http://24dunia.comNewsENWebdunia.com[India] Pvt. Ltd.http://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4338763.htmlPakistan would soon discuss the issue of India's involvement in terror activities inside its geographical boundaries with New Delhi, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Abdul Basit has said.Reiterating that the security forces have recovered Indian arms and ammunitions during search operations in South Waziristan, where the military is engaged in an intense battle with the Taliban, Basit blamed India forHeadlinesSat, 07 Nov 2009 18:49:15 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4338321.htmlGOOD WATCH: The film is packed with appropriately deadpan performances from a superb ensemble cast.CopyrightEntertainmentSat, 07 Nov 2009 17:58:09 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4337552.htmlBSNL Chennai Telephones has launched two special tariff vouchers (STV) that allow pre-paid mobile users to make local and STD calls at 49 paise per minute or send text messages at 49 paise each.The STV-49 is loaded with a free talk value of Rs.5 and comes with a validity of 90 days while the STV-101 is loaded with a free talk value of Rs.10 and has a validity of 180 days.©HeadlinesSat, 07 Nov 2009 17:17:37 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4337713.htmlconductor in London displays the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton on Thursday as it continues its 240-day journey through the Commonwealth nations before reaching New Delhi in OctoberHeadlinesSat, 07 Nov 2009 17:15:18 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4336816.htmlSudip Bandyopadhyay, credited with turning Anil Ambani’s Reliance Money into a financial services powerhouse, has left the company.Bandyopadhyay has joined B.K. Modi’s Spice group, which has now sent out a strong signal of its ambitions in financial services.Bandyopadhyay was with the Anil Ambani group for four-and-half years; under him, Reliance Money became India’s largest financial broking and distributionHeadlinesSat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:35 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4336767.htmlmay rework the insurance reform bill, now before Parliament, to make it more acceptable to both the allies and the opposition parties, whose support is necessary to pass the bill in the Upper House.A bone of contention is the proposal to raise FDI in insurance to 49 per cent from the present 26 per cent.After the global meltdown, many political parties, including some of the Congress’s allies, opposedBusinessSat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:35 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4336156.htmlExlService Holdings has signed an eight-year agreement to service the back-office operations of American Express Business Travel, while acquiring American Express’ Global Travel Service Center operations in Gurgaon.Though the company did not disclose the deal size, it expects over $160 million (Rs 752 crore) in revenues. The purchase price for this transaction is approximately $30 million (Rs 141 crore)HeadlinesSat, 07 Nov 2009 06:56:00 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4336097.htmlMUMBAI: India's largest lender State Bank of India has extended its special home loan scheme at 8 per cent interest rate by over four months to March 31, 2010, a move which would provide relief to small home loan borrowers. The bank, which offers the special scheme under 'My Home Campaign', offers 8 per cent fixed interest rate for 5 years for loans up to Rs 5 lakh, with a maximum tenure of 10 years.BusinessSat, 07 Nov 2009 01:50:38 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4333532.htmlcricket fraternity on Thursday lavished praise on country's batting icon Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the first player in the game's history to cross the 17,000-run mark.Tendulkar, who was chasing the milestone from the onset of the series against Australia, achieved the feat when he, requiring seven runs coming into Thursday's match, played an on-drive to fetch three off pacer Ben Hilfenhaus duringCricketFri, 06 Nov 2009 18:19:40 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4335510.htmlCongress on Thursday nightreleased a list of 130 candidates for the GHMC polls scheduled for Nov23.After a two-day long discussions, a list of probables wassubmitted to PCC president D Srinivas for approval.The candidateswere selected by the PCC as per AICC guidelines, party general secretary RAnanda Bhaskar said. M Veerappa Moily, ACC in-charge of Andhra Pradesh affairs,chief minister K Rosaiah, GreaterHeadlinesFri, 06 Nov 2009 09:31:00 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4335546.htmlEconomic Offences Court-II at Egmore here has acquitted the AIADMK's RajyaSabha MP, TTV Dinakaran, in a criminal case initiated by the EnforcementDirectorate (ED).Noting that it was premature to hold thatnon-payment of penalty by the accused as an offence, the additional chiefmetropolitan magistrate and the EO Court-II said the complaint lodged byassistant director of the directorate was not maintainable.AccordingtoCityFri, 06 Nov 2009 07:05:05 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4332871.htmlswear I’ll never get another 400 in my life. Sadly in the field is the easiest way to posing!” joked 12-year-old as he Sarfaraz Khanfatigue dropped in the grass at Cross Maidan after the camera over her pout and pose with their team of insurance until I had enough of him.The 12-year-old Springfield boy RIZVI way into the record books when he scored 439 against a hapless Indian Education Society inCricketFri, 06 Nov 2009 02:57:46 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4332408.htmlFilm crazy fans all over the globe have done crazy things for their favourite stars. Small or big, young or old… a common man’s wish is to explore the fabulous life of his favourite Superstar. There are different ways fans show their affection and craze for their idol-collecting autographs, picture postcards, film posters, worshipping their idols to building temples. All of it seems passé now. TheEntertainmentThu, 05 Nov 2009 22:58:13 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4329561.htmlThe