http://news.india-travelers.com Copyright 2006 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://news.india-travelers.com/551/telecom-nz-may-follow-indias-reliance-in-move-to-gsm-network/ http://news.india-travelers.com/551/telecom-nz-may-follow-indias-reliance-in-move-to-gsm-network/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:15:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/551/telecom-nz-may-follow-indias-reliance-in-move-to-gsm-network/ Telecom N.Z. May Follow India's Reliance in Move to GSM Network Telecom Corp., the worst-performing stock on New Zealands benchmark index this year, may have to spend NZ$400 million ($264 million) to switch mobile phone technology because of dwindling global support for its system. The former government monopoly uses ... http://news.india-travelers.com/551/telecom-nz-may-follow-indias-reliance-in-move-to-gsm-network/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/550/european-car-rental-co-to-drive-into-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/550/european-car-rental-co-to-drive-into-india/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:11:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/550/european-car-rental-co-to-drive-into-india/ European car rental co to drive into India Jet-set travellers in the big Indian cities will now finally get to rent cars equipped with mini-refrigerators and laptops. Courtesy Europes car rental company Europcar which is starting the service here in association with Indias Jetfleet a Jet Airways-promoted company. The ... http://news.india-travelers.com/550/european-car-rental-co-to-drive-into-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/549/shock-of-air-india-took-years-to-heal-families/ http://news.india-travelers.com/549/shock-of-air-india-took-years-to-heal-families/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:50:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/549/shock-of-air-india-took-years-to-heal-families/ Shock of Air India took years to heal: families It took 20 years -- and a narrow escape from yet another potential tragedy -- for Jayashree Thampi to come to terms with the Air India bombing. Thampi, who lost her husband Lakshmanan and seven-year-old daughter Preethi in the 1985 terrorist attack, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/549/shock-of-air-india-took-years-to-heal-families/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/548/india-demand-dropping-of-hair/ http://news.india-travelers.com/548/india-demand-dropping-of-hair/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:47:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/548/india-demand-dropping-of-hair/ India demand dropping of Hair India have asked the International Cricket Council to drop Darrell Hair from the list of umpires to officiate at next months Champions Trophy. Hair controversially abandoned a Test match between England and Pakistan earlier this summer after penalising the sub-continent side for ball-tampering. In the furore ... http://news.india-travelers.com/548/india-demand-dropping-of-hair/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/547/panesar-hopes-aussie-mob-to-treat-him-india-style/ http://news.india-travelers.com/547/panesar-hopes-aussie-mob-to-treat-him-india-style/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:46:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/547/panesar-hopes-aussie-mob-to-treat-him-india-style/ Panesar hopes Aussie mob to treat him India-style Britains first Sikh international cricketer was accorded a warm welcome in India, the land of his origin, and spin sensation Monty Panesar is hoping that the otherwise hostile Aussie crowd would extend the same treatment for him when he tours Down Under for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/547/panesar-hopes-aussie-mob-to-treat-him-india-style/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/546/south-african-captain-fit-for-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/546/south-african-captain-fit-for-india/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:43:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/546/south-african-captain-fit-for-india/ South African captain fit for India South African cricket captain Smith could be back on the field within two weeks. Smith, who has been out of action with an ankle injury for a couple of months, may turn out in the SA teams first warm-up match in India before the start ... http://news.india-travelers.com/546/south-african-captain-fit-for-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/545/india-needs-7-sbis-to-compete-globally/ http://news.india-travelers.com/545/india-needs-7-sbis-to-compete-globally/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:53:00 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/545/india-needs-7-sbis-to-compete-globally/ India needs 7 SBIs to compete globally Faced with intensifying competition, the domestic banking sector endorses the need for creating six or seven banks of the size of the State Bank of India (SBI) to compete globally and laments lack of sufficient autonomy to offer attractive incentive packages to its employees ... http://news.india-travelers.com/545/india-needs-7-sbis-to-compete-globally/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/544/india-cancels-truce-with-assam-rebels/ http://news.india-travelers.com/544/india-cancels-truce-with-assam-rebels/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:49:47 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/544/india-cancels-truce-with-assam-rebels/ India cancels truce with Assam rebels Indias federal government on Sunday called off a six-week truce with separatist rebels in Assam and ordered the resumption of military operations in the northeastern state, the states top official said. The decision to end the Aug. 13 cease-fire follows an escalation in violence and extortion ... http://news.india-travelers.com/544/india-cancels-truce-with-assam-rebels/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/543/package-on-air-india-flight-probe-expanded/ http://news.india-travelers.com/543/package-on-air-india-flight-probe-expanded/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:05:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/543/package-on-air-india-flight-probe-expanded/ Package on Air India flight: probe expanded The discovery of a suspicious package of tools on board an Air India flight leaving Toronto earlier this week is now the focus of an international investigation, Canadian police have said. Peel Regional Police detective Malcolm Bow said officers were pulled off other ... http://news.india-travelers.com/543/package-on-air-india-flight-probe-expanded/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/542/dell-to-ship-chip-based-products-to-india-soon/ http://news.india-travelers.com/542/dell-to-ship-chip-based-products-to-india-soon/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:04:09 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/542/dell-to-ship-chip-based-products-to-india-soon/ Dell to ship chip-based products to India soon Dell Inc., the $57 billion leading IT products major, would begin shipping its servers and desktops with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors to India from the fourth quarter of this year, a top company official said here Friday. Though Intel processors are important ... http://news.india-travelers.com/542/dell-to-ship-chip-based-products-to-india-soon/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/541/ibm-to-establish-new-software-development-center-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/541/ibm-to-establish-new-software-development-center-in-india/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:00:53 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/541/ibm-to-establish-new-software-development-center-in-india/ IBM to establish new software development center in India IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) announced Thursday it will establish a new software development centre in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, creating 3,000 jobs. The centre is expected to deliver Web-based technologies and business consulting, the company said in a statement. It didnt ... http://news.india-travelers.com/541/ibm-to-establish-new-software-development-center-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/540/arrested-in-india-noa-haviv-didnt-check-her-bag/ http://news.india-travelers.com/540/arrested-in-india-noa-haviv-didnt-check-her-bag/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:56:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/540/arrested-in-india-noa-haviv-didnt-check-her-bag/ Arrested in India – Noa Haviv didnt check her bag The Israeli Consul to Mumbai (Bombay), India, Daniel Sivan, told Ynet, Noa feels well, is aware of what is going on, and is overall fine relative to the situation that has been created. Thursday evening, Sivan met Noa Haviv, 28 from ... http://news.india-travelers.com/540/arrested-in-india-noa-haviv-didnt-check-her-bag/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/539/air-india-package-contained-tools-police/ http://news.india-travelers.com/539/air-india-package-contained-tools-police/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:30:53 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/539/air-india-package-contained-tools-police/ Air India package contained tools: Police A suspicious package that forced an Air Indiahttp://indiatouring.com/ jet to return to Toronto late Monday was not an explosive device but a ``uniquely packaged set of tools, police say. Flight 188 was about one hour into its flight, which was to include a scheduled stop in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/539/air-india-package-contained-tools-police/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/538/agarkar-has-a-lot-to-offer-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/538/agarkar-has-a-lot-to-offer-to-india/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:27:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/538/agarkar-has-a-lot-to-offer-to-india/ Agarkar has a lot to offer to India Brett Lee walks in and asks in a very matter of fact manner: Are you expecting someone? It helps break the ice immediately. He carries no fast-bowler snarl with him. Rather its that smiling face you see, back home in India on advertisement hoardings ... http://news.india-travelers.com/538/agarkar-has-a-lot-to-offer-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/537/sarvodaya-activist-hails-indiapakistan-peace-initiative/ http://news.india-travelers.com/537/sarvodaya-activist-hails-indiapakistan-peace-initiative/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:25:42 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/537/sarvodaya-activist-hails-indiapakistan-peace-initiative/ Sarvodaya activist hails India,Pakistan peace initiative The willingness shown by India and Pakistan at the Havana U.N. Convention to arrive at a joint mechanism to counter terror augurs well for peace in the region, said Nirmala Deshpande, Rajya Sabha MP and member of the Association for Peace of Asia. Speaking ... http://news.india-travelers.com/537/sarvodaya-activist-hails-indiapakistan-peace-initiative/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/536/ge-to-up-sales-in-china-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/536/ge-to-up-sales-in-china-india/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:23:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/536/ge-to-up-sales-in-china-india/ GE to up sales in China, India GENERAL Electric Co. is investing in developing technologies and plans to double its sales in countries such as China and India by the end of the decade. GE has begun investing in developing technologies like medical imaging devices that will cost about a third of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/536/ge-to-up-sales-in-china-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/535/hingis-running-hot-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/535/hingis-running-hot-in-india/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:30:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/535/hingis-running-hot-in-india/ Hingis running hot in India FORMER world No.1 Martina Hingis romped to a 6-1 6-2 victory over Hungarys Melinda Czink in the first round of the Kolkata Open yesterday. The Swiss world No.9, aiming for her second singles title since her return to the game in January, faced a brief fightback early ... http://news.india-travelers.com/535/hingis-running-hot-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/534/wolfowitz-says-india-is-going-towards-smaller-levels/ http://news.india-travelers.com/534/wolfowitz-says-india-is-going-towards-smaller-levels/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:28:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/534/wolfowitz-says-india-is-going-towards-smaller-levels/ Wolfowitz says India is going towards smaller levels India is going towards smaller levels of World Bank lending, and that too mainly for the technical assistance that comes with the loans, World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz told FE on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank annual meeting here on Monday. For ... http://news.india-travelers.com/534/wolfowitz-says-india-is-going-towards-smaller-levels/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/533/at-last-a-win-for-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/533/at-last-a-win-for-india/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:16:58 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/533/at-last-a-win-for-india/ At last, a win for India At last the fragrance of victory. India huffed and puffed on a hazy, cloudy morning here to overcome South Africa and finish a poor 11th in the hockey World Cup. The only consolation out of the verdict is that India retains the chance of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/533/at-last-a-win-for-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/532/india-an-outsider-no-more/ http://news.india-travelers.com/532/india-an-outsider-no-more/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:06:54 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/532/india-an-outsider-no-more/ India: An Outsider No More For decades, India happily assumed the role of chief rock-thrower at the worlds political establishment. Freeing itself from colonial rule at the dawn of the cold war, India sought to find its own way to prosperity, separate from the influence and imperialism of the worlds great ... http://news.india-travelers.com/532/india-an-outsider-no-more/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/531/wimax-indias-answer-to-spectrum-problem-rural-connectivity/ http://news.india-travelers.com/531/wimax-indias-answer-to-spectrum-problem-rural-connectivity/#comments Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:42:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/531/wimax-indias-answer-to-spectrum-problem-rural-connectivity/ WiMAX Indias answer to spectrum problem, rural connectivity India is on the threshold of a new mobile technology revolution with WiMAX being considered as the new age reality by many mobile manufacturers. WiMAX is not only being touted as 30 times faster than third generation mobile technology and 100 times faster ... http://news.india-travelers.com/531/wimax-indias-answer-to-spectrum-problem-rural-connectivity/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/530/dell-signs-deal-to-locate-plant-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/530/dell-signs-deal-to-locate-plant-in-india/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:47:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/530/dell-signs-deal-to-locate-plant-in-india/ Dell Signs Deal to Locate Plant in India Dell Inc., the worlds biggest personal computer maker, signed an agreement Thursday with the government of Tamil Nadu to locate a manufacturing plant in the southern Indian state to help serve new clients in the fast-growing computer market. The company, based in Round Rock, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/530/dell-signs-deal-to-locate-plant-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/529/india-is-an-exporter-of-polio-says-who/ http://news.india-travelers.com/529/india-is-an-exporter-of-polio-says-who/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:41:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/529/india-is-an-exporter-of-polio-says-who/ India is an exporter of polio, says WHO India,which has suffered are surgen ceinpolio this year with 283 new cases,is active lye porting the virus to Nepal, Bangladesh and Africa ,the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. Itiscurrentlytheonlyareaoftheworldthatisactivelyexportingthepoliovirustoothercountries,theWHOsaidonitswebsite. ThepoliovirusoriginatingfromthisarearecentlyhasbeendetectedinNamibia,theDemocraticRepublicoftheCongo,Bangladesh,Nepal,Angolaaswellaspreviouslypolio-freeareas with in India, itsaid. More : mumbaimirror.com http://news.india-travelers.com/529/india-is-an-exporter-of-polio-says-who/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/528/army-battles-to-recruit-officers-in-booming-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/528/army-battles-to-recruit-officers-in-booming-india/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:41:52 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/528/army-battles-to-recruit-officers-in-booming-india/ Army battles to recruit officers in booming India The slick, new recruitment advertisement for the Indian army aired on local television channels promises it all. An idyllic country cottage to live in, the finest schools for the kids, healthcare at swanky hospitals and access to swimming pools and perfectly manicured golf courses. Also ... http://news.india-travelers.com/528/army-battles-to-recruit-officers-in-booming-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/527/brazil-india-and-safrica-to-step-up-trade-ties/ http://news.india-travelers.com/527/brazil-india-and-safrica-to-step-up-trade-ties/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:38:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/527/brazil-india-and-safrica-to-step-up-trade-ties/ Brazil, India and S.Africa to step up trade, ties The leaders of India, Brazil and South Africa agreed on Wednesday to cooperate on energy and transportation and boost trade to $10 billion per year as part of a deepening alliance between three of the worlds leading emerging markets. Brazils President Luiz Inacio ... http://news.india-travelers.com/527/brazil-india-and-safrica-to-step-up-trade-ties/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/526/india-expects-global-majors-to-bid-for-new-blocks/ http://news.india-travelers.com/526/india-expects-global-majors-to-bid-for-new-blocks/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:21:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/526/india-expects-global-majors-to-bid-for-new-blocks/ India expects global majors to bid for new blocks India is expecting an auction of 55 oil and gas blocks to attract up to 250 bids from major global and local companies, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Ahead of Fridays closing date for submissions in Indias largest exploration licensing round, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/526/india-expects-global-majors-to-bid-for-new-blocks/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/525/five-star-takema-scripts-indias-humiliating-defeat/ http://news.india-travelers.com/525/five-star-takema-scripts-indias-humiliating-defeat/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:17:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/525/five-star-takema-scripts-indias-humiliating-defeat/ Five-star Takema scripts Indias humiliating defeat Dutch penalty corner specialist Taeke Takema slammed five goals, including the first hat-trick of the tournament, as a bunch of hapless Indians was inflicted a humiliating 1-6 defeat by World No 2 the Netherlands to finish their league engagements without a win at the mens ... http://news.india-travelers.com/525/five-star-takema-scripts-indias-humiliating-defeat/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/524/india-germany-ink-mou-to-promote-clean-fuel/ http://news.india-travelers.com/524/india-germany-ink-mou-to-promote-clean-fuel/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:29:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/524/india-germany-ink-mou-to-promote-clean-fuel/ India, Germany ink MoU to promote clean fuel The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and the German automobile manufacturers association, VDA, have signed an MoU for collaboration towards sustainable development of road transport in the two countries. While inaugurating an Indo-German Symposium on Strategies for Alternative Drives and Fuels, Mr ... http://news.india-travelers.com/524/india-germany-ink-mou-to-promote-clean-fuel/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/523/another-last-minute-goal-leaves-india-in-a-daze/ http://news.india-travelers.com/523/another-last-minute-goal-leaves-india-in-a-daze/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:26:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/523/another-last-minute-goal-leaves-india-in-a-daze/ Another last-minute goal leaves India in a daze Indias agonising sequence of conceding late goals continued to haunt the team as they suffered a stunning 1-2 defeat against Korea in a pool B encounter of the mens hockey World Cup here on Monday. The Indians, seeking to record their first win ... http://news.india-travelers.com/523/another-last-minute-goal-leaves-india-in-a-daze/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/522/philips-eyeing-acquisitions-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/522/philips-eyeing-acquisitions-in-india/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:58:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/522/philips-eyeing-acquisitions-in-india/ Philips eyeing acquisitions in India Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics on Thursday, said it was eyeing acquisitions in emerging markets, including India, in healthcare and lifestyle segments. Philips would drive organic growth further and continue acquisitions, Rudy Provoost, global CEO of Philips Consumer Electronics and a member of the Board of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/522/philips-eyeing-acquisitions-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/521/india-germany-to-hold-strategic-dialogue/ http://news.india-travelers.com/521/india-germany-to-hold-strategic-dialogue/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:55:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/521/india-germany-to-hold-strategic-dialogue/ India, Germany to hold strategic dialogue India and Germany have agreed to set up a strategic dialogue at the level of Defence Secretary/State Secretary of Defence and three sub-groups on strategic, defence and military-to-military cooperation. The agreement was part of a large defence framework cooperation accord signed by visiting Defence Minister ... http://news.india-travelers.com/521/india-germany-to-hold-strategic-dialogue/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/520/germany-score-last-minute-goal-to-get-past-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/520/germany-score-last-minute-goal-to-get-past-india/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:33:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/520/germany-score-last-minute-goal-to-get-past-india/ Germany score last-minute goal to get past India Defending champions Germany opened the mens World Cup Championship with a last minute 3-2 win over India here yesterday. Christopher Zeller dived onto Matthias Witthaus cross to the right post, 17 seconds before the final hooter, to break the 2-2 deadlock and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/520/germany-score-last-minute-goal-to-get-past-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/519/unitech-to-unveil-uk-plans/ http://news.india-travelers.com/519/unitech-to-unveil-uk-plans/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:29:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/519/unitech-to-unveil-uk-plans/ Unitech to unveil UK plans Unitech management seems convinced of foreign investors faith in Indias real estate story more than it has in domestic investors on Dalal Street. To beat the experience of DLF, Unitech now wants to go to London and list a new subsidiary in the United Kingdom. For a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/519/unitech-to-unveil-uk-plans/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/518/it-is-a-lost-cause-for-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/518/it-is-a-lost-cause-for-india/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:26:00 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/518/it-is-a-lost-cause-for-india/ It is a lost cause for India Third in the first edition (1971), second in the next (1973) and the winners in the third edition (1975). Subsequently, the best position achieved in the seven following editions is a fifth-place finish in 1994. How far will the Indian hockey team go this ... http://news.india-travelers.com/518/it-is-a-lost-cause-for-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/517/japanese-computer-giant-to-build-plant-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/517/japanese-computer-giant-to-build-plant-in-india/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:22:42 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/517/japanese-computer-giant-to-build-plant-in-india/ Japanese computer giant to build plant in India Leading Japanese computer maker Fujitsu Ltd. plans to set up a new manufacturing unit in India by 2007, Indo-Asian News Service reported Tuesday. Fujistu also plans to invest in the wireless business with greater focus on Wi-max (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), said ... http://news.india-travelers.com/517/japanese-computer-giant-to-build-plant-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/516/spice-to-go-all-india-with-25-b-kitty/ http://news.india-travelers.com/516/spice-to-go-all-india-with-25-b-kitty/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:51:20 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/516/spice-to-go-all-india-with-25-b-kitty/ Spice to go all India with $2.5-b kitty Delhi-based BK Modi groups MCorp Global has decided to invest up to $2.5 billion (Rs 11,700 crore) over two to three years in its flagship firm Spice Communications for expanding cellular business across the country. Spice would spend around $2 billion in entering ... http://news.india-travelers.com/516/spice-to-go-all-india-with-25-b-kitty/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/515/indias-economy-to-grow-by-8-study/ http://news.india-travelers.com/515/indias-economy-to-grow-by-8-study/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:46:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/515/indias-economy-to-grow-by-8-study/ Indias economy to grow by 8%: study Indias economic growth rate is expected to stand at 8 percent in the 2006-07 fiscal year, down from 8.4 percent in last fiscal, an industrial report said Monday. The estimation was made based on high international oil price and fear of high inflation, said ... http://news.india-travelers.com/515/indias-economy-to-grow-by-8-study/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/514/iraq-pilgrims-tragedy-survivors-to-be-brought-to-india-soon/ http://news.india-travelers.com/514/iraq-pilgrims-tragedy-survivors-to-be-brought-to-india-soon/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:10:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/514/iraq-pilgrims-tragedy-survivors-to-be-brought-to-india-soon/ Iraq pilgrims tragedy: survivors to be brought to India soon After Iraqs escalating anarchy claimed the lives of three Indian pilgrims and eight Pakistanis who were on their way from Syria to the Shia holy city of Karabala, the Indian survivors, all women, were preparing to return home soon. The remaining ... http://news.india-travelers.com/514/iraq-pilgrims-tragedy-survivors-to-be-brought-to-india-soon/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/513/coca-cola-revamps-top-level-india-team/ http://news.india-travelers.com/513/coca-cola-revamps-top-level-india-team/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:06:43 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/513/coca-cola-revamps-top-level-india-team/ Coca-Cola revamps top-level India team In a major organisational revamp, Atul Singh, India division head of Coca-Cola, has appointed three new vice-presidents who will be responsible for region-wise sales. He has also created a new position, that of vice-president (corporate strategy), and appointed a new man to spearhead marketing. Milind Sathe ... http://news.india-travelers.com/513/coca-cola-revamps-top-level-india-team/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/512/aol-to-launch-web-tools-boutique-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/512/aol-to-launch-web-tools-boutique-in-india/#comments Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:09:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/512/aol-to-launch-web-tools-boutique-in-india/ AOL to launch web tools boutique in India One of the worlds most aggressive Internet players, the $2 billion America Online (AOL Inc), owned by US media major Time Warner, will soon launch its popular web-tools like instant messenger, Netscape, Mapquest, video-on-demand, movies-on-demand, AOL-radio and other digital lifestyle products customised ... http://news.india-travelers.com/512/aol-to-launch-web-tools-boutique-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/511/eads-indias-hal-agree-to-expand-partnership/ http://news.india-travelers.com/511/eads-indias-hal-agree-to-expand-partnership/#comments Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:05:43 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/511/eads-indias-hal-agree-to-expand-partnership/ EADS, Indias HAL agree to expand partnership The European Aeronautics Defence and Space Co (EADS) said it has signed an agreement with Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to expand their collaboration into new markets. HAL and EADS are already long term partners, working together to manufacture helicopters and passenger jets, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/511/eads-indias-hal-agree-to-expand-partnership/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/510/air-india-to-fly-non-stop-to-new-york-from-april/ http://news.india-travelers.com/510/air-india-to-fly-non-stop-to-new-york-from-april/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:39:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/510/air-india-to-fly-non-stop-to-new-york-from-april/ Air-India to fly non-stop to New York from April Air-India would start flying daily non-stop from New York to Mumbai from April, the airline has announced. The non-stop between the two countries by Indias national carries is expected to give tough competition to the two US airlines — Continental Airways and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/510/air-india-to-fly-non-stop-to-new-york-from-april/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/509/indias-first-web-film-to-hit-screens/ http://news.india-travelers.com/509/indias-first-web-film-to-hit-screens/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:36:09 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/509/indias-first-web-film-to-hit-screens/ Indias first web film to hit screens In what is perhaps the first-of-its-kind experiment for Indian cinema, director Tanuja Chandras forthcoming venture Hope, and a Little Sugar, has been produced almost entirely on the internet, from location hunting to costumes and script changes. The film has been ... http://news.india-travelers.com/509/indias-first-web-film-to-hit-screens/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/508/indias-healthy-appeal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/508/indias-healthy-appeal/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:45:39 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/508/indias-healthy-appeal/ Indias healthy appeal The Indian government on Wednesday began an aggressive marketing campaign to promote itself as a medical tourism destination, hopeful that the expanding industry could be worth $2 billion by 2012. Eager to attract some of the 50 million patients from the United States who are not ... http://news.india-travelers.com/508/indias-healthy-appeal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/507/visitors-from-india-to-london-can-buy-oyster-travel-card/ http://news.india-travelers.com/507/visitors-from-india-to-london-can-buy-oyster-travel-card/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:40:54 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/507/visitors-from-india-to-london-can-buy-oyster-travel-card/ Visitors from India to London can buy Oyster travel card India is one of the six countries chosen by the London Mayor to launch a new travel scheme, under which international visitors to the British capital can buy and receive Oyster travel cards online before they arrive here. The new ... http://news.india-travelers.com/507/visitors-from-india-to-london-can-buy-oyster-travel-card/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/506/india-and-eu-considering-ceca-says-kamal-nath/ http://news.india-travelers.com/506/india-and-eu-considering-ceca-says-kamal-nath/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:49:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/506/india-and-eu-considering-ceca-says-kamal-nath/ India and EU considering CECA, says Kamal Nath Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will discuss the prospects of a free trade pact with the European Union at the forthcoming India-EU summit in October. This was stated here on Tuesday by Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath after a meeting with the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/506/india-and-eu-considering-ceca-says-kamal-nath/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/505/capgemini-out-shopping-in-india-with-500m-kittty/ http://news.india-travelers.com/505/capgemini-out-shopping-in-india-with-500m-kittty/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:45:44 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/505/capgemini-out-shopping-in-india-with-500m-kittty/ Capgemini out shopping in India with $500m kittty French IT consulting giant Capgemini on Tuesday said it was scouting for a $500-million acquisition in India. The firm has already shortlisted around ten Indian companies as its acquisition targets. We are negotiating for an acquisition in India which can run up to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/505/capgemini-out-shopping-in-india-with-500m-kittty/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/504/safta-pak-ldcs-may-bolster-indias-stand/ http://news.india-travelers.com/504/safta-pak-ldcs-may-bolster-indias-stand/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:22:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/504/safta-pak-ldcs-may-bolster-indias-stand/ Safta &Pak: LDCs may bolster Indias stand India is likely to get the support of least developed country (LDC) members of the Safta in its fight against Pakistans refusal to implement the agreement in its letter and spirit. The implementation of the agreement is yet to take off due to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/504/safta-pak-ldcs-may-bolster-indias-stand/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/503/pm-plainspeak-peace-talks-wont-help-india-pakistan/ http://news.india-travelers.com/503/pm-plainspeak-peace-talks-wont-help-india-pakistan/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:17:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/503/pm-plainspeak-peace-talks-wont-help-india-pakistan/ PM plainspeak: Peace talks wont help India, Pakistan Soon after dedicating Indias largest thermal power station to the nation in Orissa, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was at his straight-talking best and stated that he would be meeting Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf early next month, on the sidelines of a the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/503/pm-plainspeak-peace-talks-wont-help-india-pakistan/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/502/collapse-kills-47-at-india-fair/ http://news.india-travelers.com/502/collapse-kills-47-at-india-fair/#comments Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:45:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/502/collapse-kills-47-at-india-fair/ Collapse kills 47 at India fair At least 47 people have been killed and dozens injured in western India after a large water tank they were sitting on collapsed, officials said. The dead were among 200 spectators who climbed onto the concrete tank to watch a wrestling match. The accident ... http://news.india-travelers.com/502/collapse-kills-47-at-india-fair/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/501/us-opposes-indias-initiative-on-labelling-of-gm-foods/ http://news.india-travelers.com/501/us-opposes-indias-initiative-on-labelling-of-gm-foods/#comments Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:41:10 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/501/us-opposes-indias-initiative-on-labelling-of-gm-foods/ US opposes Indias initiative on labelling of GM foods The US has raised concerns over Indias plans to formulate labelling norms for genetically modified (GM) foods at the WTO committee on technical barriers to trade. US has urged India to rather resolve the issue through a dialogue between the regulatory ... http://news.india-travelers.com/501/us-opposes-indias-initiative-on-labelling-of-gm-foods/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/500/south-africans-tampered-ball-against-india-in-1997/ http://news.india-travelers.com/500/south-africans-tampered-ball-against-india-in-1997/#comments Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:32:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/500/south-africans-tampered-ball-against-india-in-1997/ South Africans tampered ball against India in 1997 In a sensational revelation, a former Australian match refree has claimed that the South African team under Bob Woolmer tampered with the ball in a match against India in 1997. Siding with Darrell Hair in the recent ball-tampering controversy against Pakistan, former Aussie ... http://news.india-travelers.com/500/south-africans-tampered-ball-against-india-in-1997/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/499/dutch-envoy-summoned-india-conveys-unhappiness/ http://news.india-travelers.com/499/dutch-envoy-summoned-india-conveys-unhappiness/#comments Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:28:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/499/dutch-envoy-summoned-india-conveys-unhappiness/ Dutch envoy summoned, India conveys unhappiness Taking strong notice of the arrest and detention of 12 Indians from a flight in Amsterdam, the Government on Friday summoned the Dutch Ambassador here and conveyed its unhappiness over the incident. Hours after the Mumbai residents were released by the authorities in Amsterdam, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/499/dutch-envoy-summoned-india-conveys-unhappiness/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/498/dutch-to-free-passengers-arrested-on-flight-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/498/dutch-to-free-passengers-arrested-on-flight-to-india/#comments Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:16:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/498/dutch-to-free-passengers-arrested-on-flight-to-india/ Dutch to free passengers arrested on flight to India Dutch authorities will release all 12 passengers arrested on a U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for India on Wednesday after concluding they were not planning an attack, prosecutors said on Thursday. From the statements of suspects and witnesses, no evidence could be ... http://news.india-travelers.com/498/dutch-to-free-passengers-arrested-on-flight-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/497/sri-lanka-downs-india-to-make-football-final/ http://news.india-travelers.com/497/sri-lanka-downs-india-to-make-football-final/#comments Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:12:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/497/sri-lanka-downs-india-to-make-football-final/ Sri Lanka downs India to make football final Host Sri Lanka moved into the final of the football event, edging out India 6-5 via two sets of sudden death and tie-breaker after the two teams were locked 1-1 at the end of the extra time in the South Asian Games ... http://news.india-travelers.com/497/sri-lanka-downs-india-to-make-football-final/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/496/india-feels-its-fta-offer-to-asean-is-best-it-can-give/ http://news.india-travelers.com/496/india-feels-its-fta-offer-to-asean-is-best-it-can-give/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:39:00 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/496/india-feels-its-fta-offer-to-asean-is-best-it-can-give/ India feels its FTA offer to Asean is best it can give Indias new offer to Asean to make the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) a reality was not only better than the China-Asean FTA, but also more favourable than the ideal model FTA, government sources said. India had, during ... http://news.india-travelers.com/496/india-feels-its-fta-offer-to-asean-is-best-it-can-give/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/495/sitel-india-sets-up-chennai-facility/ http://news.india-travelers.com/495/sitel-india-sets-up-chennai-facility/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:35:06 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/495/sitel-india-sets-up-chennai-facility/ Sitel India sets up Chennai facility Sitel India, a third party contact centre services provider, has announced the launch of its global delivery centre in Chennai, which will be its third location in India. The company is hoping to hire about 1,000 people over the next one year for its ... http://news.india-travelers.com/495/sitel-india-sets-up-chennai-facility/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/494/india-challenges-soda-pesticide-findings/ http://news.india-travelers.com/494/india-challenges-soda-pesticide-findings/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:36:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/494/india-challenges-soda-pesticide-findings/ India Challenges Soda Pesticide Findings Indias Health Ministry on Tuesday challenged data from a private research body that found high levels of pesticide contamination in soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola India and PepsiCo India. A committee appointed by the ministry said the residue data reported by the Center for Science and Environment ... http://news.india-travelers.com/494/india-challenges-soda-pesticide-findings/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/493/data-exclusivity-wont-help-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/493/data-exclusivity-wont-help-india/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:35:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/493/data-exclusivity-wont-help-india/ Data exclusivity wont help India The detractors of data protection have maintained that the demand for data protection is a TRIPS Plus. They have solely relied on the text of 39.3 of the TRIPS Agreement. They do so because it suits them and helps them to continue the reverse engineering ... http://news.india-travelers.com/493/data-exclusivity-wont-help-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/492/india-sri-lanka-one-dayers-cancelled/ http://news.india-travelers.com/492/india-sri-lanka-one-dayers-cancelled/#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:55:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/492/india-sri-lanka-one-dayers-cancelled/ India-Sri Lanka one-dayers cancelled The three-match series between Sri Lanka and India, which has seen all of 22 balls of action, has been cancelled and will be played at a later date. After consultions with the Indian board, and bearing in mind the weather conditions, it has been decided to cancel ... http://news.india-travelers.com/492/india-sri-lanka-one-dayers-cancelled/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/491/mouma-the-star-in-indias-triumph/ http://news.india-travelers.com/491/mouma-the-star-in-indias-triumph/#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:49:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/491/mouma-the-star-in-indias-triumph/ Mouma, the star in Indias triumph Indias relentless march continued in the table tennis event of the South Asian Games as the women took the team gold, beating host Sri Lanka 3-2, at the St. Thomas College Hall on Sunday. Nepal and Pakistan won the bronze. India made a near ... http://news.india-travelers.com/491/mouma-the-star-in-indias-triumph/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/490/india-will-reject-extra-burden-on-indo-us-nuke-deal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/490/india-will-reject-extra-burden-on-indo-us-nuke-deal/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:58:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/490/india-will-reject-extra-burden-on-indo-us-nuke-deal/ India will reject extra burden on Indo-US nuke deal On Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will strongly defend the nuclear deal with the US, but will make it clear that India will prefer to pull out of the pact rather than accept any new conditionalities that some US lawmakers want to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/490/india-will-reject-extra-burden-on-indo-us-nuke-deal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/489/as-india-debates-n-deal-china-pak-move-to-close-rival-pact/ http://news.india-travelers.com/489/as-india-debates-n-deal-china-pak-move-to-close-rival-pact/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:57:40 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/489/as-india-debates-n-deal-china-pak-move-to-close-rival-pact/ As India debates N-deal, China & Pak move to close rival pact As Indias nuclear debate enters the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, Beijing and Islamabad are moving towards deeper bilateral atomic energy cooperation. Recent reports from Islamabad say a deal on buying six 300 MW nuclear reactors from China might be finalised when ... http://news.india-travelers.com/489/as-india-debates-n-deal-china-pak-move-to-close-rival-pact/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/488/india-make-another-strong-saf-statement-afi-leads-the-way/ http://news.india-travelers.com/488/india-make-another-strong-saf-statement-afi-leads-the-way/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:12:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/488/india-make-another-strong-saf-statement-afi-leads-the-way/ India make another strong SAF statement, AFI leads the way A 65-member athletics team will form part of the 320-member Indian contingent for the South Asian Games (SAF) commencing from August 18 at Colombo. The 10-day event will see India participating in 17 disciplines, including wushu and taekwondo. Though some big ... http://news.india-travelers.com/488/india-make-another-strong-saf-statement-afi-leads-the-way/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/487/the-significance-of-indias-independence/ http://news.india-travelers.com/487/the-significance-of-indias-independence/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:09:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/487/the-significance-of-indias-independence/ The significance of Indias independence In his tryst with destiny speech at midnight on August 14/15, 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru used the phrase not wholly or in full measure to describe Indias attainment of freedom. Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, said the first prime minister of India, and now ... http://news.india-travelers.com/487/the-significance-of-indias-independence/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/486/six-killed-in-kashmir-ahead-of-indias-independence-day/ http://news.india-travelers.com/486/six-killed-in-kashmir-ahead-of-indias-independence-day/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:55:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/486/six-killed-in-kashmir-ahead-of-indias-independence-day/ Six killed in Kashmir ahead of Indias Independence Day Six people, including three suspected Pakistani rebels, were killed in fresh violence in Kashmir ahead of Indias Independence Day later this week, the army and police said Sunday. The three Pakistani militants were killed during a gunbattle that erupted when ... http://news.india-travelers.com/486/six-killed-in-kashmir-ahead-of-indias-independence-day/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/485/nepal-india-talks-on-petroleum-products-concluded-without-progress/ http://news.india-travelers.com/485/nepal-india-talks-on-petroleum-products-concluded-without-progress/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:50:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/485/nepal-india-talks-on-petroleum-products-concluded-without-progress/ Nepal-India talks on petroleum products concluded without progress Talks between officials of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) have concluded in Kathmandu, without making any substantial progress, a local website reported on Sunday. According to thehimalayantimes.com report, the five-member IOC team, led by its commercial ... http://news.india-travelers.com/485/nepal-india-talks-on-petroleum-products-concluded-without-progress/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/484/india-scrape-through-in-warm-up-game/ http://news.india-travelers.com/484/india-scrape-through-in-warm-up-game/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:45:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/484/india-scrape-through-in-warm-up-game/ India scrape through in warm-up game Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh came good with the bat but India had to rely on the lower order to pull off a win in their first warm-up match against Sri Lanka A at the Colts Ground here on Saturday. Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar ... http://news.india-travelers.com/484/india-scrape-through-in-warm-up-game/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/483/union-bank-of-india-buy/ http://news.india-travelers.com/483/union-bank-of-india-buy/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:41:04 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/483/union-bank-of-india-buy/ Union Bank of India: Buy Union Bank of India is among the few public sector outfits to record consistent business growth over the last few years. The last two quarters, however, proved disappointing. We expect the picture to change over the next year or so. Strong business outlook, sharper focus on ... http://news.india-travelers.com/483/union-bank-of-india-buy/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/482/us-issues-warning-to-its-citizens-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/482/us-issues-warning-to-its-citizens-in-india/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:21:04 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/482/us-issues-warning-to-its-citizens-in-india/ U.S. issues warning to its citizens in India The U.S. Embassy here warned its nationals Friday that foreign terrorists, possibly linked to Al Qaeda, were planning a series of bomb attacks in Indias major cities in the days leading up to the nations Independence Day next week. In a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/482/us-issues-warning-to-its-citizens-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/481/india-ready-for-tough-assignment/ http://news.india-travelers.com/481/india-ready-for-tough-assignment/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:18:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/481/india-ready-for-tough-assignment/ India ready for tough assignment India captain Rahul Dravid predicts a tough triangular series against South Africa and hosts Sri Lanka, saying both rivals are a force to reckon with. Dravid said: Sri Lanka are playing very good cricket at the moment and are always difficult opponents at home. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/481/india-ready-for-tough-assignment/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/480/3-uk-trade-teams-to-visit-eastern-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/480/3-uk-trade-teams-to-visit-eastern-india/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:34:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/480/3-uk-trade-teams-to-visit-eastern-india/ 3 UK trade teams to visit eastern India West Bengal and Kolkata were in the radar of UK companies. Three trade delegations will be coming to Kolkata within the next six months, Simon Wilson, British Deputy High Commissioner (Eastern India) said here. An urban generation mission will be coming ... http://news.india-travelers.com/480/3-uk-trade-teams-to-visit-eastern-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/479/india-raises-toast-to-new-business-idea/ http://news.india-travelers.com/479/india-raises-toast-to-new-business-idea/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:31:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/479/india-raises-toast-to-new-business-idea/ India raises toast to new business idea Import of fine wine to India could well become a big business idea for global entrepreneurs as the tastes of the countrys fast-growing middle class are growing beyond swanky cars and jazzy mobiles and now include a bottle of Chardonnay. Import of fine ... http://news.india-travelers.com/479/india-raises-toast-to-new-business-idea/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/478/indias-industrial-production-probably-rose-94-percent-in-june/ http://news.india-travelers.com/478/indias-industrial-production-probably-rose-94-percent-in-june/#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:17:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/478/indias-industrial-production-probably-rose-94-percent-in-june/ Indias Industrial Production Probably Rose 9.4 Percent in June Indias industrial production growth probably held near a one-year high in June as cement makers doubled output to supply a construction boom and companies such as Tata Motors Ltd. made more vehicles. Production at factories, utilities and mines rose 9.4 percent ... http://news.india-travelers.com/478/indias-industrial-production-probably-rose-94-percent-in-june/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/477/india-china-to-escape-economic-downturn-german-economist/ http://news.india-travelers.com/477/india-china-to-escape-economic-downturn-german-economist/#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:10:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/477/india-china-to-escape-economic-downturn-german-economist/ India, China to escape economic downturn: German economist India and China will escape the downturn that other countries in the world are expected to face, with Asian countries expected to grow by at least seven per cent and nine per cent respectively during the current fiscal, Deutsche Bank Chief Economist ... http://news.india-travelers.com/477/india-china-to-escape-economic-downturn-german-economist/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/476/canadian-oil-sands-seeks-bare-majority-of-canada-southern-petroleum/ http://news.india-travelers.com/476/canadian-oil-sands-seeks-bare-majority-of-canada-southern-petroleum/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:34:38 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/476/canadian-oil-sands-seeks-bare-majority-of-canada-southern-petroleum/ Canadian Oil Sands Seeks Bare Majority of Canada Southern Petroleum The Canadian Oil Sands Trust [TSX:COS.UN] has changed conditions of its bid to make it easier to acquire Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd. [TSX:CSW] after getting about 45% of the shares tendered to its earlier offer for the junior natural gas ... http://news.india-travelers.com/476/canadian-oil-sands-seeks-bare-majority-of-canada-southern-petroleum/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/475/48-foreign-magazinesjournals-allowed-to-be-published-from-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/475/48-foreign-magazinesjournals-allowed-to-be-published-from-india/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:32:26 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/475/48-foreign-magazinesjournals-allowed-to-be-published-from-india/ 48 foreign magazines/journals allowed to be published from India Under the existing guidelines, no foreign newspaper has been allowed to be published from India. However, 48 foreign magazines/journals have so far been permitted to bring out their Indian editions, the Government said on Monday. This information was was given by ... http://news.india-travelers.com/475/48-foreign-magazinesjournals-allowed-to-be-published-from-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/474/india-offered-to-restore-jk-to-pre-1953-status/ http://news.india-travelers.com/474/india-offered-to-restore-jk-to-pre-1953-status/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:26:58 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/474/india-offered-to-restore-jk-to-pre-1953-status/ India offered to restore J&K to pre-1953 status Prior to the Mumbai blasts, India told Pakistan that it was prepared to restore Jammu and Kashmir to its pre-1953 status, The Nation newspaper said on Monday. A non-paper that India gave to Pakistan days before the blasts on trains in Mumbai said ... http://news.india-travelers.com/474/india-offered-to-restore-jk-to-pre-1953-status/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/473/rumeli-takes-india-home-in-twenty20-game/ http://news.india-travelers.com/473/rumeli-takes-india-home-in-twenty20-game/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:48:56 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/473/rumeli-takes-india-home-in-twenty20-game/ Rumeli takes India home in Twenty20 game Rumeli Dhar struck an unbeaten 66 (69b, 6x4) to guide India to a comfortable eight-wicket win against England in the Natwest womens international Twenty20 at Derby on Saturday. After restricting England to 107 for eight in 20 overs, India reached the target with ... http://news.india-travelers.com/473/rumeli-takes-india-home-in-twenty20-game/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/472/public-information-campaign-launched-across-northeast-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/472/public-information-campaign-launched-across-northeast-india/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:47:02 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/472/public-information-campaign-launched-across-northeast-india/ Public information campaign launched across northeast India To empower the poor and illiterate staying in remote corners of northeast India, the central government initiated Public Information Campaign (PIC) concluded here Sunday. Press Information Bureau (PIB) has been entrusted to carry out the task under eight important flagship programme of the centre ... http://news.india-travelers.com/472/public-information-campaign-launched-across-northeast-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/471/india-to-defy-global-trend-to-show-strong-growth/ http://news.india-travelers.com/471/india-to-defy-global-trend-to-show-strong-growth/#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2006 04:57:01 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/471/india-to-defy-global-trend-to-show-strong-growth/ India to defy global trend to show strong growth India, China and Russia are expected to show strong economic growth, bucking the trend of slow growth in seven major nations of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) such as the US, Japan and Britain, a new study has forecast. The ... http://news.india-travelers.com/471/india-to-defy-global-trend-to-show-strong-growth/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/470/pakistan-and-india-expel-diplomats/ http://news.india-travelers.com/470/pakistan-and-india-expel-diplomats/#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2006 04:52:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/470/pakistan-and-india-expel-diplomats/ Pakistan and India expel diplomats Pakistan and India each ordered the expulsion of one of the others diplomats, signaling deepening mistrust in the aftermath of the bombings which killed more than 180 in Mumbai last month. The tit-for-tat expulsions came less than a week after the two countries pledged to push ... http://news.india-travelers.com/470/pakistan-and-india-expel-diplomats/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/469/hey-big-spender-china-india-lead-the-way/ http://news.india-travelers.com/469/hey-big-spender-china-india-lead-the-way/#comments Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:35:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/469/hey-big-spender-china-india-lead-the-way/ Hey big spender! China, India lead the way A snapshot of consumer sentiment shows that Asians fall into two camps —one suffering the impact of high interest rates and oil prices and another bolstered by rising incomes and robust jobs markets. South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia are in the first ... http://news.india-travelers.com/469/hey-big-spender-china-india-lead-the-way/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/468/india-wants-to-compete-better-with-china/ http://news.india-travelers.com/468/india-wants-to-compete-better-with-china/#comments Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:30:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/468/india-wants-to-compete-better-with-china/ India wants to compete better with China India is keen to grab opportunities from China in the booming offshore engineering services space, Chairman of NASSCOM R Ramalinga Raju said on Friday. Addressing an engineering services summit, organised by NASSCOM, he said India is putting greater focus on the engineering services ... http://news.india-travelers.com/468/india-wants-to-compete-better-with-china/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/467/fosters-to-sell-vietnam-india-brewing-businesses/ http://news.india-travelers.com/467/fosters-to-sell-vietnam-india-brewing-businesses/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:21:38 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/467/fosters-to-sell-vietnam-india-brewing-businesses/ Fosters to sell Vietnam, India brewing businesses Australias largest alcoholic drinks company Fosters Group Ltd. (FGL.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) said it would sell its brewing businesses in India and Vietnam in deals worth US$225 million, marking its exit from brewing in Asia. The sale follows its exit this year from its ... http://news.india-travelers.com/467/fosters-to-sell-vietnam-india-brewing-businesses/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/466/new-era-of-travel-takes-off-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/466/new-era-of-travel-takes-off-in-india/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:17:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/466/new-era-of-travel-takes-off-in-india/ New era of travel takes off in India IndiGo wants to become the subcontinents Ryanair but it has been forced to start small INDIA newest airline, which has boasted of plans to become the subcontinents answer to Ryanair, launches today — with a fleet of one aircraft. IndiGos single Airbus A320 will ... http://news.india-travelers.com/466/new-era-of-travel-takes-off-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/465/india-will-soon-be-a-huge-it-brand/ http://news.india-travelers.com/465/india-will-soon-be-a-huge-it-brand/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:17:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/465/india-will-soon-be-a-huge-it-brand/ India will soon be a huge IT brand In this decade India has been able to attract the biggest brands in the IT industry. So there is little doubt that by the turn of this decade India will emerge as a very big brand on the global scene. The IT road ... http://news.india-travelers.com/465/india-will-soon-be-a-huge-it-brand/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/464/india-pak-to-oppose-irans-pricing-formula/ http://news.india-travelers.com/464/india-pak-to-oppose-irans-pricing-formula/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:11:24 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/464/india-pak-to-oppose-irans-pricing-formula/ India, Pak to oppose Irans pricing formula India and Pakistan will jointly oppose the pricing of natural gas proposed by Iran for gas imports to the two countries through the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. The third meeting of the tri-partite working group on the IPI gas pipeline project is ... http://news.india-travelers.com/464/india-pak-to-oppose-irans-pricing-formula/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/463/india-high-on-agenda-fdi-policy-under-scanner-wal-mart/ http://news.india-travelers.com/463/india-high-on-agenda-fdi-policy-under-scanner-wal-mart/#comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:20:26 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/463/india-high-on-agenda-fdi-policy-under-scanner-wal-mart/ India high on agenda, FDI policy under scanner: Wal-Mart The skyline of Indian retail market, which is already teeming with towering malls and huge shopping complexes, is set for a grand makeover by global retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, which is closely monitoring the governments FDI policy for rolling out its ... http://news.india-travelers.com/463/india-high-on-agenda-fdi-policy-under-scanner-wal-mart/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/462/india-to-see-situation-before-judging-pak-assurances-saran/ http://news.india-travelers.com/462/india-to-see-situation-before-judging-pak-assurances-saran/#comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:16:17 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/462/india-to-see-situation-before-judging-pak-assurances-saran/ India to see situation before judging Pak. assurances: Saran Apparently unsatisfied by verbal assurances by Pakistan that it was controlling cross-border terrorism, India tonight said it would make judgement on the basis of ground situation and draw its own conclusion if Islamabads action did not match words. If Pakistan has ... http://news.india-travelers.com/462/india-to-see-situation-before-judging-pak-assurances-saran/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/461/india-to-boost-ties-with-cote-divoire-west-africa/ http://news.india-travelers.com/461/india-to-boost-ties-with-cote-divoire-west-africa/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:04:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/461/india-to-boost-ties-with-cote-divoire-west-africa/ India to boost ties with Cote dIvoire, West Africa A 110-member delegation from Cote dIvoire -- one of the most prosperous mineral-rich African countries -- comes to India Tuesday to accelerate energy and economic ties, underscoring the growing importance of the West African region for Indian diplomacy. The delegation will be ... http://news.india-travelers.com/461/india-to-boost-ties-with-cote-divoire-west-africa/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/460/india-pakistan-to-share-evidence-on-711-blasts/ http://news.india-travelers.com/460/india-pakistan-to-share-evidence-on-711-blasts/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:55:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/460/india-pakistan-to-share-evidence-on-711-blasts/ India, Pakistan to share evidence on 7/11 blasts India and Pakistan have agreed to share information on the July 11 Mumbai blasts, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said late on Monday after a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan. Asked if India had proposed a fresh set of dates ... http://news.india-travelers.com/460/india-pakistan-to-share-evidence-on-711-blasts/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/459/india-for-softer-loans-from-adb/ http://news.india-travelers.com/459/india-for-softer-loans-from-adb/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:21:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/459/india-for-softer-loans-from-adb/ India for softer loans from ADB India is putting multilateral funding agencies on notice. The government has approached the Asian Development Bank seeking changes to the loan sanctioning and disbursal mechanism and a similar plea may be sent to the World Bank too. For starters, India wants ADB to change the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/459/india-for-softer-loans-from-adb/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/458/at-25-infosys-becomes-india-at-mysore/ http://news.india-travelers.com/458/at-25-infosys-becomes-india-at-mysore/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:19:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/458/at-25-infosys-becomes-india-at-mysore/ At 25, Infosys becomes India at Mysore The trajectories of Indias most admired company, Infosys Technologies, celebrating its silver jubilee, and the worlds fastest growing democracy, a decade-and-half into sweeping economic change, intersected wonderfully at dusk on Sunday in small town Mysore with both the companys chairman and the countrys ... http://news.india-travelers.com/458/at-25-infosys-becomes-india-at-mysore/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/457/in-wake-of-mumbai-bombing-india-increases-its-censorship-of-the-internet/ http://news.india-travelers.com/457/in-wake-of-mumbai-bombing-india-increases-its-censorship-of-the-internet/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:16:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/457/in-wake-of-mumbai-bombing-india-increases-its-censorship-of-the-internet/ In wake of Mumbai bombing: India increases its censorship of the Internet An Indian government order to Internet service providers (ISPs) to block 17 Internet web sites and web pages resulted in Indians being denied access for well over a week to whole swathes of the Internet, including the blogs hosted ... http://news.india-travelers.com/457/in-wake-of-mumbai-bombing-india-increases-its-censorship-of-the-internet/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/456/sa-close-out-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/456/sa-close-out-india/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:14:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/456/sa-close-out-india/ SA close out India South Africa stamped their authority on the Spar Challenge hockey series when they beat India 1 –0 in the fourth and final Test at Stellenbosch Hockey Stadium on Saturday. South Africa had wrapped up the series on Friday night when they drew with the visitors in the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/456/sa-close-out-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/455/cuba-reaffirms-support-to-indias-un-candidature/ http://news.india-travelers.com/455/cuba-reaffirms-support-to-indias-un-candidature/#comments Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:09:09 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/455/cuba-reaffirms-support-to-indias-un-candidature/ Cuba reaffirms support to Indias UN candidature Cuba has re-affirmed its strong support for Indias candidature for permanent membership of the UN Security Council and given a positive response to the candidature of Mr Shashi Tharoor, Indias nominee for the post of the UN Secretary General. The two countries held ... http://news.india-travelers.com/455/cuba-reaffirms-support-to-indias-un-candidature/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/454/india-look-to-shake-off-burden-of-history-at-hockey-world-cup/ http://news.india-travelers.com/454/india-look-to-shake-off-burden-of-history-at-hockey-world-cup/#comments Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:07:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/454/india-look-to-shake-off-burden-of-history-at-hockey-world-cup/ India look to shake off burden of history at hockey World Cup With the hockey World Cup getting closer by the day, Indian players are toiling hard for the quadrennial tournament in Monchengladbach, Germany, to improve upon their track record in the competition, which has not been much to write home ... http://news.india-travelers.com/454/india-look-to-shake-off-burden-of-history-at-hockey-world-cup/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/453/88053-persons-applied-for-overseas-citizenship-of-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/453/88053-persons-applied-for-overseas-citizenship-of-india/#comments Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:09:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/453/88053-persons-applied-for-overseas-citizenship-of-india/ 88,053 persons applied for Overseas Citizenship of India The Government on Thursday informed that the Rajya Sabha that uptil July 25, 2005, 88,053 persons have applied for Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) and 41,536 persons have been issued OCI documents till that date. Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi ... http://news.india-travelers.com/453/88053-persons-applied-for-overseas-citizenship-of-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/452/india-has-the-best-and-the-worst/ http://news.india-travelers.com/452/india-has-the-best-and-the-worst/#comments Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:07:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/452/india-has-the-best-and-the-worst/ India has the best and the worst India is one of the worlds fastest growing economies at 8.5 per cent. But a typical doctor in New Delhi is less competent than his counterpart in Tanzania and much less so than a similar professional in Indonesia. While Indian management graduates command an ... http://news.india-travelers.com/452/india-has-the-best-and-the-worst/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/451/india-says-no-new-conditions/ http://news.india-travelers.com/451/india-says-no-new-conditions/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:46:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/451/india-says-no-new-conditions/ India says no new conditions PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said India will not compromise on the provisions of last years July 18 Indo-US Joint Statement on the civil nuclear deal. I wish to assure the House that we will never compromise in a manner which is inconsistent with the provisions ... http://news.india-travelers.com/451/india-says-no-new-conditions/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/450/india-inc-to-pay-rs-1750-cr-extra-interest/ http://news.india-travelers.com/450/india-inc-to-pay-rs-1750-cr-extra-interest/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:44:24 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/450/india-inc-to-pay-rs-1750-cr-extra-interest/ India Inc to pay Rs 1,750 cr extra interest India Incs interest burden is set to go up by about Rs 1,750 crore in this financial year following the two-stage 50 basis point increase in the Reserve Bank of Indias reverse repo hike in June and July. One basis point in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/450/india-inc-to-pay-rs-1750-cr-extra-interest/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/449/xbox-360-in-india-by-diwali/ http://news.india-travelers.com/449/xbox-360-in-india-by-diwali/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:49:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/449/xbox-360-in-india-by-diwali/ Xbox 360 in India by Diwali Microsoft, on Tuesday, announced that Redington India Ltd would be its sole distributor in India for its gaming product, the Xbox 360. This video gaming and entertainment system will be sold in India from Diwali onwards. Redington, a $5 billion company headquartered in Chennai, will distribute ... http://news.india-travelers.com/449/xbox-360-in-india-by-diwali/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/448/omnicom-bolsters-india-play-with-gotocustomer/ http://news.india-travelers.com/448/omnicom-bolsters-india-play-with-gotocustomer/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:46:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/448/omnicom-bolsters-india-play-with-gotocustomer/ Omnicom bolsters India play with Gotocustomer Global advertising and marketing services major Omnicom Group has acquired a majority stake in Gotocustomer Services India, a specialist in field and retail marketing services. Omnicom has routed the acquisition through Diversified Agency Services (DAS), which manages the groups holdings in a variety of marketing ... http://news.india-travelers.com/448/omnicom-bolsters-india-play-with-gotocustomer/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/447/bindra-shoots-a-first-for-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/447/bindra-shoots-a-first-for-india/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:18:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/447/bindra-shoots-a-first-for-india/ Bindra shoots a first for India ABHINAV BINDRA is known for inviting tags that were not exactly kind. Some called him a snob, others self-centred. On Monday, the world tagged the marksman a champ. The 24-year-old from Chandigarh did a first for an Indian when he clinched the 10-metre air-rifle gold at ... http://news.india-travelers.com/447/bindra-shoots-a-first-for-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/446/fiat-and-tata-plan-india-venture/ http://news.india-travelers.com/446/fiat-and-tata-plan-india-venture/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:16:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/446/fiat-and-tata-plan-india-venture/ Fiat and Tata plan India venture Tata Motors and Fiat are planning joint production of small cars and engines in India in the first manufacturing deal since the Indian and Italian carmakers formed an alliance last year. The tie-up, expected to be signed off on Tuesday by the board of Tata and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/446/fiat-and-tata-plan-india-venture/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/445/india-may-raise-benchmark-rate-to-4-year-high-to-curb-inflation/ http://news.india-travelers.com/445/india-may-raise-benchmark-rate-to-4-year-high-to-curb-inflation/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:38:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/445/india-may-raise-benchmark-rate-to-4-year-high-to-curb-inflation/ India May Raise Benchmark Rate to 4-Year High to Curb Inflation Indias central bank may increase its overnight borrowing rate for the third time this year as higher fuel prices and an expanding economy threaten to stoke inflation. Governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy will raise the Reserve Bank of Indias reverse ... http://news.india-travelers.com/445/india-may-raise-benchmark-rate-to-4-year-high-to-curb-inflation/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/444/india-using-117-to-shy-away-from-peace-talks/ http://news.india-travelers.com/444/india-using-117-to-shy-away-from-peace-talks/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:36:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/444/india-using-117-to-shy-away-from-peace-talks/ India using 11/7 to shy away from peace talks Blaming India for putting talks with Pakistan on hold after the Mumbai blasts, separatist leader Shabir Shah on Sunday said that New Delhi was under pressure from international community to carry forward the dialogue process to find a lasting solution to the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/444/india-using-117-to-shy-away-from-peace-talks/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/443/india-calls-it-a-technological-error-but-blog-blockade-continues/ http://news.india-travelers.com/443/india-calls-it-a-technological-error-but-blog-blockade-continues/#comments Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:33:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/443/india-calls-it-a-technological-error-but-blog-blockade-continues/ India calls it a technological error, but blog blockade continues After two days of angry inquiries and charges of government censorship, the Indian government took a step Thursday toward explaining a mysterious blockade on personal blogs, calling it a technological error that would be repaired soon. In an e-mail message sent ... http://news.india-travelers.com/443/india-calls-it-a-technological-error-but-blog-blockade-continues/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/442/next-stop-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/442/next-stop-india/#comments Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:30:26 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/442/next-stop-india/ Next stop, India More and more people are becoming Internet junkies, spending hours in front of the computer. HARIATI AZIZAN looks at a winning idea that makes IT use healthier. A GENIE, looking a lot like the one in the Disney animation movie Aladdin, pops up on the monitor and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/442/next-stop-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/441/jayawardene-says-tough-tight-one-day-date-with-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/441/jayawardene-says-tough-tight-one-day-date-with-india/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:22:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/441/jayawardene-says-tough-tight-one-day-date-with-india/ Jayawardene says tough, tight one-day date with India While Mahela Jayawardene may not yet be Sri Lankas new Captain Cool, there are those who already see an on-field steely resolve—quite like Arjuna Ranatunga. Several former Test players also feel that its time the Lankan selection panel make Jayawardenes appointment permanent as Marvin ... http://news.india-travelers.com/441/jayawardene-says-tough-tight-one-day-date-with-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/440/air-india-operates-special-flights-for-evacuation/ http://news.india-travelers.com/440/air-india-operates-special-flights-for-evacuation/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:17:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/440/air-india-operates-special-flights-for-evacuation/ Air India operates special flights for evacuation Air India today began evacuating Indian nationals residing in Lebanon. A spokesman of Air India said that two Boeing 747-400s, with a seating capacity of 423 seats each, took off from Mumbai in the early hours of today for Larnaca in Cyprus, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/440/air-india-operates-special-flights-for-evacuation/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/439/india-lashes-at-israel-for-arresting-palestinian-ministers/ http://news.india-travelers.com/439/india-lashes-at-israel-for-arresting-palestinian-ministers/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:26:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/439/india-lashes-at-israel-for-arresting-palestinian-ministers/ India lashes at Israel for arresting Palestinian Ministers India has lashed at Israel for arresting some Palestinian ministers and termed the continuing Israeli military action in the West Bank and Gaza as disproportionate retaliation for the abduction of an Israeli soldier. India remains deeply concerned that Israeli Armed Forces have continued to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/439/india-lashes-at-israel-for-arresting-palestinian-ministers/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/438/windies-lanning-tri-series-against-india-sri-lanka-before-cwc/ http://news.india-travelers.com/438/windies-lanning-tri-series-against-india-sri-lanka-before-cwc/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:22:56 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/438/windies-lanning-tri-series-against-india-sri-lanka-before-cwc/ Windies lanning tri-series against India, Sri Lanka before CWC The West Indies are planning to host a tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka ahead of the World Cup to be held in March next year. We (management team) have sent in some proposals to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) ... http://news.india-travelers.com/438/windies-lanning-tri-series-against-india-sri-lanka-before-cwc/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/437/lawmakers-us-india-united-in-fight-against-terrorism/ http://news.india-travelers.com/437/lawmakers-us-india-united-in-fight-against-terrorism/#comments Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:51:11 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/437/lawmakers-us-india-united-in-fight-against-terrorism/ Lawmakers: US, India United in Fight Against Terrorism In a strongly worded resolution, the House of Representatives has condemned (425 - 0) last weeks terrorist bombings in India. VOAs Dan Robinson reports, lawmakers say the events will strengthen U.S.-India cooperation against terrorism. There has already been widespread condemnation in Congress of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/437/lawmakers-us-india-united-in-fight-against-terrorism/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/436/neighbours-seek-indias-help/ http://news.india-travelers.com/436/neighbours-seek-indias-help/#comments Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:48:43 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/436/neighbours-seek-indias-help/ Neighbours seek Indias help The External Affairs Ministry said here on Wednesday that four Indian naval ships were expected to be in a position to begin the evacuation of at least 1,000 Indian citizens stranded in Lebanon from Thursday. Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed said in a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/436/neighbours-seek-indias-help/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/435/india-sends-more-troops-to-congo/ http://news.india-travelers.com/435/india-sends-more-troops-to-congo/#comments Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:02:52 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/435/india-sends-more-troops-to-congo/ India sends more troops to Congo India is sending 700 additional peacekeeping troops to Congo to provide security cover for its internationally-supervised general elections on July 31. A battalion-strong contingent comprising personnel from the 2nd Rajputana Rifles is being dispatched to Congo on Saturday and was flagged off by Deputy ... http://news.india-travelers.com/435/india-sends-more-troops-to-congo/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/434/india-slams-pak-on-mumbai-terror-talks-off/ http://news.india-travelers.com/434/india-slams-pak-on-mumbai-terror-talks-off/#comments Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:01:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/434/india-slams-pak-on-mumbai-terror-talks-off/ India slams Pak on Mumbai terror, talks off Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday indicated that it would be exceedingly difficult for India to continue having talks with Pakistan if the country did not stop terrorists from operating out of its territory. This comes amidst strong suspicion of Pakistan having ... http://news.india-travelers.com/434/india-slams-pak-on-mumbai-terror-talks-off/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/433/india-as-a-global-power/ http://news.india-travelers.com/433/india-as-a-global-power/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:15:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/433/india-as-a-global-power/ India As A Global Power When Indias commerce minister stormed out of the World Trade Organizations global trade talks in Doha, Qatar, last week, it was a reminder of the difficulties that the G-8 leaders must face when they assemble this weekend in St. Petersburg, Russia, for their annual summit. India, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/433/india-as-a-global-power/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/432/terrorist-attack-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/432/terrorist-attack-in-india/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:09:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/432/terrorist-attack-in-india/ Terrorist Attack in India In a series of bombings on July 11, terrorists brutally attacked crowded commuter trains in Mumbai, Indias financial capital. Earlier on the same day, grenade attacks in Srinagar, Kashmir targeted tourists. In Mumbai, at least one-hundred-ninety people were killed with hundreds more wounded. In Srinagar, eight died. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/432/terrorist-attack-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/431/pak-nuke-programme-driven-by-threat-perception-of-india-kasuri/ http://news.india-travelers.com/431/pak-nuke-programme-driven-by-threat-perception-of-india-kasuri/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:15:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/431/pak-nuke-programme-driven-by-threat-perception-of-india-kasuri/ Pak. nuke programme driven by threat perception of India: Kasuri Claiming that Pakistans nuclear weapons programme was driven by the threat perception of India, Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, has said Islamabad would say yes to a bilateral fissile material moratorium. Kasuri, who is on a visit here, also said ... http://news.india-travelers.com/431/pak-nuke-programme-driven-by-threat-perception-of-india-kasuri/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/430/india-presents-wto-with-last-offer-in-global-trade-talks/ http://news.india-travelers.com/430/india-presents-wto-with-last-offer-in-global-trade-talks/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:11:05 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/430/india-presents-wto-with-last-offer-in-global-trade-talks/ India presents WTO with last offer in global trade talks Commerce Minister Kamal Nath outlined on Wednesday what he said was a last offer in struggling global trade talks at a one-on-one session with the World Trade Organisations top official. While Nath refused to speak in detail about his meeting with WTO ... http://news.india-travelers.com/430/india-presents-wto-with-last-offer-in-global-trade-talks/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/429/treasuries-climb-on-india-blasts-earnings-outlook/ http://news.india-travelers.com/429/treasuries-climb-on-india-blasts-earnings-outlook/#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:47:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/429/treasuries-climb-on-india-blasts-earnings-outlook/ Treasuries climb on India blasts, earnings outlook U.S. Treasury debt prices climbed on Tuesday, sending benchmark 10-year yields to their lowest levels in nearly four weeks, on buying tied to a weaker stock market and deadly train bombings in Mumbai, India. The seven explosions in Indias financial hub hit commuter trains ... http://news.india-travelers.com/429/treasuries-climb-on-india-blasts-earnings-outlook/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/428/global-outrage-new-york-jitters-after-india-bombs/ http://news.india-travelers.com/428/global-outrage-new-york-jitters-after-india-bombs/#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:45:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/428/global-outrage-new-york-jitters-after-india-bombs/ Global outrage, New York jitters after India bombs World powers condemned the bombs that killed over 160 people in the Indian city of Mumbai on Tuesday, and September 11-scarred New York tightened security on its subways. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the string of explosions on commuter trains and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/428/global-outrage-new-york-jitters-after-india-bombs/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/427/congress-urged-to-ok-us-india-nuke-pact/ http://news.india-travelers.com/427/congress-urged-to-ok-us-india-nuke-pact/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:44:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/427/congress-urged-to-ok-us-india-nuke-pact/ Congress Urged to OK U.S.