| India registers record win in UN body election - Nov 2, 2004 16:15 IST |
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India has scored a major victory by getting elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc), garnering 174 votes and finishing ahead of China and Pakistan.
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| Steel major SAIL posts record profit of Rs.26.25 bn - Nov 2, 2004 16:13 IST |
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State-owned steel major Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has surpassed previous records to make Rs.26.25 billion ($580 million) net profit during April-September of the current financial year - an increase of 245 percent over last year.
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| CPI-M opposes hike in petrol, diesel prices - Nov 2, 2004 16:12 IST |
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The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday remained opposed to hiking petrol and diesel prices despite Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s efforts to bring the party around.
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| Five ULFA rebels killed in Assam - Nov 2, 2004 16:11 IST |
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Indian Army soldiers shot dead five separatist guerrillas in a gun battle Friday in the troubled northeastern state of Assam, officials said.
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| US senator criticises India for hosting Than Shwe - Nov 2, 2004 16:10 IST |
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A US senator who is a vociferous critic of military rule in Myanmar has severely criticised India for hosting junta chief General Than Shwe, but for the moment the State Department is noncommittal.
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| ’Sari is not just for women’ - Nov 2, 2004 16:7 IST |
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An exhibition here is attempting to give a new push and verve to the oldest Indian garment - the sari.
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| Petronet LNG to go ahead with Kochi terminal - Nov 2, 2004 16:4 IST |
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Petronet LNG Friday decided to go ahead with plans to set up a 2.5 million tonne liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Kochi, while firming up plans to double the capacity of its Dahej terminal.
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| A 104-year-old who nobody is willing to jail - Nov 2, 2004 16:2 IST |
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How do you put a 104-year-old semi-comatose man in jail for murder, even if it is the Supreme Court that has directed his imprisonment?
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| ’Peephole surgery’ is the future - Nov 2, 2004 16:1 IST |
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Minimally invasive surgeries - done through small incisions made on the body - will be the future of most surgeries that are prevalent today, say doctors.
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| Ahluwalia for using foreign exchange for infrastructure - Nov 2, 2004 16:1 IST |
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Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Friday mooted the idea of using India’s foreign exchange reserves for infrastructure, which he termed as the biggest roadblock to economic growth.
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| BJP in power did nothing about Ayodhya temple - Nov 2, 2004 15:59 IST |
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In one of its bleakest hours, the poll-battered Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not getting much support even from its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
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| Government to boost agriculture sector: Pawar - Nov 2, 2004 15:57 IST |
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Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Friday the government is planning a slew of measures to give a fillip to the agriculture sector, including a legislation against selling spurious seeds, enhancing horticulture production and helping farmers realise better prices for crops.
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| Juicy news: record apple crop in Himachal! - Nov 2, 2004 15:56 IST |
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Despite 2004 being one of its driest years, Himachal Pradesh has reported a record production of apple at over half a million tonnes, say officials.
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| New economic policy hard on farmers - Nov 2, 2004 15:55 IST |
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The wide expanse of golf courses and water parks across the country consume a mammoth 1.8 to 2.3 million litres of water per day on an average, while the Indian farmer is dependent on an often truant monsoon for his crop, an expert has said.
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| Maoist occupation of lands might derail talks - Nov 2, 2004 15:54 IST |
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Amid a raging controversy over Maoists occupying private and forestlands, the Andhra Pradesh cabinet will decide Saturday the future of peace talks with the guerrillas.
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| Tamil groups threaten blasts ahead of STF bash - Nov 2, 2004 15:53 IST |
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Security has been tightened at many railway stations and other government buildings across Tamil Nadu following bomb threats by supporters of the slain forest brigand Veerappan.
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| Tamil Nadu governor quits after court declines help - Nov 2, 2004 15:51 IST |
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Tamil Nadu Governor P.S. Ramamohan Rao, widely perceived as close to Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalitha, resigned Friday after the Supreme Court refused to stop his possible removal by the central government.
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| Delhi government to regularise illegal housing colonies - Nov 2, 2004 15:49 IST |
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Two days after it decided to regularise industries in non-industrial areas, the Delhi government Friday announced another populist scheme of regularising more than 1,700 illegal housing colonies in the city.
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| Sonia Gandhi disconnects fax at 10, Janpath! - Nov 2, 2004 15:47 IST |
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But her fax machine at 10, Janpath in central Delhi had jammed anyway due to the flood of messages, said sources at Sonia Gandhi’s residence.
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| Two arrested for extorting money from hotelier - Nov 2, 2004 15:45 IST |
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Two men, one of them a postgraduate from Delhi University, have been arrested for extorting Rs.2 million from a hotelier here, police said Friday.
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