triple murder at Jayanthi Grama near Ramamurthinagar here, in which Rahul Das and his family were smothered to death, has taken a new twist with the police arresting a real estate businessman on charge of giving the supari.The accused, Ramesh (45), residing in Banjara Layout near Hennur, allegedly had an affair with Mr. Das’s wife Pushpa, which had caused considerable tension between them.The RamamurthinagarHeadlinesThu, 05 Nov 2009 08:44:49 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4319487.htmlTelecom services provider Loop Mobile today said it has launched a plan for its prepaid customers, charging one paise per second for all local and STD calls. ''While the offer is applicable to all new and existing prepaid subscribers of Loop Mobile, the existing subscribers can recharge with Rs 48 to avail this plan, the company said in a statement.Having started its services in 1995, Loop Mobile currentlyBusinessWed, 04 Nov 2009 00:45:13 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4315784.htmlMUMBAI: Many large government-run banks as well as private and foreign banks are lowering their loan growth targets for the fiscal ending March 2010, but the country’s largest lender says it will buck the trend and easily outpace the industry average for credit expansion. While the public sector Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India have pruned credit growth targets fearing that corporatesHeadlinesTue, 03 Nov 2009 06:34:44 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4310800.htmlThe much-awaited ShatabdiExpress between Kanpur and New Delhi will soon be on tracks, thus facilitating alarge number of passengers.Though, the North Central Railways (NCR)has not finalised the date from which the 2033/2034 Shatabdi Express will startplying between Kanpur and New Delhi, its arrival and departure timings at theKanpur Central railway station have been declared. The NCR has gone for aCitySun, 01 Nov 2009 03:43:05 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4307538.htmlBalraj Puri, noted journalist, writer and human rights activist, was on Saturday honoured by the prestigious Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.Congress President Sonia Gandhi conferred the award on 81-year-old Puri for his contribution to peace, national unity, communal harmony and human rights, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lauded the key role of Puri inHeadlinesSun, 01 Nov 2009 03:36:05 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4303530.htmlArchi, a new designer store, caters to young women with a new range of designer salwar kameezes, kurtis and saris.RepublicationNationalSat, 31 Oct 2009 10:33:26 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4293320.htmlThink Negative, an initiative of the Bhaskar group, is aimed at harnessing creative talent to create communication that can be used in Print to spread awareness of protective measures against AIDS and the humane treatment of AIDS patients. In the 4th year of its running, the contest has been opened to professionals as well as amateurs. This year the contest will be accepting entries; both in HindiNationalFri, 30 Oct 2009 05:02:00 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4287803.htmlLaw University, Delhi, has announced a new course: a post-graduate diploma in intellectual property rights and patent law.The programme has been devised to cater to the increasing demand for trained (legal and technical) intellectual property professionals in industry, research and development organisations, government agencies and non-government organisations.The course has been designed for technicalHeadlinesThu, 29 Oct 2009 06:42:26 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4277546.htmlIndian-origin man with Britishcitizenship, given a 15-year jail term by a UK court for"violent abduction" but eluding arrest, has been apprehendedfrom Goa, police said today.Ajay Kaushal, 50, was arrested from here last night. Hewas reportedly on the run and entered India through Bangkok,they said.He arrived Goa via Mumbai along with his British friendWilliam Scott, who was recently found dead in hisHeadlinesWed, 28 Oct 2009 00:11:15 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4244027.htmlreality show of Star Plus, Prefect Bride is again taking audience for a ride just as Rakhi's swayamvar did. They are palying the audience fool as none of the contestants on the show are genuine & surprise no one is getting married at the end.If the buzz is to be believed all the contestants on the show, majorly female contestants are aspiring models or film actresses who have come here to get a bigEntertainmentThu, 22 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4208051.htmllast date for entries for the preliminary round of The Hindu Young World Painting Competition 2009 in Juniors (Classes IV to VII) and Seniors (VIII to X) categories has been extended till October 25.Students can participate by choosing any one of the given topics and paint on a white drawing sheet (26 cm x 27 cm), get the same attested by the school principal or the art teachers and send it to TheOthersThu, 15 Oct 2009 12:17:56 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4200680.htmlHYDERABAD: Competition is set to intensify in India’s insurance sector, with new entrants waiting to launch life, non-life and stand-alone health insurance firms. The insurance regulator Irda on Wednesday gave its penultimate approval to the State Bank of India (SBI) for its proposed non-life joint venture with IAG of Australia, and Bank of Baroda for a life insurance venture with UK insurer LegalBusinessWed, 14 Oct 2009 10:04:24 GMThttp://24dunia.com/english-news/popular-news/rss/4192159.htmlCongress general secretary RahulGandhi is scheduled to visit Jharkhand on October 14 and 15 aspart of the ongoing membership drive of Indian Youth Congress.He will visit Sahibganj, Dumka, Dhanbad, Hazaribaghand Ranchi to interact with youth Congress workers, CongressMP from Punjab Vijay Inder Singhla told a press conferencehere today.He will also interact at the Congress youth women'sconvention andHeadlinesTue, 13 Oct 2009 02:48:24 GMThttp://std.webdunia.com/news/img/1.2/wdn_logo.gifhttp://24dunia.com128px64px