Provides the latest RSS feeds for India News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page India Gazette.com http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/10/id/701ee96610c884a6/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:12:27 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:12:27 -0500 30 Towering over any type of buildings and spaces without any control will no longer be easy for cellular companies in Punjab with the state government deciding to bring a mechanism to regulate the unabated installation of telecom towers. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610520/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610520/cs/1/ Three children were killed when abandoned ammunition exploded near an army firing range in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, police said Wednesday. The children were trying to remove scrap from the used mortar shells. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610521/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610521/cs/1/ March is usually a dry month for Bollywood thanks to the Class 10 and 12 board exams and so the industry has little to offer in terms of big budget outings. Adding fuel to fire will be Indian Premier League (IPL) matches on the big screen. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610518/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610518/cs/1/ Spring collections were the focus of the just concluded Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) instead of autumn-winter. Designers as well as buyers welcomed the seasonal shift, saying it suited their business and also complemented the Indian weather. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610519/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610519/cs/1/ After upgrading 1,000 post offices across the country, India Post is giving a corporate look to 727 more with better services under one roof as part of its 'Project Arrow', says Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610517/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:40:04 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610517/cs/1/ A benchmark index for Indian equities Wednesday made a steady start and was ruling 60 points higher, about 25 minutes after the opening bell. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610513/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610513/cs/1/ Encyclopaedia Britannica textbooks and an online study module will hit Indian schools from April 2010 in four subjects - computer science, mathematics, environmental studies and general knowledge, says its president Jorge Cauz. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610510/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610510/cs/1/ Top US and Indian business executives will meet here Monday to address critical issues affecting US-India High Technology Cooperation in areas like defence/strategic trade, civil nuclear cooperation, biotechnology, nano-technology and civil aviation. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610509/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610509/cs/1/ Software exports from Haryana were to the tune of Rs.21,000 crore (Rs. 210 billion/$4.5 billion) in 2008-09, a rise of about 17 percent against last year's figure of Rs 18,500 crore (Rs.185 billion/$3.95 billion), despite recession in the developed world. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610508/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610508/cs/1/ 'Certainly disappointing' is how a neatly dressed young man from Chandigarh responded as he came out of the parliament visitors' gallery after witnessing noisy protests in the Lok Sabha over the Women's Reservation Bill. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610505/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610505/cs/1/ Argentina coach Pablo Lombi has some special plans for hosts India when the two teams face each other in a play-off for the seventh-eight positions at the Hockey World Cup here Friday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610475/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610475/cs/1/ Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, a relative newcomer to politics, won praise from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and others for the manner in which he controlled the ruckus in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday over physical eviction of seven suspended opposition members from the house. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610472/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610472/cs/1/ Haryana Assembly Speaker Harmohinder Singh Chatha Tuesday evening called up leaders of opposition parties to announce that the suspension of all 35 opposition legislators in the 90-member Haryana assembly has been revoked. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610468/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610468/cs/1/ Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Tuesday expressed regret over the disrespect to Vice President Hamid Ansari in the Rajya Sabha by some parliamentarians opposing the women's reservation bill. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610469/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610469/cs/1/ The opposition Congress Tuesday staged a walkout in the Himachal Pradesh assembly to protest a 30 percent fare hike in state-run bus services. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610470/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610470/cs/1/ India will clash with Argentina for the seventh-eighth place classification match after the Latin Americans survived a late charge from Canada to prevail 4-2 in the last Pool A game of the Hockey World Cup Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610471/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610471/cs/1/ As India took a decisive step towards giving its women one-third representation in legislatures, many women keenly watched history being made on their TV sets, celebrated the moment in their own small ways and said their country has made them proud. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610466/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610466/cs/1/ The Netherlands went down to a determined Asian Champions Korea 1-2 in an engrossing battle, but survived by the skin of their teeth to make it to the semi-finals where they were joined by defending champions Germany who withstood a courageous comeback from New Zealand to beat them 5-2. and top the Pool. . http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610463/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610463/cs/1/ Over 600 poor people from Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district alone have been kept as bonded labourers in others states, a minister told the state assembly Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610459/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610459/cs/1/ Dutch coach Michel van den Heuvel was relieved his team made the semis despite their 1-2 loss to Asian champions Korea in their last Pool A match of the Hockey World Cup here Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610460/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610460/cs/1/ India's diplomatic and economic ties with Africa are set for a surge at a three-day conclave starting March 14 in New Delhi in which ministers, business people and experts from 34 African countries will discuss business projects worth $9 billion. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610462/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610462/cs/1/ Asian champions Korea fought valiantly to beat the Netherlands 2-1 but still missed the semi-final berth as the European powerhouse scraped through on goal difference at the Hockey World Cup here Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610458/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610458/cs/1/ In yet another daylight robbery here, two motorcycle-borne men Tuesday assaulted and looted Rs.1.15 lakh in cash from a sales representative, police said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610457/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610457/cs/1/ About 100 space debris experts who are taking part in the three-day meet of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination (IADC) Committee here Tuesday expressed concern in the increase in the space debris which is posing a serious threat to spacecrafts. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610453/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:30:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610453/cs/1/ Indian combination of Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Sandhu advanced to the third round of men's doubles event, defeating compatriots Gaurav Nandrajog and Sandeep Jangra 11-2, 11-10 in the Chennai Open squash tournament, here Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610454/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:30:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610454/cs/1/ The Chhattisgarh government told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it has traced four more of the 12 tribals who were missing. The apex court was moved for a probe into the alleged killings of 10 villagers by security forces in the state's Dantewada district during anti-Maoist operations. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610451/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610451/cs/1/ As many as 20 girl students suffered a sun stroke and fell unconscious Tuesday at a government school near Chhattisgarh's capital city, officials said. They have been hospitalised. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610448/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610448/cs/1/ United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi expressed her delight on the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha and expressed her gratitude to the Opposition for its cooperation on Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610450/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:30:01 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610450/cs/1/ 'I am very happy,' Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared Tuesday after the Rajya Sabha passed the women's bill to reserve a third of seats in all legislatures for women, adding the 'larger picture' of women's empowerment was worth the political risk that the ruling coalition had taken. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610444/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610444/cs/1/ Amid a pause in the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan, the Indus Water Commissioners of the two countries are set to meet in May against the backdrop of anti-India rhetoric whipped up by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed over the water issue. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610445/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610445/cs/1/ Ford India launched its much-awaited compact car 'Figo' at Taj Hotel here on Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610442/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:00:05 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610442/cs/1/ In addition to signing many Defense deals, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to have high tech interaction with various groups during his forthcoming visit to New Delhi next week. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610439/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:00:02 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610439/cs/1/ Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday announced that he and his ministerial colleagues as well as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators will declare their assets annually in the state assembly. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610438/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610438/cs/1/ Global firms in investment banking, consulting, marketing and management came calling here on a hiring spree to the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), signalling a revival of the world economy. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610434/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:40:04 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610434/cs/1/ Sharad Joshi, a prominent farmers' leader from Maharashtra, was the lone dissenter against the women's quota bill during voting in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, saying he didn't oppose the measure but the manner in which it would be implemented. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610433/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610433/cs/1/ Proponents of the policy of reservation for women state that although equality of the sexes is enshrined in the Indian constitution, it is not the social reality. Hence a radical piece of legislation in the shape of the Women's Reservation Bill was required to give a new direction to Indian politics just like reservation for backward castes over 20 years ago changed political and social equations ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610430/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610430/cs/1/ The Tripura assembly late Tuesday unanimously passed two bills enhancing reservation for women in three-tier panchayats (village councils) and urban local bodies from the existing 33 percent to 50 percent. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610431/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610431/cs/1/ Korea pipped the Netherlands 2-1 in an exciting Pool A clash, though the Nordic country yet edged past the Asian champions to qualify for the semi-finals on the basis of better goal difference at the Hockey World Cup here Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610429/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610429/cs/1/ Two motorcycle borne men robbed two government employees working with the electricity department of Rs.367,000 here Tuesday, police said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610425/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610425/cs/1/ Law Minister Veerappa Moily Tuesday said by passing of the historic Women's Reservation Bill providing 33 percent representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies 'we are paying a debt to our mothers'. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610426/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610426/cs/1/ Three Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Orissa and Jharkhand and an area commander surrendered to the police Tuesday, officials said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610427/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610427/cs/1/ President Pratibha Patil Tuesday honoured two premier combat units of the Indian Air Force at a ceremony at the Jodhpur airbase. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610428/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610428/cs/1/ A case has been filed against a south Delhi five-star hotel for serving sea cucumber - a protected marine animal, a statement by the environment ministry said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610422/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610422/cs/1/ Over a dozen people were injured here Tuesday when thousands of boys and girls gathered for the audition of music reality show 'Indian Idol' rushed into the venue causing a stampede, police said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610424/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610424/cs/1/ The per capita income in the Indian capital saw a jump of Rs.8,452 in 2008 over the previous year, said a report released here Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610419/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610419/cs/1/ German coach Markus Weise Tuesday said they are not worried who they will face in the semifinals of the Hockey World Cup. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610420/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610420/cs/1/ The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Opposition on Tuesday assured the Central Government of the requisite support in the Parliament to pass the controversial Women's Bill after the withdrawal of support by some of the allies of the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610417/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:50:04 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610417/cs/1/ Reacting to the comments made by Hafiz Saeed, the chief of militant outfit Jamat-ud-Dawa, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said that India has never stopped the flow of water to Pakistan. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610415/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:50:03 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610415/cs/1/ India's politics took a decisive step towards change Tuesday with its upper house passing a historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, crossing the biggest hurdle in the road towards political empowerment for women in the world's largest democracy. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610412/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610412/cs/1/ A 24-year-old lady was arrested here Tuesday along with her husband for murdering and robbing an elderly woman, police said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610408/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610408/cs/1/ Ahead of its turn to vote on the significant Women's Reservation Bill on Tuesday evening, the United Progressive Alliance partner Trinamool Congress decided to abstain during voting on the Women's Reservation Bill. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610409/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:50:01 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610409/cs/1/ Nine people were killed and 13 injured Tuesday when a train rammed into a tractor-trolley in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610404/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610404/cs/1/ India Tuesday rubbished Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik's accusations about its involvement in Monday's Lahore blast as 'absolutely baseless'. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610406/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610406/cs/1/ Thirty students from the Sheffield Hallam University in Britain will volunteer for the Commonwealth Games here under an agreement signed Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610403/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610403/cs/1/ Seeking help from a blood donor could just be a call away in Haryana's Sirsa district, with the local administration providing information about thousands of blood donors on a website. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610400/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610400/cs/1/ The women's reservation bill saw some good speeches from leading lights in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday outlining the positions and ideologies of the different parties over the long-debated legislation: http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610401/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610401/cs/1/ Inspired by a call once given by former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri in the 1960s asking people to observe a day's fast in a week to save food, a former Union Minister of State from Karnataka is running a campaign for the same cause as he believes it is needed for the welfare of the hungry in the country today. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610398/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:04 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610398/cs/1/ Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday described the Women's Reservation Bill as "a momentous development" and a step forward towards emancipation of the women. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610399/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:04 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610399/cs/1/ The Noida-Greater Noida Expressway will cease to be toll-free from Sep 30, the Uttar Pradesh government said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610397/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610397/cs/1/ Two men were arrested here with 22 kg of fine quality hashish, police said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610394/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610394/cs/1/ Business conglomerate Muthoot Pappachen Group (MPG) of Kerala is planning to own a cricket team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the league's governing council relaxed conditions and invited bids to buy two new franchises. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610389/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610389/cs/1/ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the historic women's reservation bill set to pass in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday was 'a historic step forward' for the emancipation of the Indian women. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610385/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610385/cs/1/ A city court Tuesday allowed Rahul Mahajan to leave the country on a honeymoon with his newly wedded wife but imposed a condition that the trip will not be telecast on any reality show. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610382/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610382/cs/1/ Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Tuesday foiled a suspected incursion bid in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector along the international border with Pakistan, according to official sources. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610379/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610379/cs/1/ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday apologised to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari for the 'disrespect shown to you' by MPs opposed to the women's reservation bill. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610380/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610380/cs/1/ The Supreme Court Tuesday slated for detailed hearing Wednesday a bunch of lawsuits, both endorsing and challenging the acquittal of former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi in a corruption case. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610375/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610375/cs/1/ Automotive component major Bosch Ltd declared a lockout at its Naganathapura plant on the outskirts of the city after employees went on a tool down strike demanding a wage revision, the company said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610372/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610372/cs/1/ The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan and the terrorists were trained by the Pakistan Army, the prosecution said, starting its final arguments in the trial of Ajmal Amir Kasab here Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610373/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610373/cs/1/ The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted construction of an administrative block inside the premises of the Victoria Memorial, the British era monument, in Kolkata. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610374/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610374/cs/1/ Work in state-run institutions across Jammu and Kashmir came to a standstill Tuesday as over four lakh government employees went on a five-day strike demanding full implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610368/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610368/cs/1/ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the women's reservation bill set to pass in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday was 'a historic step forward' towards the emancipation of Indian women. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610370/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610370/cs/1/ A 19-year-old girl, who was preparing for her Pre-Medical Test, committed suicide by consuming poison in her Civil Lines house here, police said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610365/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610365/cs/1/ A Delhi resident was Tuesday booked by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Chandigarh police for allegedly duping a man here of Rs.41 lakh on the pretext of securing admissions for his sons in a medical course. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610362/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610362/cs/1/ Union Home Secretary G K Pillai on Tuesday asked non government organisations (NGO) that whether they are afraid of condemning the ongoing Maoists violence in various parts of the country. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610354/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:10 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610354/cs/1/ Par for the course is how one can best describe India's final position in the 7-8 bracket at the 12th men's Hockey World Cup. Ultimately, the fracas over a denied goal and consequent victory against South Africa last night did not impact India's standings in the pool, although Pakistan would have avoided playing for the 11-12 slots. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610341/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610341/cs/1/ Fourteen children were rescued from a bindi-making sweatshop in the capital Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610344/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610344/cs/1/ Four people, including a man convicted for killing a police constable, were arrested with three locally made revolvers from a Gujarat village Tuesday, authorities said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610340/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610340/cs/1/ Hollywood filmmaker Jon Landau, who co-produced 3D sci-fi 'Avatar', has praised Lowry Digital, a subsidiary of Reliance MediaWorks Ltd, for enhancing live-action scenes in the film. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610336/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610336/cs/1/ Delhi and Mumbai airports will soon get dedicated chopper corridors that would lessen aerial congestion, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610334/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610334/cs/1/ Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Tuesday indicated the government was agreeable to re-examine the new guidelines issued for granting tourist and conference visas if there were real grievances and said the ministry has received a number of representations. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610335/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610335/cs/1/ The National Assembly (NA) Sports Standing Committee will grill Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) officials and national players following the team's disastrous showing in the Hockey World Cup in New Delhi. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610333/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610333/cs/1/ The Indian arm of Ford Motor company Tuesday launched four variants of its small car Figo, priced aggressively to take on existing and emerging competition. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610332/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610332/cs/1/ The government will propose several legislations to encourage private participation in education as the states alone cannot provide resources, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610331/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610331/cs/1/ A raging controversy over the audio CDs got a new twist Tuesday with Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal announcing in the state assembly that they were fabricated and doctored. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610329/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610329/cs/1/ The Congress leadership has directed its Meghalaya unit to distance itself from state Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M. Lanong over his alleged defamatory remarks for calling a group of women 'venomous vipers'. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610330/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610330/cs/1/ The rising star of English hockey, Ashley Jackson hopes the team's semi-final appearance in the World Cup here will do a world of good to popularise the sport back home where football is an obsession. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610327/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610327/cs/1/ Jon Landau, co-producer of 3-D sci-fi epic 'Avatar' that won three Oscars including one for visual effects, has praised Lowry Digital, a subsidiary of Reliance MediaWorks Ltd, for enhancing live-action scenes in the film for the golden gong. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610325/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610325/cs/1/ Believe it or not, the Indian government spends an astounding Rs.424,000 to formally detect and push back an illegal Bangladeshi migrant from Assam. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610322/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610322/cs/1/ Former Pakistan skipper Ramiz Raja Tuesday threw his weight behind under-fire all-rounder Shahid Afridi and recommended him to be the captain in all the three formats of cricket. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610300/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610300/cs/1/ India has agreed to be listed in the introductory remarks of the Copenhagen Accord, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh told parliament Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610299/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610299/cs/1/ Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington next month, India and the US have held another round of talks to resolve their differences over an accord on reprocessing US-origin spent fuel, one of the key steps towards implementing the landmark nuclear deal. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610295/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610295/cs/1/ The Congress Tuesday said the party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has fulfilled its commitment to the people as the women's reservation bill was put to vote in the Rajya Sabha. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610296/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610296/cs/1/ Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari on Tuesday passed the motion to vote on the Women's Reservation Bill in the House. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610290/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:16 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610290/cs/1/ Tibetans living-in-exile in India tried to break in the Chinese Embassy here today, a day ahead of the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising day. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610282/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:11 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610282/cs/1/ Michael Fennell, President, Commonwealth Games Federation and Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman, Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 met here today to monitor the readiness ahead of the sporting event that is due to be held in October this year. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610281/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:10 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610281/cs/1/ The perjury trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat in the Air India bombing case, the bloodiest unsolved crime in Canadian history, has been stalled. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610275/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:05 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610275/cs/1/ Leaders of corporate India Tuesday pledged to invest in Assam and explore opportunities for business in agriculture, tourism and rural infrastructure and setting up of power plants, IT parks and bio-diesel facilities. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610268/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610268/cs/1/ Construction work for a 1,600 MW thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh to be set up by the Karnataka Power Corp Ltd (KPCL) will begin towards the end of this year, a Chhattisgarh official said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610265/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610265/cs/1/ The Gujarat government has decided to check the alleged use of performance enhancing drugs by candidates taking physical tests for police and other such jobs, an official said Tuesday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610267/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610267/cs/1/ India's legendary fast bowler Kapil Dev has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in Dubai. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610261/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:10:11 -0500 ANI http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/610261/cs/1/