Fuel price hike boosts state-run oil firms, shares up

Shares in state-run oil companies jumped on Thursday after an unexpected hike in government-set fuel prices raised hopes of a lower fuel subsidy burden for the companies.

MARKET

Economic Survey - Analysis View

India could see growth this year of roughly 7 percent and then resume the faster expansion of recent years, provided it makes sweeping reforms includi...

MARKET

Rupee weakens as equities trade negative

The rupee weakened slightly on Thursday afternoon, after local equities fell, but the government's Economic Survey raised expectations of more capita...

INDUSTRIES

Fuel price hike boosts state-run oil firms, shares up

Shares in state-run oil companies jumped on Thursday after an unexpected hike in government-set fuel prices raised hopes of a lower fuel subsidy burde...

WORLD

Delhi HC scraps a British colonial law, legalising gay sex

The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled gay sex was not a crime, a verdict that will bolster demands by gay and health groups that the government scrap...

 
Participants dance as they hold a placard demanding the dropping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that makes homosexuality illegal, during a gay parade in New Delhi, India, Sunday, June 28, 2009

Delhi High Court decriminalizes homosexuality in landmark judgment

Gay rights activists in India notched a huge victory on Thursday when the Delhi High Court issued a landmark ruling decriminalizing gay sex between consenting adults and overturned a 148-year-old Brit... Full Story
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MySpace, Web servers not liable for sexuall assault - U.S. court
Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late on Tuesday.
Kassim Bakari, center, the father of 14-year old Bahia Bakari, the girl believed to be the only survivor of the crash of a Yemenia Airbus A 310 jet, speaks to reporters as he arrives at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, to meet his daughter, Thursday, J
WORLD
Miraculous survivor of Yemeni plane crash reunites with father in Paris
A young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back to Paris from the Comoros Islands on Thursday to the waiting arms of her father.
Dozens of TV trucks are parked next to the Michael Jackson's ranch, Neverland in Los Olivos, California. Nearly two out of three Americans believe the media gave too much coverage to the death of Michael Jackson and just three percent think it was too lit
WORLD
Michael Jackson media coverage "too much", Most Americans believe
Pop sensation Michael Jackson's sudden death last Thursday has sent his albums and singles soaring to the top of the charts worldwide as renewed interest in the pop icon's recordings has sent his fans scrambling to stock up on his music.
Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja poses before a news conference to promote his film Hijack in Ahmedabad September 1, 2008
ENTERTAINMENT
DNA test result shows Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja had sex with maid
Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, accused of raping his domestic help, risks facing at least 7 years of imprisonment after a DNA test confirmed that he had sexual intercourse with the maid.
(L-R) John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh in New York
ENTERTAINMENT
New York ends Bollywood's drought for box-office hit
Bollywood's 6-month long wait for a box office hit finally became over, thanks to Kabir Khan's New York - a story that revolves around three friends whose lives are deeply impacted by the fallout of 9/11.
Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja (face covered) sits in a police vehicle as he is taken to a court in Mumbai June 15, 2009
ENTERTAINMENT
Rape accused Shiney Ahuja seeks bail on grounds of "good family background," "pending movies"
Shiney Ahuja, who has sullied India's entertainment industry -Bollywood - by allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl, is all set to plea for bail later this week on the ground that he "hails from a good family background."
MySpace
TECHNOLOGY
MySpace, Web servers not liable for sexuall assault - U.S. court
Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late on Tuesday.
Kassim Bakari, center, the father of 14-year old Bahia Bakari, the girl believed to be the only survivor of the crash of a Yemenia Airbus A 310 jet, speaks to reporters as he arrives at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, to meet his daughter, Thursday, J
WORLD
Miraculous survivor of Yemeni plane crash reunites with father in Paris
A young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back to Paris from the Comoros Islands on Thursday to the waiting arms of her father.
Dozens of TV trucks are parked next to the Michael Jackson's ranch, Neverland in Los Olivos, California. Nearly two out of three Americans believe the media gave too much coverage to the death of Michael Jackson and just three percent think it was too lit
WORLD
Michael Jackson media coverage "too much", Most Americans believe
Pop sensation Michael Jackson's sudden death last Thursday has sent his albums and singles soaring to the top of the charts worldwide as renewed interest in the pop icon's recordings has sent his fans scrambling to stock up on his music.
Industries
Employees at a call centre provide service support to international customers in Bangalore in this March 2004 file photo.
Govt to extend IT tax break as earnings slows

India is expected to extend in next week's budget a tax holiday s... Full Story

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World
'Lone survivor of a Yemeni plane crash' clings for 13 hours in the dark

The lone survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash, who clung to wreckage fo... Full Story

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Market
Hundred dollar bills are seen bundled after being counted at the headquarters of the Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul May 7, 2009.
Emerging powers get vocal; China requests reserve currency debate at G8 -sources

China has asked to debate proposals for a new global reserve currency ... Full Story

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Technology
This image using ASTER imagery shows the Himalayan glaciers in Bhutan.
NASA unveils "most complete" world map

NASA, the American space agency and Japan's Ministry of Economy, ... Full Story

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Personal Finance
Employees of Satyam Computer Services Ltd enter their head office in Hyderabad April 13 2009
Nearly 400 Satyamites on Virtual Pool program recalled for work, more in offing

Good news for Satyamites at last! Nearly 400 Satyam associates, who we... Full Story

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Entertainment
Michael Jackson fan Mohammed Rizwan, 26, from Stratford, east London, sits at a makeshift shrine for Michael Jackson, outside the O2 arena in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2009, where he was scheduled to play 50 shows from July 2009
Photos of Michael Jackson's rehearsal for UK comeback tour released, video soon

AEG Live, the promoter of pop icon Michael Jackson's 50-date resi... Full Story

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