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 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:34 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:34 -0400 30 The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) to ensure maximum transparency while dealing with Right to Information (RTI) applications. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514492/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:13 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514492/cs/1/ Tyeb Mehta, one of India's most critically acclaimed artists, died of a cardiac arrest here early Thursday, according to family sources. He was 84. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514491/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:12 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514491/cs/1/ Bollywood veteran Anupam Kher will launch his acting school Actor Prepares in Ahmedabad after having opened branches in Chandigarh and London. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514489/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:11 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514489/cs/1/ The cabinet Thursday approved an improved fund flow channel from the union government to the states and further down to the tiger reserves to ensure effective tiger conservation. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514485/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:08 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514485/cs/1/ The union cabinet Thursday aborted its two-decade-old bid to have a say on sports issues by transferring the matter from the state list to the concurrent list. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514484/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:07 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514484/cs/1/ The cabinet Thursday hiked the estimated construction cost for an ultra-modern 650-bed army hospital at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir to Rs.2.32 billion from Rs.1.26 billion. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514482/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:05 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514482/cs/1/ The government Thursday approved payment of $239.93 million to the South Asian University, which is scheduled to begin functioning in the national capital from 2010. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514478/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:05 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514478/cs/1/ Popular for his daredevil stunts, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar jumped off a 60-foot high elevated structure in the capital Thursday evening to promote his new film 'Kambakkht Ishq' releasing Friday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514476/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514476/cs/1/ The stage is set for a comprehensive economic pact between India and South Korea after the union cabinet Thursday approved signing of the agreement. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514474/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514474/cs/1/ Four new cases of swine flu were detected Thursday, taking the total number of influenza A(H1N1) virus to 116, health officials said here. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514473/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:02 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514473/cs/1/ A Delhi youth arrested in a theft case was killed in police custody, angry family members of the deceased alleged as they blocked vehicular movement in south Delhi and kept the body on the road demanding punishment to the accused cops. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514468/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:50:05 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514468/cs/1/ The union cabinet Thursday gave its approval to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill that, among other things, envisages 25 percent reservation for weaker sections in private schools. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514464/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:50:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514464/cs/1/ Retired civil servant Neela Satyanarayan has been appointed the State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Maharashtra, official sources said here Thursday. She is the first woman in the state to hold the post. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514466/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:50:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514466/cs/1/ The union cabinet Thursday decided to set up a Rs.2.5 billion, state-of-the-art Plasma Fractionation Centre at Chennai to manufacture plasma derivatives used in medical treatments. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514458/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:09 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514458/cs/1/ The city-based Coastal Energen Private Limited Thursday announced that 16 bank consortium and financial institutions have agreed to lend it Rs.3,450 crore (Rs.34.5 billion) to set up 1,200 thermal power station at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514459/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:09 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514459/cs/1/ Engineering and construction major Punj Lloyd has bagged three contracts worth Rs.1,873.18 crore ($392 million) from the Housing and Infrastructure Board of Libya, the company said Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514455/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:08 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514455/cs/1/ The Tripura unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the dominant partner of the ruling Left Front, will hold agitations across the state Friday to protest against the hike in fuel price. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514456/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:08 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514456/cs/1/ The government must have a public accountability information system (PAIS) with internet access that would give information about funds allocated and expenditure along with names of beneficiaries, the Economic Survey tabled in parliament Thursday said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514457/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:08 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514457/cs/1/ The union cabinet Thursday extended the six-month-old President's rule in Jharkhand by six months beyond July 18. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514451/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514451/cs/1/ In an attempt to insulate itself from the slowdown, the IT/IT enabled Services (ITeS) sector in Andhra Pradesh is reducing its dependency on the US and focusing on other markets for exports, an industry official said Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514447/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:02 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514447/cs/1/ A day after reinforcing job quota in faculty of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday said the government is 'committed' to reserving 25 percent seats in private schools for weaker sections. