Saturday, March 1, 2008

Today's Top Headlines - IndiaeNews.com

Today's Top Headlines - IndiaeNews.com

New luxury train opens door to leisure travel

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 07:33 AM CST

The growing business tourism in India is entering the domain of leisure travel in the luxury category and the Golden Chariot - a train with conference halls and wireless Internet connectivity - is just the beginning.

End of 'Jodhaa Akbar' ban is moral victory: Ronnie Screwvala

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 01:30 AM CST

Lifting of the ban on 'Jodhaa Akbar' in Madhya Pradesh is a moral victory, says Ronnie Screwvala, CEO of United Television (UTV), the company which produced the period film.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance to sponsor more sports events

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 03:00 AM CST

The Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance company will venture into more sports-related activities, possibly sponsoring the 2011 cricket World Cup to be co-hosted by India, after investing well over $117 million in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).

Actress Suchitra Sen stable

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 05:01 AM CST

Suchitra Sen, the reclusive screen goddess of yesteryears who is suffering from a chest infection, is improving but is still on oxygen support, a hospital official said Saturday.

Amitabh Bachchan's office attacked

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 08:00 AM CST

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan's office here was attacked Friday night by unidentified people.

Call centre to provide information on new Hyderabad airport

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 11:30 AM CST

A call centre started functioning Saturday to provide information on the features and facilities of the new international airport at Hyderabad that is scheduled to commence commercial operations March 16.

BMC Software Continues Mainframe's Integration into Business Service Management

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 12:49 AM CST

BMC Software announces its support of IBM's new System z10 enterprise class mainframe

Aakash Chopra set to play for IPL Kolkata team

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 05:01 AM CST

Delhi opening batsman Aakash Chopra, who is going through the form of his life, is set to play for Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata team in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) starting next month.

IFA Shield: Mahindra beat East Bengal 2-0

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 10:32 AM CST

East Bengal's dismal form continued as they were beaten 2-0 by Mahindra United in the IFA Shield Saturday, while Dhaka Mohameddan Sporting and Churchill Brothers finished with a goalless draw.

The rise and rise of Goan football

Posted: 29 Feb 2008 10:30 PM CST

It said in the 'Roll of Honour' on the opening page of the meticulously compiled statistics distributed at the Super Cup match on Wednesday that Mahesh Gawli of Dempo Sports Club was adjudged best defender of the ONGC I-League 2007-2008. But his name was missing in the line-up list for the match, and indeed the Dempo star was nowhere to be found on the refreshingly green pitch of the Devilal Sports Complex at Gurgaon. That Dempo won the Rs.10 lakh (Rs.1 million) winner-take-all Super Cup in spite of his absence emphasised the champion status of the Goan club.

India announce athletics squad for South Asian meet

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 09:30 AM CST

The selection committee of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Saturday announced the team for the two-day South Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Kochi from March 7.

'Jodhaa Akbar' banned in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 01:30 PM CST

The Uttar Pradesh government late Saturday decided to ban Bollywood blockbuster 'Jodhaa Akbar' fearing 'breach of peace'.

Tragedy strikes down Ghei; gets disqualified in Johnnie Walker golf

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 04:33 AM CST

The cheers had hardly died down as Gaurav Ghei walked off the course to submit his card of a brilliant seven-under 65, when the cruel rules of golf claimed yet another victim. One of the most admired and loved Indian golfers was struck off the leaderboard at the Johnnie Walker Classic at the DLF Golf and Country Club, with the two most dreaded letters - DQ -- against his name.

Media calls budget election oriented but doesn't slam it

Posted: 29 Feb 2008 11:00 PM CST

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's seventh budget for India evoked a uniform response from the media as being populist and election-oriented, but none trashed it for being politically correct.

Haldia Petrochemicals worried over naphtha duty re-imposition

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 10:30 AM CST

Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL), a showpiece joint venture project of the West Bengal government, is worried over the proposal in the union budget to re-impose five percent import duty on naphtha.

Farmers needn't repay 'unauthorised' moneylenders: Pawar

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 10:31 AM CST

A day after Finance Minister P. Chidambaram waived bank loans to small farmers in the annual budget, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here Saturday that farmers need not pay back loans taken from 'unauthorised' moneylenders either.

Budget a recipe for disaster: Yashwant Sinha

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 05:00 AM CST

Former finance minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Saturday termed the union budget 2008-09 as 'a recipe for long-term economic disaster'.

Gory 'Sweeny Todd' a good break from fluffy musicals

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 05:02 AM CST

Film: 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'; Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman; Director: Tim Burton; Rating: ***

Fed Cup athletics: Sinimol, Kuldev adjudged best

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 09:30 AM CST

Sinimol Paulose and Kuldev Singh were adjudged the best female and male athlete on the concluding day of the 14th Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships here Saturday.

Indian prisoner's family reaches border to welcome him home

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 10:31 AM CST

With a photograph from his younger days, the family of former army man Kashmir Singh, who was languishing in Pakistani jails for 35 years after being put on a death row on charges of spying, reached the Attari-Wagah border Saturday to welcome him home.

Doctors rubbish male pregnancy report

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 10:30 AM CST

A team of doctors from the Bihar chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has rubbished a television report of a man being found seven months pregnant, and termed the whole episode as fake.

Farmers happy but cautious over budget bonanza

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 01:30 AM CST

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's budget bonanza for millions of farmers hit by debts has been hailed nationally but many in the farm sector have their fingers crossed: will the sops really come their way?

Big Karnataka farmers call loan waiver discriminatory

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 05:30 AM CST

Farmers in Karnataka Saturday termed the union government's decision to waive loans of small and marginal farmers as 'discriminatory'.

Tragedy hits Ghei, disqualified for infringement in second round

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 05:03 AM CST

Tragedy befell Gaurav Ghei minutes after he came back from a sensational seven-under 65 that in normal circumstances would have put him in contention at the Johnnie Walker Classic at the DLF Golf and Country Club here.

CBI team raids Chennai airport

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 11:30 AM CST

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team Saturday searched the commercial sections of the Chennai airport for alleged irregularities in commercial transactions by airport officials.

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