Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) A man allegedly killed his wife and three children before committing suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, police said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:30:01 -0500

Shimla, Dec 8 (IANS) Three new swine flu cases were reported in this Himachal Pradesh capital Tuesday, a day after a 22-year-old died due to the H1N1 virus, officials said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) A 40-year-old woman died in southwest Delhi Tuesday when she accidentally fell from the sixth floor of an apartment she was working in as a domestic help.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) Hundreds of tribal activists Tuesday staged a protest in front of a joint forces' camp in West Bengal's Lalgarh region, demanding the release of two villagers who had allegedly been arrested by the police Monday night.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Tourism Minister Kumari Selja Tuesday released a book on Tibet that encompasses the demography, lifestyle and economy of the region in the 21st century.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has entered into an agreement with Russian group Sistema for cooperation in exploration and studying oil and gas assets in Russia and third countries.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:10:01 -0500

Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Goa's Inspector General of Police (IGP) K.D. Singh will be questioned about his son driving his official vehicle and ramming into an electricity police during a night of pub-hopping, a police official said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.8 : The Government has proposed to procure Bullet Proof Jackets for the Para Military Forces (PMFs).
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:04 -0500

Srinagar, Dec 8 (IANS) Renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, who will perform here Wednesday, said he had a huge number of lovers in Kashmir who not only had a strong love and passion for Urdu ghazals, but also understood the nuances of the language.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.8 : The Government has proposed to procure weapons on behalf of States in an endeavour to quicken procurement process.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday barred the Indian Cricket League (ICL) from filing a suit against the Indian Cricket Board in courts in the United Kingdom.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) India and Sudan signed an agreement on expanding ties in the oil and gas sector on the last day of a two-day India-Africa Hydrocarbon conference Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) International aid agency Global Fund Tuesday announced a $128.5 million grant for India to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:02 -0500

Dharamsala, Dec 8 (IANS) The Tibetan government-in-exile Tuesday mourned the demise of Otto Graf Lambsdorff, a prominent figure in West German politics who had championed the cause of Tibet on various international fora.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sisir Adhikari Tuesday said his party would oppose the proposal for setting up a nuclear power plant in West Bengal's Haripur as it is a thickly populated and agriculturally fertile region.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) India has successfully mapped the human genome that will help develop effective drug development in the country, an achievement that puts the country among an elite league of six countries that have achieved the feat so far.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8: Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday slammed the findings of the Liberhan Commission tabled in the Lok Sabha.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:10:05 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday termed the Liberhan Commission report 'perverse, baseless and ill-founded', while the Congress blamed its political opponents for playing 'divisive politics' and accused them of making false promises to protect the Babri mosque.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:10:04 -0500

Onboard Air India One, Dec.8 : India sensitized Russia about its fears on the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:10:04 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi may have visited the city Tuesday officially to inspect the Eden Gardens, but sources in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) say the daylong trip could be a precursor to a new equation in the cricket board politics.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:50:02 -0500

Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday sent a letter to the central home ministry, complaining that Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was violating security norms during his visits to the state.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:50:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) A day after being expelled from the 2010 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), parliamentarian Vijay Goel accused the CGOC of being involved in corruption and slammed chairman Suresh Kalmadi for mishandling its management.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:40:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) A short duration discussion in the Rajya Sabha on rising prices of foodgrains ended abruptly Tuesday as the opposition staged a walkout, saying it was not satisfied with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's reply detailing the steps taken by the government to control the situation.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:40:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front government Tuesday sent a letter to the railway ministry asking it to set up an industry on the plot of land abandoned by Tata Motors in Singur, and promised to cooperate with the project.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:20:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly hit a patient half-century but failed to prevent Bengal from being dismissed for a paltry 193 in the first innings against Uttar Pradesh on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:20:01 -0500

Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS)Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday denied that he persuaded his helicopter pilot to land in darkness in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur town and chided the state party chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi for making the suggestion.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Five armed robbers looted Rs.700,000 from a bank in east Delhi in broad daylight Tuesday after holding the staff at gunpoint, police said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:10:02 -0500

