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A millionaire NRI who made it with no money Posted: 30 Jan 2008 10:31 PM CST Thampy Antony is no doubt a multifaceted personality. He is a civil engineer, a poet, a playwright, an actor, a hugely successful businessman who runs a string of hospitals in California and a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in the US.

Cable damage near Egypt hits India's Internet access Posted: 31 Jan 2008 07:02 AM CST Internet connectivity in India and the $11-billion business process outsourcing (BPO) industry faced a major disruption Thursday after damage to two undersea cables in the Mediterranean Sea.

Will Hrithik team up with Channel V anchor in Basu's film? Posted: 30 Jan 2008 11:30 PM CST The hunt for Hrithik Roshan's leading lady in his next home production is getting more intense. The latest to be checked out by director Anurag Basu is Channel V anchor Bruna Abdullah.

Preity, Amrita at a joint birthday party Posted: 31 Jan 2008 07:32 AM CST Birthday girls Preity Zinta and Amrita Arora had a grand bash to celebrate their joint birthday, and they even cut a cake together.

Prime minister announces major projects in Arunachal Posted: 31 Jan 2008 04:30 AM CST Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday announced a Rs.11 billion development package for Arunachal Pradesh, including Rs.5.5 billion for taking electricity to villages along the Indo-China border.

Tata Chemicals buys US firm for a billion dollars Posted: 31 Jan 2008 04:31 AM CST Tata Chemicals Ltd, part of Indian business conglomerate Tata group, said Tuesday it would buy US-based soda ash maker General Chemical Industrial Products Inc for $1.005 billion.

India's Internet access hit after cable damage off Egypt Posted: 31 Jan 2008 09:00 AM CST India's Internet connectivity was disrupted Thursday after two undersea cables were damaged in the Mediterranean, although IT majors reported no impact on business. Smaller companies and individual surfers would, however, have to make do with slower speeds till the cables are repaired.

From the heart! Kamal Haasan to help little patients Posted: 31 Jan 2008 04:01 AM CST Actor Kamal Haasan will be an ambassador of a social service project that is aimed to help marginalized children suffering from heart ailments.

India has aviation pacts with Oman, Bahrain Posted: 31 Jan 2008 08:02 AM CST After concluding a major bilateral civil aviation pact with Saudi Arabia, India Thursday announced similar agreements with Bahrain and Oman to give more choice to the four million Indian diaspora in the Gulf region.

Akshay Kumar to sponsor five wrestlers Posted: 30 Jan 2008 11:30 PM CST Fitness freak and accomplished martial arts exponent Akshay Kumar will sponsor five wrestlers to help keep the traditional sport alive.

After Dubai success, Karun confident of making to F-1 Posted: 31 Jan 2008 09:01 AM CST India's I sport international driver Kuran Chandhok, who had a podium finish during the second race of the GP2 Asia series in Dubai, says he is confident of breaking into the Formula One team by the end of this year

States can allocate hydropower projects without bidding till 2010 Posted: 31 Jan 2008 02:00 AM CST States can nominate private players to build hydroelectric projects till the end of 2010, without following a tariff-based competitive process, said a power ministry official.

Reliance Communications' net profit soars 48.5 percent Posted: 31 Jan 2008 04:31 AM CST The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's Reliance Communications, India's second-largest mobile telecom company, Thursday reported a 48.5-percent jump in its net profits for the quarter ended Dec 31.

Posco gives scholarships to 28 students in Orissa Posted: 31 Jan 2008 04:31 AM CST Posco-India, a subsidiary of South Korean steel major Posco, Thursday gave scholarships to 28 students in Orissa, a company statement said.

Indian Oil net profit up 16.7 percent Posted: 31 Jan 2008 09:02 AM CST India's biggest petroleum refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has reported a 16.7 percent year-on-year rise in its net profit in the third quarter (Oct-Dec) despite the financial pressure on its bottom line due to the high international price of crude oil.

Sun Fruits to cultivate stevia in West Bengal, northeast Posted: 31 Jan 2008 09:02 AM CST Sun Fruits Ltd, a Pune-based natural sweetener producing major, is looking at cultivating a sweet herb in northern districts of West Bengal and in the northeast states to tap the growing potential of natural sweetener market in India.

Advani praises RSS, tries to mend fences with it Posted: 31 Jan 2008 09:03 AM CST Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Thursday attempted to publicly mend his strained ties with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as he praised the organisation for its secular credentials.

Advani is a highly divisive figure: CPI-M Posted: 31 Jan 2008 08:01 AM CST The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani is a 'highly divisive figure'.

Cybernet-SlashSupport sets up Polish facility Posted: 31 Jan 2008 04:02 AM CST Cybernet-SlashSupport Corp (CSS), an India-based IT firm, has set up technical support facility at Wroclaw in Poland at a cost of 1 million euro ($1.4 million), the company said Thursday.

Bihar's mega hydropower project given environmental clearance Posted: 31 Jan 2008 04:01 AM CST Power starved Bihar's 126 MW capacity Dagmara hydropower project in Supaul district has got environmental clearance from the central government, official sources said Thursday.

No warm-up match for South Africa in India Posted: 31 Jan 2008 02:02 AM CST South Africa will not play even one warm-up match before a Test series in India this March-April, perhaps a first for any cricket team visiting this country.

Blessy fails in new bid 'Calcutta News' Posted: 30 Jan 2008 11:00 PM CST Film: 'Calcutta News'; Cast: Dileep, Meera Jasmine, Indrajith, Innocent and Bindu Panikar; Director: Blessy; Producer: Thampy Antony; Music: Deb Jyothi Misra

Bird flu keeps spreading in West Bengal Posted: 31 Jan 2008 01:00 AM CST Even as laboratory tests have confirmed that bird flu has spread to new blocks of Birbhum, Murshidabad and Hooghly districts of West Bengal, state animal husbandry department officials said Thursday that more than 80 percent of culling was completed.

India can 'share' reactor technology: Kakodkar Posted: 31 Jan 2008 02:00 AM CST India has mastered the 'design, fabrication, and erection of a range of commercially viable nuclear reactors' and can share this expertise with developing countries, Atomic Energy Chairperson Anil Kakodkar has said.

Court stops land quotas for MPs, MLAs, bureaucrats Posted: 31 Jan 2008 02:00 AM CST The Allahabad High Court Thursday stopped the Uttar Pradesh government from reserving commercial plots for MPs, legislators and government officials as had been the practice for more than a decade.

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