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514444/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:08 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514444/cs/1/ An Indian court overturned an archaic law Thursday and decriminalised homosexuality - a move rights activists hope will go towards legalising gay sex just as 115 countries have done. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514445/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:08 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514445/cs/1/ The Air India management Thursday backtracked on its commitment to the employees' union to pay staff salaries by July 3, pushing employees to threaten again that they would go on strike from Friday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514442/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:07 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514442/cs/1/ Over two dozen people were injured in sporadic clashes between the police and stone pelting mobs Thursday in the tense Kashmir Valley where violent protests have been raging since last month over alleged rights abuses and killings by security forces. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514443/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:07 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514443/cs/1/ Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu has got a swanky new toy - a Blackberry - gifted to her by her co-star and producer Ajay Devgan for working round the clock for his new film 'All the Best'. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514441/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:05 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514441/cs/1/ The government has banned the import of Chinese handsets that do not have the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) - a unique 15-digit security code - with immediate effect, a union minister said Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514438/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514438/cs/1/ Somdev Devvarman, back from his maiden stint at the Wimbledon tennis championships, says he is amused that his Grand Slam debut happened to be in the doubles event. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514439/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514439/cs/1/ GeoPost, the express parcel arm of French postal service provider Groupe La Poste, and India's Continental Air Express Thursday announced a joint venture to offer domestic and international parcel services to Indian customers. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514436/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514436/cs/1/ Mobile handset distributor LAVA International Limited is gearing up to tap the rural market, a top company official said here Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514435/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:02 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514435/cs/1/ The Delhi High Court ruled Thursday that gay sex among consenting adults was no crime, a landmark event that triggered celebrations by gay activists but which leaders of all major religions in the country denounced in unison. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514433/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:01 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514433/cs/1/ Borrowings of national carrier Air India have jumped from Rs.6,550 crore to Rs.15,241 crore since November 2007 owing to the global slowdown, high fuel costs and fleet expansion, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told parliament Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514431/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:11 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514431/cs/1/ Australian singer Peter Andre couldn't have had a better comeback as he has just signed $1.6 millionn (1 million pounds) record deal with an independent music label. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514428/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:09 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514428/cs/1/ The Andhra Pradesh government Thursday said the state has posted a 24.5 percent growth in information technology export revenues during 2008-09, higher than the projected national growth of 20.65 percent, but this includes the inflated figures submitted by the scam-tainted Satyam Computer Services. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514429/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:09 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514429/cs/1/ Indian athletes continued their impressive run at the Asian Youth Games in Singapore, winning three medals Thursday to take their tally to six. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514427/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:08 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514427/cs/1/ Want to be a rock star, and looking for a break? Well, you might just get lucky, as music channel MTV has launched a new reality show that will hunt for and select a music band. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514424/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:07 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514424/cs/1/ The vigilance department in Jharkhand Thursday lodged criminal cases against former chief minister and MP Madhu Koda and three former state ministers for amassing wealth beyond their known sources of income. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514420/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514420/cs/1/ India Thursday pledged $2 million for the victims of flash floods in Bhutan and offered its full support to Thimphu to host the 16th Saarc summit in April next year. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514421/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514421/cs/1/ The union cabinet Thursday decided to withdraw in the Rajya Sabha a 20-year-old amendment bill that sought to transfer the subject of sports from the state list to the concurrent list. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514418/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:01 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514418/cs/1/ Strongly criticising a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexuality, Sikh clergy and religious leaders in Punjab Thursday called the ruling a 'black day' for mankind. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514412/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:06 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514412/cs/1/ A 30-year-old gynecologist, who had a fight with her surgeon husband, injected her twin daughters as well as herself with a poisonous substance, police said here Thursday, adding that the two girls have died and she was battling for life. