Early metformin treatment doubles chance of success for diabeticsStarting metformin treatment early doubles chance of success for people with diabetes, a new research has found.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:53 am Food stores abundance puts low-income women in small cities at higher obesity riskThe availability of supermarkets, rather than the lack of them, increases the risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities, claims a new study.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:48 am Congress hopes Trinamool Congress will back women's bill in Lok Sabha"We hope the Trinamool Congress would reconsider it position and come out strongly and proactively on this when it is taken up in the Lok Sabha," party spokesman Manish Tewari said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:48 am Court denies bail to Phoolan Devi murder accusedAdditional sessions judge SC Rajan declined to grant the plea of Vijay Singh Rana, brother of the main accused Sher Singh Rana, who wanted to be freed to attend to his ailing mother.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:43 am CBI backs Lalu Yadav in DA case in SC - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:39 am Libya accepts US apology over diplomatic rowUS energy firms including Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Hess, Marathon and Occidental have invested billions of dollars in Libya, home to Africa's largest proven oil reserves.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:39 am HC raps Navi Mumbai police for delay in registering FIRMumbai, Mar 10 (PTI) The Bombay High Court today said the Navi Mumbai police had failed in their duty by delaying to register a complaint of attack on a scheduled caste woman's house.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:35 am Cong hopes TC to back women''s Bill in Lok SabhaNew Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) Congress today downplayed the decision of UPA partner Trinamool Congress to abstain from voting on the Women's Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha and expressed hope that it will reconsider the position and come out strongly for the Bill when it is taken up in Lok Sabha.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:34 am Spanish hostage freed in MaliAid-worker Gamez was part of an aid convoy travelling to southern Senegal when she was seized in northern Mauritania in November along with two Spanish colleagues.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:33 am Life ban on Yousuf, Younus 'unfair' and 'unjustified': Inzamam-ul-HaqInzamam said except Wasim Akram, who did not attend the meeting of the committee, all the committee members were biased.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:32 am India discuss measures to curb terrorism with neighbouring countries - Sify
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:32 am Modernising libraries will take time: GovernmentNew Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The culture ministry Wednesday said it could not set a timeline for implementing a recommendation on the development of libraries across different sectors in the country.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:32 am Court denies bail to Phoolan murder accusedNew Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) A Delhi court has dismissed a bail plea by one of the accused in the case relating to to the murder of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi in 2001.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am Two Goa cops booked for links with drug peddlersPanaji, Mar 10 (PTI) Goa police today booked two policemen including an inspector for criminal conspiracy and corruption for their alleged nexus with drug peddlers.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:28 am Protests against proposed Green Hunt operationRanchi, March 10 (IANS) A group of people protested here Wednesday against the proposed Green Hunt anti-Maoist operation, alleging it would lead to human rights violations.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:25 am Kiwis may get more opportunities to play in IPL 2011New Zealand's cricketers are likely to get more opportunities to join the lucrative Indian Premier League in the wake of reports of a bidding process being started for two extra franchises.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:24 am China selects first women astronauts for its space missionsThe third unmanned probe to the moon 'Chang'e-3' will be launched around 2013 and is expected to complete the three-phase moon mission by 2017.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:22 am Government accepts recommendations on ex-servicemen's pensionNew Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The government Wednesday said it has accepted the remaining recommendations of a committee headed by the cabinet secretary to bridge the gap between pensioners who retired at different points in time and also to improve the pension of disabled ex-servicemen.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:21 am Mayawati finally declares relief for stampede victimsLucknow, March 10 (IANS) Six days after 63 people died in a stampede in an Uttar Pradesh ashram, Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs.2.5 lakh to the families of those killed and Rs.50,000 to the injured.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:21 am Putin set for Gorshkov deal, n-pact with IndiaNew Delhi, March 10 (IANS) With a pact on Admiral Gorshkov likely during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's trip to India, Russian envoy Alexander Kadakin Wednesday urged India to look at the reconstruction of the aircraft carrier with 'positive eyes' and pitched for setting more nuclear reactors.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:21 am First time after NTR's death son meets stepmotherHyderabad, March 10 (IANS) N. Balakrishna, Telugu film actor and son of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR), Wednesday sprang a surprise when he called on his step-mother Lakshmi Parvathi.Source: National News Headlines | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:21 am Steven Gerrard believes football is a scienceEngland and Liverpool FC player Steven Gerrard has described football as a science that requires years of understanding and practice.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:20 am Now Mayawati gives relief to stampede victims - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:12 am 2G row: SC takes exception to S Tel writing to govtThe Supreme Court today took strong exception to telecom company S Tel's corresponding with the government on 2G spectrum allotment at a time when the matter was subjudice.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:58 am Higher passenger nos help AI narrow down operating lossesA healthy 14 per cent jump in passenger traffic during the April-January period of this fiscal has helped the ailing national carrier Air India bring down its operating losses by around Rs 1,300 crore, according to a senior airline source.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:40 am Regret and return, govt to suspended MPsGovernment on Wednesday indicated that the government could bring a motion to revoke suspension of seven Rajya Sabha members if they expressed regret over their behaviour to Chairman Hamid Ansari.Source: The Times of India | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:33 am No women rights by destroying democracy: Sharad JoshiSharad Joshi, the lone Rajya Sabha member who voted against the Women's Reservation Bill, today said he would not like women rights to be given by destroying democracy.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:31 am PMEAC for hike in petroleum pricesThe Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council today favoured further increase in petroleum prices in line with the global trend.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:27 am Government has made arrangements to ensure good quality meals: Sibal - Oneindia
