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/cat/701ee96610c884a6/ en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:43:34 -0400 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:43:34 -0400 30 BJP leader L.K. Advani and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat met here Thursday for the first time after Advani revolted following Narendra Modi's elevation as the party's face in the Lok Sabha polls. A day after their meeting got axed as Advani reported ill, the former deputy prime minister went to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) office here and spent an hour with Bhagwat. Officially, no details ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321559/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321559/scat/701ee96610c884a6 He is the son of producer Kumar Taurani and his legacy makes him familiar with the modalities of making movies, but Girish Kumar, who is debuting with Prabhudheva directed "Ramaiya Vastavaiya", says he just focused on the acting part for his first film. "I am not involved with the production of the film because Prabhu did not want me to be part of that. He wanted me to enjoy acting and focus on ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321167/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321167/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Erratic rainfall and extremely high temperature are feared to affect production of the second flush Assam tea crop, while production of Darjeeling tea is expected to witness about 10 percent rise this year despite more rainfall. Tea is generally harvested in a "first flush" and a "second flush." The first flush is picked during late March. The second flush, harvested towards May end, is ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321166/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321166/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fancy the luxury of a hostel room on the Punjab University (PU) campus here? Well, you'll have to forgo another luxury for that - your car! With vehicular population and the resultant chaos, especially for parking, increasing on the beautiful and sprawling 550-acre PU campus, authorities are seriously contemplating guidelines under which hostelers would have to kiss their cars goodbye. The ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321161/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321161/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Members of Indie-pop band Indian Ocean have shot an advertisement to oppose abuse of animals in circuses. Band members Rahul Ram, Tuheen Chakravarty, Amit Kilam, Himanshu Joshi and Susmit Sen, who has now quit the band, are seen chained with heavy metal chains in the latest People for the Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) advertisement. "We are performers and enjoy entertaining our fans, but ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321159/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321159/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Television actress Esha Kansara, currently seen in "Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi - Meri Bhabhi", says dance is her first love and she is eager to participate in a dance-based show. "I am looking to do a dance reality show. Dance is my first love. If I had not been an actor, then I would have been a dancer. I want to do a dance in a daily show or in a reality show. I really want to dance a ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321163/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321163/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday dispelled the press reports about a heightened security threat to the pilgrims joining the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra. Reacting to newspaper reports here quoting army and intelligence agency sources that militants plan to target this year's Amarnath Yatra beginning June 28, the chief minister tweeted: "Talk about confusion within ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321158/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321158/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Viacom18 Motion Pictures has joined hands with Sanjay Leela Bhansali Productions to co-produce Akshay Kumar-starrer "Gabbar" and the much-talked about biopic on Olympic bronze medalist Mary Kom, starring Priyanka Chopra. "Gabbar", to be directed by Krish of "Vedam" and "Gam Yam" fame, is a remake of Tamil blockbuster "Ramana", while the Mary Kom Biopic is helmed by Omung Kumar. "We are proud to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321155/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:00:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321155/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's small-budget production "Fukrey" has been well-received at the box office. Ali Fazal, one of the actors in the film, says Farhan took the email route to compliment the whole team on the movie's success. "Farhan sent such a nice and long email to the entire team. He wished all of us. He has been with us through the whole process. It was really sweet and warm," ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321154/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:50:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321154/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The ancient Kedarnath shrine has survived the devastating floods in Uttarakhand but virtually everything around it has been destroyed, an official of the temple committee said Thursday. "Call it a miracle but the Nandi statue and the other idols in the temple are intact," the official told IANS. "In fact, those pilgrims who were in the temple during the tragedy also survived. "But the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321148/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321148/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Six pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh were among those killed in the floods in Uttarakhand while relatives of hundreds of others are anxiously waiting to hear from their near and dear ones. Five members of a family from Visakhapatnam district were killed in the floods, according to information reaching their relatives. They were among a group of 15 persons who had gone on Char Dham Yatra earlier this ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321145/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321145/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Indian rupee slumped to another record low of 59.93 against the dollar Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve signalled an end to its monetary stimulus that would help in further strengthening of the greenback. The partially convertible rupee opened sharply lower and hit the record low of 59.93 in the morning session at the inter-bank foreign exchange market in Mumbai, surpassing the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321147/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321147/scat/701ee96610c884a6 President Pranab Mukherjee has called upon the participants of the 'Sports Plus Initiative' to work hard and make India proud by achieving distinction in sports. President Mukherjee, who interacted with participants of the 'Sports Plus Initiative' of the Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday, presented gifts to all the participants. He also interacted with parents and coaches of the participants in the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320743/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320743/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mumbai, June 20 (ANI-Business Wire India): Noted healthcare economist and award Winning Indian American Surgeon Dr. Mukesh Hariawala will deliver an important keynote address at the fourth Annual India Leadership Conclave and Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2013. The event is being organised by Asia's most analytical news media Indian Affairs in association with the Ministry of ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320075/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:10:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320075/scat/701ee96610c884a6 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday said that Washington and New Delhi share a strong commitment for peace in Afghanistan. "We are going to talk about our shared interests and enhancing economic integration in the region, our commitment to a secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan and our support for India's regional leadership. This is a critical, ongoing conversation between the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320077/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:10:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320077/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Actors Saif Ali Khan and Sonakshi Sinha are getting a real taste of Lucknow's culinary flavours and hospitality while shooting for action drama "Bullett Raja". Thanks to the locals, the team got to gorge on tasteful home-cooked biryani. A source from the set of Tigmanshu Dhulia's anticipated project says that a few locals were so happy to have the team shooting in their locality that one day ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320073/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320073/scat/701ee96610c884a6 President Pranab Mukherjee will meet teachers, grassroots innovators and students during his two-day visit to Tripura beginning Thursday to motivate them to keep up their good work, officials said here Thursday. "During his two-day tour in Tripura, the president will meet nine selected 'inspiring teachers' of Tripura University. He will also meet the innovators who have developed tools to help ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320072/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320072/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Cadets went on a nightlong rampage inside a police training school complex in Jammu and Kashmir smashing the property as well as vehicles on the Srinagar-Leh highway. Scores of trainees at the Manigam police training school in the northern district of Ganderbal went on the nightlong rampage late Wednesday some 30 km from here. The violence subsided only Thursday morning. The trainees shouted ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320070/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320070/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Pakistani actor Ali Zafar, who debuted in Bollywood with 2010 film "Tere Bin Laden", will be seen doing a cameo in the comic satire's sequel. Directed by Abhishek Sharma, "Tere Bin laden", a spoof on the 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden, featured Ali in the lead. Tentatively titled "Tere Bin Laden 3", the sequel stars TV anchor Manish Paul in the main role. "I am only doing a cameo in the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320009/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320009/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Former Sri Lanka captain and now national selector Sanath Jayasuriya has said the Lankans must keep in mind India's unbeaten performance in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament when planning their strategy for Thursday's second semi-final encounter. Jayasuriya, who attended yesterday's practice session to boost the confidence of his country's players, said the Indian team is doing well as a ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320012/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320012/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Bollywood movie production giant Yash Raj Films (YRF) is geared up for its southern innings, which begins with the Tamil and Telugu remake of successful Hindi movie "Band Baaja Baaraat". Starring well-known southern actor Nani along with debutant Vani Kapoor in lead roles, the film is directed by Gokul Krishna and produced by Aditya Chopra. The untitled film went on floor end of May, and it has ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320007/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320007/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday dismissed the bail petitions of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and managing director of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) B.V. Srinivasa Reddy in an illegal mining case. Justice K.G. Shankar, who had reserved his order last Friday, pronounced the ruling rejecting the bail petitions of both the accused. The court agreed with the CBI's ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319530/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:20:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319530/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Huge stages, bright lights and high-voltage sound along with a discerning audience - all this is a dream for any musician, especially for the growing Indie music artists. But the journey to the top is not so easy and one needs to think long and deep before embarking on a career in the medium, top musicians say. It's a long grind to live performances, concerts and music festivals. So it's better ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318332/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318332/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat here Thursday, a day after their meeting was deferred when the BJP veteran conveyed that he was "unwell". Sources said the meeting lasted nearly 45 minutes at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office here, to where Advani travelled to meet Bhagwat. Bhagwat played a key role in resolving the crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318330/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318330/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A benchmark index of Indian equities markets plunged by 2.08 percent or 399.49 points during the pre-noon session Thursday. Selling pressure was observed in all stocks. It was led by the banking index (bankex), metals, oila nd gas, public sector undertakings (PSUs), capital goods, autos and fast moving consumer goods. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Samp;P Bombay Stock Exchange ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318328/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318328/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Himachal Pradesh government and the Indian Air Force Thursday speeded up its operations to airlift tourists stranded for the past five days in Kinnaur district, which has been cut off following landslides, an official said here. "Since 6.30 in the morning three choppers have been on job. So far 77 tourists were airlifted," an official told IANS. He said the weather is clear and the maximum ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318327/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318327/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Former Bihar minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey's two relatives were killed while he survived nature's fury at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, a state where 300 people from Bihar are missing. Choubey, along with his close relatives, a family priest and security personnel, was on a trip to Kedarnath when they were trapped in the landslides and strong currents of the Ganga river. According to his personal ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318325/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318325/scat/701ee96610c884a6 An item song performed by Mumait Khan in Ashuu Trikha's forthcoming film "Enemmy" has the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) stepping in with firm hands. The names of four women - Katrina, Kareena, Bipasha and Priyanka in an item song have been replaced by 'Miss India' and 'Miss World'. The names used were of popular Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318318/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:30:03 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318318/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Filmmaker Anand L. Rai, whose latest romantic offering "Raanjhanaa", says the movie tells a love story which is thicker and deeper than his last directorial "Tanu Weds Manu". "There was an urge to tell a love story which is more thicker than 'Tanu Weds Manu'. It has got more depth. I knew I was challenging myself as a director also. It wasn't easy for me," said Rai. "Tanu Weds Manu", released ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318315/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318315/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The welfare subsidies, if one recaps, were introduced by the European rulers following the French revolution to entice their subjects. Such welfare subsidies did not adversely affect the overall economy since there had been easy flow of capital - predominately generated from the captive markets of their colonies spread over the world. Similarly, in the US, following the anti-apartheid movement, ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318312/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318312/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who is on a roll after the success of "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani", will take to the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards stage in Macau next month. She is excited about her performance. Deepika will showcase some of her signature moves from the recent hit songs in her most successful films, including "Angrezi beats", "Tum hi ho bandhu" and her most ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318316/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318316/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The water level in the Yamuna started receding in Delhi Thursday morning but stayed above the danger mark of 204.83 metres. Many low-lying areas in the city also remained inundated, a government official said. "The water level, which rose to 207.20 metres mark (on Wednesday), came down to 207.15 metres around 9 a.m. today (Thursday). But it is still above the danger mark of 204.83 metres. We ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318185/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215318185/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The best way to improve bilateral relations between India and Pakistan is by developing economic ties that mutually benefit both the countries, outgoing Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal said. At Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Sabharwal gave credit to the private sectors in the two countries for making right moves at the right time. He said it was not only the visa ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215317614/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215317614/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tamil actor Dhanush, who is awaiting the release of his first Hindi film "Raanjhanaa", says even though superstar Rajnikanth has a lot of influence on him, he doesn't like being compared with his father-in-law because he considers him a "legend". "I grew up watching his films and therefore there might be his influence on me, but I don't like to be compared with him," Dhanush told IANS in an ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215314313/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:00:05 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215314313/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prashant Dash, head of an Odisha-based business group, has been arrested in Mumbai in connection with an alleged chit fund scam, police said Thursday. Dash, the chairman of Odisha-based Seashore Group, was arrested in Mumbai Wednesday evening by a team of the economic offence wing of the crime branch of police. "He will be brought to the state on a transit remand and produced before court ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215314255/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215314255/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Kerala-headquartered Mind Media Innovations Pvt. Ltd has developed a new smartphone app on baby care to help young parents with baby rearing tips. The app 'Baby Blossoms' has been developed for Android platform. It keeps parents informed about nearby baby shops and hospitals, and even gives a list of names with their meanings that can prove handy for naming babies, a top company official ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215314256/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215314256/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The ferrying of iron ore from Goa's mining hinterland to the sea port by river for decades could be taking a toll on the health of two key rivers, the Mandovi and the Zuari. A research report released recently by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) reveals iron content in the Mandovi (north Goa) and Zuari (south Goa) and blames it on mining operations in the drainage basins of ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215314242/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215314242/scat/701ee96610c884a6 It was a pleasant morning in the capital Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 25.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below average for this time of the season. The Met Office has forecast a partly cloudy and humid day ahead. "The sky will be partly cloudy. There has been no rain so far and none is expected during the day. The humid weather is likely to continue," an official at the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215313308/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215313308/scat/701ee96610c884a6 What Mani Ratnam couldn't do, Aanand Rai has succeeded in doing. Audiences will be getting to hear Bollywood actress Sonam speak in Tamil for the first time in "Raanjhanaa". The Tamil version of "Raanjhanna" entitled "Ambikapathy" would see Sonam speak in Tamil, albeit dubbed by a professional Tamil dubbing artiste. Some time ago Mani Rathnam wanted Sonam in his Tamil film "Kadhalan". But Sonam ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215313307/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215313307/scat/701ee96610c884a6 still believes in love. She also hopes that she finds a man who will love her "in the right way" in the future. Perry divorced comedian-actor Russell Brand in 2011. The 28-year-old, who also recently split from lover John Mayer, says she is content being single at the moment. "I'm not in a relationship, I'm just on my own, I am myself in my own bed. I have to be happy being alone, and I am ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215311523/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215311523/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Delhi University (DU) received around 1.5 lakh offline admission forms while its online registration tripled compared to last year as the admission process to its four year undergraduate programme ended Wednesday. Dean, Students Welfare, J.M Khurana said: "There has been an almost 200 percent increase in the number of online registration forms. We have received 138,605 online registration forms ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301920/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301920/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Wednesday said a new project to improve the power transmission in the state will be implemented with the financial assistance of Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA). She also requested JICA for a line of credit to for viability gap funding and credit to private parties in infrastructure projects. In a statement issued here by the government, ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301379/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301379/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday, sought quick relief for stranded people, a party statement said. The Congress president urged the state government to evacuate the stranded and expeditiously restore communications systems, a party statement said. According to the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301373/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301373/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Producer-director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who is all set to release his film, "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", based on the life of former athlete Milkha Singh, said that the film was not based on sports and could have been on anybody in an endeavour to show the human spirit. "I will like to clarify that the film is not based on sports or about a sportsman. It is about the triumph of the human spirit. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301375/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301375/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A civilian was injured as Pakistani troops Wednesday violated the ceasefire and fired across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district after an infiltration bid was foiled by the Indian Army, a defence official said. Defence PRO S.N. Acharya said a group of four militants from Pakistan-administered Kashmir were seen moving towards the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301372/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301372/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In the first trip by an Indian minister in decades, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Wednesday left for Baghdad on a two-day visit in a concerted effort by India to engage with Iraq at the highest level and deepen ties with the oil-rich country. Khurshid's visit, which comes after a gap of more than two decades after the trip of then external affairs minister I.K. Gujral, is seen as a ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301374/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215301374/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Delhi residents experienced a sultry, rainless Wednesday as the maximum temperature shot up a little at 35.5 degrees Celsius - two notches below average. Thursday will be cloudy. The capital had been witnessing below average temperatures since the last few days and Tuesday's maximum temperature was seven notches below average at 32.1 degrees while the minimum was 23.5 degrees Celsius, five ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215300786/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215300786/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Newly-appointed Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge took charge of his portfolio Wednesday, a statement said. Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal briefed him on various important issues concerning the ministry including the priority areas, said the statement. Kharge was given the charge during the latest cabinet reshuffle Monday. He earlier held charge of labour and employment, which has now ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215299893/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215299893/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Expressing condolences to the family and the victims over the loss of lives in the floods in north India, the French envoy Wednesday said his country shared the pain of the Indian people and government. "We convey deepest condolences to the families of the victims. France shares the pain of the Indian people and government and assures them of its wholehearted solidarity in this ordeal," French ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215299895/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215299895/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Celebrations by Delhi Congress workers and members of the Youth Congress marked the 43rd birthday celebrations of party vice president Rahul Gandhi, who wanted it to be a low key affair, party sources said Wednesday. According to party sources, members of the Delhi unit and Youth Congress leaders raised slogans in support of their vice president, burst crackers and distributed sweets outside the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215299894/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215299894/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A man drowned in the Yamuna river while bathing near its bank, while 5,000 people were evacuated from inundated low-lying areas along the banks Wednesday as water rose to an unprecedented 207.20 metres, the highest since 1978, a Delhi government official said. The man who drowned was bathing near Majnu Ka Tilla on the banks of the river, and his body is yet to be traced, the official said. In ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298938/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298938/scat/701ee96610c884a6 "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" director-producer Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Wednesday rubbished rumours of the film being banned in Pakistan, saying on the contrary, they had got three different offers from there and also an invite to the entire cast and crew. "Today we have received three different offers from Pakistan. Also, an invite for the crew has come which does not come very often," he said at the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298937/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298937/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday announced Rs. 10 crore for those affected in the devastating floods in Uttarakhand. She expressed grief over the widespread devastation and loss of lives in the hill state. Over 100 people have died while thousands are reportedly missing due to the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298935/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298935/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A 20-year-old newly-married woman was gang-raped by four men here, police said Wednesday. Two of the accused have been arrested. The incident happened at Gokalpuri area in east Delhi Saturday. "The victim, a native of Bihar came to Delhi with her husband a few days ago. Two men, Digambar and Ravi assured her husband that they will get him employed in a factory," said a police officer. On ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298931/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298931/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A trade body Wednesday said the restriction on import of gold imposed recently by the government may bring short-term benefits but warned it would do more harm than good for the nation in the long run. The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), the country's nodal and largest single trade body representing over 600,000 traders in gems and jewellery sector, said duty on gold has ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298933/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298933/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Army and the Air Force Wednesday stepped up relief operations in flood- and landslide-affected areas of Uttrakhand and Himachal Pradesh. An official release said the relief and rescue operation in the two states were the largest such operations undertaken in several decades. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has also deployed 3,000 of its personnel to clear roads in these states. The ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298932/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298932/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor was teary-eyed at the promo and music launch of her film "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", and said she was emotional because of the effort put into the film. "The promo shows the blood, sweat and toil of everyone who has worked in the film. This is why I started crying," she said at the launch held here Wednesday. Produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, "Bhaag ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298929/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298929/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa requested her Assam counterpart Tarun Gogoi to spare a pair of the greater one-horned rhinoceros in exchange for a pair of Indian gaur. In a letter to Gogoi, the text of which was released to the media here Wednesday, Jayalalithaa said the Arignar Anna Zoological Park near here has a collection of 1,400 individual animals consisting of 143 species but no ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298924/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298924/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Two women of this sleepy village, who led the anti-gangrape protests in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee only to be dubbed Maoists and CPI-M activists by the angry leader, Wednesday sought a probe by the CBI to clear their names. "Never in my life have we carried the flags of any political party. Neither have any member of our family. We only protested against the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298925/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298925/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thousands are said to be missing in Uttarakhand after unprecedented rains and cloudburst led to landslides and flash floods killing more than 100 people and leaving 62,000 stranded, officials and survivors said. Such was the magnitude of the disaster that a worried Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna told IANS: "It is a calamity that has numbed me by its sheer magnitude." Bahuguna said ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298930/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298930/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A central government official Wednesday lauded the efforts of the Tagore Centre for Natural Sciences and Philosophy (TCNSP) to go forward with its establishment "without much money". Inaugurated at the Bose Institute here, TCNSP is a collaborative venture between the Centre for Natural Sciences and Philosophy, Kolkata, and the Bose Institute to integrate science, philosophy and culture. It is ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298928/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298928/scat/701ee96610c884a6 An expected two degrees Celsius rise in the world's average temperatures in the next few decades would make India's summer monsoon unpredictable, affecting crop production, a World Bank report said Wednesday. "Turn Down The Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for Resilience" examines the likely impact of two- and four-degrees Celsius warming on agricultural production, water ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298923/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298923/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Asia's largest plantation firm Tata Coffee Wednesday unveiled its premium extraction plant at Theni near Madurai in Tamil Nadu to process the beans into freeze dried powder for exports to global markets. Set up at a cost of Rs.80 crore with an installed capacity of 2,000 tonnes per annum, the hi-tech plant will produce spray dried, agglomerated and freeze dried instant coffee, retaining its ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298890/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:50:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298890/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking direction to central government to prosecute the heads of the nine cyberspace giants for endangering the country's sovereignty and security by sharing data on Indians with American intelligence agencies. A bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Ranjan Gogoi agreed to hear the PIL next week after senior counsel S.N. Singh told the court ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298742/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:40:03 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298742/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Odisha Wednesday announced compensation for the farmers who sustained losses due to heavy rain and consequent floods last week in various parts of the state. According to a statement issued by the office of the chief minister, farmers would be compensated at the rate of Rs.2,000 per hectare, if they have sustained losses of 50 percent of their crops, or more. Farmers will also be entitled to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298741/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298741/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Delhi High Court Wednesday stayed a government order prohibiting auto-rickshaws from displaying advertisements and posters. A division bench of Justice P.K. Bhasin and Justice V.P. Vaish also issued notice to the transport department of Delhi and sought a response by July 8. It blocked any coercive action against the auto-rickshaw drivers. Appearing for the auto drivers, Aam Aadmi Party ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298738/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298738/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday chaired the unified headquarters meeting which took stock of the security situation in the state and the arrangements for the forthcoming annual Amarnath Yatra. An official statement issued here said the chief minister received a briefing on the prevailing security and law and order situation in the state during the meeting, as well as ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298736/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298736/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A court here Wednesday acquitted due to lack of concrete evidence seven people accused in the murder of Ranchi Deputy Superintendent of Police U.C. Jha in 2000. Jha was killed near Rajendra roundabout when protesters from a particular community attacked police Dec 28, 2000 after a police vehicle had crushed a girl to death. Police had fired on the mob, leaving two people dead. During the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298735/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298735/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Yamuna