Friday, January 21, 2011

21.01.2011,Friday
National
  • 2G scam: SC pulls up Sibal, asks CBI not to get influenced
  • New Delhi: "It is unfortunate. The minister should behave with some sense of responsibility," a bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said.
  • NBW against BSP MLA, brother in rape case
  • Muzaffarnagar: Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vikas Goel also directed the senior superintendent of police, Bulandshahr, to explain why the accused were not arrested despite repeated issuance of warrants.
  • TRS, BJP activists from Telangana begin relay fast
  • Hyderabad: Several leaders of TRS, BJP and people''s organisations who are part of the Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC) took part in the relay fast.
  • India for bringing China into space dialogue
  • New Delhi: "There could be several trilateral partnerships in the space domain between India, US and Israel, and India, US and Japan. However, India will be happy to explore the possibility of bringing in China into this dialogue network," Congress MP and spokesperson Manish Tewari said.
  • Bhardwaj's action politically motivated: BJP
  • New Delhi: Attacking the controversial decision, BJP said he was "proactive" to protect the "poor plight of Congress" in the state and had turned Raj Bhawan into an area of of activity for that party.
  • Exaggerated income presented in MCD budget
  • New Delhi: "The Chairman of Standing Committee, Yogender Chandolia, has presented exaggerated income by Rs 876 crore in the current financial year and Rs 388 crore in the next financial year in his budget proposals," Leader of Opposition in MCD, Jai Kishan Sharma claimed.
  • Opposition says Bharadwaj set 'wrong precedent'
  • New Delhi: Reacting sharply to the development, Mohan Singh of the Samajwadi Party said that the move would affect the Centre-State relations and the Congress leadership needed to understand.
  • HP cabinet expansion likely before budget session
  • Shimla: Nadda who resigned in April last year following his appointment as national general secretary of BJP.
  • HC issues notice to Raj govt on Dental Council
  • Jaipur: Justice Prem Shankar Ashoka issued a notice to the state government and asked it to explain the reason for nominating all the 12 members of the State Dental Council when, according to rules, the members should have been elected.
  • 70 pc quota for SCs, STs in 50 ITIs of UP
  • Lucknow: The cabinet meeting presided by chief minister Mayawati also decided to grant 15 per cent of the total approved seats to the candiates of the backward castes, an official release said here.
  • Governor sanctions Karnataka CM's prosecution
  • Bangalore: The stand off came to a head with the Governor first rejecting a state cabinet resolution asking him not to permit prosecution of the Chief Minister and later Raj Bhawan sources said that the sanction has been granted for Yeddyurappa as also Home Minister R Ashoka.
  • 40 trains to be flagged off by January 26
  • New Delhi: A total of 107 trains, including 62 long-distance ones, were proposed in the 2010-11 Rail Budget.
  • Karat blames govt's 'wrong policies' for price rise
  • Agartala: "Prices of essential items have gone beyond the purchasing capacity of the common people because of wrong policies adopted by the Manmohan Singh government," Karat said at a programme to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of veteran Marxist leader Nripen Chakraborty here.
  • Police, agitating farmers clash; one killed
  • Allahabad: The farmers who were demanding better compensation for the land acquired by the Uttar Pradesh government for a proposed thermal power project claimed that a 50-year-old protester was killed in police action. The charge was denied by police but the administration made an offer of Rs 5 lakh compensation on "compassionate grounds".
  • All-party meeting on Telangana likely in February
  • New Delhi: An indication to this effect was given by government sources after the Congress top brass including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Party chief Sonia Gandhi deliberated on the issue at the party''s core group meeting.
  • Cong supports Karnataka Governor Bharadwaj
  • "There is no question of the Governor and the state government being at loggerheads. Governor is doing what are his constittutional rights and duties....He has the authority to consider.....", party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.
  • Hoisting flag at Lal Chowk a sovereign right: BJP
  • New Delhi: "We are committed to a peaceful Ekta Yatra and we are going ahead with our programme (to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk).... political parties have a right to hoist the national flag," Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley told reporters.
