Provides the latest RSS feeds for India News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/ en-us Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:19:09 -0400 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:19:09 -0400 30 President Pratibha Patil arrived here Sunday on a two-day visit to inaugurate the platinum jubilee celebrations of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD). http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379189 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:00:24 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379189 Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party chairman Bhim Singh Sunday alleged that National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan had threatened him of dire consequences if his party did not support the Congress government in the trust vote Monday. The official, however, refuted the charge. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379186 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:00:14 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379186 One man was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman Sunday at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital here, the police said. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379181 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:59 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379181 Protests against the cancellation of land transfer to the Amarnath shrine authorities continued here for the seventh day Sunday as agitators called for extending the shutdown by 48 hours. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379180 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:58 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379180 Punjab's former chief minister Amarinder Singh was questioned Sunday by the state vigilance bureau in a case of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379179 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:57 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379179 India's young talent Vishesh Bhriguvanshi was named the 'Most Valuable Player' of the Basketball without Borders Asia camp, which concluded here Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379178 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:56 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379178 With India reeling under soaring inflation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said he will press for 'joint action' to tackle the problem of rising global oil prices at the G-8 annual conclave during his visit to Japan that begins Monday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379177 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:51 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379177 The political party Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi has proposed to launch next month has triggered a storm in the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), with one more senior leader walking out of it Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379176 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:50 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379176 The Tea Board ofr India would shortly issue notices to five tea exporters for not adhering to quality and quantity commitment for Iraq consignment, said a union minister here Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379165 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:34 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379165 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad sounded upbeat Sunday, a day before he seeks a vote of confidence for his government. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379163 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:30 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379163 Tibetans-in-exile celebrated the 73rd birthday of their spiritual leader Dalai Lama here Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379161 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:27 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379161 Clashes broke out between activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress at trouble-torn Nandigram in West Bengal's East Midnapore district Sunday, with both sides firing and hurling bombs indiscriminately. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379159 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:23 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379159 Members of the Parsi community in Delhi Sunday organised a memorial service for former Indian army chief Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw here. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379156 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:15 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379156 The Haryana government has earmarked Rs.50 million ($1.2 million) for the insurance of milch animals of the Scheduled Castes families in the state for the current financial year. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379154 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:10 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379154 The 73rd birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama is being marked by the University of Madras and Alliance Francaise here Sunday with a three-day festival of Tibetan culture. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379150 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:38 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379150 Guernsey, an island country in the English Channel off the French coast of Nornmandy, in has been granted associated member status of the International Cricket Council (ICC). http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379149 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:34 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379149 It had all the makings of covering every aspect of growing up in a country that is transitioning faster than any other place on earth, but 'Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na' falls just short of becoming a truly Indian teen movie. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379147 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:26 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379147 Two Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers, one retired and the other serving, have been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly misusing their official position. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379146 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:24 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379146 Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Jamuna Devi and a few other Congress leaders were arrested here Sunday afternoon while they were staging a sit-in outside the chief minister's house to protest the arrests of senior party leaders in violence-hit Indore earlier in the day. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379145 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:22 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379145 After attending public functions for two days and receiving a stream of visitors, President Pratibha Patil took a day off and relaxed at her daughter's Baner Road residence here Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379144 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:20 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379144 Kolkata, July 6(IANS) Information and Broadcasting minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was hospitalised in North Dinajpur district Sunday afternoon after he complained of breathlessness, an official said. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379143 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:19 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379143 Maoist guerrillas Sunday killed two people in Jharkhand's Latehar district, the police said. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379142 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:17 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379142 About 50 Kashmiri Pandits, protesting the revocation of the land allotment to the Amarnath shrine board, were Sunday detained after they barged into Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz's home here. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379140 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:13 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379140 The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has set up a technical committee to ascertain the suitability in Indian conditions of power plants and equipment provided by Chinese companies and study their quality, said a union minister here Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379138 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:09 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379138 Five people were killed and four injured as a Bolero vehicle carrying nine people collided with a truck in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand Sunday, police said. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379137 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:07 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379137 US-based Sikh Council on Religion and Education (Score) held a function here Sunday and honoured prominent Sikh personalities and organisations for excellence in their fields and humanitarian service. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379136 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:03 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379136 A private security guard, who opened fire at a mob of diamond workers, causing death of one person and injuries to six others, was booked Sunday, a police official said. The workers were demanding a hike in wages. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379131 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:00:52 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379131 The five-day monsoon session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, the last of the state's 12th Vidhan Sabha, slated to start Monday is likely to be stormy with the main opposition Congress asserting it will put the government in the dock over several issues. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379130 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:00:50 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379130 Heavy rains lashing Uttar Pradesh have claimed at least 30 lives in the past 24 hours from Sunday even as the Met Office said the downpour would subside only by Monday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379127 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:00:45 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379127 After days of frenetic political activity, a hush descended Sunday as Left leaders awaited the Congress' response to their ultimatum on the India-US nuclear deal and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got ready to leave for Japan Monday morning to attend the G8 summit. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379126 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:00:38 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379126 Concerned about the renewed polio threat in the country, leading Indian industrialist families like the Birlas and Mittals have stepped forth with generous financial support to the immunisation drive against the disease in India and elsewhere. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379115 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:00:08 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379115 A youth was arrested with 31 fake passports at Kozhikode International Airport in Kerala Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379114 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:00:03 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379114 Former Uttar Pradesh minister and Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Jamuna Nishad, who was arrested for allegedly leading a mob attack on a police station, was admitted to Gorakhpur district hospital late Saturday after he complained of chest pain, an official said. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379110 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:01:05 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379110 June may be considered as one of the hottest months in north India but Chandigarh residents have seen that myth being watered down - literally. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379107 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:00:56 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379107 The Indian Railways have decided to accept madrassa (Islamic seminary) degrees as valid for its job requirement, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad said here Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379104 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:00:33 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379104 Congress legislator J. Narasimha Swamy quit the Karnataka Assembly Sunday to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that is trying to reduce its dependence on independent candidates. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379098 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:00:12 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379098 You may not agree with all that coach Bob Houghton has got to say, but you can't agree more when he cries that the pace at which Indian football is moving is painfully slow. In fact, what is true of Indian football is also true of other sports and indeed most facets of life and endeavour in the country, including its march on the road to economic progress. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379073 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:22 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379073 One person was killed and six others were injured when a private security guard opened fire at a mob of diamond workers, who were protesting over wage hike Sunday, the police said. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379071 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:20 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379071 Viswanathan Anand has confirmed his entry for the inaugural Grand Slam of Chess final Masters in September this year, but Vladimir Kramnik, his opponent for the world title a month later in October has decided to stay away. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379070 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:17 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379070 Inspired by astronauts of Indian origin Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, a student here has secured admission to the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the US. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379069 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:16 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379069 With the India-US civil nuclear deal on course, India will seek Portugal's support in the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee meets his Portuguese counterpart Luis Amado Monday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379066 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:07 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379066 Mithun Chakraborty, the original disco king of Bollywood, will be seen sharing screen space with his 1980s co-star Rati Agnihotri in 'Chal Chalein'. But they won't be seen as sweethearts. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379064 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:04 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379064 Following is the sports schedule for July 6, 2008: http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379062 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:01 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379062 Global warming coupled with climate change will adversely affect wheat production in India, according to an industry study. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379058 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:50 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379058 Bhilai Steel Plant's (BSP) production during the first quarter of the current fiscal (2008-09) has surpassed all previous records, a company statement said Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379052 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:43 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379052 In the shadow of political uncertainty, inflationary woes and a looming election, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads for Japan Monday morning for a rendezvous with leaders of the world's wealthiest nations, that includes talks with US President George Bush - a crucial meeting which will signal to the world India's decision to move ahead with the nuclear deal. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379048 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:24 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379048 All this time Indian law enforcement agencies had been battling Nigerian drug syndicates, but attempts by Chinese drug cartels to get a foothold in the country for production of 'designer drugs' have set the alarm bells ringing. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379045 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:15 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379045 The telephones never stop jangling and the waves go on crashing on the promenade outside. Unperturbed, 20 visually challenged men and women occasionally sniff the salty sea breeze even as their nimble fingers dial telephone numbers. They murmur softly into the phones. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379044 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:11 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379044 Political parties and pressure groups in southern Assam's Barak Valley have announced a series of agitational programmes demanding expansion of railway lines and protesting delay in ongoing rail projects. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379036 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:00:33 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379036 With their respective debut movies having already hit the screen Friday, Imran Khan and Harman Baweja have arrived, literally and figuratively. The industry is more than happy to get two new faces as it feels that the newcomers will ease the situation a bit for independent filmmakers. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379032 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:00:25 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379032 The Haryana government's decision shifting the registration of births and deaths from police stations to primary health centres has proved fruitful. Registrations in rural areas saw an unprecedented increase, the state's Health Minister Kartar Devi said here Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379026 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:00:03 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379026 Suddenly a lot of people from this tiny Baltic state of Lithuania want to visit India, the prime attraction for them being Goa, with its sun kissed beaches and promise of exotica. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379025 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:00:36 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379025 If you are an animal, bird or plant lover, a visit to the weekly market at Shakher Haat on north Kolkata's Galiff Street is a must on a Sunday morning. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379012 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:00:18 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379012 Even from the point of view of Uttar Pradesh, there was no other alternative for Samajwadi Party chieftain Mulayam Singh Yadav than to go with the Congress on the India-US nuclear deal. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379010 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:00:15 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379010 The splendour of Mughal architecture - its mosques, tombs and other structures - is in danger of being lost to neglect and pillage of time but an American university has taken up the task of documentation of neglected Islamic monuments in India. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379006 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:00:09 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379006 Police sniffer dogs may have to cover their feet when entering Muslim homes in order not to cause offence. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379002 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:00:03 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379002 Who was the man who inspired the English term 'doubting Thomas'? Was he a contemporary of Jesus, or a faithful disciple or a fourth century Christian merchant? http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378986 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:01:04 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378986 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has joined hands with Delhi University (DU) to empower students to fill a serious skills shortage to ensure India's competitive edge. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378984 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:01:01 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378984 Pro-talk leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) who had recently declared a unilateral ceasefire Sunday said they would not lay down arms as desired by the government. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378982 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:59 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378982 Science is science and humanities is humanities...But it does look like the twain have met - at least at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)! http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378980 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:58 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378980 Actor Irrfan Khan plays the title role in Priyadarshan's 'Billo Barber' and says he will learn the art of haircutting from a roadside barber to make his character look real. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378972 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:37 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378972 A Canadian partner of Brakel Corp NV of the Netherlands, which has been allotted two multimillion-dollar hydro-power projects in Himachal Pradesh, has informed the state government that it has never collaborated with the Dutch firm for setting up any projects. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378970 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:29 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378970 Life for scores of beggars at the city's traffic intersections is no longer as good as it used to be a year ago. Their daily collection is dwindling fast and they blame skyrocketing inflation for it. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378968 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:25 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378968 Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Assam have displaced more than 50,000 people overnight, besides uprooting scores of mud-and-thatch homes, officials said Sunday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378967 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:20 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378967 Assured of the Samajawadi Party's support in case of a trust vote in parliament over the India-US nuclear deal, the government could as early as this week approach the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for an India-specific safeguards agreement as the first step towards making the deal operational. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378965 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:16 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378965 Actress Vidya Balan was invited to Rakhi Sawant's new talk show and the two ended up becoming good friends. And now Vidya can't stop praising the item girl. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378947 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:36 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378947 The looming election clouds have Delhi's ruling Congress worried. Having been in power for a decade, it knows there is plenty going against it, particularly soaring food prices and the sealing and demolition of illegal buildings in the city that has left tens of thousands distressed. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378946 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:35 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378946 Days before deciding on withdrawing support to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, top Communist leaders Saturday turned to one of their core constituencies - West Bengal - meeting their comrades and addressing them on the India-US nuclear deal. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378927 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:00:04 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378927 It will be an all-Indian final at the ICL Chennai Open squash tournament as national champion and top seed Saurav Ghosal and Ritwik Bhattacharya won their semi-final matches here Saturday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378926 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:00:01 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378926 With posters of some of his blockbuster films like 'Silsila', 'Deewaar', 'Lamhe' and 'Dil To Pagal Hai' forming the backdrop, legendary Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra was conferred the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest civilian award, at a ceremony here Saturday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378925 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:00:28 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378925 A 24-year-old property dealer was shot dead outside his south Delhi home apparently over a business dispute, police said Saturday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378923 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:00:25 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378923 New Delhi/ Amritsar, July 6 : Ex-Army personnel took out a protest march in New Delhi demanding a review of pay commission recommendations. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379174 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:41 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379174 New Delhi, July 6 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will hold discussions with the US President George Bush on the sidelines of the G-8 Summit in Japan, to give the Indo-US civil nuclear deal a political push. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379172 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:33 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379172 Jodhpur/ New Delhi, July 6 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday sent the Chaddar to Ajmer Sharif in Ajmer in Rajasthan. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379153 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:10 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379153 New Delhi, July 6 : The Congress has ruled out the question of a vote of confidence demanded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), contending that the Government lacks majority in the Lok Sabha. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379124 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:00:31 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379124 New Delhi, July 6 : Prime Minister Manamohan Singh would leave for G-8 summit in Hokkaido in Japan on Monday where he is expected to meet US President George W. Bush. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379074 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:26 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379074 New Delhi, July 6 : Tibetans-in-exile gathered here today to mark the occasion of the 73rd birthday of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and prayed for his long life and good health. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379063 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:01 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379063 New Delhi, July 6 : Another round of pulse polio campaign started in New Delhi this morning. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379033 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:00:27 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/379033 New Delhi, July 6 : Stars of the celebrated US basketball league National Basketball Association (NBA), currently touring India for 'Basketball without Borders' programme, pitched for the game in the cricket crazy nation. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378990 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:01:09 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378990 Karachi, July 6 : Defending champions Sri Lanka and a rampaging India will clash in the Asia Cup final on Sunday, with both sides promising to provide spectators with an explosive encounter on a batting paradise at the National Stadium here. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378962 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:01:00 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378962 Islamabad, July 6 : Pakistan has been ranked 84 among 118 countries on 'The Global Enabling Trade Report 2008' released by World Economic Forum Saturday. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378960 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:55 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378960 Lahore, July 6 : Ram Parkash, the 51-year-old Indian prisoner who has been lodged in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail since 1998, is now expected to return to India on July 7. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378953 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:28 -0400 Calcutta News.Net http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/378953 The party made it clear that it would not repeat its mistake of parleying with the Government. In a press release party central military commission chief Basavaraj and central committee spokesperson A... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15996768&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:08:13 -0400 andhra cafe http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15996768&cat=701ee96610c884a6 There seems simply no end to Force India's misery, as the Formula One outfit finished its 'home' race at the British Grand Prix on Sunday with double retirement against its name.Neither of the Force I... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994625&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:22:35 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994625&cat=701ee96610c884a6 HYDERABAD : The authorities at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad deciding to revoke the 15-minute free parking facility at the main car parking area from Sunday midnight. Now motorists ... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15996060&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:08:12 -0400 andhra cafe http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15996060&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Bangalore: It claimed a world record as the most-viewed mythology serial on TV and it riveted Indian audiences for 18 months in 1987 -88. Now a new handset launched in India by the French mobile phon... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995936&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:03:10 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995936&cat=701ee96610c884a6 JAMMU: The man in the eye of the storm and former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, S.K. Sinha, has admitted his deep differences during his years in office with former Chief Minister and People Democrat... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995935&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:03:07 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995935&cat=701ee96610c884a6 At least 22 people have been killed in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state in heavy rains over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll across the country in rain-related incidents to 281, officials ... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994627&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:07:57 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994627&cat=701ee96610c884a6 that the UNPA was formed as a non-Congress, non-BJP alliance. “If Mr. Mulayam Singh has gone with the Congress how can he be a part of this alliance?” He refuted the claim of SP leader, A... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995933&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:03:12 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995933&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Dioceses across India held celebrations marking the beginning of the Pauline Year officially opened by Benedict XVI to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle from Tarsus. Speak... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994476&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:07:20 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994476&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Peon mans PHC In the Dhasai PHC, it is alleged, peon Pandu Gholap gave injections to people and charged them Rs. 20. People said the two doctors at the PHC often went out, instructing the peon to ad... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995934&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:03:06 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995934&cat=701ee96610c884a6 There have been nationwide protests against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s decision to raise the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994629&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:30:10 -0400 Green Left Online http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994629&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Pathway to Investing His younger son Vaibhav, 13, and a class VIII student, made his first investment on 22 January this year, the day the markets started tumbling. Alongside AXN and National Geograp... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995132&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:39:30 -0400 Rediff http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995132&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Posted on: Sunday, 6 July 2008, 00:00 CDT By KATIE COOKSEY Spinal patient Mohammad Zamir is flying to India for treatment after waiting more than six months for an NHS procedure. He is spending about... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994626&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:23:53 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994626&cat=701ee96610c884a6 The police on Saturday retrived four more bodies of the slain personnel, two of whom were identified as G Swaraj Kumar and S Ravi Kumar. The rescue teams faced a tough time from crocodiles which had g... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15996061&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:08:11 -0400 andhra cafe http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15996061&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Witnesses said the explosion occurred in the vicinity of a petrol station near Melody Market, which is located adjacent to the Lal Masjid and created panic among the people who ran back towards the mo... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995731&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:21:21 -0400 Rediff http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15995731&cat=701ee96610c884a6 The rupee closed at a record low of 70.13/18 to the dollar dropping 13.8 per cent this year as the economy feels the brunt of rising oil and food costs, the newspaper said. http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994012&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:35:23 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994012&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on the eve of his leaving for Japan ahead of the G-8 summit, has issued a statement about the issues he is going to raise among the leaders of the world's most industria... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994037&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:35:26 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994037&cat=701ee96610c884a6 For Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh, the Amarnath land controversy is an emotive election issue sent by God at the right time.The party is also dusting up all the old issue. It ha... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994038&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:35:22 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15994038&cat=701ee96610c884a6 FOW: K Sangakkara (11-1, 1.4), *M Jayawardene (34-2, 7.2), C Kapugedera (66-3, 11.4), C Silva (66-4, 12), S Jayasuriya (197-5, 35.3), T Dilshan (213-6, 38.5), C Vaas (236-7, 44.5), Thilan Mirando (256... http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15993930&cat=701ee96610c884a6 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:38:15 -0400 Rediff http://feeds.calcuttanews.net/?rid=15993930&cat=701ee96610c884a6