-India Nuke Pact Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday urged lawmakers to approve a plan this month to share civilian nuclear technology with India. In a speech to a group of Indian-Americans, Rice noted that legislation implementing the accord between the United States and India was overwhelmingly ... http://news.india-travelers.com/427/congress-urged-to-ok-us-india-nuke-pact/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/426/indias-may-tea-exports-up-20/ http://news.india-travelers.com/426/indias-may-tea-exports-up-20/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:42:04 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/426/indias-may-tea-exports-up-20/ Indias May tea exports up 20% Indias tea exports in May rose 20% to 14 million kg from a year ago, Tea Board data said on Monday. Exports in May moved up, after falling in April, partially on increased buying following rise in prices of Kenyan tea due to drought in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/426/indias-may-tea-exports-up-20/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/425/india-shirking-responsibility-in-sri-lanka/ http://news.india-travelers.com/425/india-shirking-responsibility-in-sri-lanka/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:25:17 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/425/india-shirking-responsibility-in-sri-lanka/ India shirking responsibility in Sri Lanka India is shirking its responsibility in Sri Lanka, refusing to play its rightful role as a regional player to restore stability in its troubled neighbourhood, says BJP leader Jaswant Singh. As a former foreign minister and someone who has seen the workings of the government ... http://news.india-travelers.com/425/india-shirking-responsibility-in-sri-lanka/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/424/after-aiims-ramadoss-eyes-medical-council-of-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/424/after-aiims-ramadoss-eyes-medical-council-of-india/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:21:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/424/after-aiims-ramadoss-eyes-medical-council-of-india/ After AIIMS, Ramadoss eyes Medical Council of India Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss may have suffered a set back from the Delhi High Court over his controversial move to destroy the autonomy of the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), but his next move is to subjugate another autonomous body, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/424/after-aiims-ramadoss-eyes-medical-council-of-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/423/staff-induction-to-be-outsourced-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/423/staff-induction-to-be-outsourced-to-india/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:52:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/423/staff-induction-to-be-outsourced-to-india/ Staff induction to be outsourced to India After software and customer service, induction of employees is the latest to be outsourced to India. With 30-50% savings in costs, MNCs are now sending new employees to India for induction and training and then dispatching them to locations across the world. US-based ... http://news.india-travelers.com/423/staff-induction-to-be-outsourced-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/422/threat-distant-says-india-inc/ http://news.india-travelers.com/422/threat-distant-says-india-inc/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:48:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/422/threat-distant-says-india-inc/ Threat distant, says India Inc Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata, who wants to increase Tata Sons holding in Tata Steel to ward off predators, does not seem to have his fear shared by the nine companies that constitute the Bombay Stock Exchanges A group of stocks, and in which the promoters ... http://news.india-travelers.com/422/threat-distant-says-india-inc/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/421/will-high-interest-rates-end-the-party-for-india-inc/ http://news.india-travelers.com/421/will-high-interest-rates-end-the-party-for-india-inc/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:04:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/421/will-high-interest-rates-end-the-party-for-india-inc/ Will high interest rates end the party for India Inc? During mid- to late-1990s, the downturn in the equity markets and abnormally high interest rates significantly impacted the corporate sector. Indian corporations were dependent either on the equity markets or on bank and institutional lending for funds to implement the large ... http://news.india-travelers.com/421/will-high-interest-rates-end-the-party-for-india-inc/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/420/india-makes-an-early-exit/ http://news.india-travelers.com/420/india-makes-an-early-exit/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:02:39 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/420/india-makes-an-early-exit/ India makes an early exit Saina Nehwal lost a close match as India made an early exit from the mixed team event of the Asian junior badminton championship after fourth seeded Indonesia thrashed it 3-0 here on Tuesday. Saina, after winning the first game against Pia Zebadiah Bernadet, ran out ... http://news.india-travelers.com/420/india-makes-an-early-exit/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/419/anil-kumble-spins-india-to-a-memorable-victory/ http://news.india-travelers.com/419/anil-kumble-spins-india-to-a-memorable-victory/#comments Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:58:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/419/anil-kumble-spins-india-to-a-memorable-victory/ Anil Kumble spins India to a memorable victory Among the Indian cricketers, brows furrowed, and worry lines creased. A couple of pairs of weary shoulders dropped. The broadcast technicians had raced on to the field at a noisy Sabina Park twenty minutes earlier to replace their precious stump-camera-laden middle pegs ... http://news.india-travelers.com/419/anil-kumble-spins-india-to-a-memorable-victory/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/418/india-must-inspire-trust-among-tamils-ramadoss/ http://news.india-travelers.com/418/india-must-inspire-trust-among-tamils-ramadoss/#comments Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:51:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/418/india-must-inspire-trust-among-tamils-ramadoss/ India must inspire trust among Tamils: Ramadoss Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader S. Ramadoss Monday cautioned India against any move it might want to make to militarily help in Sri Lanka and said India must inspire confidence among the Tamils there. Criticising the gift of two radars to the Sri Lankan ... http://news.india-travelers.com/418/india-must-inspire-trust-among-tamils-ramadoss/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/417/india-a-trounces-nt-rep-side/ http://news.india-travelers.com/417/india-a-trounces-nt-rep-side/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:17:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/417/india-a-trounces-nt-rep-side/ India A trounces NT rep side INDIA A has thrashed the Northern Territory representative side by 10 wickets in the first match of the Top End Cricket Series in Darwin. The NT Chief Minister's XI trailed by 196 runs when it began its second innings on day three of the four-day match ... http://news.india-travelers.com/417/india-a-trounces-nt-rep-side/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/416/wto-mini-ministerial-meet-soon-nath/ http://news.india-travelers.com/416/wto-mini-ministerial-meet-soon-nath/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:15:56 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/416/wto-mini-ministerial-meet-soon-nath/ WTO mini ministerial meet soon: Nath Commerce Minister Kamal Nath is back in India after talks trade talks at Geneva ended in a deadlock as US and EU refused to cut trade distorting subsidies and tariffs. The minister however said that talks will continue and a mini ministerial attended ... http://news.india-travelers.com/416/wto-mini-ministerial-meet-soon-nath/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/415/india-to-supply-free-hiv-drugs/ http://news.india-travelers.com/415/india-to-supply-free-hiv-drugs/#comments Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:47:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/415/india-to-supply-free-hiv-drugs/ India To Supply Free HIV Drugs India plans to provide free anti-retroviral drugs to combat HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — to around 100,000 people by early next year, a top health official said, as this nation struggles with the largest number of AIDS infections in the world. With ... http://news.india-travelers.com/415/india-to-supply-free-hiv-drugs/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/414/west-indies-in-charge-at-end-of-day-one/ http://news.india-travelers.com/414/west-indies-in-charge-at-end-of-day-one/#comments Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:45:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/414/west-indies-in-charge-at-end-of-day-one/ West Indies in charge at end of day one Jerome Taylor recorded his first five-wicket haul in Tests as the Indian first innings folded up for 200 runs at stumps on day one of the fourth and final Test against West Indies at Kingston on Friday. Indias decision to bat first backfired ... http://news.india-travelers.com/414/west-indies-in-charge-at-end-of-day-one/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/413/samsung-lg-keen-to-set-up-lcd-business-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/413/samsung-lg-keen-to-set-up-lcd-business-in-india/#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:01:06 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/413/samsung-lg-keen-to-set-up-lcd-business-in-india/ Samsung, LG keen to set up LCD business in India The LCD divisions of Korean electronic majors, Samsung and LG are keen to set up base in India. These companies, as in the case of several others, are awaiting the FAB Policy to be unveiled by the government shortly. They are ... http://news.india-travelers.com/413/samsung-lg-keen-to-set-up-lcd-business-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/412/senate-votes-for-n-ties-with-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/412/senate-votes-for-n-ties-with-india/#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:58:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/412/senate-votes-for-n-ties-with-india/ Senate votes for N-ties with India The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a Bill to amend U.S. laws and permit nuclear trade with India, which is not a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Bill explicitly stipulates that the agreement will be terminated if India conducts a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/412/senate-votes-for-n-ties-with-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/411/oil-price-spike-loan-costs-india-inc-fy06-numbers/ http://news.india-travelers.com/411/oil-price-spike-loan-costs-india-inc-fy06-numbers/#comments Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:21:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/411/oil-price-spike-loan-costs-india-inc-fy06-numbers/ Oil price spike, loan costs India Inc FY06 numbers The last financial year was not great for the bottomlines of most companies, according to the data they submitted to the exchanges. After growing at 25-33 per cent during 2004-05, earnings of companies on the frontline indices on the BSE grew ... http://news.india-travelers.com/411/oil-price-spike-loan-costs-india-inc-fy06-numbers/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/410/defence-to-boost-india-russia-ties/ http://news.india-travelers.com/410/defence-to-boost-india-russia-ties/#comments Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:19:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/410/defence-to-boost-india-russia-ties/ Defence to boost India-Russia ties India today made a subtle declaration that it continues to maintain strong defence ties with Russia. At the same time, though, it backed the message with a clear indication that Indian missile scientists and technology were second to none. Addressing a gathering of top officers, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/410/defence-to-boost-india-russia-ties/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/409/congress-panel-moves-on-us-india-nuclear-deal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/409/congress-panel-moves-on-us-india-nuclear-deal/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:12:54 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/409/congress-panel-moves-on-us-india-nuclear-deal/ Congress panel moves on U.S.-India nuclear deal A key committee on Tuesday took the first step toward approval by the U.S. Congress of a nuclear cooperation deal with India that lawmakers said would promote historic new ties between the two democracies. After months of delay during which the deal was mired in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/409/congress-panel-moves-on-us-india-nuclear-deal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/408/indias-prince-disowned-by-royal-family-over-gay-revelations/ http://news.india-travelers.com/408/indias-prince-disowned-by-royal-family-over-gay-revelations/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:11:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/408/indias-prince-disowned-by-royal-family-over-gay-revelations/ Indias Prince disowned by royal family over gay revelations Indias Prince Manvendrasinh Gohil has been disowned by his family after admitting he is gay. Prince Gohil belongs to Indias former royal family, which once ruled the state of Rajpipla in Indias western state of Gujarat. The prince was quoted on Gulf Daily News ... http://news.india-travelers.com/408/indias-prince-disowned-by-royal-family-over-gay-revelations/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/407/significant-increase-in-india-pakistan-travel/ http://news.india-travelers.com/407/significant-increase-in-india-pakistan-travel/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:41:52 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/407/significant-increase-in-india-pakistan-travel/ Significant increase in India-Pakistan travel There has been a significant increase in two-way travel between India and Pakistan, with some 170,000 people making the journey in the first five months of the year, official figures released Monday showed. The travel figures for the first five months in 2006 indicate that about ... http://news.india-travelers.com/407/significant-increase-in-india-pakistan-travel/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/406/3rd-test-india-wi-duel-ends-in-a-draw/ http://news.india-travelers.com/406/3rd-test-india-wi-duel-ends-in-a-draw/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:38:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/406/3rd-test-india-wi-duel-ends-in-a-draw/ 3rd Test: India-WI duel ends in a draw India held on to draw West Indies in the third Test on the final day Monday, setting up a winner-takes-all fourth Test starting on Friday in Jamaica. India, set 392 to win, reached the close on 298 for four, with captain Rahil Dravid ... http://news.india-travelers.com/406/3rd-test-india-wi-duel-ends-in-a-draw/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/405/powergen-brings-980-call-centre-jobs-back-home-from-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/405/powergen-brings-980-call-centre-jobs-back-home-from-india/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:16:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/405/powergen-brings-980-call-centre-jobs-back-home-from-india/ Powergen brings 980 call centre jobs back home from India Powergen, Britains second-biggest energy supplier, is bringing back its call centre operations from India, leading to 980 UK jobs being created by the end of the year. The move, announced yesterday, forms part of a nascent trend of companies moving ... http://news.india-travelers.com/405/powergen-brings-980-call-centre-jobs-back-home-from-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/404/india-no-longer-second-to-china/ http://news.india-travelers.com/404/india-no-longer-second-to-china/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:10:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/404/india-no-longer-second-to-china/ India no longer second to China India has moved up the perception ladder. From playing the catching-up game with China to acquiring importance equal to it, India has come a long way. The World Economic Forum East Asia Summit 2006 started with Asias growth model, and the accent was clearly on ... http://news.india-travelers.com/404/india-no-longer-second-to-china/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/403/investors-seek-to-exit-india-focussed-foreign-funds/ http://news.india-travelers.com/403/investors-seek-to-exit-india-focussed-foreign-funds/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:27:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/403/investors-seek-to-exit-india-focussed-foreign-funds/ Investors seek to exit India focussed foreign funds The stock markets continuing love affair with the bears is making investors shy away from not only domestic Mutual Funds, but also India-dedicated foreign funds that is evident from the redemption pressure on them. According to the latest fortnightly report by Emerging ... http://news.india-travelers.com/403/investors-seek-to-exit-india-focussed-foreign-funds/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/402/symphony-services-opens-fourth-development-centre-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/402/symphony-services-opens-fourth-development-centre-in-india/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:25:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/402/symphony-services-opens-fourth-development-centre-in-india/ Symphony Services opens fourth development centre in India US-based provider of outsourced product development for global software companies, Symphony Services has set up its fourth development centre in India here that would house up to 2,000 professionals. Branded the Symphony Innovation and Excellent Center, with a built-up area exceeding two ... http://news.india-travelers.com/402/symphony-services-opens-fourth-development-centre-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/401/betting-on-india-fretting-at-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/401/betting-on-india-fretting-at-india/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:34:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/401/betting-on-india-fretting-at-india/ Betting on India, fretting at India The Sensex may be headed south and the Nifty anywhere but north, but as far as the west is concerned, the world economy is devolving on the east -- India being the current favorite. Indias patchy economic boom has made the cover of several ... http://news.india-travelers.com/401/betting-on-india-fretting-at-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/400/indias-apex-court-refuses-to-ban-da-vinci-code/ http://news.india-travelers.com/400/indias-apex-court-refuses-to-ban-da-vinci-code/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:32:11 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/400/indias-apex-court-refuses-to-ban-da-vinci-code/ Indias apex court refuses to ban Da Vinci Code Indias top court has refused to ban the The Da Vinci Code movie, citing that no country with Christianity as a dominant religion has taken such a step, a news report said on Tuesday. Judges Arijit Pasayat and Altamas Kabir rejected ... http://news.india-travelers.com/400/indias-apex-court-refuses-to-ban-da-vinci-code/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/399/rural-india-corners-a-chunk-of-industries-jobs/ http://news.india-travelers.com/399/rural-india-corners-a-chunk-of-industries-jobs/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:01:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/399/rural-india-corners-a-chunk-of-industries-jobs/ Rural India corners a chunk of industries, jobs Who says economic reforms are urban-centric? The countryside has outperformed urban India in the number of enterprises it houses. Over 61% of the enterprises engaged in economic activities other than crop production and plantation are in rural India compared with just 38.7% ... http://news.india-travelers.com/399/rural-india-corners-a-chunk-of-industries-jobs/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/398/india-secures-match-winning-position/ http://news.india-travelers.com/398/india-secures-match-winning-position/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:59:40 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/398/india-secures-match-winning-position/ India secures match-winning position Anil Kumble, Virender Sehwag and Munaf Patel took three wickets each as India secured a first-innings lead of 373 and built a match-winning position against West Indies on the third day Monday of the second cricket Test. West Indies, 65 for three overnight, was bowled out for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/398/india-secures-match-winning-position/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/397/bt-cotton-lessons-india-can-draw-from-china/ http://news.india-travelers.com/397/bt-cotton-lessons-india-can-draw-from-china/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 05:04:53 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/397/bt-cotton-lessons-india-can-draw-from-china/ Bt cotton: Lessons India can draw from China Ever since MRTP Commission injuncted Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Ltd (MMB) collection of trait value @ Rs 900 per 450gm of Bt cotton seeds and directed them to reduce the trait value to the levels of China, there has been lot of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/397/bt-cotton-lessons-india-can-draw-from-china/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/396/india-will-get-to-stockpile-fuel-for-every-n-reactor/ http://news.india-travelers.com/396/india-will-get-to-stockpile-fuel-for-every-n-reactor/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 05:02:42 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/396/india-will-get-to-stockpile-fuel-for-every-n-reactor/ India will get to stockpile fuel for every N-reactor As India and US sit tomorrow to negotiate a bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, it is clear that the document will contain significant assurances on fuel supply which would allow India to stockpile fuel for the lifetime of every reactor. India will also ... http://news.india-travelers.com/396/india-will-get-to-stockpile-fuel-for-every-n-reactor/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/395/india-urged-to-provide-authentic-proofs-of-infiltration-instead-of-leveling-allegations/ http://news.india-travelers.com/395/india-urged-to-provide-authentic-proofs-of-infiltration-instead-of-leveling-allegations/#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:02:11 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/395/india-urged-to-provide-authentic-proofs-of-infiltration-instead-of-leveling-allegations/ India urged to provide authentic proofs of infiltration instead of leveling allegations Terming the ongoing Pak-India dialogue process heading with a snail-paced momentum, Islamabad on Tuesday conveyed in categorical terms that New Delhi should provide solid proof instead leveling allegations of cross-border terrorism or infiltration. Time is extremely ripe to push ... http://news.india-travelers.com/395/india-urged-to-provide-authentic-proofs-of-infiltration-instead-of-leveling-allegations/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/394/pakistan-expresses-disappointment-at-slow-dialogue-process-with-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/394/pakistan-expresses-disappointment-at-slow-dialogue-process-with-india/#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:58:54 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/394/pakistan-expresses-disappointment-at-slow-dialogue-process-with-india/ Pakistan expresses disappointment at slow dialogue process with India Pakistan on Tuesday expressed disappointment at slow movement of the dialogue process with India, but said its willing to accelerate the process to move forwards conflict resolution. Both the countries have to complete Confidence Building Measures (CBM) process as international environment is ... http://news.india-travelers.com/394/pakistan-expresses-disappointment-at-slow-dialogue-process-with-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/393/analysis-india-needs-new-strategy-to-speed-up-wheat-purchases/ http://news.india-travelers.com/393/analysis-india-needs-new-strategy-to-speed-up-wheat-purchases/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:17:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/393/analysis-india-needs-new-strategy-to-speed-up-wheat-purchases/ ANALYSIS - India needs new strategy to speed up wheat purchases India, which has managed to buy only a paltry amount of wheat from the world market despite its huge needs, will have to redraft its import policy and market strategy to overcome a looming supply squeeze. India unveiled an ambitious plan ... http://news.india-travelers.com/393/analysis-india-needs-new-strategy-to-speed-up-wheat-purchases/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/392/the-naked-investor-closer-look-at-india-as-investment-possibility/ http://news.india-travelers.com/392/the-naked-investor-closer-look-at-india-as-investment-possibility/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:15:29 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/392/the-naked-investor-closer-look-at-india-as-investment-possibility/ The Naked Investor: Closer look at India as investment possibility The question I am most frequently asked is where I would recommend investors put their hard earned cash. Which begs, of course, the eternal question not of what has gone before, but of what will happen in the future. Oh to have such ... http://news.india-travelers.com/392/the-naked-investor-closer-look-at-india-as-investment-possibility/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/391/skilled-labour-jobs-shortage-in-india-says-the-economist-survey/ http://news.india-travelers.com/391/skilled-labour-jobs-shortage-in-india-says-the-economist-survey/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:38:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/391/skilled-labour-jobs-shortage-in-india-says-the-economist-survey/ Skilled labour, jobs shortage in India, says The Economist survey India is subject to a strange dichotomy — it neither has sufficient jobs nor enough skilled workers. This makes the countrys labour force its biggest challenge, says The Economists survey of business in India. Indian business has created a lot ... http://news.india-travelers.com/391/skilled-labour-jobs-shortage-in-india-says-the-economist-survey/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/390/modulations-in-chinese-medias-reading-of-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/390/modulations-in-chinese-medias-reading-of-india/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:36:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/390/modulations-in-chinese-medias-reading-of-india/ Modulations in Chinese medias reading of India One of Indias most high-profile editors once jested – in the days before cable TV came to India – that every morning he would tune in to the BBC and the Voice of America and get a sense that the world was coming to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/390/modulations-in-chinese-medias-reading-of-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/389/pakistan-india-exchange-lists-of-wanted-criminals/ http://news.india-travelers.com/389/pakistan-india-exchange-lists-of-wanted-criminals/#comments Wed, 31 May 2006 04:09:10 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/389/pakistan-india-exchange-lists-of-wanted-criminals/ Pakistan, India exchange lists of wanted criminals Pakistan and India on Tuesday exchanged a list of wanted criminals but did not hold any discussion on the matter, official sources told Daily Times. Syed Kamal Shah, Pakistans interior secretary, exchanged the list with his Indian counterpart VK Duggal, on the sidelines of two-day ... http://news.india-travelers.com/389/pakistan-india-exchange-lists-of-wanted-criminals/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/388/bell-copter-bets-big-on-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/388/bell-copter-bets-big-on-india/#comments Wed, 31 May 2006 04:06:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/388/bell-copter-bets-big-on-india/ Bell copter bets big on India Bell Helicopter, which has put in a bid for supplying 197 reconnaissance and observation copters to the Indian Army, is betting big on the civilian market, where it already holds over 50% share. It is looking at total sales of $200 m in five to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/388/bell-copter-bets-big-on-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/387/india-calls-for-joint-fight-against-terrorism/ http://news.india-travelers.com/387/india-calls-for-joint-fight-against-terrorism/#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 04:04:26 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/387/india-calls-for-joint-fight-against-terrorism/ India calls for joint fight against terrorism Ahead of the crucial India-Pakistan Home Secretary-level talks beginning here on Tuesday to discuss contentious issues, New Delhi has said it wants both countries to carry out a joint fight against the scourge. Home Secretary V.K. Duggal, who is in Pakistan for the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/387/india-calls-for-joint-fight-against-terrorism/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/386/india-now-needs-a-gene-revolution/ http://news.india-travelers.com/386/india-now-needs-a-gene-revolution/#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 04:01:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/386/india-now-needs-a-gene-revolution/ India now needs a gene revolution Indias crop management systems and harvesting pattern need to undergo a major transformation to meet the daunting food needs in the years ahead, according to the man behind the Green Revolution — the 1970 Nobel laureate, Norman E Borlaug. Speaking at the Asian Development Bank ... http://news.india-travelers.com/386/india-now-needs-a-gene-revolution/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/385/india-shows-poor-recovery/ http://news.india-travelers.com/385/india-shows-poor-recovery/#comments Mon, 29 May 2006 03:59:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/385/india-shows-poor-recovery/ India shows poor recovery While the Indian market has been one of the biggest losers in this months correction, it is also one of the laggards in the global recovery seen during the second half of last week. Though the Sensex and the Nifty figured among the top eight losers ... http://news.india-travelers.com/385/india-shows-poor-recovery/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/384/west-indies-limits-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/384/west-indies-limits-india/#comments Sat, 27 May 2006 03:40:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/384/west-indies-limits-india/ West Indies limits India West Indies beat India by six wickets in the fourth one-day cricket international on Friday and took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series. Wavell Hinds hit Suresh Raina to the boundary off the last ball of the 44th over for West Indies to reach its winning ... http://news.india-travelers.com/384/west-indies-limits-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/383/pluggedin-made-in-india-phones-set-to-tap-global-markets/ http://news.india-travelers.com/383/pluggedin-made-in-india-phones-set-to-tap-global-markets/#comments Sat, 27 May 2006 03:37:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/383/pluggedin-made-in-india-phones-set-to-tap-global-markets/ PluggedIn: Made in India phones set to tap global markets India, already the worlds fastest growing wireless services market, is set to become a handset manufacturing and export hub as giants such as Nokia and LG churn out millions of phones to tap voracious demand. Global handset firms are knocking on the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/383/pluggedin-made-in-india-phones-set-to-tap-global-markets/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/382/india-have-ability-they-need-belief/ http://news.india-travelers.com/382/india-have-ability-they-need-belief/#comments Fri, 26 May 2006 03:40:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/382/india-have-ability-they-need-belief/ India have ability, they need belief With four runs needed for victory and three balls to go, it was anybodys game at St Kitts. But then the unthinkable happened. The Wall eventually cracked. Dravid misfielded to give Sarwan two instead of a single, and more importantly the strike. The rest was ... http://news.india-travelers.com/382/india-have-ability-they-need-belief/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/381/houghton-chosen-india-coach-briton-to-get-160000-per-year/ http://news.india-travelers.com/381/houghton-chosen-india-coach-briton-to-get-160000-per-year/#comments Fri, 26 May 2006 03:31:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/381/houghton-chosen-india-coach-briton-to-get-160000-per-year/ Houghton chosen India coach- Briton to get $1,60,000 per year British coach Bob Houghton on Thursday was appointed the national coach, according to All India Football Federation (AIFF) sources. The official announcement in this regard is likely to be made on Friday. The appointment was confirmed after AIFF president Priya ... http://news.india-travelers.com/381/houghton-chosen-india-coach-briton-to-get-160000-per-year/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/380/easing-of-fdi-norms-to-help-india-easing-of-fdi-norms-to-help-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/380/easing-of-fdi-norms-to-help-india-easing-of-fdi-norms-to-help-india/#comments Thu, 25 May 2006 04:15:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/380/easing-of-fdi-norms-to-help-india-easing-of-fdi-norms-to-help-india/ Easing of FDI norms to help India Easing of FDI norms to help India Liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy would help India to attract more investment from the US, feels Mr Franklin L Lavin, the US under secretary for international trade. He oversees the international trade administration — the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/380/easing-of-fdi-norms-to-help-india-easing-of-fdi-norms-to-help-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/379/india-ready-to-extend-financial-aid-to-nepal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/379/india-ready-to-extend-financial-aid-to-nepal/#comments Thu, 25 May 2006 04:12:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/379/india-ready-to-extend-financial-aid-to-nepal/ India ready to extend financial aid to Nepal India has expressed its readiness to extend financial support to Nepal considering that the Himalayan kingdom could face serious economic challenge in the present scenario . According to official sources, India had already conveyed its willingness to help in this regard, they ... http://news.india-travelers.com/379/india-ready-to-extend-financial-aid-to-nepal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/378/sarwan-steers-west-indies-to-win-over-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/378/sarwan-steers-west-indies-to-win-over-india/#comments Wed, 24 May 2006 03:50:17 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/378/sarwan-steers-west-indies-to-win-over-india/ Sarwan steers West Indies to win over India Ramnaresh Sarwan struck a century to steer West Indies to a four-wicket win over India in the third one-day international on Tuesday. The hosts surpassed Indias total to score 248 for six with a ball to spare, taking a 2-1 lead in the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/378/sarwan-steers-west-indies-to-win-over-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/377/india-returns-sermon-to-vatican-envoy/ http://news.india-travelers.com/377/india-returns-sermon-to-vatican-envoy/#comments Wed, 24 May 2006 03:46:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/377/india-returns-sermon-to-vatican-envoy/ India returns sermon to Vatican envoy A week after Pope Benedict XVI attempted to insert himself into the domestic debate over the constitutional merit of the anti-conversion law and alleged religious intolerance in India, the external affairs ministry summoned the charge daffaires of the Holy See to convey Indias displeasure over ... http://news.india-travelers.com/377/india-returns-sermon-to-vatican-envoy/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/376/india-have-a-point-to-prove/ http://news.india-travelers.com/376/india-have-a-point-to-prove/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 04:05:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/376/india-have-a-point-to-prove/ India have a point to prove The Indians have had light net practice and swimming pool-related drills since the time they have been in St Kitts, the oppressive humidity obviously compelling a revision in the regimen. The stint with bat and ball at the scenic Warner Park Stadium was muted, the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/376/india-have-a-point-to-prove/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/375/india-chased-the-dream/ http://news.india-travelers.com/375/india-chased-the-dream/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 03:59:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/375/india-chased-the-dream/ India chased the dream Just when the sweet science appears to lie like a painted ship upon a painted ocean, wrote AJ Liebling, a new hero… comes along like a Moran tug to pull it out of the ocean. In April 12, 1976, India discovered not one but many heroes. Thirty years ... http://news.india-travelers.com/375/india-chased-the-dream/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/374/west-indies-score-thrilling-one-run-victory-over-india-in-2nd-odi/ http://news.india-travelers.com/374/west-indies-score-thrilling-one-run-victory-over-india-in-2nd-odi/#comments Mon, 22 May 2006 05:38:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/374/west-indies-score-thrilling-one-run-victory-over-india-in-2nd-odi/ West Indies score thrilling one-run victory over India in 2nd ODI All-rounder Dwayne Bravo bowled Yuvraj Singh with two balls to spare and West Indies defeated India by one run in a thrilling second one-day cricket international at Sabina Park on Saturday. Yuvraj had steered the visitors chase with a brilliant ... http://news.india-travelers.com/374/west-indies-score-thrilling-one-run-victory-over-india-in-2nd-odi/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/373/india-post-service-at-your-doorstepindia-post-service-at-your-doorstep/ http://news.india-travelers.com/373/india-post-service-at-your-doorstepindia-post-service-at-your-doorstep/#comments Mon, 22 May 2006 05:00:00 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/373/india-post-service-at-your-doorstepindia-post-service-at-your-doorstep/ India Post service at your doorstep Tired of waiting in long queues at post offices to withdraw money? No need to fret anymore. India Post, Andhra Pradesh Postal Circle, has introduced two new facilities for its customers. The Bank On Your Postman scheme will allow all savings bank account holders , ... http://news.india-travelers.com/373/india-post-service-at-your-doorstepindia-post-service-at-your-doorstep/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/372/india-confirms-participation-in-gas-pipeline-talks/ http://news.india-travelers.com/372/india-confirms-participation-in-gas-pipeline-talks/#comments Sat, 20 May 2006 04:22:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/372/india-confirms-participation-in-gas-pipeline-talks/ India confirms participation in gas pipeline talks India has formally confirmed its participation in technical level talks starting from 22nd to 24th of May on tri- national gas pipeline project which also involved Pakistan and Iran. According to the official sources, the Indian team will reach Islamabad via Lahore on 21st ... http://news.india-travelers.com/372/india-confirms-participation-in-gas-pipeline-talks/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/371/ulfa-kidnaps-oil-india-engineer/ http://news.india-travelers.com/371/ulfa-kidnaps-oil-india-engineer/#comments Sat, 20 May 2006 04:16:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/371/ulfa-kidnaps-oil-india-engineer/ ULFA kidnaps Oil India engineer United Liberation Front of Asom militants kidnapped an Oil India Limited engineer from Upper Assams Tinsukia district on Friday night, official sources said in Guwahati. Drilling engineer K N Rao, was on his way from Duliajan to Barakuri to attend night shift when ultras intercepted his car ... http://news.india-travelers.com/371/ulfa-kidnaps-oil-india-engineer/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/370/india-pull-off-thrilling-win-in-first-one-dayer/ http://news.india-travelers.com/370/india-pull-off-thrilling-win-in-first-one-dayer/#comments Fri, 19 May 2006 05:39:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/370/india-pull-off-thrilling-win-in-first-one-dayer/ India pull off thrilling win in first one-dayer India captain Rahul Dravid cracked 105 off 102 balls to lead his team to a thrilling five-wicket victory in the rain-hit first one-dayer against West Indies on Thursday. Dravid scored his 12th one-day hundred and shared in a 123-run fourth wicket partnership with ... http://news.india-travelers.com/370/india-pull-off-thrilling-win-in-first-one-dayer/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/369/cricket-mad-india-renews-four-yearly-affair-with-football/ http://news.india-travelers.com/369/cricket-mad-india-renews-four-yearly-affair-with-football/#comments Fri, 19 May 2006 05:32:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/369/cricket-mad-india-renews-four-yearly-affair-with-football/ Cricket-mad India renews four-yearly affair with football Every four years when the World Cup comes around, India puts aside its obsession with cricket to follow the football spectacle like the rest of the universe. Television viewership in India for past World Cups has been known to surpass that of football powerhouses ... http://news.india-travelers.com/369/cricket-mad-india-renews-four-yearly-affair-with-football/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/368/for-mr-yen-india-is-bric-of-choice/ http://news.india-travelers.com/368/for-mr-yen-india-is-bric-of-choice/#comments Thu, 18 May 2006 04:11:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/368/for-mr-yen-india-is-bric-of-choice/ For Mr Yen, India is BRIC of choice Japans former vice-minister of finance for international affairs, Eisuke Sakakibara, who heads the Institute of Indian Economic Studies at Waseda University, says India will become the fastest-growing economy among the four emerging BRIC countries in 10 years, outpacing even China. In an interview to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/368/for-mr-yen-india-is-bric-of-choice/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/367/india-britain-begin-joint-naval-exercises/ http://news.india-travelers.com/367/india-britain-begin-joint-naval-exercises/#comments Thu, 18 May 2006 04:00:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/367/india-britain-begin-joint-naval-exercises/ India & Britain begin joint naval exercises After the Americans, Russians and French, its now the turn of the British to match their combat skills with Indians. India and Britain began their largest-ever joint exercise in recent times on Wednesday, with their navies preparing to launch combat manoeuvres off the Goa ... http://news.india-travelers.com/367/india-britain-begin-joint-naval-exercises/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/366/india-can-win-in-the-west-indies/ http://news.india-travelers.com/366/india-can-win-in-the-west-indies/#comments Wed, 17 May 2006 03:53:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/366/india-can-win-in-the-west-indies/ India can win in the West Indies Kapil Dev was in the city to unveil the medals for the Mini-Olympic which started Tuesday. DNA caught up with him for his views on some important issues. Excerpts: On West Indies tour It is a good opportunity for us to win a series ... http://news.india-travelers.com/366/india-can-win-in-the-west-indies/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/365/gates-foundation-sells-stake-in-india-fund/ http://news.india-travelers.com/365/gates-foundation-sells-stake-in-india-fund/#comments Wed, 17 May 2006 03:51:41 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/365/gates-foundation-sells-stake-in-india-fund/ Gates Foundation sells stake in India Fund Microsoft chief and software czar Bill Gates charity organisation has offloaded its entire stake valued at nearly $23.1 million (over Rs 100 crore) in an India-specific investment fund, according to a regulatory filing made in Washington on Tuesday. India Fund invests nearly 80 per ... http://news.india-travelers.com/365/gates-foundation-sells-stake-in-india-fund/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/364/india-may-becomeprice-setter-globally-says-lamon-rutten/ http://news.india-travelers.com/364/india-may-becomeprice-setter-globally-says-lamon-rutten/#comments Tue, 16 May 2006 04:21:17 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/364/india-may-becomeprice-setter-globally-says-lamon-rutten/ India may become price setter globally, says Lamon Rutten India could be a price setter and not a price taker in the next couple of years as global prices have started taking cues from Indian commodities markets, said Lamon Rutten, the joint managing director appointed by Multi Commodity Exchange. India ... http://news.india-travelers.com/364/india-may-becomeprice-setter-globally-says-lamon-rutten/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/363/advani-wants-syed-salahuddin-deported-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/363/advani-wants-syed-salahuddin-deported-to-india/#comments Tue, 16 May 2006 04:15:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/363/advani-wants-syed-salahuddin-deported-to-india/ Advani wants Syed Salahuddin deported to India Indian Opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani on Monday called for deportation of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin from Pakistan to India for trial in various militant acts. Citing reports of his recent arrest in Pakistan as proof of his presence ... http://news.india-travelers.com/363/advani-wants-syed-salahuddin-deported-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/362/toxic-ships-entry-into-india-barred/ http://news.india-travelers.com/362/toxic-ships-entry-into-india-barred/#comments Mon, 15 May 2006 04:58:06 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/362/toxic-ships-entry-into-india-barred/ Toxic ships entry into India barred In what may come as a temporary respite for environmentalists protesting dismantling of large ships with toxic waste on Indian shores, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has on Sunday decided to bar French cruise liner, S S Norway, from entering Indian waters. This comes ... http://news.india-travelers.com/362/toxic-ships-entry-into-india-barred/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/361/anti-quota-protests-by-medical-students-spread-across-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/361/anti-quota-protests-by-medical-students-spread-across-india/#comments Mon, 15 May 2006 04:53:58 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/361/anti-quota-protests-by-medical-students-spread-across-india/ Anti-quota protests by medical students spread across India Protests by medical students against the Indian governments proposed plan to increase quotas for the disadvantaged in institutions of higher education spread Sunday to several cities across the country. Services at five state-run hospitals in national capital Delhi were severely hit as resident ... http://news.india-travelers.com/361/anti-quota-protests-by-medical-students-spread-across-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/360/in-india-bullion-now-glitters-more-than-jewellery/ http://news.india-travelers.com/360/in-india-bullion-now-glitters-more-than-jewellery/#comments Sat, 13 May 2006 04:59:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/360/in-india-bullion-now-glitters-more-than-jewellery/ In India, bullion now glitters more than jewellery Soaring precious metal prices have led to a palpable change in the worlds biggest gold-consuming market, with jewellery-loving Indians now buying more bullion in the form of bars and coins. Though Indians famed love for jewellery is under no serious threat - ... http://news.india-travelers.com/360/in-india-bullion-now-glitters-more-than-jewellery/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/359/bg-india-to-set-up-3-subsidiaries-for-gas-distribution/ http://news.india-travelers.com/359/bg-india-to-set-up-3-subsidiaries-for-gas-distribution/#comments Sat, 13 May 2006 04:55:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/359/bg-india-to-set-up-3-subsidiaries-for-gas-distribution/ BG India to set up 3 subsidiaries for gas distribution BG India, part of the international energy giant BG Group, plans to set up three subsidiaries for natural gas distribution and transmission operations in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The company has already approached the Foreign Investment Promotioa Board for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/359/bg-india-to-set-up-3-subsidiaries-for-gas-distribution/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/358/bmd-focus-pakistan-india-race-rockets/ http://news.india-travelers.com/358/bmd-focus-pakistan-india-race-rockets/#comments Fri, 12 May 2006 04:58:40 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/358/bmd-focus-pakistan-india-race-rockets/ BMD Focus: Pakistan, India, race rockets The South Asia ballistic missile and nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan rivals the one between Israel and Iran for being the most dangerous on the planet. Relations between India and Pakistan are currently not remotely as fraught as those between Israel and Iran. New ... http://news.india-travelers.com/358/bmd-focus-pakistan-india-race-rockets/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/357/china-india-are-fast-growing-polluters-world-bank/ http://news.india-travelers.com/357/china-india-are-fast-growing-polluters-world-bank/#comments Thu, 11 May 2006 04:22:30 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/357/china-india-are-fast-growing-polluters-world-bank/ China, India are fast-growing polluters: World Bank Greenhouse gas pollution from China and India rose steeply over the last decade, but rich countries, including the United States, remain the worlds biggest polluters, a World Bank official said on Wednesday. The United States accounts for nearly a quarter -- 24 percent -- ... http://news.india-travelers.com/357/china-india-are-fast-growing-polluters-world-bank/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/356/ambassador-ronen-undecided-about-india-return/ http://news.india-travelers.com/356/ambassador-ronen-undecided-about-india-return/#comments Thu, 11 May 2006 04:17:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/356/ambassador-ronen-undecided-about-india-return/ Ambassador Ronen undecided about India return Ambassador Ronen Sen has said he has still not decided if he will return to India once his two-year term expires in August to help Prime Minister Manmohan Singh run the Ministry of External Affairs -- that is sans a cabinet minister after Natwar Singhs ... http://news.india-travelers.com/356/ambassador-ronen-undecided-about-india-return/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/355/india-to-play-74-tests-208-odis-in-six-years-icc/ http://news.india-travelers.com/355/india-to-play-74-tests-208-odis-in-six-years-icc/#comments Wed, 10 May 2006 03:48:02 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/355/india-to-play-74-tests-208-odis-in-six-years-icc/ India to play 74 Tests, 208 ODIs in six years: ICC Indias first series under the new FTP is the tour of the West Indies where they will play four Tests and five one-day internationals, starting May 18, said the International Cricket Council (ICC) while announcing the FTP. But the first series ... http://news.india-travelers.com/355/india-to-play-74-tests-208-odis-in-six-years-icc/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/354/india-to-tighten-offshoring-data-security/ http://news.india-travelers.com/354/india-to-tighten-offshoring-data-security/#comments Wed, 10 May 2006 03:44:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/354/india-to-tighten-offshoring-data-security/ India to tighten offshoring data security India is creating a regulatory body to improve the level of security in companies providing offshore IT services and business process outsourcing. The initiative has been spearheaded by the National Association of Software and Service Companies, or Nasscom, to assuage fears about Indian data security ... http://news.india-travelers.com/354/india-to-tighten-offshoring-data-security/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/353/hk-chinese-cos-may-cut-short-indias-fccb-run/ http://news.india-travelers.com/353/hk-chinese-cos-may-cut-short-indias-fccb-run/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 03:59:52 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/353/hk-chinese-cos-may-cut-short-indias-fccb-run/ HK, Chinese cos may cut short Indias FCCB run India Incs new-found appetite for capacity expansion and acquisitions has made it the majority holder (68%) in FCCB issuance in the Asia Pacific region, except Japan. Some of the corporates who have raised money this year include Ranbaxy ($440m), RCoVL ($500m), Jubilant ... http://news.india-travelers.com/353/hk-chinese-cos-may-cut-short-indias-fccb-run/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/352/allergan-launches-anti-wrinkle-vaccine-botox-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/352/allergan-launches-anti-wrinkle-vaccine-botox-in-india/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 03:55:41 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/352/allergan-launches-anti-wrinkle-vaccine-botox-in-india/ Allergan launches anti-wrinkle vaccine Botox in India The US-based pharma company Allergan Inc has entered India with its anti wrinkle injection Botox. The company has recently obtained license from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to introduce Botox in India. It is now training about 250 dermatologists, cosmetic surgeons ... http://news.india-travelers.com/352/allergan-launches-anti-wrinkle-vaccine-botox-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/351/heat-wave-sweeps-across-n-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/351/heat-wave-sweeps-across-n-india/#comments Mon, 08 May 2006 06:05:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/351/heat-wave-sweeps-across-n-india/ Heat wave sweeps across N India Even as the intense heat wave swept over north India with Hisar recording a high of 46.6°C, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said conditions do not hold out any hope of a respite over the next couple of days. Even ... http://news.india-travelers.com/351/heat-wave-sweeps-across-n-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/350/lunar-mission-india-to-unveil-space-prowess-before-nasa/ http://news.india-travelers.com/350/lunar-mission-india-to-unveil-space-prowess-before-nasa/#comments Mon, 08 May 2006 05:59:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/350/lunar-mission-india-to-unveil-space-prowess-before-nasa/ Lunar Mission: India to unveil space prowess before NASA With India and China exhibiting ambitious space programmes, particularly lunar missions, NASA chief Michael Griffin will formalise two US payloads for the Indian moon mission Chandrayaan 1 when he meets ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair in Bangalore on Tuesday. It will give ... http://news.india-travelers.com/350/lunar-mission-india-to-unveil-space-prowess-before-nasa/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/349/pharma-should-move-more-rd-to-china-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/349/pharma-should-move-more-rd-to-china-india/#comments Fri, 05 May 2006 04:31:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/349/pharma-should-move-more-rd-to-china-india/ Pharma should move more R&D to China, India Pharmaceutical companies should go to China and India to curb their spending on research and development, The Boston Consulting Group said on Thursday. China and India provide major opportunities for drug R&D but for very different reasons, Nicolas Kachaner, senior vice-president of BCG ... http://news.india-travelers.com/349/pharma-should-move-more-rd-to-china-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/348/dbs-courts-india-for-wealth-services/ http://news.india-travelers.com/348/dbs-courts-india-for-wealth-services/#comments Fri, 05 May 2006 04:23:42 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/348/dbs-courts-india-for-wealth-services/ DBS courts India for wealth services In a bid to expand its product portfolio as well as India base, Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) has planned to roll out wealth management services to its Indian clientele in a few select cities. The bank is targeting at least 1,000 customers for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/348/dbs-courts-india-for-wealth-services/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/347/adb-plans-to-double-aid-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/347/adb-plans-to-double-aid-to-india/#comments Thu, 04 May 2006 03:49:17 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/347/adb-plans-to-double-aid-to-india/ ADB plans to double aid to India The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to more than double its financial assistance to India to over $2.6 billion by 2008 from the current level of around $1.3 billion, according to the ADB President, Mr Haruhiko Kuroda. The decision is part of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/347/adb-plans-to-double-aid-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/346/denmark-crush-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/346/denmark-crush-india/#comments Thu, 04 May 2006 03:45:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/346/denmark-crush-india/ Denmark crush India India bowed out of the Thomas Cup badminton championship on Wednesday after losing 0-3 to European powerhouse Denmark at the quarterfinal stage. India bowed out of the Thomas Cup badminton championship on Wednesday after losing 0-3 to European powerhouse Denmark at the quarterfinal stage. India ... http://news.india-travelers.com/346/denmark-crush-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/345/pakistan-india-for-common-ipr-of-basmati/ http://news.india-travelers.com/345/pakistan-india-for-common-ipr-of-basmati/#comments Wed, 03 May 2006 03:38:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/345/pakistan-india-for-common-ipr-of-basmati/ Pakistan, India for common IPR of Basmati Pakistan and India are likely to get a common trademark for Basmati rice as they agreed to jointly file a case to claim Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) over it worldwide. India has formed a Joint Study Group for consultations with Pakistan on the joint ... http://news.india-travelers.com/345/pakistan-india-for-common-ipr-of-basmati/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/344/chicago-b-school-meet-to-focus-on-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/344/chicago-b-school-meet-to-focus-on-india/#comments Wed, 03 May 2006 03:31:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/344/chicago-b-school-meet-to-focus-on-india/ Chicago B-school meet to focus on India The entrepreneurial opportunities that India throws up as it tries to integrate with the global economy will be under the spotlight at the Tata India Business Conference 2006, organised by the South Asia Business Group at the University of Chicagos Graduate School of Business. The ... http://news.india-travelers.com/344/chicago-b-school-meet-to-focus-on-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/343/india-inc-stays-firm-on-growth-path-in-fy05-06/ http://news.india-travelers.com/343/india-inc-stays-firm-on-growth-path-in-fy05-06/#comments Tue, 02 May 2006 04:37:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/343/india-inc-stays-firm-on-growth-path-in-fy05-06/ India Inc stays firm on growth path in FY05-06 The performance of India Inc in 2005-06 reflects a healthy picture. It has achieved a significant top line and bottomline growth. An analysis of 531 companies, for which yearly results are available with FERB, shows that they posted a 23.8% rise ... http://news.india-travelers.com/343/india-inc-stays-firm-on-growth-path-in-fy05-06/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/342/pak-india-people-to-people-contacts-to-bridge-existing-gap-nasiruddin/ http://news.india-travelers.com/342/pak-india-people-to-people-contacts-to-bridge-existing-gap-nasiruddin/#comments Tue, 02 May 2006 04:35:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/342/pak-india-people-to-people-contacts-to-bridge-existing-gap-nasiruddin/ Pak-India people-to-people contacts to bridge existing gap: Nasiruddin Renowned Indian actor Nasiruddin Shah has said inking bilateral agreements by Pakistan and India will not help bridge the gap adding that people-to-people contacts between Islamabad-New Delhi will go a long way to eliminate the existing distance. I have no words to express ... http://news.india-travelers.com/342/pak-india-people-to-people-contacts-to-bridge-existing-gap-nasiruddin/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/341/without-india-tri-nation-gas-pipeline-unviable/ http://news.india-travelers.com/341/without-india-tri-nation-gas-pipeline-unviable/#comments Mon, 01 May 2006 05:45:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/341/without-india-tri-nation-gas-pipeline-unviable/ Without India, tri-nation gas pipeline unviable The tri-nation, Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, may not be viable without Indias participation, said petroleum secretary MS Srinivasan in Mumbai on Sunday. He was reacting to comments made by Iranian deputy oil minister Mohammad Hadi Nejad Hosseinian, on Friday, in Pakistan stating that ... http://news.india-travelers.com/341/without-india-tri-nation-gas-pipeline-unviable/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/340/relations-with-india-have-improved-by-a-degree-says-riaz/ http://news.india-travelers.com/340/relations-with-india-have-improved-by-a-degree-says-riaz/#comments Mon, 01 May 2006 05:39:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/340/relations-with-india-have-improved-by-a-degree-says-riaz/ Relations with India have improved by a degree, says Riaz * Pakistan, US to cooperate in energy, science and technology and education WASHINGTON: Foreign Secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan has said that Pakistan and India have achieved a degree of improved relations. There is a degree of improved relationship between Pakistan and India, and, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/340/relations-with-india-have-improved-by-a-degree-says-riaz/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/339/controversial-water-to-flow-into-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/339/controversial-water-to-flow-into-india/#comments Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:36:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/339/controversial-water-to-flow-into-india/ Controversial Water to Flow Into India The Toronto-based Indian director, Deepa Mehta, has obvious reasons to celebrate, or let out a sigh of relief, as her controversial movie Water is finally set to return to its original soil of India after sparking outrage from Hindu fundamentalists, which forced Mehta to halt ... http://news.india-travelers.com/339/controversial-water-to-flow-into-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/338/pakistan-a-succumb-to-india-a-and-weather/ http://news.india-travelers.com/338/pakistan-a-succumb-to-india-a-and-weather/#comments Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:30:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/338/pakistan-a-succumb-to-india-a-and-weather/ Pakistan A succumb to India A and weather Abu Dhabi is not an ideal venue to play cricket given it is peak summer here and even for locals this is the time to indulge in indoor sports. Therefore, bat first or field first, cricket could be a tiring effort. In conditions ... http://news.india-travelers.com/338/pakistan-a-succumb-to-india-a-and-weather/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/337/india-to-drive-cost-in-health-sector/ http://news.india-travelers.com/337/india-to-drive-cost-in-health-sector/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:50:20 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/337/india-to-drive-cost-in-health-sector/ India to drive cost in health sector India and China will impact both cost and innovation in the healthcare sector. The early signs of this were already evident in India in the fields of remote diagnostics and health tourism, Harpal Singh, chairman Fortis Healthcare said at a forum to discuss Healthcast ... http://news.india-travelers.com/337/india-to-drive-cost-in-health-sector/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/336/india-pakistan-must-get-serious-about-nuclear-issues/ http://news.india-travelers.com/336/india-pakistan-must-get-serious-about-nuclear-issues/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:44:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/336/india-pakistan-must-get-serious-about-nuclear-issues/ India, Pakistan must get serious about nuclear issues The fourth round of expert-level talks on nuclear CBMs between Pakistan and India has been wrapped up with a joint statement on Wednesday. There is some optimism, expressed by both sides, that an agreement to reduce the risk of nuclear accidents would be ... http://news.india-travelers.com/336/india-pakistan-must-get-serious-about-nuclear-issues/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/335/india-uzbekistan-must-fight-terrorism-together-manmohan/ http://news.india-travelers.com/335/india-uzbekistan-must-fight-terrorism-together-manmohan/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:46:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/335/india-uzbekistan-must-fight-terrorism-together-manmohan/ India, Uzbekistan must fight terrorism together: Manmohan Tashkent: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said New Delhi and Uzbekistan should fight terrorism collectively. Speaking at a banquet hosted here by Uzbek President Islam Karimov, he asked Tashkent to lead the way in ensuring peace and stability in the region. Our ... http://news.india-travelers.com/335/india-uzbekistan-must-fight-terrorism-together-manmohan/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/334/indias-new-line-borrower-to-lender-be/ http://news.india-travelers.com/334/indias-new-line-borrower-to-lender-be/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:41:24 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/334/indias-new-line-borrower-to-lender-be/ Indias new line: Borrower to lender be 1991 wasnt so long ago. Neither was the time when India was a major borrower from multilateral agencies like the IMF and World Bank. Today, just 15 years down the line, India has broken from the ranks of large borrowers to emerge as a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/334/indias-new-line-borrower-to-lender-be/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/333/after-nepal-lankas-turn-to-worry-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/333/after-nepal-lankas-turn-to-worry-india/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:16:20 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/333/after-nepal-lankas-turn-to-worry-india/ After Nepal, Lankas turn to worry India Nepal is not the only crisis brewing in the neighbourhood. With a female LTTE suicide bomber blowing herself up in the Sri Lankan army headquarters in Colombo on Tuesday, in an attack against army chief Gen Sarath Fonseka, Indias attention has now turned to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/333/after-nepal-lankas-turn-to-worry-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/332/indias-folly-lets-maobadis-win/ http://news.india-travelers.com/332/indias-folly-lets-maobadis-win/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:08:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/332/indias-folly-lets-maobadis-win/ Indias folly lets Maobadis win Switching on the television set in my hotel room in Kasaragod early Tuesday morning to catch up with the news, I was greeted by a newsreader on a 24x7 channel informing the world how peoples power had won in Nepal. The ecstatic look on her face ... http://news.india-travelers.com/332/indias-folly-lets-maobadis-win/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/331/india-europe-to-get-broadband-link/ http://news.india-travelers.com/331/india-europe-to-get-broadband-link/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:52:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/331/india-europe-to-get-broadband-link/ India, Europe to get broadband link Indias Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. plans to link India and Europe by broadband cable in a project that includes laying 6,214 miles of undersea line. The $300 million project will result in a cable from Bombay west into the Gulf of India, on to Egypt and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/331/india-europe-to-get-broadband-link/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/330/germany-hopes-to-help-india-spread-the-light/ http://news.india-travelers.com/330/germany-hopes-to-help-india-spread-the-light/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:42:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/330/germany-hopes-to-help-india-spread-the-light/ Germany Hopes to Help India Spread the Light Indias acute electricity shortage, at sharp odds to its booming economy, is a focus at the Hanover Industrial Fair this week. Delhi wants to drum up more German investment in the sector. The crisis started four years ago, remembers Satish Krishna Ambekar. We ... http://news.india-travelers.com/330/germany-hopes-to-help-india-spread-the-light/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/329/dogra-to-return-to-india-report/ http://news.india-travelers.com/329/dogra-to-return-to-india-report/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:46:02 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/329/dogra-to-return-to-india-report/ Dogra to return to India: Report The dumped Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand is believed to have agreed to return to India. Harish Dogra, was recalled to India at the beginning of March, and officially stripped of his diplomatic status last week, but up until now has refused to go. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/329/dogra-to-return-to-india-report/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/328/india-pak-iran-to-go-ahead-with-gas-pipeline-proposal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/328/india-pak-iran-to-go-ahead-with-gas-pipeline-proposal/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:43:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/328/india-pak-iran-to-go-ahead-with-gas-pipeline-proposal/ India, Pak, Iran to go ahead with gas pipeline proposal India, Pakistan and Iran have decided to press ahead with negotiations on the proposed 2,100 km gas pipeline project among them despite strong us objections due to Tehrans controversial nuclear programme. Oil ministers of India, Pakistan and Iran, currently in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/328/india-pak-iran-to-go-ahead-with-gas-pipeline-proposal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/327/india-set-aussie-date-sania-shikha-too-good-for-nz/ http://news.india-travelers.com/327/india-set-aussie-date-sania-shikha-too-good-for-nz/#comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 05:07:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/327/india-set-aussie-date-sania-shikha-too-good-for-nz/ India set Aussie date - Sania, Shikha too good for NZ India kept their date with the final after cruising to a 2-1 win in their last pool engagement against New Zealand in the Fed Cup Asia-Oceania Zonal qualifying tie in Seoul on Friday. Shikha Uberoi demolished Kairangi Vano 6-1, 6-3 ... http://news.india-travelers.com/327/india-set-aussie-date-sania-shikha-too-good-for-nz/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/326/india-to-seek-german-support-for-us-nuclear-deal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/326/india-to-seek-german-support-for-us-nuclear-deal/#comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 05:04:06 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/326/india-to-seek-german-support-for-us-nuclear-deal/ India to seek German support for US nuclear deal Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to Germany this weekend where he will try to win support for a nuclear deal with Washington that Berlin has criticised. The standoff over Irans nuclear programme and Indias urgent energy demands will also figure in talks ... http://news.india-travelers.com/326/india-to-seek-german-support-for-us-nuclear-deal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/325/india-germany-aim-to-forge-closer-business-ties/ http://news.india-travelers.com/325/india-germany-aim-to-forge-closer-business-ties/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:43:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/325/india-germany-aim-to-forge-closer-business-ties/ India, Germany aim to forge closer business ties Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a visit to Germany this weekend which will mark another major step by Europes biggest economy to broaden its Asian business empire through closer ties with the worlds second-fastest growing economy. At the same time, India is ... http://news.india-travelers.com/325/india-germany-aim-to-forge-closer-business-ties/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/324/restore-democracy-india-tells-nepal-king/ http://news.india-travelers.com/324/restore-democracy-india-tells-nepal-king/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:37:43 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/324/restore-democracy-india-tells-nepal-king/ Restore democracy, India tells Nepal King India, it appears has once again expressed its strong resentment against the monarchy in Nepal after New Delhis special envoy put the ball in King Gyanendras court to restore democracy and quell two weeks of bloody mass protests in the Himalayan Kingdom. Dr Karan ... http://news.india-travelers.com/324/restore-democracy-india-tells-nepal-king/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/323/india-priority-1-for-global-retail-study/ http://news.india-travelers.com/323/india-priority-1-for-global-retail-study/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:35:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/323/india-priority-1-for-global-retail-study/ India priority 1 for global retail: Study India ranks first, ahead of Russia, in terms of emerging markets potential in retail and is deemed a priority 1 market for international retail, a newly-released Ernst & Young report on the retail sector said. The retail sector in India is highly fragmented and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/323/india-priority-1-for-global-retail-study/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/322/india-can-get-top-un-job/ http://news.india-travelers.com/322/india-can-get-top-un-job/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:28:38 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/322/india-can-get-top-un-job/ India can get top UN job Secretary-general Kofi Annan has, in an unusual move, made three high-level appointments, despite having less than a year in his second term at the UN. Mark Malloch Brown, who was inducted as the secretary-generals chef de cabinet in the aftermath of oil-for-food scandal, has been ... http://news.india-travelers.com/322/india-can-get-top-un-job/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/321/stolen-vishnu-idol-sent-back-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/321/stolen-vishnu-idol-sent-back-to-india/#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:19:24 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/321/stolen-vishnu-idol-sent-back-to-india/ Stolen Vishnu idol sent back to India A stolen 9th century stone idol with carvings of all the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu began its journey back home to be reinstalled in the Varaha temple in Mandsour, Madhya Pradesh, from where it was stolen six years ago. Indian Consul-General Neelam ... http://news.india-travelers.com/321/stolen-vishnu-idol-sent-back-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/320/pakistan-humble-india-by-six-wickets-in-first-odi/ http://news.india-travelers.com/320/pakistan-humble-india-by-six-wickets-in-first-odi/#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:12:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/320/pakistan-humble-india-by-six-wickets-in-first-odi/ Pakistan humble India by six wickets in first ODI Pakistan humbled India by six wickets in the first one-day international of the two-match series at the Zayed Stadium here on Tuesday night. Chasing a victory target of 198, captain Inzamamul Haq and his charges raced home in 48.3 overs. Vice captain ... http://news.india-travelers.com/320/pakistan-humble-india-by-six-wickets-in-first-odi/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/319/india-pak-iran-oil-ministers-to-meet-in-june/ http://news.india-travelers.com/319/india-pak-iran-oil-ministers-to-meet-in-june/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:26:11 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/319/india-pak-iran-oil-ministers-to-meet-in-june/ India, Pak, Iran oil ministers to meet in June Oil ministers from India, Pakistan and Iran will meet in June to discuss the Iran-India gas pipeline proposal, Indian petroleum minister Murli Deora said on Monday. India, which imports 70 percent of the oil it consumes, plans to meet its burgeoning ... http://news.india-travelers.com/319/india-pak-iran-oil-ministers-to-meet-in-june/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/318/chinese-steel-cos-exploring-opportunities-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/318/chinese-steel-cos-exploring-opportunities-in-india/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:19:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/318/chinese-steel-cos-exploring-opportunities-in-india/ Chinese steel cos exploring opportunities in India Chinese steel majors such as Bau Steel and Capital Steel are now exploring business opportunities in India and are planning to make substantial investments in this sector. Interacting with a visiting delegation of Indian industrialists and a media group, industry sources here said ... http://news.india-travelers.com/318/chinese-steel-cos-exploring-opportunities-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/317/india-china-trade-to-be-30-bn-by-09-ficci/ http://news.india-travelers.com/317/india-china-trade-to-be-30-bn-by-09-ficci/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:10:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/317/india-china-trade-to-be-30-bn-by-09-ficci/ India-China trade to be $ 30 bn by 09: FICCI A high-level Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) – CEOs delegation is here to open up, Track-ii diplomacy, to help diversify Indias export basket to china and identify niche areas, crucial for the sustainable long-term growth of bilateral ... http://news.india-travelers.com/317/india-china-trade-to-be-30-bn-by-09-ficci/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/316/dhoni-no-2-batsman-india-up-to-third/ http://news.india-travelers.com/316/dhoni-no-2-batsman-india-up-to-third/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:03:46 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/316/dhoni-no-2-batsman-india-up-to-third/ Dhoni No. 2 batsman, India up to third Indias 5-1 demolition of England has taken them to third place in the ICC one-day rankings while Mahendra Singh Dhonis excellent form propelled him to second spot among ODI batsmen. Indias stupendous run in the shorter version of the game, that has seen them ... http://news.india-travelers.com/316/dhoni-no-2-batsman-india-up-to-third/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/315/politics-key-to-india-china-engagement-n-ram/ http://news.india-travelers.com/315/politics-key-to-india-china-engagement-n-ram/#comments Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:48:05 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/315/politics-key-to-india-china-engagement-n-ram/ Politics key to India-China engagement: N. Ram Proactive politics rather than economic imperatives should be seen as the key to progress in Indias buoyant interaction with China. Making out a powerful case for recognising this reality in the context of the evolution of Indias relationship with China, N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/315/politics-key-to-india-china-engagement-n-ram/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/314/indian-scholarships-for-100-diaspora-students/ http://news.india-travelers.com/314/indian-scholarships-for-100-diaspora-students/#comments Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:42:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/314/indian-scholarships-for-100-diaspora-students/ Indian scholarships for 100 diaspora students The ministry of overseas Indian affairs (MOIA) is introducing scholarships for diaspora children to study in higher technical and non-technical institutes in India in the academic session 2006-07. A senior official of the ministry said that the scholarship programme was open to 100 students from ... http://news.india-travelers.com/314/indian-scholarships-for-100-diaspora-students/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/313/paes-to-indias-rescue-again/ http://news.india-travelers.com/313/paes-to-indias-rescue-again/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:50:53 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/313/paes-to-indias-rescue-again/ Paes to India's rescue again Leander Paes, two sets up in the fifth and decisive reverse singles against Aqeel Khan, turned around a script that had gone bizarre after an attack of cramps in the third. The Indian captain played through pain, held his nerve and game together somehow for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/313/paes-to-indias-rescue-again/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/312/state-bank-of-india-union-reach-agreement-end-strike/ http://news.india-travelers.com/312/state-bank-of-india-union-reach-agreement-end-strike/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:48:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/312/state-bank-of-india-union-reach-agreement-end-strike/ State Bank of India Union Reach Agreement, End Strike State Bank of India employees ended a seven-day strike after reaching a settlement on their demand for higher pensions at the nation's biggest commercial lender. Retired employees who drew as much as 21,040 rupees ($471) as their last monthly salary will ... http://news.india-travelers.com/312/state-bank-of-india-union-reach-agreement-end-strike/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/311/lahood-and-wife-head-to-india-nepal-and-vietnam/ http://news.india-travelers.com/311/lahood-and-wife-head-to-india-nepal-and-vietnam/#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2006 06:12:02 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/311/lahood-and-wife-head-to-india-nepal-and-vietnam/ LaHood and wife head to India, Nepal and Vietnam Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Peoria, and his wife left Friday on a 12-day, taxpayer-funded trip to India, Nepal and Vietnam. LaHood is one of eight House members on the congressional trip, which is being led by House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Plano. LaHood is scheduled to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/311/lahood-and-wife-head-to-india-nepal-and-vietnam/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/310/india-inc-wins-over-out-patients/ http://news.india-travelers.com/310/india-inc-wins-over-out-patients/#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2006 06:05:54 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/310/india-inc-wins-over-out-patients/ India Inc wins over out patients More and more overseas patients are coming to premier hospitals in India. Komal Vijay Singh finds out that the package of top-of-the-line treatment, relatively lower costs, no waiting period and excellent hospitality is a big draw for them. Things are hotting up in India. And ... http://news.india-travelers.com/310/india-inc-wins-over-out-patients/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/309/deloitte-plans-big-for-india-entry/ http://news.india-travelers.com/309/deloitte-plans-big-for-india-entry/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:08:03 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/309/deloitte-plans-big-for-india-entry/ Deloitte plans big for India entry Global consulting major Deloitte is planning to enter the Indian market and is eyeing investments of up to $50 million. Deloitte has discovered a multi billion-dollar M&A market in India, one that's growing at 50 per cent and could see as much as $30 ... http://news.india-travelers.com/309/deloitte-plans-big-for-india-entry/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/308/ogilvy-india-spearheads-pak-bangla-foray/ http://news.india-travelers.com/308/ogilvy-india-spearheads-pak-bangla-foray/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:00:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/308/ogilvy-india-spearheads-pak-bangla-foray/ Ogilvy India spearheads Pak, Bangla foray Even as John Goodman, CEO of one of the country's top ad agencies, Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) India, packs his bags to head to Japan and take over as O&M group president there, he's hoping to complete his script to give the agency a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/308/ogilvy-india-spearheads-pak-bangla-foray/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/307/tennis-india-to-face-pak-in-davis-cup-tie/ http://news.india-travelers.com/307/tennis-india-to-face-pak-in-davis-cup-tie/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:59:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/307/tennis-india-to-face-pak-in-davis-cup-tie/ Tennis: India to face Pak in Davis Cup tie India play Pakistan in a Davis Cup tie this weekend in Mumbai. The tie will be played on grass at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai. Rohan Bopanna and Prakash Amritraj have prepared to play the singles matches but Indian captain ... http://news.india-travelers.com/307/tennis-india-to-face-pak-in-davis-cup-tie/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/306/india-afghanistan-to-sign-three-pacts/ http://news.india-travelers.com/306/india-afghanistan-to-sign-three-pacts/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:49:10 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/306/india-afghanistan-to-sign-three-pacts/ India, Afghanistan to sign three pacts India and Afghanistan will discuss issues like the resurgence of Taliban-fuelled violence and sign three important pacts during the four-day visit of President Hamid Karzai to New Delhi beginning April 9. Two memorandums of understanding will be signed for rural development and education exchange programmes. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/306/india-afghanistan-to-sign-three-pacts/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/305/a-love-letter-from-india-reaches-15000-pak-kids/ http://news.india-travelers.com/305/a-love-letter-from-india-reaches-15000-pak-kids/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:14:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/305/a-love-letter-from-india-reaches-15000-pak-kids/ A love letter from India reaches 15,000 Pak kids “Dear Children of Pakistan, Let’s join hearts in friendship. Together we can make a better world — The Children of India.” These are the wordings of a love letter written by Indian children, which was handed over to 15,000 Pakistani children ... http://news.india-travelers.com/305/a-love-letter-from-india-reaches-15000-pak-kids/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/304/sorry-freddie-its-looking-good-for-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/304/sorry-freddie-its-looking-good-for-india/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:03:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/304/sorry-freddie-its-looking-good-for-india/ Sorry Freddie, it’s looking good for India Weather apart, even history favours the hosts in Kochi. And the wicket? Let’s just say that to win the toss and do anything else but bat will be downright foolish, in the fourth one-day international in God’s Own Country. KOCHI: Trailing 0-3 in the series, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/304/sorry-freddie-its-looking-good-for-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/303/team-india-is-keeping-them-guessing/ http://news.india-travelers.com/303/team-india-is-keeping-them-guessing/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:34:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/303/team-india-is-keeping-them-guessing/ Team India is keeping them guessing As D-day approaches, the speculation regarding the Indian team for the Asia/Oceania Zone I Davis Cup round I play-off tie against Pakistan is gaining momentum. The team have been under the scanner for the last few days. Every movement has been carefully observed and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/303/team-india-is-keeping-them-guessing/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/302/marico-seeks-to-shimmer-with-stardust/ http://news.india-travelers.com/302/marico-seeks-to-shimmer-with-stardust/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:32:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/302/marico-seeks-to-shimmer-with-stardust/ Marico seeks to shimmer with stardust FMCG major Marico is pulling out all stops and going for some greater brand equity. The move follows the company’s strategy of leveraging Bollywood stars to enhance its presence. The company recently signed actor Sonali Bendre-Behl for its soon-to-be-launched baby care products line, while another star, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/302/marico-seeks-to-shimmer-with-stardust/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/301/india-to-crack-down-on-maoist-rebels/ http://news.india-travelers.com/301/india-to-crack-down-on-maoist-rebels/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:08:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/301/india-to-crack-down-on-maoist-rebels/ India to crack down on Maoist rebels Under pressure to crack down on a Maoist rebellion, Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, will review counter-insurgency plans at a meeting with state chief ministers to be held on April 13. In the wake of a recent hijacking of a train by Maoists in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/301/india-to-crack-down-on-maoist-rebels/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/300/india-inc-is-big-buyer-abroad/ http://news.india-travelers.com/300/india-inc-is-big-buyer-abroad/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:07:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/300/india-inc-is-big-buyer-abroad/ India Inc is big buyer abroad Corporate India is bidding buy-buy to timidity. With two half-billion dollar deals announced in the last two months — Dr Reddy Labs’ purchase of German drug firm Betapharm for $570 million and Suzlon’s deal to buy a Belgian wind turbine machinery maker for $567 ... http://news.india-travelers.com/300/india-inc-is-big-buyer-abroad/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/298/air-india-denies-breaking-dgca-safety-regulations/ http://news.india-travelers.com/298/air-india-denies-breaking-dgca-safety-regulations/#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:51:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/298/air-india-denies-breaking-dgca-safety-regulations/ Air-India denies breaking DGCA safety regulations Reacting to the allegations made by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on duty time of pilots, the national flag carrier, Air-India, said it has strictly followed all the norms and civil aviation requirements (CAR) on flight duties laid down by the Director General of Civil ... http://news.india-travelers.com/298/air-india-denies-breaking-dgca-safety-regulations/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/299/puma-growth-plans-kick-off-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/299/puma-growth-plans-kick-off-in-india/#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:51:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/299/puma-growth-plans-kick-off-in-india/ Puma growth plans kick off in India German sporting goods firm Puma said on Friday it planned to introduce a larger range of products in India through its newly-launched subsidiary Puma Sports India Pvt. Ltd. About 250 products in footwear, 200 in apparel and 100 in accessories will be launched in the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/299/puma-growth-plans-kick-off-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/297/india-wants-indo-pak-visa-rules-eased/ http://news.india-travelers.com/297/india-wants-indo-pak-visa-rules-eased/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2006 04:47:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/297/india-wants-indo-pak-visa-rules-eased/ India wants Indo-Pak visa rules eased India on Friday called for doing away with rigid Indo-Pak visa rules in the wake of the improving relations with Islamabad so that more people could travel across the borders with lesser restrictions. Speaking at a get-together organised by South Asian Free Media Association, High ... http://news.india-travelers.com/297/india-wants-indo-pak-visa-rules-eased/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/296/lathicharge-mars-india-england-2nd-odi/ http://news.india-travelers.com/296/lathicharge-mars-india-england-2nd-odi/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2006 04:46:29 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/296/lathicharge-mars-india-england-2nd-odi/ Lathicharge mars India-England 2nd ODI Three people were injured when police resorted to lathicharge to disperse angry spectators during the second ODI between India and England on Friday. A middle-aged woman and her child had to be rushed to a nearby hospital after they suffered injuries in the lathicharge. Another ... http://news.india-travelers.com/296/lathicharge-mars-india-england-2nd-odi/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/295/uk-mp-urges-pakistan-and-india-to-demilitarise-loc/ http://news.india-travelers.com/295/uk-mp-urges-pakistan-and-india-to-demilitarise-loc/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:46:42 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/295/uk-mp-urges-pakistan-and-india-to-demilitarise-loc/ UK MP urges Pakistan and India to demilitarise LoC British parliamentarian and attorney general Dominic Grieve has urged Pakistan and India to pull back troops from across the Line of Control (LoC). A delegation of members of the British House of Commons from the Conservative Party was on a visit to Pakistan. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/295/uk-mp-urges-pakistan-and-india-to-demilitarise-loc/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/294/emerging-markets-shine-in-ipo-boom-india-leads/ http://news.india-travelers.com/294/emerging-markets-shine-in-ipo-boom-india-leads/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:45:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/294/emerging-markets-shine-in-ipo-boom-india-leads/ Emerging markets shine in IPO boom, India leads A boom in intial public offers (IPOs) is currently sweeping the global markets. As many as 29 countries — including Brazil, Egypt, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the UAE — each hosted more than $1 billion ... http://news.india-travelers.com/294/emerging-markets-shine-in-ipo-boom-india-leads/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/293/india-slashes-hiv-infection-rate/ http://news.india-travelers.com/293/india-slashes-hiv-infection-rate/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:26:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/293/india-slashes-hiv-infection-rate/ India slashes HIV infection rate HIV infection rates have fallen by a third in the worst hit regions of south India, research suggests. The joint Indian and Canadian team say the figures show safe sex awareness campaigns can have a dramatic impact. The Lancet study tracked HIV infection rates among ... http://news.india-travelers.com/293/india-slashes-hiv-infection-rate/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/292/the-view-from-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/292/the-view-from-india/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:25:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/292/the-view-from-india/ The view from India The city and parts of northern India witnessed a partial solar eclipse between 5.02 p.m. and 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday. It had magnitude of .07 and belonged to the "saros cycle 139" that comes every 18 years, 11 days and eight hours, said Prof. R. Subramanian ... http://news.india-travelers.com/292/the-view-from-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/291/india-trade-centre-to-open-in-uae/ http://news.india-travelers.com/291/india-trade-centre-to-open-in-uae/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:29:44 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/291/india-trade-centre-to-open-in-uae/ India Trade Centre to open in UAE India today conveyed its concern to the Dubai ruler over a new UAE law penalising companies employing more than 34 per cent of staff from one nationality. The legislation impacted unfairly on India, visiting Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath told Sheikh Mohammed Bin ... http://news.india-travelers.com/291/india-trade-centre-to-open-in-uae/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/290/india-pakistan-agree-to-jointly-patent-basmati/ http://news.india-travelers.com/290/india-pakistan-agree-to-jointly-patent-basmati/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:28:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/290/india-pakistan-agree-to-jointly-patent-basmati/ India, Pakistan agree to jointly patent basmati India and Pakistan have agreed to jointly file for intellectual property rights over Basmati rice. Officials of the two countries who met in Islamabad on Tuesday decided to jointly set up a sub-group of experts to discuss the matter and suggest steps for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/290/india-pakistan-agree-to-jointly-patent-basmati/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/289/pakistan-refuses-to-give-mfn-status-to-india-even-after-safta-ratification/ http://news.india-travelers.com/289/pakistan-refuses-to-give-mfn-status-to-india-even-after-safta-ratification/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:43:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/289/pakistan-refuses-to-give-mfn-status-to-india-even-after-safta-ratification/ Pakistan refuses to give MFN status to India even after Safta ratification Pakistan has decided not to give most favoured nation (MFN) status to India, even under the recently ratified South Asia free trade agreement (Safta), and has indicated that it will continue to trade with the country on the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/289/pakistan-refuses-to-give-mfn-status-to-india-even-after-safta-ratification/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/288/india-gains-edge-in-par-boiled-rice-market/ http://news.india-travelers.com/288/india-gains-edge-in-par-boiled-rice-market/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:42:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/288/india-gains-edge-in-par-boiled-rice-market/ India gains edge in par-boiled rice market India is enjoying an advantage in the African market for par-boiled rice with the Thailand Government's domestic intervention programme pushing up prices there and duty advantage in Nigeria making consignments from New Delhi competitive. At least, one lakh tonnes of par-boiled rice have ... http://news.india-travelers.com/288/india-gains-edge-in-par-boiled-rice-market/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/287/six-killed-in-maoist-attack-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/287/six-killed-in-maoist-attack-in-india/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:08:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/287/six-killed-in-maoist-attack-in-india/ Six killed in Maoist attack in India Five Maoist rebels were killed Sunday in a gunbattle with security forces in eastern India, a day after guerrillas killed 14 people in the same region, a police officer said. “The incident happened ... when Maoist rebels attacked a police party who were looking ... http://news.india-travelers.com/287/six-killed-in-maoist-attack-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/286/india-series-a-test-of-consistency-says-strauss/ http://news.india-travelers.com/286/india-series-a-test-of-consistency-says-strauss/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:07:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/286/india-series-a-test-of-consistency-says-strauss/ India series a test of consistency, says Strauss England will face a test of consistency in the seven-match one-day series against India starting on Tuesday, according to batsman Andrew Strauss. "We haven't performed as consistently in one-dayers, particularly away from home," he told reporters on Sunday. England are second in world test rankings ... http://news.india-travelers.com/286/india-series-a-test-of-consistency-says-strauss/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/284/england-lose-a-close-match-ahead-of-india-one-day-series/ http://news.india-travelers.com/284/england-lose-a-close-match-ahead-of-india-one-day-series/#comments Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:23:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/284/england-lose-a-close-match-ahead-of-india-one-day-series/ England lose a close match ahead of India one-day series England suffered a five-run defeat in their only practice game ahead of a one-day series against India despite impressive half-centuries from Ian Bell and Matthew Prior here on Saturday. England, chasing a 261-run target off 50 overs, were bowled out for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/284/england-lose-a-close-match-ahead-of-india-one-day-series/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/285/theres-life-on-the-fringes-for-team-india-reserves/ http://news.india-travelers.com/285/theres-life-on-the-fringes-for-team-india-reserves/#comments Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:23:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/285/theres-life-on-the-fringes-for-team-india-reserves/ There’s life on the fringes for Team India reserves Watching RP Singh getting hit by Kevin Peitersen and Matthew Prior — his first spell of five overs cost 42 runs — led one to conclude that being sidelined after an early burst in Team India colours has dented the left-arm ... http://news.india-travelers.com/285/theres-life-on-the-fringes-for-team-india-reserves/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/283/us-india-nuclear-deal-to-lead-region-to-destabilization-pak/ http://news.india-travelers.com/283/us-india-nuclear-deal-to-lead-region-to-destabilization-pak/#comments Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:40:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/283/us-india-nuclear-deal-to-lead-region-to-destabilization-pak/ US-India nuclear deal to lead region to destabilization: Pak Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam has said country is facing harsher problems at international level due to incidents of honor killing, sexual violence and child Labour adding it is corporate responsibility of government and society to ensure incidents of honor killings are ... http://news.india-travelers.com/283/us-india-nuclear-deal-to-lead-region-to-destabilization-pak/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/282/why-gandhis-exit-is-good-for-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/282/why-gandhis-exit-is-good-for-india/#comments Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:39:41 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/282/why-gandhis-exit-is-good-for-india/ Why Gandhi's Exit is Good for India Sonia Gandhi's surprise decision to resign as a member of parliament leaves the world's biggest representative democracy in the hands of two leaders, Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who technically don't represent anyone. If that sounds like a strange system of government, this ... http://news.india-travelers.com/282/why-gandhis-exit-is-good-for-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/281/bechtel-wants-to-open-new-chapter-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/281/bechtel-wants-to-open-new-chapter-in-india/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:19:20 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/281/bechtel-wants-to-open-new-chapter-in-india/ Bechtel wants to open new chapter in India After burning its fingers on the now-closed Dabhol project, US power major Bechtel wants to begin a new innings in India's fast-changing power sector. The company is keen to explore bidding avenues for the construction contract of the proposed five ultra mega ... http://news.india-travelers.com/281/bechtel-wants-to-open-new-chapter-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/280/india-on-shopping-spree-for-oil-assets/ http://news.india-travelers.com/280/india-on-shopping-spree-for-oil-assets/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:17:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/280/india-on-shopping-spree-for-oil-assets/ India on shopping spree for oil assets Energy-hungry India is scouting for oil and gas assets in Central Asia, Africa and Latin America to feed the requirements of its rapidly expanding economy. "India is actively looking for assets both in terms of equity participation and exploration and production contracts in Central Asia, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/280/india-on-shopping-spree-for-oil-assets/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/279/india-now-lures-global-educational-providers/ http://news.india-travelers.com/279/india-now-lures-global-educational-providers/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:39:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/279/india-now-lures-global-educational-providers/ India now lures global educational providers India appears to have become the market where all the global education providers are heading for, including the the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), which is the world’s largest provider of international qualifications for teenagers. CIE chief executive Ann Puntis, who is in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/279/india-now-lures-global-educational-providers/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/278/sebi-warns-india-infoline-to-exercise-caution-over-content/ http://news.india-travelers.com/278/sebi-warns-india-infoline-to-exercise-caution-over-content/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:38:00 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/278/sebi-warns-india-infoline-to-exercise-caution-over-content/ Sebi warns India Infoline to exercise caution over content The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked India Infoline Ltd to exercise due care and diligence to ensure that persons with proven credentials of giving fair and truthful information and analysis are allowed to give advise on its ... http://news.india-travelers.com/278/sebi-warns-india-infoline-to-exercise-caution-over-content/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/277/us-india-nuclear-deal-could-be-bad-news-for-kashmir/ http://news.india-travelers.com/277/us-india-nuclear-deal-could-be-bad-news-for-kashmir/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:33:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/277/us-india-nuclear-deal-could-be-bad-news-for-kashmir/ US-India nuclear deal could be bad news for Kashmir’ Nuclear cooperation between the United States and India could have severe implications for the Kashmir issue, lead to an arms race in South Asia and strategic regional instability, speakers at a public talk said. The programme, organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/277/us-india-nuclear-deal-could-be-bad-news-for-kashmir/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/276/india-lose-tendulkar-for-one-day-series/ http://news.india-travelers.com/276/india-lose-tendulkar-for-one-day-series/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:32:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/276/india-lose-tendulkar-for-one-day-series/ India lose Tendulkar for one-day series India have been dealt a blow ahead of the start of their one-day series with England with the news that Sachin Tendulkar will not play due to injury. The Little Master has been struggling for form during the Test series, the result of which will ... http://news.india-travelers.com/276/india-lose-tendulkar-for-one-day-series/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/275/iran-offers-gas-for-iran-pak-india-pipeline-at-usd-6-per-mbtu/ http://news.india-travelers.com/275/iran-offers-gas-for-iran-pak-india-pipeline-at-usd-6-per-mbtu/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:52:24 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/275/iran-offers-gas-for-iran-pak-india-pipeline-at-usd-6-per-mbtu/ Iran offers gas for Iran-Pak-India pipeline at USD 6 per mbtu Iran is learnt to have offered gas for the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project at USD six per million British thermal unit. The price along with the project structure was discussed at the first ever secretary-level trilateral meeting of the three ... http://news.india-travelers.com/275/iran-offers-gas-for-iran-pak-india-pipeline-at-usd-6-per-mbtu/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/274/india-urged-not-to-lose-musharraf/ http://news.india-travelers.com/274/india-urged-not-to-lose-musharraf/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:50:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/274/india-urged-not-to-lose-musharraf/ India urged not to ‘lose’ Musharraf Politicians returning from the Islamabad-hosted Pugwash Conference on Kashmir, urged India this week to respond to positively to the “bold” proposals put forward by Pakistani president, General Pervez Musharraf. Omar Abdullah said, after holding a 45-minute meeting with the Pakistani leader, that President Musharraf genuinely ... http://news.india-travelers.com/274/india-urged-not-to-lose-musharraf/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/273/india-wary-of-agri-talks/ http://news.india-travelers.com/273/india-wary-of-agri-talks/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:41:54 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/273/india-wary-of-agri-talks/ India wary of agri talks Following the meeting of the G-6 countries in London last week, intense discussions on agriculture are slated to begin at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva starting on Monday. India has decided to wait for an agreement to emerge on the tariff reduction ... http://news.india-travelers.com/273/india-wary-of-agri-talks/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/272/pakistan-not-serious-about-kashmir-solution-narayanan-india-ready-to-talk-to-militants/ http://news.india-travelers.com/272/pakistan-not-serious-about-kashmir-solution-narayanan-india-ready-to-talk-to-militants/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:40:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/272/pakistan-not-serious-about-kashmir-solution-narayanan-india-ready-to-talk-to-militants/ Pakistan not serious about Kashmir solution: Narayanan, India ready to talk to militants India said on Sunday that it was considering entering into dialogue with militant commanders, including United Jihad Council Chairman Syed Salahuddin, to resolve the Kashmir issue. National Security Advisor MK Narayanan was speaking during an interview with a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/272/pakistan-not-serious-about-kashmir-solution-narayanan-india-ready-to-talk-to-militants/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/271/india-plans-free-trade-pact-with-japan-china/ http://news.india-travelers.com/271/india-plans-free-trade-pact-with-japan-china/#comments Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:55:54 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/271/india-plans-free-trade-pact-with-japan-china/ India plans free trade pact with Japan, China Prime minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday that his government was working on free trade agreements with Asian countries like Japan and China to open up new growth avenues for economy. Addressing a business conference here, the prime minister also said the country was ... http://news.india-travelers.com/271/india-plans-free-trade-pact-with-japan-china/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/270/anz-to-move-files-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/270/anz-to-move-files-to-india/#comments Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:53:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/270/anz-to-move-files-to-india/ ANZ to move files to India THE confidential banking records of three million customers of the ANZ Bank are being moved offshore to India. In a move that has alarmed consumer groups and police, much of the bank's search and retrieval processes of the records will be undertaken in ANZ's offices in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/270/anz-to-move-files-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/269/factbox-indias-retail-sector-set-to-grow-rapidly/ http://news.india-travelers.com/269/factbox-indias-retail-sector-set-to-grow-rapidly/#comments Sat, 18 Mar 2006 04:29:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/269/factbox-indias-retail-sector-set-to-grow-rapidly/ FACTBOX: India's retail sector set to grow rapidly The following are some of the characteristics of India's retail industry. They have been culled from various reports by consulting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, A.T. Kearney and lobby group Confederation of Indian Industry. -- India does not allow foreign retailers to set up wholly-owned retail ... http://news.india-travelers.com/269/factbox-indias-retail-sector-set-to-grow-rapidly/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/268/india-russia-keep-it-low-key/ http://news.india-travelers.com/268/india-russia-keep-it-low-key/#comments Sat, 18 Mar 2006 04:28:02 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/268/india-russia-keep-it-low-key/ India, Russia keep it low key Mindful of exacerbating sensitivities across the Atlantic, Russia and India on Friday fought to keep their resumed nuclear relations below the radar. Though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made an appreciative reference to Russia's offer of fuel to Tarapur, his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov, confined himself ... http://news.india-travelers.com/268/india-russia-keep-it-low-key/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/267/india-a-non-proliferator-says-us-president/ http://news.india-travelers.com/267/india-a-non-proliferator-says-us-president/#comments Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:56:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/267/india-a-non-proliferator-says-us-president/ India a non-proliferator, says U.S President United States President George W. Bush asserted that India had been a non-proliferator, and said Congress should pass a law that would allow sale of nuclear technology to New Delhi. "India is a non-proliferator. It has been a non-proliferator for the past 30 years. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/267/india-a-non-proliferator-says-us-president/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/266/india-invited-to-join-tap-pipeline-project/ http://news.india-travelers.com/266/india-invited-to-join-tap-pipeline-project/#comments Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:55:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/266/india-invited-to-join-tap-pipeline-project/ India invited to join TAP pipeline project India has been invited to join the $ 5-billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) pipeline project and asked to convey its response by May 15. The decision to invite India as a full member of the project was taken at the steering committee meeting of the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/266/india-invited-to-join-tap-pipeline-project/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/265/india-battles-bird-flu-virus-spreads-in-europe/ http://news.india-travelers.com/265/india-battles-bird-flu-virus-spreads-in-europe/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:08:38 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/265/india-battles-bird-flu-virus-spreads-in-europe/ India battles bird flu; virus spreads in Europe Health workers went door-to-door looking for people with bird flu symptoms in western India on Wednesday, while the virus pushed deeper into Scandinavia. Indian officials said they were checking if the latest outbreak -- which occurred in backyard poultry in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra ... http://news.india-travelers.com/265/india-battles-bird-flu-virus-spreads-in-europe/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/264/spirit-of-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/264/spirit-of-india/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:07:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/264/spirit-of-india/ Spirit of India The united colours of Holi festival were everywhere as millions of Indians Wednesday drenched each other lavishly with wild colours and affection. Children armed with water pistols fashioned after space age weapons went around squirting coloured water and hurling water balloons as their elders greeted each other by ... http://news.india-travelers.com/264/spirit-of-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/262/myanmar-to-inform-india-on-suu-kyi/ http://news.india-travelers.com/262/myanmar-to-inform-india-on-suu-kyi/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:02:30 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/262/myanmar-to-inform-india-on-suu-kyi/ Myanmar to inform India on Suu Kyi ABOARD PRESIDENT'S AIRCRAFT: India has expressed interest in the welfare of the Noble Peace prize winner, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, under house arrest without trial by Myanmar's ruling military junta since May 2003. The Myanmar leader, Senior General Than Shwe, assured President A.P.J. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/262/myanmar-to-inform-india-on-suu-kyi/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/263/lason-india-implements-bpo-curriculum/ http://news.india-travelers.com/263/lason-india-implements-bpo-curriculum/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:02:30 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/263/lason-india-implements-bpo-curriculum/ Lason India implements BPO curriculum Lason India, a Chennai-based BPO firm, has announced implementation of its new ‘campus model’ in a collge in Tamil Nadu to make the students employable as soon as they complete their degrees. Under this campus model, the company has developed a BPO course ... http://news.india-travelers.com/263/lason-india-implements-bpo-curriculum/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/261/india-name-unchanged-squad-for-final-england-test/ http://news.india-travelers.com/261/india-name-unchanged-squad-for-final-england-test/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:02:30 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/261/india-name-unchanged-squad-for-final-england-test/ India name unchanged squad for final England Test Indian selectors named an unchanged squad for the final Test against England. India won the rain-interrupted second Test in Mohali by nine wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series after the first Test in Nagpur ended in a draw.The third ... http://news.india-travelers.com/261/india-name-unchanged-squad-for-final-england-test/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/260/techs-lift-india-stocks-to-new-highs/ http://news.india-travelers.com/260/techs-lift-india-stocks-to-new-highs/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:38:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/260/techs-lift-india-stocks-to-new-highs/ Techs lift India stocks to new highs Shares in India’s top software services firms rose on Monday as investors bet the export-focused companies could turn in sturdy growth in quarterly earnings, helping the main stock index to an all-time closing high. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India’s top software services exporter, rose ... http://news.india-travelers.com/260/techs-lift-india-stocks-to-new-highs/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/258/telekom-malaysia-buys-49-of-india-spice-tel/ http://news.india-travelers.com/258/telekom-malaysia-buys-49-of-india-spice-tel/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:38:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/258/telekom-malaysia-buys-49-of-india-spice-tel/ Telekom Malaysia Buys 49% Of India Spice Tel Telekom Malaysia Bhd. (4863.KU) has agreed to acquire 49% of India's Spice Telecom Ltd., tapping into the subcontinent's booming cellular phone market, the two companies said Friday. Malaysia's No. 1 phone company will pay $178.8 million for the stake in India's seventh-largest cellular ... http://news.india-travelers.com/258/telekom-malaysia-buys-49-of-india-spice-tel/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/259/england-300-112-5-india-338-kumbles-artistry-leaves-england-staring-down-barrel/ http://news.india-travelers.com/259/england-300-112-5-india-338-kumbles-artistry-leaves-england-staring-down-barrel/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:38:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/259/england-300-112-5-india-338-kumbles-artistry-leaves-england-staring-down-barrel/ England 300 & 112-5 India 338: Kumble's artistry leaves England staring down barrel To the uninitiated, Anil Kumble looks a pretty ordinary bowler. His leg-breaks possess little mystery and he is not a huge spinner of the cricket ball. But on Saturday he proudly became the fifth man to take ... http://news.india-travelers.com/259/england-300-112-5-india-338-kumbles-artistry-leaves-england-staring-down-barrel/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/256/us-govt-submits-draft-proposal-to-congress-on-nuke-deal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/256/us-govt-submits-draft-proposal-to-congress-on-nuke-deal/#comments Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:06:40 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/256/us-govt-submits-draft-proposal-to-congress-on-nuke-deal/ US Govt. submits draft proposal to Congress on nuke deal The Bush Administration has put forward to Congress an India-specific draft legislation proposal for amending the US atomic energy laws to pave the way for the civilian nuclear energy deal with India to move forward. "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ... http://news.india-travelers.com/256/us-govt-submits-draft-proposal-to-congress-on-nuke-deal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/257/nimbus-secures-10-more-advertisers-for-india-england-series/ http://news.india-travelers.com/257/nimbus-secures-10-more-advertisers-for-india-england-series/#comments Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:06:40 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/257/nimbus-secures-10-more-advertisers-for-india-england-series/ Nimbus secures 10 more advertisers for India-England series It remains a tall order for Nimbus Communications, the global media rights owner of Indian cricket, to sell advertising inventory for the India-England cricket series at the price it is seeking. But thus far, it is holding firm. Nimbus' broadcast ad sales arm ... http://news.india-travelers.com/257/nimbus-secures-10-more-advertisers-for-india-england-series/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/255/india-pakistan-to-discuss-gas-price-with-iran/ http://news.india-travelers.com/255/india-pakistan-to-discuss-gas-price-with-iran/#comments Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:05:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/255/india-pakistan-to-discuss-gas-price-with-iran/ India, Pakistan to discuss gas price with Iran India and Pakistan will discuss the price of gas they plan to import from Iran through a proposed pipeline when the three nations meet to discuss the seven-billion-dollar project next week, AFP reported. "We will discuss gas pricing, project structure and the tripartite ... http://news.india-travelers.com/255/india-pakistan-to-discuss-gas-price-with-iran/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/254/adb-plans-300-400-mn-bond-issue-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/254/adb-plans-300-400-mn-bond-issue-in-india/#comments Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:03:46 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/254/adb-plans-300-400-mn-bond-issue-in-india/ ADB plans $300-400 mn bond issue in India Manila-based Asian Development Bank is likely to raise 300-400 million dollar through a bond issue in India in next few months. "We are planning a bond issue of 300-400 million dollar in India in the next few months," a senior Bank official ... http://news.india-travelers.com/254/adb-plans-300-400-mn-bond-issue-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/253/usher-in-democracy-india-to-myanmar/ http://news.india-travelers.com/253/usher-in-democracy-india-to-myanmar/#comments Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:17:58 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/253/usher-in-democracy-india-to-myanmar/ Usher in democracy, India to Myanmar India today made it clear to the Myanmar’s military regime that it had “strong interests” in seeing a multi-party democracy in Myanmar that served as New Delhi’s virtual doorstep to south-east Asia, an economically flourishing region. President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, during his talks with ... http://news.india-travelers.com/253/usher-in-democracy-india-to-myanmar/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/252/capex-plans-to-lure-equity-into-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/252/capex-plans-to-lure-equity-into-india/#comments Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:14:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/252/capex-plans-to-lure-equity-into-india/ ‘Capex plans to lure equity into India’ Despite apprehensions that foreign fund flow to Asia especially from the US will slow down, India may not be affected adversely compared to its peers as buoyancy in capex plans and the resulting growth will keep the lure for equity intact. In an ... http://news.india-travelers.com/252/capex-plans-to-lure-equity-into-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/251/temasek-buys-10-of-indias-tata-teleservices/ http://news.india-travelers.com/251/temasek-buys-10-of-indias-tata-teleservices/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:36:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/251/temasek-buys-10-of-indias-tata-teleservices/ Temasek buys 10% of India’s Tata Teleservices Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd said on Wednesday it had bought a 9.9 percent stake in Tata Teleservices, India’s second-largest provider of CDMA mobile services, for an undisclosed amount. Temasek’s share in the telecoms firm is its second major investment in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/251/temasek-buys-10-of-indias-tata-teleservices/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/250/indias-silent-victims/ http://news.india-travelers.com/250/indias-silent-victims/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:35:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/250/indias-silent-victims/ India's silent victims In a nation where the cow is sacred, the horse is, in contrast, a fearsomely abused commodity. Now a British charity is working to provide sanctuary to over-worked animals. Richard Edmondson met up in Delhi with Jim Culloty, Irish jockey and Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, to learn ... http://news.india-travelers.com/250/indias-silent-victims/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/249/retired-supreme-court-judge-to-consult-with-air-india-families/ http://news.india-travelers.com/249/retired-supreme-court-judge-to-consult-with-air-india-families/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:12:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/249/retired-supreme-court-judge-to-consult-with-air-india-families/ Retired Supreme Court judge to consult with Air India families Prime Minister Stephen Harper has asked a recently retired Supreme Court of Canada justice to meet with the relatives of people who died in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182. A news release from Harper's office said Justice John ... http://news.india-travelers.com/249/retired-supreme-court-judge-to-consult-with-air-india-families/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/248/third-wave-of-bull-run-in-india-thrills-analysts/ http://news.india-travelers.com/248/third-wave-of-bull-run-in-india-thrills-analysts/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:10:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/248/third-wave-of-bull-run-in-india-thrills-analysts/ Third wave of bull run in India thrills analysts International commentators and analysts have been gung ho about the third wave in the emerging markets including India during the last few months. What they have been implying is the wave of investor interest in emerging markets again -- the third in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/248/third-wave-of-bull-run-in-india-thrills-analysts/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/247/china-for-a-tea-club-with-india-lanka/ http://news.india-travelers.com/247/china-for-a-tea-club-with-india-lanka/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:06:43 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/247/china-for-a-tea-club-with-india-lanka/ China for a tea club with India, Lanka China has shown its interest to set up a joint tea federation with the two major Asian tea producing countries — India and Sri Lanka. The country, which produces green tea, has also sought the help of J Thomas & ... http://news.india-travelers.com/247/china-for-a-tea-club-with-india-lanka/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/246/australia-india-to-explore-nuclear-pact/ http://news.india-travelers.com/246/australia-india-to-explore-nuclear-pact/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:05:52 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/246/australia-india-to-explore-nuclear-pact/ Australia, India to explore nuclear pact Australia and India will set up a working group to explore the detail of a nuclear pact that has put the issue of Australian uranium sales in the spotlight. A historic accord between India and United States last week put Australia's uranium sales policy in focus ... http://news.india-travelers.com/246/australia-india-to-explore-nuclear-pact/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/245/the-new-india-and-the-old-one/ http://news.india-travelers.com/245/the-new-india-and-the-old-one/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:04:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/245/the-new-india-and-the-old-one/ The New India, and the Old One Presidents of the U.S. don't get scared. They get security. But if the murder of an American diplomat in Karachi last week underlined the fact that George W. Bush was on one of his riskier foreign trips, the President was probably unaware he was ... http://news.india-travelers.com/245/the-new-india-and-the-old-one/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/244/india-asks-australia-to-relax-uranium-rule/ http://news.india-travelers.com/244/india-asks-australia-to-relax-uranium-rule/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:08:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/244/india-asks-australia-to-relax-uranium-rule/ India asks Australia to relax uranium rule After reaching a deal on nuclear issues with the United States, India is asking Australia to relax rules banning the sale of uranium. U.S. President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed an agreement separating India`s domestic and military nuclear facilities and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/244/india-asks-australia-to-relax-uranium-rule/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/243/a-furor-over-visa-delays-before-bush-visit-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/243/a-furor-over-visa-delays-before-bush-visit-to-india/#comments Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:25:58 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/243/a-furor-over-visa-delays-before-bush-visit-to-india/ A furor over visa delays before Bush visit to India Just days before the arrival here of President George W. Bush, complaints from three Indian scientists about U.S. visa applications have stirred a diplomatic tempest. All three said they were rebuffed by officials at the U.S. Consulate in Madras, also ... http://news.india-travelers.com/243/a-furor-over-visa-delays-before-bush-visit-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/242/indias-jan-oil-product-exports-rise-49-pct-yy/ http://news.india-travelers.com/242/indias-jan-oil-product-exports-rise-49-pct-yy/#comments Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:22:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/242/indias-jan-oil-product-exports-rise-49-pct-yy/ India's Jan oil product exports rise 49 pct y/y India's exports of refined products soared 49 percent in January from a year ago as refiners raised crude oil processing in a sluggish domestic market, official data showed on Friday. Exports of fuel oil rose 70 percent as higher hydropower generation reduced the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/242/indias-jan-oil-product-exports-rise-49-pct-yy/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/241/india-us-make-progress-over-nuclear-deal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/241/india-us-make-progress-over-nuclear-deal/#comments Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:20:09 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/241/india-us-make-progress-over-nuclear-deal/ India, US make progress over nuclear deal India and the United States said on Friday they had made some progress toward a landmark nuclear deal but more work was needed to try and clinch it in time for President George W. Bush's visit to New Delhi next week. The deal, first agreed ... http://news.india-travelers.com/241/india-us-make-progress-over-nuclear-deal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/240/india-bird-flu-tests-all-clear/ http://news.india-travelers.com/240/india-bird-flu-tests-all-clear/#comments Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:19:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/240/india-bird-flu-tests-all-clear/ India bird flu tests 'all clear' Indian health officials say all 95 samples collected from people with flu-like symptoms have tested negative for bird flu. Ninety-four of the samples were cleared on Thursday but officials took a day longer to clear the final one. Hundreds of thousands of birds have ... http://news.india-travelers.com/240/india-bird-flu-tests-all-clear/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/174/swiss-want-more-spice-in-trade-ties-with-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/174/swiss-want-more-spice-in-trade-ties-with-india/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:45:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/174/swiss-want-more-spice-in-trade-ties-with-india/ Swiss want more spice in trade ties with India Wrapping up his visit to India, Swiss Economics Minister Joseph Deiss says both countries have every interest in cementing and pushing economic ties. Deiss was speaking in the Indian capital, New Delhi, late on Monday after talks with the Indian commerce and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/174/swiss-want-more-spice-in-trade-ties-with-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/178/india-debuts-mobile-tv-channel/ http://news.india-travelers.com/178/india-debuts-mobile-tv-channel/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:44:39 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/178/india-debuts-mobile-tv-channel/ India Debuts Mobile TV Channel Reliance Infocomm introduced a full-fledged English TV news channel on mobile phones in India Monday through its wireless carrier Reliance IndiaMobile, underscoring a trend among carriers to move into more lucrative offerings. The channel, called Times Now, is a joint offering from Times Group, South ... http://news.india-travelers.com/178/india-debuts-mobile-tv-channel/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/239/india-bond-yields-will-rise-add-to-budget-deficit-dealers-say/ http://news.india-travelers.com/239/india-bond-yields-will-rise-add-to-budget-deficit-dealers-say/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:32:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/239/india-bond-yields-will-rise-add-to-budget-deficit-dealers-say/ India Bond Yields Will Rise, Add to Budget Deficit, Dealers Say India's bonds will drop for a record third year as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepares to increase spending and suspend the law that requires the government to cut the deficit, the country's biggest debt dealers say. Yields on the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/239/india-bond-yields-will-rise-add-to-budget-deficit-dealers-say/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/238/india-to-sell-50000-tonne-sugar-to-pakistan-at-478tonne/ http://news.india-travelers.com/238/india-to-sell-50000-tonne-sugar-to-pakistan-at-478tonne/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:30:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/238/india-to-sell-50000-tonne-sugar-to-pakistan-at-478tonne/ India to sell 50,000 tonne sugar to Pakistan at $478/tonne Indian Sugar Exim Corp Ltd (ISECL) has contracted a deal to export 50,000 tonne of white sugar to Pakistan at $478 per tonne for delivery at Karachi port, a senior industry official said on Monday. “Details are being worked out ... http://news.india-travelers.com/238/india-to-sell-50000-tonne-sugar-to-pakistan-at-478tonne/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/237/nuke-deal-will-not-affect-indias-strategic-plans-pm-tells-house/ http://news.india-travelers.com/237/nuke-deal-will-not-affect-indias-strategic-plans-pm-tells-house/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:27:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/237/nuke-deal-will-not-affect-indias-strategic-plans-pm-tells-house/ Nuke deal will not affect India’s strategic plans, PM tells House Asserting that India’s proposal to separate civilian and military nuclear facilities is consistent with its nuclear doctrine, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday ruled out any impact on the country’s current and future strategic needs and programmes. Ahead of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/237/nuke-deal-will-not-affect-indias-strategic-plans-pm-tells-house/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/236/bush-india-trip-to-spur-undertapped-business-ties/ http://news.india-travelers.com/236/bush-india-trip-to-spur-undertapped-business-ties/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:26:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/236/bush-india-trip-to-spur-undertapped-business-ties/ Bush India trip to spur undertapped business ties U.S. President George W. Bush will share the spotlight on his trip to India this week with corporate moguls from both countries who will try to cut India's red tape and intensify the country's economic reforms. Troubles implementing a landmark 2005 accord to give ... http://news.india-travelers.com/236/bush-india-trip-to-spur-undertapped-business-ties/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/235/bush-visit-to-charge-india-relations/ http://news.india-travelers.com/235/bush-visit-to-charge-india-relations/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:25:53 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/235/bush-visit-to-charge-india-relations/ Bush visit to charge India relations The visit of US President George W Bush to India beginning Wednesday marks a decisive chapter in the transformation of relations between the world's oldest and largest democracies - coming full circle from estrangement to a comprehensive engagement spanning diverse areas of cooperation. Considered an ... http://news.india-travelers.com/235/bush-visit-to-charge-india-relations/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/234/a-rising-giant-called-india-hits-the-cover-page-of-newsweek/ http://news.india-travelers.com/234/a-rising-giant-called-india-hits-the-cover-page-of-newsweek/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:24:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/234/a-rising-giant-called-india-hits-the-cover-page-of-newsweek/ A ‘rising giant’ called India hits the cover page of Newsweek The Newsweek magazine in its international edition this week has devoted its cover page and most of its edition to glorifying India on the eve of president George Bush’s visit to New Delhi beginning March 1. The March 6 edition, which ... http://news.india-travelers.com/234/a-rising-giant-called-india-hits-the-cover-page-of-newsweek/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/232/cadbury-wants-more-treats-from-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/232/cadbury-wants-more-treats-from-india/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:13:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/232/cadbury-wants-more-treats-from-india/ Cadbury wants more treats from India Asia-Pacific, with India taking the lead, has begun setting the pace for growth globally for confectionery and beverages major Cadbury Schweppes. Consequently, it has identified India as a `battleground and must-win market’ and substantially scaled up capital and revenue investments in the Indian subsidiary. A ... http://news.india-travelers.com/232/cadbury-wants-more-treats-from-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/233/india-has-credible-n-separation-plan/ http://news.india-travelers.com/233/india-has-credible-n-separation-plan/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:14:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/233/india-has-credible-n-separation-plan/ 'India has credible N-separation plan' India has presented to the US what it feels is a "credible" separation plan for its civilian and military nuclear facilities. Revealing this in an interview with an American TV channel, PM Manmohan Singh said: "We expect the US to accept it." On the eve of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/233/india-has-credible-n-separation-plan/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/231/pakistan-to-buy-50000-tonne-of-sugar-from-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/231/pakistan-to-buy-50000-tonne-of-sugar-from-india/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:11:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/231/pakistan-to-buy-50000-tonne-of-sugar-from-india/ Pakistan to buy 50,000 tonne of sugar from India The Pakistan government has requested India to supply 50,000 tonnes of sugar to that country every two months, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said here on Sunday. “This request by the Pak government followed a meeting I had with President Pervez Musharraf ... http://news.india-travelers.com/231/pakistan-to-buy-50000-tonne-of-sugar-from-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/230/poscos-india-head-on-board/ http://news.india-travelers.com/230/poscos-india-head-on-board/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:16:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/230/poscos-india-head-on-board/ Posco’s India head on board Posco, the fifth largest steel manufacturer in the world, announced the appointment of Posco India managing director Mr Soung-Sik Cho as standing director on its Board signaling the importance the company attaches to the proposed steel plant in Orissa. This is for the first time in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/230/poscos-india-head-on-board/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/229/india-us-can-have-deal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/229/india-us-can-have-deal/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:37:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/229/india-us-can-have-deal/ India-U.S. can have deal Indian political analysts believe there is a strong possibility for mutual understanding between India and the United States even if a controversial nuclear agreement is not sealed during President Bush`s visit next week. 