  • Sibal under fire from SC; says no disrespect meant
  • New Delhi: Responding to criticism, Sibal said "canards" had to be replied to but maintained he meant no disrespect to any institution.
  • Observers brief EC on situation in poll-bound Bengal
  • New Delhi: The six-member team headed by the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar Sudhir Kumar Rakesh gave a detailed account of the ground situation in the state ahead of the assembly elections there, EC sources said.
  • 'BJP playing politics of the flag to add fuel to fire'
  • New Delhi: "There is no dearth of those unfurling the national tricolour in Kashmir, but the BJP is attempting to secessionist forces which are on the backfoot to gain ground by playing deliberate politics of the flag," party spokesman Mohan Prakash said.
  • India needs to intensify engagement with neighbours
  • New Delhi: He said the process of engagement with neighbours should also include those that are experiencing internal instability and turmoil, an apparent reference to Pakistan.
  • GJM invited for talks in Delhi on Jan 25
  • Kolkata: GJM general secretary Roshan Giri said the party has been invited to Delhi for the meeting on January 25 where it will to press for its demand for Gorkhaland to be carved out from West Bengal.
  • 36 years later, man arrested for co-worker's murder
  • New Delhi: Jogender Singh (55), hailing from Haryana''s Rewari, was arrested from Delhi Cantonment railway station yesterday on a tip off, V Renganathan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), said.
  • Another SC bench declines to hear Vedanta Univ case
  • New Delhi: A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly recused itself from adjudicating the issue, nearly a fortnight after another bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik had withdrawn from the case on January 5.
  • Arrested Chinese nationals remanded in police custody
  • Bahraich (UP): Chief Judicial Magistrate Satya Prakash Dwivedi remanded Liao Xing, Yu Dangli and Yang Liu, who were arrested by SSB near Rupedhiya border on January 17, in police custody.
  • Complaint against Goa CM, others, over eco-tourism zones
  • Panaji: The ''Village Groups of Goa'' filed the complaint against state level committee (SLC) headed by Kamat, which notified ''Regional Plan 2021'' recently. Correa is a member of SLC.
  • No disrespect to any institution, says Kapil Sibal
  • New Delhi: "I mean no disrespect to any institution... I have neither directly or indirectly tried to interfere with any process going on," Sibal said.
  • Alok Ranjan Jha back; incident to be investigated
  • New Delhi: Jha, a topper in his 2002 batch, is alleged to have misbehaved with the co-passenger and the airline crew. He was transferred back following a complaint lodged with government.
  • Afghan woman alleges bigamy by Indian Army doc
  • New Delhi: "Issue notice to the Centre (through Defence Secretary)," Justice S N Dhingra said and fixed the matter for March 8 for hearing on the plea of Bibi Sabera, a resident of Kabul.
  • Ask the minister concerned: Cong on SC observation 
  • New Delhi: "As far as the Supreme Court observation is concerned, these are on-going proceedings. It will be unfair for the party to react in such a matter. You must ask this question to minister concerned," party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters at the AICC briefing.
  • 2 Metro stations to be closed for 6 hours on Sunday
  • New Delhi: Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan stations, which are close to Rajpath, will be closed from 6 am to 12.30 pm on Sunday. However, passengers will be able to avail interchange facility at the Central Secretariat station.
  • Development of backward areas a priority: Omar
  • Jammu: Balanced development of all areas, especially backward and remote areas, has been given priority in policy planning of the government, Omar told a National Conference delegation led by Javed Ahmed Rana here.
  • Ninth person arrested in Tanishq showroom robbery
  • New Delhi: Nadeem (23), who was evading arrest for the past one week, was nabbed from Rangpuri on a tip-off, H G S Dhaliwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), said today. Nadeem hails from Muradnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Early hearing by SC to petitions challenging RTE Act
  • New Delhi: A Bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia agreed to give hearing on a bunch of petitions on a priority basis after taking note of the affidavit of the government which said the issue did not involve Article 15(5) of the Constitution.
