temple protestKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court sentenced a Muslim to a week in jail on Tuesday and fined 11 others for a brandishing a cow's head during a protest against the construction of a Hindu temple.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:21 am Deutsche Bank Q2 net up 9% at 1.2 bn eurosGlobal financial major Deutsche Bank has reported a nine per cent growth in net profit at 1.2 billion euros ($1.55 billion) for the April-June period due to lower provisions for bad loans.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:18 am RBI action signals upward movement in interest rates: BankersHousing, auto and corporate loans may become expensive with the Reserve Bank raising short-term key policy rates to check spiralling inflation, say bankers.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:18 am Centre's reply sought on abolishing poverty lineThe Supreme Court Tuesday sought the central government's response to its suggestion to abolish the above poverty line segment and expand the ambit of the below poverty line category under the public distribution system.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:10 am Bickering, clashes mark JD-U meetings in BiharWith assembly elections just months away, Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) seems anything but united with clashes and violence marring several meetings of party workers in the last few days.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:10 am Three of Dalit family killed in Uttar PradeshThree members of a Dalit family were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Jyotiba Phule Nagar Tuesday, police said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:10 am Monsoon rains turn normal in JulyNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The monsoon rainfall in the key crop-planting month of July has been normal, recovering sharply after a 16 percent deficit in June, two sources in the weather office told Reuters on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 3:00 am US investigating possible ISI role in Mumbai attackObama Admin said it was investigating the matter to find out whether Pak's spy agency played a role in the 26/11 terror strikes.Source: Top Headlines | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:53 am US asks Pak to punish 26/11 attackers to convince IndiaAs US documents implicate Pak in its support for terrorism, Washington has asked Islamabad to act against those responsible for 26/11 attack to "convince" India that it has made a "fundamental change".Source: The Times of India | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:51 am RBI raises rates to stamp on inflationMUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interest rates more forcefully than expected on Tuesday, signalling its urgency to stamp on inflation that is on track to hit double-digits for the sixth month running in July.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:43 am Jethmalani accuses CBI of leaking charge sheet against Shah - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:42 am Curfew lifted in Jammu and Kashmir town - Hindustan Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:28 am Auto, home loans may get dearer as RBI hikes interest ratesThe RBI has hiked its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent and 0.50 per cent respectively, a move that could put pressure on banks to make auto, home and commercial loans expensive.Source: The Times of India | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:24 am CBI leaked chargesheet against Shah: JethmalaniAfter taking oath as a BJP Rajya Sabha MP, Jethmalani had rushed to Ahmedabad to represent Shah.Source: Top Headlines | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:21 am Auto, home loans may get expensiveThe RBI rate hike could put pressure on banks to make auto, home and commercial loans expensive.Source: Top Headlines | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:18 am Five-star luxury for underworld inmates at Mumbai's Arthur Road jail - NDTV.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:15 am Andhra bypolls: 10 per cent polling till 9 am - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 27 Jul 2010 | 2:03 am JFE invests $1 bln for JSW Steel stakeTOKYO/MUMBAI (Reuters) - JFE Holdings Inc, the world's No.5 steelmaker, will spend about $1 billion for a 14.9 percent stake in JSW Steel Ltd, just shy of a mandatory takeover trigger level, in its bid to gain a foothold in the fast-growing Indian market.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 1:55 am Opposition stalls Parliament over price rise issue - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 27 Jul 2010 | 1:53 am Karnataka bans iron ore exports from 10 ports - sourcesBANGALORE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Karnataka, a major producer and exporter of iron ore, has banned exports of the raw material from 10 ports, government sources said on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 1:34 am Pranab says rate hike to ease inflation, keep growthNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India's Tuesday decision to raise key rates will lead to an easing of inflation while keeping economic growth on track, said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 1:24 am Will be unhappy if Commonwealth Games are a success: Mani Shankar AiyarThe Congress leader said those who are patronising the Games can only be evil, they can't be God. Instead of spending Rs35,000cr on Games, the money should have been spent on children, Aiyar said.Source: The Times of India | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:58 am BP's Hayward quits as spill cost put at $32 blnLONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc chief executive Tony Hayward will step down as head of the oil giant on Oct. 1 and be replaced by fellow executive Robert Dudley.Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:35 am Saudi cleric calls for Muslim maids onlyHundreds of thousands of foreign-based maids in Saudi Arabia, at least those who are not Muslims, are feeling threatened with Islamic clerics insisting that only Muslim maids will do.Source: The Times of India | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:27 am Chronicle of attack on Indian embassy foretoldSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am Tense moments before the successSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am Amin's plea a breakthrough in CBI probeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am ISI still supports Taliban in Afghanistan, say leaked papersSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am Interceptor missile hits the bull's eyeSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am Police officer offers to turn approverSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am A bonanza for school, college studentsSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am Colonel indicted for molesting junior officerSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am Four get 2 years RI in car import caseSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am Pacheco gets bailSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 27 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am Facebook launches online safety pageSource: The Times of India | 26 Jul 2010 | 11:58 pm Opposition rocks Parliament over price issueThe Lok Sabha was adjourned twice before lunch. The House adjourned for an hour minutes after it met for the day and then till 2.00 PM.Source: Top Headlines | 26 Jul 2010 | 11:38 pm Bhansali replaces Manisha with DivyaSource: The Times of India | 26 Jul 2010 | 11:38 pm I'm not pregnant: Eesha KoppikharSource: The Times of India | 26 Jul 2010 | 11:37 pm Laws of attractionSurprising factors come into play when you are looking for a mate, we findSource: The Times of India | 26 Jul 2010 | 11:00 pm Cong hopes Rahul's 'medicine' will revive party in BiharCongress, which had parted ways with RJD and Lok Janshakti Party, has decided to contest the assembly elections on its own.Source: Top Headlines | 26 Jul 2010 | 10:39 pm VS stands by his statement on PFI - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 26 Jul 2010 | 5:41 pm Jharkhand, Bihar development like CongoA comparison of the poverty Indices for Indian states with 103 developing countries shows that experiences within India may range from those of a reasonably well-off Indonesian to a desperately poor Somalian.Source: The Times of India | 26 Jul 2010 | 5:31 pm Prices soar, 61,000 tonnes of foodgrain rotHaryana and Punjab were unable to protect 15.5 million tonnes of wheat lying in the open under tarpaulins even as the govt admitted that 61,000 tonnes of foodgrain had rotted in its granaries due to poor protection.Source: The Times of India | 26 Jul 2010 | 5:29 pm Cop turns, conspiracy widensIn a move likely to strengthen the CBI case against former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah and police officers accused of staging a 2005 encounter to kill alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and later his wife Kausar Bi....Source: Top Headlines | 26 Jul 2010 | 5:06 pm From star Dalit student to controversial copA Dalit boy from Mansa town in Gandhinagar district, Narendra Kumar Amin cleared his MBBS at B J Medical College as a gold-medallist, on the top of his batch....Source: Top Headlines | 26 Jul 2010 | 4:44 pm SC to Army: Show rule on women - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 26 Jul 2010 | 3:36 pm Leaked U.S. archive fuels doubts on Afghan warWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration scrambled on Monday to manage the explosive leak of secret military records that paint a grim picture of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and raise new doubts about key ally Pakistan.Source: Reuters: Top News | 26 Jul 2010 | 3:21 pm
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