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(Lead) Kazan, Russia, April 20 (IANS) Indian women's hockey team went down 1-2 against formidable Netherlands Antillies in their second group encounter of the Olympic qualifiers here Sunday. The Indian eves started their campaign on a winning note with a comfortable 3-1 victory over hosts Russia Saturday but slumped to a ... Read more...

Kannur (Kerala), Apr 20 (ANI): Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said that India would remain poor if priority is not given to high growth. At a seminar organised by the District Congress Committee here, he asserted that any ideology, which undermines expansion of the economy, should be rejected. The ... Read more...

Attari (Punjab), Apr 20 (ANI): Sikh pilgrims came back to India on Sunday after celebrating the harvest festival Baisakhi and visiting the several Gurdwaras in Pakistan. They visited the Gurdwara Punja Sahib, Nankana Sahib, Sucha Sodha, Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Rorri Sahib, and Kartarpur. The shrines hold significant importance for us. We ... Read more...

Shimla, April 20 (IANS) Airtel Bharti, the oldest mobile service provider in Himachal Pradesh, has crossed 800,000 customers in the hill state, a company official said Sunday. "According to figures released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), we now have 8,05,399 customers March 31, this year," said Sanjay ... Read more...

Beijing, April 20 (IANS) India's Vijay Kumar shot an excellent score of 580 to finish eighth in the 25m rapid fire pistol event at the International Sport Shooting Federation World Cup underway here. Vijay, a 2007 Arjuna awardee, failed to qualify for Saturday's final held among top six shooters barely ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Indian boys went down 1-2 to hosts China in the semi-finals of the Asia-Oceania leg of the World Junior tennis championship at Shenzen, China. However, India have already qualified for the World Group final to be held in the Czech Republic in August by this ... Read more...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Guadalajara (Mexico) Apr 20 (ANI): A large number of Mexican youth have expressed their desire to know more about India and want to study in Indian universities, and said that more number of cultural and education exchange programme between the two countries would help in fulfilling ... Read more...

Guadalajara (Mexico), Apr 20 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil will embark on Chile later in the day on the third and final leg of her 12-day long tour to Latin American countries. She will be in Chile till April 23. Addressing a gathering of businessmen from India and Mexico on ... Read more...

New Delhi, Apr.19 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday lauded the political progress being made in Nepal. The BJP welcomed the transformation in the country, stating that Nepal is headed towards becoming a democratic republic through the Constituent Assembly (CA). It said in a statement that the Nepalis would ... Read more...

Islamabad, Apr 19 (ANI): The Pakistan Government is developing a National Trade Corridor (NTC) to create transport links with neighbouring countries in order to boost trade and people-to-people contacts in the region. The NTC will connect Pakistan with China, Iran, Central Asian Republics, Turkey, Middle East and India. Federal Minister ... Read more...

New York, Apr 19 (ANI): Actress Lindsay Lohans dad has lambasted his daughters management for making her do wrong projects and things. Michael Lohan had earlier revealed that his daughter was set to take up missionary work in India with him. However, the 21-year-old stars reps had denied the reports, which ... Read more...

London , April 18: Mark Ramprakash has become the second English cricketer to turn down an offer to join the Indian Premier League (IPL), according to a media report. Surrey was asked by the Jaipur-based franchise, Rajasthan Royals to release Ramprakash for two-week to substitute South African captain Graeme ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The PMK, a member of India's ruling coalition, Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that New Delhi must play an "active and constructive" role to help end Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. PMK leader S. Ramadoss said he and his party colleagues urged both the prime ... Read more...

Port of Spain, April 19 (IANS) West Indian all rounder Dwayne Bravo has joined the Indian Premier League (IPL) in India. Bravo will play for the Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians team, which will see its first match of the Twenty20 tournament against Bangalore Royal Challengers Sunday. He will miss next week's ... Read more...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Teotihuacan (Mexico) Apr 19 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Friday visited the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan, which is the most visited archaeological sites in that country. Patil visited the site along with her family and members of the Indian delegation. All were fascinated with ... Read more...

London, April 19 (IANS) Actress Lindsay Lohan says she doesn't like her father talking to the media about her. Michael Lohan, 47, often speaks to reporters and gives his opinion on the decisions his daughter makes in her personal and professional life, reported contactmusic.com. Lindsay said in a radio show: "I ... Read more...