  • Maoism 'fashionable trend' in universities: Narayanan
  • Kolkata: Narayanan also said Maoists were getting an "upper hand" in people''''''''s mind because of encouragement from civil society against the backof protests against rights activist Binayak Sen''''''''s conviction and felt that support of well-minded citizens was required to combat the menace.
  • We have transparent legal framework, India to China
  • New Delhi: Noting that the matter was within the competence of the security agencies, government sources said, "We have well-established procedures and a legal framework - a sound transparent legal framework - to look into all these issues.
  • Husband of victim, nurse test positive for Congo virus
  • Ahmedabad: The two men have been kept under isolation, health officials said today, days after Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) surfaced for the first time in the country in Gujarat claiming three lives.
  • Police apprised of WB Assembly polls guidelines
  • Kolkata: "The meeting was to make the police aware about the code of conduct, rules and guidelines laid down by the Election Commission before the elections," Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh told newsmen after the meeting.
  • Petition hearing against ex-CJI kin posted for Feb28
  • Thrissur (Ker): When the case came up before special judge (Vigilance), petitioner George Vattukulam, state president of the Kerala Malayala Vedi (Forum), sought time to produce more evidence to substantiate the allegations against Balakrishnan''''s relatives.
  • Youth should be given more prominence: Rahul
  • Aluva (Ker): Addressing the National Executive of Youth Congress here, Gandhi, who arrived from New Delhi, said the Congress party''s youth wing should be able to bring in more young citizens to enter politics.
  • Farmers' protest turns violent, 3 police officials injured
  • Allahabad: The charge was, however, denied by the police which claimed that the protesters attacked the policemen leaving three officials "badly injured".
  • People dissatisfied with police in MP, UP and Delhi
  • New Delhi: According to the ''Crime in India 2009'' report prepared by National Crime Records Bureau, a total of 54,873 complaints were received against policemen with the MP, UP and the capital registering 60 per cent of all the cases.
  • SC rejects CBI's plea for death to Dara Singh
  • New Delhi: "In the case on hand, though Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burnt to death while they were sleeping inside a station wagon at Manoharpur, the intention was to teach a lesson to Graham Staines about his religious activities, namely, converting poor tribals to Christianity," the court said.
  • 'Changes to check encroachment of defence land'
  • Mumbai: "We are making policy changes so that in future such incidents (encroachments) do not occur. We have intitutionalsed a mechanism to prevent such things," the minister told reporters after commissioning Italian built fleet-tanker INS Deepak into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard here.
  • Yeddyurappa cancels emergent cabinet meeting
  • Bangalore: "Tomorrow''s emergency cabinet meeting has been cancelled," Yeddyurappa told reporters after the BJP Core Committee meeting which decided to launch a series of protests from tomorrow against the Governor, seeking his immediate recall for "insulting the people of the state".
  • Fleet tanker INS Deepak inducted into Navy
  • Mumbai: The 175-metre long and 25-metre wide tanker was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard here.
  • Mirwaiz ready for talks focused on finding solution
  • Srinagar: Addressing a Friday congregation at Jamia Masjid here, the moderate Hurriyat chairman said the amalgam is ready to engage in talks if they are meant to resolve Kashmir problem and not aimed at changing government or giving concessions.
  • Banda rape accused BSP MLA threatens revenge
  • Banda: "Mein is case mein chhoot te hi apne rajnaitik virodhiyon se jinhone mujhe is case mein phasaya hai badla loonga (I would take revenge on my political adversaries who have framed me in the case, after coming out of jail)," Dwivedi, who was brought to a local court in connection with his judicial remand, told mediapersons.
  • Bansal, Ashwani assume charge as science ministers
  • New Delhi: "Some of our bills are pending in Parliament. All efforts will be made to ensure that Parliament functions," said Bansal, who got the S&T and Earth Sciences portfolio in the recent reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers.
  • 'Private sector should come forward to use waterways'
  • Pandu (Assam): "The private sector in the Northeastern region should come forward to take advantage of the naturally-endowed network of rivers here as they are environment friendly, fuel efficient and cost effective. Most benign from the carbon point of view," Prasad said.
