Bulb explosion sparks Bulgarian train fire
February 29th, 2008 - 11:57 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Sofia, Feb 29 (Xinhua) The explosion of a fluorescent light bulb has been blamed for the fire that swept through an overnight train's sleeping compartment in Bulgaria, killing eight people and injuring ... Read more...
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Over 1.3 mn students to appear for board exams Saturday
February 29th, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Anxious parents and nervous children were making last-minute preparations Friday as over 1.3 million students are set to appear for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) ... Read more...
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Fertiliser industry unimpressed over budget proposals
February 29th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) Though the union budget has announced a number of initiatives favouring farmers, including the loan waiver of Rs.600 billion ($15 billion), the fertiliser industry, one of the links ... Read more...
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Blast in Pakistan, casualties feared
February 29th, 2008 - 11:48 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Islamabad, Feb 29 (Xinhua) A blast took place in northwest Pakistan Friday and casualties were feared, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported. The blast ripped through a gathering at Haji Baba Chowk ... Read more...
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Gilchrist crosses 300 runs in tri-series
February 29th, 2008 - 11:34 pm ICT by admin
(Match in Statistics)Melbourne, Feb 29 (IANS) Although Adam Gilchrist's fine 83 went waste as Australia lost to Sri Lanka in an inconsequential match here Friday, the left-hander became the first Australian to ... Read more...
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Turkish military confirms pullout from northern Iraq
February 29th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Ankara, Feb 29 (DPA) The Turkish military Friday confirmed that its ground incursion into northern Iraq targeting Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) fighters has come to an end. The general staff said the ... Read more...
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Speeding buses crush one to death in Uttar Pradesh
February 29th, 2008 - 11:21 pm ICT by admin
Noida, Feb 29 (IANS) Two buses, taken on hire by a multinational company here, crushed to death one person Friday while trying to overtake each other. According to the police, two buses ... Read more...
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Woman given acid to drink, dies
February 29th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by admin
Ghaziabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A 30-year-old housewife died here after she was brutally beaten up by her husband and in-laws demanding more dowry and then given acid to drink instead of water. ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu business community satisfied with budget
February 29th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu business community has expressed its satisfaction at the national budget 2008-09 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented in parliament Friday. According to P.K. Mohapatra, chairman, Confederation ... Read more...
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Budget disappoints travel industry, except for heritage tourism
February 29th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 29(IANS) Even as the tourism and hospitality sector said it has been largely ignored by the national budget for 2008-09 that Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented Friday, it welcomed ... Read more...
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Final scoreboard of the ODI match between Australia and Sri Lanka
February 29th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Feb 29 (IANS) Following is the final scorecard of the last group match of the Commonwealth Bank triangular series between Australia and Sri Lanka here Friday. SCOREBOARD:Sri Lanka:Mahawaduge Perera lbw b ... Read more...
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Judges’ restoration not under consideration: Musharraf
February 29th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) President Pervez Musharraf has emphasized that no suggestions for restoration of the judges were under consideration as the judges currently performing their responsibilities "are respectable". A close aide ... Read more...
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Budget good, but important to deliver: Swraj Paul
February 29th, 2008 - 10:47 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Lord Swraj Paul, founder chairman of the Caparo Group of Industries, praised Friday's budget as "very good" but said the need to deliver to the farmer was even ... Read more...
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Assam tea industry hails budget, opposition unimpressed
February 29th, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by admin
Guwahati, Feb 29 (IANS) The mega tea industry in Assam Friday expressed satisfaction over the allocations in the union budget for tea research and boosting production. "We are happy that the central ... Read more...
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India-Australia rivalry has given great cricket: Taylor
February 29th, 2008 - 10:42 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Feb 29 (IANS) Despite the unending barrage of heated words exchanged between India and Australia this series, former Australian Test legend Mark Taylor believes that the antagonism between the two camps ... Read more...
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Smith-McKenzie nine short of Mankad-Roy world record
February 29th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
Chittagong, Feb 29 (IANS) South African openers Niel McKenzie (169 not out) and skipper Graeme Smith (229 not out) are on the cusp of breaking the 51-year-old highest opening stand in Tests ... Read more...
