A designated court in Anand, Gujarat on Thursday awarded life sentences to 18 people and handed out seven-year jail terms to five others in connection with the massacre of 23 people in Gujarat's Ode village during the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots. District and Sessions judge Poonam Singh pronounced the sentence after she found 18 people guilty of murder and criminal conspiracy and five others of attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy on Monday.
A list of 23 smartphones that are available in the Indian market and have seen a price correction ranging between Rs 500 to Rs 5,500 in the month of July.
Asian soccer chief Mohamed Bin Hammam was banned for life Saturday after being found guilty by world football's ruling body of trying to buy votes ahead of last month's FIFA presidential election.
A first step in that direction has been taken by the prime minister by setting up an expert panel headed by his economic advisory council.
The Indian men's recurve team of Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai and Rahul Banerjee settled for a silver after going down to their opponents from Great Britain in the Archery World Cup Stage II in Antalya.
The Environment and Civil Aviation ministries had been at loggerheads over the airport project.
Cidco gave a presentation on the subject to the EAC members.
EAC told Cidco during a meeting that it would visit the site in the third week of October before finalising its report. Cidco had clarified its stand on 61 points relating to the proposed airport and reiterated that there was no alternative site.
Interest rates on offer are linked to the bank's base interest rate.
The union government is planning to set up energy parks in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with a target to generate 60,000 MW of power through use of nuclear fuel, Srikumar Banerjee, chairman, Atomic Energy Commision (AEC) said.
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The plan could mature into either an umbrella programme for urban youths similar to the Garib Kalyan Rozgaar Abhiyaan or a modified urban-focused version of MGNREGS.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar, by 2:1 majority, held that the grant of the environmental clearance and the notification for change in land use for the project was valid.
Robin Uthappa emerged the costliest player in the Karnataka Premier League after inviting a bid of Rs 325,000 from Bangalore Brigadiers in the auction for Twenty20 tournament, starting in Bangalore next month.
The Prime Minister's EAC is expected to give its outlook on economy for the current fiscal in a week's time.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange has registered maximum fall (56 per cent) from its peak, while the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange dipped by as much as 40 per cent and the Manila Stock Exchange dropped by 39 per cent, registering the third largest fall. The report added that 'having lost one fifth to one third of their value, equity assets would appear to have greater upside rather than down side prospects.
Twelve teams will contest the inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20, to be held in India from October 8 to 23. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers, the finalists in the second edition of the IPL, and Delhi Daredevils, the top team of the league stage, will compete against the top two domestic T20 teams from South Africa, England, Australia and the domestic T20 champions from New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka.
The scientists found that the Catholics seemed to be able to block out much of the pain. And, using the latest brain-scanning techniques, they also discovered that the Catholics were able to activate part of the brain associated with conditioning experience of pain, the Daily Mail reported.
Committee of secretaries is working on the formula and it is understood that EAC is also being asked to go through the formula.
Top two teams in each group qualify for the first knockout round. Third placed team to play in the UEFA Cup.
Chidambaram to meet ministries' financial advisors, PM's economic council.
The govt. has set up a panel to review the investments and savings in the Indian economy. The panel will review financial savings and suggest improvements.
Bharti Airtel (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, said on Monday it has been awarded the facility-based operator licence in Singapore, which will enable it to operate international carrier facilities from there.
The Williams sisters will hold another family reunion on centre court at the US Open after registering wins on Monday that set up a tiebreaking, sibling clash in the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.
The prime minister's economic advisory council has lowered India's GDP growth projection to 7.7 per cent during 2008-09 as against 9 per cent in the last fiscal.
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council will on Wednesday release the outlook for the Indian economy for the current fiscal and is likely to scale down growth projection from earlier 8.5 per cent to 7.5-8 per cent.
Pointing out that inflation rate is a little beyond comfort zone, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council said the current situation is not favourable for a cut in interest rates. The inflation rate stood at 5.11 per cent for the week ended March 1. For the second week in a row that the rate was over 5%. The RBI aims to limit average rate of inflation for the current fiscal at 5 per cent. When the inflation rate is rising, it is always critical to bring down the rates.
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council has approved Reliance Industries' 4.33 dollars per mBtu price of gas from KG-D6 fields, saying it was in line with industry practices.
India's Dinesh Mongia turned in an all-round performance, taking two wickets and scoring 66 runs, as his team posted a thrilling 12-run win
The bachelors have been asked to move out of their single-storey row buildings that house five or more men at a cost of about 100 dirham each per month.
According to the Central Statistics Office data, the jump in the retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index was mainly due to rise in prices of kitchen items like vegetables, meat and fish.
The US would deploy its F-16s and other sophisticated combat aircraft for the exercise christened 'Cope India'
Internet gateway and service provider Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and telecom service provider Asia Netcom has signed a strategic partnership
'It is the bounden duty of the Indian government to leave no stone unturned to have the pilot back urgently.' 'If that is not done in the desirable manner, it could well be a trigger for much more serious a conflagration in the subcontinent,' says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
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Reliance, Birla Group, Airtel eye small finance banks.
The radar will help in monitoring movement of low-flying aircraft.
Most of the victims were students, police said.
Ramesh tied with Alexander Fominyh and Marat Dzhumaev but was declared winner on the basis of better progressive score.
With alertness very high post the surgical strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the Uri attack, Indian Air Force is aggressively upgrading infrastructure in the eastern sector specially in Arunachal Pradesh.
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