river in Delhi, which resembled a drain only a week ago, swelled up after the rains, breached its banks this week and flowed again with the fury of a river in spate, rendering many who had built shelters on its banks homeless. Though authorities claim they have been providing aid to those affected by the rising river water in east Delhi, many residents complain they have received ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298070/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298070/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A Mumbai-based event management company's managing director has been charged with raping and blackmailing a woman teacher and threatening her, police said Wednesday. Police officer Dinesh Kumar said a team was likely to go to Mumbai to arrest Sarasjeet Srivastav, 62. The woman, in her mid-30s, hails from Pathankot in Punjab and came to be with her sister in Gurgaon in 2012 after she had some ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298068/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215298068/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday said Sri Lanka is a dangerous side, and hence his team would not focus on individual players. "They are a dangerous side, hence we cannot focus on individual players. If you look at their top six or seven, they are good. But yes, the duo has done really well and will always pose a threat," he said, when asked whether Kumar Sangakara and Mahela ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297408/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:20:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297408/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Muslim party Manithaneya Makkal Katchi's (MMK) two legislators in the Tamil Nadu assembly would vote in favour of DMK's Kanimozhi in the June 27 Rajya Sabha biennial elections, said a party official. Speaking to reporters here Wednesday, MMK leader M.H. Jawahirullah said: "We met DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and expressed our support to Kanimozhi in the Rajya Sabha elections." DMK has 23 members ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297407/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297407/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Reacting strongly to Congress leader M.L. Fotedar's claim that the National Conference (NC) gave up its autonomy demand in 1975, senior NC leader Muhammad Shafi Wednesday said the likes of Fotedar had become irrelevant. Fotedar had said Tuesday said the NC's demand for restoration of autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir had no basis as its leadership gave up the demand when it signed the 1975 accord ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297406/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297406/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Indian Medical Association (INA) Wednesday slammed Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan over reports that he and his wife were planning to have a baby boy through surrogacy. "IMA strongly opposes any attempt or activity for pre-natal determination of sex of foetus," the association said. "We strongly feel that public figures like Shahrukh Khan, who are role models for the youth, should set a ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297402/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297402/scat/701ee96610c884a6 An unidentified man stole a Haryana-based jeweller's bag containing jewellery worth Rs.55 lakh from a baggage-scanning machine at a metro station here, police said Wednesday. The man walked off with Ravinder Soni's bag while he was being frisked at Chandni Chowk metro station. Soni, 35, had placed the bag in the scanning machine. "Soni said he had bought the jewellery from Delhi's Katra Nawab ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297401/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297401/scat/701ee96610c884a6 West Bengal Chief Minister is suffering from a CPI-M phobia, the Left Front said Wednesday, accusing her of violating the model code of conduct for the panchayat elections. "When she visited Kamduni (village), she had said there were CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) people there. But actually there was no one (from CPI-M). It seems she is having CPI-M phobia," Left Front chairman Biman ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297399/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297399/scat/701ee96610c884a6 City-based enterprise solution provider Ramco Systems Ltd Wednesday announced the signing of a deal with the Franco-German-Spanish Eurocopter Group to provide maintenance software for helicopter operators. In a statement issued here, Ramco Systems said both the companies will join forces to offer helicopter maintenance software for operators and maintenance centres. This agreement enables ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297398/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297398/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A 33-year-old woman was arrested for attempting to cheat a diamond merchant by posing as the daughter-in-law of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, police said Wednesday. Shikha Bhatia called the office of Jindal Diamond in south Delhi's Lajpat Nagar posing as Mona Dikshit, Sheila Dikshit's daughter-in-law, and asked for some diamond bangles to be delivered at Khanpur Chowk as she was going to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297396/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297396/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand, scene of terrible devastation caused by heavy rains and floods, is one of the most revered shrines in the country, visited annually by millions. The temple is one of the four sacred sites on the Char Dham pilgrimage and is said to have been built over 1,000 years ago by Adi Shankara. Believed to be a seat of Lord Shiva, it is located on the bank of Mandakini ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297395/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297395/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Submerged roads, crippled traffic, people wading in knee-deep water mixed with sewage -- these are common scenes in the national capital every year, as civic authorities consistently fail the monsoon test. The intermittent-to-heavy monsoon rains Saturday and Sunday exposed the shoddiness of de-silting work undertaken by the Public Works Department (PWD) and the three municipal corporations -- ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297394/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297394/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In continuing operations against illegal trade of rhino horn, police in Assam's Jorhat district Wednesday recovered a rhino horn worth lakhs of rupees. Jorhat Superintendent of Police Sanjyukta Parashar told IANS that the recovery followed a raid on the house of a man, Ajay Patra, in Lahdoigarh area. Patra is on the run, she said. "The horn weighed a little over one kg," she said. Police feel ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297393/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297393/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Two days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to Kamduni village where she shouted at anti-rape protestors, Governor M.K. Narayanan Wednesday urged media not to create controversy over every act of the Trinamool Congress supremo. "Don't dissect whatever she does. Don't create unnecessary controversy," Narayanan told media persons on the sidelines of a programme here to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297391/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297391/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Seven school students, hitching a ride in a milk van, and the van's driver died when their vehicle hit a bus in Tamil Nadu's Pudukottai district Wednesday, said police. Three other students were injured and have been admitted to hospital. According to police, the students of the Government Higher Secondary School in Vallathirakottai village had taken a lift in the milk van to reach their school ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297389/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297389/scat/701ee96610c884a6 "Shaitaan - A criminal mind" has shown some real life instances of female criminals and spot fixing. The show is now coming up with a special episode on the vicious circle of superstitions. The episode will portray the story of a superstitious man, who blindly follows a Swamiji. Advised by him, the man forces a girl to marry him, who is almost of his daughter's age. Nikhil Alva, CEO Miditech, ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297388/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297388/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The temperature in the national capital Wednesday shot up a little at 35.5 degrees Celsius - two notches below average. A bright sun made for sultry day and the Met department forecast a cloudy sky Thursday. While the minimum temperature settled three notches below average at 24.8 degrees Celsius, the humidity wavered between a high and low of 92 and 49 percent. Thursday's maximum and ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297390/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297390/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A number of trapped pilgrims and tourists from flood-affected areas in Uttarakhand have accused the local government of doing nothing to help them and demanded that Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna resign. According to Char Dham Yatri Sangathan (CDYS) convenor, Varinder Arora, there are around 25,000 pilgrims and tourists, including him and his family, trapped since Sunday in Damta, 70 km from ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297387/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297387/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Jackie Chan, martial art expert and one of Asian cinema's most prominent faces, Wednesday encouraged the children at the Smile Foundation saying that if they work together, they can achieve their dreams one day "like I did". He visited Mission Education programme centres of Smile Foundation and interacted with children and gave martial art tips to young girls. Talking to the children, the "Rush ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297246/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297246/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Newly-appointed union Minister of State for Health Santosh Chowdhary Wednesday said she would try to implement all the schemes of the United Progressive Alliance government relating to the health sector. "I shall try to implement all schemes of the UPA government relating to the health sector for the benefit of the people as the minister of state for health and family welfare," Chowdhary told ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297247/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297247/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Moved by the plight of the people from Maharashtra stranded in flood-hit Uttarakhand, the state government Wednesday announced allocation of Rs.10 crore for their relief. This amount would be utilized to arrange for helicopters, food, medicines and clothes and to bring them back to their home state, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said here. According to information available, at least 1,353 ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297244/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297244/scat/701ee96610c884a6 United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will lay the foundation of a Rs.2,938 crore water supply project at Jayal in Nagaur district of Rajasthan Thursday. Over 23 lakh people from six towns and 890 villages will benefit from the project, Jitendra Singh, Rajasthan's minister for energy, non-conventional energy and information and public relations, said in a statement here ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297245/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215297245/scat/701ee96610c884a6 As the Nitish Kumar-led JD-U government in Bihar sailed smoothly through a trust vote Wednesday, the BJP accused its just-parted ex-ally of becoming part of a Congress conspiracy. "JD-U has shown its colours by participating in Congress's conspiracy. They are now bound to Congress with the glue of corruption," BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said here, clarifying that she is referring to "moral ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215296513/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215296513/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Wednesday opposed a health ministry directive allowing practitioners of homeopathy, ayurveda and siddha to dispense allopathic medicines for common health problems, saying it could prove to be dangerous. At a press conference here, the IMA said the notification is an apparent attempt by the ministry to play with the lives of the innocent citizens in the garb ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295592/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295592/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday granted Rs.1,000 crore for disaster relief in Uttarakhand and said the death toll in the state due to heavy rains and floods could be higher than the current estimate of 102. The prime minister, who made an aerial survey of the rain and flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand with United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, said here they were ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295589/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295589/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Superstar Rajinikanth, who is yet to watch his son-in-law Dhanush's Hindi debut "Raanjhanaa", is likely to see the film when it hits the cinemas on Friday, the actor says. "He hasn't watched the film yet. I think he is most likely to watch it on June 21 with my family. I'm waiting to hear his comments," Dhanush told IANS. Directed by Anand L. Rai, "Raanjhanaa" is the love story between a Muslim ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295593/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295593/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Three days after he dumped the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday proved his majority in the legislature and said his former ally won't win the next Lok Sabha battle. Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to promote divisive politics, he said the policies of consultation which it believed in under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's leadership had ended. In a speech in the assembly ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295586/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295586/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Stressing that the Ishrat Jahan shootout was not "fake", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the Congress-led government at the centre was manipulating the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to frame BJP leaders. Party spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi told reporters here that the shootout that killed Israt Jahan was conducted on the basis of information received from the Intelligence ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295587/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295587/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Jaypee Sports International, promoters of Indian Grand Prix, Wednesday rubbished European media reports that the race might be dropped by the Formula One organisers in 2014 and assured that the event is on. Askari Zaidi, JPSI spokesperson, said: "Some international news organisations are trying to spread rumours that JPSI may not host 2014 Indian GP. This is totally baseless and malicious." ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295585/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295585/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Legislators of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) were Wednesday suspended from the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly for one day for stalling proceedings. Speaker N. Manohar suspended 13 members of the TRS and 12 belonging to the YSRCP Wednesday evening after the entire morning session was lost due to repeated adjournments over the Telangana issue. As soon ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295578/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295578/scat/701ee96610c884a6 IT infrastructure major Emerson Network Power Wednesday entered into a strategic alliance with NxtGen Data Centre and Cloud Service Ltd to offer its integrated smart solutions to Indian enterprises. "The partnership will enable us to provide smart solutions to our customers across India using NxtGen's on-premises data centre services," Emerson Network Power managing director Sunil Khanna told ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295582/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295582/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A CBI special court Wednesday adjourned, to June 25 hearing on the agency's petition for judicial custody of former Andhra Pradesh ministers Sabitha Indra Reddy and Dharmana Prasada Rao in the case of alleged disproportionate assets of YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. The two former ministers wanted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit to the court the unedited CD ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295576/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295576/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A nine-month-old child, abducted by his family's neighbour for adoption by his childless brother-in-law, was rescued Wednesday and the kidnappers arrested, police said. Giving details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nitin Tiwari said that Tuesday night Ramesh quietly abducted Vansh, his neighbour's son, while he was playing in the neighbourhood. When the child remained missing for a long ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295577/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295577/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the priority of the government was to rescue people stranded by heavy rains and flash floods in Uttarakhand and provide succour to the affected people. According to the PMO's Twitter account, the prime minister, who made an aerial survey of affected Uttarakhand along with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said: "Our hearts go out to the families of ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295575/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295575/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mahakshay is teaming up with his father Mithun Chakraborty for the first time in "Enemmy" and says it is an honour to dance with the "original disco dancer". "My father is the original disco dancer and it is an honour to dance with him in the film. This is for the first time I am sharing the screen space with my father," Mahakshay, who entered fildom in 2008 with "Jimmy", told IANS. "My father ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295440/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295440/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Around 5,000 expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, affected by a new labour policy in the Gulf nation, have found new jobs, the Indian consul general in Jeddah said. Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai said the consulate's various pro-active measures have helped these Indians rectify their residency status and get new jobs, Arab News reported Wednesday. Indian expatriates were badly hit by the new ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295438/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295438/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Union Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh said Wednesday everything possible was being done to rescue flood-affected people in Uttarakhand, stranded after the heavy, incessant rains that began last Saturday. "Our priority is to evacuate people in grave danger and take them to safe areas. Many people are stranded in the hills," Singh told reporters. Differing with the media reports that over ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295439/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295439/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Reality show "Bigg Boss Kannada", hosted by southern movie star Sudeep, has surpassed the popularity of Kannada version of the "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (KBC) game show with a 4.7 TRP rating and as many as 47,000 votes for individual contestants. The TRP ratings of the show are much higher. On an average, the show delivers a TRP of 4.7 per week, according to TAM research. "People are watching ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295437/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295437/scat/701ee96610c884a6 West Bengal Chief Minister said Wednesday her government was determined to "hang" within a month the perpetrators of the gang-rape and murder of a teenaged girl in North 24-Parganas. "Our government is determined to punish the criminals. Our target is to hang the rapists within a month. We have done it before and we can do it now," Banerjee told a party rally in the district. Banerjee Monday ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295434/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215295434/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) is likely to appoint Germany's Peter Engel as the head coach of the national team. The position has been lying vacant since the 2012 London Olympics. Engel is currently in charge of the Spanish women's team and is expected to come to India in August. "I am really looking forward to come to India though I have not signed a contract yet. I see great ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215294717/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215294717/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Wednesday rewarded media manager R.N. Baba for keeping the media at bay in the Champions Trophy by asking him to stay with the India team on its forthcoming tour the West Indies for the tri-series. Baba became unpopular with the media at the way he handled India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's press conference before the team left for the Champions ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293911/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293911/scat/701ee96610c884a6 It's time to hit the gym in style - a new range of comfortable gym wear has been launched to make workout sessions easier. Leading fitness brand Reebok has introduced its Delta collection for those who want to get the most out of the training. The collection includes stretchable fabrics, which provide freedom of movement and minimises friction. The outfits are comfortable and easy to wear. The ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293907/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293907/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Hyderabad-based PVP Group Wednesday became the first franchise of the proposed $1 million Indian Badminton League (IBL). PVP Group chairman Prasad V. Potluri said: "We are extremely delighted with our association with the Indian Badminton League. PVP Group aims to utilise this platform and will ensure that badminton in India grows and continues to produce world champions. "Badminton has brought ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293903/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293903/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Regular toilets will be replaced by eco-friendly bio-toilets for disposing human waste at all stations of the Konkan Railway (KR), an official said here Wednesday. Two railway stations, Chiplun and Kankavali on the KR route, had earlier been selected for installing the country's first green toilets to bio-degrade night soil through technology developed by the Defence Research and Development ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293906/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293906/scat/701ee96610c884a6 An 18-month-old girl suffering a rare disorder in which her head swelled to an unprecedented 94 cm is stable and progressing well after a complex surgery, doctors treating her said Wednesday. According to doctors, Roona Begum has shown a remarkable improvement in her condition. She had been admitted to Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) here in April. "For the first three weeks after she ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293901/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293901/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Congress Wednesday said it supported the Janata Dal-United government in Bihar to "keep communal BJP at bay", and endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's view that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was a secular person. "We supported the JD-U government without any condition. We wanted to keep the communal forces at bay. The BJP