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Automakers plead for aid, but Senate votes lacking

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:22:50 -0500

Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly on Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring.

Mumbai gunman promised cash for family: Officials

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:39:56 -0500

The only gunman captured during the terror attack on Mumbai says he was promised that his impoverished family would get $1,250 if he died fighting

Needed: Revamp of national security apparatus

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:05:06 -0500

The Taj Mahal Hotel burns as an Indian commando runs to take cover. Photo courtesy: AP Needed: Revamp of national security apparatus Thu-Dec 04, 2008 New Delhi /

Ex-Pak Army officers, ISI trained Mumbai attackers: NYT

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:05:53 -0500

American intelligence agencies have determined that former officers from Pakistan's Army and its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency helped train the Mumbai attackers, the New York

Bombs found in Mumbai train station a week later

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:06:17 -0500

Police searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of the attack on Mumbai's main train station found two bombs on Wednesday — nearly

Voting commences in Rajasthan

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:32:25 -0500

Voting for the 13th assembly election in Rajasthan on Thursday commenced at 0800 hrs (IST) in all the 42,212 polling booths amid unprecedented security cover.Over

Cyber crime spawns a $276 mn underground economy

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:31:39 -0500

Cyber crime has spawned an online underground economy worth millions. Photo Courtesy: Flickr. Cyber crime spawns a $276 mn underground economy Wed-Dec 03, 2008 Bangalore / Indo-Asian News

Cyber crime spawns a $276 mn underground economy

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:31:39 -0500

Cyber crime has spawned an online underground economy worth millions. Photo Courtesy: Flickr. Cyber crime spawns a $276 mn underground economy Wed-Dec 03, 2008 Bangalore / Indo-Asian News

Bionic wing design to revolutionise flight

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:26:13 -0500

Researchers are currently developing wing designs that copy the amazing flight of birds by altering the planform of the wings in order to optimise the

3G Mobile services by March, says Raja

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:14:32 -0500

Mobile 3G services are expected to roll out in the country by March 2009, according to Union Communications and Information Technology Minister A Raja.The Department