Bijnore (Uttar Pradesh), April 18 (ANI): Palm leaves, mostly used to light fires in village homes, are now becoming a rare commodity in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh. Handicraft items prepared out of dried date palm leaves are increasingly popular, all over India. Craftsmen plait the leaflets into strips of ... Read more...

Bangalore, Apr.18 (ANI-Business Wire India): Kingfisher Airlines, the Official Umpire Partner of the DLF Indian Premier League, today announced a ground breaking new initiative to reward Fair Play during the matches which begin from today. Under the Fly Kingfisher Fair Play Award, Umpires will award teams' points for fair ... Read more...

Amritsar, Apr 18 (ANI): Anritsars Special Narcotics Cell (SNC) busted an Indo-Nigerian drug racket today, after the arrest of a Mumbai based teenaged girl Premka, who had arrived in the city to deliver narcotics consignment. The police seized around 10 kilograms of heroin from drug pushers and the narcotics consignment. "As ... Read more...

Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) Financial services major HSBC Friday said it has launched clearing services for institutional investors who participate in securities lending and borrowing (SLB) transactions. The transactions will be permitted in the country from April 21. "With this service, clients will benefit from a single window solution, settlement ... Read more...

New Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): The Chairman of Indias Atomic Energy Commission, Anil Kakodkar has said that the Indo-US nuclear deal is not final, as has been touted by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the recent past. During a visit to Washington on March 24-25, 2008, Mukherjee had claimed, ... Read more...

Barmer, (Rajasthan) Apr 18 (ANI): Two Pakistani boys were handed over to the Pakistani authorities last evening, day after they were arrested for straying across the Barmer border in Rajasthan. Azhar Ansari (18) and his cousin Zoaib Ali (10) apparently dug the earth below a barbed wire fence on the ... Read more...

London, April 18 (IANS) Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who has had some image problems in the recent past, will visit India to campaign against child slavery and AIDS. Her father Michael said that they would be travelling next February, mirror.co.uk reports. He said: "She (Lindsay) has made it clear ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The central government Thursday decided to go ahead with the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) agreement, which it would finalise during the GSTP ministers meeting, to be held in Accra, Ghana, next week. A large Indian delegation led by Commerce Minister Kamal Nath will ... Read more...

Karachi, Apr 17 (ANI): India will be among the six countries that have reportedly confirmed their participation in the upcoming fifth My Karachi exhibition. A few European countries have also shown interest in the international event to be held from June 6 to 8. The exhibition titled Mera Karachi Amn ... Read more...

Mumbai, Apr 17 (ANI/Business Wire India): With the coming of the internet, a concept as simple as blogging is now used as the largest form of self-expression as users now discover the huge potential of this medium, which is far greater than any other media; only due to the ... Read more...

Tamil Nadu bans mechanized fishing in coastal areas Chennai, Apr.17 (ANI): The Government of Tamil Nadu has imposed a forty-five day ban on mechanized fishing in the states coastal areas. The ban became effective from Wednesday. Mechanized trawlers have been prohibited from venturing out to sea till May 31. ... Read more...

Mumbai, Apr 17 (ANI/Business Wire India): Increase in reserves and resources by 28.7 million tonnes containing 4.0 million tonnes of zinc-lead metal, prior to depletion. -- Increase in mine life by nearly four years -- Total reserves and resources now at 232.3 million tonnes containing 27.5 million tonnes of zinc-lead metal -- ... Read more...

Ahmedabad, April 17 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court has ordered city-based Gujarat Telephone Cables Ltd (GTCL), one of the major suppliers of jelly-filled telephone cables in India, to wind up. The court, in its March 12 order, also appointed an official liquidator for the company, GTCL said Thursday in a ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) India advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asia-Oceania leg of World under-14 tennis championship, thrashing Tajikistan 3-0 in their last Group 'A' encounter at Shenzen, China. Top-seeded India will now take on Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals of the Asia-Oceania leg for a berth in the ... Read more...

Karachi, Apr 17 (ANI): Indian made surveillance system would start monitoring Pakistani stocks from next week. Talking to Geo News, Chairman Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Razi-ur-Rahman said the new system was made in India and is being imported from Dubai. Rahman said the trial of the new ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation came down slightly to 7.14 percent for the week ended April 5 against 7.41 percent for the week before, official data released Thursday said. Read more...