Raipur, Dec 8 (IANS) Normal life was affected in Chhattisgarh's interior areas Tuesday, the last day of week-long anniversary celebrations of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), with buses off the road and residents remaining indoors fearing attacks.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to the national capital Tuesday evening after a three-day trip to Moscow during which India and Russia signed six bilateral pacts, including a broad based agreement on the peaceful use of atomic energy.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:10:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Congress admitted Tuesday that its leader and former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was not alert enough to prevent the demolition of the Babri mosque.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:10:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The government will earn a royalty of $2 billion from the sale of gas from D6 block in the Krishna Godavari basin, being operated by the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:04 -0500

Nagpur, Dec 8 (IANS) India's comeback pacer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth is doubtful for the Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka here Wednesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Global wellness chain Anytime Fitness Tuesday announced the launch of its operations in India with an initial investment of $11 million, targeting nine cities across the country for its health clubs.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:01 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 8 (IANS) Luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz is expecting higher sales in the Indian market in the second half of the current fiscal as the overall market conditions are fast improving, a senior official said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) State-run gas major GAIL India has earmarked a capital expenditure of Rs.49,000 crore for 2010-14, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:30:01 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 8 (IANS) The Indian Railways will run 2,872 special trains across the country during summer to clear the extra rush of passengers during the holiday season, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The government Tuesday said it has approved a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) proposal for Airports Authority of India (AAI) employees working in the Delhi and Mumbai airports.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:10:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) Fourteen incoming flights were diverted from Mumbai airport Tuesday as poor visibility due to foggy conditions crippled operations for over two hours on two occasions, an official said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:00:02 -0500

Shimla, Dec 8 (IANS) Keylong was the coldest place in Himachal Pradesh Tuesday, as the minimum temperature there fell to minus 9.6 degrees Celsius, weather officials said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:00:02 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 8 (IANS) The Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Tuesday remained tense amid widespread protests demanding statehood as the condition of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, whose fast unto death entered its 10th day, began to worsen.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Beijing Games bronze medallist Sushil Kumar will lead India's charge at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship to be held in Jalandhar from Dec 17.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Delhi government has set up a Business Facilitation Council to facilitate entrepreneurs to obtain clearances from various departments to set up enterprises in a time bound manner.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:50:08 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 8 (IANS) Bollywood's well-known choreographer Saroj Khan is set to start a dance academy here by the end of this month. She may also do a broadway show based on ancient dancer Amrapali with Madhuri Dixit.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:50:07 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The third phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections Tuesday witnessed 56 percent voter turnout, while two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed in a Maoist attack, the Election Commission said here.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:50:04 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Five men have been arrested here for allegedly beating two men to death when they objected to their drinking alcohol in public, police said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:50:04 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Two Indian Navy warships Tuesday set off for Oman to take part in bilateral naval exercise beginning Dec 11, an official said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:50:03 -0500

Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) A meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district Wednesday, to be addressed by party MP Varun Gandhi, has been denied permission by the local police.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:50:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Four years after the brutal gang rape of a Delhi University student in a moving car near Dhaula Kuan, a Delhi court Tuesday convicted one of the offenders.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:50:01 -0500

Jammu, Dec 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir is looking to enter partnership deals with the private sector for building infrastructure in the state, where a 20-year-old insurgency has dealt a huge blow to infrastructural development.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:06 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 8 (IANS) Indian Railways will operate a Duronto (quick service) train between Bangalore and Howrah in West Bengal soon.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:06 -0500

Bhopal, Dec 8 (IANS) The Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) has lodged a police complaint against a website for spreading misinformation about the timing of its semester exams, university officials said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:05 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deciding to go to Copenhagen for the UN climate conference, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India has been postponed to the second week of January.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:04 -0500

Guwahati, Dec 8 (IANS) The Assam government issued a notification Tuesday amending the Quit India Notice order for those identified as illegal foreigners and has asked the authorities to immediately arrest such persons.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:03 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 8 (IANS) As Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader K. Chandrasekhara Rao's fast unto death entered the 10th day Tuesday, the party repeatedly stalled proceedings in the Andhra Pradesh assembly demanding a resolution on a separate Telangana state and forcing the house's adjournment for the day.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:03 -0500