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:26 am SEL to set up Rs 800 cr textile plant in MPTextile company SEL Manufacturing today said it plans to set up a new facility near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, with total outlay of Rs 800 crore.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:26 am 2 ministers, US Congressman recommended Chatwal for PadmaTwo Union Ministers and a prominent US Congressman recommended the name of controversial NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal for the prestigious Padma awards, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Source: The Times of India | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:24 am 26/11 attacks amounted to waging war against India: Nikam - The Hindu
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:20 am Sajjan Kumar gets bail in anti-Sikh riots case - IBNLive.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:16 am Michael Schumacher raring to goMANAMA (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher is raring to go racing again, and the rest of Formula One is just as keen to have him back.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:15 am Gammon India bags Rs 630 cr order from Delhi TourismConstruction firm Gammon India today said it has bagged an order worth Rs Rs 631.81 crore from Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation for construction of bridge.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:13 am Indian technical textiles industry size may double by 2014-15Size of domestic technical textiles industry, which produces specialised variants of the commodity used for industrial purposes, may almost double by 2014-15 from the estimated $10 billion at present, a study said today.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:08 am Dalai Lama risks Chinese ire to back UighursDHARAMSALA (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, voiced his support on Wednesday for an ethnic minority in China's troubled Xinjiang province, risking further worsening his fraught relations with Beijing.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:07 am Now Indian investors can access US marketIn a major development that will allow Indian investors access to the American market, the countrys top bourse the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has decided to begin trading in futures contracts of Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and S&P 500 - the two key indices of the US market.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:06 am Congress faces turmoil over women's billNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's ruling Congress party officials met on Wednesday to resolve a political standoff over a contentious women's quota bill after two of its allies quit and left the government less elbow room to pass economic legislation.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:58 am Women's Bill in Lok Sabha before March 16: Govt - Times of India
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:56 am Apr-Feb steel intake up 8.5%Steel consumption rose 8.5 per cent to 51.23 million tonne (mt) during April-February period of this fiscal against 47.24mt in the the year-ago period, on the back of steady rise in demand from sectors including automobiles, whitegoods and construction.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:56 am FIIs net buy Rs 364cr, DIIs net sell Rs 375crForeign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers of Rs 364.36 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:54 am Centre brings new policy to increase exportsThe Central Government has revised its foreign trade policy to increase exports in labour intensive engineering goods.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:50 am Vigilance Commission booked 54 officers for corruption in 2009Union Government on Wednesday revealed that the Vigilance Commission filed corruption related cases against 54 officers in 2009.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:50 am Govt. implements committee recommendations on ex-soldiers pensionTo reduce the gap between past and current ex-servicemen pensioners, the Central Government has accepted all the recommendations of the committee under the Cabinet Secretary to look into the issue of disparity in pensions and other related matters.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:50 am NHRC to review mental health care in southern regionThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will hold a southern region review meeting on mental health on March 12 at the Y.W.C.A. in Chennai.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:50 am NMDC share sale 17 pct covered on first dayMUMBAI (Reuters) - A keenly-watched share sale worth up to $2.6 billion in India's top iron ore miner NMDC got off to a slow start on its first day, with bids for only 17 percent of the shares on offer.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:45 am India mulls scaling down Afghan mission operationsImages ] is looking at various options including paring down of the operations of its missions in Afghanistan in the wake of terror attacks on Indians there.The government is also planning to put al...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:38 am Praful Patel, Vyalar Ravi nominated Chatwal for Padma awardImages ] for the prestigious Padma awards, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.The four recommendations came from Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel [Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:38 am No end to this circus called Budgetor how many more years will the annual Budget circus continue in its current form? This is a question often asked at post-Budget seminars held across the country every year around this time.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:38 am India mulls scaling down Afghan mission operationsImages ] is looking at various options including paring down of the operations of its missions in Afghanistan in the wake of terror attacks on Indians there.The government is also planning to put al...