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Chief minister's kin among four killed
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:16:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Two relatives of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda were among four people killed when a bus fell into a dry river bed at Khunti, 35 km from here.

Criminal-cop nexus exposed in Uttar Pradesh
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:16:00 PM   Source : Crime News
A taped conversation between hardened criminals in jail and a senior prison official here has rattled the Uttar Pradesh government, which has ordered the suspension of the official.

Kerala's public debt rises to Rs.410 billion
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:15:00 PM   Source : Economy News
Kerala's fiscal deficit has ballooned to Rs.410 billion ($9.3 billion), which translates into a public debt burden of Rs.13,116 for each of the state's 31 million population, state Finance Minister Vakkom Purushothaman said Tuesday.

Six die as KFC outlet torched in Pakistan
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:14:00 PM   Source : Terrorism/Business-Violence
Six employees of the US fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) were burnt to death in violence triggered by a suicide attack at a Shia mosque in Pakistan's restive southern port city of Karachi, Xinhua reports.

Alstom sets up R&D centre with Infosys
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:13:00 PM   Source : Business News
Alstom, a global leader in power generation and railway infrastructure, Tuesday teamed up with Infosys Technologies Ltd to set up a research and development centre at Infosys campus on the outskirts of this city.

Nepalese legend sets record with 15th Everest climb
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:12:00 PM   Source : Sports News
Nepalese legend Apa Sherpa broke his own record of climbing Mt Everest the most when he scaled the peak for the 15th time Tuesday.

Gecis to invest Rs.500 mn for BPO in Kolkata
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:12:00 PM   Source : Business News
Gecis, a leading high quality business process services company, Tuesday announced it would set up its fifth business process outsourcing (BPO) operation here with an investment of Rs.500 million ($11.5 million).

Israel unhappy with Bush-Abbas meeting
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:11:00 PM   Source : World News
Israel has expressed unhappinesss over talks between US President George W. Bush and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas saying they did not do enough to address its concerns on terrorism, reports Xinhua.

Babbar Khalsa man held for Delhi cinema blasts
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:10:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Two people - one of them a suspected member of the banned Babbar Khalsa - were arrested Tuesday for allegedly masterminding blasts at two cinemas here that killed a man and injured 60.

Bihar polls in October-November
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:09:00 PM   Source : Politics News
Bihar, India's second most populous state, will go to the polls in October-November to choose a new 243-member assembly, barely nine months after the last state elections.

Jharkhand health scheme to be made accountable
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:08:00 PM   Source : Health News
Jharkhand will Wednesday begin an innovative programme that is expected to make health centres accountable to the villages they serve.

Dominique de Villepin named new French PM
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:08:00 PM   Source : Europe News
French President Jacques Chirac named Dominique de Villepin as the new prime minister Tuesday,...

Five militants, one soldier killed in Kashmir skirmish
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:07:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Five guerrillas and an Indian soldier were killed in a fierce gun battle in a border district of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, officials here said.

ICICI Onsource, HSBC to set up BPOs in Kolkata
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:06:00 PM   Source : Business News
ICICI Onsource and HSBC will set up business process outsourcing (BPO) centres in the city, it was announced here Tuesday.

Pakistan ignores case against Advani
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:04:00 PM   Source : Asia News
The Pakistan government has decided to ignore an old case against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L.K. Advani for his alleged role in an assassination conspiracy against Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

Hindujas cleared; 18-year Bofors case closed
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:04:00 PM   Source : Asia News
An 18-year-old corruption scandal that brought down then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi finally ended in a fizzle Tuesday, with a court absolving ...

Advani for Karachi-Mumbai ferry service
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:03:00 PM   Source : Economy/Diplomacy News
India's opposition stalwart L.K. Advani said Tuesday he has proposed a ferry service between Karachi and Mumbai to strengthen business relations between his country and Pakistan.

Rape accused in judicial custody till June 14
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:02:00 PM   Source : Crime News
A lower court Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Ajit Katiyar, prime accused in the gang rape of a Delhi University student, till June 14.

Advani meets Pakistan senate chairman
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:01:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Indian opposition leader L.K. Advani Tuesday met chairman of Senate Muhammadmian Soomro and discussed India-Pakistan relations.