  • Bollywood, CM offer help to ailing actor A K Hangal
  • Mumbai: Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan last night decided to give the veteran actor Rs 51,000 from the Chief Minister''s Relief Fund.
  • Two more test positive for Congo virus in Gujarat
  • Ahmedabad: "Rehman, husband of the woman who died due to CCHF has tested positive for the virus causing the disease. Also, one male staff nurse of the private hospital in the city where Amina was undergoing treatment, has tested positive," Additional Director (Health), Dr Paresh Dave told PTI.
  • Governor behaving like petty politician, says BJP
  • Bangalore: Apprehending that Bhardwaj might sanction prosecution of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on alleged land scams on the basis of a complaint by a lawyers'' forum, a meeting of the BJP Core Committee decided to organise anti-Governor protests in all district and taluk headquarters.
  • Guv rejects Karna Cabinet plea, CM demands apology
  • Bangalore: The Chief Minister also said a delegation of BJP''s Central leaders and MPs from the state would meet President Pratibha Patil on January 24 in New Delhi to bring to her notice the conduct of the Governor and demand his recall.
  • 'Maoists getting encouragement from civil society'
  • Kolkata: "The Maoists are getting the upperhand in people''s mind because they are getting encouragement from a section of civil society," Narayanan told a seminar here.
  • Court dismisses Rajesh plea for CBI documents
  • The court said it will hold further hearing in the case on January 25.
  • Political violence threat to internal security: Narayanan
  • Kolkata: "Political violence in the state is a threat to internal security. It is a matter of grave concern. The Netai incident should not have happened," Narayanan told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar here.
  • Most people not in favour of UN resolutions: Interlocutors
  • Srinagar: "As regards a permanent political settlement in Jammu and Kashmir, a small but vocal section harped on UN resolutions, plebiscite and self-determination resulting in independence of the state as it existed before August 1947," head interlocutor Dileep Padgaonkar told reporters here.
  • EC team visiting Lalgarh to submit report by this week end
  • Hyderabad: "The team is expected to come back perhaps by the end of this week. They will submit their feedback to us," he told reporters here.
  • 'Policy changes to curb encroachment of defence land'
  • Mumbai: "We are making policy changes so that in future such incidents (encroachments) do not occur," the minister told reporters after commissioning Italian built fleet-tanker INS Deepak into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard here.
  • Delhi tops among Metros in crime against women
  • New Delhi: Delhi has earned the dubious distinction of being the most unsafe metro in the country, topping the list in number of crimes as well as in atrocities on women and children.
  • Sabarimala tragedy: Govt files affidavit in HC
  • Kochi: The high power committee for implementation of Sabarimala Master Plan had identified few projects for better crowd management which would be completed by next season, the affidavit, filed by K Jayakumar, Additional Chief Secretary, who is also the Home, Vigilance and Devaswom Secretary, said.
  • Police rescues 10 girls, arrests four traffickers
  • Rourkela: The Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Sundargarh Sadar, Suresh Mishra said the girls in the age group of 15-17 years from Karamdih, Chalandmunda and Purenbuda villages of the district were travelling with four middlemen and women in a jeep to Jharsuguda to board a train to New Delhi.
  • UPPC engineer goes missing, abduction suspected
  • Muzaffarnagar: Narendra Pal (28) went missing yesterday just a day before his marriage and his family suspect that he may have been abducted, they said.
  • Helmet made compulsory for pillion riders from Mar 1
  • Jaipur: Traffic police has started a programme to aware and educate the two-wheeler drivers in the city to wear the helmet. From March 1 onwards, the police will penalise pillion riders not wearing helmets, they said.
  • Antony commissions INS Deepak into Indian Navy
  • Mumbai: The tanker was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard here.
  • Judicial remand of BSP MLA extended by 14 days
  • Banda: Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjiv Kumar Jaiswal extended the remand of Dwivedi, Rajendra Shukla, Surendra Neta and Ravan Garg, who were present in the court.
  • Fearing attacks, Husain's work removed from IAS
  • New Delhi: Three large canvas paintings by 93-year-old Husain were removed from display from the Summit which began with an exclusive VIP preview here yesterday and will open for pubic viewing from today.
  • Mirchpur protest enters 7th day, khaps extend support
  • Jind: The protest which entered its seventh consecutive day today has disrupted rail and road traffic in the state.
  • Three kg heroin seized in Jaipur, 2 persons arrested
  • Jaipur: Two persons were nabbed from Near Vanasthali Marg by a team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. Heroin worth Rs 3 crore in the international market was also recovered from their possession, officials said, adding the accused are being interrogated.
  • AP CM Kiran Kumar meets PM Manmohan Singh
  • New Delhi: During the 20-minute long meeting, Reddy is also understood to have discussed the package for farmers affected by the recent floods in the state.
  • Former Union Min Satyanarayana Rao passes away
  • Rajahmundry (AP): He was 90.
  • Heated exchanges between CBI, Aarushi's parents
  • Ghaziabad: "These (documents) cannot be supplied. UP police arrested him and hence legally he is an accused till the court  acquits him," CBI counsel R K Saini said.
  • BSY demands unconditional apology from Governor
  • Bangalore: Yeddyurappa, who has also convened a cabinet meeting here tomorrow to discuss the fresh developments, said, "For his remarks, he (Bhardwaj) should tender an unconditional apology. He has insulted the people of the state." "There is a need to take certain decisions. I have called a cabinet meeting tomorrow", an angry Yeddyurappa told reporters before attending the BJP Core Committee meet, which would discuss the Governor''s latest outbursts.
  • One killed in BSF firing on Indo-Pak border in Jammu
  • Jammu: BSF noticed suspicious movement along the border in Chak Pagwari Border belt in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district around 0400 hours this morning, he said, adding security forces in an attempt to thwart any kind of intrusion opened fire.
  • BJP Core Committee to chart out plans against Guv
  • Bangalore: The sparring between the Governor and the Government took to an ugly turn yesterday after Bhardwaj courted a controversy likening the cabinet resolution asking him to proceedings for prosecution of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to a thief taking police to task.
  • Rajasthan CM, ministers make public their assets
  • Jaipur: According to details of the assets posted on the CMO''s website last night, Gehlot has a bank balance of Rs 15,99,688 besides two houses, one plot and two pieces of agricultural land in Jodhpur. He also owns a plot in Mundwa in Nagaur district, a house under MLA quota in Jaipur and a flat in Sansad Vihar in New Delhi.
  • Staines case: SC rejects CBI's plea for death to Dara Singh
  • New Delhi: SC rejected the CBI's plea for death penalty to Dara Singh, convicted for burning alive Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons in January 1999.
  • UP government ban strikes in secondary schools
  • Lucknow: "The order to ban the strike has been issued in public interest as state board examinations are going to start from March 17," a secondary education official said.
  • Death toll in Ballia road mishap reaches seven
  • Ballia (UP): Six persons were killed and 17 others injured when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling collided with the truck on the Ballia-Lucknow highway last night near Pharapur village, they said.
  • Cold condition abates in Punjab and Haryana
  • Chandigarh: The minimum temperature rose by upto three degrees Celsius in several parts of the region, the MeT office said here today.
  • SC upholds life term for Dara Singh in Staines case
  • New Delhi: In a setback to CBI, SC dismissed plea for death penalty to Dara Singh, convicted for burning alive Aus missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons in Jan 1999.
  • Marginal fall in mercury in the national capital
  • New Delhi: The low was recorded at 6.1 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal and marginally less than yesterday''''''''s minimum of 6.5 degrees. The maximum yesterday was 21.2 degrees.
  • Laurie Baker's report on Sabarimala gathering dust
  • The British-born humanist and advocate of low-cost buildings, who spent much of his later life in Kerala and acquired Indian citizenship, took a trip to Sabarimala in 1995 on request from the state government to provide inputs for plans to improve facilities for pilgrims without causing stress to the delicate environment.
  • 34 hospitalised after ammonia gas leakage in Gujarat
  • Vadodara (Guj): The incident took place around 10 AM in Karjan, about 40 kms from here, triggering a scare in the area, they said.