'Whether a final (nuclear) deal is possible or not, a common understanding cannot be ... http://news.india-travelers.com/229/india-us-can-have-deal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/228/expectations-high-for-us-india-ties/ http://news.india-travelers.com/228/expectations-high-for-us-india-ties/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:35:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/228/expectations-high-for-us-india-ties/ Expectations high for U.S.-India ties President George W. Bush heads to India with grand visions of partnership with the world's biggest democracy, but some experts say such high expectations could lead to disappointment or even a backlash. In a preview of next week's visit, Bush reaffirmed his vision of a "strategic partnership" ... http://news.india-travelers.com/228/expectations-high-for-us-india-ties/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/227/now-connect-with-sbi-from-anywhere-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/227/now-connect-with-sbi-from-anywhere-in-india/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:29:46 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/227/now-connect-with-sbi-from-anywhere-in-india/ Now, Connect with SBI from anywhere in India State Bank of India is set to launch SBI Connect — the country’s most ambitious bank branch networking programme — which will enable customers to operate their accounts in all key Indian cities and conduct their transactions online. Although new age private banks ... http://news.india-travelers.com/227/now-connect-with-sbi-from-anywhere-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/226/the-great-indian-hope-trick/ http://news.india-travelers.com/226/the-great-indian-hope-trick/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:27:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/226/the-great-indian-hope-trick/ The great Indian hope trick “WE WHO are free—and who prize our freedom above all other gifts of God and nature—must know each other better; trust each other more; support each other.” Dwight Eisenhower uttered this pious hope in Delhi in 1959 and, ever since, an American president has popped back ... http://news.india-travelers.com/226/the-great-indian-hope-trick/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/225/tend-budget-with-care-imf-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/225/tend-budget-with-care-imf-to-india/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:23:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/225/tend-budget-with-care-imf-to-india/ Tend budget with care, IMF to India The International Monetary Fund, on Tuesday, said it expects India’s booming economy to accelerate slightly in the current fiscal year but urged the Centre to rein in a budget deficit which was set to rise again for the first time in four years ... http://news.india-travelers.com/225/tend-budget-with-care-imf-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/224/put-civil-n-plan-under-iaea-bush-tells-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/224/put-civil-n-plan-under-iaea-bush-tells-india/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:20:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/224/put-civil-n-plan-under-iaea-bush-tells-india/ Put civil N-plan under IAEA, Bush tells India Just days ahead of his visit to India, US President George W Bush on Wednesday said India has to separate its civilian and military nucelar programmes and bring the civilian ones under IAEA safeguards which he admitted was not an easy decision ... http://news.india-travelers.com/224/put-civil-n-plan-under-iaea-bush-tells-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/223/india-us-weigh-renewed-fin-sector-cooperation/ http://news.india-travelers.com/223/india-us-weigh-renewed-fin-sector-cooperation/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:43:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/223/india-us-weigh-renewed-fin-sector-cooperation/ India, US weigh renewed fin sector cooperation Two of the world’s largest democracies — India and the US — stand to benefit by synergising their financial services. While India needs to push up its savings rate to finance the huge investment needs of its economy, the US, in turn, needs a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/223/india-us-weigh-renewed-fin-sector-cooperation/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/222/india-us-may-ink-n-deal-during-bushs-visit/ http://news.india-travelers.com/222/india-us-may-ink-n-deal-during-bushs-visit/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:43:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/222/india-us-may-ink-n-deal-during-bushs-visit/ India, US may ink N-deal during Bush’s visit There are twin good news for India’s civilian nuclear energy programme under negotiations with P5 countries like the United States and France. Indications are that a formal Indo-US civilian nuclear energy agreement may be signed during the India visit of President George W. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/222/india-us-may-ink-n-deal-during-bushs-visit/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/221/india-lose-home-series-gone/ http://news.india-travelers.com/221/india-lose-home-series-gone/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:19:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/221/india-lose-home-series-gone/ India lose, home series gone An inexperienced and uncoordinated forward line, a weak game-plan and some sloppy defence cost India the third Test match 1-2 against Pakistan at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here on Monday. Coach Rajinder Singh (Jr) said: “We allowed them to score freely. If seven players are ... http://news.india-travelers.com/221/india-lose-home-series-gone/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/220/india-france-sign-civil-nuclear-trade-deals/ http://news.india-travelers.com/220/india-france-sign-civil-nuclear-trade-deals/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:22:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/220/india-france-sign-civil-nuclear-trade-deals/ India, France sign civil nuclear, trade deals India signed a string of trade and defence deals on Monday with French President Jacques Chirac including a nuclear declaration. The French leader said Paris was in a position to support New Delhi’s growth “without a stranglehold of economic constraints,” and to allow India ... http://news.india-travelers.com/220/india-france-sign-civil-nuclear-trade-deals/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/219/india-us-nuke-pact-is-misbegotten-new-york-times/ http://news.india-travelers.com/219/india-us-nuke-pact-is-misbegotten-new-york-times/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:54:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/219/india-us-nuke-pact-is-misbegotten-new-york-times/ India-US nuke pact is 'misbegotten': New York Times As President George W Bush readies for a trip to India in March, The New York Times on Sunday dismissed as "misbegotten" the India-US civil nuclear deal and criticised Washington for a misdirected policy towards New Delhi. The Times said India's desperation to meet ... http://news.india-travelers.com/219/india-us-nuke-pact-is-misbegotten-new-york-times/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/218/india-performs-last-rites-at-karachi/ http://news.india-travelers.com/218/india-performs-last-rites-at-karachi/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:53:04 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/218/india-performs-last-rites-at-karachi/ India performs last rites at Karachi In considerable pain, he was limping towards the end. But he would not give his wicket away. He stayed to finish the job, like a team-man would. Yuvraj Singh made a strong statement of character at the National Stadium here on Sunday. He might ... http://news.india-travelers.com/218/india-performs-last-rites-at-karachi/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/217/thar-express-reaches-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/217/thar-express-reaches-in-india/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:50:39 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/217/thar-express-reaches-in-india/ Thar Express reaches in India Thar Express carrying 250 passengers has crossed into India Saturday morning after 41 years and on the other hand train coming from Jodhpur has also reached Monabao. The passengers of Thar express have been accorded warm welcome as soon as it entered into Indian territory. Karachi ... http://news.india-travelers.com/217/thar-express-reaches-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/216/eu-chip-maker-to-invest-30m-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/216/eu-chip-maker-to-invest-30m-in-india/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:02:38 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/216/eu-chip-maker-to-invest-30m-in-india/ EU chip maker to invest $30m in India ST Microelectronics (STM), which is among the leading semiconductor chip manufacturers in the world, will invest about $30 million (around Rs 133 crore) in India over the next couple of years and hire another 300 people this year. STM is a Franco-Italian venture ... http://news.india-travelers.com/216/eu-chip-maker-to-invest-30m-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/215/us-vows-global-partnership-with-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/215/us-vows-global-partnership-with-india/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:36:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/215/us-vows-global-partnership-with-india/ US vows ‘global partnership’ with India The United States has embarked upon building a “global strategic partnership with India,” Richard Boucher, the incoming head of the South and Central Asian bureau at the State Department, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing on Thursday. In his prepared remarks, Boucher, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/215/us-vows-global-partnership-with-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/214/india-attributes-vote-against-iran-to-implications-of-teherans-clandestine-nuclear-programme-for-its-security/ http://news.india-travelers.com/214/india-attributes-vote-against-iran-to-implications-of-teherans-clandestine-nuclear-programme-for-its-security/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:35:09 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/214/india-attributes-vote-against-iran-to-implications-of-teherans-clandestine-nuclear-programme-for-its-security/ India attributes vote against Iran to implications of Teheran's clandestine nuclear programme for its security India's recent vote against Iran at IAEA was promoted by 'serious implications' of Iran's nuclear programme for its security, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament on Friday. Source of Iran's nuclear equipment and technologies also ... http://news.india-travelers.com/214/india-attributes-vote-against-iran-to-implications-of-teherans-clandestine-nuclear-programme-for-its-security/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/213/india-protests-killing-of-fisherman/ http://news.india-travelers.com/213/india-protests-killing-of-fisherman/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:49:11 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/213/india-protests-killing-of-fisherman/ India protests killing of fisherman India has lodged a protest with Pakistan following the death of a fisherman, Shantilal Mangal (21), who was "killed in firing" by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency on Monday, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. According to the spokesman, Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner ... http://news.india-travelers.com/213/india-protests-killing-of-fisherman/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/212/india-wrap-up-one-day-series/ http://news.india-travelers.com/212/india-wrap-up-one-day-series/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:47:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/212/india-wrap-up-one-day-series/ India wrap up one-day series India took an unassailable 3-1 lead in their five-match one-day series against Pakistan after a comfortable five-wicket victory on Thursday. After winning the toss, India inserted the hosts who toiled to 161 all out in 41.5 overs with captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's 63-ball 49 the only real ... http://news.india-travelers.com/212/india-wrap-up-one-day-series/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/211/chase-champs-batting-second-india-are-the-team-others-cant-beat/ http://news.india-travelers.com/211/chase-champs-batting-second-india-are-the-team-others-cant-beat/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:09:03 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/211/chase-champs-batting-second-india-are-the-team-others-cant-beat/ Chase champs: Batting second, India are the team others can’t beat Lords’ is pass, Lahore is the latest buzz; on Monday, India chased yet another big score, the 11th time in a row they have done it. Not so long ago it seemed all the oppostion had to do was ... http://news.india-travelers.com/211/chase-champs-batting-second-india-are-the-team-others-cant-beat/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/210/under-19-cricket-india-crush-england-to-enter-youth-world-cup-final/ http://news.india-travelers.com/210/under-19-cricket-india-crush-england-to-enter-youth-world-cup-final/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:12:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/210/under-19-cricket-india-crush-england-to-enter-youth-world-cup-final/ Under-19 Cricket India crush England to enter youth World Cup final Cheteshwar Pujara smashed a robust century and Abu Nechim Ahmed grabbed four wickets as India whipped England by 234 runs in the semi-final of the under-19 World Cup cricket tournament here on Wednesday. The in-form opener hit an unbeaten 129 ... http://news.india-travelers.com/210/under-19-cricket-india-crush-england-to-enter-youth-world-cup-final/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/209/under-19-cricket-india-crush-england-to-enter-youth-world-cup-final/ http://news.india-travelers.com/209/under-19-cricket-india-crush-england-to-enter-youth-world-cup-final/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:16:00 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/209/under-19-cricket-india-crush-england-to-enter-youth-world-cup-final/ Under-19 Cricket India crush England to enter youth World Cup final Cheteshwar Pujara smashed a robust century and Abu Nechim Ahmed grabbed four wickets as India whipped England by 234 runs in the semi-final of the under-19 World Cup cricket tournament here on Wednesday. The in-form opener hit an unbeaten 129 ... http://news.india-travelers.com/209/under-19-cricket-india-crush-england-to-enter-youth-world-cup-final/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/208/focus-india-2006-to-be-held-next-month/ http://news.india-travelers.com/208/focus-india-2006-to-be-held-next-month/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:27:31 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/208/focus-india-2006-to-be-held-next-month/ Focus India 2006 to be held next month To enable global pharma R & D companies and research institutions to explore strategic alternatives in India, Kasyap Technologies Private Limited, a Hyderabad-based life sciences research company, in partnership with the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) is organising Focus India 2006, a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/208/focus-india-2006-to-be-held-next-month/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/207/indias-main-opposition-endorses-manmohans-anti-iran-vote-in-iaea/ http://news.india-travelers.com/207/indias-main-opposition-endorses-manmohans-anti-iran-vote-in-iaea/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:25:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/207/indias-main-opposition-endorses-manmohans-anti-iran-vote-in-iaea/ India's Main Opposition endorses Manmohan's anti-Iran vote in IAEA In a badly needed welcome relief to India's ruling coalition, the main opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to endorse the government's vote against Iran at the IAEA meeting even while ticking off the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his ... http://news.india-travelers.com/207/indias-main-opposition-endorses-manmohans-anti-iran-vote-in-iaea/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/206/french-cos-hope-for-new-opportunities-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/206/french-cos-hope-for-new-opportunities-in-india/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:31:53 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/206/french-cos-hope-for-new-opportunities-in-india/ French cos hope for new opportunities in India Making it clear that domestic resistance to further opening up of the Indian economy was inhibiting increased foreign investment, France has said its companies hoped for “new opportunities” and that Indian polity has to decide how reforms process should be broadened. “Our ... http://news.india-travelers.com/206/french-cos-hope-for-new-opportunities-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/205/overseas-firms-may-get-to-raise-funds-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/205/overseas-firms-may-get-to-raise-funds-in-india/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:30:46 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/205/overseas-firms-may-get-to-raise-funds-in-india/ Overseas firms may get to raise funds in India The government plans to allow overseas companies to raise funds in domestic capital markets and shorten the approval time for local companies selling shares, Securities and Exchange Board of India chairman M Damodaran said. The policy will mean “there will be ... http://news.india-travelers.com/205/overseas-firms-may-get-to-raise-funds-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/204/india-canter-to-a-facile-victory-over-pakistan/ http://news.india-travelers.com/204/india-canter-to-a-facile-victory-over-pakistan/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:56:40 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/204/india-canter-to-a-facile-victory-over-pakistan/ India canter to a facile victory over Pakistan Required to put their best foot forward, an inspired India relied on a brilliant all-round display to canter to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Pakistan and level the five-match one-day series 1-1 at Rawalpindi on February 11. After shutting out the home ... http://news.india-travelers.com/204/india-canter-to-a-facile-victory-over-pakistan/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/203/sukhinder-singh-cassidy-charts-google-incs-expansion-moves-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/203/sukhinder-singh-cassidy-charts-google-incs-expansion-moves-in-india/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:54:29 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/203/sukhinder-singh-cassidy-charts-google-incs-expansion-moves-in-india/ Sukhinder Singh Cassidy charts Google Inc’s expansion moves in India Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Google’s vice- president for Asia-Pacific and Latin America Operations, made waves during her recent trip to India. She made trips to the Capital and Mumbai to announce Google Inc’s India operations of setting up two sales and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/203/sukhinder-singh-cassidy-charts-google-incs-expansion-moves-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/202/india-pak-interior-secretaries-to-discuss-drug-trafficking-cross-border-terrorism/ http://news.india-travelers.com/202/india-pak-interior-secretaries-to-discuss-drug-trafficking-cross-border-terrorism/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:44:58 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/202/india-pak-interior-secretaries-to-discuss-drug-trafficking-cross-border-terrorism/ India, Pak interior secretaries to discuss drug trafficking, cross border terrorism India and Pakistan interior secretaries are going to meet in Islamabad to discuss drug trafficking and cross border terrorism. This will be their fourth round of talks in the past 20-months. Home Secretary V K Duggal and his Pakistani counterpart ... http://news.india-travelers.com/202/india-pak-interior-secretaries-to-discuss-drug-trafficking-cross-border-terrorism/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/201/pakistan-beat-india-by-duckworthlewis-method/ http://news.india-travelers.com/201/pakistan-beat-india-by-duckworthlewis-method/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:43:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/201/pakistan-beat-india-by-duckworthlewis-method/ Pakistan beat India by Duckworth/Lewis method Sachin Tendulkar’s 39th century went in vain as Pakistan defeated India by seven runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method when poor visibility stopped play in the first one-day international here Monday. The Duckworth-Lewis method, applied to truncated matches, was used by the two umpires when the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/201/pakistan-beat-india-by-duckworthlewis-method/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/198/united-colours-of-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/198/united-colours-of-india/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:55:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/198/united-colours-of-india/ United colours of India India is currently the flavour of the season globally. Its growth story is pulsating with infectious optimism. As Finance Minister P. Chidambaram gives final touches to Union Budget 2006, he faces a huge challenge: how not to dampen this enthusiasm about India's manifest destiny? This challenge becomes ... http://news.india-travelers.com/198/united-colours-of-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/197/indias-vote-against-iran-will-not-affect-relations-sharma/ http://news.india-travelers.com/197/indias-vote-against-iran-will-not-affect-relations-sharma/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:53:39 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/197/indias-vote-against-iran-will-not-affect-relations-sharma/ India's vote against Iran will not affect relations: Sharma India's vote in favour of an IAEA resolution to report Iran's controversial nuclear programme to the UN Security Council will not affect it's relations with Tehran, New Delhi's Ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog has said. "India's vote against Iran will ... http://news.india-travelers.com/197/indias-vote-against-iran-will-not-affect-relations-sharma/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/200/india-deserts-traditional-allies-for-us/ http://news.india-travelers.com/200/india-deserts-traditional-allies-for-us/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2006 05:42:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/200/india-deserts-traditional-allies-for-us/ India deserts traditional allies for US India has bought itself about a month to iron out wrinkles in its nuclear deal with the US and host president George Bush with another pro-West vote against Iran. The vote reports Iran to the UNSC for nuclear violations. In a tricky highwire act, New ... http://news.india-travelers.com/200/india-deserts-traditional-allies-for-us/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/199/india-comes-up-with-tb-breakthrough/ http://news.india-travelers.com/199/india-comes-up-with-tb-breakthrough/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:50:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/199/india-comes-up-with-tb-breakthrough/ India comes up with TB breakthrough In perhaps the biggest tuberculosis breakthrough in two decades, Delhi’s National Institute of Immunology has identified five key genes that enable Mycobacterium tuberculosis to acquire the iron it needs to grow and promote the infection in humans. Experts say targeting genes within this cluster would ... http://news.india-travelers.com/199/india-comes-up-with-tb-breakthrough/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/196/stars-let-india-down/ http://news.india-travelers.com/196/stars-let-india-down/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:43:48 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/196/stars-let-india-down/ Stars let India down The headlines will be angry and bitter, but this time the Indian players will have to admit that the public anger is justified. Followers of the game don't mind a loss if their team puts up a spirited fight before going down. However, when there is ... http://news.india-travelers.com/196/stars-let-india-down/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/195/indias-lethargy-could-torpedo-n-deal-us/ http://news.india-travelers.com/195/indias-lethargy-could-torpedo-n-deal-us/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:42:20 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/195/indias-lethargy-could-torpedo-n-deal-us/ India's lethargy could torpedo N-deal: US US Ambassador to India David Mulford's unfortunate comment, say Administration officials, have had the unfortunate effect of distracting attention from the real issue. Mulford, the other day, set a firestorm in motion when he said the US-India civilian nuclear death would die a natural death in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/195/indias-lethargy-could-torpedo-n-deal-us/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/194/pak-pace-shatters-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/194/pak-pace-shatters-india/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:32:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/194/pak-pace-shatters-india/ Pak pace shatters India Forced to play catch-up for a majority of the three-match Test series, India eventually caved in under immense pressure, victims of their own ability to seize the moment after having Pakistan on the mat at 39 for six on the opening morning of the final Test. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/194/pak-pace-shatters-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/193/tnt-to-invest-100-m-euro-in-india-rolls-out-domestic-services/ http://news.india-travelers.com/193/tnt-to-invest-100-m-euro-in-india-rolls-out-domestic-services/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:31:23 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/193/tnt-to-invest-100-m-euro-in-india-rolls-out-domestic-services/ TNT to invest 100 m euro in India — Rolls out domestic services TNT, global provider of mail, express and logistics services, on Wednesday announced the launch of its domestic services in India. The company will be investing 100 million euro ($121 million) in the Indian market over the next ... http://news.india-travelers.com/193/tnt-to-invest-100-m-euro-in-india-rolls-out-domestic-services/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/192/india-land-in-lanka-high-on-confidence/ http://news.india-travelers.com/192/india-land-in-lanka-high-on-confidence/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:41:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/192/india-land-in-lanka-high-on-confidence/ India land in Lanka high on confidence Powerplay, making maximum use of the super subs and the importance of run-rate were three subjects that dominated discussions as India, favourites to win this year’s Under19 World Cup, showed a lot of pre-tournament confidence at today’s team media briefings. It was the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/192/india-land-in-lanka-high-on-confidence/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/191/all-india-meet-on-internal-auditors-from-feb-10/ http://news.india-travelers.com/191/all-india-meet-on-internal-auditors-from-feb-10/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:40:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/191/all-india-meet-on-internal-auditors-from-feb-10/ All-India meet on internal auditors from Feb. 10 To keep abreast of the latest techniques in the internal audit, Chennai chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors would be hosting a two-day 30th All India conference on the internal auditors from February 10. The theme of the conference would be ... http://news.india-travelers.com/191/all-india-meet-on-internal-auditors-from-feb-10/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/190/india-joins-the-swiss-set/ http://news.india-travelers.com/190/india-joins-the-swiss-set/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:16:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/190/india-joins-the-swiss-set/ India joins the Swiss set The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum held last week in Davos, was to my mind, the most significant recognition and acceptance of India: both as an economic powerhouse and as a country that people have come to love and admire. Brand India is finally ... http://news.india-travelers.com/190/india-joins-the-swiss-set/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/189/dell-to-expand-in-india-hiring-5000/ http://news.india-travelers.com/189/dell-to-expand-in-india-hiring-5000/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:15:58 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/189/dell-to-expand-in-india-hiring-5000/ Dell to expand in India, hiring 5,000 Dell, the world's leading seller of personal computers, announced Monday that it would hire 5,000 more employees in India in the next two years, add a fourth customer support center in the Gurgaon suburbs of Delhi, and explore setting up a manufacturing facility ... http://news.india-travelers.com/189/dell-to-expand-in-india-hiring-5000/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/188/india-is-darling-of-world-economic-forum/ http://news.india-travelers.com/188/india-is-darling-of-world-economic-forum/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:04:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/188/india-is-darling-of-world-economic-forum/ India Is Darling of World Economic Forum Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell asked about manufacturing semiconductors. Nestle SA CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe raised the problem of water supplies in rural areas. India was the darling of the World Economic Forum this year as it sought new investment. In the hot seat at ... http://news.india-travelers.com/188/india-is-darling-of-world-economic-forum/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/187/us-says-no-to-pakistan-on-india-like-nuclear-deal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/187/us-says-no-to-pakistan-on-india-like-nuclear-deal/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:02:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/187/us-says-no-to-pakistan-on-india-like-nuclear-deal/ ‘US says no to Pakistan on India-like nuclear deal’ The United States has refused Pakistan’s demand that it should be offered the same kind of nuclear cooperation deal that has been signed with India, according to two nuclear experts. Zia Mian of Princeton University and MV Ramana, a Banglore-based scientist, writing in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/187/us-says-no-to-pakistan-on-india-like-nuclear-deal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/186/india-china-take-centre-stage-at-davos/ http://news.india-travelers.com/186/india-china-take-centre-stage-at-davos/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:58:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/186/india-china-take-centre-stage-at-davos/ India, China take centre stage at Davos As the curtains came down on the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum today, the spotlight remained firmly fixed on India and China, with global business leaders expressing interest in tapping the booming economies of the two Asian giants. The potential growth of India ... http://news.india-travelers.com/186/india-china-take-centre-stage-at-davos/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/185/cold-wave-in-central-india-likely-to-abate/ http://news.india-travelers.com/185/cold-wave-in-central-india-likely-to-abate/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:56:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/185/cold-wave-in-central-india-likely-to-abate/ Cold wave in central India likely to abate The warm and moist easterlies are expected to lead to a rise in both day and night temperatures by about three to four degrees C during the next few days. COLD wave conditions have continued to prevail over parts of Marathawada and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/185/cold-wave-in-central-india-likely-to-abate/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/184/india-welcomes-russian-initiative-for-consensus-on-iran-india-welcomes-russian-initiative-for-consensus-on-iran/ http://news.india-travelers.com/184/india-welcomes-russian-initiative-for-consensus-on-iran-india-welcomes-russian-initiative-for-consensus-on-iran/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:04:58 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/184/india-welcomes-russian-initiative-for-consensus-on-iran-india-welcomes-russian-initiative-for-consensus-on-iran/ India welcomes Russian initiative for consensus on Iran Seeking to clear the air after the political storm stirred by United States envoy David C Mulford's remarks on the Iran nuclear issue, India Friday said it welcomed initiatives from Russia and others to forge a consensus and avoid a confrontation. "India welcomes all ... http://news.india-travelers.com/184/india-welcomes-russian-initiative-for-consensus-on-iran-india-welcomes-russian-initiative-for-consensus-on-iran/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/183/indias-strategic-challenges/ http://news.india-travelers.com/183/indias-strategic-challenges/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:02:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/183/indias-strategic-challenges/ India`s strategic challenges In the past, India`s political dealings with its neighbors were not very successful. Though dialog has been started with its western neighbor Pakistan, tensions remain. Terrorist attacks across the Pakistan/India border or via Kashmir are the main source of India`s concern in the west. India blames Pakistan for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/183/indias-strategic-challenges/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/182/manufacturing-sector-lifts-growth-in-indiaun/ http://news.india-travelers.com/182/manufacturing-sector-lifts-growth-in-indiaun/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:12:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/182/manufacturing-sector-lifts-growth-in-indiaun/ Manufacturing sector lifts growth in India:UN India maintained a strong economic performance in 2005, driven largely by its manufacturing sector which was spurred by booming domestic demand for consumer goods as well as infrastructure development, a new United Nations report says. On South Asia, the report says that while security ... http://news.india-travelers.com/182/manufacturing-sector-lifts-growth-in-indiaun/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/181/india-oozes-confidence/ http://news.india-travelers.com/181/india-oozes-confidence/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:10:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/181/india-oozes-confidence/ India oozes confidence It was a musical night at the team hotel in Faisalabad, to raise funds for the earthquake victims. When India captain Rahul Dravid was invited to the dais and asked a specific question — "Would you like a hard, green, bouncy pitch for the Karachi Test?" — ... http://news.india-travelers.com/181/india-oozes-confidence/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/180/davos-a-catalyst-in-solidifying-indias-position-as-most-attractive-destination/ http://news.india-travelers.com/180/davos-a-catalyst-in-solidifying-indias-position-as-most-attractive-destination/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:14:05 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/180/davos-a-catalyst-in-solidifying-indias-position-as-most-attractive-destination/ Davos, a catalyst in solidifying India’s position as most attractive destination The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos is perhaps the most important business event in the world. In January 2006, India will be in focus, when 3,000 global leaders gather in Davos. Keeping in view the importance of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/180/davos-a-catalyst-in-solidifying-indias-position-as-most-attractive-destination/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/179/davos-all-ears-for-the-india-story/ http://news.india-travelers.com/179/davos-all-ears-for-the-india-story/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:06:05 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/179/davos-all-ears-for-the-india-story/ Davos all ears for the India story India Inc today launched its biggest ever campaign to tell the world that the country, with its vibrant democracy, strong economy and cultural diversity, had arrived on the global economic scene. The “India Everywhere” campaign, costing about Rs 17 crore, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/179/davos-all-ears-for-the-india-story/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/176/india-debuts-mobile-tv-channel/ http://news.india-travelers.com/176/india-debuts-mobile-tv-channel/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:54:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/176/india-debuts-mobile-tv-channel/ India Debuts Mobile TV Channel Reliance Infocomm introduced a full-fledged English TV news channel on mobile phones in India Monday through its wireless carrier Reliance IndiaMobile, underscoring a trend among carriers to move into more lucrative offerings. The channel, called Times Now, is a joint offering from Times Group, South ... http://news.india-travelers.com/176/india-debuts-mobile-tv-channel/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/173/swiss-want-more-spice-in-trade-ties-with-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/173/swiss-want-more-spice-in-trade-ties-with-india/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:53:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/173/swiss-want-more-spice-in-trade-ties-with-india/ Swiss want more spice in trade ties with India Wrapping up his visit to India, Swiss Economics Minister Joseph Deiss says both countries have every interest in cementing and pushing economic ties. Deiss was speaking in the Indian capital, New Delhi, late on Monday after talks with the Indian commerce and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/173/swiss-want-more-spice-in-trade-ties-with-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/172/the-numbers-are-beginning-to-favour-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/172/the-numbers-are-beginning-to-favour-india/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:30:38 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/172/the-numbers-are-beginning-to-favour-india/ 'The numbers are beginning to favour India' If you need an example of how the Internet is changing the media business, Rafat Ali fits the bill to the T. And if you need an example of a person of Indian origin making it big following his dream despite hurdles in his way, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/172/the-numbers-are-beginning-to-favour-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/171/india-takes-case-for-joint-oil-deals-to-top/ http://news.india-travelers.com/171/india-takes-case-for-joint-oil-deals-to-top/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:28:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/171/india-takes-case-for-joint-oil-deals-to-top/ India takes case for joint oil deals to top India's petroleum minister has started meeting mainland officials for negotiations focused on potential joint strategies to secure global energy assets. India's petroleum minister has started meeting mainland officials for negotiations focused on potential joint strategies to secure global energy assets. Mani Shankar Aiyar met ... http://news.india-travelers.com/171/india-takes-case-for-joint-oil-deals-to-top/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/170/india-will-not-agree-to-emissions-limits-environment-minister/ http://news.india-travelers.com/170/india-will-not-agree-to-emissions-limits-environment-minister/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:27:54 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/170/india-will-not-agree-to-emissions-limits-environment-minister/ India will not agree to emissions limits: Environment Minister Environment Minister A Raja said on Thursday that India will not agree to the binding cuts on greenhouse gases imposed by the Kyoto Protocol, though it would accept help to reduce emissions. Instead, India hopes to boost its nuclear industry that will help ... http://news.india-travelers.com/170/india-will-not-agree-to-emissions-limits-environment-minister/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/169/india-may-opt-for-experienced-ganguly-in-lahore/ http://news.india-travelers.com/169/india-may-opt-for-experienced-ganguly-in-lahore/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:03:42 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/169/india-may-opt-for-experienced-ganguly-in-lahore/ India may opt for experienced Ganguly in Lahore The possible recall of former India captain Sourav Ganguly for the first Test against Pakistan has overshadowed the normal diplomatic ramifications of clashes between the two countries. Frequent meetings between the two teams over the last two years have gradually shifted the emphasis ... http://news.india-travelers.com/169/india-may-opt-for-experienced-ganguly-in-lahore/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/168/enough-space-for-india-china-to-grow-in-asia-saran/ http://news.india-travelers.com/168/enough-space-for-india-china-to-grow-in-asia-saran/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:56:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/168/enough-space-for-india-china-to-grow-in-asia-saran/ Enough space for India, China to grow in Asia: Saran NEW DELHI Stressing on India's status as a responsible nuclear power, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran Wednesday asserted that India and China were not rivals, but emerging global powers which could reinforce each other's place in a multi-polar world order. "We in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/168/enough-space-for-india-china-to-grow-in-asia-saran/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/167/boeing-invests-in-india-and-gets-huge-order/ http://news.india-travelers.com/167/boeing-invests-in-india-and-gets-huge-order/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:53:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/167/boeing-invests-in-india-and-gets-huge-order/ Boeing invests in India and gets huge order Boeing Co. will invest $185 million in facilities in India and source 85 billion rupees ($1.9 billion) in products and services over a period of 10 years, India's civil aviation minister said Wednesday. In exchange, it gets a plane order worth estimated $6.3 ... http://news.india-travelers.com/167/boeing-invests-in-india-and-gets-huge-order/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/166/playing-for-india-is-motivation-ganguly/ http://news.india-travelers.com/166/playing-for-india-is-motivation-ganguly/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:40:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/166/playing-for-india-is-motivation-ganguly/ Playing for India is motivation: Ganguly Ganguly is now a king without his kingdom, no longer the supreme commander who ruled the side with an iron fist. The touch of controlled arrogance and the air of authority that Sourav Ganguly wore during his unprecedented five and a half-year reign has been conspicuous ... http://news.india-travelers.com/166/playing-for-india-is-motivation-ganguly/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/165/oracle-india-to-add-1400-jobs/ http://news.india-travelers.com/165/oracle-india-to-add-1400-jobs/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:39:56 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/165/oracle-india-to-add-1400-jobs/ Oracle India to Add 1,400 Jobs Oracle wants to expand its presence to smaller towns and businesses in the fast-growing Indian economy. Oracle said Tuesday it will add 1,400 people to its workforce in India as the company reaches out to smaller business customers in the country’s towns and rural areas. Speaking at ... http://news.india-travelers.com/165/oracle-india-to-add-1400-jobs/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/164/india-docs-question-gender-abort-study/ http://news.india-travelers.com/164/india-docs-question-gender-abort-study/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:39:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/164/india-docs-question-gender-abort-study/ India Docs Question Gender-Abort Study (AP) India's top doctors' association on Tuesday dismissed a British report that estimated millions of female fetuses in India have been aborted in the past two decades due to a preference for boy babies. But at the same time, activists said the report proves modern medicine ... http://news.india-travelers.com/164/india-docs-question-gender-abort-study/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/163/china-india-agree-to-meet-in-feb-for-border-talks/ http://news.india-travelers.com/163/china-india-agree-to-meet-in-feb-for-border-talks/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:38:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/163/china-india-agree-to-meet-in-feb-for-border-talks/ China, India agree to meet in Feb for border talks China and India agreed on Tuesday to meet in India at the end of next month for negotiations on their disputed border, wrapping up two days of talks China described as “friendly and practical”. Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran met Chinese ... http://news.india-travelers.com/163/china-india-agree-to-meet-in-feb-for-border-talks/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/162/leaders-denounce-indias-rigidity-on-kashmir-propos/ http://news.india-travelers.com/162/leaders-denounce-indias-rigidity-on-kashmir-propos/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:38:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/162/leaders-denounce-indias-rigidity-on-kashmir-propos/ Leaders denounce India’s rigidity on Kashmir propos Political leaders on both sides of Kashmir have expressed dismay at India’s cold-shouldering of President Pervez Musharraf’s proposal to grant self-rule to Kashmir and demilitarise some border towns. Except for Congress Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who said these proposals had ‘no basis’ and have ... http://news.india-travelers.com/162/leaders-denounce-indias-rigidity-on-kashmir-propos/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/161/pakistan-a-pair-romp-over-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/161/pakistan-a-pair-romp-over-india/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:04:03 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/161/pakistan-a-pair-romp-over-india/ Pakistan A pair romp over India Pakistan A opening batsman Imran Farhat hit a century Sunday while captain Hasan Raza scored a blazing 75 off 62 balls on the second day of a three-day cricket tour match against India. Farhat, who is not among the 18 Pakistan probables announced for Friday's ... http://news.india-travelers.com/161/pakistan-a-pair-romp-over-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/160/india-rejects-outright-pervez-plan/ http://news.india-travelers.com/160/india-rejects-outright-pervez-plan/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:03:39 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/160/india-rejects-outright-pervez-plan/ India rejects outright Pervez plan India has rejected outright Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s proposal on demilitarisation of Srinagar, Baramulla and Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir for presumed Pakistani help to reduce “militancy” in the three towns. Instead of talking in quid pro quo terms on the question of acts of terrorism ... http://news.india-travelers.com/160/india-rejects-outright-pervez-plan/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/159/ski-areas-boast-about-having-big-ticket-indias-imperfections-integral-to-its-beauty/ http://news.india-travelers.com/159/ski-areas-boast-about-having-big-ticket-indias-imperfections-integral-to-its-beauty/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:03:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/159/ski-areas-boast-about-having-big-ticket-indias-imperfections-integral-to-its-beauty/ Ski areas boast about having big ticket; India's imperfections integral to its beauty Businesses usually don't trumpet having the highest price around, but in the ski business, it's become something to brag about. The top lift ticket price at Vail and Beaver Creek ski areas is now $81 a day — ... http://news.india-travelers.com/159/ski-areas-boast-about-having-big-ticket-indias-imperfections-integral-to-its-beauty/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/158/junko-ueno-garrett-takes-listeners-on-world-tour/ http://news.india-travelers.com/158/junko-ueno-garrett-takes-listeners-on-world-tour/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:11:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/158/junko-ueno-garrett-takes-listeners-on-world-tour/ Junko Ueno Garrett Takes Listeners on World Tour In program notes, pianist Junko Ueno Garrett is described as a Japan-born artist who has “captivated audiences around the world with her colorful tone, poetry, expressiveness and dynamic technique”. That description perfectly suited her performance in a recital at Occidental College on Nov. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/158/junko-ueno-garrett-takes-listeners-on-world-tour/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/157/fear-not-frog-leg-soup-and-other-tips/ http://news.india-travelers.com/157/fear-not-frog-leg-soup-and-other-tips/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:11:04 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/157/fear-not-frog-leg-soup-and-other-tips/ Fear not frog leg soup, and other tips COLLEGE-AGE Americans grew up watching CNN and extreme sports. Because of this, they travel differently from other generations. For them, no spot is too foreign, no act too outrageous. The world is their big play yard. At their age, most don't need to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/157/fear-not-frog-leg-soup-and-other-tips/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/156/maori-culture-next-big-thing-in-tourism/ http://news.india-travelers.com/156/maori-culture-next-big-thing-in-tourism/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:10:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/156/maori-culture-next-big-thing-in-tourism/ Maori culture next big thing in tourism Magnificent landscape may be the main attraction for international travellers but cultural tourism that shows off the country's Maori heritage is gaining ground as another big money-maker. Industry experts say growth of the $17 billion tourism sector depends on its ability to deliver an ... http://news.india-travelers.com/156/maori-culture-next-big-thing-in-tourism/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/155/mid-east-adventure/ http://news.india-travelers.com/155/mid-east-adventure/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:10:05 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/155/mid-east-adventure/ Mid-East adventure Some might be surprised to learn that there are several Afghan restaurants in the area, and one in Alexandria serves great traditional dishes. AFGHANISTAN IS A COUNTRY that is still on the fringes of our fickle American radar, even in the nation’s capital, especially now with Iraq in the spotlight. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/155/mid-east-adventure/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/154/india-pakistan-bigger-than-ashes/ http://news.india-travelers.com/154/india-pakistan-bigger-than-ashes/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:59:53 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/154/india-pakistan-bigger-than-ashes/ India-Pakistan 'bigger than Ashes' INDIA coach Greg Chappell believes the Test series with Pakistan is the "biggest in world cricket". "The Ashes s there from a very long time, but going by the enthusiasm and interest I think an India-Pakistan series is the biggest in world cricket," he said overnight. India, led ... http://news.india-travelers.com/154/india-pakistan-bigger-than-ashes/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/153/india-to-consider-saudi-kings-offer-to-renovate-masjid/ http://news.india-travelers.com/153/india-to-consider-saudi-kings-offer-to-renovate-masjid/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:59:47 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/153/india-to-consider-saudi-kings-offer-to-renovate-masjid/ India to consider Saudi King’s offer to renovate Masjid India said on Wednesday it would study an offer by Saudi King Abdullah to fund the renovation of India’s largest mosque, the Jama Masjid after reports that the intelligence agencies felt the proposal posed a security threat. Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna ... http://news.india-travelers.com/153/india-to-consider-saudi-kings-offer-to-renovate-masjid/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/152/india-has-refining-capacity-of-additional-30-mt-shell-global/ http://news.india-travelers.com/152/india-has-refining-capacity-of-additional-30-mt-shell-global/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:59:17 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/152/india-has-refining-capacity-of-additional-30-mt-shell-global/ India has refining capacity of additional 30 mt: Shell Global SHELL Global, which was commissioned to do a detailed feasibility study on making India an investment destination for refiners, in particular export-oriented units, has suggested that India has the refining capacity of 30 million tonnes over and above the existing and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/152/india-has-refining-capacity-of-additional-30-mt-shell-global/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/151/india-pakistan-bigger-than-ashes/ http://news.india-travelers.com/151/india-pakistan-bigger-than-ashes/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:58:46 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/151/india-pakistan-bigger-than-ashes/ India-Pakistan 'bigger than Ashes' INDIA coach Greg Chappell believes the Test series with Pakistan is the "biggest in world cricket". "The Ashes s there from a very long time, but going by the enthusiasm and interest I think an India-Pakistan series is the biggest in world cricket," he said overnight. India, led ... http://news.india-travelers.com/151/india-pakistan-bigger-than-ashes/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/150/hope-india-responds-positively-to-kashmir-proposals-musharraf/ http://news.india-travelers.com/150/hope-india-responds-positively-to-kashmir-proposals-musharraf/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:58:20 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/150/hope-india-responds-positively-to-kashmir-proposals-musharraf/ Hope India responds positively to Kashmir proposals: Musharraf Observing that India and Pakistan have made progress on the implementation of confidence building measures, President Pervez Musharraf Thursday hoped that New Delhi would respond positively to his proposals of self-governance and demilitarisation to facilitate a solution to the Kashmir issue. During a meeting ... http://news.india-travelers.com/150/hope-india-responds-positively-to-kashmir-proposals-musharraf/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/149/india-pak-discuss-second-rail-link/ http://news.india-travelers.com/149/india-pak-discuss-second-rail-link/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:57:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/149/india-pak-discuss-second-rail-link/ India, Pak discuss second rail link With the 1 January deadline for reopening the Munnabao-Khokrapar rail link already missed, officials of India and Pakistan today discussed various modalities for launching the second cross-border rail link. The railway officials of the two countries met for nearly five hours on the first day ... http://news.india-travelers.com/149/india-pak-discuss-second-rail-link/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/148/india-pak-should-withdraw-troops-from-loc-says-aziz/ http://news.india-travelers.com/148/india-pak-should-withdraw-troops-from-loc-says-aziz/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:40:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/148/india-pak-should-withdraw-troops-from-loc-says-aziz/ India, Pak should withdraw troops from LoC, says Aziz Pakistan has suggested to India that both countries pull back troops from the LoC to demilitarise the region and hand it over to the police and other organisations. These suggestions came from Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during a TV interview on ... http://news.india-travelers.com/148/india-pak-should-withdraw-troops-from-loc-says-aziz/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/147/ndtv-consortium-buys-india-today-out-of-fm/ http://news.india-travelers.com/147/ndtv-consortium-buys-india-today-out-of-fm/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:39:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/147/ndtv-consortium-buys-india-today-out-of-fm/ NDTV consortium buys India Today out of FM Aroon Purie-promoted Living Media Group has exited FM radio business by divesting its entire holding in Red FM to a group of investors that includes NDTV News, promoted by Prannoy Roy. Other members of the consortium buying Red FM, which is present ... http://news.india-travelers.com/147/ndtv-consortium-buys-india-today-out-of-fm/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/146/team-india-to-be-briefed-on-security-matters/ http://news.india-travelers.com/146/team-india-to-be-briefed-on-security-matters/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:39:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/146/team-india-to-be-briefed-on-security-matters/ Team India to be briefed on security matters Ahead of their high-profile series of Pakistan, Team India cricketers will be briefed on Wednesday by senior security expert Yashovardhan Azad who led a recce team that assessed the security system in the neighbouring country. A majority of the 16-member squad will leave for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/146/team-india-to-be-briefed-on-security-matters/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/145/why-foreign-players-are-keen-on-fm-radio-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/145/why-foreign-players-are-keen-on-fm-radio-in-india/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:38:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/145/why-foreign-players-are-keen-on-fm-radio-in-india/ Why foreign players are keen on FM radio in India? Despite a slow and bad start thanks to enthusiasm-killing high licence fees during the first round of bidding in 2000, the private FM radio segment is finally hotting up. Two deals have taken place in quick succession on the eve of the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/145/why-foreign-players-are-keen-on-fm-radio-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/144/indias-skies-teem-with-airlines-as-fares-drop-and-shares-soar/ http://news.india-travelers.com/144/indias-skies-teem-with-airlines-as-fares-drop-and-shares-soar/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:38:24 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/144/indias-skies-teem-with-airlines-as-fares-drop-and-shares-soar/ India's Skies Teem With Airlines as Fares Drop and Shares Soar Last April, Bhushan Lal Behal spotted an ad for cheap tickets on Air Deccan, India's first low-fare carrier. Behal, 53, who'd never flown, went on line and snagged two seats to Chennai from New Delhi for 721 rupees ($16) each. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/144/indias-skies-teem-with-airlines-as-fares-drop-and-shares-soar/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/143/air-india-to-dish-up-food-fest-mid-air/ http://news.india-travelers.com/143/air-india-to-dish-up-food-fest-mid-air/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:21:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/143/air-india-to-dish-up-food-fest-mid-air/ Air India to dish up food fest mid-air Two types of menus – comprising vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies – would be served to the passengers of the first class, executive and economy segments during the period, Mr Thulasidas said. Welcoming the New Year in a unique way, Air India on Tuesday organised ... http://news.india-travelers.com/143/air-india-to-dish-up-food-fest-mid-air/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/142/institutes-target-as-india-is-knowledge-power-pm/ http://news.india-travelers.com/142/institutes-target-as-india-is-knowledge-power-pm/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:21:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/142/institutes-target-as-india-is-knowledge-power-pm/ Institutes target as India is knowledge power: PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said terrorists were targeting research and scientific institutions because of the emergence of India as a knowledge power and asserted no force on earth can weaken the resolve of the Indian people to emerge as a great and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/142/institutes-target-as-india-is-knowledge-power-pm/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/141/prof-rao-first-recipient-of-india-science-award/ http://news.india-travelers.com/141/prof-rao-first-recipient-of-india-science-award/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:20:43 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/141/prof-rao-first-recipient-of-india-science-award/ Prof Rao first recipient of India Science Award The first-ever India Science Award was conferred today on Prof C.N.R. Rao by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here at the inaugural function of the Indian Science Congress. Professor Rao has received a gold medal, a citation and Rs 25 lakh cash prize under ... http://news.india-travelers.com/141/prof-rao-first-recipient-of-india-science-award/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/140/pakistan-and-india-ready-for-talks-after-landmark-year-in-bilateral-relations/ http://news.india-travelers.com/140/pakistan-and-india-ready-for-talks-after-landmark-year-in-bilateral-relations/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:19:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/140/pakistan-and-india-ready-for-talks-after-landmark-year-in-bilateral-relations/ Pakistan and India Ready for Talks After Landmark Year in Bilateral Relations India and Pakistan are preparing for their third round of peace talks in just over a year.The summit, scheduled for January 17 in New Delhi, is expected to focus on the most difficult of issues: the long-running dispute over ... http://news.india-travelers.com/140/pakistan-and-india-ready-for-talks-after-landmark-year-in-bilateral-relations/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/139/let-south-india-head-arrested-for-iisc-attack/ http://news.india-travelers.com/139/let-south-india-head-arrested-for-iisc-attack/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:18:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/139/let-south-india-head-arrested-for-iisc-attack/ LeT South India head arrested for IISc attack In a major breakthrough in the terrorist attack on Indian Institute of Science (IISc), the Bangalore City police arrested a man who is said to be the head of Lashkar-e-Toiba operations in South India. His name was given as Abdul Rahman, aged about ... http://news.india-travelers.com/139/let-south-india-head-arrested-for-iisc-attack/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/138/no-fear-from-india-over-safta-pak/ http://news.india-travelers.com/138/no-fear-from-india-over-safta-pak/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:37:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/138/no-fear-from-india-over-safta-pak/ No fear from India over SAFTA: Pak Pakistan on Monday denied reports that it has delayed the ratification of SAFTA due to fears that the agreement would pave way for free trade with India, which it resisted all along. The Pakistan Commerce Ministry in a statement termed as "baseless" the impression ... http://news.india-travelers.com/138/no-fear-from-india-over-safta-pak/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/137/india-to-host-joint-naval-exercises/ http://news.india-travelers.com/137/india-to-host-joint-naval-exercises/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:36:52 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/137/india-to-host-joint-naval-exercises/ India to host joint naval exercises India is ready to host its first major regional naval exercises since the tsunami disaster at the end of 2004, military officials said on Monday. “We want to show them our capabilities,” Indian naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash said of the January 9-14 event, which ... http://news.india-travelers.com/137/india-to-host-joint-naval-exercises/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/136/allianz-title-sponsors-for-pakistan-india-test-series/ http://news.india-travelers.com/136/allianz-title-sponsors-for-pakistan-india-test-series/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:35:02 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/136/allianz-title-sponsors-for-pakistan-india-test-series/ Allianz title sponsors for Pakistan-India Test series Allianz, renowned financial services providers, will be the title sponsors for Pakistan-India Test series commencing from 13 of this month. The Test matches will be played in Lahore, Faisalabad and Karachi. Allianz’s sponsorship is the group’s first foray into cricket sponsorship in South ... http://news.india-travelers.com/136/allianz-title-sponsors-for-pakistan-india-test-series/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/135/allianz-title-sponsors-for-pakistan-india-test-series/ http://news.india-travelers.com/135/allianz-title-sponsors-for-pakistan-india-test-series/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:34:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/135/allianz-title-sponsors-for-pakistan-india-test-series/ Allianz title sponsors for Pakistan-India Test series Allianz, renowned financial services providers, will be the title sponsors for Pakistan-India Test series commencing from 13 of this month. The Test matches will be played in Lahore, Faisalabad and Karachi. Allianz’s sponsorship is the group’s first foray into cricket sponsorship in South ... http://news.india-travelers.com/135/allianz-title-sponsors-for-pakistan-india-test-series/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/134/indias-opposition-party-picks-new-leader/ http://news.india-travelers.com/134/indias-opposition-party-picks-new-leader/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:32:59 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/134/indias-opposition-party-picks-new-leader/ India's opposition party picks new leader A moderate politician was chosen to lead India's main opposition party Monday after his predecessor was forced to resign for praising the founder of archrival Pakistan. Rajnath Singh, 54, a former top elected official from India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, was appointed head of the Hindu ... http://news.india-travelers.com/134/indias-opposition-party-picks-new-leader/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/133/pakistan-asks-india-not-to-interfere-in-internal-affairs/ http://news.india-travelers.com/133/pakistan-asks-india-not-to-interfere-in-internal-affairs/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:28:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/133/pakistan-asks-india-not-to-interfere-in-internal-affairs/ Pakistan asks India not to interfere in internal affairs Pakistan has again asked India not to make statements about the situation in Balochistan, saying it is vitiating the good atmosphere between the two countries engaged in a peace process. “It betrays the psyche of a bull, who sees red rags everywhere,” ... http://news.india-travelers.com/133/pakistan-asks-india-not-to-interfere-in-internal-affairs/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/132/pcb-announces-changed-itinerary-for-india-tour/ http://news.india-travelers.com/132/pcb-announces-changed-itinerary-for-india-tour/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:27:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/132/pcb-announces-changed-itinerary-for-india-tour/ PCB announces changed itinerary for India tour The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has changed the dates and venues for the first two one-day internationals against India. “The itinerary is now final but we have rescheduled the first match in Peshawar and second in Rawalpindi,” a PCB spokesman said on Monday. “The ... http://news.india-travelers.com/132/pcb-announces-changed-itinerary-for-india-tour/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/131/cii-projects-higher-growth-for-india-inc-in-h2/ http://news.india-travelers.com/131/cii-projects-higher-growth-for-india-inc-in-h2/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:09:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/131/cii-projects-higher-growth-for-india-inc-in-h2/ CII projects higher growth for India Inc in H2 The 64th business outlook survey of the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) has projected a higher growth and capacity expansion for India Inc. CII’s business confidence index (CII-BCI) at 65.7 was higher for the period September 2005-March 2006 with an increase of 1.5 ... http://news.india-travelers.com/131/cii-projects-higher-growth-for-india-inc-in-h2/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/130/indias-growth-story-likely-to-take-sensex-on-a-10-k-ride/ http://news.india-travelers.com/130/indias-growth-story-likely-to-take-sensex-on-a-10-k-ride/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:08:56 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/130/indias-growth-story-likely-to-take-sensex-on-a-10-k-ride/ India’s growth story likely to take sensex on a 10 K-ride After a year of more-than-expected growth which saw Indian stocks scale record highs, firm foreign fund inflows along with strong growth projections are slated to keep the market firm in the new year. The stock market is expected to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/130/indias-growth-story-likely-to-take-sensex-on-a-10-k-ride/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/129/india-wto-team-huddle-to-finetune-future-strategy/ http://news.india-travelers.com/129/india-wto-team-huddle-to-finetune-future-strategy/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:08:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/129/india-wto-team-huddle-to-finetune-future-strategy/ India WTO team huddle to finetune future strategy Following a short break after the conclusion of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meet in Hong Kong, India’s negotiating team will meet in the first week of the new year to firm up its future negotiating strategy. Officials from both Geneva and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/129/india-wto-team-huddle-to-finetune-future-strategy/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/128/india-pakistan-locked-in-a-new-logjam-but-exchange-nuclear-installation-lists/ http://news.india-travelers.com/128/india-pakistan-locked-in-a-new-logjam-but-exchange-nuclear-installation-lists/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:07:44 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/128/india-pakistan-locked-in-a-new-logjam-but-exchange-nuclear-installation-lists/ India Pakistan locked in a new logjam but exchange nuclear installation lists For the fifteen year in a row, India and Pakistan kept their date with the New Year day to exchange the list of nuclear installations that includes civilian nuclear power plants and gives the exact locations but this ... http://news.india-travelers.com/128/india-pakistan-locked-in-a-new-logjam-but-exchange-nuclear-installation-lists/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/127/one-dead-six-hurt-in-indias-bangalore-shoot/ http://news.india-travelers.com/127/one-dead-six-hurt-in-indias-bangalore-shoot/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:17:30 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/127/one-dead-six-hurt-in-indias-bangalore-shoot/ One dead, six hurt in India's Bangalore shoot At least one person was killed and six injured when a gunman opened fire at the Indian Institute of Science in South India's Bangalore on Wednesday. According to New Delhi Television, the deceased, M. C. Puri, was a professor from the Indian Institute ... http://news.india-travelers.com/127/one-dead-six-hurt-in-indias-bangalore-shoot/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/126/india-to-offer-concessions-to-ldcs-cabinet-clears-safta/ http://news.india-travelers.com/126/india-to-offer-concessions-to-ldcs-cabinet-clears-safta/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:16:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/126/india-to-offer-concessions-to-ldcs-cabinet-clears-safta/ India To Offer Concessions To Ldcs: Cabinet Clears Safta The Cabinet today approved the agreement for South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta), which will come into force from 1 January 2006. “This is a comprehensive agreement,” the finance minister, Mr P Chidambaram, said at the end of the Cabinet meeting today, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/126/india-to-offer-concessions-to-ldcs-cabinet-clears-safta/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/125/india-remains-non-committed-on-direct-involvement-in-sri-lankas-peace-process/ http://news.india-travelers.com/125/india-remains-non-committed-on-direct-involvement-in-sri-lankas-peace-process/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:13:39 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/125/india-remains-non-committed-on-direct-involvement-in-sri-lankas-peace-process/ India remains non-committed on direct involvement in Sri Lanka's peace process. India has remained non-committed on President Mahinda Rajapakse's suggestion for its direct role in the peace process. The Sri Lanka president held a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and briefed him about his assessment of the current status ... http://news.india-travelers.com/125/india-remains-non-committed-on-direct-involvement-in-sri-lankas-peace-process/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/124/india-differs-with-iran-on-gas-pricing-further-talks-likely/ http://news.india-travelers.com/124/india-differs-with-iran-on-gas-pricing-further-talks-likely/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:13:09 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/124/india-differs-with-iran-on-gas-pricing-further-talks-likely/ India differs with Iran on gas pricing, further talks likely Pakistan, India and Iran are likely to meet in March next year to carry forward the negotiations on the tri-nation gas pipeline, even as the issue of gas pricing remains to be addressed. Both India and Iran have agreed that ... http://news.india-travelers.com/124/india-differs-with-iran-on-gas-pricing-further-talks-likely/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/123/iisc-terror-vital-installations-in-india-under-strict-vigil/ http://news.india-travelers.com/123/iisc-terror-vital-installations-in-india-under-strict-vigil/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:12:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/123/iisc-terror-vital-installations-in-india-under-strict-vigil/ IISc terror: Vital installations in India under strict vigil Vital scientific and defence installations across the country were on Thursday put under heavy security in the wake of the suspected terrorist attack at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore in which a scientist was killed and four others injured. Indian ... http://news.india-travelers.com/123/iisc-terror-vital-installations-in-india-under-strict-vigil/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/122/indian-letters-the-buried-and-forgotten-picked-and-prodded/ http://news.india-travelers.com/122/indian-letters-the-buried-and-forgotten-picked-and-prodded/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:12:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/122/indian-letters-the-buried-and-forgotten-picked-and-prodded/ Indian Letters : The buried and forgotten, picked and prodded. You read differently when you travel. You have to. Thousands of miles from Manhattan’s lavish new-release pyramids and familiar specialty sections, you learn to take what you can get. MFA types will find themselves all alone with a biography of Churchill; ... http://news.india-travelers.com/122/indian-letters-the-buried-and-forgotten-picked-and-prodded/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/121/group-promotes-benefits-of-un/ http://news.india-travelers.com/121/group-promotes-benefits-of-un/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:11:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/121/group-promotes-benefits-of-un/ Group promotes benefits of U.N. When someone criticizes the United Nations, Medford resident Mike McCormack suggests they consider World War I. Triggered by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, the four-year war eventually involved 26 nations and left more than 14 million dead. "They couldn’t prevent a ... http://news.india-travelers.com/121/group-promotes-benefits-of-un/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/120/tourists-returning-to-tsunami-affected-markets/ http://news.india-travelers.com/120/tourists-returning-to-tsunami-affected-markets/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:10:52 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/120/tourists-returning-to-tsunami-affected-markets/ Tourists returning to tsunami-affected markets According to the latest tourist spending data released by Visa Asia Pacific, tourism recovery and spending growth in the tsunami-affected markets are consistent with that of the rest of Asia Pacific. One year later, new figures indicate that most of the countries affected by the December 26, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/120/tourists-returning-to-tsunami-affected-markets/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/119/benetton-sees-india-a-potential-place-for-sourcing-products/ http://news.india-travelers.com/119/benetton-sees-india-a-potential-place-for-sourcing-products/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:47:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/119/benetton-sees-india-a-potential-place-for-sourcing-products/ Benetton sees India a potential place for sourcing products Given the quality, low-cost manufacturing advantage and established vendors network, India is set to become a sourcing point for United Colors of Benetton (UCB) apparel business in Europe, more so in Italy. Speaking to FE here on Tuesday, Gagan Singh, managing director, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/119/benetton-sees-india-a-potential-place-for-sourcing-products/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/118/brazil-india-join-the-big-boys-club/ http://news.india-travelers.com/118/brazil-india-join-the-big-boys-club/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:40:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/118/brazil-india-join-the-big-boys-club/ Brazil, India join the Big Boys’ Club WHAT WAS at stake in Hong Kong was the institutional survival of the World Trade Organization. After the collapse of two ministerials in Seattle and Cancun, a third unraveling would have seriously eroded the usefulness of the WTO as the key engine of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/118/brazil-india-join-the-big-boys-club/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/117/india-face-tough-tour-opener/ http://news.india-travelers.com/117/india-face-tough-tour-opener/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:39:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/117/india-face-tough-tour-opener/ India face tough tour opener Fast bowler Umar Gul was named in a 12-member Pakistan 'A' team to face India in the three-day tour opener at the Bagh-e-Jinnah Stadium in Lahore from January 7 to 9. Gul, whose last international appearance was also against India, at Lahore last year when he took ... http://news.india-travelers.com/117/india-face-tough-tour-opener/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/116/india-releases-eight-pakistan-prisoners/ http://news.india-travelers.com/116/india-releases-eight-pakistan-prisoners/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:06:44 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/116/india-releases-eight-pakistan-prisoners/ India Releases Eight Pakistan Prisoners India freed eight Pakistani prisoners Monday as part of peace efforts between the South Asia rivals, while the two governments scheduled new talks to resolve their long-standing dispute over the Himalayan territory of Kashmir. Indian authorities handed over the eight - including a teenage boy - ... http://news.india-travelers.com/116/india-releases-eight-pakistan-prisoners/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/115/india-to-tour-bangladesh-after-2007-world-cup-pawar/ http://news.india-travelers.com/115/india-to-tour-bangladesh-after-2007-world-cup-pawar/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:23:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/115/india-to-tour-bangladesh-after-2007-world-cup-pawar/ India to tour Bangladesh after 2007 World Cup: Pawar Cricket Board Chief Sharad Pawar is to visit Pakistan for the first Test at Lahore against India scheduled to commence on January 13, 2006 after attending an International Cricket Council session in Dubai two days earlier. "I would visit Paksitan to see the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/115/india-to-tour-bangladesh-after-2007-world-cup-pawar/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/114/indias-parliament-expels-11-indicted-members/ http://news.india-travelers.com/114/indias-parliament-expels-11-indicted-members/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:22:05 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/114/indias-parliament-expels-11-indicted-members/ India's parliament expels 11 indicted members New Delhi - India's parliament expelled 11 members accused of accepting bribes in return for raising certain issues and presenting questions, following a landmark vote on Friday. Ten members of the Lok Sabha (Lower House) and a member of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) were ... http://news.india-travelers.com/114/indias-parliament-expels-11-indicted-members/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/113/team-india-top-of-the-world/ http://news.india-travelers.com/113/team-india-top-of-the-world/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:21:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/113/team-india-top-of-the-world/ Team India top of the world Nike's Rs 196.66 crore deal makes Indian team most endorsed. Nike has won a Rs 196.66 crore bid to sponsor the Indian cricket team’s clothes for the next five years. Close on the heels of Rs 313 crore sponsorship deal with Air Sahara, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/113/team-india-top-of-the-world/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/112/inzamam-to-prepare-different-strategy-for-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/112/inzamam-to-prepare-different-strategy-for-india/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:19:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/112/inzamam-to-prepare-different-strategy-for-india/ Inzamam to prepare different strategy for India Fresh from their impressive win against England, Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is now busy preparing a 'different strategy' for the upcoming series against arch-rivals India to make amends for last year's home loss. "They (India) have some very good players and they've a lot of experience ... http://news.india-travelers.com/112/inzamam-to-prepare-different-strategy-for-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/111/indias-five-star-generals/ http://news.india-travelers.com/111/indias-five-star-generals/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:17:47 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/111/indias-five-star-generals/ India's five star generals The bowling spearhead was thought of as someone who can bat, but he surprised everyone scoring 93 opening the innings in the Delhi Test. He took the attack to the opposition and proved that was not a fluke by following it with a well-composed 82 when ... http://news.india-travelers.com/111/indias-five-star-generals/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/110/us-student-flow-to-india-rises-slightly/ http://news.india-travelers.com/110/us-student-flow-to-india-rises-slightly/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:42:00 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/110/us-student-flow-to-india-rises-slightly/ US student flow to India rises slightly DELHI: While Indians continue to top the chart of international students studying in the US for the fourth consecutive year, the reverse is not true in terms of inflow of students to India from the US. According to Open Doors 2005, an annual survey ... http://news.india-travelers.com/110/us-student-flow-to-india-rises-slightly/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/109/pfizer-launches-viagra-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/109/pfizer-launches-viagra-in-india/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:41:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/109/pfizer-launches-viagra-in-india/ Pfizer launches Viagra in India Global pharmaceutical company Pfizer Limited today launched the much publicised erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment drug Viagra in India. "With one tablet being sold every six seconds worldwide, Viagra is one of the most successful drugs recognised worldwide for having treated more than 27 million men ... http://news.india-travelers.com/109/pfizer-launches-viagra-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/108/india-run-with-the-big-guys-now/ http://news.india-travelers.com/108/india-run-with-the-big-guys-now/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:37:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/108/india-run-with-the-big-guys-now/ India, run with the big guys now! The media and the government breathed a sigh of relief that the agony of the Hong Kong WTO ministerial is over, and that the agreed text of Sunday night did not cause any political damage at home. The relief was apparent in the commerce ... http://news.india-travelers.com/108/india-run-with-the-big-guys-now/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/107/harbhajan-yuvraj-put-india-in-command/ http://news.india-travelers.com/107/harbhajan-yuvraj-put-india-in-command/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:30:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/107/harbhajan-yuvraj-put-india-in-command/ Harbhajan, Yuvraj put India in command Harbhajan Singh claimed seven wickets for 62 runs and Yuvraj Singh scored a blazing half-century as India amassed a first innings lead of 479 runs at the end of day three in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Sardar Patel stadium ... http://news.india-travelers.com/107/harbhajan-yuvraj-put-india-in-command/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/106/team-india-to-bat-for-air-sahara/ http://news.india-travelers.com/106/team-india-to-bat-for-air-sahara/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:16:14 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/106/team-india-to-bat-for-air-sahara/ Team India to bat for Air Sahara Private airline Air Sahara has bagged the sponsorship rights for the Indian cricket team for the next four years after making the highest bid of Rs 3.14 billion. Private airline Air Sahara has bagged the sponsorship rights for the Indian cricket team ... http://news.india-travelers.com/106/team-india-to-bat-for-air-sahara/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/105/deal-street-its-raining-mas-for-india-inc/ http://news.india-travelers.com/105/deal-street-its-raining-mas-for-india-inc/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:15:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/105/deal-street-its-raining-mas-for-india-inc/ Deal Street: It’s raining M&As for India Inc India's deal street is humming with activity. India Inc witnessed 394 mergers & acquisitions (M&A) valued at $10 billion in 2005, a 52 per cent rise in the number of deals, and a 75 per cent increase in the value of deals over ... http://news.india-travelers.com/105/deal-street-its-raining-mas-for-india-inc/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/104/india-asia-regions-cpa-moot-in-pakistan-next-year/ http://news.india-travelers.com/104/india-asia-regions-cpa-moot-in-pakistan-next-year/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:14:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/104/india-asia-regions-cpa-moot-in-pakistan-next-year/ India, Asia Regions, CPA moot in Pakistan next year ISLAMABAD: The Joint India and Asia Regions Conference will be held in Pakistan next year, Mohammedmian Soomro, the chairman of Senate, said while speaking in the concluding session of the second India and Asia Regions Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in New Delhi ... http://news.india-travelers.com/104/india-asia-regions-cpa-moot-in-pakistan-next-year/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/103/r-e-g-i-o-n-indias-nuclear-facility-separation-plan-ready/ http://news.india-travelers.com/103/r-e-g-i-o-n-indias-nuclear-facility-separation-plan-ready/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:13:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/103/r-e-g-i-o-n-indias-nuclear-facility-separation-plan-ready/ R E G I O N: India’s nuclear facility separation plan ready NEW DELHI: India has prepared an exhaustive list of civilian facilities and it is also planning to offer to place a large number of civilian nuclear reactors under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, diplomatic sources here said. Sources ... http://news.india-travelers.com/103/r-e-g-i-o-n-indias-nuclear-facility-separation-plan-ready/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/102/wto-draft-addresses-indias-concern-nath/ http://news.india-travelers.com/102/wto-draft-addresses-indias-concern-nath/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:12:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/102/wto-draft-addresses-indias-concern-nath/ WTO draft addresses India's concern: Nath Bullish over the outcome of the Hong Kong World Trade Organisation ministerial, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on Monday said the agreement addresses the concerns of both agriculture and industrial sectors and would drive India's farm and manufacturing exports in the global markets. "The agreement fully secures ... http://news.india-travelers.com/102/wto-draft-addresses-indias-concern-nath/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/101/revised-draft-declaration-at-wto-meet-a-positive-step-india-inc/ http://news.india-travelers.com/101/revised-draft-declaration-at-wto-meet-a-positive-step-india-inc/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:43:07 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/101/revised-draft-declaration-at-wto-meet-a-positive-step-india-inc/ Revised draft declaration at WTO meet a positive step: India Inc THE Indian industry reacted favourably to the second revised draft of the sixth ministerial conference of World Trade Organisation here, which was expected to be finalised with certain changes later in the evening. Describing the draft declaration as a `significantly ... http://news.india-travelers.com/101/revised-draft-declaration-at-wto-meet-a-positive-step-india-inc/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/100/india-threatened-to-disassociate-from-declaration/ http://news.india-travelers.com/100/india-threatened-to-disassociate-from-declaration/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:42:01 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/100/india-threatened-to-disassociate-from-declaration/ India threatened to disassociate from declaration HONG KONG :Commerce & industry minister Kamal Nath set off a ‘panic attack’ among WTO bigwigs here by firing a strongly-worded letter that indicated that India would ‘disassociate’ from the Hong Kong ministerial declaration if key concerns were not addressed. The communication was submitted on ... http://news.india-travelers.com/100/india-threatened-to-disassociate-from-declaration/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/99/wto-draft-agreed-india-brazil-us-eu-welcome/ http://news.india-travelers.com/99/wto-draft-agreed-india-brazil-us-eu-welcome/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:41:11 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/99/wto-draft-agreed-india-brazil-us-eu-welcome/ WTO draft agreed; India, Brazil, US, EU welcome Hong Kong: Trade negotiators of the 149 WTO member nations on Sunday reached a crucial breakthrough on the contentious issues of agricultural subsidies and industrial tariffs to arrive at a face-saving agreement that paves the way for a global trade pact by the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/99/wto-draft-agreed-india-brazil-us-eu-welcome/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/98/laxman-rescues-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/98/laxman-rescues-india/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:40:32 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/98/laxman-rescues-india/ Laxman rescues India Dec. 18. — Very Very Special Laxman, with a little bit of help from Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Irfan Pathan, rescued India from a sticky situation after Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan helped Sri Lanka seize the upper hand initially on a topsy turvy opening day in the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/98/laxman-rescues-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/97/india-glad-wto-back-on-track/ http://news.india-travelers.com/97/india-glad-wto-back-on-track/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:39:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/97/india-glad-wto-back-on-track/ India glad WTO back on track After tortuous negotiations spread over six days, a compromise trade deal was clinched among the World Trade Organisation's 150 members at a late-night session on Sunday. Violent protests by opponents of trade reforms and grumbling by poor countries notwithstanding, the ministers resolved to finalise the modalities ... http://news.india-travelers.com/97/india-glad-wto-back-on-track/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/96/indias-new-year-message-for-china/ http://news.india-travelers.com/96/indias-new-year-message-for-china/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:53:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/96/indias-new-year-message-for-china/ India's New Year message for China This will be on top of the agenda when foreign secretary Shyam Saran travels to Beijing for talks with his counterpart Wu Dawei. It’s an important message and one PM Manmohan Singh stressed as he travelled to the first ever East Asian summit in Kuala ... http://news.india-travelers.com/96/indias-new-year-message-for-china/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/95/india-gives-pakistan-drafted-agreement/ http://news.india-travelers.com/95/india-gives-pakistan-drafted-agreement/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:52:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/95/india-gives-pakistan-drafted-agreement/ India gives Pakistan drafted agreement NEW DELHI: The third round of the Indo-Pakistan Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on the proposed multi-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline began on Friday, with both countries focusing on the project structure. Sources said that various dimensions of the project and the future framework ... http://news.india-travelers.com/95/india-gives-pakistan-drafted-agreement/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/94/eu-attacks-india-nath-hits-back/ http://news.india-travelers.com/94/eu-attacks-india-nath-hits-back/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:51:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/94/eu-attacks-india-nath-hits-back/ EU attacks India, Nath hits back Hong Kong: The situation was fluid on Thursday as all the ministerial groups at the 6th ministerial meet of the World Trade Organisation were in hectic consultations to narrow down serious differences and look for convergences. But divisions still remain irreconcilable, with the European Union for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/94/eu-attacks-india-nath-hits-back/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/93/india-outrage-over-ganguly-axing/ http://news.india-travelers.com/93/india-outrage-over-ganguly-axing/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:50:37 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/93/india-outrage-over-ganguly-axing/ India outrage over Ganguly axing The exclusion of cricket star Sourav Ganguly from the national team has provoked a public outcry in India. Fans, politicians, former cricketers and actors have protested against the move and there have been demonstrations in his hometown, Calcutta. India's cricket board chief Sharad Pawar has said ... http://news.india-travelers.com/93/india-outrage-over-ganguly-axing/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/92/kumble-set-to-reach-100-tests-as-india-eye-series-victory/ http://news.india-travelers.com/92/kumble-set-to-reach-100-tests-as-india-eye-series-victory/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:49:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/92/kumble-set-to-reach-100-tests-as-india-eye-series-victory/ Kumble set to reach 100 Tests as India eye series victory AHMEDABAD: Veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble is set to play his 100th Test Saturday as a confident India eye a series victory against a struggling Sri Lanka. Kumble, who starred in a 188-run victory in the last match in New Delhi ... http://news.india-travelers.com/92/kumble-set-to-reach-100-tests-as-india-eye-series-victory/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/91/india-us-have-a-tiff-over-trips/ http://news.india-travelers.com/91/india-us-have-a-tiff-over-trips/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:33:45 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/91/india-us-have-a-tiff-over-trips/ India, US have a tiff over TRIPS HONG KONG: India has come into direct confrontation with the US over a proposed amendment to the TRIPS agreement and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). While a number of countries like Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines have given up their ... http://news.india-travelers.com/91/india-us-have-a-tiff-over-trips/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/90/india-to-reorganise-infantry-battalions-upgrade-weapons/ http://news.india-travelers.com/90/india-to-reorganise-infantry-battalions-upgrade-weapons/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:32:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/90/india-to-reorganise-infantry-battalions-upgrade-weapons/ India to reorganise infantry battalions, upgrade weapons NEW DELHI: India is planning to reorganise its infantry battalions and upgrade their weapons systems, Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Commenting on the status of recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, Mukherjee said that the new ... http://news.india-travelers.com/90/india-to-reorganise-infantry-battalions-upgrade-weapons/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/89/india-china-agree-to-expedite-boundary-dispute-resolution/ http://news.india-travelers.com/89/india-china-agree-to-expedite-boundary-dispute-resolution/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:31:20 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/89/india-china-agree-to-expedite-boundary-dispute-resolution/ India, China agree to expedite boundary dispute resolution Buoyed by the progress in their economic and political relations, India and China have agreed to speed up resolution of long-standing border disputes and push up bilateral trade to over $20 billion by 2008. "I had very good discussions with Chinese premiere Wen Jiabao. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/89/india-china-agree-to-expedite-boundary-dispute-resolution/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/88/manmohan-says-no-changes-to-india-us-nuclear-deal/ http://news.india-travelers.com/88/manmohan-says-no-changes-to-india-us-nuclear-deal/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:29:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/88/manmohan-says-no-changes-to-india-us-nuclear-deal/ Manmohan says no changes to India-US nuclear deal NEW DELHI: India said on Thursday it would permit no changes to a landmark nuclear deal with the United States to ensure its passage by the US Congress. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament the landmark deal struck with President George W Bush when ... http://news.india-travelers.com/88/manmohan-says-no-changes-to-india-us-nuclear-deal/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/87/team-india-wins-as-every-player-pulls-his-weight/ http://news.india-travelers.com/87/team-india-wins-as-every-player-pulls-his-weight/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:28:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/87/team-india-wins-as-every-player-pulls-his-weight/ Team India wins as every player pulls his weight Rahul Dravid and his boys deserve to be commended for their convincing win at the Kotla. The Indians can take several positives from this game, but perhaps the most important positive will be the exemplary team spirit and togetherness displayed by them ... http://news.india-travelers.com/87/team-india-wins-as-every-player-pulls-his-weight/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/86/india-keeping-off-malaysian-crude-palm-oil/ http://news.india-travelers.com/86/india-keeping-off-malaysian-crude-palm-oil/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:37:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/86/india-keeping-off-malaysian-crude-palm-oil/ India keeping off Malaysian crude palm oil? INDIA has not bought a single tonne of crude palm oil from Malaysia so far this month. This is despite Malaysia's palm oil month-on-month exports rising 9.6 per cent during December 1-10 period to 3.12 lakh tonnes (lt). The development comes on the heels ... http://news.india-travelers.com/86/india-keeping-off-malaysian-crude-palm-oil/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/85/dont-trample-our-aspirations-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/85/dont-trample-our-aspirations-india/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:36:15 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/85/dont-trample-our-aspirations-india/ Don’t trample our aspirations: India As trade ministers began hard-bargaining on Wednesday, India vowed that it will ensure to ensure the Doha Round benefits ‘those who need it’ and that it ‘truly reflects the development dimension.’ “This is why the liberalisation of professional services trade in Modes 1&4 needs to figure ... http://news.india-travelers.com/85/dont-trample-our-aspirations-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/84/us-thinks-positive-despite-india-outcry/ http://news.india-travelers.com/84/us-thinks-positive-despite-india-outcry/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:35:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/84/us-thinks-positive-despite-india-outcry/ US thinks positive, despite India outcry ADOBE Systems on Wednesday announced it would add 300 professionals in 2006, half of them in a business unit in India, which would be responsible for drawing out global strategies for Print and Classic Publishing products range. Adobe Systems completed the acquisition of San Francisco-based ... http://news.india-travelers.com/84/us-thinks-positive-despite-india-outcry/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/83/india-wins-second-test/ http://news.india-travelers.com/83/india-wins-second-test/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:34:16 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/83/india-wins-second-test/ India wins second Test Spinner Anil Kumble took 10 wickets in a match for the eighth time as India beat Sri Lanka by 188 runs to lead its three Test series 1-0 after the second Test in New Delhi. Kumble and fellow spinner Harbhajan Singh ripped through Sri Lanka's batting lineup ... http://news.india-travelers.com/83/india-wins-second-test/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/82/san-francisco-voted-best-tourist-city-in-the-united-states/ http://news.india-travelers.com/82/san-francisco-voted-best-tourist-city-in-the-united-states/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:32:27 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/82/san-francisco-voted-best-tourist-city-in-the-united-states/ San Francisco Voted Best Tourist City in the United States For the 13th year in a row, the readers of a major travel magazine have voted San Francisco as the best city to visit in the United States. With its beautiful scenery, mild climate, and assortment of ethnic restaurants, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/82/san-francisco-voted-best-tourist-city-in-the-united-states/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/81/will-marans-dream-of-making-india-a-semiconductor-powerhouse-take-off/ http://news.india-travelers.com/81/will-marans-dream-of-making-india-a-semiconductor-powerhouse-take-off/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:54:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/81/will-marans-dream-of-making-india-a-semiconductor-powerhouse-take-off/ Will Maran's dream of making India a semiconductor powerhouse take off? For the last few days, Vinod K Aggarwal has been keeping a strenuous schedule — dashing in and out of meetings with technology bigwigs — hardly any time to catch up on his sleep. The soft-spoken former electrical engineering professor ... http://news.india-travelers.com/81/will-marans-dream-of-making-india-a-semiconductor-powerhouse-take-off/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/80/australia-maul-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/80/australia-maul-india/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:53:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/80/australia-maul-india/ Australia maul India CHENNAI, Dec. 13. — India went down tamely as Olympic gold medalists Australia thrashed them 4-1, scoring all their goals in the first 20 minutes, in a third round league match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here tonight. The hosts had raised ... http://news.india-travelers.com/80/australia-maul-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/79/making-new-friends-india-sews-up-coalition-on-industrial-tariffs/ http://news.india-travelers.com/79/making-new-friends-india-sews-up-coalition-on-industrial-tariffs/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:52:21 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/79/making-new-friends-india-sews-up-coalition-on-industrial-tariffs/ Making new friends: India sews up coalition on industrial tariffs HONG KONG: Here’s some Christmas cheer for India Inc. Buoyed by the success in rallying developing nations on agriculture, India has upped the ante to mount pressure on the US and the European Union to cut down import tariff on industrial ... http://news.india-travelers.com/79/making-new-friends-india-sews-up-coalition-on-industrial-tariffs/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/78/lahore-amritsar-trial-bus-off-to-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/78/lahore-amritsar-trial-bus-off-to-india/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:51:28 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/78/lahore-amritsar-trial-bus-off-to-india/ Lahore-Amritsar trial bus off to India The delegation included Managing Director Tourism Department Hashim Ali, Secretary Hasan Nawaz Tarar and DCO Lahore Khalid Sultan besides 8 others of various technical departments. The Lahore-Amritsar trial bus, which has been named Punjab, reached Wagah border exactly at 10:00am where the members of the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/78/lahore-amritsar-trial-bus-off-to-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/77/why-india-puts-its-farmers-first/ http://news.india-travelers.com/77/why-india-puts-its-farmers-first/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:47:34 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/77/why-india-puts-its-farmers-first/ Why India puts its farmers first India needs a liberalisation of agreements to help its service industries, particularly in the software sector. But despite this the government is prepared to put the interests of its poor farmers first. Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has made it clear in an interview for ... http://news.india-travelers.com/77/why-india-puts-its-farmers-first/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/76/india-envoy-arrives-on-nepal-trip/ http://news.india-travelers.com/76/india-envoy-arrives-on-nepal-trip/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:34:36 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/76/india-envoy-arrives-on-nepal-trip/ India envoy arrives on Nepal trip India's foreign secretary has arrived in Nepal for meetings with government officials and opposition politicians. Shyam Saran is likely to promote India's policy of pushing for a return to democracy, analysts say. He is expected to meet Nepal's King Gyanendra, who assumed direct power in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/76/india-envoy-arrives-on-nepal-trip/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/75/champions-trophy-india-beat-pak-in-thriller/ http://news.india-travelers.com/75/champions-trophy-india-beat-pak-in-thriller/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:33:26 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/75/champions-trophy-india-beat-pak-in-thriller/ Champions Trophy: India beat Pak in thriller Chennai: India scored thrice in the last 10 minutes to down arch-rivals Pakistan 3-2 in front of a sell-out crowd of 8,500 at the Mayor Radhakrishnan stadium in the Champions Trophy field hockey tournament on Sunday. The Asian giants conjured a thrilling finale with all ... http://news.india-travelers.com/75/champions-trophy-india-beat-pak-in-thriller/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/74/india-and-pakistan-trial-new-bus-link/ http://news.india-travelers.com/74/india-and-pakistan-trial-new-bus-link/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:32:17 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/74/india-and-pakistan-trial-new-bus-link/ India and Pakistan trial new bus link NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan yesterday launched a trial run of a bus service linking the Indian city of Amritsar to the Pakistani city of Lahore as part of their cautious peace process. The Indian bus with the flags of both nations painted on ... http://news.india-travelers.com/74/india-and-pakistan-trial-new-bus-link/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/73/india-celebrates-tendulkars-century-batting-record/ http://news.india-travelers.com/73/india-celebrates-tendulkars-century-batting-record/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:31:30 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/73/india-celebrates-tendulkars-century-batting-record/ India celebrates Tendulkar's century batting record New Delhi, Dec. 11 (AP): India, a country often bitterly divided by caste, religion and social gaps, united on Sunday in celebration of one man _ Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar became test cricket's top century scorer Saturday when he posted his 35th hundred in the second ... http://news.india-travelers.com/73/india-celebrates-tendulkars-century-batting-record/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/72/india-china-partner-partner/ http://news.india-travelers.com/72/india-china-partner-partner/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:30:26 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/72/india-china-partner-partner/ India-China partner-partner NEW DELHI/KUALA LUMPUR: Setting at rest the "misconception" that India and China are emerging as rivals in the economic and political area, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the bilateral relationship is progressing in the right direction. "There is a misconception that India and China are competitors and ... http://news.india-travelers.com/72/india-china-partner-partner/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/71/microsoft-india-facility-inaugurated/ http://news.india-travelers.com/71/microsoft-india-facility-inaugurated/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2005 04:36:53 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/71/microsoft-india-facility-inaugurated/ Microsoft India facility inaugurated Bangalore: Further showcasing Microsoft's growing commitment to India, Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation, on Friday inaugurated the new Microsoft India facility, located at the Embassy Golf Links Business Park, in the presence of Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh and the former Prime Minister ... http://news.india-travelers.com/71/microsoft-india-facility-inaugurated/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/70/india-asean-to-consider-free-trade-pact-by-07/ http://news.india-travelers.com/70/india-asean-to-consider-free-trade-pact-by-07/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2005 04:35:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/70/india-asean-to-consider-free-trade-pact-by-07/ India, Asean to consider free-trade pact by ’07 NRI Special Offer! KUALA LUMPUR: India and the Association of South East Asian Nations aim to forge a free-trade agreement by the start of ’07, both sides said after a meeting on Friday. But Asean-member Malaysia said talks, due to be completed this June, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/70/india-asean-to-consider-free-trade-pact-by-07/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/69/india-would-look-to-make-amends/ http://news.india-travelers.com/69/india-would-look-to-make-amends/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2005 04:35:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/69/india-would-look-to-make-amends/ India would look to make amends New Delhi: Mortified a smidgeon — despite the popular "read no more in to it" refrain — at being found out on a dicey wicket in the rain-curtailed first Videocon Cup Test, India will look to make amends in the second match starting at the ... http://news.india-travelers.com/69/india-would-look-to-make-amends/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/68/no-rivalry-with-china-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/68/no-rivalry-with-china-india/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2005 04:34:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/68/no-rivalry-with-china-india/ No rivalry with China: India NEW DELHI: "We don't see any rivalry between India and China," a senior External Affairs Ministry official said on Friday when asked if New Delhi viewed Beijing as a rival in the context of the first-ever December 14 East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur. "We are ... http://news.india-travelers.com/68/no-rivalry-with-china-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/67/gates-launches-talent-hunt-for-smart-techies-in-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/67/gates-launches-talent-hunt-for-smart-techies-in-india/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2005 04:33:18 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/67/gates-launches-talent-hunt-for-smart-techies-in-india/ Gates launches talent hunt for smart techies in India NEW DELHI, Dec. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Microsoft chief Bill Gates Friday launched a nationwide talent hunt in Bangalore to pick the best tech students who will work with him at the global firm's headquarters in Redmond, Seattle. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/67/gates-launches-talent-hunt-for-smart-techies-in-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/66/airbus-ups-sales-target-for-india/ http://news.india-travelers.com/66/airbus-ups-sales-target-for-india/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:33:49 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/66/airbus-ups-sales-target-for-india/ Airbus ups sales target for India Encouraged by the massive orders placed by Indian carriers, European aircraft-maker Airbus Industrie has revised its demand projection for the Indian market to 800-1,000 aeroplanes worth $80 billion by 2026. The earlier projection envisaged orders for 570 aeroplanes worth $40 billion by 2023. Notably, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/66/airbus-ups-sales-target-for-india/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/65/india-acknowledged-as-responsible-n-state-mea/ http://news.india-travelers.com/65/india-acknowledged-as-responsible-n-state-mea/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:32:12 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/65/india-acknowledged-as-responsible-n-state-mea/ India acknowledged as responsible N-state: MEA NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday said that its inclusion as a full partner in the ambitious multi-country International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) energy project was an acknowledgement of it being a responsible nuclear state with advanced nuclear technology. The decision also recognises that India can significantly ... http://news.india-travelers.com/65/india-acknowledged-as-responsible-n-state-mea/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/64/india-minister-quits-over-iraq-row/ http://news.india-travelers.com/64/india-minister-quits-over-iraq-row/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:31:10 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/64/india-minister-quits-over-iraq-row/ INDIA: MINISTER QUITS OVER IRAQ ROW New Delhi, 7 Dec. The former foreign minister of India Kunwar Natwar Singh announced on Tuesday his decision to quit as minister without portfolio but said that the move did not mean an acceptance of his guilt in the oil-for-food scandal. Speaking to reporters outside ... http://news.india-travelers.com/64/india-minister-quits-over-iraq-row/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/63/india-ex-fm-resignation-accepted/ http://news.india-travelers.com/63/india-ex-fm-resignation-accepted/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:30:22 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/63/india-ex-fm-resignation-accepted/ India ex-FM resignation accepted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted the resignation of the country's former foreign minister Natwar Singh from his cabinet. Natwar Singh met the prime minister on the latter's return from Moscow. He has stepped down following allegations that he benefited from the UN's oil-for-food programme in ... http://news.india-travelers.com/63/india-ex-fm-resignation-accepted/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/62/microsoft-lines-up-17-b-investments-for-india-to-expand-r-promote-it-literacy/ http://news.india-travelers.com/62/microsoft-lines-up-17-b-investments-for-india-to-expand-r-promote-it-literacy/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:29:38 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/62/microsoft-lines-up-17-b-investments-for-india-to-expand-r-promote-it-literacy/ Microsoft lines up $1.7 b investments for India — To expand R&D activities; promote IT literacy BETTING heavily on India's IT prowess, the Microsoft Chairman, Mr Bill Gates, today announced an investment of $1.7 billion (Rs 7,858 crore) spread over the next four years to expand its research and development (R&D) ... http://news.india-travelers.com/62/microsoft-lines-up-17-b-investments-for-india-to-expand-r-promote-it-literacy/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/61/india-to-lobby-for-its-farmers-at-hong-kong-meet/ http://news.india-travelers.com/61/india-to-lobby-for-its-farmers-at-hong-kong-meet/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:56:44 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/61/india-to-lobby-for-its-farmers-at-hong-kong-meet/ India to lobby for its farmers at Hong Kong meet With an agreement on agriculture continuing to elude members of the World Trade Organisation, developed countries like the US and the European Union are pushing for a package for least-developed countries to be approved at the Hong Kong WTO ministerial meeting. ... http://news.india-travelers.com/61/india-to-lobby-for-its-farmers-at-hong-kong-meet/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/60/india-minister-quits-in-iraq-row/ http://news.india-travelers.com/60/india-minister-quits-in-iraq-row/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:56:08 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/60/india-minister-quits-in-iraq-row/ India minister quits in Iraq row Indian cabinet minister Natwar Singh says he is resigning following allegations that he benefited from the UN's oil-for-food programme in Iraq. Mr Singh has been under pressure to quit after being named in an official report into the affair. He had already lost his post ... http://news.india-travelers.com/60/india-minister-quits-in-iraq-row/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/59/india-slump-as-test-ends-in-draw/ http://news.india-travelers.com/59/india-slump-as-test-ends-in-draw/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:55:26 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/59/india-slump-as-test-ends-in-draw/ India slump as Test ends in draw MADRAS, India -- India were dismissed for a lowly 167 before the series opener against Sri Lanka in Madras petered out into a tame draw on Tuesday. Left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas claimed four for 20 as the India made their lowest total in Tests against ... http://news.india-travelers.com/59/india-slump-as-test-ends-in-draw/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/58/vaughan-likely-to-recover-for-india-tour/ http://news.india-travelers.com/58/vaughan-likely-to-recover-for-india-tour/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:54:13 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/58/vaughan-likely-to-recover-for-india-tour/ Vaughan likely to recover for India tour LONDON: England captain Michael Vaughan will miss the one-day series against Pakistan to undergo exploratory knee surgery, but is likely to recover in time for India tour. Vaughan, who suffered a reoccurrence of his long-standing right knee injury during England's warm-up match in Lahore last ... http://news.india-travelers.com/58/vaughan-likely-to-recover-for-india-tour/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/57/russia-asks-india-to-follow-nuke-norms/ http://news.india-travelers.com/57/russia-asks-india-to-follow-nuke-norms/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:53:25 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/57/russia-asks-india-to-follow-nuke-norms/ Russia asks India to follow nuke norms MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday promised continued cooperation in the area of civil nuclear energy, but stressed that the process would move in tandem with the steps members of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group have asked India to take. The position, crucial for India’s attempt to ... http://news.india-travelers.com/57/russia-asks-india-to-follow-nuke-norms/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/56/india-and-the-united-states-an-emerging-global-partnership/ http://news.india-travelers.com/56/india-and-the-united-states-an-emerging-global-partnership/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:50:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/56/india-and-the-united-states-an-emerging-global-partnership/ India and the United States: An Emerging Global Partnership David H McCormick, US Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, delivered this speech at the World Economic Forum India Economic Summit 2005 in New Delhi on November 28. I am delighted to share the podium with Foreign Secretary Saran. The theme ... http://news.india-travelers.com/56/india-and-the-united-states-an-emerging-global-partnership/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/55/asia-cup-off-after-india-complains-about-busy-schedule/ http://news.india-travelers.com/55/asia-cup-off-after-india-complains-about-busy-schedule/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:49:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/55/asia-cup-off-after-india-complains-about-busy-schedule/ Asia Cup off after India complains about busy schedule Cricket’s six-nation Asia Cup due to take place in Pakistan early next year has been postponed after India complained that their players faced a gruelling schedule, officials said yesterday. “The tournament will be organised later at a mutually convenient date,” Indian cricket chief ... http://news.india-travelers.com/55/asia-cup-off-after-india-complains-about-busy-schedule/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/54/tough-times-ahead-media-warns-england-on-india-tour/ http://news.india-travelers.com/54/tough-times-ahead-media-warns-england-on-india-tour/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:48:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/54/tough-times-ahead-media-warns-england-on-india-tour/ Tough times ahead: Media warns England on India tour With the Ashes bubble finally pricked in Pakistan, the sinking reality had prompted the English media to issue a warning for their team on the upcoming India tour. Pakistan handed out a crushing 2-0 defeat to the Aussie conquerors including an innings ... http://news.india-travelers.com/54/tough-times-ahead-media-warns-england-on-india-tour/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/53/intel-to-invest-1-b-in-india-says-talks-with-govt-on-manufacturing-unit-still-on/ http://news.india-travelers.com/53/intel-to-invest-1-b-in-india-says-talks-with-govt-on-manufacturing-unit-still-on/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:47:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/53/intel-to-invest-1-b-in-india-says-talks-with-govt-on-manufacturing-unit-still-on/ Intel to invest $1 b in India — Says talks with Govt on manufacturing unit still on CHIP maker Intel's Chairman, Mr Craig Barrett, has announced an investment of over $1 billion in India in the next five years on activities that include expansion of research and development operations in Bangalore, ... http://news.india-travelers.com/53/intel-to-invest-1-b-in-india-says-talks-with-govt-on-manufacturing-unit-still-on/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/52/india-opens-arms-to-russian-n-aid/ http://news.india-travelers.com/52/india-opens-arms-to-russian-n-aid/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:46:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/52/india-opens-arms-to-russian-n-aid/ India opens arms to Russian N-aid India has expressed its willingness to allow Russia to build additional reactors for the Kudankulam nuclear facility. This was conveyed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the Russian energy and trade minister Viktor Khristenko on Monday. Foreign ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said, "The Prime Minister ... http://news.india-travelers.com/52/india-opens-arms-to-russian-n-aid/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/51/india-offers-tariff-cuts-asks-rich-states-to-match/ http://news.india-travelers.com/51/india-offers-tariff-cuts-asks-rich-states-to-match/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:56:09 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/51/india-offers-tariff-cuts-asks-rich-states-to-match/ India offers tariff cuts, asks rich states to match India on Saturday offered to lower its tariff barriers by more than the 50 per cent it has already proposed to make global trade talks a success, but added that such a move would be implemented only if developed economies could match ... http://news.india-travelers.com/51/india-offers-tariff-cuts-asks-rich-states-to-match/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/50/equity-market-dwarfs-banks-as-india-incs-source-of-finance/ http://news.india-travelers.com/50/equity-market-dwarfs-banks-as-india-incs-source-of-finance/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:54:33 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/50/equity-market-dwarfs-banks-as-india-incs-source-of-finance/ Equity market dwarfs banks as India Inc's source of finance BETWEEN April and October 2005, Indian companies mobilised Rs 51,459 crore through public offers, rights issues and private placements. In contrast, through financial year 2005, Banks lent Rs 42,976 crore to medium and large industries as a whole. Not all of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/50/equity-market-dwarfs-banks-as-india-incs-source-of-finance/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/49/farida-denounces-india-for-stopping-relief-goods-for-ajk/ http://news.india-travelers.com/49/farida-denounces-india-for-stopping-relief-goods-for-ajk/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:53:41 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/49/farida-denounces-india-for-stopping-relief-goods-for-ajk/ Farida denounces India for stopping relief goods for AJK SRINAGAR, Dec 03 (Online): India cannot stop our freedom movement by stopping us to help our Kashmiri brothers affected by earthquake, stated chairperson mass movement Farida Ben Gee while condemning the detention of five leaders including her and called it violation of ... http://news.india-travelers.com/49/farida-denounces-india-for-stopping-relief-goods-for-ajk/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/48/india-russia-keen-on-bolstering-bilateral-relations/ http://news.india-travelers.com/48/india-russia-keen-on-bolstering-bilateral-relations/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:53:00 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/48/india-russia-keen-on-bolstering-bilateral-relations/ India, Russia keen on bolstering bilateral relations With their bilateral relations reaching an unprecedented level of intensity, India and Russia have decided to focus on forging a long-standing energy partnership and sign major agreements on space and defence cooperation at the sixth summit meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President ... http://news.india-travelers.com/48/india-russia-keen-on-bolstering-bilateral-relations/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/47/brazil-india-offer-trade-concesssions-at-g7/ http://news.india-travelers.com/47/brazil-india-offer-trade-concesssions-at-g7/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:51:35 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/47/brazil-india-offer-trade-concesssions-at-g7/ Brazil, India offer trade concesssions at G7 LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil and India offered concessions on industrial goods and services on Saturday to break an impasse in global trade liberalisation talks but made clear developed countries must at least match their moves. Indian and Brazilian officials made the offer at a meeting ... http://news.india-travelers.com/47/brazil-india-offer-trade-concesssions-at-g7/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/46/mathrani-to-return-to-india-soon-shyam-saran/ http://news.india-travelers.com/46/mathrani-to-return-to-india-soon-shyam-saran/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:48:19 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/46/mathrani-to-return-to-india-soon-shyam-saran/ Mathrani to return to India soon: Shyam Saran NEW DELHI: Controversial Indian envoy to Croatia Aneil Mathrani had been recalled from his job but he has stayed on in Zagreb in defiance of his transfer orders, according to official sources. Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran confirmed that the external affairs ministry had ... http://news.india-travelers.com/46/mathrani-to-return-to-india-soon-shyam-saran/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/45/tax-waiver-for-2nd-india-lanka-test/ http://news.india-travelers.com/45/tax-waiver-for-2nd-india-lanka-test/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:46:55 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/45/tax-waiver-for-2nd-india-lanka-test/ Tax waiver for 2nd India-Lanka Test NEW DELHI: In a goodwill gesture for the game of cricket, the Delhi government has given an entertainment tax waiver for the India-Sri Lanka Test match beginning December 10. This will mean that the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) will save about Rs 4 ... http://news.india-travelers.com/45/tax-waiver-for-2nd-india-lanka-test/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/44/cyclonic-system-threatening-southern-india-weakens/ http://news.india-travelers.com/44/cyclonic-system-threatening-southern-india-weakens/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:45:50 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/44/cyclonic-system-threatening-southern-india-weakens/ Cyclonic system threatening southern India weakens NEW DELHI - A cyclonic storm threatening two rain-battered states in southern India has weakened into a deep depression, bringing some relief to people living in coastal areas, news reports said on Friday. The weather system was located over the Bay of Bengal about 300 kilometres ... http://news.india-travelers.com/44/cyclonic-system-threatening-southern-india-weakens/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/43/pakistan-and-india-signing-mou-on-counter-narcotics/ http://news.india-travelers.com/43/pakistan-and-india-signing-mou-on-counter-narcotics/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:44:51 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/43/pakistan-and-india-signing-mou-on-counter-narcotics/ Pakistan and India signing MoU on counter-narcotics ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between their counter-narcotics agencies in fighting drug trafficking in the region. The agreement came after a two-day meeting between anti-narcotics officials of the two countries in Rawalpindi. Major General ... http://news.india-travelers.com/43/pakistan-and-india-signing-mou-on-counter-narcotics/feed/ http://news.india-travelers.com/42/india-to-probe-new-iraq-oil-charges/ http://news.india-travelers.com/42/india-to-probe-new-iraq-oil-charges/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:42:57 +0000 India news http://news.india-travelers.com/42/india-to-probe-new-iraq-oil-charges/ India to probe new Iraq oil charges Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, has pledged to probe new allegations that the country's former foreign minister and ruling Congress party corruptly exploited the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq. "We are determined that truth must prevail in this matter," the Congress party premier told ... http://news.india-travelers.com/42/india-to-probe-new-iraq-oil-charges/feed/ http://news.i