India Gazette
IndiaGazette.com Friday 9th May 2008 Issue 1479
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Policeman killed in lightning in Kerala


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A police constable on duty at a wireless station at Koorachundu, some 60 km from here, was killed and another policeman was injured in lightning Thursday...


Man killed in yet another case of lynching in Bihar
In yet another case of `street justice' in Bihar, a suspected thief was lynched by a mob in Siwan district, the police said...


500 workers of Islamic party arrested in Tamil Nadu
About 500 workers of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) attempting to pray in a disused 200-year-old mosque inside the fort here were arrested Friday, Vellore District Collector D.P. Yadav...


Yash Raj Films embroiled in another
Yash Raj Films has once again got embroiled in a controversy over the title of its forthcoming movie 'Thoda Pyaar, Thoda Magic,' which has Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in lead...


Notice to Bihar government on appeal against Lalu Prasad
The Supreme Court Friday issued notices to the Bihar government on two petitions challenging its power to appeal against the acquittal of Railways Minister Lalu Prasad in a disproportionate assets...


Over 220 seats but few key personalities
Karnataka goes to polls from Saturday to elect a 224-seat assembly. But very few are considered key...


India to have investment agreement with Latvia
The government Friday paved the way for greater flow of investments between India and Latvia granting approval to the inking of a bilateral investment promotion protection...


Sony TV denies phone mix-up victim sought damages
Sony Entertainment TV, which has been slapped with a legal notice by a Mumbai-based woman who was inundated with calls by actor Aman Varma's fans, has refuted reports that she has demanded Rs.10 million as...


Government to spend Rs.30 billion on high school scholarships
In order to arrest the increasing dropout rate from schools after class 8, the government Friday decided to allocate Rs.30.04 billion as scholarship to poor...


Royal Challengers, Knight Riders fined for slow over rates
The Indian Premier League (IPL) Friday penalised the Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders for not completing their overs in the stipulated time in the rain-curtailed match at the Eden Gardens...


Equities markets stay flat early afternoon
The Indian equities market continued to trade flat early Friday afternoon trade due to selling pressure across key sectors spurred by the international oil prices notching a new high - almost $125 per...


CPI-M activist killed in West Bengal
A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was shot dead Friday at a political rally in West Midnapore district of West...


41 militants surrender in Tripura
Forty-one tribal separatists along with families have surrendered to the authorities in Tripura, officials said...


Paes and Bhupathi out of Rome Masters
India's challenge ended in the Rome Masters tennis tournament as both Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, playing with their respective partners, failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the doubles...


Odds favour Congress in Karnataka
The stage is set for a battle of nerves Saturday between an upbeat Congress and a defensive Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in the first phase of Karnataka election where the fortunes of about 950 candidates will be decided by 17.3 million voters in 89 constituencies across 11 southern...


Passengers detain train to protest robbery
Angry passengers held up the Jodhpur-Bangaluru Express at Miraj, near here, Friday following a daytime robbery in a crowded...


Air India mulls plans for major rationalisations
The National Aviation Company India Ltd (NACIL), formed after the merger of Air India and Indian, is forming strategies to enhance the airline's operations and turn it into a profitable...


Huge play on freedom struggle to open in Mumbai
The 90 years between the India's first war of independence in 1857 and the country attaining freedom in 1947 will come alive in a costume drama in...


Indian Navy to order another aircraft carrier
The Indian Navy will place an order for another aircraft carrier with the Cochin Shipyard, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta said here...


Royals Challengers at bottom of IPL table again
Bangalore Royal Challengers, who slumped to their sixth defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Thursday night, has again slid to the bottom of the IPL...


Suspected terrorists held, ammunition seized in Tamil Nadu
Increased surveillance of Tamil Nadu's southeastern coast have resulted in the arrest of two suspected terrorists and the seizure early Friday of a boat laden with contraband ammunition bound for northern Sri Lanka, police...


Games bomb makers played to keep the tests a top secret
Ten years ago, India's bomb makers played a little game of deception in the scorching deserts of Pokhran in...


Mamata demonstrates for more security in Nandigram
Protesting the ongoing violence in Nandigram, allegedly by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has staged a demonstration inside the office of East Midnapore Police Superintendent S.S....


Two held for circulating fake notes in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, May 9(IANS) Two people have been arrested here for circulating fake notes worth Rs.70,000, police said...


Bird flu resurfaces in Bengal
Bird flu has resurfaced in Darjeeling district in eastern India, West Bengal's Animal Resources Development (ARD) Minister Anisur Rehaman confirmed...