  • Plan to introduce digital health card for IAF personnel
  • New Delhi: Once this card is available with them, they will not have to carry voluminous documents containing their medical history, Director General Medical Services, (Air Force) Air Marshal Dipankar Ganguly said.
  • BJP leader Naqvi gives Rs 1L for ailing actor Hangal
  • New Delhi: He also sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to set up a central fund to assist such former artistes who face problems even in meeting their medical expenses.
  • Attachment proceedings soon against IAS couple
  • Bhopal: Action against the suspended officer couple would be taken by the assessing wing, they said, adding that the department wants the properties of Joshis to be attached to protect the interest of recovery.
  • EC team of special observers winds up visit to WB
  • Kolkata: The team was headed by the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar Sudhir Kumar Rakesh and the other members were Zaki Ahmed and P R K Naidu, both DIGs of the National Crime Records Bureau, D K Pandey, ADG Jharkhand, V S Reddy, DIG Andhra Pradesh and P S Rampassi, DIG Orissa.
  • India seeks Liechtenstein help in black money trail
  • New Delhi: A spokesperson for the Liechtenstein government confirmed to PTI that a request has been made by its Indian counterpart for administrative assistance in relation to some Indian clients of LGT Bank, based in the European country located near Switzerland.
International
  • Hang Musharraf, Pakistani lawyer appeals to SC
  • Islamabad: Pak's fromer military ruler Pervez Musharraf should be "hanged" for committing high treason and other unconstitutional acts like imposing of emergency, a lawyer has asked SC.
  • Eight killed in Russia gangland murder: officials
  • Moscow: "Corpses of eight people - three women and five men - have been found in a garage," the Interfax news agency quoted Yekaterina Danilova, a spokeswoman for local investigators, as saying.
  • US man gets 4 years for attempted spy effort
  • Alexandria (Virginia): Glenn D Shriver was sentenced today in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. He pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to provide national defence information to Chinese intelligence officers.
  • Hungarian oil firm suspends operations in Pak
  • Islamabad: The management of MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company suspended exploration and production operations at Maramzai well in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province due to security concerns after the attack on its employees at Kohat last night, the state-run APP news agency said today.
  • Container truck for NATO forces destroyed in Pak
  • Islamabad: A driver and his assistant were wounded when armed men fired at a container truck near Khuzdar in Balochistan province. The injured men were taken to a nearby hospital. The attackers fled from the spot, officials said.
  • Pak tribals protest against US drone attacks
  • Peshawar/Islamabad: All markets and educational institutions were closed and transport stayed off the roads in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency.
  • Close to 99 per cent voted for south Sudan split
  • Juba: With 3,197,038 ballots counted, 98.6 per cent had voted to break away in the January 9-15 referendum and become the world''s newest nation, partial results posted on the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission website showed.
  • Bin Laden links fate of hostages to Afghan pullout
  • Dubai: "We repeat the same message to you: The release of your prisoners in the hands of our brothers is linked to the withdrawal of your soldiers from our country," said the speaker on the audiotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera television.
  • Scandal-weary Berlusconi clings to key allies
  • Rome: As his lawyers submitted a petition challenging the competency of Milan magistrates who have accused him of paying for sex with an underage girl, pundits said he could yet defy the political obituary writers once again.
  • Saudi mufti brands suicide protests as 'great sin'
  • Riyadh: Islam "bans suicide even if living conditions are hard.
  • Myanmar military appoints members of Parliament
  • Yangon: The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper published a list today of the military appointees to the upper and lower houses and regional parliaments.
  • 520-day flight simulation nears 'landing' on Mars
  • Moscow: The all-male six-member international crew climbed into windowless steel capsules at a Moscow research center in June on a mission aimed at helping real space crews cope with the confinement and stress of interplanetary travel in the future.
  • Russian spy Anna Chapman to reveal 'all the secrets'
  • Moscow: The director of documentary programmes at private REN-TV says tonight''s debut of the programme hosted by Chapman will focus on stigmata and other skin marks.