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:38 am Putin's visit to India has a wider agendaImages ] on Thursday on a two-day visit during which the two sides are likely to conclude the long-delayed agreement on aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and sign defence deals worth $4 billion. Comi...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:38 am China and India Endorse Copenhagen Climate Change AgreementChina and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States. More ...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:29 am First-ever automatic streetlights for Delhi - NDTV.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:23 am Nitish may split JD(U), form own party!The JD-(U) faces the danger of witnessing a split in its ranks over the Women`s Reservation Bill.Source: Zee News : States | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:10 am Pilibhit DM served with a show cause!The Allahabad High Court has issued show cause notices to three officials for non-compliance of an order asking them to initiate steps to drive away dangerous monkeys from a village in the district.Source: Zee News : States | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:10 am 1984 riots accused Sajjan Kumar granted bail!Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, chargesheeted in 1984 riots cases has been granted bail.Source: Zee News : States | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:10 am Women`s Bill: Sadhu Yadav suspended from Congress!The Bihar unit of the Congress Wednesday suspended Sadhu Yadav for criticising the national leadership of the party for passing the women`s reservation bill.Source: Zee News : States | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:10 am Ruchika case: Rathore`s bail hearing today!The Chandigarh district court will on Wednesday resume hearing in CBI plea seeking extension of the six-month sentence awarded to former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, accused in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation and murder case.Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:09 am Heavy security around Chinese embassy in New Delhi!A day after Tibetan activists tried to storm the Chinese embassy here, heavy security was deployed to avoid any untoward incident on the 51st anniversary of Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule Wednesday.Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:09 am Yadavs fume, fret but lack numbers to take on govt!Lalu and Mulayam have backed off from thier plan to bring in a no-confidence motion against the govt citing `lack of numbers`.Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:09 am Oz to amend law in wake of racist attacks on Indians!Oz will strengthen law to better protect international students, including Indians, and ensure world class quality education for them.Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:09 am PCB end Yousuf and Younus' Pakistan careersKARACHI (Reuters) - Former captains Younus Khan and Muhammad Yousuf will no longer be considered for selection by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after an inquiry into reports of infighting on the disastrous tour of Australia.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:02 am Gunmen kill 6 in Western aid agency raid in PakistanOGHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants stormed an office of a U.S.-based Christian aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six members of staff in a hail of bullets and a bomb.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:55 am India to scale down Afghan operations after attacksIndia is looking at scaling down operations of its missions in Afghanistan in the wake of terror attacks on Indians. The sources also said an advisory may be issued asking all Indians in the country to return home.Source: The Times of India | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:44 am India plans scaling down Afghan operations - NDTV.com
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:31 am IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphonesHELSINKI (Reuters) - IBM has started a two-year research programme that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:28 am Q+A - Women's quota bill spells trouble for CongressNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Congress party officials met on Wednesday to douse a political stand-off over a contentious parliament bill after two of its allies quit and left the government less elbow room to pass economic legislation.Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am Four Indians die in Malaysia shophouse fire - Economic Times
Source: Nation - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:37 am Students colour Mayawati's poster, heldFour students of a school in Lucknow have been arrested and sent to a juvenile home for allegedly smearing colour on UP CM Mayawati's posters during Holi.Source: The Times of India | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:54 am In Pics: Shah Rukh Khan's XXX tie-upIn Pics: SRKs XXX tie-upSource: The Times of India | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:15 am PCB bans Younis, Yousuf from int'l cricketIn an unprecedented crackdown on indiscipline, PCB indefinitely barred its former captains Younis Khan and Mohd Yousuf from playing for country.Source: The Times of India | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:04 am Militants storm US charity building in Pak, 5 killedMilitants stormed a building used by a US-based charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, sparking heavy clashes with police.Source: The Times of India | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:15 pm LFW: Suneet Varma lights up the finaleSource: The Times of India | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:59 pm Anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar gets bailA Delhi court has granted bail to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The leader appeared in court after being 'missing' for almost a month.Source: The Times of India | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:42 pm Govt has no plans now to sell stake in ONGC, IOC - Oil secyNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government has no immediate plans to sell stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told reporters on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:36 pm Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway PriusLOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.Source: Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:05 pm Lashkar, Naxals undertook recce of power plantsLashkar-e-Taiba and the Naxalites had undertaken extensive recces in a bid to attack CISF armouries located at power plants, minister of state for home affairs M Ramachandran told Lok Sabha.Source: The Times of India | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:34 pm
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