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BMC sounds cyclone warning

Hindustan Times - ‎34 minutes ago‎
A depression in the Arabian Sea has intensified into a cyclonic storm, with heavy rains and gusting winds forecast for Mumbai and other parts of India's west coast.

Will apologise to House, not to Azmi: MNS leader

Press Trust of India - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Mumbai, Nov 11 (PTI) Raj Thackeray-led MNS, whose members assaulted SP legislator Abu Asim Azmi in the Maharashtra Assmebly, today said they would apologise to the House for their action but not to the MLA.

Blame game erupts over probe of Fort Hood suspect

The Associated Press - Devlin Barrett - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - Finger-pointing erupted between federal agencies Tuesday over Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan. Government officials said a Defense Department terrorism investigator looked into Hasan's contacts with a radical imam months ago, ...

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HC summons Delhi govt babu

Times of India - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW DELHI: The swiftness shown by Delhi government in granting parole to Jessica Lall murder convict Manu Sharma has attracted the attention of Delhi High Court, which sought to know on Tuesday why its standing order on smooth disposal of parole pleas ...

IT starts interrogating Koda after week's gap

Times of India - ‎4 hours ago‎
RANCHI: The income-tax (IT) department resumed interrogating Madhu Koda in the alleged Rs 4000-crore corruption and money-laundering case on Tuesday.

Now, college unions on Mamata's radar

Times of India - Mukherjee Pandey - ‎6 hours ago‎
KOLKATA: After riding the wave of change that has swept through Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is ready to ignite young minds with her mix of hope, rhetoric and realpolitik.

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Washington sniper put to death

guardian.co.uk - ‎48 minutes ago‎
The man who terrorised Washington and its suburbs for three weeks with sniper killings of ordinary people going about their daily lives was executed in Virginia last night as the families of his victims looked on.

Thailand formally requests Cambodia to extradite Thaksin

Xinhua - Anne Tang - ‎40 minutes ago‎
BANGKOK, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Thai government on Wednesday morning sent a letter to Cambodia's government requesting the latter to extradite Thaksin Shinawatra, one day after the convicted former Thai prime minister arrived in Phnom Penh, ...

North and South Korea have naval skirmish-Yonhap

Reuters - Kim Yeon-hee, Jon Herskovitz - ‎7 hours ago‎
SEOUL, Nov 10 (Reuters) - North and South Korea have had a naval skirmish in Yellow Sea waters off their west coast, the South's Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.

Nifty above 4900; Tier II, III stocks outperform

Economic Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
MUMBAI: Equities crawled back into the positive territory after a flat start to trade. Gains in metals and PSU stocks aided the upmove.

DHL, Renault, Wal-Mart Bet on India to Fill Potholed Roads

Bloomberg - Cherian Thomas - ‎6 hours ago‎
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Renault SA, DHL Worldwide Express and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plan to expand in India, betting the government will deliver on a pledge to spend $500 billion by 2014 to fill pot-holed roads and build power plants.

Indian rupee almost steady; stocks open awaited

Reuters India - Swati Bhat, Ranjit Gangadharan - ‎1 hour ago‎
MUMBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee was largely steady on Wednesday as the dollar's drop against major currencies was partly offset by mixed cues from regional stock markets.
Rupee almost steady Indian Express

Smartphone users, keep complaining

CNET News - Jessica Dolcourt - ‎5 hours ago‎
Don't like something about an app? Don't just sit there--pitch a fit. Want great software for your mobile phone? Keep up the complaints.

India 'arrogant' to deny global warming link to melting glaciers

guardian.co.uk - ‎Nov 9, 2009‎
A leading climate scientist today accused the Indian environment ministry of "arrogance" after the release of a government report claiming that there is no evidence climate change has caused "abnormal" shrinking of Himalayan glaciers.

Google launching free videoconferencing

Times of India - ‎Nov 9, 2009‎
NEW DELHI: Google is all set to strengthen its voice and video chat capabilities. The voice and video chat feature in the company's the email service, Gmail, is currently limited to one-to-one communication, however, Google wants to broaden this ...

'The lovemaking scene in Kurbaan was necessary'

Rediff - ‎1 hour ago‎
One would think directing A-listers like Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor would make first-time director Rensil D'Silva nervous.
Saif's unwell Times of India

Shilpa-Raj get royal with their wedding card

Oneindia - ‎1 hour ago‎
Shlipa Shetty and Raj Kundra have made sure that even their wedding card looks royal. It has been made by Delhi designer Ravish Kapoor.

Vidya Balan carries 45 kg boy on shoulder

Times of India - ‎1 hour ago‎
Who says acting is easy? Not when you have to carry a boy weighing 45 kgs on your shoulders. Just ask actress vidya Balan, who had to go through the exercise for her film "Paa" -- and ended up falling.

Zaheer, Sreesanth return

Calcutta Telegraph - Lokendra Pratap Sahi - ‎7 hours ago‎
Calcutta: With the first 11 picking itself and there being strong contenders for three of the remaining four berths (Subramaniam Badrinath, though, surfaced out of nowhere), the national selectors required as little as “10 minutes” to choose the 15 for ...

Sixes for everyone, and strike-rates over 100

CricInfo.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
All that anyone, apart from the Australians perhaps, will remember from the recent Hyderabad one-dayer is Sachin Tendulkar's valiant 175 in defeat.

India vs Australia 7th ODI likely to be called off

SamayLive - Amit Tiwari - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Mumbai: Heavy rain likely to play spoilsport during 7th and final ODI of the Hero Honda Cup 2009 between India (Ind) and Australia (Aus) here at DY Patil stadium.
Final fling faces rain threat Daily News & Analysis

3 more H1N1 deaths in India, toll goes up to 505

NetIndian - ‎14 hours ago‎
Three more persons have died of influenza A (H1N1) in India, taking the toll due to the pandemic in the country so far to 505, an official statement said today.

Challans to stop dengue?

Mid-Day - ‎3 hours ago‎
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has found a new way to combat the dengue threat. It has taken to challaning people who are not taking steps to curb mosquito breeding in their primises.

Panchkula girl dies of swine flu

Expressindia.com - ‎11 hours ago‎
Chandigarh A 17-year-old girl from Sector 7 Panchkula died of swine flu at the PGI on Monday morning, becoming the first resident of the tricity to succumb to the disease.
Swine flu claims girl's life Press Trust of India

China criticises India for ignoring its 'concerns'

Hindu - Ananth Krishnan - ‎8 hours ago‎
BEIJING: The Chinese government on Tuesday accused New Delhi of “disregarding China's grave concerns” by allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh and said it was “strongly dissatisfied” about the Tibetan leader's visit to the State, ...

Aus PM arrives today; attack on Indians to dominate talks

Hindustan Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
With a fresh attack on an Indian in Melbourne, the targeting of Indian students in Australia is set to dominate proceedings when Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd comes to India on a two-day visit on Wednesday with an agenda to broaden the scope of ...

TN rain toll rises to 71, Ooty cut off

Times of India - ‎4 hours ago‎
CHENNAI: As the northeast monsoons continued to lash several parts of Tamil Nadu, the death toll due to rains rose to 71, with the Nilgiris alone accounting for 43 deaths.
Landslips kill 42 Calcutta Telegraph
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