Top stars for Federation Cup athletics
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:01:00 PM   Source : Sports News
The Indian squad for the Asian Grand Prix athletics series in Indonesia will be picked during the ONGC National Federation Cup Athletics Championship to be held here June 1-3.

Indian shares end higher on fresh buying support
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 3:01:00 PM   Source : Business News
Indian shares bounced back Tuesday and made some marginal gains on the back of buying interest in blue chip stocks after ending lower a day earlier following seven successive trading days of sustained gains.

South Korea beat India 4-1 in Azlan Shah hockey
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:59:00 PM   Source : Sports News
South Korea thrashed three times champion India 4-1 in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament here Tuesday.

Paswan opens new engineering institute office
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:59:00 PM   Source : Business News
Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan inaugurated the corporate office of the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) here Tuesday.

No U-turn on road to peace: Advani
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:57:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief L.K. Advani Tuesday made a strong pitch for peace between India and Pakistan, saying the people of both countries would not allow their governments to make any U-turn on the road to peace.

St Patrick's school taught me to spread love: Advani
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:56:00 PM   Source : Diplomacy News
When Indian opposition leader L.K. Advani met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here Tuesday, they realised they had one thing in common - all of them had attended the same school in Karachi.

Italian Quattrocchi now only link in Bofors case
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:54:00 PM   Source : World News
With the Delhi High Court Tuesday quashing all charges against the Europe-based Hinduja brothers and Swedish arms manufacturer A B Bofors in the Bofors scandal, Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi is the only link left in the 18-year-old case.

Advani urges release of Indian fishermen
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:53:00 PM   Source : Diplomacy News
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani has urged the Pakistani authorities for an early release of Indian fishermen languishing in jails in the country.

V.P. Singh has no comment
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:52:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Former prime minister V.P. Singh said Tuesday he would await the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) next move before commenting on the Delhi High Court judgement clearing the Hinduja brothers of wrongdoing in the Bofors gun deal.

40 dead in Orissa heat wave
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:51:00 PM   Source : Weather News
The death toll due to a fierce heat wave sweeping Orissa touched 40 Tuesday, officials here said.

Chronology of the Bofors scandal
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:51:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Following is the chronology of events in the Bofors gun deal.

Paswan wants alliance with Congress in Bihar
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:50:00 PM   Source : Politics News
Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday said his Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) wanted an alliance with the Congress for the Bihar assembly elections.

Four Madhya Pradesh ministers dropped
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:50:00 PM   Source : Politics News
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur Tuesday got four ministers to resign a day ahead of a likely expansion of his cabinet.

South Korea drub India 4-1 in Azlan Shah hockey
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:48:00 PM   Source : Sports News
Three times champion India were trounced 1-4 by South Korea in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament here Tuesday - their second successive defeat by the same margin.

Jinnah conspiracy charge baseless: Advani
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:48:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Indian opposition leader L.K. Advani Tuesday termed as "baseless and frivolous" charges against him of allegedly conspiring to kill Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah in 1947.

Rise above politics for development: Babulal Gaur
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:47:00 PM   Source : Politics News
Political parties must rise above petty politics and join hands for the development of Madhya Pradesh, leaders from the state said here Tuesday.

Deuba asked to pay hefty bail
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:46:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Former Nepal prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who has been charged with corruption in an alleged multimillion-dollar drinking water scam, was Tuesday asked to pay Nepali Rs.5 million as bail or stay in prison.

Patil promises funds for coastal police force
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:45:00 PM   Source : Politics / Crime News
Home Minister Shivraj Patil Tuesday announced a Rs.5 billion package for setting up a coastal police force to help in disaster management and security.

Karwar naval base dedicated to nation
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:44:00 PM   Source : Technology News
INS Kadamba, the Indian Navy's new base here and the largest such facility this side of the Suez Canal, was Tuesday dedicated to the nation by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

India plugs loopholes in tobacco laws
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:43:00 PM   Source : Health News
India has notified amendments to plug loopholes in tobacco laws to ensure that sale of tobacco products to minors is curbed, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said here Tuesday.

