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Sri Lanka's radical party heading for split Posted: 09 Apr 2008 09:30 AM CDT Sri Lanka's one-time political kingmaker, the Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), is headed for a split, just two and a half years after helping President Mahinda Rajapaksa to take power.

New Miss India is keen on Bollywood Posted: 09 Apr 2008 12:02 AM CDT Kerala beauty Parvathy Omanakuttan, who won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008, says she wouldn't mind trying her luck in Bollywood provided the offers are good.

Torch tensions rise as Tibetan protesters gather, Bedi says no Posted: 09 Apr 2008 07:00 AM CDT With just over a week to go before the Olympic torch arrives in the Indian capital, the politics around the flame heated up Wednesday as a former top cop backed out of the procession and scores of Tibetans began arriving in New Delhi to put up a protest - a la Paris and London.

Mercedes Benz rolls out 20,000th car from Pune factory Posted: 09 Apr 2008 09:33 AM CDT It was a moment of pride as the iridium silver E-Class Mercedes Benz worth 4.5 Million rolled out late Wednesday afternoon from Mercedes Benz India's Plant here in Chikali. It was the 20,000th vehicle rolling out from the plant set up in 1995.

Harshita Saxena may lose Miss India Earth crown Posted: 09 Apr 2008 11:00 AM CDT The newly crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth Harshita Saxena has landed herself in a trouble for breaching contract with her previous modelling agency and may lose her crown.

Exensys' unique software breaks Global language barrier Posted: 09 Apr 2008 05:23 AM CDT eXensys 4.0 suited to multi lingual enterprise applications; Single platform for users across the globe; To keep 'India Winning' story alive

The Hollywood image trap - shaken, not stirred Posted: 09 Apr 2008 12:02 AM CDT A few days ago, Bond actor Daniel Craig made the bold claim that he would play the suave British spy until his joints go out. Most actors would shudder to make such a statement, which would corner them into one of the worst things that could ever happen to an actor - being typecast.

IPL aims to lure women to cricket stadiums Posted: 09 Apr 2008 12:00 PM CDT Indian television's 'saas-bahu' and other soap operas have competition - from cricket. The Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament is targeting women to come and watch the truncated version of the game.

Bindra wants cricket betting to be legalised Posted: 09 Apr 2008 11:31 AM CDT Inderjit Singh Bindra, the International Cricket Council's (ICC) principal adviser-designate, Wednesday sought that betting in cricket be legalised in India.

Telecom ministry to review BlackBerry security issue Thursday Posted: 09 Apr 2008 10:00 AM CDT Senior officials of the telecom ministry, executives from Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) and other senior government officials are meeting here Thursday to resolve security concerns over BlackBerry services.

Global conference in Rome soon to tackle food security Posted: 09 Apr 2008 07:30 AM CDT A global conference is being organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) at its Rome headquarters in June on how to tackle global food security in the backdrop of rising prices and falling stocks.

Work on Kerala IT city to begin Oct Posted: 09 Apr 2008 12:00 PM CDT The board of directors of the proposed Rs.15-billion Smart City project here in Kerala late Wednesday evening decided that the work on the project would commence in October.

ProLogis of US ties up with realty firm Raheja Posted: 09 Apr 2008 10:02 AM CDT Real estate major K. Raheja Corporation Wednesday tied up with US firm ProLogis, one of the largest logistic infrastructure providers, to develop warehousing and logistic infrastructure development in the country.

Davis Cup: Rift in Indian team is advantage for Japan Posted: 09 Apr 2008 05:31 AM CDT The rift in the Indian team will work to the advantage of Japan as the hosts will be low on morale for the crucial Davis Cup tie starting Friday.

Soha to get hearing in gun license case April 25 Posted: 09 Apr 2008 11:30 AM CDT Actress Soha Ali Khan was Wednesday asked to appear before authorities here April 25 to explain how she, despite being underage, had obtained a license for a gun allegedly used by her father Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi to kill a blackbuck.

BCCL to seek higher coking coal price from SAIL Posted: 09 Apr 2008 09:02 AM CDT Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, will ask for a 40 percent hike in coking coal prices supplied to Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) from 2008-09, BCCL said Wednesday.

Players with ego will work well: Paes Posted: 09 Apr 2008 10:02 AM CDT India's Davis Cup captain Leander Paes Wednesday coined a new line to lift the morale of his divided team, preparing to take on Japan in the Davis Cup tie, saying players with a bit of an ego would do well.

UN project to make India world leader in bamboo industry Posted: 09 Apr 2008 06:01 AM CDT An ambitious and innovative four-year UN project that aims at boosting India's role as a world leader in the cane and bamboo industry was launched here Wednesday.

Olympic torch relay not being cancelled: Kalmadi Posted: 09 Apr 2008 04:17 AM CDT The Delhi leg of the Beijing Olympics torch relay will go ahead April 17 as scheduled and there is no change in any part of the plan, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi reiterated Wednesday.

Three militants killed in north Kashmir Posted: 09 Apr 2008 01:00 PM CDT Three separatist militants were gunned down by security forces in a fierce gunfight in north Kashmir Wednesday evening.

Indian Web Agency C3CUBE picks up two awards in the 12th Annual Webby Awards Posted: 09 Apr 2008 02:20 AM CDT Indian Creative Agency C3CUBE Recognized by "Oscars of the Internet" for its Design of OurWeddingDay.com and CBCWorldwide.com.

Indian equities market moves into positive zone Posted: 09 Apr 2008 03:01 AM CDT The Indian equities market wiped off its losses and moved into positive territory with a narrow gain early Wednesday afternoon.

Harshita Saxena may lose Miss India Earth crown Posted: 09 Apr 2008 11:00 AM CDT Harshita Saxena, who was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth last week, has landed herself in a spot and may lose her crown for breaching contract with her previous modelling agency.

Inflation a bigger problem in India: Lord Swraj Paul Posted: 09 Apr 2008 09:33 AM CDT London-based NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul Wednesday said inflation in India is a bigger problem and the government should first look into the issue rather than focusing on growth.

Villagers vow to fight Posco in Orissa Posted: 09 Apr 2008 05:32 AM CDT Hundreds of villagers, including children, Wednesday took oath in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district to protest against the setting up of a $12 billion steel plant there by South Korean company Posco.

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