  • Belarus President Lukashenko sworn in for 4th term
  • Minsk: In his oath at the immense Palace of the Republic in Minsk, Lukashenko pledged to serve the Belarussian people and also "respect and preserve the rights and freedom of people and citizens." However the ceremony was boycotted by EU envoys after the authorities imprisoned some of the opposition''''s most prominent figures in an unprecedented crackdown in the wake of election protests. (AFP)
  • AP-GfK Poll: Obama popular but doubts on progress
  • Washington: Half of those surveyed say he deserves a second term, and independents, whose support will be critical in 2012, are evenly divided on that question. Obama is getting the benefit of the doubt despite concerns about his policies, a reflection based in large part on his likability.
  • One-third of Zimbabwe's voters already dead: Poll
  • Harare: The independent Zimbabwe Election Support Network says the list should be overhauled before elections scheduled this year. Their report released today also found that some 40 per cent of voters had moved without updating their voting information.
  • Laden links fate of French hostages to Afghan pullout
  • Dubai: "We repeat the same message to you: The release of your prisoners in the hands of our brothers is linked to the withdrawal of your soldiers from our country," said the speaker on the audiotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera television.
  • SKorea accepts NKorean proposal for defense talks
  • Seoul: But after months of enmity that had the Koreas trading threats of war, face-to-face talks would be a breakthrough.
  • Pirates seize Syrian ship in Arabian Sea, says EU
  • Brussels: The 24,000-tonne bulk carrier Khaled Muhieddine K was seized last afternoon around 330 nautical miles southeast of the Omani coastal port of Salalah, the EU Navfor mission said in a statement late yesterday.
  • Hundreds of Tamil youths for Lankan police service
  • Colombo: Sri Lanka police has commenced the recruitment of 1,000 Tamil youths, including women, for the posts of sub inspectors, police constables and police drivers, according to the ColomboPage online.
  • Medvedev accepts invitation to visit Afghanistan
  • Moscow: "Medvedev has gratefully accepted Hamid Karzai''s invitation to visit Afghanistan," Russian news agencies quoted the joint statement as saying.
  • Japan drops collision case against Chinese skipper
  • Tokyo: They also decided not to indict a former coastguard officer who leaked a controversial video showing the incident that sent relations between China and Japan plunging to their worst in years.
  • Blair defends actions in new Iraq inquiry grilling
  • London: The former prime minister has been recalled to explain discrepancies in the evidence he gave one year ago when he first attended the inquiry into the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq.
  • NRI Mayor leads campaign to instal Basaweshwara's statue
  • London: A deputation of the Asian community has met the full council of Lambeth to extend its support for the proposal.
  • Gbagbo orders UN vehicles searched in Ivory Coast
  • The move comes after a series of attacks on UN vehicles and peacekeepers in the volatile West African nation. Last week, mobs and security forces allied to Gbagbo attacked at least six UN vehicles, setting some ablaze and wounding two people.
  • Govt to stop referring Pak as 'frontline state' in terror war
  • "Descriptions like frontline state in war against terrorism overcast the country''s positivities. Therefore, we are doing away with this phrase," a senior security official was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.
  • 'No change in US policy on Chinese role in S Asia'
  • Washington: "No. There''s no change in the US policy," State Department spokesman P J Crowley told foreign journalists here when asked why there is no reference to China''s role in South Asia in the joint statement issued after talks between US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Wednesday.
  • 'I don't regret Iraq war, but focus on WMD a mistake'
  • Washington: "No, I don''t regret that we went to war against him (Saddam), because we could be sitting here today, having a discussion about the race for nuclear weapons between Saddam Hussein''s Iraq and (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad''s Iran," Rice said in an interview to CNN.
  • Rally in North Waziristan against US drone strikes
  • Islamabad: All markets and educational institutions were closed and transport stayed off the roads in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency.
  • Nepal parties seek more time to form national govt
  • Kathmandu: The top leaders of three main political parties - the main opposition UCPN (Maoist) and the two ruling alliance partners CPN (UML) and the Nepali Congress - today agreed to ask the President for five move days to form a national consensus government.
