Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday demanded that the strength of its police be "tripled" in order to take complete control of militancy in the state, which has become a gateway for terrorists to carry out attacks in other parts of the country.
"Once the pipeline becomes operational, HDC will lose an annual cargo inflow of 18 million tonne in petroleum and POL products. Given that HDC earns about Rs 100 per metric tonne, the loss works up to Rs 180 crore," Secretary of the Haldia Dock Officers' Forum R K Burman told PTI. Besides, the three oil jetties at HDC, set up at a cost of about Rs 75 crore (Rs 750 million), would become underutilised, Burman said.
During that election, the ballot papers were shuffled three or four times during the polling so that the agents of the candidates find it difficult to note down the serial numbers to identify votes cast by members during counting.
"India Shining slogan was a mistake. The better slogan would have been India Rising," Advani, who was Deputy Prime Minister during the National Democratic Alliance rule when the slogan was coined, told media persons in Shimla.
Writer Jamal Mecklai muses about the state of mind of the RBI governor, post the credit policy. He gets into the mind of the governor and tries to guage his thoughts and reactions. Against all anticipation, the governor did not bow down to political pressure and the RBI rates were not hiked. He did a fine balancing acting between the two volatile factors -- market and the govt. He leaves the task of choosing between sub 5% inflation rate and 10+% growth rate to his successor.
12 people, including five Delhi police personnel, were killed in the attack.
Close on the heels of developments in Karnataka, an uneasy relationship prevails in Punjab where the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and its ally Bharatiya Janata Party appear to be in sombre mood over certain contentious issues, including the recent proposed hike in power tariff by the state government.
The 23-year-old McLaren driver took pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in a sign that the sport's new regulations will only play to his strengths.
Kiran Karnik has decided to step down from his role as president, Nasscom. The premier software association has already initiated a search process to locate a successor.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Vladislav Artemiev of Russia in the eighth and penultimate round, ending the Indian challenge in the Isle of Man International Chess tournament on Sunday.
National Insurance Company is going to come out with a new health policy for those above 60.
If the situation demands, the prisoners from drought-hit Beed and Latur districts will be shifted to places like Nashik and Dhule.
Officials said the six were arrested after a money changer noticed that the 500 and 1,000 Indian rupee notes presented to him for changing were fake.
The march was planned to protest the killings of four members of a Dalit family in Khairlanji village in Bhandara district in September.
The summit would be held between December 17 and 19, K V Kamath, managing director and CEO, ICICI Bank, who is a member of TiE's India Advisory Board, said.
Economic growth projected at 8.5 per cent for 2007-08; Inflation to be close to 5 per cent.
Willem II Tilburg midfielder Anouar Kali became the first player in the Netherlands to get his marching orders from the 'video assistant referee' (VAR) after his yellow card in a Dutch Cup tie against Ajax Amsterdam was turned into a red on Wednesday.
The ICC said it won't interfere at this stage as the BCCI is the competent authority to deal with the issue.
Train services on the central railway were disrupted on Thursday morning after angry commuters began their 'jan andolan,' protesting the continued delay in restoration of normal services after the July 26 deluge.
American tennis ace Venus Williams has entered the top ten of latest WTA ranking following her victory in the Zhuhai Masters in China.
Agitating under the banner of the Bisthapan Virodhi Jana Manch, the tribals have set up road blockades at about 15 places.
It said any organisation or agency conducting any opinion or exit polls, while publishing the result, must indicate the sample size of the electorate covered by such polls and geographic spread of survey.
The police is finding out if the computer was used by Fahad during his stay here to send e-mail messages to Pakistan and other activities like communicating with Al Badr outfit.
Rahul Gandhi on took a dig at PM Modi saying his government's praise of the UPA's flagship scheme MGNREGA is a "shining example" of Modi's "political wisdom".
The founder and former editor of Tehelka pleaded not guilty to the rape charge.
A Pakistani soldier convicted of taking part in a failed assassination plot against President Pervez Musharraf was hanged on Saturday, an official and military spokesman said.\n
A case filed by Ramavtar Sahu for compensation, medical monitoring and clean-up of toxic waste near Union Carbide's plant in Bhopal as well as offsite water pollution is pending before the Court of Second Circuit of Appeals in USA.
3 killed in Akola building collapse, 30 trapped
The Board of Control for Cricket in India respects the Supreme Court's verdict on sweeping reforms in the cricket body and it will work towards implementing the recommendations made by the Lodha panel, senior BCCI functionary and IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said on Monday.
The actress is currently in Rajasthan shooting for Ashutosh Gowarikar's Jodha-Akbar, with Hrithik Roshan.
Paraguay claimed their first points in a 2-0 win over debutants Trinidad & Tobago.
Promising pugilist Aswathimol Chenthittail joined M C Merykom, L Sarita Devi, Kalpana Choudhary and Jyotsana in the semis of the women's World Boxing Championships.
The state Congress, however, has not lent its voice to the Trinamool Congress' demand for resignation of the CPI (M) MPs for holding offices of profit in West Bengal.
A sessions court on Wednesday remanded the owner of Provogue apparel brand Salil Chaturvedi to judicial custody till August 31 in a drug case. \n\n
India's information technology industry on Thursday expressed the hope that the new government at the Centre would continue to support the sunrise sector.
Hardee is on a mission to roll back the rising tide of piracy in Asia-Pacific.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
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