wanted to defeat the government," Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293900/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293900/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Himachal Pradesh government Wednesday continued its operations to airlift tourists stranded for the past four days in Kinnaur district, which has been entirely cut off following landslides, an official said here. Seventy-seven sick, old and women tourists were evacuated from Sangla, Pooh, Kaza and Rekong Peo, the district headquarters, by a state-run helicopter, Special Secretary (Revenue) ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293899/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293899/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In the wake of a noisy protest she faced while visiting a gang-rape-murder victim, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday claimed that a leading media house was conspiring with the CPI-M, Congress and Maoists to kill her. Banerjee told a party rally in North 24 Parganas that during her return from the Monday visit to Kamduni village in the district, she was told by police that ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293897/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293897/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Here's an interesting offer for vegetarians - a variety of healthy mock meats have been launched to woo their taste buds. Godrej Nature's Basket has introduced variety of healthy mock meats, including alternatives to chicken, crabs, prawns and lobsters, a statement said. Food lovers can choose from delectable vegetarian burgers, fried strips, hot dogs, sausages, veg schnitzels, polony and even ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293895/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293895/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Delhi Police will get 370 more Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles next week, said an officer Wednesday. "With the addition of 370 PCRs, the number of patrolling vans will go up to 1,000," a Delhi Police officer told IANS. Delhi Police have 630 PCR vans, of which 150 are non-functional. After the Dec 16 gang-rape of a young woman in the capital, the government sanctioned purchase of these new ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293894/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293894/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A benchmark index of Indian equities market Wednesday ended the day's trade marginally higher than the previous day's close upon hopes of continuation of the US central bank's bond-buying programme. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Samp;P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 19,224.09 points, closed the day's trade at 19,245.70 points, up 22.42 points or 0.12 percent from its ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293896/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293896/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Is anti-aging cream worth the money? Expert says the quality of an anti-aging cream depends on the formulation and not the price. There is a plethora of anti-aging products, so it gets difficult to select the right product for the skin. According to Oriflame India's beauty and make-up expert Aakriti Kochar, one needs to be extra careful while choosing such products. "The formulation plays a ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293898/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293898/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The World Bank Wednesday offered a $216 million loan for upgrading state highways and road safety in Kerala. A tripartite agreement between the World Bank, the Indian government and Kerala was signed here in this regard. "The objective of the project is to improve road conditions, traffic flow and road safety with a focus on vulnerable road users on selected roads in Kerala," according to an ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293891/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293891/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Pakistani actor Ali Zafar doesn't believe in being overworked as he loves to spend quality time with family. "I am very happy with the kind of scripts that I am getting right now, but more than that I am happy that I am distributing a lot of time to my family and not burning out myself with work," Ali told IANS "I want to balance myself between work and family and I am happy that I am managing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293687/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293687/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Jackie Chan, one of Asian cinema's most prominent faces, is keen that India, the world's largest film producing nation, and China, globally the second largest film market, must collaborate to make movies, and exchange culture more often. Singing and dancing in a Bollywood film is also on his wish-list! In the capital to inaugurate the Chinese Film Festival, jointly organised by the India-China ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293694/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293694/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Wednesday asked state units to postpone their organisational work and provide assistance and relief to people affected by heavy rains and floods in Uttarakhand. In a release, Rajnath Singh expressed his heart-felt condolences to those who have lost members of their families in the floods. "The president has directed all the BJP state units to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293693/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293693/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Andhra Pradesh ministers from Telangana have rejected the proposed package for the region, saying only a separate state of Telangna would be acceptable to them. The talk of the central government mulling a package for Telangana sent the ministers belonging to the Congress party in a tizzy. Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha, who also hails from the region, left for New Delhi while ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293065/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:00:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215293065/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Two units of the 275 MW Kopili Hydel Project in Assam, owned by the North Eastern Electric Corp (NEEPCO), has been temporarily shutdown due to "acidification" of the reservoir water, a senior official said Wednesday. The reservoir at Umrangso, a border area between Assam and Meghalaya, was found to contain acidic water discharged from the Kharkhar river, a tributary of the Kopili river ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292540/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292540/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday registered its 13th case against a Delhi-based private steel firm for alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocations and carried out searches in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Odisha. The agency registered the 13th First Information Report (FIR) against Rathi Steel and Power Ltd., its CEO Udit Rathi and its directors and others for ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292538/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292538/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under the constitution was available not only to the people of India but also to foreign nationals present on its soil at any given point of time. Referring to the Article 21 of the Constitution which says, "No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292531/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292531/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Indian golfer Sharmila Nicollet has been forced to withdraw from Allianz Ladies Slovak Open owing to an injured foot. She has been playing with injuries to her toes which have aggravated over a period of time. Sharmila is undergoing treatment currently and has been advised rest. She is awaiting confirmation from the doctor regarding the duration of rest, and when she can resume competitive ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292532/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292532/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor's latest edited book brings together India's young parliamentarians, cutting across ideologies, geographies and political affiliations. The young men and women who have contributed to 'India: The Future is Now' provide a perspective on a wide range of sectors, ranging from technology to infrastructure, healthcare, education ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292530/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:30:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292530/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tata Motors Wednesday unveiled eight new variants across its five passenger car brands under a new marketing strategy to arrest falling sales. According to the company, the new product offerings are part of its new customer-focused strategy for its passenger vehicles termed as 'HORIZONEXT' which comes after the automobile major suffered falling sales in recent months. The company's passenger ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292524/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292524/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Authorities in Haryana's Palwal district Wednesday shifted nearly 350 families from two villages after the water level in the Yamuna river crossed the danger level. Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Krishna Mohan said that the residents of Mewlipur and Indiranagar villages were shifted as the water entered these areas. The families have been shifted to another ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292522/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292522/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The water level in the Yamuna river here will reach 207.7 metres by Wednesday evening, the highest ever recorded in 35 years, a government official said. The highest level ever reached by the Yamuna waters in the city before this was in 1978, when the river was flowing at 207.48 metres. "The forecast says that the water level of the Yamuna would reach 207.7 metres and this is the highest ever ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292519/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:10:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292519/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A total of 483 people were rescued by the NDRF from flood-affected areas caused by torrential rains in various places of north India, including Uttarakhand, a disaster management official said Wednesday. "While 392 people were rescued in Uttarakhand, NDRF teams rescued 86 people in Haryana and five in Uttar Pradesh," a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) official said in a statement. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292233/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215292233/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday allowed the investigative agency to conduct a polygraph test on former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiyya. The court was hearing a CBI plea that it needed to get a lie detector test done on the independent legislator from Kunda in connection with its investigations into the murder of Kunda circle ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291651/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291651/scat/701ee96610c884a6 With hundreds of pilgrims from Punjab stranded near the Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib in the calamity-hit Uttarakhand, the Punjab government has hired a private helicopter to airlift them, a spokesman of the Chief Minister's Office said here Wednesday. He said the helicopter has been hired by the state government on the directions of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The helicopter will be ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291648/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291648/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Choices made by individuals affect society at a broader level, observed Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, while stressing that interdependence was a reality and a practical way of looking at the world. Speaking at the launch of his book "The Heart is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out" here Tuesday, the Karmapa said an awareness of interdependence among people, and impact on ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291539/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291539/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Calcutta High Court Wednesday refused to order a CBI probe into the Saradha Group chit fund scam, but did not dispose of the matter "in the interest of justice". Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), a division bench of Justice A.K. Banerjee and Justice M.K. Chaudhuri refused to order a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the multi-crore Saradha scam. But on the request of the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291536/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291536/scat/701ee96610c884a6 President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a two-day visit to the Left Front ruled Tripura from Thursday, an official said here Wednesday. "The president will attend the tenth convocation of Tripura Central University at Suryamaninagar near here Thursday. In the evening, he will attend the civic reception by the Agartala Municipal Council," an official told reporters. Mukherjee will inaugurate ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291535/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291535/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Indian rupee fell to 58.91 against a dollar Wednesday, fractionally less than the record low of 58.98 hit last week, on concerns that the US Federal Reserve might signal cutting back on stimulus that will strengthen the greenback further. The partially convertible rupee opened weak at 58.82 against a dollar after hitting a record closing low of 58.77 in the previous day. The rupee hit a low ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291533/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291533/scat/701ee96610c884a6 With monsoon rains lashing Uttar Pradesh and river banks breached in several districts, the state may be headed for one of its worst flooding. As many as 32 districts in the sprawling state are prone to flooding. Last year, 398 people lost their lives during monsoon. Some officials feel that no lesson seems to have been learnt. Official sources reveal that despite fixing a deadline of June 15 ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291534/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291534/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Neil Nitin Mukesh visited Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in New Delhi to pray for the success of his upcoming movie, 'Shortcut Romeo'. During his interaction with media persons, the 31-year-old actor said that he was happy to be in Delhi, which he considers to be his home. "My film is releasing this Friday on 21st June and I am really happy that I am in a city which I consider my home." the actor ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291453/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:00:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215291453/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Atul Singh, Coca-Cola's president and CEO (India and Southwest Asia), will take over as deputy president (Pacific Group) from July 1, the company said Wednesday. In his new role, he will have responsibility over the Greater China amp; Korea (GCamp;K) and India amp; Southwest Asia (INSWA) business units. "Given the enormous growth opportunities in China, and the uniquely competitive beverage ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290997/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290997/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sunstroke has claimed three more lives in Tripura, taking the total number of people dying of excessive exposure to sun and heat to six in the state in the past one week, police said Wednesday. "A woman and a youth died at Siddhi Ashram and Amtali towns, while a farmer died at Sabroom town due to sunstroke while they were working in paddy fields," a police official said in the Tripura capital ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290995/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290995/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Calcutta High Court Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to submit its reply by Friday on the State Election Commission's (SEC) application seeking adequate security arrangements for the upcoming panchayat (rural) polls. The SEC had Tuesday moved a division bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Joymalya Bagchi, claiming that the state government had failed to make adequate security ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290996/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290996/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Playback singer Palak Muchhal, who hogged the limelight after singing "Lapata" in Salman Khan starrer "Ek Tha Tiger", considers herself lukcy as she didn't have to struggle much. The singer, who began her career in Bollywood with Himesh Reshammiya's "Damadamm!" in 2011, has given voice to songs like "Meri aashiqui tum hi ho" and "Naino ne naino se" as well. "I am very lucky as I didn't have to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290633/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290633/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Popular stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma, who has turned producer with "Comedy Nights with Kapil", considers his 12-year theatre experience, when he worked for free, as an investment. In 2005, he won the stand-up comedy reality series "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge-Season 3". Now he is coming out with his show that will go on air June 22 on Colors channel. "I have been planning for a very ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290632/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290632/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Cyclists face a harrowing time on roads as motorists have scant respect for them, said experts who feel that India's cycling coach Ruma Chatterjee's death in a road accident on the Noida Expressway was due to the driver's negligence. "There is no respect for cyclists on the road. People don't have any traffic sense. The attitude has to change," said Chayan Choudhury, ex-Indian cycling coach. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290631/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290631/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A week has elapsed since the doings of a con-couple rocked the high and mighty, including the office of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, but the United Democratic Front (UDF) has decided to back him with all its might. The Kerala assembly has virtually stopped functioning and is now witnessing a free-for-all as the Left opposition has announced that it will keep up the pressure till it sees ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290628/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290628/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The BJP walked out of the Bihar assembly Wednesday before Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could prove his majority in the house after dumping his former ally. The Bharatiya Janata Party announced that its legislators would not take part in the trust vote. "Our legislators have walked out," BJP legislative party leader Nand Kishore Yadav, the new leader of the opposition, told the media. He accused ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290627/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215290627/scat/701ee96610c884a6 NRI News: "In India's growth story, we need energy security and Iraq is intrinsic to India's strategic positioning for purposes of energy security," Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid told on the first visit to Iraq by an Indian foreign minister since ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321364/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:13:39 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321364/scat/701ee96610c884a6 NRI News: "It's an outcome of Iranian democracy. Iranian democracy has evolved over the years," India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who is on a two day visit to Iraq, which is bordering Iran ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321565/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:13:38 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321565/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India News: New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recorded the statements of two officials--Vini Mahajan and Ashish Gupta--who were posted in the Prime Minister's Office during 2006 and 2009, the sources said, adding they had been questioned as witnesses in the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321655/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:13:32 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321655/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India News: Gold fell for a fourth straight session on Thursday to its lowest level since a 15 percent plunge in mid-April, after the US Federal Reserve signalled it would slow the pace of bond purchases later this year. Gold (Jun 20) 27,407.00 -604.00 -2.16% Silver (Jun 20) 42,037.00 -1,917.00 ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321656/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:13:30 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321656/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India will tour Zimbabwe for a series of five one-dayers starting July 24 and ending on August 3, the BCCI has confirmed. It will be India's next international assignment after their tri-series in the West Indies that concludes on July ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321494/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:09:41 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321494/scat/701ee96610c884a6 pilgrims have lost their all baggage, private vehicles and railway tickets. Many pilgrims have no money now. In such an unfortunate situation, railways should make arrangements for their return journey to Gujarat, on human grounds. The chief minister in his letter said that on such trains bound for Gujarat, seats, and meals should be provided for free, because most of the pilgrims don't have ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321657/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:05:23 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321657/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sushilkumar Shinde informed TOI that the bad weather on Thursday morning has hit air sorties, but added that more choppers are likely to be provided by ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321658/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:05:22 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321658/scat/701ee96610c884a6 states so transportation and treatment will be taken care of. Since the calamity is beyond normal human comprehension, all should work together to help the army and ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321659/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:05:21 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321659/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre has said that casualties in the affected areas may run into thousands with about 90 'dharamashalas' (rest houses for pilgrims) swept away in the flash floods. However, the toll has been kept officially at 150. With the weather clearing up, the focus was on rescue operations both in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh where two IAF and one state ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321660/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:05:21 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321660/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Lucknow, India - Monsoon flooding that has stranded thousands of people and caused landslides in northern India has killed almost 120 people, and the prime minister said the toll could rise ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321661/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:58:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321661/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A woman talks on her mobile on a Mumbai train. The government can listen to and tape calls under the new system, say officials. Photograph: Navesh ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321485/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:53:26 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321485/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Interest rates are already coming down. So the foreigners' faith in India that India has got