Four arrested in Ahmedabad for cricket betting
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:43:00 PM   Source : Sports & Crime News
Police here Tuesday arrested four people, two of them having links with Mumbai-based bookie Shobhan Mehta, for allegedly running a betting racket on cricket.

India gets highest ever bids for exploration blocks
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:41:00 PM   Source : Sports News
India has received its highest ever response of 69 bids, including 27 from foreign companies, to an offer of 20 exploration blocks in the fifth round of its New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) for oil and gas.

October-November polls in Bihar, parties welcome move
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:39:00 PM   Source : Politics News
The Election Commission Tuesday decided to hold assembly elections in Bihar in October-November, a move that was welcomed by political parties.

Tamil Nadu not encouraging LTTE: Patil
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:38:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Home Minister Shivraj Patil Tuesday gave the Tamil Nadu government a clean chit on the activities of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels in the state.

Gurumurthy, others get bail
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:37:00 PM   Source : Crime News
A lower court in Tamil Nadu Tuesday granted bail to columnist and Swadeshi Jagaran Manch leader S. Gurumurthy against whom it had issued an arrest warrant Monday.

Man murdered in Bhubaneswar
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:35:00 PM   Source : Crime News
Unidentified gunmen killed a man in this Orissa capital Tuesday evening, police said.

Capital remembers Sunil Dutt
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:34:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Hundreds of people, many of them Congress party activists, Tuesday attended a prayer meeting held here in honour of actor-turned-politician Sunil Dutt, who died last Wednesday in Mumbai.

First national Bengali TV channel to go on air
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:34:00 PM   Source : Entertainment News
Star Ananda, India's first 24-hour Bengali television news channel, will go on the air Wednesday.

'No smoking' in movies under new tobacco rules
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:33:00 PM   Source : Health News
India has plugged loopholes in tobacco laws to ban the depiction of smoking in movies and television and to prevent the sale of tobacco products to minors, Health ....

Indira Goswami backs Taslima's citizenship request
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:31:00 PM   Source : World News
Noted Indian writer Indira Goswami Wednesday supported exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen's plea for Indian citizenship.

India, Iceland initial air services agreement
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:30:00 PM   Source : Europe News
India and Iceland Tuesday decided to open up air traffic to give a boost to tourism, trade and people-to-people contacts between the two countries.

Advani's visit will improve bilateral relations: Altaf
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:21:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Welcoming Indian opposition leader L.K Advani's Pakistan visit, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said it would further improve Pakistan-India ties.

Four killed in Jharkhand as bus plunges into river
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:20:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Four people, including two relatives of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, were killed and 50 injured when a bus fell into a dry river-bed at Khunti, 35 km from here.

Iran-EU to have energy cooperation
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:19:00 PM   Source : Middle East News
Iran and the European Union will establish three working committees in June to enhance cooperation in energy, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

Pakistan Air Force to induct women pilots in October
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:18:00 PM   Source : Asia News
In yet another sign that Pakistan is shedding its conservative image, the country's air force is to induct its first women pilots in October.

Gujarat Class ten results show improvement
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:17:00 PM   Source : Education and Studies News
The Gujarat state board announced results Tuesday in which 56.18 percent students passed Class X examinations conducted in March.

Advani meets Musharraf
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:15:00 PM   Source : Asia News
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L. K. Advani Tuesday met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf...

Move to resolve Kashmir will strengthen peace: Aziz
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:15:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that any move to resolve the longstanding Jammu and Kashmir issue will strengthen the ongoing Pakistan-India peace process.

Gail to acquire stake in power plant
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:14:00 PM   Source : Business News
State-run energy major Gail India said Tuesday it would acquire 10 percent equity in the proposed Rs.35 billion ($795 million) gas-based power project at Doraha near Ludhiana in Punjab.

We support government on peace process: Advani
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:13:00 PM   Source : Asia News
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L.K. Advani Tuesday said his party fully supports the Congress-led government in India in peace talks with Pakistan and agreed that the two countries should resolve all disputes, including Kashmir.

Militant arrested for Delhi theatre blasts
Publish Date : 6/1/2005 2:12:00 PM   Source : Asia News
A member of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa was arrested Tuesday in connection with the May 22 bomb blasts in two cinema halls here, police said.

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