A tremor measuring 5.6 hits India and Pakistan

US Sect of State Condolezza Rice visits Pakistan and promises more aid

The Right to Information Act goes into effect from today

Silicon Valley VC companies Norwest Partners and Gabriel Ventures plan to acquire stakes in Indian IT companies

Apple unveils iPod for video

Googleand Comcast in talks to acquire a stake in AOL

The IIPM and Indian bloggers

Who will win the Nobel Prize for Literature

Fox cancels The Simple Life series starring Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton

Andaman and Nicobar Islands rocked by earthquake, but no damage

PM Singh tours Kashmir and pledges $111 million in aid

Earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan hampered by weather and transportation

Infosys and TCS announce strong 2nd quarter results

Narayana Murthy to retire next year

India's water crisis may worsen in the next 2 decades

Amitabh Bachchan turns 64

The search for the new James Bond is over, and it will be the first blond James Bond

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Death toll increases in Jammu and Kashmir from Saturday's earthquake

India is helping Pakistan in its hour of crisis

Many Pakistanis still waiting to get earth quake relief assistance

IndiaTimes may go IPO

eBay's acquisition from Verisign

Good Tech Inc opens office in Hyderabad

Yahoo unveils podcast search

Stanford University wins the first prize in a robotic car race

In India, you can contact the cell disaster management at the Indian Home Ministry. If you are calling from outside India, you can call the following numbers: 91-1123093563 91-11-23093564 91-11- 23093566

For information on relief and aid organization in Pakistan please visit the website Earthquake in Pakistan here.

The website has furnished the phone numbers of some key organizations that are looking for donation. Edhi Foundation (042-879193) Islamic Relief (051-2292412 / 2290237) Red Crescent (051-9257404 / 9257405) Church World Service (51-7215604) Oxfam (051-4449791) SUNGI (0992-333414

Here is a brief list of some key international organizations that are involved in the relief effort.

The International Red Cross is assisting earthquake victims and help identify family members, you can visit here Through the family news network of the International Red Cross people can try and locate their family members who were hit by the unexpected earthquake.

Interaction is an association of over 150 US-based relief organizations

Relief International

Oxfam

United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - USA

Blogs: In an electronically connected world, blogs and bloggers are providing dynamic content on the fly in real time. Listed below is a brief list of blog that are focused on the earthquake in South Asia Pakquake Lahore Blog Quakehelp Wikipedia on the recent earthquake Wikipedia on Pakistan

Instead of our regular news, we will be bringing you special report on the earthquake in India and Pakistan.

The death toll continues to rise and Pakistan Tribune is reporting that it fears that about 40,000 people may have lost their lives in the earthquake.

The South Asian region is prone to earthquakes, and we examine the reasons why.

Foreign Minister Natwar Singh completes his trip to Pakistan and the two countries issue a joint statement

Investment component of FDI will be $5 billion

Standard and Poor says India's banking sector is financially stronger than China's

Japanese company Itouch to increase its presence in India

Reliance Life Sciences and Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceuticals to collaborate on genome project

Mobile network congestion may impact services

Nobel physics prize announced

India and Pakistan sign two security agreements

France and India to sign the Scorpene deal

An Indian oil company may acquire stake in a Russian oil company

Indian employees to see a steep hike in their pay scale

Toonz Animation India signs a joint venture with Vijay Amrithraj's First Serve Entertainment

Digital music is 6% of world music

New top level domain .Travel introduced

Nobel Prize for Medicine announced

Nicholas Cage names his new born son after Superman

Foreign Minister Natwar Singh visiting Pakistan

Advani wants a public debate on the Mitrokhin papers

Economy grew by 8.1% in the previous quarter

Mahindra and Mahindra on an acquistion spree

Manpower Inc to double its operations in India

Infosys to expand its China operations

Microsoft plans to introduce a low-cost verion of windows system

3 Indian companies make it to Forbes' 50 fabulous Asian companies

Sania Mirza on the cover of Time magazine

Nation wide strike hits airports and banks

The Left blames PM Singh for voting against Iran

UN's UNCTAD report on FDI

Fortis Ltd acquires Escorts Heart and Research Institute for $150 million dollars