disproportionate allocation in emerging markets is also validating ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321532/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:49:48 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321532/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Apollo Tyres battled bankruptcy that had wiped out its entire capital base when the co started operations in the late 70s followed by a series of broken tech pacts. Read ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321662/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:49:48 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321662/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Interest rates are already coming down. So the foreigners' faith in India that India has got disproportionate allocation in emerging markets is also validating ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321663/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:49:44 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215321663/scat/701ee96610c884a6 DEHRADUN, India (AFP) - India's military stepped up efforts on Thursday to reach villages and towns cut off by flash floods and landslides in the country's north as officials warned at least 1,000 people may have been killed.Helicopters and close to 10,000 soldiers have been deployed to reach tourists and pilgrims stranded after floods caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320592/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:16:47 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320592/scat/701ee96610c884a6 MUMBAI (AFP) - India's rupee hit a new record low against the dollar on Thursday, on concerns the US Federal Reserve would scale back its stimulus programme that has pumped billions of dollars into global markets.The rupee hit 59.93 in morning trade, well below its previous record low of 58.98 reached last week, prompting the Indian government to move to allay investor concerns over the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320593/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:16:44 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320593/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Days after floods killed more than 100 people -- possibly many more -- rescuers used helicopters and climbed through mountain paths to reach nearly 4,000 people trapped by landslides in a narrow valley near a Hindu shrine in the northern Himalayas, officials said Thursday.The helicopters ferried rescue workers and doctors along with equipment, food and medicine to Kedarnath in the state of ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320594/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:16:06 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320594/scat/701ee96610c884a6 - Export-Import Bank of India will lend $300 million to Ethiopia to help construct a railway to a planned port on the Red Sea in neighboring Djibouti. Exim Bank will open the credit line once technical studies are completed on the 210-kilometer (130-mile) link from Asaita in northeastern Ethiopia to Tadjourah, Managing Director T.C.A. Ranganathan said in an interview yesterday in Addis Ababa. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320360/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:09:29 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320360/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Cricket News: A brand new wicket is being prepared for Thursday's second semifinal between India and Sri Lanka and curator says there will be a bit of spin but "won't turn ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320595/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:08:16 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320595/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Cricket News: Cardiff: With the 8-nation tournament entering its final stages, one can only hope that the rain stays away. The threat of rain looms large over the marquee clash, as India and Sri Lanka gear up to face off at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, Wales for the semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy on ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320521/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:08:14 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320521/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India News: The BSE Sensex plunged over 420 points, while the 50-share Nifty benchmark traded below the 5,700 mark after U.S. Fed confirmed that it would begin reducing its stimulus spending later this year. SENSEX 18836.82 -408.88 (-2.12%) NIFTY 5688.85 -133.40 (-2.29%) The Fed's tapering of its bond purchases could trigger an outflow from emerging markets including India. The Indian ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320596/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:08:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320596/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India News: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPI (M)-led LDF opposition and the UDF headed by ruling Congress virtually came face-to-face in the Kerala Assembly Thursday, forcing Speaker G Karthikeyan to adjourn the House during zero hour, with the stand-off over the solar scam ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320597/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:08:03 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320597/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Shopkeepers make use of a boat as they wade through the rising waters of the Yamuna River at the Tibetan market in New Delhi on June 19, 2013. Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies June 19 to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 138 people, officials said. (AFP/Getty ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320598/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:00:42 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320598/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Himachal Pradesh on Thursday with two IAF and one state chopper making sorties to rescue 600 tourists and others stranded in remote areas. The sorties started at 6.30am and people stranded at various places for past five days are being dropped at Rampur, official sources said. The sorties to Sangla, Rekong Peo, Nako, Pooh and other cut off places would continue till the evening and a large number ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320600/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:59:15 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320600/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tamil Nadu fishermen , arrested on June 5 and 6 by the Sri Lankan navy, has been extended to July 4. According to information received by officials here on Thursday, ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320599/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:59:15 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320599/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Rescuers in India are using helicopters and climbing through mountain paths to reach nearly 4,000 people trapped by landslides in a narrow valley near a Hindu shrine in the northern ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320410/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:56:42 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320410/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India play familiar rivals Sri Lanka in the second semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy in Cardiff today. Catch live updates as they happen from ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320527/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:51:26 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320527/scat/701ee96610c884a6 New Delhi : The water level in the Yamuna started receding in Delhi since this morning but stayed above the danger mark of 204.83 metres. Many low-lying areas in the city also remained inundated, a government official ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320364/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:51:23 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215320364/scat/701ee96610c884a6 epa03751630 Thai workers heading home squeeze into an overcrowded transport caught in a traffic jam, during a heavy burst of monsoon rain in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 June 2013. The start of Thailand's annual rainy season always catches people unprepared for the sudden downpours, and causes a slowdown in traffic flow. EPA/BARBARA WALTON *** Local Caption *** ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319548/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:08:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319548/scat/701ee96610c884a6 . You may proceed without logging in but all changes will be saved to cookies - this may only last for one browsing session depending on your device ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319549/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:00:57 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319549/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India News: The Indian rupee trimmed its early losses but fell again quoting lower by Rs. 1.14 to 59.85 per dollar after hitting 60-level on strong demand for the American currency from banks and importers amidst sharp fall in equity market. Dollar / Rupee 59.85 1.14 1.93% Euro / Rupee 79.38 1.34 1.72% Pound / Rupee 92.44 1.54 ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319550/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:59:16 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319550/scat/701ee96610c884a6 BARNALA: The heavy destruction caused by cloudbursts, and flash floods is forcing devotees to find safer places. The langar (community kitchen) organized by Barnala residents ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319551/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:50:37 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319551/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Kerala assembly on Thursday, forcing speaker G Karthikeyan to adjourn the House during zero hour. As soon as the question hour was over, the LDF raised the issue through an adjournment notice and rushed to the well of the House not heeding the Speaker's plea to exercise restraint. As the placard-wielding LDF members kept on shouting slogans, several members from the treasury benches rushed ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319552/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:50:36 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319552/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A boy dives into the rising waters of the Yamuna River in New Delhi on Wednesday, June 19. Heavy rains have been lashing parts of north India, as the annual monsoon arrived nearly two weeks ahead of schedule, officials ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319553/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:47:08 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319553/scat/701ee96610c884a6 LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- Days after floods killed more than 100 people - possibly many more - Indian officials say rescuers are using helicopters and climbing through mountain paths to reach nearly 4,000 people trapped by landslides in a narrow valley near a Hindu shrine in the northern ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319354/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:43:07 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319354/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Over 60,000 are still stranded in several parts of Uttarakhand, with rescue operations proving to be an uphill task. Some areas, including the holy towns of Kedarnath and Badrinath, have witnessed massive destruction.Here are the areas that have been the hardest ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319554/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:42:31 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319554/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Dehradun: As Uttarakhand grapples with one of the worst natural disasters the state has faced in recent years, questions are being raised on whether a lot of the destruction was man-made.Indiscriminate development in the hill towns, with guest houses, hotels and all manners of illegal encroachment taking place along the rivers, it was a disaster waiting to happen. Since 2002 there has been a ban ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319555/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:42:31 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/215319555/scat/701ee96610c884a6