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Sri Lankan party questions Indian 'influence' on Rajapaksa Posted: 28 Jan 2008 01:30 AM CST A radical Sinhalese Marxist party wants India to clarify if it influenced the Sri Lankan government's move to finally implement a controversial constitutional amendment in a bid to resolve the ethnic conflict.

EU urged to pressure Sri Lanka to make peace Posted: 28 Jan 2008 03:00 AM CST An academic and rights activist from Germany has urged the European Union to put pressure on Sri Lanka to embrace the peace process again.

Superstar Chiranjeevi's fans attack actor Rajasekhar Posted: 28 Jan 2008 12:30 AM CST Fans of Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi Monday allegedly attacked actor Rajasekhar and his family members here to protest some remarks by the latter.

Chiranjeevi apologises to actor Rajasekhar after assault Posted: 28 Jan 2008 05:00 AM CST Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi apologized to actor Rajasekhar and his family members after his fans attacked them here Monday.

I can't dance even for my award show: Ekta Kapoor Posted: 27 Jan 2008 11:01 PM CST The stage is set for the Balalji Telefilms' awards function that will see megastar Shah Rukh Khan performing Feb 1, but Ekta Kapoor refuses to shake a leg even at her own event.

HCL Infosystems posts robust profit Posted: 28 Jan 2008 07:03 AM CST India's leading IT hardware and systems integration firm HCL Infosystems Ltd Monday announced net profit of Rs.814.1 million ($20.69 million) for the quarter ending Dec 2007, an increase of seven percent from the same period last year.

Sundaram Finance to rejig its BPO operations Posted: 28 Jan 2008 09:00 AM CST City-based Rs.6.71-billion ($170 million) non-banking finance company Sundaram Finance Ltd plans to rejig its business process outsourcing (BPO) group, said a top official.

Indian stock markets dip again on weak global cues Posted: 27 Jan 2008 11:30 PM CST Despite a $150 billion package announced by the US last week to avert a recession and encouraging statements from Indian policy-makers, equity markets in the country opened on a weak note Monday, a day ahead of the credit policy review by the central bank.

Kolkata's street movieman races towards Oscar glory Posted: 28 Jan 2008 01:00 AM CST He sits with his hand-cranked 1897 projector in a one-room shack in a grimy cluster, hearing the word Oscar for the first time. But in far away Hollywood, Mohammed Salim's life in the mean streets of Kolkata is the subject of intense scrutiny as the Academy Awards draw close.

India register 3-2 win over Belgium in hockey Posted: 28 Jan 2008 10:00 AM CST Rajpal Singh scored three minutes from the close to give India a hard-fought 3-2 win over Belgium in the third hockey Test at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here Monday.

Kerala ready to cancel Cyber City land deal Posted: 28 Jan 2008 07:32 AM CST The Kerala government said Monday it will not hesitate to cancel the proposed Rs.40-billion ($1 billion) Cyber City project here if any foul play was detected in the transfer of 70 acres of government land to the project's promoters.

Jayalalitha plea on Ram Setu clubbed with other petitions Posted: 28 Jan 2008 07:02 AM CST The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha's plea to declare as a national monument the Adam's Bridge, a chain of shoals located off the Tamil Nadu coast. It was a structure that nobody has seen and was under water, the apex court said.

SRK dumps Ramadoss' no smoking in movies appeal Posted: 28 Jan 2008 08:32 AM CST Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' appeal to movie stars not to smoke on screen as it encourages the youth to pick up the cancerous habit has been rejected by superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Mudra Lifestyle's net profit surges 77 percent Posted: 28 Jan 2008 09:00 AM CST Textiles firm Mudra Lifestyle Ltd has reported a 77 percent increase in net profit for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2007, as compared to the corresponding period in 2006.

Government to invite global bids for power equipment Posted: 28 Jan 2008 07:32 AM CST In one of the largest-ever procurement plans for the energy sector, worth an estimated $5 billion, the government will soon ask global equipment makers to bid for supplying machinery to projects of state-owned power utility NTPC Ltd, a power ministry official said.

Bula Chowdhury plans swimming academy Posted: 28 Jan 2008 12:30 AM CST Queen of seas Bula Chowdhury is planning to establish a swimming academy here to train young aspirants in sprinting and long distance swimming.

Tourists can get bird's eye view of Rajasthan Posted: 28 Jan 2008 01:31 AM CST The Rajasthan government is offering a helicopter and an aircraft on charter to boost tourism in the state.

Rahul sends Mayawati a message Posted: 28 Jan 2008 01:30 AM CST The battle for the Dalit vote has just got more intense with Congress' celeb leader Rahul Gandhi staying in a Dalit home in his constituency, in a bid to dent the political monopoly over the community of Chief Minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

Formula-based small screen sagas losing sheen Posted: 27 Jan 2008 11:00 PM CST Indian television serials revolve around stock themes - the simple Indian girl and her hopes, dreams, joys, love and sorrow. Add a dash of revenge, conspiracy, murder and even rebirth - the latest in the assembly line of plots emanating from the world of TV soaps, and you have a gripping drama that sometime runs for months at a stretch.

Indian industry expects rate cut by Reserve Bank Posted: 28 Jan 2008 04:01 AM CST Leaders of Indian industry are hopeful of a possible reduction in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) following rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, a survey said Monday.

President wants 70% rural people taken on board development Posted: 28 Jan 2008 11:30 AM CST India's President Pratibha Patil has asked the nation to take on board 70 percent of its people living in rural areas in its march towards progress to make it meaningful.

Supreme Court dismisses plea against BCCI Posted: 28 Jan 2008 05:00 AM CST The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a public interest lawsuit seeking to prevent people who are unaware of even the ABCs of cricket to contest top posts in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Modi adds to BJP's Hindutva dimension Posted: 28 Jan 2008 10:01 AM CST Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the star speaker at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national conclave here, Monday added to the party's Hindutva plank for the next general elections by attacking the government's 'communal budgeting'.

Bastar artisans net Rs.1 million at Goa exhibition Posted: 28 Jan 2008 02:31 AM CST A group of 22 artisans from Bastar in Chhattisgarh has sold indigenous handicrafts worth Rs.1 million at an eight-day crafts exhibition in Goa's Madgaon city earlier this month.

Four Mumbai children killed in CNG car blast, driver arrested Posted: 28 Jan 2008 04:01 AM CST The driver of the Maruti van that exploded Monday in northwest Mumbai, killing at least four children and injuring seven others, has been arrested on charges of negligence, a police official said.

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