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Tendulkar overtakes Ponting to top ICC rankings Posted: 04 Mar 2008 12:32 PM CST Maestro Sachin Tendulkar has overtaken Australian captain Ricky Ponting as No. 1 in the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s one day international batsmen ranking.

Are Aditya Chopra, Rani Mukherji engaged? Posted: 04 Mar 2008 05:00 AM CST Is producer-director Aditya Chopra tying the knot with Bollywood star Rani Mukerji? The grapevine is abuzz with rumours ever since the former has filed a petition seeking divorce from his first wife at the Bandra Family Court in northwest Mumbai.

Kashmir Singh comes to India, after 35 years Posted: 04 Mar 2008 03:30 AM CST A bald man blinked at the dozens of TV microphones shoved at his face, thanked everybody and embraced his childhood friend. After 35 years in Pakistani jails, Kashmir Singh returned to India Tuesday.

Young Microsoft director harbours high hopes for IT Posted: 04 Mar 2008 05:00 AM CST The next twenty years will be revolutionary in IT history and what lies ahead for humanity should be best left to the wonderful ingenuity of mankind, says Rajesh Munshi, one of the youngest directors at Microsoft Corp, on a visit to his hometown here.

Exclusive corporate club comes to India Posted: 04 Mar 2008 03:00 AM CST Corporate honchos now have a dedicated place to strike a deal, to do business networking and talk acquisitions and mergers over drinks. The globally renowned chief executive officers' club is now in India.

Bracken adjudged Man of the Series Posted: 04 Mar 2008 09:03 AM CST Nathan Bracken was adjudged the Man of the Series for his haul of 21 wickets at the end of the Commonwealth Bank series on Tuesday.

Punjab and Orient Express plan to run tourism train Posted: 04 Mar 2008 06:32 AM CST The Punjab government Tuesday gave 'in principle' approval to the RS.400 million ($10 million) train tourism project to be implemented in collaboration with the Singapore-based Orient Express Hotels Ltd (OEHL).

Albums outlast Tamil films Posted: 03 Mar 2008 10:30 PM CST The movie 'Bheema' has disappeared from theatres, but its songs are still playing in all the radio stations.

Apex court lifts ban on 'Jodhaa Akbar' Posted: 04 Mar 2008 10:02 AM CST The Supreme Court Tuesday lifted the ban on screening Bollywood film 'Jodhaa Akbar' in Uttar Pradesh and some towns of Uttarakhand and Haryana following a petition by producer UTV.

Farmers' body lauds debt relief, asks for barrier-free market Posted: 03 Mar 2008 11:30 PM CST Lauding the central government's farm loan waiver as a 'daring move', a leading farmers' association has said the government must also ease restrictions on production, supply and distribution of essential commodities to provide a freer market to producers.

Commonwealth Youth Games to turn Pune green Posted: 04 Mar 2008 01:00 AM CST Efforts are on to turn Pune green ahead of the Commonwealth Youth Games in October.

Nadiadwala and Sajid Khan come clear on Raj Thackeray Posted: 04 Mar 2008 06:30 AM CST Producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Sajid Khan clarified that although they had participated in the signature rally opposing a gag order against Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, they are not supporting his stand on north Indians.

Government plans organ bank to stop illegal trade Posted: 04 Mar 2008 03:02 AM CST The government Tuesday said it was planning to set up an organ bank on the lines of eye banks to stop the illegal transplant of body parts, like the recent unmasking of the kidney racket that spanned several continents.

Yahoo! to develop nest-generation products from India lab Posted: 04 Mar 2008 10:01 AM CST Leading search engine and news and entertainment portal Yahoo! has set up a laboratory here to develop next-generation products for its global customers and users, a company official said Tuesday.

Buddhadeb heads for Nandigram amid fresh tension Posted: 04 Mar 2008 12:00 AM CST Hoping to dissipate tensions and win over the people, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will Tuesday visit troubled Nandigram to distribute land rights to about 2,200 farmers.

Mira Nair to address professional women's meet Posted: 04 Mar 2008 10:00 AM CST Filmmaker Mira Nair, television show 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi and actress Madhur Jaffrey will join hundreds of South Asian women professionals from all over the world here March 15 to discuss opportunities and challenges they face in their lives and careers.

ICICI Bank loses $264 million to sub-prime crisis Posted: 04 Mar 2008 12:00 PM CST India's leading private bank ICICI Bank has suffered losses of over $264 million due to the sub-prime mortgage meltdown in the US, the highest loss reported by an Indian bank.

No need to say Arunachal is India's, says MP Posted: 03 Mar 2008 11:31 PM CST There is no need for India to keep reiterating that Arunachal Pradesh is its territory, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from the northeastern state has said.

Iranian trade delegation to meet industrialists in Mumbai Posted: 04 Mar 2008 03:02 AM CST A 25-member trade delegation led by a group of ministers from Iran will Wednesday meet captains of Indian industry here and discuss possible collaboration in the oil and gas sectors.

Air India grounds 38 overweight airhostesses Posted: 04 Mar 2008 11:00 AM CST The state-run Air India has grounded 22 overweight airhostesses - 22 working for its domestic and 16 for international services respectively, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Tuesday.

India may hike crude oil taxes to finance storage Posted: 04 Mar 2008 10:31 AM CST The government might increase cess and duty on crude oil to raise money to fill the 5 million metric tonne (MMT) capacity strategic crude oil reserve storages, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dinsha Patel said here Tuesday.

BGR Energy gets nod for desalination plant Posted: 04 Mar 2008 02:00 AM CST The Andhra Pradesh based BGR Energy Systems Ltd has received a pre-qualification approval for the Rs.7.5 billion Kutch Desalination Plant project in Gujarat.`

Oil PSUs to invest Rs.2.3 tn during 11th plan Posted: 04 Mar 2008 11:02 AM CST The government has approved an investment plan of Rs.2.3 trillion ($57.3 billion) for the state-owned oil and gas companies in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12), minister of state for petroleum Dinsha Patel said here Tuesday.

Yan shocks Kirilenko in Bangalore Open first round Posted: 04 Mar 2008 12:32 PM CST Unseeded Chinese girl Zi Yan registered the first major upset of the $600,000 Canara Bank Bangalore Open, defeating eighth seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia in a tough three-setter in the first round of the Tier II event here Tuesday.

Morning after sharp fall, equities market opens flat Posted: 04 Mar 2008 12:00 AM CST The Indian equities market opened flat Tuesday after the year's second-sharpest fall Monday. Cues from other Asian markets were mixed. Consumer goods and realty stocks registered modest buying in initial trade here.

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