Jharkhand villagers boycott minister to oppose land takeover
The villagers of Dumka, who are opposing the setting up of a power plant that threatens to take away their land, have decided to boycott Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Nalin Soren and seven others who are backing the...


CBI begins probe into Patna kidnapping
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) began a probe into the kidnapping of Akash Pandey, a school student, from Patna last year, investigating officials said...


BSF stops infiltration bid across Jammu and Kashmir border
Jammu, May 9 ( IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Friday claimed to have thwarted a infiltration bid from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba...


A keen contest on the cards
King's XI Punjab, on a roll with five consecutive victories and leading the pack on the leaderboard, face up to the Chennai Super Kings, a team that is on the mend after suffering a trough in their fortunes in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament match here...


ACC freezes cement prices
Mumbai May 9 (IANS) India's leading cement manufacturing firm Associated Cement Companies (ACC) has decided to freeze prices for the next two to three...


Balaji makes a comeback with IPL
India fast bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji is back after a stress fracture kept him out of the game for two...


Jharkhand government to give its students a haircut
The Jharkhand government is going to give haircuts to students in state-run...


RSS worker killed in Kerala
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday called for a daylong shutdown in Kerala's Chittur area after a party activist was killed while returning from a temple...


Anushka Sharma to star opposite Shah Rukh Khan
Model Anushka Sharma will play Shah Rukh Khan's leading lady in 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi', which is being directed by Aditya...


Homegrown Khali sells in enterprising Punjab
Jalandhar/He may not have visited his adopted home state Punjab yet but the square jawed wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, or The Great Khali as he is known all over the globe, is already selling on the...


No news from Myanmar, Orissa villagers frantic
Dozens of villagers in Orissa's Kendrapada district are frantic as they wait to hear from their relatives who work in cyclone-hit...


CBI detects Rs.240 mn bank fraud in Chandigarh
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has unearthed a Rs.240 million loan scam in the Sector 17 branch of the Punjab National Bank (PNB)...


Saudi national arrested in Kashmir
A Saudi national has been arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's frontier district of Kupwara, police here...


AMU to help link madrassas to mainstream education
In an attempt to open up mainstream higher education in India to madrassa students, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has decided to accredit several Islamic seminaries across the...


Equities markets open at a loss again
Mumbai May 9 (IANS) The Indian equities markets opened in the negative zone Friday, tracking weak markets elsewhere in...


Sports schedule for May 9, 2008
Following is the sports schedule for May 9,...


Bharat Coking Coal on revival path, to invest Rs.12 bn
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), which operates mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal, will invest Rs.12 billion in equipment by 2011-12 as part of its revival strategy, says a top company...


Delhi doomed to reel under water crisis
The water crisis in the Indian capital is set to take a turn for the worse in the long term, leading perhaps to more water-related conflicts. In 2021, the city will face a deficit of over 1,000 million litres per day (MLD) - higher than the current figure of around 900...


After Nargis, it will be Cyclone Abe
As Myanmar copes with the devastation wrought by Cyclone Nargis, meteorologists from South and Southeast Asia are ready with the name of the next cyclone to hit the region - one called...


Fuel free building cooling system developed
A Jaipur-based mechanical engineer and an architect from Ahmedabad have jointly developed a fuel free passive cooling system for...


Anbumani Ramadoss - India
Some call him a passionate activist, crusading against health hazards, while others allege he is publicity hungry and wastes time on trivial matters. But one thing is for certain - Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is seldom out of...


Auspicious signs of IPL stirring community feeling
Everyone agrees that the Indian Premier League (IPL) has produced a fine spectacle but disagrees on whether it is good or bad for cricket. Film star brand ambassadors like Akshay Kumar and owners like Shah Rukh Khan and Preeti Zinta, the Washington Redskin cheerleaders and others provide the glamour and glitz to the three-hour cricket spectacle staged in the arena. Will the IPL produce a Roman spectacle, a fierce locally held identity that could spark hooliganism of the European football league variety, or a more diffuse community that spurs qualities of good...


Shortage of anti-rabies vaccines in Ranchi hospital
A major hospital in Jharkhand's capital is facing a shortage of anti-rabies vaccine at a time when the city records around 200 dog bite cases every...


They call him Pritam Singh in Punjab!
On a recent visit to Punjab for a concert, music composer Pritam Chakraborty was taken aback to see posters calling him 'Pritam...


Amol Gupte to make film on roller-skating
'Taare Zameen Par' (TZP) writer Amol Gupte has moved on from painting and Aamir Khan to do a film on roller-skating and wants Salman Khan to play the...