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Small and medium IT firms disappointed with budget
February 29th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)Hyderabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Small and medium IT enterprises Friday were disappointed with the 2008-09 budget, saying it has not extended the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme that offers them ... Read more...
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India’s growth dips to 8.4 percent in third quarter
February 29th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) India's economic growth has slipped to 8.4 percent for the third quarter of this fiscal, official figures showed Friday - the day Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented ... Read more...
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Maharashtra chief minister hails ‘pro-rural’ budget
February 29th, 2008 - 10:34 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Friday said the union budget was a "historic and revolutionary pro-rural budget", hailing the loan waiver to farmers and increased allocation to educational ... Read more...
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Budget will take healthcare to rural areas: industry
February 29th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by admin
Hyderabad, Feb 29 (IANS) The healthcare industry has welcomed the union budget presented Friday, saying it provides an incentive to take quality healthcare to semi-urban and rural areas. "Tax holiday for hospitals ... Read more...
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Advani sees communal overtones in budget
February 29th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani has criticised the union budget presented Friday for its "heavy communal overtones". "It is a throw-back ... Read more...
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Government seeks apex court’s nod to Sethusamundram project
February 29th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Union government Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission to expeditiously complete a shorter navigational sea route around India's southern tip. In an affidavit filed ... Read more...
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Centre files fresh affidavit on Sethu samudram project in SC
February 29th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (ANI): The Centre on Friday filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court on the controversial Sethu samudram project seeking vacation of its interim orders putting on hold ... Read more...
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Deora welcomes duty rationalisation for petrol, diesel
February 29th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has welcomed the proposal in the union budget to replace six percent of ad valorem excise duty on unbranded petrol and diesel with ... Read more...
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Gujarat ‘missing’ in union budget
February 29th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, Feb 29 (IANS) The Gujarat Chambers of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Friday said the state was "missing" from the 2008-09 union budget, although it has outlined many good proposals. Commenting on ... Read more...
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Budget evokes mixed reactions from realty sector
February 29th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Indian real estate sector has welcomed the overall impact of budget while saying that it could have done more for the industry. "The budget will boost ... Read more...
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For Sujatha, writing was a love affair: Kamal Haasan
February 29th, 2008 - 10:23 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan, who was close to late Tamil writer Sujatha, says the author considered writing "a continuing love affair". Born in 1935 as S. Rangarajan, the ... Read more...
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New panel to fight climate change draws mixed response
February 29th, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's announcement in his budget speech Friday that the government would soon set up a "permanent institutional mechanism" to coordinate the fight against climate ... Read more...
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Top naxal leader surrenders in Gaya
February 29th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
Gaya, Feb 29 (ANI): A dreaded naxal leader belonging to the CPI (Maoist) surrendered before district magistrate Jitendra Srivastava with weapons and cartridges at the district collectorate in Gaya today afternoon.Basudeo ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka register consolation win over Australia
February 29th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Feb 29 (IANS) A spirited display by Sri Lankan bowlers helped them claim a consolation win by 13-runs against Australia in the Commonwealth Bank one-day triangular series here Friday. Sri Lanka ... Read more...
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Call centre employee murdered in Bangalore
February 29th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
Bangalore, Feb 29 (ANI): The Bangalore Police has said that a call centre employee was stabbed to death after a group of people picked up a fight with him over a "trivial" ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh minister’s son held for triple murder
February 29th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by admin
Noida, Feb 29 (IANS) Ravinder Bhati, son of Uttar Pradesh Home Guards Minister Ved Ram Bhati, has been arrested in this town adjacent to the national capital for allegedly murdering three people ... Read more...
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Pakistanis angry over Americas continued support for Musharraf
February 29th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Feb 29 (ANI): The Bush Administration wants to ensure military pressure is kept up on militants in the Pakistans tribal areas, but Washingtons continued support for President Pervez Musharraf risks deepening ... Read more...
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World heaps praise on Kenya’s reconciled leaders
February 29th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Nairobi, Feb 29 (DPA) Congratulations to Kenya's reconciled leaders poured in from across the world Friday, mere days after the international community threatened to push the politicians into a deal if they ... Read more...
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India, US discuss ways of expanding high-tech trade
February 29th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) India and the US Friday discussed ways to expand high technology trade, with Washington indicating that strategic trade will continue to grow between them regardless of the ... Read more...
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