Global environment: The Artic ice shelf is fast melting

PM Singh to conduct a mid-year review of the Indian economy

Indian stock market is the second volatile market in the world

Iran reconsidering its economic ties with India

mPortal gets $4 million in new investment

Protest by local Kannadiga group for more jobs at Infosys

Chappell-Ganguly issue resolved for the moment

Zeenat Aman and Rajesh Khan make a comeback to the silverscreen

Canada will resume its nuclear exports to India

Centurion and Bank of Punjab merger approved

India tops the global outsourcing market

Satyam bags an outourcing deal from WHO

Bill Gates donates $40 million to his old school in Seattle

Cricket committee to review the rift between the captain and the coach of the Indian cricket team

Paheli is India's Oscar entry for 2006

India votes against Iran's nuclear program at the IAEA

Brittania bids for Typhoo, Britain's 3rd largest tea brand

TCS plans to expand in China

The rift between Greg Chappell and Sourav Ganguly

Sania Mirza a role model for madrassas in Chattisgarh

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Airport workers plan to go on strike on September, 29, 2005

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Off shoring in financial sector to double by 2008

Aylus Network sets up R&D facility in Bangalore

GangaGen and Eli Lilly to develop anti-bacterial products

Cricket: Saurav Ganguly says that he was asked to step down from his captaincy

PM Singh meets with President Bush

Six consortiums submit bids for airport privatization and modernization

Tata Tea to acquire Good Earth

VSNL to invest $40 million in under sea cable project

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Matt Damon engaged

Three reports: doing business in India, infrastructure and employment

L&T pulls out of the airport privatization and modernization bid

PM Singh to meet with President Bush

Medicom acquired for $24 million by IBA Health

Ranbaxy Labs opens an Italian subsidiary

Scandals brewing in the world of cricket

India to buy 6 Scorpene submarines from France

Indian Oil losses its bid for Turkish oil company

Bharti pulls out of Indian airports modernization and privatization plans

Infrastructure problems in Bangalore

FDI in retail sector

Nilgris, the supermarket chain's expansion plans

New rules for IIT-JEE exams

Oracle to acquire Siebel

eBay to acquire Skype

Aditya Birla restructures and forms Birla Nuvo

Ranbaxy's expansion plan

Fuel price will impact inflation says Chidambaram

FII's active in Indian trading market

Gopal Khanna appointed CIO of Minnesota

Vin Cerf, "The Father of Internet," joins Google

Retracing the historical sea route between Oman and India

BSE crosses 8,000 mark

Finance Minister Chidambaram's response to the stock market

Idea and Air Cellular's IPO plans

Opto Circuits to buy 2 US companies

Fire at ONGC rig in Andhra Pradesh

Asian Development Bank forecasts 6.8% growth for India

eBay in talks with Skype

Surya Mantha appointed Senior VP of Interactive Services at SIFY

India Infoline acquired by Shakti Group

IIM-Bangalore graduate gets a job offer of $193,000

Lance Armstrong and Cheryl Crow to marry

20 million to register under National Rural Employment Bill

PM Singh and PM Blair'seeting

Disinvestment in PSUs, an old option being considered

Over 600 dead in UP's Japanese Encephilitis epidemic

President Clinton's visit to Lucknow

Apple unveils its new product

Fuel prices increased

Stock Market closes on a new high

Tony Blair arrives in India

Spice Jet reportedly raises $20 million

LG Electronics India sets up DVD writer plants and to introduce DTH

Raman Roy and team acquire 40% stake in Annik

Clinton's whistle stop in Lucknow

Ellison stars in a new film

Fuel prices to increase

Proposal to set up National Drug Regulation Authority

VSNL may buy Tata Power Broadband

Deccan Chronicle Holdings buys Odyssey

Flextronics Software System to delist from Indian Stock Exchange

Cable Operators pull the plug in Bangalore

Apple and Motorola Rokr Phone. Is that what is being unveiled by Steve Job?

PM Singh and Hurriayat meet for talks

ONCG Chairman Raha and Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Iyer growing differences

Household Net Financial Savings drop reports RBI

Mahindra and Mahindra bids for Universal Tractors for Romania

Deccan Chronicle Holdings to buy book store chain

Sania Mirza losses to Maria Sharapove at US Open

Thailand has a new economic index - Noodle Index

Infosys, Patni Computer Systems get get a slice of ABN AMRO's $2.2 billion deal

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Oil comapnies to meet and discuss price control strategy

Indian Oil Corp bids for 51% stake in Tupras, a Turkish oil company

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HT Media debuts at the stock exchage

Oracle may fully acquire i-flex solutions

Pantaloon launches a news retail chain in home furnishing

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VAT, a new source of revenue for Indian states

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Great Eastern Shipping spins off a new company

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Finance Minister Chidambaram clarifies fringe benefit taxes

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