Mumbai, Apr 17 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting has said that India poses a serious threat to his teams Test cricket supremacy. Australia has dominated the Test championship race, finishing top of the 12-month cycle ending on March 31 for the fourth year in succession. India certainly have a great team ... Read more...

Washington, Apr 17 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday has said it is still working hard and is very committed to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal. During a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said: ''We're still working on it. We're still working on it, and very ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Amid tight security, the Beijing Olympic torch arrived here early Thursday on a special aircraft from Pakistan. The torch was immediately taken in an army vehicle to an undisclosed place with hundreds of security personnel escorting it. Around 20 Tibetan activists who were protesting at National ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Indian shuttlers came a cropper on the very first day of the Badminton Asian Championship as all of them except P.Kashyap bowed out in their first-round matches in Johore Bahru, Malaysia. P.Kashyap pulled off a thrilling win over Chinese Yi Lu 11-21, 21-17,21-10. India's strongest hope ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Zoom Developers, the flagship company of 14-year-old Zoom Enterprises, will enter the education sector by setting up a hotel management institute in Arunachal Pradesh. "Arunachal Pradesh is paying special attention to tourism education, taking steps to promote it by public and private partnership. We wanted ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Keeping in view the lack of skilled manpower in the realty sector, private developers must open their own institutes to train people for the industry requirement, Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said Wednesday. "Indian real estate sector has seen a massive growth in the past ... Read more...

Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) "Liberalisation is not a whole story. Neither does it solve every economic problem nor is a panacea to all economic ills in any society," said Mayor of London David Lewis. Addressing a gathering of banking executives in a symposium "Financial Inclusion - Sharing Indian and Britain ... Read more...

Ludhiana, April 16 (IANS) Bharti Retail Ltd Wednesday opened here its first retail store called Easy Day. The store would sell products of daily usage, ranging from personal care products, stationery, household articles, hosiery items, daily-need groceries including staples, processed foods, bakery, dairy products, meat, poultry and fresh produce. The ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Leaders of the communications and IT industry are set to brainstorm on ways to take India to the next level of technological development at Directions09, a business conclave, to be held in Delhi and Bangalore. The event, organised by IDC, is held annually to identify ... Read more...

DPA Singapore, April 16 (DPA) Pacific Healthcare Holdings has roped in Yash Birla Group to expand its presence in India in a joint venture. The venture will involve an investment of 10 million Singapore dollars ($7.2 million) in the healthcare sector over the next three years, executives said Wednesday. The proposed ... Read more...

New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The bodies of the two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) engineers, who were killed in Afghanistan blast on Saturday, are expected to arrive home this afternoon. M P Singh from Varanasi is survived by his wife, 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son. 45-year-old Govindasamy had been working ... Read more...

London, Apr.16 (ANI): England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has said that cricket administrators in his country would be naive to think England players will not join the Indian Premier League in the future. England players are currently barred by their cricket board from taking part in the Twenty20 competition ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) India's cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar Wednesday declined to run in the Olympic torch relay to be held in the Capital Thursday. The reason behind Sachin's refusal to take part in the relay is still not known but according to sources in the Indian Olympic Association ... Read more...

Mumbai, Apr 16 (ANI): The trial of extradited gangster Abu Salem in the 1993 serial blasts case will begin today with the examination of its first witness by the special TADA court. An immigration officer would be the first witness to be examined. The officer was on duty in ... Read more...

Hyderabad, April 15 (IANS) ICL India beat ICL World by 10 runs to win the Indian Cricket League World Series Twenty20 Championship here Tuesday. ICL India, which won the toss and elected to bat, scored a big total of 148 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs, thanks to the ... Read more...

New York, Apr.15 (ANI): The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday said India must take rapid action to ratify the UN Convention against torture for more than a decade after pledging to do so. In a report on New Delhi's rights record, the council also called for more progress ... Read more...

Xinhua Beijing, April 15 (Xinhua) China has expressed confidence that India will take effective measures to ensure a smooth and safe Olympic torch relay in capital New Delhi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said here Tuesday. "We believe that the relay will gain the support of all Indians and we ... Read more...

Xinhua Beijing, April 15 (Xinhua) China Tuesday said it believes India will take effective measures to ensure a smooth and safe Olympic torch relay in New Delhi April 17. "We believe that the relay (in New Delhi) will gain the support and cooperation of all Indians and they will take effective ... Read more...