Shimla, Dec 8 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government will launch a week-long campaign from Dec 21 to make the state plastic-free by removing all polythene bags from residential areas and hillsides, the chief minister said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:02 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 8 (IANS) A free-for-all erupted in the Punjab assembly Tuesday as Akali Dal and Congress members came to blows over the law and order situation in the state, sending turbans flying while legislators stood on tables to shout slogans.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:02 -0500

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 8 (IANS) Differences in the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) showed up again Tuesday when Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan expressed ignorance about sending Inspector General of Police Tomin J. Thachenkeri to Bangalore to question two arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) activists.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Mithun Manhas struck a flawless unbeaten 166 while Rajat Bhatia was unlucky to be dismissed for 99 as Delhi recovered from a shaky start to pile 344 for four against Maharashtra at the end of the first day in the Ranji Trophy Super League tie at the Roshanara Club ground here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:01 -0500

Bandra-Worli (Mumbai), Dec.8 : A high-speed head-on crash between two cars on Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai left one person dead.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:20:04 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) The Maharashtra police and atomic energy officials here are in a tizzy following the recovery of around 5 kg of uranium from three people in Navi Mumbai.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) As many as 96,942 children tested positive for AIDS during the last three years in India, Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) Anil Kapoor and Ajay Devgn have been in Bollywood for a long time but never shared screen space. However, the two bonded extremely well when they met accidentally at the Filmistan studios here.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:10:02 -0500

Gurgaon, Dec 8 (IANS) Karanjit Sandhu of the DLF Golf and Country Club shot five under 67 to lead after round one of the Aircel-PGTI's Final Qualifying Stage for the 2010 season being held at the Golden Greens Golf and Country Club, here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram's reply on the Liberhan Commission's report Tuesday began amid loud uproar and slogan shouting by opposition members in the Lok Sabha.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:50:02 -0500

Guwahati, Dec 8 (IANS) The Assam government Tuesday said that just a few kilometres of the 262-km land border the state shares with Bangladesh remained to be fenced, but a 10-km stretch ringed by water would continue to remain unfenced.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Only Rs.7 crore has been siphoned off from a flagship rural jobs scheme, the government informed parliament Tuesday, denying that 40 percent of its outlay had found its way into the wrong hands.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Cornell University-educated economist Kaushik Basu Tuesday took charge as the chief economic advisor in the finance ministry, with the rank of a secretary to the government of India for a two-year term.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:40:02 -0500

Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Despite a pending order from the Indian Air Force (IAF) for 20 light combat aircraft (LCA), India can manufacture only eight such aircraft annually, a senior Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) official has said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Indian Railways' earnings jumped 8.74 percent in the first eight months this fiscal to Rs.55,586.69 crore ($12 billion) as compared with Rs.51,117.55 crore in the like period last year.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, December 8 : Carnation Auto today announced the launch of an innovative and exciting new business concept Workshop-on-Wheels (WOW), which offers car owners car servicing at their doorsteps.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:20:13 -0500

Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas notched a speed of over 1,350 km per hour -- the fastest by an indigenously-made fighter aircraft -- during its sea level flight trials off Goa Tuesday, a senior Indian Air Force official said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:00:08 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The publication in the media of a report on reservations for Dalit Muslims and Christians before it was tabled in parliament forced the adjournment of the Rajya Sabha Tuesday for the second time during the ongoing winter session.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:00:06 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will organise a summit here Saturday to highlight the opportunities offered in India in the field of higher education.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:00:05 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) A key index of Indian equities ended trade Tuesday near its intra-day high, 1.44 percent higher than the previous close.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:00:05 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) India, which has taken the lead in re-energising the Doha Round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks, will ensure that the rights of the developing and poor nations are not compromised, the Rajya Sabha was told Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:00:04 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) 'Is there a virus around,' asked an irked Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari Tuesday when the MPs against whose names the first six questions of the day were listed failed to show up, leading to the queries lapsing.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:50:02 -0500

Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) John Fernandes, a local politician accused of raping a 25-year-old Russian woman, was granted anticipatory bail by a Goa court Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:50:02 -0500

Los Angeles, Dec 8 (DPA) US tabloids identified more alleged mistresses of golf superstar Tiger Woods Monday as the scandal prompted by his late night car crash last month continued to gather steam.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:50:02 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 8 (IANS) Around 1,000 Indian and international artists from diverse genres like art, craft, dance, music, theatre and films will celebrate the spirit of this city with the 10-day long 'Bengaluru Habba' from Friday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:50:01 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) Yesteryears star Asha Parekh remembers late Bina Rai as an 'intimidating' and 'very introvert' actress. The two worked together in 'Ghunghat'.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:50:01 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 8 : Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with Asian Film Cultural Award in recognition for his 40 years of contribution to Indian cinema as well as for taking it to great heights all over the world.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:40:12 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 : A two-day Workshop on Wildlife Conservation for media person begins here tomorrow.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:40:11 -0500

Ranchi, Dec 8 (IANS) Jharkhand saw over 50 percent voting in the third phase of assembly polls Tuesday. Though the polling was largely peaceful, it was marred by Maoists killing two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in Dumka district, officials said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:30:03 -0500

Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) Six unidentified men robbed about 20 bus passengers travelling from Chennai to Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, police said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:30:02 -0500

Bhopal, Dec 8 (IANS) A radio collared tiger that had gone missing from the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh about 10 days ago has been traced outside the national park, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will charge American national and Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley for allegedly plotting the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and seek to bring him to India for trial, home ministry officials said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:10:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) India and Russia have 'successfully' concluded the agreement on the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Russia. Following is the timeline of fixing the final price of the craft:...
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:10:01 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 8 (ANI/Business Wire India): Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) and Wipro Ltd (NYSE:WIT) today announced a new partnership under which Wipro Infotech will offer data loss prevention, and backup and recovery infrastructure consultancy services based on Symantec technology. This will offer customers increased visibility into information and a risk-based approach to data security.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:49 -0500

New York, Dec 8 : Lindsay Lohan is all set to fly off to India to work on a documentary about poor kids.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:32 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 8 : The Mumbai Crime Branch Police have arrested three persons with five kilograms of uranium in Panvel, Navi Mumbai here.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:29 -0500

Bhubaneswar, Dec 8 (IANS) A statewide shutdown called by Maoists in Orissa Tuesday crippled life in parts of the state, an official said.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:50:01 -0500

Ranchi, Dec 8 (IANS) Police in Jharkhand raided two places in West Singbhum district and recovered cash and motorbikes from a candidate of disgraced former chief minister Madhu Koda's party, police said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Passenger car-sales in the domestic market soared 22.06 percent in the first eight months this fiscal while two wheeler-sales jumped 17.63 percent, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:10:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front government Tuesday sent a letter to the railway ministry asking it to set up industries on the plot of land abandoned by Tata Motors in Singur.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:50:03 -0500

Lahore, Dec. 8 : The cash strapped Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to host a One day series against India in order to resurrect its sagging finances.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:40:05 -0500

Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Three policemen who allegedly forced a sex worker to perform oral sex in a police control room (PCR) van could go scot-free as, according to a senior official, no criminal action is possible unless the victim is traced.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:30:02 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 8 (IANS) The health of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, who is on fast-unto-death demanding a separate Telangana state, has begun deteriorating and doctors have warned that continuing the hunger strike could endanger his life.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:20:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Construction and engineering major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has bagged a contract worth Rs.844 crore from the state-run Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL), the company said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:20:02 -0500

Bhubaneswar, Dec 8 (IANS) Orissa Governor M.C. Bhandare has sought a report from the state assembly over the abrupt adjournment of the winter session, officials said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:10:01 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) A key index of Indian equities shot up 1.2 percent Tuesday afternoon after trading on a dull note in the earlier session.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:00:02 -0500