Monday, March 10, 2008

Today's Top Headlines - IndiaeNews.com

Today's Top Headlines - IndiaeNews.com

'Om Shanti Om' sweeps Central European Bollywood Awards

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 11:30 AM CDT

Farah Khan's second directorial venture 'Om Shanti Om' has swept the fifth Annual Central European Bollywood Awards (ACEB).

Travel time to new Hyderabad airport worries passengers

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 11:31 PM CDT

How long will it take to reach the new international airport in Hyderabad? Air passengers here do not know even as the countdown for the launch of the new facility has begun.

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Posted: 10 Mar 2008 12:30 AM CDT

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Shilpa denies getting the boot from 'Miss Bollywood'

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 04:31 AM CDT

Shilpa Shetty has denied reports that she has been booted out from the second run of her successful West End musical, 'Miss Bollywood'.

No TV shows for Big B

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 10:01 AM CDT

Contrary to a report that Big B plans to do a game show on TV, Amitabh Bachchan, busy with various film assignments, has no intentions of going into television in the near future.

Indian equity markets continue falling

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 07:31 AM CDT

Indian equity markets Monday continued their downward inclination mirroring the weak global cues and ended the day in red.

Global firms snap up IIM-B school grads

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 11:30 AM CDT

Leading global consulting firms, investment banks and marketing companies made a beeline to the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) to hire the entire outgoing batch of post-graduate management students, wooing the best among them with high pay packets.

Ahmed Khan torn between Hrithik, Shahid

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 11:32 PM CDT

Choreographer Ahmed Khan was all set to guide Hrithik Roshan through an item song for his father's film 'Krazzy 4', but there's a problem.

Maharashtra gets Rs.1.1 trillion power projects investments

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 12:31 PM CDT

Maharashtra Governor S. C. Jamir, appealing to the people to make judicious use of electricity, Monday said the state government has received investment commitments worth nearly Rs 114,000 crore (Rs.1.14 trillion) for 92 mega power projects in the past couple of years.

Ford to supply cars to central government departments

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 10:30 AM CDT

Ford India Pvt Ltd announced Monday that it has got approval from the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS and amp;D), the central government's purchase and quality assurance organisation, for supplying its Ford Ikon Flair to government departments.

Baramati to focus on ICTs for communities

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 12:30 AM CDT

It's an event that links techies, development campaigners, agricultural scientists and others to help 'integrate the rural community into the digital world'. Welcome to the Baramati Initiative.

Shreya Saran to star in Deepa Mehta's movie

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 06:31 AM CDT

Shreya Saran, who debuted in Mahesh Bhatt's 'Awarapan', is thrilled to have bagged a role in Deepa Mehta's international production 'What's Cooking'.

No new taxes in Karnataka budget

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 08:00 AM CDT

A Rs.61 billion increase in the total outlay with higher spend on infrastructure, rural development, irrigation, education, weaker sections of society, housing and women and children welfare and no new taxes mark the 2008-09 budget for poll-bound Karnataka presented Monday.

Harvard eyes Indian realty sector with corporate programme

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 05:30 AM CDT

Eyeing the 'explosive' realty market in India, the Harvard Business School (HBS) is set to offer a short duration certificate programme to top executives of real estate industry - but at a stiff fee of Rs.297,000 ($7,310).

Low-key ICL start, organisers slapped with notice

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 03:30 AM CDT

With just over 200 spectators and about the same number of officials, media and policemen, the second edition of the Indian Cricket League's (ICL) 'Edelweiss 20s challenge' started on a rather sedate note, that locals described as a 'flop show' on Sunday evening.

'Corruption smear impacting on Barak missile purchases'

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 10:02 AM CDT

A raging storm over the payment of kickbacks in the purchase of the Israeli Barak anti-missile defence system is impacting on the additional purchases of the weapon, the Indian Navy chief said Monday.

Divya Dutta to do bare back scene

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 11:31 PM CDT

Divya Dutta will for the first time do a semi-nude sequence for the socio-political drama 'Monica'. She says the scene is crucial to the narrative.

Stock market opens with a sharp fall once more

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 12:30 AM CDT

The Indian equities market opened with a sharp fall Monday, in line with its Asian peers. The slide was led by consumer durables and banking stocks, which saw heavy selling in early trade.

12 percent hike in Karnataka budget outlay

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 07:00 AM CDT

The Karnataka budget, presented in parliament Monday by Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, shows an increase of 12 percent in the total outlay for 2008-09 over the current fiscal and a 22 percent increase in the plan outlay.

Reserve Bank frees ATM services of charges

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 01:01 PM CDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monday removed all charges on using the cash vending machines, except for withdrawing money for which a maximum fee of Rs.20 has been prescribed. Even the withdrawal fee will be abolished from April 1, 2009.

Uttar Pradesh moves apex court over Bachchan land scam

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 03:30 AM CDT

Uttar Pradesh Monday moved the Supreme Court in a case pertaining to alleged fraudulent allotment of government land to Amitabh Bachchan in Barabanki district, challenging the reprieve granted to the actor by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court.

'Luna' is Deepa Mehta's first true-life story

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 03:01 AM CDT

'Carpet Boy' to be written by Faroukh Dhondy won't be NRI filmmaker Deepa Mehta's first true-life story, contrary to reports in a section of the media.

Parliament adjourned after chaos over attack on CPI-M office

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 03:01 AM CDT

Both houses of parliament were abruptly adjourned Monday following pandemonium over the issue of an attack on the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) headquarters here, allegedly by Rashtriya Seva Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists.

Malaysia eyes 500,000 Indian tourists in 2008

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 12:30 PM CDT

Eyeing 500,000 Indian tourists during the current year, Malaysia has launched a strategic marketing initiative that focuses on short breaks and other options beyond the customary Kuala Lumpur destination.

'Indian selectors securing future by picking young side'

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 12:32 PM CDT

John Buchanan, former Australian cricket coach, feels the Indian national selectors are 'securing' the future of Indian cricket by picking a young side, which vindicated them by winning the Tri-series Down Under.

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