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Tata Motors has said it will launch ‘Nano’, touted as the world’s cheapest family car, on 23rd March in Mumbai and bookings will start from April this year.The car was unveiled at the auto expo in Delhi in January 2008 and a function on 23rd March would mark the car’s commercial launch. » Continue reading…

Tags: Gujarat, Mumbai, Nano, Ratan Tata, Tata Motors, Tata Motors chief Ratan Tata, West Bengal

Returning to a rousing welcome in Chennai after his golden run at the Oscars, music maestro A R Rahman hoped the top honours inspire the young generation to spread the message of peace and love. » Continue reading…

Tags: A R Rahman, Indian Airlines, Oscar awards, Slumdog Millionaire, Tamil Nadu

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik will play in Friday’s International Masters Game, the curtain-raiser to the Twenty20 International between India and New Zealand at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. » Continue reading…

Tags: Amit Mishra, Australia, Dhawal Kulkarni, Dinesh Karthik, Dinesh Karthik and Sachin Tendulkar, India, International Masters Game, Laxmipathy Balaji, Murali Vijay, New Zealand, New Zealand Cricket Players Association (NZCPA), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Twenty20 game, VVS Laxman, Wellington, Westpac Stadium

A 9 year old loses his father, drops out of school and begins working as a musician to feed his family. Few decades later, he becomes the modern day pied piper mesmerizing the world with his music and is anointed as the Emperor of music. This, my dear readers, is not a story line for an upcoming movie but the life summary a musical genius named Dileep Sekhar better known as AR Rahman. » Continue reading…

Tags: AR Rahman, BHARATA RATNA, Bollywood, Ilayaraja, Indian film industry, Oscar, ROJA, Sreekanth Devarakonda

President Barack Obama has pledged boldly to cut the trillion-plus dollar US budget deficit by half in his first term, even as he announced massive spending to revive the sagging economy. » Continue reading…

Tags: Budget, Dollar, Government, President Barack Obama, US budget, Washington

Indian archers added three more silver on the fourth day to swell their medal haul to 20 at the first Asian Grand Prix Championship in Bangkok. » Continue reading…

Tags: Atanu Das, Bangkok, Gold, Hemanta Basumatary, India, Japan, Malaysia, Rahul Bannerjee, silver

A R Rahman became the first Indian to win two Oscars for his scintillating music in “Slumdog Millionaire” which swept the Academy awards winning eight with one going to sound engineer Resul Pookutty. » Continue reading…

Tags: A R Rahman, Best Picture, Los Angeles, Oscars, Slumdog Millionaire

Congratulating the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and “Smile Pinky’ team for winning Oscars, PM Manmohan Singh has said the “winners have done India proud” and their achievement is a tribute to the Indian film industry. » Continue reading…

Tags: A R Rahman, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, L K Advani, Manmohan Singh, Oscars, Oscars 81st annual Academy awards, Slumdog Millionaire

The B.K. Modi-controlled Spice Corp. Ltd said on Friday it would invest in Satyam Computer Services Ltd only if a controlling stake of the scam-hit software firm is put up on the block. » Continue reading…

Tags: B Ramalinga Raju, B.K. Modi, Bombay Stock Exchange, CLB (Company Law Board), Satyam, Satyam Computer Services

Pakistan is yet to make a decision on sending an investigation team to India as part of its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks though the issue is being considered by the government, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said. » Continue reading…

Tags: Afghanistan, FIA (Federal Investigation Agency), Government, Mumbai, Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani

Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Friday in a market plagued by weak demand despite a sharp price rebound the day before, analysts said. » Continue reading…

Tags: New York, Oil price, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), USD dollars

Concerned over the plight of Tamil civilians caught in the war zone in northern Sri Lanka, the United Nations asked both the govt and the LTTE to take all possible steps to facilitate the “smooth movement” of displaced people from the rebel-held areas. » Continue reading…

Tags: Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Humanitarian Affairs Emergency Relief Coordinator, Sri Lankan, UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki-Moon

Gold futures continued hitting a new high for the third day on Thursday at Rs 15,712 per 10 gram in early trading on the Multi Commodity Exchange, on continued buying on speculations that the global recession will deepen further. » Continue reading…

Tags: Chennai, Global Market, Gold, Karvy Comtrade Galipelli Harish, New Delhi, US dollar

Dismissing the bail petitions of Raju brothers and V Srinivas, a local court in Hyderabad granted permission to the I-T department to examine and record the statement of B Ramaling Raju in the Rs 7,800-crore Satyam fraud case. » Continue reading…

Tags: Chanchalguda jail, Ramaling Raju, Satyam Computer, Satyam Computer Services, Satyam scam case

Asking LTTE to lay down arms, External affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that it had caused “much damage” to the Tamil community and India cannot force a sovereign government of another country to take a particular line. » Continue reading…

Tags: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, India, Lok Sabha, Sri Lanka

The benchmark Sensex rose by over 96 points in the opening trade on Thursday after sliding for three straight sessions, on covering up short positions by speculators and selective buying by funds. » Continue reading…

Tags: Bombay Stock Exchange, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, National Stock Exchange Nifty, Reliance Industries, Sensex, Tata Steel

After remaining weak for three straight days, the Indian rupee appreciated marginally against the US currency in early trade on Thursday as banks and exporters sold dollars at higher levels. » Continue reading…

Tags: Dollar, Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, Rupee, the Indian rupee, US currency

Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade on Thursday ahead of a report expected to show a build-up in US crude inventories during the recession, dealers said. » Continue reading…

Tags: Asian trade, Hong Kong, New York, Oil, United States

The Indian squad, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left Mumbai on Thursday morning for New Zealand on a 47-day tour comprising two Twenty20 Internationals, five One-Day Internationals and three Test matches. » Continue reading…

Tags: Dinesh Karthik and Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha, Praveen Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Test matches, V Sehwag, Yusuf Pathan, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan

The Sixth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate today allowed SEBI to quiz Satyam Computer’s former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas and ex-Price Waterhouse partners S Gopalakrishan and Talluri Srinivas. » Continue reading…

Tags: B Ramalinga Raju, CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, Chanchalguda jail, Satyam, Satyam Computer, SEBI

Amid continuing decline in stock markets, all-weather investment option gold zoomed past all previous records on Tuesday to set a record price of Rs 15,420 per 10 gram in the national capital. » Continue reading…

Tags: All India Sarafa (bullion) president Sheel Chand Jain, Gold, International, jeweller, Sensex, stock Market

A day after handing over Satyam probe to CBI, the govt moved Company Law Board (CLB) to supercede the boards of Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties, the two firms promoted by the kin of disgraced promoter of Satyam Computer B Ramalinga Raju. » Continue reading…

Tags: B Ramalinga Raju, Bombay Stock Exchange, Company Law Board (CLB), Corporate Affairs Minister Prem Chand Gupta, Maytas, Satyam Computer Services

US President Barack Obama has signed into law the USD 787 billion economic stimulus package, which according to him would rejuvenate the American economy and create as many as three to four million jobs in the next two years. » Continue reading…

Tags: America, Education, independent, scientific research, US President Barack Obama

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to reassure Japan on Tuesday by backing it on North Korea and saying President Barack Obama will receive Prime Minister Taro Aso before any other foreign leader. » Continue reading…

Tags: China, Japan, Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone, North Korea, Prime Minister Taro Aso, Russia, South Korea, United States, US President Barack Obama

A top UN agency has warned food prices may increase up to 30-35 per cent within the next ten years, forcing those living in extreme poverty to spend 90 per cent of their income on it, if major changes are not made in food production and processing system. » Continue reading…

Tags: Food Price, Population, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner