Tuesday, January 18, 2011

16.01.2011,Sunday

National
  • Mamata unveils Metro network plan for city
  • Kolkata: As part of the plan, the minister today laid the foundation stone for a Metro railway line between Barrackpore and Baranagar in the northern outskirts of the city along the BT road.
  • BSP MLA threatens whistleblower in rape case: Cong
  • Lucknow: "Congress MLA Vivek Singh, who brought the Banda rape case involving a backward community girl to light, has been threatened by Dwiwedi. He is also receiving threats from other persons," UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi told reporters.
  • UPCC meeting begins tomorrow, Rahul to attend
  • Lucknow: "The party''s strategy for the assembly elections due in 2012 would be chalked out in the state coordination committee meeting starting from tomorrow which will be attended by party general secretary Rahul Gandhi," UPPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi told reporters here.
  • Gurgaon to be linked with international airport: CM
  • Gurgaon: The DMRC has been requested to prepare a detailed project report in this regard, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told mediapersons here.
  • Winter chill returns, two more die of cold in UP
  • New Delhi: Two more persons died - one each from Hardoi and Deoria - in Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll in the state this winter to 132, officials said.
  • UPA ally TC, CPI-M to agitate against price rise
  • Kolkata: Trinamool Congress accused the UPA of not consulting it before taking the decision on the sensitive issue.
  • Adarsh scam: Tiwari not to quit despite govt pressure
  • Mumbai: "I am not quitting but will challenge the suspension process," Tiwari said after a 10-minute meeting with the Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan at Raj Bhavan here.
  • Stampede: Police to submit initial report in 4 days
  • Vandiperiyar (Ker): S Surendran, heading the crime branch team, said the report including forensic findings would be submitted to Additional Director General of Police (Crime Branch) Vinson M Paul in four days.
  • Sibal for more interactive police-public relationship
  • New Delhi: Addressing a district level meeting of police, politicians and representatives of Residents Welfare Associations and businesses, Sibal said interaction between police officials, public representatives and members of RWAs are very essential to face the challenges of the present day society.
  • Over 4,000 intoxicating capsules seized, one arrested
  • Jammu: Police intercepted a motorcycle last evening at Hira Nagar More check point here and recovered 4010 Parvon Spas capsules and eight bottles of another misused medicine Corex from it, authorities said, adding that the biker Sanjay Kumar was arrested and booked under Narcotics Act.
  • Violinist sets national record with 50 hour recital
  • New Delhi: Choudhary started playing the instrument on January 14 and stopped after completing 50 hours of non-stop playing today at a school in Prahladpur.
  • Chill returns as icy winds sweep through Delhi
  • New Delhi: The day temperature dropped to 18.2 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal, from yesterday''s 21.3 degrees primarily due to the icy winds which blew at a speed of 16 km per hour across the city, the Met office said.
  • Journalists in 2G tapes will face PAC: Joshi
  • New Delhi: Joshi, in an interview to Aaj Tak, said, "Editors and senior journalists who have incriminated themselves in a way on the 2G scam tapes will be summoned by the PAC", Joshi said.
  • Second class fare hike unlikely in Rail Budget
  • New Delhi: The possible hike on the freight front is expected in view of the competition coming from road transporters, Railway sources said.
  • General price hike 'failure' of economist PM: BJP
  • New Delhi: "When the world is witnessing a stable price regime and food prices are actually going down in most parts, India is experiencing a turbulent price regime because of lack of cohesive policy on part of the UPA," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
  • SC can bring back black money stashed abroad: Advani
  • New Delhi: L K Advani pinned all his hopes on the Supreme Court to bring back black money stashed in foreign countries and said it will earn the apex court "lasting gratitude" of the people.
  • Khap panchyats bars girls from wearing jeans
  • Muzaffarnagar (UP): The Khap panchayat led by Battisa Khap Council head Baba Suraj in Bhenswal village passed the diktat which claimed that wearing jeans had a "bad effect" on young women and eve-teasing incidents had increased due to their objectionable clothes".
  • Man convicted after 14 years for abducting wife
  • Muzaffarnagar: Additional district sessions Judge Nasir Ahmed also imposed a fine of Rs 7,000 on the accused, Sunil after holding him guilty under section 363 (kidnapping) and section 366 (abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage) of IPC here yesterday, they said.
  • DoT moots upto 2 cr penalty on unlawful phone tapping
  • New Delhi: In a communique to the Prime Minister''s Office (PMO), the Department of Telecom (DoT) has proposed the imposition of a penalty between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 crore for breaches under different sections of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.
  • Crime Branch probe into Sabarimala tragedy begins
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Crime Branch officials visited the accident spot and took evidences. Forensic experts also visited Pullmedu area where the mishap occurred on Friday, officials said.
  • Coastal surveillance: India plans use of Israeli spy sats
  • Under the plan, New Delhi is looking to use the spy satellite coverage over the maritime region off the coast of Gujarat near Kutch, the region which was used by the terrorists involved in the 26/11 terror attacks to enter India through the sea route, sources told PTI here.
  • report backs security action during 2010 J&K unrest
  • Srinagar: The killing of three youth in south Kashmir''s Anantnag district on June 28, last year is the only incident in which the police has admitted to the guilt of its personnel to some extent.
  • India to share Samjhauta info with Pak once probe is completed
  • New Delhi: The blast in Samjhauta Express, which runs between India and Pakistan, took place on the intervening night of February 17 and 18, 2007 near Panipat in Haryana.
  • Nobody is bothered about Kashmiri Pandits: Kher
  • Kolkata: "Nobody looks at their problems seriously. I think it is because they are not noisy people. They have been living in refugee camps in Jammu. Government after government have not paid attention to the issue," said Kher, who is a Kashmiri Pandit himself.
  • Narmada boat capsize: Toll increases to seven
  • Jabalpur: The bodies of Mahendra Kannaujia, a resident of Jabalpur, Dalchandra Tiwari and his son Hamendra Tiwari, hailing from Seoni district, who had gone missing after the boat carrying them overturned in the river, were fished out from the waters in the early hours today, they said.
  • CBI team to London for Shankaran's extradition
  • New Delhi: After failing to achieve a breakthrough since his arrest on April 21 lat year, the CBI got in touch with the UK authorities and Scotland Yard which suggested that the agency send its team for assisting the UK Crown Prosecution during his trial slated for January 19.
  • No of estuarine crocodiles in Bhitarkanika increases
  • Kendrapara (Orissa): "During census this year, the figure showed that a total of 1654 crocodiles were inhabiting the water bodies and water-inlets along the wetlands of Bhitarkanika against 1610 found last year," Manoj Kumar Mahapatra, divisional forest officer, Rajnagar Mangrove (wildlife) forest division, said.
  • Two more persons die in UP due to cold; toll 132
  • Lucknow: One death each was reported from Hardoi and Deoria due to cold conditions in the last 24 hours.
  • Mirchpur dharna continues; rail traffic disrupted
  • Jind: Adamant on their demand, some members of the Jat community, including females squatted on the railway tracks at Julani village near Jind railway station.
  • Rs 10 crore stolen jewellery recovered
  • New Delhi: Investigators of the case have recovered gold and diamond worth Rs 10 crores, cash worth Rs 2.5 lakhs along with four country made pistol and 1000 mobile phones from the trio, a senior police official said.
  • IAF working on ways to beat fatigue in pilots
  • New Delhi: The planned trials involve both pharmacological means and non-pharma techniques, a top IAF official said.
  • Criminal justice system not working properly: SC
  • New Delhi: "We are constrained to observe that criminal justice system is not working in our country as it should," said a bench of justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha.
  • Maha to purchase 695 ambulances for rural areas
  • Mumbai: Some of them will be equipped with advanced life support facilities for cardiac patients or accident victims to give them immediate treatment on the way to hospital.
  • 1-way traffic on Jammu-Srinagar Highway restored
  • Srinagar: "Vehicles from Jammu have been allowed to proceed towards Srinagar today as the snow clearance operations have been completed last evening," a spokesman of the Traffic Control Room told PTI.
  • Cold wave grips Kashmir; respite in Leh, Kargil
  • Srinagar: Pahalgam in south Kashmir, recorded the coldest night of this winter as mercury plunged by nearly 14 degrees since the previous night.
  • Govt, temple board draw flak for neglecting reports
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Opposition parties and Hindu outfits today alleged that the Pullumedu disaster which claimed 102 lives could have been avoided if the report of the judicial probe into the 1999 tragedy had been implemented in right earnest.
  • WB: EC team to assess law and order situation
  • New Delhi: A team of six Special Observers, led by Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar Sudhir Kumar Rakesh, will be in Kolkata tomorrow to make a first-hand assessment of the situation in the poll-bound state.
  • 'Majority of IRCTC staff want to join Railways'
  • New Delhi: The development came after the Railway Ministry offered them an option of "coming over to Railways".
  • SC upholds sacking of woman magistrate
  • New Delhi: A bench of justices Mukandakam Sharma and A R Dave, in a judgement, said judges should maintain higher standards of rectitude as they enjoy a position of public trust and are not above the law to flout it in any manner.
  • 'Every 4 minutes, one commits suicide in India'
  • New Delhi: According to the ''Accidental Deaths and Suicides 2009'' released recently, 68.7 per cent of a total of 1,27,151 people who committed suicide across the country in 2009 were in the age group of 15-44 years.
  • Weather prevents Rahul from landing at Sabarimala
  • Kochi: Gandhi had left by helicopter from Alappuzha to Vandiperiyar in Idduki district, early today, but the aircraft could not land there due to poor visibility, police and party officials said.
  • Govt set to frame new law to tackle piracy: Vasan
  • New Delhi: "The Government is working on a legislation to deal with the problem of piracy. In 2010, 12 Indian mechanised sailing vessels (MSVs), commonly known as ''dhows'', with 174 Indian nationals were hijacked," Shipping Minister G K Vasan told PTI.
  • 'Personal appearance required in cheque bounce case'
  • New Delhi: The apex court held that order passed by the High Court amounts to interfering in the functioning of lower court judges, who have the power to decide whether personal appearance is required or not.
  • Govt likely to convene meet on Telangana before Jan 26
  • New Delhi: Sources said the government would like to take a decision on the recommendations of the Committee possibly before the Budget session of Parliament starting in February-end.
  • Bill on sexual harassment referred to Par panel
  • New Delhi: The Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010 was introduced in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session in December.
  • Fare hike unlikely in upcoming Railway  Budget
  • New Delhi: Sources in Railway Ministry said even if there is a 10 per cent hike in passenger fares across the board, which can generate Rs 2,000 crore, it will still be a paltry amount in comparison to the total expenditure and revenue earnings.
  • ITIs: Govt to overhaul accreditation, affiliation system
  • New Delhi: The move assumes significance following the formulation of the national policy on skill development which has set a target for training 500 million by 2022.
  • Banda girl wants tormentor MLA to be hanged
  • Banda (UP): "I want that he should be hanged," the 17-year-old said, a day after she walked free yesterday from Banda district jail, about 220 km from Lucknow, where the rape accused Purshottam Naresh Dwiwedi, 48, was also lodged.
  • Charges framed against 2 former PSU bank officials 
  • New Delhi: "A prima facie case is made out against all the accused that they entered into a criminal conspiracy for getting sanctioned a loan of Rs 5 lakhs on the basis of forged and fabricated documents with a view to cheat the bank for a flat which was never in existence," Special CBI Judge P S Teji said.
  • Icy winds grip Delhi, min temperature above normal
  • New Delhi: The winds were blowing at a velocity of 16 km per hour, a senior met official said.
  • UPSC asked to disclose results of 2010 prelims
  • New Delhi: The petitioners also sought complete result of all qualified candidates of Civil Services (Prelims) Examination 2010 with their roll number, raw and scaled marks.
  • No vendors' law, street hawkers left in wilderness
  • New Delhi: According to experts, over two per cent of India''s urban population earns its living through street hawking and vending, selling fruits, vegetables and a host of other items on the roadsides.
  • Family of engineer killed in accident to get Rs 87L
  • New Delhi: "Though at times a woman may be denied of her share of recognition when she financially contributes to the family while she is alive, as a judge, while deciding it after her death I will not do so," tribunal presiding officer Swarana Kanta Sharma said.
International
  • New Afghan parliament to open on Jan 23: minister
  • Kabul: "The president will inaugurate the parliament on January 23," Homayoun Azimi, Karzai''s minister for parliamentary affairs, told AFP.
  • US drones shot down outside Iran airspace: army
  • Tehran: The head of Guards'' air force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said on January 2 that his forces had shot down two drones after they "violated" Iranian territory.
  • Indian diplomat's wife goes into hiding with son
  • London: Paromita Verma is living in fear of her life after moving out of their home and has applied for leave to remain in the UK on humanitarian grounds amid fears that she would be forcibly taken back to India, the ''Daily Mail'' reported.
  • Pakistan to impose partial curfew in Karachi
  • Islamabad: Malik said a "semi-curfew" would be imposed in parts of Karachi to facilitate operations against those involved in a spate of targeted killings.
  • Migrant ship sinks off Corfu; 22 reported missing
  • Athens: Coast guards say they were alerted yesterday night by a passenger on the Hasan Reis saying that the boat was in danger, but high winds prevented rescue boats immediately taking to the water.
  • Indian sailors jailed in Somalia over illegal charcoal
  • Mogadishu: A Mogadishu court jailed 14 Indian sailors for a year for illegally exporting charcoal, court sources said today. The sailors were arrested last week by Somali coast guards. 
  • Salman Bashir likely to be Pak's envoy to India
  • The government had considered the possibilities of posting Bashir as Pakistan''s permanent representative to the UN, the Ambassador to the US or the High Commissioner to India, sources in the Foreign Office said.
  • Nepal Prez asks political parties to form natl govt
  • Yadav, the first president of the Republic, called on the political parties yesterday to elect a Prime Minister before January 21 and form a new government on the basis of national consensus, according to the President''s Office.
  • Pak seeks full resumption of composite dialogue
  • Islamabad: The two countries have exchanged several proposals in the run-up to the meeting of the Foreign Secretaries on the sidelines of a SAARC meet to be held in Bhutan.
  • US pomp meant to improve tone of China relations
  • Beijing: The shaky trust between the United States and China has been eroding recently because of an array of issues currency policies and trade barriers, nuclear proliferation and North Korea, and both sides seem to recognise the need to recalibrate relations.
  • SL: Receding water raises threat of unexploded mines
  • Colombo: UN agencies and the military have warned the people returning home after the devastating floods to be wary of mines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) when the waters recede.
  • 'Zardari received kickbacks in French sub deal'
  • Islamabad: The documents, revealed for the first time by Mediapart, a French online publication, show that the payments to Zardari and others took place on the fringes of the sale of three submarines by the French defence contractor DCN to Pakistan in the 1990s. The French sale succeeded against rival offers by Swedish and German contractors.
  • NATO: Two insurgents killed in Afghan operation
  • Kabul: NATO says in a statement that the troops were searching for a local Taliban leader in eastern Wardak province when they came under fire yesterday in Nerkh district.
  • NASA unveils extraordinary ideas for 2025 aircraft
  • London: Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing came up with the designs and all the three companies won a contract from the US space agency to research, develop and test their concepts in 2011, the ''Daily Mail'' reported.
  • Hijacked S Korean ship's crew safe, says ministry
  • Seoul: "The crewmen have been confirmed safe for now, with no unusual signs in their (physical) conditions... the ship''s location has been identified," the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP.
  • US trial of terrorist a highlight in Cuban week
  • Havana: Revelations came in the wake of a special Cuban television programme featuring comments by Salvadorian Francisco Chavez Abarca, recently sentenced here to 30 years in jail for terrorism against Cuba.
  • Tucson shooting victim arrested
  • Los Angeles: James Eric Fuller, a Democratic activist, was arrested after shouting "You''re dead!" at Tucson ''Tea Party'' spokesman Trent Humphries towards the end of the town hall event yesterday, Pima County Sheriff''s Department spokesman Jason Ogan was quoted as saying by the ''Los Angeles Times''.
  • N. Korea denounces S. Korea-Japan military talks
  • Seoul: The fury came after Seoul expressed doubts about the sincerity of Pyongyang''s repeated peace overtures, and instead sought closer military ties with Japan and longtime ally the US against threats from the North.
  • Pak judicial commission to probe journalist's murder
  • Karachi: Pakistan''s financial hub has been in the grip of political violence since Wednesday night and as many as 31 persons have been killed so far, most of them activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP), local media reported.
  • Cleric: Muslims have role in relationship building
  • Detroit: Feisal Abdul Rauf began a national speaking tour yesterday in Detroit that he says is aimed at inspiring ''interfaith understanding.'''' The Detroit area is home to the largest Muslim population in North America.
  • Scholars to look into abuse of blasphemy law in Pak
  • Karachi: The group comprising members from different Islamic sects met Interior Minister Rehman Malik here yesterday.
  • Israel develops Stuxnet worm against Iran: Report
  • New York: The tests of the destructive ''Stuxnet'' worm had occurred over the past two years at the heavily guarded Dimona complex in the Negev desert, The New York Times said.
  • Mideast asks after Tunisian riots: Where next?
  • Cairo: Protesters in Cairo mocked Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and trade union activists in Jordan chanted: ''Tunisia is teaching us a lesson.'''' But chances appear far less likely of a rapid domino-style political housecleaning such as what occurred in Eastern Europe after the Cold War, experts say.
  • China introduces new software to check corruption
  • Beijing: In the Nanjing Urban Planning Bureau of Jiangsu Province, a yellow light will flicker in the office computer system of the department, a warning signal, if an official does not finish a case within 20 days.
  • Tunisia's new leaders look into political reforms
  • Tunis: Soldiers and tanks were deployed around the capital Tunis after shops and homes were looted extensively and vandals set fire to the main railway station.
  • 'Indian diplomat's wife goes into hiding with son'
  • London: Paromita Verma is living in fear of her life after moving out of their home and has applied for leave to remain in the UK on humanitarian grounds amid fears that she would be forcibly taken back to India, the ''Daily Mail'' reported.
  • Israelis protest against 'anti-democratic trends'
  • Left-wingers and human rights activists took out a protest march yesterday from Tel Aviv''s Meir Park to the plaza in front of the Museum of Art, where a demonstration was held in which Knesset members or MPs from Kadima, Meretz and Hadash parties, as well as officials from Leftist groups, addressed the crowd.
  • US Congresswoman Giffords off ventilator
  • 40-year-old Giffords, a Democrat, underwent a procedure yesterday to have her breathing tube removed and a tracheotomy tube inserted in her windpipe to protect her airways, according to hospital sources.
  • 3 dead as 10 cars crash on Pacific Coast Highway
  • Newport Beach Fire Department Deputy Chief Ralph Restadius told the Orange County Register that three other people were hospitalized in yesterday''s afternoon crash in Orange County, one of them in critical condition.
  • Canada probes claims of locals training with al-Qaeda
  • Montreal(Canada): The Hong Kong-based Asia Times reported that the Canadians arrived in Afghanistan last February and moved to Pakistan after nine months. They received explosives training, the Times reported, but there was no indication of when they would return to Canada.
  • Venezuela considers shooting down drug planes
  • Caracas(Venezuela): Chavez says he doesn''t necessarily like the idea, but lawmakers should debate it.
  • Saudi Arabia: haven to ousted leaders
  • Dubai: Riyadh announced yesterday that "the Saudi government has welcomed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family to the kingdom." In a palace statement carried by the official SPA news agency, it said the move was "out of concern for the exceptional circumstances facing the brotherly Tunisian people and in support of the security and stability of their country." Ben Ali''s plane landed overnight in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, a Saudi source said earlier.
  • Brazil mourns as flood death toll climbs
  • Teresopolis(Brazil): Emergency workers in the disaster zone, in the Serrana region just north of Rio, were overwhelmed by the body count.
  • 31 dead in fresh Karachi violence; govt forms commission
  • Karachi: Wali Khan was gunned down in an apparent target killing in the Liaquatabad area of Karachi after the fresh wave of violence hit the city since Wednesday night.
Business
  • Price rise lesser than desired retail selling rate:IOC
  • New Delhi: "Based on current price levels in the international oil market, the desired increase in the retail selling prices of petrol in a market like New Delhi should have been Rs 3.72 per litre. However, IOC has chosen to soften the impact on the customer by increasing the price by Rs 2.50 a litre," the company said in a statement here.
  • Assocham to promote organic farming in UP
  • Lucknow: "The Assocham has decided to develop five districts in UP as organic districts and a delegation of the association will soon meet Chief Minister Mayawati in this regard," its general secretary D S Rawat told PTI.
  • No Sebi ban on me, my firms,settlement voluntary: Ambani
  • Mumbai: Anil Ambani today claimed that his two group firms - Reliance Infra and RNRL - settled the Sebi probe voluntarily and the regulator has not imposed any ban.
  • 'Abolish crude oil customs duty to avoid price hikes'
  • New Delhi: Petrofed, an oil and gas industry body representing state-run firms like Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and private sector players such as Reliance Industries, has asked the government to reduce the customs or import duty on crude oil to zero from 5 per cent at present.
  • '1/4th of India Inc reports flat or in real wages'
  • Mumbai: The clerical, administrative and employees, who are compensated on an hourly basis, have actually been hit harder with over 25 per cent of the firms surveyed reporting that real wages had either been flat or declined, said Towers Watson''s Global Talent Management and Rewards Study 2010.
  • MEDC to speed up single window system process
  • Thane: Delivering the first Ashida Bhau Kulkarni Memorial Lecture here today, MEDC President Vitthal Kamath said he was aware of the innumerable hurdles faced by the industries in the state, where they are required to obtain more than 100 licences and permits.
  • Corporate profits to grow by only 7% in FY 11: CMIE
  • Mumbai: The corporate India''s expected seven per cent rise in net profit is much lower than the 29 per cent growth in net profits clocked in FY 10.
  • Realty players for guidelines to check overpricing
  • Mumbai: They also said there is a need for framing standards of valuation of properties to check overpricing.
  • Indian gurus invited for World Eco Forum meet
  • New Delhi: Renowned world faith and spiritual leaders, including those from India, have also been invited for some well- structured discourses on wellness and inner happiness to the masters of the corporate universe and government leaders.
  • Saffron submits final report on branding  Bengal
  • Kolkata: Wally Olins, the man behind the company, who has been tasked with positioning London for the 2012 Olympics, had met Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee last year on finalising the broad contours of the strategy.
  • 'High input, interest costs hitting profitability of cos'
  • Mumbai: "... Despite robust revenue growth, companies in aggregate could not generate higher profit margins (during April-September, 2010-11), primarily on account of higher input prices and a rise in interest outflow," the RBI said while analysing the performance of the private corporate sector.
  • Marico says it will continue to look for acquisitions
  • New Delhi: The company, which has been linked for a takeover of Australian biscuit maker Unibic''s Indian subsidiary, however is tight-lipped on the market speculations.
  • Android phones to monitor road projects in Bihar
  • New Delhi: Come January 24, the Bihar State Road Development Corporation (BSRDC) under the Road Construction Department (RCD) will start using "Android phones" to help executive engineers keep an eye on road construction work from district headquarters, RCD Secretary Pratya Amrit told PTI.
  • Montek Singh disagrees with CAG on 2G spectrum
  • New Delhi: "We have not made calculations of what would have happened if we had gone for revenue maximisation... What the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has done is not, in my view, the correct way of doing it," Ahluwalia said on TV news channel CNN-IBN''''s ''''Devil''''s Advocate'''' show.
  • 'Rubber prices likely to remain firm on global cues'
  • New Delhi: "International prices are at Rs 247 per kg level and are likely to remain at that level due to strong demand. Domestic prices are also likely to follow the international trend," Indian Rubber Dealers Federation Treasurer Ibrahim Jalal told PTI.
  • Sebi considers higher quota for mutual funds in IPOs
  • New Delhi: Initial and follow-on public offers have traditionally been a preferred route of stock market investment for mutual funds, but they do not get enough shares these days because of a surge in demand from foreign institutional investors.
  • Dalal Street to remain subdued next week: Analysts
  • New Delhi: Stock markets have witnessed an extremely disappointing start to the year 2011, as the bellwether Sensex has plummeted over eight per cent in the first two weeks of the year.
  • Permit FDI in multi-brand retail to tame food inflation: Ficci
  • New Delhi: "FDI in retail has to be permitted in order to ensure expansion of organised retailing in the country," the industry body said in a statement.
  • Rothschild emerges top fin adviser in 2010
  • New Delhi: Transactions involving Rothschild as the adviser accounted for more than half of the total USD 51 billion M&A deals in 2010.
  • Time, cost overruns in infra projects declining: Govt
  • New Delhi: The overall cost overrun in projects (worth Rs 150 crore or more) has come down from 61.6 per cent in March 1991 to astonishing 21.10 per cent in September 2010, a review by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said.
  • Ban fake NGOs: NGOs tell FM
  • New Delhi: In a pre-budget interactions with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, NGOs pleaded for reining in fake organisations, ostensibly floated for the welfare of the vulnerable sections of society.
  • SBI plans to raise up to Rs 2,000 cr by bonds
  • New Delhi: "We are planning to come out with the bonds in February after third quarter results are announced," SBI Chairman O P Bhatt told PTI.
  • PMEAC revises March-end inflation forecast to 7 pc
  • New Delhi: Rangarajan further said that the present situation warrants some tightening on the part of the Reserve Bank of India in its January 25 quarterly monetary policy.
  • Eight of top-10 firms lose Rs 61k cr in m-cap
  • Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) saw an erosion of Rs 20,864.68 crore from its m-cap to take its market valuation to Rs 3,27,665.38 crore at the end of Friday''s trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
  • Talent war: Companies doling out joining bonuses
  • New Delhi: Vying for the right talent, many firms are luring prospective employees with joining bonuses, which is usually over 10 pc of their overall cost to company.
  • 'India, Canada M&A activities likely to be robust'
  • New Delhi: "The M&A scenario between India and Canada is currently active and there has been a spurt in activities in recent times. A robust trend is expected in the coming months," global consultancy Deloitte MD (Canadian Tax Services) Christopher Roberge told PTI.
  • Renault's India small car to be above Bajaj's ULC
  • New Delhi: "Bajaj''s (the ULC) will be much cheaper (compared to the small car that Renault is developing)," Renault Executive Vice President (Sales and Marketing) Jerome Stoll told PTI.
  • UK education company eyes opportunities in India
  • "We at the RM Group are actively exploring commercial opportunities in India in line with the significant growth and expansion of the Indian education sector," Group Marketing Director, Oxford-based British Education Group, Alison Sutton-Davezac told PTI.
Sports
  • Johannesburg: "It''s a big win for us, and a terrific show by the bowlers. Munaf (Patel) has been bowling really well in the last 10-15 one-dayers and besides that, Harbhajan''s role too was crucial," Dhoni said after India''s one-run win at the New Wanderers Stadium here.
17.01.2011,Monday 
National
  • Rupee drops further by 24 paise in morning trade
  • Mumbai: In fairly active trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the local currency opened lower at 45.42/43 per dollar as against the last weekend''s level of 45.36/37 per dollar and declined further to 45.60 per dollar before quoting at 45.51/52 per dollar at 1030hrs.
  • BSP should expel Banda rape accused MLA, says BJP
  • Kanpur: "The victim will get justice only when the BSP terminates Dwivedi''s membership, else he will misuse his position and go scot free," Singh told reporters here.
  • 'Liberalisation policy has led to growth of billionaires'
  • Kolkata: "The country has recorded the fastest growth of billionaires post economic liberalisation, numbering 54 till 2009," Karat told a seminar in the Durgapur industrial town.
  • Two held for extorting money on LeT letter heads
  • Srinagar: Acting on a specific information, the police nabbed Mohammad Shafi Bhat and Mohammad Irfan from their houses in Behrampora village of Sopore, 55 kms from here, he said.
  • Anti-terror steps to be discussed at Indo-Bangla talks
  • New Delhi/Dhaka: Indian delegation, led by Union Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai, will engage in extensive deliberations with the Bangladesh team, headed Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder, on all bilateral security issues during the two day dialogue in Dhaka.
  • Molestation charges: Onir, actor plan legal action
  • New Delhi: Parashar, who made his debut with ''Dunno Y...Naa Jaane Kyun'', a film on homosexuality, says the director invited him for its screening at his Versova house where the alleged incident happened.
  • Defence Min to probe if missing file affected fighter deal
  • New Delhi: The "comprehensive" Defence Ministry probe will be conducted by an Additional Secretary-rank official and the report is expected to be submitted to the Defence Minister by the month-end, sources said here today.
  • 'Centre to frame smokeless tobacco specific policy'
  • Chandigarh: "So far the Health Ministry''s anti-tobacco programmes revolved around cigarettees...there is another monster as 26 per cent of the population is using smokeless tobacco with potential to create cancer," Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said inaugurating a block of HSJ Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital of Panjab University here.
  • India and Japan close to finalising nuclear agreement
  • New Delhi: "India and Japan have come to a stage of concluding the nuclear cooperation agreement," Hatoyama, a key leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, told reporters here.
  • DMK general council to finalise poll strategy on Feb 3
  • Chennai: DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan, in a statement here today, said the general council would discuss the strategy to be adopted at the meeting.
  • Price rise synonymous with Congress, says Nitish
  • Patna: "Congress and price rise predictably go hand in hand.
  • SC to hear delimitation row on TN Legislative Council
  • New Delhi: A bench of Justices J M Panchal and H L Gokhale also made it clear that any step taken by the state government on the delimitation would be subject to the final outcome of the petition.
  • TDP's dharna against petrol price hike on Jan 22
  • Hyderabad: "The government increased the price of petrol by Rs 3 although the oil companies are making profits. The price of petrol has shot up by Rs 11 in the last seven months," TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu pointed out.
  • 'Bihar govt will not tolerate damage to railway prop'
  • Patna: The chief minister was reacting to the torching of the engine and a few bogies of Gomo-Barkakhana passenger train by farmers in Aurangabad district on Saturday.
  • CRPF jawan killed in encounter with Naxalites
  • Gaya (Bihar): The jawan, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, who sustained injuries in the blast in Barha village under Dumaria police station succumbed to injuries on way to a government hospital in Gaya town, Director General of Police (DGP) Neelmani said.
  • Punjab to beautify Golden Temple entrance
  • Chandigarh: At a meeting yesterday, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal asked Secretary Tourism and Cultural Affairs Geetika Kalha to closely monitor the Golden Temple Entrance Plaza project right from its stage of conception to completion, an official said.
  • 'No decision to take action against Achuthanandan'
  • New Delhi: "The Politburo has not taken any such decision. We have not discussed the issue. Reports contrary to that are false," CPI(M) Politburo member S Ramachandran Pillai told reporters here.
  • Corruption and inflation focus of JD(S) plenary
  • New Delhi: At its plenary session in Bangalore later this week, the party headed by former prime minister H D Deve Gowda will announce a country-wide campaign to expose and root out the "most corrupt" BJP government in Karnataka, JD-S Secretary General Kunwar Danish Ali said.
  • Three cops held in connection with custodial death
  • Dehra Dun: Sub-Inspector Chandan Prasad Lodhi and constables Navin Joshi and Mahesh Dangwal were arrested following an FIR against them by father of Ritesh Puna alias Rocky (25), the deceased, yesterday, police today said.
  • Another spell of snow in HP, better apple production expected
  • Dharamsala: High hills in Kangra, Shimla, Kullu, Mandi, Chamba and Kinnaur districts experienced moderate spell of snow this morning, Met officials said here today.
  • RPF, CRPF to run joint operation in Meerut on R-Day
  • Meerut: After repeatedly receiving terrorist threats to blow up railway tracks, it was decided that RPF and CRPF will run a joint operation to counter any terror attack on Republic Day, the Intelligence Department (UP) said in a statement here.
  • Prisoners' letters to be checked in Central Prisons
  • New Delhi: The step has been taken to prevent them from smuggling in any prohibited item and to find out if the inmates were planning to cause any trouble.
  • ISRO to launch 3 satellites in 1st quarter of 2011
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Resourcesat-2, an advanced remote sensing satellite, Youthsat, a participatory mission and X-sat, Singapore's first indigenous satellite, would be launched by ISRO.
  • 2006 Malegaon blast case: nine accused seek bail
  • Mumbai: "From the confession it is clear that those responsible for the 2006 Malegaon blasts are persons far removed from the current accused," they said in the bail plea.
  • 23 young 'lionhearts' to be felicitated with bravery awards
  • New Delhi: Their courage helped save two kids and a paralysed woman from being charred to death and they are being rewarded for their life saving acts along with 21 others, including Sunita Murmu (16) from West Bengal''s Birbhum, who helped police in the probe against those from her own clan who paraded her naked for having a relationship with a non-tribal boy.
  • Banda girl rape: SC to hear plea for judicial probe
  • New Delhi: A bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia decided to consider the desirability of a judicial probe into the incident as senior counsel Harish Salve, during the hearing of another plea linked to the issue of police reform, mentioned the incident, seeking an indpendent probe into it.
  • Army builds strategic, alternative roads along border
  • Jammu: "Army has built a strategic and an alternative road along border connecting Gurez (North Kashmir) with Drass area (Ladakh region). It has successfully conducted trials on the road stretch," Minister for Transport Qamar Ali Akhoon told PTI.
  • GOC 9 Corps briefs Guv on security scenario, infiltration
  • Jammu: The Governor discussed with Lt Gen Choudhary various issues relating to continuing attempts of infiltration from across the International Border and LoC.
  • 'N-power access should not be limited to developed world'
  • Mumbai: "Many countries are considering introducing nuclear power are in the developing world and I welcome this. It should be available to developing countries and they have the same right as developed countries to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and the same responsibility both to ensure the highest safety standards and to prevent nuclear materials from falling into the hands of terrorists," he said.
  • Alliance parties should come out of UPA, says BJP
  • Jaipur: "BJP demands roll back of the fuel prices and control on inflation which is the result of the UPA government''s failure. The UPA government has forfeited its right to rule the country," BJP national spokesperson and MP Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters here.
  • CM resents CPM Polit Bureau move to pull him up
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Achuthanandan is learnt to have taken exception to the reported move and media reports that he was going to be censured.
  • Drugs case: whistle-blowers under Goa cop's scanner
  • Panaji: An Israeli national Ayala Driham, and Kazak national Zarina had caught on camera Police Sub Inspector Sunil Guddler of Anti Narcotic Cell (ANC) selling them charas.
  • Maruti showroom looted in Punchkula, one killed
  • Panchkula: When employees of the showroom came for duty in the morning, they found it ransacked and the body of the security guard, Parshuram, lying in a nearby car, police said.
  • RSS questions 'confession' of Aseemanand
  • New Delhi: "...Intriguing that only persons named in alleged Hindu radicalism seem to be making ''confessions''. We have not heard of a Kasab or Afzal Guru or captured jehadi, terrorist making such a confession. Are they so tight-lipped?," the Sangh said in an editorial in its mouth-piece ''Organiser''.
  • Landmine blast in Bihar, CRPF jawan hurt in encounter
  • Patna/Gaya: The naxalites carried out the landmine blast apparently to keep the advancing forces at bay, he said.
  • HC extends tender-process stay for IPL telecast rights
  • Mumbai: Division bench of Justices P B Majmudar and A A Sayed extended the stay after World Sports Group (WSG) approached it challenging a single bench order dismissing its plea against BCCI''s decision to terminate its contract.
  • FIR lodged in Meghalaya against Assam BJP MP
  • Shillong: Chakraborty allegedly made the speech at the Mendipathar College relief camp where she also accused the state government of trying to encroach on land of the Rabhas.
  • JDS members meet Guv, demand govt's dismissal
  • Bangalore: The delegation, in a 30-minute meeting, explained to the Governor the magnitude of the alleged corruption that prevailed during the B S Yeddyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka and ruling party''s attempts to prevent Opposition parties from debating on land scams on the floor of the legislatures, JDS Legislature group leader H D Revanna told reporters after the meeting.
  • Seven-day bandh in Darjeeling begins tomorrow
  • Darjeeling: Gurung said, "In the next few days good news will come from Delhi." He said at Kalimpong yesterday that the next few days would determine whether the bandh calls had put pressure on the Centre and the West Bengal government.
  • Bihar MLA murder: Pathak's mum seeks CBI enquiry
  • Patna: In her petition, Kumud Mishra said that only the CBI could investigate impartially and thoroughly as some powerful people, including politicians, were trying to influence the investigation being carried out by the Bihar police.
  • HC reserves order on Kasab's appeal against death sentence
  • Mumbai: Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R V More also reserved order on an appeal filed by the Maharashtra Government challenging the acquittal of LeT suspects Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, who were charged with providing maps of targets to terrorists.
  • Missing file case: IAF gives clean chit to officials
  • New Delhi: The Court of Inquiry (CoI) report into the incident was submitted to the Defence Ministry today and is believed to have given a clean chit to IAF officials in the case, sources said here.
  • ISRO ready to provide satellite images of Sabarimala
  • Thiruvananthapuram: ISRO offered to provide to the Kerala govt satellite pics of Sabarimala for taking measures to prevent disasters like the stampede that claimed 102 lives last week.
  • Kerala High Court pulls up Kerala govt over stampede
  • Kochi: The Kerala High Court today pulled up the state government for neglecting its warnings on safety of Sabarimala pilgrims and directed it to file a detailed report by Thursday .
  • Banda district jail warden alleges threat to life
  • Lucknow: In wake of her allegations, Additional Director General, Prisons, V K Gupta said that that an inquiry has been ordered into the matter.
  • Costlier cooking oils hitting consumers badly
  • New Delhi: According to experts, retail prices of edible oils are likely to remain firm in the coming months and there is no sign of its cooling off in the wake of high global prices.
  • Cop injured in encounter between naxalites,police
  • Gaya: The constable, identified as Sanjiv, sustained bullet injuries after the naxalites fired at the policemen during the encounter, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amit Lodha said.
  • Telangana issue :TRS, BJP stage road blockades
  • Hyderabad: Road traffic was badly affected in various towns and villages in the region, as the Telangana supporters blocked traffic following the call given by Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC).
  • BJP raps Centre, state government on price rise
  • Muzaffarnagar: "The governments, both at the Centre and in the state, have proved to be failure on all fronts and the people are facing the trouble of rising prices due to the policies created by them," former Union minister and BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said here.
  • Kashmir in grip of cold wave, Dal lake freezes partially
  • Srinagar: The sub-zero temperature has resulted in partial freezing of many water bodies, including the Dal Lake in the city, officials said.
  • 26/11 terror attack case: HC reserves judgement
  • Mumbai: A division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and R V More also reserved the verdict on the appeal filed by Maharashtra government against the acquittal of LeT suspects Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed in the 26/11 case.
  • Imams to boycott marriages where DJs perform
  • Muzaffarnagar: Several ulemas, including Maulana Mohd Salim of Deoband under banner of Muttahid-Mahaz Organisation (United Front) yesterday decided to boycott such marriages where DJs perform saying it is against the Islamic law.
  • PM to meet Prez, might discuss cabinet reshuffle
  • New Delhi: PM Manmohan Singh is scheduled to call on Prez Pratibha Patil this evening amid speculation that a reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers is on the cards this week.
  • 100 CCTVs to keep watch on R-Day parade route
  • New Delhi: According to a senior police official, 90 CCTVs will be installed from tomorrow on the route of the Republic Day parade to ensure that no suspicious movement goes unnoticed.
  • Rajkhowa writes formally to Gogoi for peace talks
  • Guwahati: Stating that the outfit''s central executive council would be meeting soon, the chief minister said, "I have received a letter from Rajkhowa about ULFA''s willingness to sit for the talks.
  • Cold condition intensifies in Punjab, Haryana
  • Chandigarh: The minimum temperature in parts of Punjab and Haryana hovered between one to two degrees Celsius below normal, aggravating the cold conditions in the region, the MeT office said here today.
  • Metro project for Ahmedabad put on fast-track
  • Ahmedabad: "We have conducted site surveys with the stakeholders twice for the metro project. The project has been put on fast-track and now we are weighing options for its launch," Additional Chief Secretary, Ports and Transport Development B K Sinha told PTI.
  • Maoists torch CPI(M) party office, bomb building
  • Jhargram (WB): A group of suspected Maoists attacked a CPI(M) party office and set it ablaze at Dibibaksol under Jhargram police limit last night. Nobody was injured, police said.
  • Icy winds this morning leave Delhiites shivering
  • New Delhi: Delhi was back in the grip of the winter chill after a brief spell of warm weather as the temperatures during the dark hours slipped to 7.5 degree Celsius early this morning from nine degrees the previous day.
International
  • China power transfer to complicate ties, says Taiwan
  • Taipei: Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan''s point man for talks with China, said the fact that China''s President Hu Jintao will step down from his leadership roles in 2012 and 2013 could impact ties, the island''s Central News Agency reported.
  • Somali pirates release one ship, but hijack another
  • Nairobi: A press statement from the naval force said the cargo ship MV Eagle had been hijacked early today by pirates who had fired small arms and grenades.
  • UN atomic expert downplays China N-breakthrough
  • Vienna: Earlier this month, the China National Nuclear Corporation said it had achieved a significant "breakthrough" by developing a fuel reprocessing technology that will extend the lifespan of Beijing''s proven uranium deposits to 3,000 years, from the current forecast of 50-70 years.
  • Lithuanian girl killed on Facebook-arranged date
  • Vilnius (Lithuania): Police spokeswoman Dalia Petrauskiene says the girl from the town Alytus was murdered after arranging on the popular social networking site to meet the boy, who lives in the capital, Vilnius. Her half-naked body was found at a bus stop outside Vilnius on Sunday.
  • Afghanistan's Karzai to visit Russia: Kabul official
  • Kabul: Karzai will travel to Russia on January 20 and stay for two days, an Afghan official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
  • Cache of arms, explosives seized in northwest Pak
  • Peshawar: Troops found the cache hidden in secret cavities in the truck during routine checking at Tal check post in Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
  • No proof Lenin ordered last tsar's murder, says probe
  • Moscow: Historians and archivists have found no evidence that the Bolshevik leader or regional official Yakov Sverdlov gave permission for the family to be shot in 1918, Vladimir Solovyov, Russia''s chief investigator, told the Izvestia daily.
  • Social Network sweeps Golden Globes with 4 trophies
  • Los Angeles: David Fincher was named the best director, Aron Sorkin for the best screenplay while Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross piped Indian musician A R Rahman in the best score category.
  • 12 Canadians undergoing militant training at Pak camp
  • Kuala Lumpur: The Canadians, who may have converted to Islam, were helped to reach the Darpakhel areas of the lawless tribal belt after joining radical Egyptian group Jihad al-Islami, Hong Kong based Asia Times reported.
  • Arunachal Pradesh policy unchanged, says China 
  • Beijing: China today said its policy that Arunachal is a disputed area remains "unchanged", days after it issued stapled visas to sportsmen from the state it claims as "Southern Tibet".
  • ISI chief attends Zardari's meeting with CIA head
  • ISI head Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha sat in on the key meeting held in Washington on Friday, the Dawn newspaper quoted diplomatic sources as saying.
  • Israel's defense minister quits Labor Party
  • Jerusalem: The move did not immediately threaten Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu''s parliamentary majority, but will likely rob the coalition of its most moderate members.
  • South Korea to crack down on offshore tax evasion
  • Seoul: The National Tax Service (NTS) said it plans to scrutinize financial and asset transaction records and deliberate deletion of foreign earnings designed to make it hard for authorities to determine the wealth of individuals and companies.
  • Russia not to tighten control over Internet: Minister
  • Moscow: "Certainly we do not make any steps to this effect, this is our position of principle. We are not going to introduce any restrictions in this issue," he told the Echo Moskvy radio station yesterday.
  • Child development unresolved matter in Mexico
  • Mexico City: According to figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mexico invested about USD 24 billion in 2009 for programmes targeting children below 18 years, a figure that put the country in last place among the member countries of the organisation.
  • Sri Lanka hotels left high and dry after IIFA awards
  • Colombo: Nearly 100 million rupees in unpaid bills remains to be settled, the Lanka News web portal reported adding that deluxe hotels in Colombo have become "victims" after welcoming the Indian stars.
  • China denies sending troops to North Korea
  • Beijing: "China will not send a single soldier to other countries without the approval of the UN," an official at the Chinese Ministry of Defence told state-run Global Times here today.
  • Frontier shootout issue to dominate Indo-B'desh talks
  • Dhaka: "There will be many issues on the table, but our main focus will be the non-stop killing of Bangladeshi citizens around the borders," Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder was quoted as saying by the Daily Star newspaper.
  • Oscar winner AR Rahman loses out on Golden Globe
  • Los Angeles: Oscar winning A R Rahman lost out the Golden Globe in the Original Score category to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who won for their music in ''''The Social Network''''.
  • US says citizens should consider leaving Tunisia
  • Washington: The warning came after Tunisia''s ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country on Friday following weeks of massive protests that had turned violent, with dozens of people reportedly killed.
  • Hezbollah to defend itself against Hariri charges
  • Beirut: "We will not allow our reputation and our dignity to be tarnished nor will we allow anyone to conspire against us or to unjustly drench us in Hariri''s blood," Nasrallah said in a televised speech yesterday.
  • Hu appreciates role of G20 in revival of economy
  • "Thanks to the concerted efforts of the international community and G-20 members, progress has been made in the reform of the international financial system over the past two years since the outbreak of the financial crisis," he said.
  • Hezbollah leader: Hariri should not return as PM
  • Beirut: Sheik Hassan Nasrallah made his first public comments today since ministers from his movement and their allies resigned from the Cabinet on Wednesday, toppling Hariri''s Western-backed government.
  • Iran says firm on nuclear rights as tour ends
  • Tehran: Saeed Jalili''s hardline reiteration of Iran''s nuclear policy came in comments made to the group of foreign envoys who ended a tour of the country''s nuclear facilities, including its main uranium enrichment plant.
  • US denies WikiLeaks spurred revolt in Tunisia
  • Washington: State Department spokesman P J Crowley today said that Tunisians were well aware of the graft, nepotism and lavish lifestyles led by ex-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family long before the WikiLeaks website published the diplomatic cables.
  • Irish premier won't quit over Ireland debt crisis
  • Dublin: Cowen''s declaration follows several days of talks with lawmakers in his Fianna Fail party. Many wanted him to quit immediately so that a new leader can lead the party into a spring election that, under Cowen''s leadership, it is widely expected to lose.
  • Royal couple may ask guests to make charity gifts
  • London: A spokesman who asked not to be identified because of royal family policy today said this option is being considered but no firm decision has been made. Close friends and family could still give the couple traditional gifts under the plan.
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  18.01.2011,Tuesday
  National
  • NCW seeks report from Indian HC in London
  • New Delhi: The NCW sent a letter to the Indian Embassy in London and asked it to file a detailed report on the allegations within one month, an official said.
  • 'Govt law officers misled SC on black money'
  • New Delhi: In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party chief Subramanium Swamy expressed surprise at the stand of the government in the apex court that the names of Indians having illegal bank accounts cannot be made public due to a bilateral agreement with Germany to keep the information confidential.
  • Jaitapur N-project: Chavan allays fears over safety
  • Mumbai: "The project has been designed by our own scientists. How can it be dangerous. How will I allow the project if it was harmful to the people. Please do not believe in rumours," Chavan said.
  • Solution-oriented regulations in offing: Ramesh
  • New Delhi: "India needs more regulations and an effective system to implement them, and certainly not more regulators," the Minister said while speaking on ?Environmental Governance & Climate Regime? with the industry organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
  • Banda girl threatens to go on hunger strike
  • Banda: The girl this morning told reporters that she will observe hunger strike, but later withdrew it after meeting a women delegation of the Samajwadi Party.
  • Delay in registration of case: SHO suspended
  • New Delhi: Kailash Kukreti, SHO of west Delhi''s Keerti Nagar police station who was first transfered to Police Lines on Saturday following the incident, has been suspended, a senior police official said.
  • Not sniffing around for a big guy to catch: Ramesh
  • New Delhi: "I can challenge my critics to point out one example that I have taken (decision) my own. Even Adarsh was in response to a demand from a section of society. I have not taken single action of my own. I am not sniffing around for a big guy to catch. That is not the approach I have taken," he told reporters here.
  • HC bench grants bail to five AIADMK leaders
  • Madurai: Panneerselvam, former ministers K A Sengottaiyan, Pollachi V Jayaraman, former AIADMK MP Thanga Tamilselvan and another party leader Tirumangalam M Jayaraman were granted bail in a case filed against them by Koodakovil Police during campaigning for by-poll in Tirumangalam near here.
  • CWG scam: CBI arrests pvt firm head
  • New Delhi: Binu Nanu, Director GL Events - Meroform, was arrested by the probe agency and remanded in four days police custody, official sources said.
  • Retirement age of govt medical teachers raised
  • Patna: The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today, principal secretary in the cabinet and coordination department Afzal Amanullah told reporters here.
  • BJP lashes at govt for defending CVC's appointment
  • New Delhi: "This is a curious position that the Government of India is unabashedly trying to defend a tainted CVC and unleashing an aggressive attack on an upright CAG. But in the process the institutional credibility of both is getting weakened," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
  • Fresh warrant against Aseemanand in Ajmer blast
  • Ajmer: Chief Judicial Magistrate Ratan Lal Moond issued a fresh production warrant against him after the ATS failed to produce Aseemanand before the court today due to some reason The ATS produced two other accused Mukesh Wasani and Harshad Solani before the court. They will be produced again on February 1.
  • HC allows 18-year-old girl to live with married man
  • New Delhi: Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra also directed the SHOs of Jyoti Nagar and Roop Nagar police stations to take action against his live-in partner''s family members in case they harass them.
  • Delhi govt finalises plan to 'protect' flood-prone areas
  • New Delhi: After a high-level meeting, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said considering last year''s flood in areas along Yamuna, government has finalised the plan to protect the areas from similar situation.
  • Raju seeks review of SC order cancelling bail
  • New Delhi: The petition was filed against the October 26, 2010 order by which a bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma had set aside the order of the high court granting bail to Raju along with his brother Rama Raju and four others.
  • Cong candidates for UP poll to be out by May 31: Digvijay
  • Lucknow: "Selection process of candidates for UP assembly elections is on and the candidates will be announced by May 31," Congress General Secretary and UP incharge Digvijay Singh told reporters here.
  • I'll neither join Congress nor return to SP: Amar
  • Ballia: "I am not going to join Congress. Also, I will not be returning in Samajwadi Party even if invited by Mulayam Singh Yadav," Singh told reporters in Fefna near here.
  • Hold fresh poll in Majnu-ka-Tila ward: HC to EC
  • New Delhi: A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan dismissed two appeals filed by Vikas, a Congress candidate and Satish Kumar, a BJP candidate, challenging the single judge''s decision for fresh election under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act and Representation of People Act.
  • No communication on railway project at Singur: Sen
  • Kolkata: "No, we have not received any communication from the railways on any project of theirs," Industry Minister Nirupam Sen told newsmen here when asked about the proposal.
  • SC blames govt for abuse of discretionary powers
  • New Delhi: A bench of justices G S Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly concurred with the views of senior counsel Ravishankar Prasad and Ranjit Kumar that there was a decline in the moral values of all pillars of democracy in the country including the judiciary.
  • Northern region remains under grip of cold wave
  • New Delhi: Delhiites, however, enjoyed a pleasant day with mercury rising to 22.7 deg C, two degrees above normal, from yesterday''s 20.1 deg C while the minimum was recorded at 4.4 deg C.
  • One arrested for helping accused in Mumbai blasts
  • Lucknow: Vijay Agarwal, chairman of Indian Institute of Professional Studies, was arrested from Vishwas Khand in Gomti Nagar area yesterday by a joint team of UP-Mumbai ATS, special DG (SDG), Birjlal told reporters here.
  • Police refers Azad's letter to term Ghandy as Maoist
  • New Delhi: "Cherukeri Rajkumar alias Azad issued a press release on September 24, a few days after arrest of Ghandy, terming him as Central Committee member of CPI (Maoist) and praising his work for the masses despite belonging to an elite group," public prosecutor Rajeev Mohan told Additional Sessions Judge R K Gauba.
  • Tribal's plight due to governance failure: C'garh to SC
  • New Delhi: "All these are the testimony of failure of governance in the state. It is honestly accepted," senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the state government, submitted before a Bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar.
  • Interlocutors visit Udhampur, meet delegations
  • Jammu: The three-member team, headed by eminent journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, met a cross-section of the people including political leaders, NGOs, academicians and intellectuals.
  • Top ULFA leadership holds 'secret' meeting
  • Nalbari: The rebel leaders arrived here yesterday to decide when the its general council meeting would be held for chalking out the modalities for the talks, sources said.
  • Sonia meets PM, hectic parleys on cabinet reshuffle
  • New Delhi: Gandhi, who was accompanied by her Political Secretary Ahmed Patel, met Singh over two hours and is understood to have given final touches to the exercise which could see some inductions, elevations and drafting some ministers for party work. Senior leader Pranab Mukherjee also met Gandhi.
  • 3 Chinese nationals held without valid documents
  • Bahraich (UP): Liao Xing, Yu Dangli and Yang Liu were arrested near Rupedhiya border yesterday when they were taking pictures of important installations, they said.
  • Wife-beater diplomat: probe on his return
  • New Delhi: "Ministry of External Affairs has taken a serious view in the matter. The matter has been looked into actively and with all the seriousness that it deserves. The officer and members of the family have been transferred back to the headquarters. Once the officer is back, the matter will be thoroughly investigated and acted upon appropriately," MEA''''s official spokesperson Vishnu Prakash told reporters here.
  • New IITs hit by poor infrastructure: Kapil Sibal
  • Hyderabad: "These new IITs are functioning in temporary campuses and unable to attract new faculties. Due to the same reason we are finding it difficult to retain faculties. We need commitment from state governments for at least 500 acres of land without any liabilities attached to it," Sibal said on the sidelines of Geospatial World Forum.
  • 'Will consider Chatterjee's return if specific proposal'
  • Kolkata: "If specific proposals are received, we will give a thought to it (the return of Chatterjee to the party)," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said, but refused to elaborate when reporters questioned him on the sidelines of a seminar at Durgapur yesterday.
  • Haryana Finance Min opposes agri land acquisition
  • Chandigarh: "I am not in favour of acquiring fertile land of farmers," Yadav told reporters, adding that he has written letters to Hooda, suggesting him on several matters including land acquisition policy.
  • 'Unrestricted entry of vehicles contributed to stampede'
  • Thiruvananthapuram: The Forest Department also sought to put the blame on the Travancore Devaswom Board, that manages the famous hill shrine, and other agencies for the tragedy that struck the annual pilgrimage on Friday night.
  • USAID favours Sulabh of sanitation for Pakistan
  • New Delhi: Pakistan-based senior officer of the USAID, Marilyn Wyatt, who visited the Sulabh International campus here today, appreciated the efforts of the NGO headed by Bindeshwar Pathak in promoting low-cost sanitation not only in India, but also in cities across south and central Asia.
  • Court orders registration of FIR against  Azam Khan
  • Badaun (UP): Chief Judicial Magistrate Pawan Pratap Singh gave the order on an application filed by Bajrang Dal leader U Gupta on January 3.
  • Four policemen suspended after undertrials flee
  • Etawah (UP): Mohammad Sahil, Suraj and Ajay Rai fled this morning from Awadh Express train at Balrai station while they were being taken to Jaipur for a hearing, they said.
  • Par panel grills govt officials on CWG irregularities
  • New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development, headed by NDA Convenor Sharad Yadav, wanted to know the basis of selection of vendors, contractors and sourcing of construction material and whether pricing was done at competitive rates.
  • Order for CBI probe on Lalgarh firing not passed
  • Kolkata: The order, which was scheduled today, is likely to be passed tomorrow, the High Court sources said.
  • Gadkari alleges corruption and scams in Orissa
  • Bhubaneswar: "Orissa is suffering under the ineffective and corrupt BJD government which has failed on all fronts," BJP President Nitin Gadkari told reporters.
  • Suspended IAS officer seeks bail from Delhi HC
  • New Delhi: "The applicant (Singh) did not receive any illegal gratification from co-accused Vineet Kumar (the CMD of Kolkata-based Temptation Food Pvt Ltd) to extend any favour," senior advocate K T S Tulsi contended before Justice Hima Kohli.
  • 3 Chinese nationals held without valid documents
  • Bahraich (UP): Liao Xing, Yu Dangli and Yang Liu were arrested near Rupedhiya border yesterday when they were taking pictures of important installations, they said.
  • HC notices to Goa govt, CBI in drug nexus case
  • Panaji: The NSUI had filed a petition in the Goa bench of the High Court pleading that a CBI inquiry should be initiated into the policemen-politician-drug peddler nexus cases reported in the state following which a division bench issued notices to Goa government, Anti-Narcotic Cell, Crime Branch and CBI, a reply to which has to be given in three weeks.
  • Petition against former CJI returns for 'curing defect'
  • Thrissur (Ker): The judge gave the direction while returning the petition filed by George Battukulam, State President of Malayalavedi, (Malayalam Forum) against Balakrishnan, his brother K G Bhaskaran and son-in-law P V Sreenijan.
  • Guv makes reference to SC for Tiwari's suspension
  • Mumbai: "The Governor has made a reference to the Supreme Court on Tiwari under Section 17.1 of the RTI Act," a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said.
  • Def Min to take 'balanced view' on MoEF demolition order
  • New Delhi: ....I can't comment on the future of the building but a view will be taken in best interest of everybody," Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju told reporters here.
  • High expectation to cause Nitish's downfall: Paswan
  • Patna: "The slide of the Nitish Kumar government is only a matter of time," Paswan told reporters.
  • RPF faces resistance in evicting slums on railway land
  • Burdwan (WB): RPF sources said that bombs were hurled from the slums after 10 to 15 shanties and a Trinamool Congress party office were demolished.
  • 'Religious structure can't be built on residential plot'
  • Ahmedabad: The order was passed by Justice R R Tripathi last week while hearing a petition of one Jagdish Dave living in Vasantkunj Society here, objecting to a trust using residential property in the society for religious purpose and constructing a Jain temple on a plot in the same society.
  • 'Demolition of Jagannath temple in Delhi unfortunate'
  • Bhubaneswar: "It is unfortunate that Lord Jagannath''s temple in Pushp Vihar area of Delhi has been demolished recently. It has hurt the religious sentiments of the people, particularly from Orissa," BJP President Nitin Gadkari told reporters winding up his two-day visit to Orissa.
  • K'taka nod to new IT & Electronic hardware policy
  • Bangalore: The new IT Policy 2011 envisages promotion of the information technology industries and innovative parks in Tier II and III cities, Minister for Higher Education V S Acharya told reporters after a cabinet meeting that approved the development.
  • Khaps endorse decision to ban girls from wearing jeans
  • Muzaffarnagar: The Khap panchayat led by Battisa Khap Council head Baba Suraj in Bhenswal village had on January 16 passed the diktat which claimed that wearing jeans had a "bad effect" on young women and incidents of eve-teasing had increased due to their "objectionable clothes".
  • Nitin Gadkari demands equities for displaced people
  • Bhubaneswar: "Equities must be provided in the companies to the those whose land was acquired for setting up industrial projects," BJP President Nitin Gadkari told reporters here.
  • Kerala Police to submit stampede report by Jan 20
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala police on Jan20 will submit to HC, a report on Pullumedu stampede that claimed 102 lives of Sabarimala pilgrims, a top police official said today.
  • Lapses into Maoist jail break looked into: Munda
  • Ranchi: Police are making fullproof arrangement to prevent further jailbreaks, he said.
  • We are supporting Munda in Kharsawan bypoll: Soren
  • Ranchi: "Arjun Munda is our joint candidate for the Kharsawan assembly bypoll. I will try to join him tomorrow when he will file his nomination," Soren told a joint press conference along with Munda and his two deputies Sudesh Mahto (AJSU) and Hemant Soren (JMM).
  • Meet of Cong MPs from Andhra, Rayalaseema convened
  • Hyderabad: State Congress President D Srinivas and other party leaders today communicated the message to the MPs that they should be available in Delhi on Thursday afternoon, APCC general secretary R Ananda Bhaskar said.
  • Girl killed for honour, father and cousin held
  • Muzaffarnagar: The beheaded body of Ravita (16) was found on January 3 in near by fields following which a case was registered against unknown persons.
  • Maoists kill 1, hurt 22 persons in CPI(M) stronghold
  • Kolkata: The incident came hours before an Election Commission team comprising police officers was to visit the district to assess the law and order in the state before Assembly polls.
  • Tirath for strong action against diplomat Verma
  • New Delhi: "Strong action should be taken against such officials and their increments should be stopped," Tirath said on the sidelines of a function here.
  • 'Pak pursuing terror as instrument of state policy'
  • New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who is likely to meet her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir in Thimphu on the margins of a SAARC Committee meeting, said "Some countries presume that they can pursue terrorism as an instrument of state policy without risks to themselves or to their standing in the international community.
  • Sabarimala pilgrimage season to conclude tomorrow
  • Sabarimala (Ker): Devotees are still coming to the shrine in large numbers and initial estimates said over 30 million Pilgrims had offered worship at the Lord Ayyappa temple since the season began in mid-November.
  • Attacks on TN fishermen frequent: Narayanasamy
  • Chennai: "Fishermen from Vedaranyam and Kanyakumari generally come under attack and we have condemned such incidents. When Sri Lankan fishermen are caught (straying into Indian waters), we pardon them and release them," he said.
  • Fire in Navi Mumbai contained, destroys IOC depot
  • Mumbai/New Delhi: "No one was injured in the fire," IOC Chairman B M Bansal told a new conference in New Delhi.
  • Tawi barrage within Indus Water Treaty limits: J&K Govt
  • Jammu: "The construction of the barrage on river Tawi to carve out a lake is well within the permissible limits of the Indus Water Treaty," Minister for Irrigation and Flood Control Taj Mohiuddin said here.
  • Adarsh: HC asks CBI to decide on FIR in 2 weeks
  • Mumbai: Pulling up the CBI for the tardy pace in the Adarsh scam, the HC directed CBI to expeditiously conclude investigation & take a final decision on registration of an FIR within 2 weeks.
  • Gadkari demands declaration of Indian Swiss account holders
  • Bhubaneswar: "UPA Govt should, without any hesitation, make public names of all those who have stashed black money in Swiss Bank accounts," BJP President, Nitin Gadkari said.
  • Cold conditions remain unabated in Kashmir, Kargil coldest
  • Srinagar: The mercury in Kargil town in Ladakh region plunged by more than four notches and settled at a low of minus 21 deg C, a MeT department official said.
  • 20 hospitalised after chlorine gas leakage in Pune
  • Pune: The leakage in the plant triggered a scare in the area with people living in nearby localities shifted temporarily as a precautionary measure.
  • Political commentator Bhabani Sen Gupta dead
  • New Delhi: The veteran scholar breathed his last at the Apollo Hospital early this morning, his family said. He was 89.
  • Protest by Mirchpur resident continues
  • Jind: Members of the pre-dominant Jat community, including women, were sitting on the tracks at Julani village near Jind railway station. The protesters belong to Mirchpur and adjoining villages.
  • Cold condition continues unabated in Punjab, Haryana
  • Chandigarh: The minimum temperature hovered between one to four degrees Celsius below normal in the region, the MeT office said here today.
  • Over 12,500 return homes in Assam and Meghalaya
  • Shillong: Lists of the refugees were exchanged at a meeting between the officials of both the districts at Goalpara last evening, official sources said today.
  • UP govt forms committee to grant NOC to colleges
  • Lucknow: "The committee will be chaired by Special Secretary and others include Joint Secretary and Director Higher Education," they said.
  • One arrested for helping accused in Mumbai blasts
  • Lucknow: Vijay Agarwal, who allegedly helped Mumbai serial blasts accused Rehman Seikh by providing fake documents, was arrested by Mumbai ATS from Gomti Nagar area last evening, they said.
  • India can facilitate nuclear power growth: Kakodkar
  • Mumbai: "It has been shown that following this approach, the proliferation concerns get considerably diminished, while remaining as efficient in terms of utilisation of uranium.
International
  • UK moves to ban Pak Taliban after fresh terror threats
  • London: The order moved in British Parliament will make membership of Pakistani Taliban and raising funds for the organisation in UK a criminal offence.
  • All involved in Tunisia repression will face justice
  • Paris: The ministers who served under Ben Ali and have retained their jobs in the new government have always acted "to preserve the national interest," Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi said on French radio Europe 1.
  • Real negotiations may begin on UNSC reform: UN
  • Negotiations to reform the UN Security Council, which have been continuing for close to two decades, will get "real" this year, Joseph Deiss, the UN General Assembly president, said.
  • 3 Taliban fighters among 4 held in Pak security op
  • Peshawar: Officials described the arrested rebels as "important militants". The operation was conducted in Koza Bandai area of Swat district of Khyber-Pakthunkhwa province.
  • Baburam Bhattarai boycotts Maoist party function
  • Kathmandu: 56-year-old Bhattarai, the Vice-Chairman of United Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoists), boycotted the nationwide campaign to spread awareness among leaders about recent events and the party position on the political deadlock in the country.
  • China's mapping service shows Arunachal, Aksai Chin as its own
  • Beijing: The map called ''Map World'' displayed on the Internet in Chinese language is already being used in I phone and other mobile and Internet user applications in China.
  • Awlaqi-linked Yemeni journalist jailed for 5 years
  • Sanaa: A Sanaa court specialising in terrorism cases accused Abdulelah Shaea, 34, of "working in the media for the benefit of Al-Qaeda, taking pictures of security buildings, embassies, and foreign interests in Sanaa, and inciting Al-Qaeda to attack them." The same court yesterday handed a 10-year jail sentence in absentia to Awlaqi, whose whereabouts are unknown, for taking part in an armed group and incitement to kill foreigners.
  • Suicide bomb at Iraq police centre kills fifty
  • Tikrit: The blast was the deadliest to hit Iraq since an October 31 siege at a Baghdad church left 53 people dead, and was the first major attack in the country since the formation of a new government on December 21.
  • Pak teenager gang-raped, paraded naked in streets
  • Islamabad: Local residents said the girl was alone in her home when five men ? Ijaz Ahmed, Bilal, Shehbaz, Muazzam and Tahir ? broke into her house and raped her.
  • China to give emergency aid worth USD 1.5m to SL
  • Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a media briefing here that the government would provide emergency relief worth USD 1.5 million while the Chinese Red Cross would extend USD 30,000 cash assistance to the Sri Lankan government.
  • Nobel laureate  Muhamad Yunus appears in court
  • Dhaka: Judicial magistrate Rozina Khan of the Mymensingh court granted bail to Prof Yunus on the defamation suit filed by a local politician as he appeared in person, court officials said.
  • Ready to take the reins of UNP, says Premadasa
  • Colombo: The UNP, last month, had introduced amendments to the party constitution, removing barricades that stood against moves to change the leadership.
  • Home official level talks between India-B'desh begin
  • Dhaka: "The joint working group meeting is expected to focus discussions on three major issues of frontier situation, cross-border security and on means to develop bilateral ties," said a Home Ministry official familiar with the process.
  • Suicide attack on Iraq police centre kills 14
  • Tikrit (Iraq): The attack occurred at around 10:15 am (0715 GMT) in the centre of the city, 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of Baghdad, a police officer and an official in the Salaheddin Operations Command said.
  • SKorea orders culling of some 2 mln livestock
  • Seoul: The farm ministry said yesterday it has ordered a little over 1.98 million cattle, pigs, goats and deer destroyed on 4,155 farms since the first FMD case was confirmed on November 29.
  • Zardari secretly met senior Taliban operatives: report
  • Matt Waldman, a fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, first made the claim in a controversial paper he published last year.
  • Bangalore firm to set up tumour centre in Bahrain
  • Dubai: The centre will specialise in non-invasive robotic radiation therapy for cancer and neurosurgery through the CyberKnife surgery technology which is designed to treat tumours anywhere in the body with pinpoint accuracy, a Gulf Daily News report said.
  • Journalist warns of plot to kill Venezuelan President
  • Caracas: On his Sunday program, broadcast by Venezolana de Television, Rangel said the possibility is an option for one part of the radical opposition that seeks to end the Bolivarian process.
  • Karachi violence: Over 300 detained for questioning
  • Karachi: The paramilitary Pakistan Rangers launched the search operation in the restive Orangi Town area this morning and detained over 300 people for questioning, local media said.
  • Indonesia probing Legionnaire's outbreak on Bali
  • Denpasar (Indonesia): Bali health department chief Nyoman Sutedja said the Australian government had passed on information about a possible outbreak but so far no sign of the disease had been found.
  • Manmohan condoles loss of lives in flood-hit Aus
  • "The Prime Minister wrote to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and S M Krishna wrote to his counterpart Kevin Rudd expressing their deep sorrow on loss of life and property in the wake of floods in Queensland," said a statement issued by the Canberra-based Indian High Commission today.
  • 'Committed to work for democratic & stable Nepal'
  • Kathmandu: This was stated by Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who arrived here today on a three-day visit during which she is expected to discuss the political situation.
  • Pirates capture 1,181 hostages at sea in 2010
  • Kuala Lumpur: The International Maritime Bureau''s piracy reporting center says attackers seized 53 vessels worldwide last year.
  • Boeing tests Dreamliner after series of delays
  • Washington: "Boeing has resumed certification flight testing of the 787 Dreamliner today," the company said in a statement.
  • Taliban kills four alleged robbers in NW Pakistan
  • Peshawar: The bodies of the four men, identified as Muhammad Anwar, Muhammad Farooq, Ghazi and Sharabi, were found lying by a roadside in Sarak Dana area of Hangu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
  • Tainted Afghan parliament set to open in days
  • Kabul: Law-making in Kabul has been in limbo for months as claims of ballot-box fraud delayed the final declaration of results, stopping lawmakers from taking up their seats and threatening the fragile authority of President Hamid Karzai.
  • Hearing of plea against Sharifs adjourned till Feb 10
  • Lahore: Earlier, a committee formed by the Lahore High Court submitted its recommendations about winding up business firms for which the loans were taken and the banks sought time from the court to review this option.
  • Indo-American appointed to US N-trade panel
  • In the appointment letter to 64-year-old Srinagar-born Sazawal, Locke said that as a CINTAC member he will advise him "on trade issues facing the US civil nuclear industry for use by me and other Department of Commerce officials in our roles as members of the Civil Nuclear Trade Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee." "CINTAC will provide consensus advice on the development and administration of programmes and policies to expand US civil nuclear exports and strengthen the competitiveness of the industry," he said.
  • China to have moderate growth rate this year: UBS
  • Beijing: The GDP growth will fall to 9 per cent from an estimated 10 per cent in 2010, while inflation will shoot up to as much as 6 per cent in the first half of the year from the present 5.1 per cent, Wang Tao, UBS''s China economist told official ''China Daily''.
  • China to take 10 yrs for nuclear fuel recycling: CNNC
  • Beijing: The breakthrough, which Chinese scientists claimed may enable the nuclear reactors to run 3000 years with existing uranium resources, may offer a future solution to end the shortage of the supplies of uranium, the China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) said.
  • Ban backs Hariri tribunal after indictment
  • "The Secretary-General reaffirms his strong support for the work of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)," said a statement issued by his spokesperson, Martin Nesirky.
  • Moderate 5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Sumatra
  • Jakarta: The undersea quake hit at a depth of 34 kilometres, 158 kilometres southeast of Bengkulu on Sumatra, at 2:20 am (0050 IST) the USGS said.
  • Ahmadinejad, Medvedev agree to boost ties
  • Tehran: The call came after Russia snubbed Iran''s invitation to visit two atomic sites in the Islamic republic that were thrown open to a group of foreign diplomats at the weekend.
  • UN prosecutor files Hariri slaying indictment
  • Beirut: Details of suspects named in the indictment and the charges against them were not released.
  • 14 lions killed at Iran zoo over infection fears
  • Tehran: The state-own Jam-e Jam daily reported that the lions were suffering from glanders, a bacterial disease found in horses, donkeys, mules as well as other domesticated animals.
Business

 Sports
  • Yusuf shines as India wins thriller vs South Africa
  • Cape Town: Harbhajan Singh remained not out on 23. Yusuf Pathan named Man of the Match for his gutsy 59 runs. India is now 2-1 up in the series..
  • Bhaichung rules out retirement
  • Doha: Bhaichung missed India''s first two matches in the Asian Cup and played for 15 minutes in the last match against South Korea, his first international match after suffering a calf muscle injury in mid September last year.
  • 'India will come back stronger in next Asian Cup'
  • Doha: India were playing in the Asian Cup for the first time after 1984 and though they were at the receiving end against formidable sides Australia, South Korea besides Bahrain here, Houghton hoped the country''s football standard will rise after participating in the showpiece event.
  • Anand crushes Wang Hao in Tata chess tourney
  • With his second win in the championship, Anand took his tally to three points out of a possible four and is likely to be among leaders after other games of this 14-players round robin tournament end.
  • India bowl out South Africa for 220
  • Cape Town: Brief Scores: South Africa: 220 all out in 49.2 overs (Faf du Plessis 60, JP Duminy 52, Graeme Smith 43; Zaheer Khan 3/43, Munaf Patel 2/42, Harbhajan Singh 2/23).
  • Indian women beat West Indies by 10 runs
  • Rajkot: With this win, India has also levelled the five match series.
  • Mohun Bagan trounce ONGC in I-League round
  • Kolhapur: Ishfaq Ahmed opened the tally for the visitors in the 32nd minute. Two minutes later Chidi doubled the lead for the hosts.
  • DDCA goofs up, misspells Lara's first name
  • New Delhi: Instead of Brian, it was written as Brain on the hoarding at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. The West Indian legend was here to conduct a cricket clinic.
  • India thrashed 1-4 by South Korea in AFC Cup
  • Already knocked out of the competition, India gave glimpses of their fighting abilities but that was not enough to avoid their third defeat in as many games.
  • Sharath hopes to maintain ranking
  • Kolkata: Having made to the no 2 club in Germany, Ochsenhausen, the current world ranked 40 said it was really big to get a base in the European nation where the practice condition is excellent.
  • Tendulkar is by far the best batsman of his era : Lara
  • New Delhi: "Tendulkar is the best batsman of the world," Lara said on the sidelines of a cricket clinic at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here today.
  • Fleming dismisses reports to coach India after WC
  • Wellington: The ''New Zealand Herald'' quoted Fleming as saying that coaching isn''t an important part of his life at the moment.
  • Delhi junior Rawat shocks snooker legend White
  • Mumbai: The 19-year-old, a qualifier, started off in brilliant fashion in his Group C tie against 48-year-old White, winner of 23 professional titles in his three-decade long career and a six-time world runner-up, with a break of 71, before cruising to a memorable 72(71)-0, 39-51, 3-59, 76 (50)-35, 36-54, 73-39, 69-22 victory.
  • Anand held by L'Ami; Giri shocks Carlsen
  • With his second successive draw, Anand took his tally to two points out of a possible three and will now play with white against Wang Hao of China ahead of the first rest day in the category-20 round robin tournament between 14 players.
  • Yousuf vows to make strong comeback
  • Karachi: Yousuf, a veteran of 90 tests and 288 ODIs, was named in the preliminary squad of 30 players for the quadrennial event but national selectors decided to show faith in youngster Asad Shafiq, who is captaining the Lahore team in the ongoing national ODI.
  • Mumbai FC wins over Chirag United in I-League
  • Kolkata: Mumbai FC''s Nigerian forward Ebi Sukore headed the match-winning goal in the 19th minute and the depleted Chirag United got an opportunity to earn a point when they earned a penalty in the 88th minute.
  • 'Franchisees may have missed the broader picture'
  • New Delhi: Lara aside, heavyweights such as Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting were also ignored by the Indian Premier League franchises.
  • Umpire Billy Bowden achieves 150 ODI milestone
  • Dubai: Bowden (47) made his international debut on March 29, 1995 in a match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Hamilton and since then has gone on to become one of the game''''s most recognisable officials, also standing in 65 Tests and 19 Twenty20 internationals so far.
  • Performance in all formats considered for WC: Khan
  • Karachi: The national selectors today omitted senior batsman Muhammad Yousuf from the final 15-member World Cup squad which was announced today without naming the captain.
  • Srikkanth declines to comment Sreesanth's exclusion
  • Thiruvananthapuram: "The (selection) process is over. I have to take permission from BCCI if I want to make any comment on the selection," Srikkanth told reporters after inaugurating work on a new cricket stadium at Thumba near here.
  • Pakistan selectors announce WC squad sans captain
  • Karachi: Former captain Yousuf, a veteran of 90 tests and 288 one-day internationals was named in the preliminary squad of 30 players for the World Cup.
  • Top seed Nadal gifted win, Kim Clijsters off to flier
  • Melbourne: Nadal, the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open champion, was leading 6-0, 5-0 when Brazilian journeyman Marcos Daniel threw in the towel after being troubled by a left knee problem.
  • Smith wins toss, opts to bat in 3rd ODI against India
  • Cape Town: Both the sides have made a change each with India bringing in Yusuf Pathan in place of injured Sachin Tendulkar and the hosts replacing David Miller with Faf du Plessis.
  • Pak-based Canadian cricketers wait for Indian visa
  • New Delhi: CCB President Ranjit Saini said the application is lying with the Indian authorities for the last four months and due to non-clearance, these four cricketers could not go to India in November for a preparatory tour ahead of World Cup.
  • Snooker legend White is favourite for CCI crown
  • Mumbai: The 48-year-old six-time world runner-up is back in the country to win laurels in the cue sport after more than three decades. His last visit to play in India was successful when he clinched the national snooker crown in 1980 at Kolkata as a special invitee, beating Arvind Savur in the final.
  • Football: Japan cruises into Asian quarterfinals
  • Doha (Qatar): Japan will play host Qatar on Friday after completely dominating its last Group B match.
  • Solve the infrastructure problem first: Houghton
  • Doha: Houghton lamented that things proceed in the country at a slow pace and there was no result of economic growth in football infrastructure.
  • 'Clarke found drinking ahead of the Ashes loss'
  • Melbourne: According to media reports, the duo was spotted drinking at the World Restaurant Bar on the third night of the Melbourne Test, which Australia went on to lose by an innings and 157 runs to help England retain the Ashes on foreign soil for the first time in 24 years.
  • Akram backs Chawla; surprised at Rohit's exclusion
  • New Delhi: Chawla, who last played an ODI match in 2008, was yesterday picked in the national squad ahead of Pragyan Ojha - a more regular feature in the Indian team.
  • Batra elected VP of the Asian Hockey Federation
  • New Delhi: Batra polled the second highest number of votes among the eleven candidates in the fray for Vice President last Sunday and will hold office till 2014.
  • Pakistan chases 274 to win second test, series
  • Wellington: Umar Gul took 4-61 and left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman claimed 3-119 for Pakistan, scored 376 in reply to New Zealand''''''''s first innings of 356.
  • Allan Donald set for role with New Zealand team
  • Wellington: New Zealand Cricket said Donald was in the country for discussions but details of his role would not be released until they were finalised.
  • Hastings  in, Siddle dropped in Aus WC squad 
  • Sydney: As expected, speedster Brett Lee managed to book a berth in the final squad after his brilliant comeback to one-day cricket last Sunday against England.
  • Nadal advances quickly; Zvonareva into 2nd round
  • Melbourne: The No 1-ranked Nadal went straight to the practice courts and worked on his serve, later saying it needs work to improve his chances of winning the Australian title.
  • Miandad urges young cricketers to control temper
  • Karachi: "Players need to contain their emotions and frustrations on the field. They must never let their emotions get the better of them on the field. Sportsmen are supposed to have higher levels of tolerance and patience," Miandad said after the two finalist teams - Habib Bank and PIA complained of biased umpiring, besides accusing each other of ball tampering.
  • Have never run after captaincy, says Shahid Afridi
  • Karachi: Pakistan's one-day skipper Shahid Afridi has said that he is under no threat regarding the World Cup captaincy issue as he had never run after the captaincy in his entire career.
  • Anand held by L'Ami; Giri shocks Carlsen
  • With his second successive draw, Anand took his tally to two points out of a possible three and will now play with white against Wang Hao of China ahead of the first rest in the category-20 round robin tournament between 14 players.
  • Pak's Rehman double strike slows New Zealand
  • Wellington: Spinner Abdur Rehman struck twice in the afternoon session as Pakistan slowed New Zealand's bid to build a big lead on the fourth day of the second Test today.
19.01.2011,Wednesday 
National
  • Court acquits 3 in robbery case connected to IC814 hijack
  • Mumbai: The sessions court here acquitted Abdul Latif and Bhopalman Yusuf Khan, who had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for their alleged role in the hijack by a CBI court in Delhi in 2008, and one Mushtaq Ahmed.
  • 'Land ownership, green regulation issues  in Adarsh'
  • New Delhi: "There are many more issues involved in it with respect to the very title of the land and violation of environmental regulations," he told reporters here.
  • Delhi govt to strenthen infrastructure in its schools
  • New Delhi: Appearing before a Delhi High Court''s division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Standing Counsel Najmi Waziri said work would start in its 400 schools all over the city within a month.
  • LF in WB attacking political opponents: Trinamool  
  • New Delhi: In a move to counter the impact of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who also met the Prime Minister and Home Minister P Chidambaram today, Trinamool Congress MPs and MLAs alleged "atrocities" by the CPI(M) in the state which goes to polls in four months.
  • 4 members of Manipur-based PULF arrested in Goa
  • Panaji: Those arrested have been identified as Saira Banu, Mohammad Noor, Avakatom, and Samir Khan, all wanted in connection with the crimes in the northeast.
  • 'Take prompt action in crime cases against SCs, STs'
  • New Delhi: Despite various initiatives of the government for holistic development of the SCs they continue to face challenges due to lack of educational and employment opportunities, ownership of resources and social ostracism, she said in her valedictory address at the Conference on ''Issues and Challenges for Development of Scheduled Caste Women and Children'' here.
  • Interlocutors ready to meet separatists anywhere
  • Jammu: They said they had already written to the separatists to send them documents regarding their stand on the Kashmir issue.
  • Supreme Court notice to Gujarat Govt, Amit Shah
  • New Delhi: Besides, the state government, the apex court also issued notices to Shah and 18 others including suspended IPS officers-D G Vanzara (DIG), Rajkumar Pandiyan (SP), both from Gujarat cadre, and M N Dinesh (SP) from Rajasthan cadre.
  • Cong slams BJP for using the cabinet as a 'shield'
  • Bangalore: Accusing the BJP of shielding "corrupt" ministers, including Reddy brothers, who are allegedly involved in illegal mining, Karnataka PCC head G Parameshwara said the ruling party was also trying to cover up the deeds of Yeddyurappa, who has "no moral right to continue in office." In a statement, Parameshwara flayed the BJP''s threat of holding protests against Governor H R Bhardwaj, if he gave consent to prosecute Yeddyurappa and Home Minister R Ashoka.
  • Taming vegetable prices biggest challenge: Thomas
  • New Delhi: Thomas, who was a junior minister under Sharad Pawar of this ministry along with agriculture, was today elevated and given independent charge of the ministry.
  • Further consultations to be held over Telangana: PM
  • New Delhi: "I think Home Minister had a meeting with leaders of political parties from Andhra Pradesh. They had gone back and will study the report of the Srikrishna Committee. There will be further consultations," Singh said responding to queries from reporters at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
  • 'Photos of SSB camp, border were in Chinese camera'
  • Lucknow: "Photographs of SSB camp and Indian border have been found in the camera of the Chinese nationals arrested on January 17 in Bahraich", Special Director General, Law and Order, Brijlal told repoters here.
  • NC taking both state and centre for a ride, says PDP
  • Srinagar: "The confusing signals emerging from different authorities led the people to the sad conclusion that all pronouncements about finding a lasting solution were only an eyewash," PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said while leading a protest rally in south Kashmir Anantnag district.
  • C'garh court issues summons to Sonia on price rise
  • Chandigarh: On a petition filed by three persons, including a local advocate, Civil Judge Anshul Berry issued summons to Sonia to appear in court in person or through her attorney on April seven this year.
  • Prime Minister keeps alive hopes of ministerial aspirants
  • New Delhi: "This is a minor reshuffle and after Budget session of Parliament, we will do a more expansive exercise," Singh told reporters after the first expansion of his ministry.
  • KPS observed 21st anniv of 'Holocaust Day' in Jammu
  • Jammu: Over 300 activists of the Joint Forum of Kashmiri Pandit organisations - Panun Kashmir Movement (PKM), All State Kashmir Pandit Conference (ASKPC) and Non-camp Migrant Coordination Committee (NCMCC) staged protest demonstrations before the Raj Bhawan here.
  • Reshuffle fails to show govt resolve to fight graft: BJP
  • New Delhi: "The reshuffle has failed to show the government''''s resolve to fight corruption...The only message one gets is that even today, the PM is not able to effect a reshuffle by rising above pressure. He has failed on the expectations of the people," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said.
  • 'Two shelter homes for destitute pregnant women'
  • New Delhi: Appearing before a Delhi High Court''s division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Standing counsel Najmi Waziri submitted that two community centres-one in Kalkaji and other in Jahangirpuri-have been identified for the shelter homes for those destitute women who deliver the child on the footpath.
  • 'Two Pak aircraft found flying close to Indian air space'
  • Jammu/New Delhi: The two low-flying Pakistani light aircraft were detected close to Indian territory and were sighted by BSF troops deployed in the R S Pura Sector in Jammu, Indian Air Force sources said.
  • Chargesheet against govt employee on duping charges
  • Srinagar: The chargesheet against Agriculture Department employee Abdul Majeed Dar was filed in a special court here for allegedly duping Abdul Rashid Mangloo of Rs 1.40 lakh with a promise to secure jobs for his son and nephew in the department, he said.
  • Punjab seeks PM's intervention against state borrowings
  • Synopsis of the story is not available
  • Arjun Munda files nomination for Kharswan by-polls
  • Jamshedpur: Alleging the Congress was conspiring to destablise the state government, Munda asserted the people of Kharswan will give foil the design of the party.
  • Rajasthan government to set up child protection society
  • Jaipur: The decision to set up Rajasthan State Child Protection society was taken in a cabinet meeting here, an official said.
  • SC remarks on black money should be eye-opener: BJP
  • New Delhi: "The government should disclose names of people who have stashed away money in Swiss banks before anyone else does.... What is the reason behind the Manmohan Singh government not coming forward with the names? The compulsions cited by the government in the apex court against disclosing the names are intriguing," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters here.
  • DHLSC to hold Lok Adalat to solve accident claims
  • New Delhi: "Now, the Lok Adalats in the High Court premises would be organised on the last Saturday of every month and litigants and advocates interested in their matters being taken up in the ''Lok Adalat'' may contact the DHCSLC office here," Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary of the DHCLSC, said.
  • CBI court orders daily hearing of fodder scam case
  • Patna: Judge B K Jain passed the order while hearing the discharge petitions filed by some of the accused.
  • 'Govt ready to explore all possible approaches on JPC'
  • New Delhi: "As far as JPC is concerned, our government is ready for all possible approaches," he told reporters when asked about the standoff with the opposition over the JPC issue that had washed out virtually the entire winter session of Parliament.
  • Fake currency notes with face value of Rs 4.5L seized
  • Amritar: Sukhjit Singh, who was nabbed on Friday with fake notes in the denomination of Rs 1,000, was interrogated for further details about the racket, AIG (Special Operation Cell) Maninder Singh said.
  • IIT-K report cites personal reasons for student suicides
  • Kanpur: Details of what the personal reasons are have, however, not been divulged by the authorities who maintain that they are not of the nature that can be disclosed to the media.
  • Azam's demand for making public tape a trap: Amar
  • Ballia (UP): If the tape was made public as demanded by Khan, then the SP chief would be in trouble, Amar told reporters here.
  • 'Blackmoney in foreign banks plunder of nation'
  • New Delhi: The SC today pulled up the Govt for witholding info on blackmoney stashed in foreign banks, saying it is not just limited to tax evasion but also a mind boggling crime leading to theft.
  • Venugopal, the brand new Minister & another young face
  • New Delhi: Making a ministerial debut at the Centre , the 47-year-old MP from Alapuzha has got "power" quickly getting the Minister of State slot in the Power ministry.
  • Banda rape case: NCSC for action against erring cops
  • Lucknow: "When the government has admitted that the girl was raped and later implicated in a false case then an FIR should be lodged against Superintendent of Police and his subordinates and they should be jailed," Punia told PTI.
  • Submit proposal to rebuild heritage building: HC to LIC
  • Mumbai: The direction was given by division bench of Justices P B Majmudar and Amjad Sayed which also asked Life Insurance corporation of India to give a time-frame for reconstruction of the building in D N Road area.
  • Dalit doctor murder: NCSC to serve notice to UP govt
  • Lucknow: "We have taken a note of a complaint alleging irregularities and politicisation of the probe of dalit health officer Vinod Arya''s murder. The complainant claimed some persons have been falsely implicated in the case and real culprits are at large," NCSC Chairman PL Punia told PTI over phone.
  • After a gap, Ashwani Kumar comes back as minister
  • New Delhi: 58-year-old Kumar, who joins a growing list of lawyer-turned ministers in the UPA-II Cabinet, returns to the Union government after a gap having had a stint in the Congress-led alliance''''s first term.
  • UN special envoy in JK to meet rights activists, victims
  • Srinagar: "I am here at the invitation of the government (of India) to look at the issues of human rights defenders in the country," Sekaggya told reporters before heading for a closed-door interaction with victims of alleged human rights violations.
  • Beni returns to the Union Council after a decade
  • New Delhi: 70-year-old Verma, a prominent Kurmi (backward) leader from Uttar Pradesh, was Union minister for Communications between 1996 and 1998, during the United Front regime. He will be the Minister of State with Independent charge of Steel Ministry.
  • Dismissed J&K policeman arrested for militant links
  • Jammu: On a tip off, dismissed cop Davinder Kumar alias DK, a resident of Bhaderwah in Doda district, was arrested during a raid at a hideout from Bhalla in Doda last night, the police said.
  • SP leader Md Azam booked under sedition charges
  • Badaun (UP): "As per the court order, a case has been lodged at Sadar police station against Mohd Azam Khan under section 124 (A) (sedition) on a written complaint filed by Bajrang Dal leader Ujjwal Gupta," SSP D K Chaudhary said.
  • Curfew lifted from violence-hit areas of Meghalaya
  • Shillong: Deputy Commissioner Pravin Bakshi said curfew was lifted from all areas in the district.
  • Mamata dismissive about Buddhadeb meeting PM
  • Kolkata: "The chief minister has nothing to show to the Centre.
  • Sukna scam: Lt Gen P K Rath's petition rejected
  • Shillong: Presiding officer I J Singh, however, took on record the letter purportedly written by Agarwal to the court claiming that Rath was innocent.
  • Centre asked to expedite release of funds for farmers
  • Bhubaneswar: The request was put before Union Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during a meeting here.
  • Cong to harp on development and peace plank: Gogoi
  • Guwahati: "We have not based our optimism on mere rhetoric and are confident of winning the elections for the third straight term as we were able to bring in a surge of development and ensure peace in Assam during the past nine-and-a-half years of Congress rule," Gogoi told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
  • Kingfisher flight makes emergency landing
  • Mumbai: The flight landed back safely at 3.15 pm.
  • CPI asks Sonia Gandhi to take decision on Telangana
  • Hyderabad: "The Srikrishna committee report has added further confusion on the Telangana issue which is responsible for the present uncertain situation. Ultimately political process is the only way... the Congress, which is ruling the Centre and the state should play a key role," CPI state secretary K Narayana said in a letter to Gandhi.
  • Four members of Manipur militant group held in Goa
  • Panaji: The four, who were working for a living, were arrested in a joint-operation by Manipur and Goa police from Cansaulim village near here.
  • Troop reduction will happen in JK, say Interlocutors
  • Jammu: "I do not think so," veteran journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, who heads the team of three interlocutors, said in reply to a question on whether differences between the Army and Home Ministry could create problems in the state.
  • HM firmly asks Buddhadeb to end political violence
  • New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram today told West Bengal Chief Minister that armed cadres of parties cannot be allowed to take law into their hands & must be reined in.
  • NDRF can't be used for every disaster: Chidambaram
  • New Delhi: "This is a specialised force...On account of their specialisation, the requests for deploying of NDRF come almost every week. But I want to caution the NDMA and DG NDRF that it cannot become substitute for state fire fighting services," he said at the Raising Day function of the force here.
  • Forgery case filed against Priyanka Chopra's tenant
  • Mumbai: Rakesh Kapoor, the tenant, and others were booked under the IPC sections related to forgery and cheating by suburban Oshiwara police last month, deputy police commissioner KMM Prasanna said today.
  • BJP, JK govt head for showdown over flag hoisting
  • Srinagar: "We informed the police about our plans to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk on January 26 so that they can make necessary arrangements in this regard," BJP state vice- president Chandra Prakash Ganga said after meeting IGP Kashmir S M Sahai.
  • 3 of the 6 recalled witnesses re-examined in Jaya trial
  • Bangalore: The witnesses who deposed before the court were: Shiva, a broker, Jayaraman, a housekeeper in Jayalalithaa''s residence and Jawahar, who was the Deputy Secretary during her reign as the Chief Minister.
  • Homeless in Mumbai to be counted on Feb 28 night
  • Mumbai: The first phase of the Census began with house-listing on May 1 last year, and ended on June 15. The homeless people were not counted during this phase.
  • Maha Cong leader questions legality of IPL auction
  • New Delhi: In a letter to President Pratibha Patil, vice chairman of MPCC cultural cell Guru Nair wanted to know whether auctioning of humans was permissible under the law of the land.
  • Compensation sought for farmers for land acquisition
  • Patna: "The state government should ensure that the farmers got a satisfactory compensation for parting away with their land for infrastructure projects in the state," NCP General Secretary Tariq Anwar told reporters here.
  • ISRO allocates Rs 9 cr for manned space mission research
  • New Delhi: "The Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine is working in collaboration with ISRO to develop a spacecraft to carry man to space...The ISRO has given us Rs 9.8 crore to upgrade our laboratories for conducting the research," Air marshal Dipankar Ganguly, director general of medical services (Air), said.
  • Don't accord sanction to prosecute CM: BJP to Guv
  • Bangalore: "Your Excellency''s action of consideration of the request for sanction will not inspire confidence that the decision would be judicious, fair and bonafide", the cabinet said in a strongly-worded resolution passed at an emergent meeting.
  • Buddhadeb lashes out at TC, promises to disarm all grps
  • New Delhi: "I told the Home Minister that he should tell them (Trinamool Congress) in no uncertain terms that they must dissociate with the Maoists", Bhattacharjee, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram here, told reporters.
  • CIC penalises 4 MCD officials, fines Rs 1 L in single case
  • New Delhi: The case relates to an RTI application filed by a senior citizen J N Kapur who sought to know reasons for demolishing Mansarovar Garden Club in West Delhi.
  • Action will be taken on NY-posted diplomat's return
  • New Delhi: "The Ministry is aware of the unfortunate incident.
  • Court acquits 3 in robbery case related to IC814 hijack
  • Mumbai: Sessions court here acquitted Abdul Latif and Bhopalman Yusuf Khan. Both the men were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for their role in the hijack by a CBI court in Delhi in 2008.
  • India's 20th nuclear reactor connected to power grid
  • Mumbai: KGS-4, which achieved first criticality on November 27 last year, was "synchronised with the southern grid at 01:56 hours", general manager (corporate communication) R R Kakde of Nuclear Power Corporation of India said here in a release.
  • 2G scam: Mathur to appear before PAC on Jan 21
  • Bhopal: The PAC headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has asked Mathur and former member (Finance), in the Telecom Commission, Manju Madhavan, a 1971 batch IRS officer to appear before it on the given date, in connection with the spectrum allocation irregularities, sources said.
  • BJP should reconsider flag hoisting plan:Interlocutors
  • Jammu: "If the exercise of the right (to hoist the flag) leads to aggravating tension or to thwarting the dialogue process now underway, it should be seriously reconsidered. This is what we have conveyed to the BJP," veteran journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, who heads the team of three interlocutors, told a press conference here.
  • CM Omar hopeful of revoking DAA in urban area
  • New Delhi: Omar said that late last year he had set up two groups consisting of Army Corps Commanders of Srinagar and Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police and Home Secretary to examine areas where the Disturbed Areas Act, which gives special powers to the armed forces, was not needed.
  • Bandh in Assam disrupts traffic to Meghalaya, Mizoram
  • Guwahati: The bandh affected Dholai and Udarbond blocks of neighbouring Cachar district as Dimaraji volunteers put up blockades with tree logs and formed human barricades to stall vehicular traffic on national highways 44 and 54 linking the district with Meghalaya and Mizoram, official sources said.
  • Sohrab case: Guj's response on shifting trial sought
  • New Delhi: While seeking the response, a bench of justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha issued notices to the state and 19 others, including various accused police officers.
  • Make policy for complimentary tickets public: CIC
  • New Delhi: In response to an RTI query seeking details of complimentary tickets distributed at the discretion of Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, the Organising Committee said no passes were issued in such a manner and such distribution was against the approved policy.
  • Railways seek nearly 40,000 cr budgetary support
  • New Delhi: It has asked for Rs 39,600 crore as gross budgetary support against the Rs 15,875 crore it got in the last budget.
  • NCP leader in Goa fined Rs 1.72 cr for illegal mining
  • Panaji: Goa Mines and Geology department imposed fine on him last month after it found out that he was extracting iron ore illegally from a quarry in Corgao village, 50 km from here.
  • India likely to sign defence contracts worth Rs 46K cr
  • New Delhi: "In the 11th Plan, the value of offsets contracts is likely to be more than Rs 10,000 crore... In addition, (offsets worth) Rs 4,818 crore are at the contract negotiation stage and Rs 31,500 crore are at other stages," Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said here today.
  • J&K sex scandal: Another witness retracts statement
  • Chandigarh: In her deposition before the court yesterday, she said she was never been exploited and that she had never made such allegations.
  • Mirchpur protest on despite govt offer of CBI probe
  • Jind: PWD Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala had yesterday told the protestors belonging to the Jat community that the state government had decided to hand over the investigation to the CBI.
  • Cold conditions relent in Rajasthan, Bikaner coldest
  • Jaipur: Bikaner recorded a minimum temperature of 4.6 degrees Celsius in the state last night, according to MeT department here today.
  • Congo fever kills 3 in Gujarat; health dept on alert
  • Ahmedabad: In the wake of the deaths, the state health department has gone on alert and a survey has been undertaken to find out the affected people. A team from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) is likely to arrive here by tomorrow.
  • Without Pandits, Kashmir is incomplete: CM Omar
  • New Delhi: "It is our constant endeavour to bring back Kashmiri Pandits, who had left the Valley due to loss of sense of security. We want them to come back to a good atmosphere where they can feel secure. Without their return, Kashmir is incomplete," he told reporters here.
  • Indo-Bhutan interaction held in Arunachal Pradesh
  • Itanagar: Dasho Lungten Dorji, the Deputy Commissioner of Tashigong district of Bhutan, led the delegation from the Himalayan kingdom which held discussion with Arunachalee representatives led by Gamli Padu, at Tawang on Monday, the sources said.
  • Case of extortion registered against Gram Pradhan
  • Muzaffarnagar: Gram Pradhan Mahak Singh and three others had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 as extortion money yesterday from the contractor involved in construction of roads, they said.
  • Cabinet reshuffle: Top 4 portfolios may not be touched
  • New Delhi: There was speculation that Beni Prasad is being made a Cabinet Minister, Praful Patel may be elevated to Cabinet rank. Ajay Maken and K V Thomas to get independent charge.
  • Stapled Visa issue: AAPSU to boycott R-day function
  • Itanagar: A decision to this effect was taken by the apex students'''' body during its central executive body meeting here yesterday.
  • Buddhadeb meet HM over state's political situation
  • New Delhi: Bhattacharjee was invited by Chidambaram to visit Delhi nearly a month ago for discussion following repeated demands of UPA ally Trinamool Congress that the Centre must intervene to stop the violence in West Bengal.
  • Heavy snowfall disrupts life in Arunachal Pradesh
  • Itanagar: Besides Tawang, other areas affected by snowfall for the past several days include West Kameng, West Siang and Lower Dibang Valley districts, the sources said.
  • Calcutta HC says no to CBI in Lalgarh probe
  • Kolkata: In an interim order on a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the January 7 incident that left nine dead, the court, however, said it would monitor the progress of the investigation by the CID.
  • Cold conditions continue unabated in Punjab,Haryana
  • Chandigarh: Amritsar continued to be coldest place in the region with a low of two degrees Celsius, which was two notches below normal, the MeT office said here today.
  • M K Alagiri says he has not offered to resign
  • Chennai: Talking to reporters at the Chennai airport before leaving for Delhi, Alagiri said the DMK Chief and his father M Karunanidhi had already replied on the reports of his threat to resign.
  • Delhi feels tremors as quake hits SW Pakistan
  • New Delhi: A powerful quake of 7.4 magnitude struck SW Pak in the small hours of the day, tremors of which were felt in parts of northwestern India, including the national capital.
  • 'No quickfix solution to bring back black money'
  • New Delhi: PM today said there is "no instant solution" to bring back black money stashed in foreign banks and that info with Government cannot be made public due to treaty obligations.
  • Guj govt will provide facilities for Geo-Spatial park: Modi
  • Hyderabad: Geospatial is a term widely used to describe the combination of spatial software and analytical methods with terrestrial or geographic datasets Modi invited investors from across the country and overseas to be part of the first of its kind park in India.
  • Businessman beaten by mob for molesting woman
  • Panaji: Police Sub Inspector Laxi Amonkar said the 25-year-old victim has lodged a complaint with Calangute police that Prakash Chand, a businessman from Bhopal molested her while she was bathing.
  • Normalcy returning to riot-hit Maharashtra town
  • Amravati: The curfew was imposed in Warud yesterday following a clash between two communities. Police have till now arrested 28 persons in connection with the violence.
International
 Business
Sports
  • 'Would have included Sreesanth in WC squad'
  • New Delhi: S Sreesanth and Rohit Sharma''''s omissions from India''''s 15-man squad for the forthcoming World Cup have left the legendary Wasim Akram surprised.
  • Aus Open: 'Lucky' Federer survives 5-set thriller
  • Melbourne: The world number two, defending his only remaining Grand Slam crown, was pegged back from two sets up before scoring his first-ever win over Simon, 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, to stay on course for his fifth Open title.
  • Ten Doeschate hopes to carry Dutch at World Cup
  • The Netherlands Cricket Union says it announced its World Cup squad well ahead of today''s deadline because many of the players are amateurs and needed as much notice as possible to get time off from their employers.
  • Michael Bevan picks India to win World Cup
  • New Delhi: Bevan, who has been roped in by Kings XI Punjab as their chief coach for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, said Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys have it in them to lift the trophy on April 2.
  • Daniel Vettori's tenure as NZ Test captain ends
  • Wellington: Vettori today confirmed that he would be stepping down from the captaincy after the World Cup, making the second Test at the Basin Reverse here his last at the helm.
  • Houghton warns SKorea to guard against complacency
  • Doha: While admiring the impressive form of the South Koreans in the event, the Englishman cautioned that the teams who don''t start well sometimes end up winning the championship.
  • Two Madhya Pradesh players eager to prove themselves in IPL
  • Indore: "I am very glad to be picked up for such a big event. If I get an opportunity, I will leave no stone unturned to prove myself," said Sharma told PTI.
  • I'll play in the next Asian Cup, says Bhaichung Bhutia
  • Doha: The 34-year-old striker made a comeback from injury as a 80th-minute substitute in India''''s 4-1 to South Korea in their final Group C match yesterday, thus bringing to an end a nearly four-month hiatus. Bhutia has been out of action since September with a calf problem.
  • Sania Mirza's campaign ends at the Australian Open
  • Melbourne: Argentina''''s Dulko, who is the World No 1 doubles players and her World No 2 Italian partner Pennetta, outplayed the Indo-Czech duo in 6-4 6-1 in a contest that last just over an hour.
  • Bangladesh's injured Mortaza out of World Cup
  • Dhaka: The 27-year-old former captain, who sustained an injury in his right knee during a domestic match in December, was excluded from the 15-man squad for the showpiece event.
  • Offshore sailing race flagged off by Vice Admiral
  • Kochi: A total of five teams, including contingents from the three Commands of the Navy, Andaman and Nicobar Tri Services Command and an India Army team, are participating in the race, a naval press release said.
  • No hotel room booked in Jamshedpur for National Games
  • Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur, which is one of the venue for the games, will host Archery, Boxing, Equestrian, Women''s Football and Weightlifting from February 12 to 26, Capt Amitabh, Head of Sports, Tata Steel and also the Convenor of NGOC here said.
  • CWG case: Delhi HC grants bail to Kalmadi aide
  • New Delhi: Organising Committee official M Jayachandran, arrested for alleged financial bunglings in holding QBR in London in 2009, was today granted bail by the Delhi High Court.
  • 'Kochi team for IPL IV to be announced by March'
  • Kochi: Speaking to reporters after a selection trial in which 43 local players took part, Lawson said, "The team will be announced by March. We will do a thorough research... a (selection) camp was held in Mumbai also." The Australian did not mention any names that were likely to make it to the Kochi IPL team from the selection trials here but said he was "impressed with the local talent".
  • London Games: Software to disburse instant results
  • Mumbai: The software that enables the distribution of results to be delivered to the world in a fraction of a second has been developed by the Indian centres of the worldwide IT partners of the Olympic Games, Atos Origin, a media release said today.
  • Speedster Lee looks to add variety to his repertoire
  • Melbourne: The speedster who was included in the 15-member World Cup squad yesterday said, "The batsmen are trying different things and to counter those shots it''s important the bowler works on the things in the nets and tries things as well, and that''s happened for me.
  • Ball marked incorrectly, Scottish golfer Elliot banned
  • Abu Dhabi: The incident happened during the first round of the Russian Challenge Cup in Moscow on September 16. The 28-year-old Saltman was disqualified from the event and attended a disciplinary hearing in Abu Dhabi on yesterday.
  • 'Not naming the captain will only lead to issues'
  • Karachi: "This is also surprising to me. I don''''t know what reasons the board could have for delaying naming the captain but personally I feel it would have been better to announce the captain along with the World Cup team," Waqar told Geo Super from Wellington.
  • Injured Kallis, uncapped Tahir in SA World Cup squad
  • Cape Town: Faf du Plessis, who made a fine half-century on debut against India in the third one-dayer yesterday, has been named in place of middle-order batsman David Miller.
  • Prior in for Davies in England's World Cup squad
  • Hobart: Prior has been playing domestic cricket in Australia since playing a key role in England''s Ashes test series victory in Australia, while Davies has been the gloveman for England in its last six limited-overs internationals.
  • Akram surprised at PCB not naming captain for WC
  • Karachi: "It is a strange practice to me and it only means that it gives many players an idea that they are contenders for the captaincy and that could spoil the spirit in the dressing room," Akram told reporters at a cricket writers function.
  • Shetty allays fears over delays at World Cup venues
  • Mumbai: "There are a lot of speculation about the venues. I fully assure you that we are fully prepared. We are ready to stage this great event that comes once in four years," Shetty said during a promotional event for the 2011 World Cup here.
  • Wozniacki, Henin into third round at Aus Open
  • Melbourne: The 20-year-old Danish player was never troubled in the 58-minute match, breaking 88th-ranked King''''''''s serve to finish it off and reach the third round for a 13th consecutive Grand Slam tournament. She has yet to win a major, but has held the No. 1 ranking since October and can retain it by reaching the semifinals here.
  • 'With experience Yusuf will turn into match-finisher'
  • Cape Town: Pathan produced a terrific 50-ball 59 run innings last night to help India chase South Africa''''s total of 220 with 10 balls to spare after being precariously placed at 93 for five at one stage.
  • NZ-Pakistan 2nd test drawn; Pakistan series win
  • Wellington: Chasing 274 for victory on the final day, Pakistan looked well placed to push for a 2-0 series clean sweep when it moved to 160-4 at tea.
  • Sevilla beats Villarreal to reach cup semifinals
  • Seville (Spain): Villarreal needed victory at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium but saw its hopes deflated from the 10th minute following Renato''s opener.
  • Swann injured, out of England team for 2 weeks
  • Hobart: England coach Andy Flower said today that Swann could possibly return for the sixth game of the seven-match one-day series in Sydney on February 2.
  • New Zealand announce squad for World Cup
  • Wellington: New Zealand cricket chiefs backed their struggling one-day team to reverse a dramatic form slump, avoiding wholesale changes in the World Cup squad named today.
  • Younis scalp fuels NZ hopes; Pak 160/4 at tea
  • Wellington: New Zealand snared the crucial wicket of Younis Khan on fifth day of the 2nd Test against Pakistan today to give the Black Caps renewed hope of a series-levelling victory.
20.01.2011,Thursday 
National
  • CPI-M functionary murdered in Tamil Nadu
  • Tiruvarur (TN): Navalan (40), Secretary of Tiruvarur unit of Tamil Nadu Vivasaya Thozhilalar Sangam, was stabbed to death by six unidentified men at Mangudi area last night when he was returning home along with another CPI-M functionary, police said.
  • SC moved for judicial inquiry in Banda rape case
  • New Delhi: The petition filed by two lawyers alleged a magistrate, in violation of law, had sent the minor to jail, which he was not empowered to do under the Juvenile Justice Act.
  • Terrorism a cancer spreading world over, says Pak artist
  • Aligarh: "It is my mission to carry forward the legacy of my father who was a great votary of world peace, especially a deep-rooted bond of love between India and Pakistan," said Hashmi, who is the cousin of slain governor of Pakistan''s Punjab province Salman Taseer who was assasinated on January 4 for supporting a Christian woman accused under the country''s blasphemy law.
  • Oman seeks to woo Indian tourists, eyes huge potential
  • Bangalore: The Oman Ministry of Tourism organised a roadshow here today, focusing on increasing business opportunities and establishing contacts within the Indian travel trade industry.
  • 'Centre taking steps to tackle shortage of medical faculty'
  • Bangalore: Speaking at the 15th convocation ceremony of the National Institute of Mental Health here, he said the ministry hopes to address the shortage by amending regulations, relaxing norms in Medical Council Rules and commencing new schemes.
  • Govt working out scheme for salaries to Imams
  • New Delhi: CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat, who met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday, told reporters here today that she was informed that Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed has been told to work out a scheme for payment of salaries to the Imams as per the directives of apex court.
  • IT recovers Rs 44.2 cr from 3 Delhi-based traders
  • New Delhi: "In search and seizure actions conducted by the Income Tax department on January 18 and 19, unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 44.2 crore was seized," a Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) spokesperson said here.
  • Ex-RAW woman official bares herself in Delhi HC
  • New Delhi: "The behaviour of the petitioner (Nisha Priya Bhatia) in baring herself in the open court is highly deplorable and it gives an impression that she is not mentally sound.
  • 'No need of foreign interference in Guj riot cases'
  • New Delhi: The SC today came down heavily on activist Teesta Setalvad for raising the issue of post-Godhra riots of Gujarat with foreign organisations saying it can take care of the cases.
  • AMU students union election results announced
  • Aligarh: Undergraduate law student Abu Affan Farooqi was elected President of the students'' body after obtaining 4,830 votes, defeating his nearest rival Syed Mohammad Waseem by a margin of 1,125 votes.
  • FCI official arrested for taking bribe of Rs 50,000
  • Raipur: Mithilesh Mishra, Manager (House Keeping), FCI, Raipur was arrested yesterday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000O, official sources said.
  • Gujarat Assembly budget session to start from Feb 24
  • Ahmedabad: Finance Minister Vajubhai Vala will present the budget on February 25, sources in the Assembly secretariat said today.
  • Bonded labour still prevails in India, says NHRC
  • Bhubaneswar: Despite the existence of Article 23 of the Constitution, section 374 of IPC and Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act (BAL) of 1976, for combating bonded labour, "The practice continues even today with NHRC registering as many as 2,514 cases so far," its chairman Justice K G Balakrishnan said today.
  • Rail connectivity to all NE capitals within seven years
  • Shillong: At present, there is a plan to connect Itanagar and Agartala in the 11th Plan while Aizawl, Imphal and Kohima will be connected in the 12th Plan. Shillong and Gangtok are expected to be connected in the 13th Plan, an official statement said here today.
  • FIR in Adarsh housing society scam next week: CBI
  • Mumbai: The CBI, which had registered a preliminary enquiry into the scam in November last year, was pulled up by the High Court on Tuesday for delay in registering FIR in the case.
  • Andhra CM to visit Delhi for discussion on Telangana
  • Hyderabad: The Congress high command had directed Reddy to discuss the statehood issue ahead of the all-party meeting to be convened by the Centre on the recommendations of the Justice Srikrishna Committee on Telangana.
  • Plea against Balakrishnan kin to be heard tomorrow
  • Thrissur: A fresh petition seeking a probe into alleged wealth amassing by kin of ex-CJI and NHRC Chairman K G Balakrishnan has been posted by a Special Judge for tomorrow.
  • Mumbai meet to address key developmental issues
  • Shillong: Despite being a region with tremendous economic potential, North-East has not been able to grow as expected and has literally remained untapped, ICC Director General Rajeev Singh said.
  • 'Probe fundamentalists' role in Meghalaya clashes'
  • Shillong: "There are reports that fundamentalist groups had a hand in the ethnic clashes. The government should inquire into the matter," party''''s state unit general secretary Dipayan Chakraborty said.
  • JD-U attacks Prime Minister on price statement
  • Patna: Singh''s "hopelessness" is tantamount to insulting the position he holds, JD(U) national general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Shivanand Tiwari said here.
  • Guv decision on sanction on CM prosecution in 2 days
  • Bangalore: "Not today, I will give my decision on the issue in two days, will speak to the media then", he told reporters here, a day after the state cabinet asked him to the proceedings on a complaint by a lawyers'' forum.
  • CCEA nod for additional funds for CDRI new campus
  • New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the proposal of CSIR for the revised cost estimate of its project of setting up the Institute, an official release said here.
  • CPI(M) boycotts Election Commission observers' meet
  • Jhargram (WB): The two EC observers, V S Reddy, DIG Andhra Pradesh, and P R K Naidu, DIG, National Crime Record Bureau, who arrived from Midnapore held a two-hour meeting with the administration and police officials as well as representatives of political parties to assess the law and order situation.
  • Advocates appeal to dismiss complaints against CM
  • Bangalore: The advocates under the banner of ''Advocates Forum for Democracy'', who marched in a procession from the High Court to Raj Bhavan, in a memorandum requested the Governor not to "pre-judge" the fact-finding investigations of two statutory bodies - Lokayukta and the Judicial Commission.
  • High-level meeting of Naga groups to be held: FNR
  • Kohima: "This (meeting) is the mandate of the Naga people and also the resolve of the Joint Working Group (JSW) of three Naga political groups which had signed the Covenant of Reconciliation," the FNR said in a statement here today.
  • 'Interlocutors backing separatists by opposing hoisting'
  • Jammu: "Their (interlocutors'''') suggestion is tantamount to furthering the agenda of the secessionist forces in the Kashmir Valley at the expense of the national cause," Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, president of Panun Kashmir, said here.
  • Former woman RAW official creates ruckus in HC
  • New Delhi: The incident occurred when Justice Ajit Bharihoke adjourned the hearing on a complaint filed by Nisha Priya Bhatia against Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Pandey.
  • Uttar Pradesh, Kerala gain in reshuffle of Union Ministry
  • New Delhi: As the Congress focus is on ''Mission 2012'' in UP where assembly polls are due next year, it went the extra mile for elevating Salman Khurshid and Shriprakash Jaiswal to the Cabinet rank.
  • Reshuffle over, stage set for AICC reconstitution
  • New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has almost finalised the contours of the new AICC secretariat, which could be announced in a couple of days, sources said.
  • Kalam favours imparting science edu in mother tongue
  • Nagpur: Interacting with students at the Dharampeth Science College during its golden jubilee function here last night, Kalam said, "I studied up to tenth standard through vernacular medium and later picked up English." He advised teachers to bring out creativity in children and teach them science in their mother-tongue.
  • Lawyer commits suicide, blames government officials
  • Kanpur: Vinay Kumar Singh (42), a resident of Feelkhana area, hanged himself last night in his room when his daughter was studying in a separate room and his wife was away.
  • 'No information on scrapping deal on buying BSF plane'
  • New Delhi: The Ministry is contemplating re-issuing the tender after BSF officials alleged that their signatures were forged by IAF officials on the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) report for contract.
  • Vilasrao takes over as Rural Development Min
  • New Delhi: "After efforts by the state government and the Prime Minister''s package, things have improved...in Vidarbha we tried our best through NREGA and Maharashtra Rural Development Scheme. (But) We did not get manpower for the work. We did not get such a response from those areas," he told reporters.
  • Parliament's Budget session to start on Feb 21
  • New Delhi: The decision to recommend the date for convening of the session to the President was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) chaired by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also Leader of the House in Lok Saba.
  • Ravi seeks support of AI employees in restoring its glory
  • New Delhi: "I am taking over from one of my best friends and colleagues Praful Patel who is responsible for making the aviation sector grow very fast. Thanks to him that there are many more private players and budget airlines," he said after taking over his new assignment at the Ministry headquarters here in the presence of Patel.
  • Trains disrupted on Deli-Ambala route for hours
  • Muzaffarnagar: Some unidentified persons cut and stole around 160 meters of under-construction overhead electric wire yesterday.
  • Jaipal Reddy on his toes to tackle oil min issues
  • New Delhi: Reddy, who moved from urban development to oil ministry, got down to tackling the task straightaway with a brainstorming session with senior ministry officials today.
  • Air Defence Radar station to be set up in Mizoram
  • Aizawl: Sandwiched between two countries, the north eastern state has 404 km and 318 km long international borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh respectively.
  • January 25 to be celebrated as National Voters' Day
  • New Delhi: A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved a Law Ministry proposal to this effect, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters.
  • JK to get Rs 90 crore for environment security
  • Jammu: "The Centre has agreed to provide Rs 90 crore for execution of World Bank-aided project on climate change and environment security," Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad said.
  • 'Transmission of Congofever slow, no need to panic'
  • Pune: The virus at present appears to be confined to Gujarat from where NIV had received samples and the state government had started screening of all suspected cases, Dr A C Mishra, Director, NIV, said.
  • Leopard killed in road mishap on JK highway
  • Jammu: The animal was crossing the highway last night when it was hit by the vehicle at Ksala Morh in Chenani, 80 kms from here, they said.
  • MeT dept predicts fresh snowfall in Kashmir
  • Srinagar: The weather department has forecast snow and rainfall in the state over the next 24 hours.
  • Sale of polythene bags banned near rivers in UP
  • Lucknow: "The Governor has given his assent to UP Plastic and Bio-Degradable Garbage and Waste (Use and Disposal) Ordinance which makes areas around river and water bodies no-polythene zone," he said.
  • Cold conditions continue in Punjab, Haryana
  • Chandigarh: In the plains of Punjab and Haryana, Narnaul was the coldest place with a low of 2.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, the MeT office said here today.
  • Goa molestation case:Chargesheet file against man
  • Panaji: The chargesheet was filed yesterday within 48 hours of the incident, which occurred on Tuesday evening.
  • Chilly winds continue to sweep national capital
  • New Delhi: The low was recorded at 6.5 degree Celsius, as compared to 5.8 degree Celsius yesterday. The maximum temperature was recorded at 20.4 degree Celsius yesterday.
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  • Jeev Milkha Singh, Shiv Kapur struggle in HSBC Golf
  • Abu Dhabi: Jeev, who played the Royal Trophy in Thailand two weeks ago in the season opener, failed to hit any birdie in his 75, while Kapur found his solitary birdie as late as the 17th hole.
  • Rashid Khan withdraws, but Himmat Rai makes cut
  • Hua Hin (Thailand): Rashid, who was placed 38th after the first round, dropped out leaving just 11 Indians in the fray, of which only three made the halfway cut at Springfield Royal Country Club.
  • I have forgotten my days as Sports Minister, says Gill
  • New Delhi: Gill, who had come under attack over the mess in Commonwealth Games preparations, was shifted from Sports and Youth Affairs to Statistics and Programme Implementation in yesterday''''s reshuffling of portfolios by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
  • I am no spiderman, just learning my trade: Paul 
  • New Delhi: South Korea had 20 shots on target in their last Asian Cup Group C match against India on Tuesday out of which Paul saved 16.
  • Nyoka accuses Majola of lying about IPL bonuses
  • Johannesburg: Nyoka''s comments was posted by Talk Radio 702 breakfast host John Robbie on his Twitter page after interviewing the CSA President that "Dr Nyoka says he was lied to over the payment of IPL bonuses to Cricket SA officials. Was told none were paid." "Dr Nyoka says Cricket SA will never be able to bury the truth," another tweet by Robbie on the social networking site said.
  • Sehwag, Dhoni are India's game changers: Harbhajan
  • Mumbai: "There are a number of players in our team who have the ability to change the game. Virender Sehwag is one of them.
  • Maken finds merit on age & tenure limiting guidelines
  • New Delhi: Former Sports Minister M S Gill had issued guidelines that heads of NSFs cannot remain in office for more than two consecutive terms and nobody can be elected to office if he is above 70 years of age.
  • Warne cancels T20 charity match for flood victims
  • Melbourne: Warne had planned a charity match between his XI and a team led by former England captain Michael Vaughan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before the England-Australia one day international on January 30.
  • 'Players can play freely after WC squad announcement'
  • After a rousing start to the series with a convincing 135-run win in the first ODI at Durban, South Africa slumped to back-to-back defeats in the next two matches in Johannesburg (by one run) and Cape Town (by two wickets).
  • Organising Committee gives reason for payment delay
  • New Delhi: Reacting to reports that events organiser Ric Birch has commissioned law firm Slater and Gordon to draw up a multi million dollar lawsuit against the organisers, the OC said, "As much as 90 per cent of the contracted amount to Birch has already been released." "There are issues pending on account of under-performance vis-?-vis contractual obligations, as raised by the Functional Area head. Hence, the final installment has been held back and the party has been informed accordingly," OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi said in a statement issued today.
  • Rs 1 lakh fine on 3 players for participating in GPL
  • Panaji: "The GCA has taken serious view of the contracted players from Group A (Ranji category) - Saurabh Bandekar, Amit Yadav (both representing Mechvac Fabricators in the GPL) and Aniket Desai (Sarvodaya Royals) - for breach of GPL undertaking and participating in unrecognised tournament, GCA secretary Prasad Phaterpeker said in a release issued here.
  • 10-day ultimatum to solve payment issues: Maken
  • New Delhi: New Sports Minister Ajay Maken has directed govnt nominees in the CWG OC to "thoroughly verify" the unpaid dues and ensure that the payments are made within ten days.
  • Rashid, Himmat best-placed Indians on Asian Tour qualifiers
  • Hua Hin (Thailand): Both Rashid and Rai shot a two-under 70 each and were tied for the 38th place.
  • World Number One Westwood to play in Indonesia
  • Jakarta: Indonesia will host its newest professional golf event on the Asian Tour with the inauguration of the USD 750,000 Indonesian Masters at the prestigious Royale Jakarta Golf Club.
  • 17-year-old teaches out-of-form Clarke how to play
  • Melbourne: After the first few minutes of the conference, Daniel Brew mustered enough courage to express his feelings. "I''''ve noticed something Michael, you''''re pushing at the ball too much. What are you going to do about that?," the boy from Geelong enquired.
  • Savio Cup-Don Bosco Basketball to begin from Jan 23
  • Mumbai: Services, IOB Chennai, Indian Railways, Punjab, Maharashtra, and United States'' team Shooting for Success will vie for the title in the men''s section, while Southern Railway, South East Central Railway, Karnataka and Maharashtra will battle it out in the women''s category, they said.
  • Rafael Nadal moves toward another Grand Slam win
  • Melbourne: After his 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 win today over American qualifier Ryan Sweeting, the Spanish star appeared as comfortable talking about his next match - against 18-year-old Australian Bernard Tomic - as he was in beating Sweeting so convincingly.
  • Former India skipper Azharuddin makes twitter debut
  • New Delhi: Azharuddin, a veteran of 99 Tests and 334 ODIs, will be available as - twitter@mpazhar - to his fans.
  • Oz cos to sue CWG organisers over unpaid bills
  • Melbourne: At least four of Australia's biggest event firms plan to slap a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against Commonwealth Games organisers in New Delhi for recovery of their dues.
  • PCB to introduce new grading system for umpires
  • Karachi: Following complaints of sub-standard umpiring in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final, a senior official of the board confirmed that they were already experimenting with a new grading system for umpires.
  • Mithali dominates batting chart, Jhulan at number 4
  • Dubai: Raj, who managed an aggregate of 171 runs including an unbeaten ton at Rajkot during the recently-concluded ODI series against West Indies, continues to hold the top rung with 796 points, followed by Taylor with 743 points.
  • 59th National Amateur body-building c'ship in Thane
  • Thane: Addressing a news conference here Kamlakar Patil, President, Apollo Gym, told news men that this was the first time a national event in Body Building was being held in Thane.
  • Coach defends Clarke, Hughes on drinking allegations
  • Melbourne: "These guys are playing cricket all day, every day. And they''re never playing at home. They were out for dinner. All the information we received straight after the incident was that they were out for dinner together and nothing but polite and courteous to the people out in the the public.
  • 26 teams in Hockey India Women Natl tourney
  • New Delhi: The tournament will be played on a league-cum-knockout format with 26 teams, including Railways, divided into a pool of eight, a Hockey India (HI) release said.
  • Paes-Bhupathi, Bopanna-Qureshi enter 2nd round
  • Melbourne: In another match, India''s Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan''s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi outplayed the Brazilian pair of Franco Ferreiro and Andre Sa 6-3 6-0 to advance to the next round.
  • Indian team look to seal the series in 4th ODI
  • The Indians have never won a limited-overs series in South Africa and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his young bravehearts will leave no stone unturned to achieve the feat at the St George''s Park.
  • Inter up to fourth after fifth win under Leonardo
  • Rome: Christian Chivu was the unlikely match-winner after goals from Erjon Bogdani and Emanuele Giaccherini had cancelled out Samuel Eto''o and Diego Milito''s early strikes for the hosts.
  • Indo-Pak express roots for tennis match across Wagah
  • Melbourne: Both Bopanna and Qureshi said the initiative was now backed by the world tennis body - International Tennis Federation - and an international peace group - Peace and Sport - a non-governmental organisation run by Prince Albert of Monaco.
  • Sarwan recalled by West Indies for World Cup
  • Bridgetown: The 30-year-old Sarwan has a potent record in all forms of the game but was omitted from West Indies'' tour of Sri Lanka last November over concerns about his fitness. He suffered from a back complaint and a hamstring injury last year.
  • Aus batsman Mike Hussey World Cup doubts grow
  • Melbourne: A month from Australia''s first match of their title defence, Hussey is battling to be fit for the showpiece event after suffering a severe hamstring injury in Sunday''s six-wicket win over England at the MCG.
  • Nadal breezes into 3rd round at Australian Open
  • Melbourne: Rafael Nadal extended his Grand Slam winning streak to 23 matches, continuing his pursuit of a "Rafa Slam" with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 win over American qualifier Ryan.
 
 
 
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