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514413/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:06 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514413/cs/1/ Noted Manipuri cinematographer L. Surjakanta was arrested here Thursday on charges of aiding a top separatist outfit leader, police said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514411/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:05 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514411/cs/1/ State-owned West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) is planning to raise Rs.5,000 crore in the next three years to fund rural and urban electrification, a top company official said here Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514409/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514409/cs/1/ The southwest monsoon was below normal in Himachal Pradesh Thursday after remaining active during the past two days, weather officials here said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514406/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514406/cs/1/ Amidst much speculation and expectations, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday gave final touches to the rail budget, to be presented in parliament Friday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514402/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:29 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514402/cs/1/ Indian writer Vikram Seth, who is working on a sequel to his blockbuster novel 'A Suitable Boy', has finalised a deal worth around 1.7 million pounds to move his entire back list to Penguin UK, sources close to the deal said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514403/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:29 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514403/cs/1/ The last rites of pop legend Michael Jackson, who died following cardiac arrest last week, would be conducted in Los Angeles next Tuesday, according to thesun.co.uk. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514399/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:28 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514399/cs/1/ Health experts and activists Thursday said the Delhi High Court ruling decriminalising homosexuality will be a new tool in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS as the closeted gay community is a high-risk group. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514400/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:28 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514400/cs/1/ India's Rohan Gajjar knocked out top seed Kento Takeuchi of Japan 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 to ensure an all Indian semi-final at the $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament underway at the DLTA courts here Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514397/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:26 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514397/cs/1/ In a major relief to female employees engaged on contract basis, the Haryana government Thursday announced that they too would be entitled to maternity leave. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514395/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:25 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514395/cs/1/ Technology met social consciousness Thursday when documentaries on various social, environmental issues by young students were showcased of which four will participate at a social change summit in Stanford University. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514396/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:25 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514396/cs/1/ Roshni could not believe that the slogan she was screaming just four days earlier at Delhi's gay pride march would come true so soon - with the court decriminalising homosexuality Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514394/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:24 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514394/cs/1/ A key index of the Indian equities markets closed flat Thursday, rising only 13 points from its last closing figure, ignoring the reformist tone of the Economic Survey for 2008-09. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514393/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:23 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514393/cs/1/ Backbenches in the Lok Sabha, obscured by pillars in a circular chamber, are no longer the haunt of MPs who want to remain unheard of and even perhaps unseen. They are occupied by gen-next, no less. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514392/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:22 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514392/cs/1/ The Economic Survey tabled in parliament Thursday has sought the integration of diamond processing sector with jewellery manufacturing so as to boost exports. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514391/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:21 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514391/cs/1/ With Governor S.F. Rodrigues accepting Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal's resignation Thursday, his father and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has taken over his son's ministerial portfolios. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514388/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:19 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514388/cs/1/ The Delhi High Court Thursday gave a landmark judgement that de-criminalises homosexuality. Here are key excerpts from the 105-page ruling: http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514389/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:19 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514389/cs/1/ India's Economic Survey for 2008-09 has suggested that the government amend laws related to land acquisition and land use in order to address land-related disputes. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514383/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:15 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514383/cs/1/ Even though India is the largest supplier of vaccines to the world, its domestic market is completely paralyzed, risking the health of millions of children, especially newborns, says a report. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514384/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:15 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514384/cs/1/ State-owned Power Finance Corp Ltd (PFC) may cut its lending rate by 25 basis points to 11.5 percent keeping in view the fall of interest rates, a company official said here Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514381/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:13 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514381/cs/1/ The government has approved a proposal to revive or restructure 15 loss-making public sector enterprises (PSEs), Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said here Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514380/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:12 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514380/cs/1/ 'Historic!' That is how the film and fashion fraternities have hailed Thursday's Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising gay sex. Hailing India as great, they said the verdict would give more independence to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514379/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:11 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514379/cs/1/ While Madras High Court Judge R. Reghupathi has refused to name the minister who allegedly threatened and pressurised him, Tamil Nadu's Leader of Opposition J. Jayalalitha Thursday said Minister for IT and Communication A. Raja was the culprit. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514378/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:10 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514378/cs/1/ National carrier Air India has been asked to present its restructuring plan within a month, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said Thursday and reiterated that the airline cannot take the government for granted. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514376/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:08 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514376/cs/1/ For the members of the gay community, the Delhi High Court verdict Thursday that decriminalises homosexuality means one simple thing - now on living a life of dignity. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514374/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:06 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514374/cs/1/ Political parties, including the ruling Congress, reacted with caution to the landmark Delhi High Court judgement Thursday de-criminalising gay sex in India. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514373/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:05 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514373/cs/1/ Luxury car maker Audi sold 204 vehicles last month in Indian market, compared to 77 in June 2008, it said Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514370/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514370/cs/1/ Wuhan (China), July 2: India's Ambassador to China and the new Foreign Secretary, Nirupama Rao, said that she is looking forward to her new assignment with optimism and is ready for the challenges that comes with job. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514479/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:06 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514479/cs/1/ New Delhi, July 2 : The Union Home Minister on Thursday said that it would set up a National Intelligence Grid (NIG) and National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) by September end in order to strengthen the intelligence sharing and analysing mechanism in the country. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514477/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514477/cs/1/ New Delhi, July 2 : The UPA Government today informed the Rajya Sabha that a total of 81 confirmed cases of attacks on Indians, including students, in Australia have been reported since May 23. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514475/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514475/cs/1/ New Delhi, July 2 : The Union Cabinet today approved the signing and ratification of Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPA) with the Government of Colombia. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514462/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:30:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514462/cs/1/ New Delhi, July 2 : The Union Home Ministry on Thursday said that it has decided to finalise a plan for sustained operations against the ultra Left wing extremists by September-end. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514461/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:30:02 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514461/cs/1/ Moscow, July 2 : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today said that modernisation of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier should be completed as soon as possible so that it can be delivered to India in 2012, as the project had become the sole irritant in Russian-Indian relations. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514440/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514440/cs/1/ New Delhi, July 2 : Employees of India's flagship carrier Air India have announced they will be on strike for two hours on Friday in protest against the non-payment of salaries. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514415/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:10:01 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514415/cs/1/ Srinagar, July 2 : At least seven persons, including a policeman were injured during fresh clashes across the Kashmir Valley on Thursday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514367/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:04 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/514367/cs/1/ PATIALA: The Bhakra Mail Line is falling apart. Deprived of repairs since 1992, its banks have begun eroding and in some stretches, have been washed away. A breach is imminent if embankments are no... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831382/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:12 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831382/ Tyeb Mehta, one of India’s finest painters who courted only his canvas and recoiled from the blandishments of the media and the market—though both pursued him—passed away in a Mumbai hospital... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831379/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:08 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831379/ CHANDIGARH: Farmers' apprehensions, real or fancied, over rollback of the Punjab government notification on direct payments to them by the administration or arhtiyas (commission agents), has prompt... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831383/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:04 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831383/ NEW DELHI: Seldom does a senior law officer of the Centre get such a severe rap on the knuckles as additional solicitor general P P Malhotra received from the Delhi high court on Wednesday for his ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831387/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:58 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831387/ LUCKNOW: Armed with a ‘go ahead’ signal from the law department, Uttar Pradesh government is finally set to grant prosecution sanction against Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi. There is a strong case m... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831376/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:13 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831376/ AMRITSAR: The Pakistan government has allowed Awais Sheikh, the newly-appointed lawyer for Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death roll in Kot Lakhpat jail there, to meet him on Friday. Speaking to T... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831384/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:03 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831384/ A gay rights activist participates in a rally celebrating the groundbreaking ruling by the Delhi High Court yesterday decriminalising homosexuality, in Calcutta, India. Photo / AP http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25830113/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:37 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25830113/ THE Indian capital's highest court ruled yesterday that gay sex was not a crime – a groundbreaking decision sure to open divisions in the deeply conservative country. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25830535/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:36:32 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25830535/ In his Navagraha Kirti, the great 19th century Carnatic music composer, Muthuswami Dikshitar describes Budh (the planet mercury) as Napumsakam or one who is not quite male or female. He alludes to a... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831389/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:56 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831389/ NEW DELHI: Faced with adverse publicity and pressure from his party leadership, Congress MP M Jagannath on Monday apologised to the bank official he had assaulted in Andhra Pradesh. With the medi... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831377/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:14 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831377/ Bowing to the pressure from various states, the union government has withdrawan the bill pending for approval in the Rajya Sabha to put sports in the concurrent list. This was disclosed by Informatio... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831391/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:06:27 -0400 Rediff http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831391/ The cabinet on Thursday approved amendments to a new Companies Bill, 2009, aimed to modernise the structure for corporate regulation in the country. The proposed legislation will define the basic pri... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25830220/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:06:18 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25830220/ KOLKATA: A quarter of a century later, two MPs from West Bengal will once again place budgets on the floor of Parliament this session. Mamata Banerjee will place her railway budget today while Pran... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831385/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:01 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831385/ NEW DELHI: The Chennai judge-minister scandal reverberated in Rajya Sabha on the opening day of the budget session with the Opposition alleging that the government wasn’t interested in identifyin... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831378/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:06 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831378/ MUMBAI: They started the progressive artists group back in 1948 when chai at one of Bombay's many Irani cafes came for 2 paisa. ''The problem was, we couldn't afford even that, so we would initiall... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831380/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:09 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831380/ The United States and the United Nations Security Council have said that Al-Qaeda provided support to the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) to carry out the July 2006 training bombings in Mumbai and the Februar... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831393/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:06:23 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831393/ The three-judge arbitration panel set up to resolve the controversy over the sale of the government's residual 49 per cent stake in Sterlite-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd has decided to meet... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831392/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:06:26 -0400 Rediff http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831392/ No one can label us as criminals now,’’ said Rohit sporting an ear-to-ear grin. ‘‘The thought that we can’t be harassed on the pretext of law is a big relief,’’ added the gay rights a... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831388/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:58 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831388/ Friday, July 03, 2009 MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday angrily rebuked a shipyard chief for delays to repairs of a Soviet-era aircraft carrier set for delivery to India, urging w... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831397/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:10:51 -0400 The News http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831397/ LALGARH: A police team on Thursday evening allegedly ransacked the house of Chhatradhar Mahato, the leader of People’s Committee against Police Atrocities. Mahato’s wife Anita claimed that the ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831386/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:00 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831386/ MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s criminal investigation department (CID) meant to probe high-profile cases will now investigate love affairs that have resulted in marriages between Hindu girls and Muslim bo... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831381/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:11 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831381/ For a government pitching for farm growth and food for all, the Economic Survey 2008-09 brought some bad news. Farm growth has dived to a dismal 1.6 per cent in 2008-09 from 4.9 per cent the year bef... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25830398/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:06:13 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25830398/ On the issue of coming out, my understanding is that although all respondents had shared information about their homosexuality with their friends to some extent or another, most equated coming out wit... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831394/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:06:09 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831394/ Padma Bhushan awardee painter Tyeb Mehta died at his residence in Mumbai on Thursday morning. The 84-year-old artist was reportedly suffering from heart trouble. He is survived by his wife Sakina, son... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831395/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:05:59 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25831395/ CHENNAI: This year’s Common Admission Test (CAT) for entrance into the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will be held during a 10-day window, starting at the end of November 2009. While it ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25827351/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:11 -0400 The Hindu http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25827351/ KOLLAM: Medical authorities are examining whether the death of a 52-year-old man at a private hospital here was due to A(H1N1) influenza. Stanley was admitted to the hospital with respiratory problems... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25827266/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:10 -0400 The Hindu http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/25827266/