Jet pilot strike hits flight schedules

Jet Airways, India's top carrier, expects to cancel a total of 174 domestic and 32 international flights on Wednesday as services take a hit from a flash strike by pilots for the second day, Chief Operating Officer Hamid Ali told reporters.

Jet officials said it was difficult to estimate revenue losses at the moment but said bookings had come down to 14,000 passengers a day from an average of 23,000 booking. Read more..

Y.S.R. Reddy Died in a crash

According to a Latest News Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, one of India's leading political kingmakers, was killed in a helicopter crash, an official said on Thursday, potentially weakening the ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh.

Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, helped engineer the Congress party-led coalition's victory in a general election in May. His state is home to many IT firms and outsourcing businesses, important elements of India's growing and globalising economy.
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All the Current News

In India news the current news are that government goes to huddle to bail out aviation sector. Top news at the moment is ICC to meet over India’s WADA association. Bollywood news of the moment is that much-anticipated release of this year, Vishal Bharadwaj’s film Kaminey and Rumi Jaffrey’s Life Partner with Tusshar Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Genelia D Souza, won’t release this Friday owing to the shutdown of multiplexes due to the Swine flu scare.

Here are some more India news; the toll in swine flu death rises with the death of a twenty six year old woman in Bangalore. Other top news India is the big tax cut that is coming to the people soon. Other bollywood news includes Salman Khan quits smoking, says it was the toughest villain he had to fight. In more news related to India, a recent study reveals that India’s economic growth will make water crisis a living reality. The current news is that the indefinite curfew called at Imphal was given a 12 hour respite and this item of news can never be the top news from India. In more bollywood news, Mallika Sherawat is reportedly, going to get her body insured.

India hockey championship postponed

According to Latest Sports News India's hockey federation has postponed next month's national championships due to H1N1 flu, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

More than 25 people have died and 2,000 have been infected in India by the virus that has forced the Bollywood film industry to put off big releases and cancel shoots.

The tournament was due to be held from Sept. 13-27 in Pune, one of the worst hit by the virus.

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Shah Rukh Khan held in U.S. airport

Bollywood News: Actor Shah Rukh Khan said he felt angry and humiliated after he was detained and questioned at a U.S. airport, sparking an uproar in India among his fans.
Khan, 43, one of India's best known actors, was enroute to Chicago for a parade to mark the Indian Independence Day on Saturday when he was pulled aside at Newark airport on Friday, he said.

"I was really hassled perhaps because of my name being Khan. These guys just wouldn't let me through," he said in a text message to reporters in India.

After a couple of hours' interrogation, he was allowed to make a call, he said, and he got in touch with the Indian consulate who vouched for him and secured his release.

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Strike hits bank operations for second day

Trading volume in Indian currency and bond markets was hit for a second day on Friday following a two-day strike by about 900,000 employees at state-run banks, demanding higher wages and pension.

State-run banks, led by State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, control more than half the banking sector assets and dominate the fixed-income and foreign exchange markets.

"The strike is total everywhere. Most of the branches are closed," C.H. Venkatachalam, convenor of the United Forum of Bank Union, which represents all bank unions, said.

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Two Hotels attacked in Jakarta

Bomb blasts ripped through the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district on Friday, killing nine people and wounding dozens in attacks that could dent investor confidence in Indonesia.

A car bomb also blew up along a toll road in North Jakarta, police said without giving further details. Indonesia's Metro TV said two people had been killed. An unexploded bomb was also later found at the Marriott, police said.

The apparently coordinated bombings are the first in several years and follow a period in which the government had made progress in tackling security threats from militant Islamic groups, bringing a sense of political stability to Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

Suspicion is likely to fall on remnants of the Jemaah Islamiah group, blamed for previous attacks including a car bombing outside the Marriott in 2003 as well as bombings on the resort island of Bali the previous year that killed 202 people.

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Michael Jackson's father says not ready for funeral

Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest last Thursday and the autopsy done after that did not determine an official cause of death, family has arranged for a second autopsy.

His father said that his family had not yet made arrangements for the funeral, and still awaiting results for second autopsy. He also said that they did not have the time frame yet because they want to see how the second autopsy results comes out.

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Nilekani quits Infosys to join Govt

Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman of Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's No. 2 outsourcer, has resigned from the company's board to join the government, the company said on Thursday.

Nilekani, one of the founders of Infosys, has been invited by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to head government agency Unique Identification Authority of India in the rank of a cabinet minister, Infosys said in a statement.

Nilekani, a former chief executive of the company, was not involved in active management since becoming co-chairman in 2007.

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New Trade Minister Appointed

On Thursday Anand Sharma appointed as trade minister in the new Indian government, a key post with responsibility for negotiating the country's stand at the Doha round of global trade talks.

A government statement said Murli Deora had been reappointed oil minister, and Kamal Nath, trade minister in the previous government, would become minister for road transport and highways.

He was the junior foreign minister in the previous government and has his roots in youth politics, has little experience of economic portfolios and is likely to toe the line set by his reformist boss, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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India's Youngest MP Agatha Kongkal Sangma

She is 28, daughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker and now a MP, actually youngest MP and minister of 2009 Lok Sabha, she is Agatha Kongkal Sangma. She is a law graduate registered with the Delhi Bar Council and her qualifications include a Masters in Environmental Management from School of Geography, Nottingham University, UK.

Her brothers Conrad and James are members of the Meghalaya assembly. She said "I am looked at mostly as PA Sangma's daughter and I am proud of it. Being his daughter has given an opportunity to get things done. But from here on, it will be my personal image and the way I display and perform."

Prabhakaran is dead confirmed by Sri Lanka

On Tuesday, News flashed that Sri Lanka’s military confirmed the death of Tamil Tiger rebel leader Prabhakaran. After a gun battle on Monday the military declared total victory over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), putting Sri Lanka completely back under government rule for the first time since the war started in 1983.

With a war long viewed as unwinnable now over, Rajapaksa gave a speech in parliament promising major development in the formerly Tiger-controlled areas in northern Sri Lanka and pledging to protect the rights of Tamils.

He Said "It is necessary that the political solutions they need should be brought to them,". "However, it cannot be an imported solution ... it is necessary that we find a solution that is our very own, of our own nation."

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Series Victory by India over New Zealand

According to a Latest News India claimed a series victory over New Zealand. The victory came after 41 years , last victory was in 1968, the rain forced the final test to end in a draw. India set a target of 617 runs to win in just under two days, New Zealand was on 281 for eight wickets when a light rain shower forced the players off at 1408 (0208 GMT), about 30 minutes after lunch. Umpires called the game off at 1630.

Taylor scored 107 which was highest for New Zealand. It was his fourth test century and second in successive tests after he scored 151 in the drawn second test in Napier.The first test was in Hamilton which India won by 10 wickets, with the second test at McLean Park ending in a draw after India batted for the final two days to save the game.
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