  • Malaysia understands needs of ethnic Indians: Najib
  • The least one could do was to tolerate the diversity of the races as even this would help keep many problems at bay, he said while attending celebrations for the Hindu festival of ''Thaipusam'' yesterday.
  • 2010 was warmest year, S Asia face extreme weather
  • Geneva: "The 2010 data confirm the Earth''s significant long-term warming trend," WMO''s secretary-general Michel Jarraud told reporters yesterday.
  • Japan, US in pact on Tokyo keeping base-hosting costs
  • Tokyo: The special measures agreement on Tokyo''s host nation support also includes a clause that enables Japan to shoulder some of the costs of relocating the F-15 fighter drills based in Okinawa to the US territory of Guam.
  • Japan must plug over 20 tril. yen hole to meet FY '20
  • In a "conservative scenario," the Cabinet Office said the country will need to secure about USD 279.5 billion in order to realize a primary balance surplus in fiscal 2020 as pledged by the government in June, when it forecast that the shortfall could be around USD 261.45 billion.
  • FBI makes history, arrests 127 mobsters in New York
  • New York: The arrests, which happened in New York, New Jersey and across New England, included members of the Colombo crime family, the Gambino, the Luchese and the Bonanno family.
  • SKorea navy kills Somali pirates, saves crew: military
  • Seoul: The SEAL special forces boarded the South Korean ship before dawn, freeing all the hostages and killing the pirates in cabin-to-cabin battles, they said. Five others were captured.
  • Pak should learn lessons from India, says PML-N
  • "We should learn a lesson from the example of India where, on being summoned, the army chief appeared before the Public Accounts Committee although the case was about a minor charge relating to rations," said Khan, a senior leader of the PML-N party.
  • World Bank approves loan, grant for Pakistan
  • Washington: The loan announced yesterday aims to bolster Pakistan''s recovery efforts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The grant, meanwhile, will be co-financed by the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF), the Washington-based international development lender said.
  • Johnson quits as Shadow Chancellor over wife's affair
  • London: Hours after the resignation, Scotland Yard launched disciplinary proceedings against Paul Rice, who had guarded Johnson from potential terror attacks when he was Home Secretary, the Daily Mail reported today.
  • Tibetan antelope population touches two lakhs: Study
  • Beijing: Liu Wulin, President of the Forestry Survey and Planning Institute in Tibet, said the figure was calculated on the basis of a precise census carried out in 2006, and an average annual growth rate of 7 per cent.
  • Pak min withdraws resignation after meeting Gilani
  • Gabol had resigned in a huff on Wednesday, saying he had limited authority and the problems of his ministry and constituents in Karachi were not being resolved.
  • China orders pro-party reporting: Rights groups
  • Beijing: The 10-point list of orders was issued earlier this month by propaganda chief Li Changchun, according to a report on Boxun.com, an overseas-based website focussing on China human rights issues.
  • US slaps sanctions against "trainer of suicide bombers"
  • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton designated Qari Hussain as a foreign terrorist leader and slapped sanctions against him. The United States is widening its scope in going after alleged extremist leaders in Pakistan.
  • China needs to accelerate currency valuation: US
  • "The next step is with the Chinese continuing to take actions at a faster pace to deal with the valuation of their currency," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters at his daily news conference.
  • Krishna concludes Australia visit; returns home
  • During his three-day official visit, Krishna met Rudd, several senior officials and leaders of the country including new Victorian premier Ted Beilluei and Energy and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson.
  • Shakespeare plays in 38 languages for '12 Olympics
  • London: Shakespeare''s Globe theatre in the British capital said Thursday it would host the special season over six weeks, beginning next year on April 23, the playwright''s birthday.
  • US radio host criticised for Hu Jintao's mockery
  • Washington: The commentator lampooned Hu - who he called the "ChiCom dictator" - over his joint news conference Wednesday with US President Barack Obama that was marred by a delay in translation.
  • 'US encourages greater dialogue between India,Pak'
  • Washington: "We continue to do everything that we can to support a regional solution to the challenge of Afghanistan. We have encouraged Pakistan to develop its own stronger relationship and understandings with Afghanistan," State Department spokesman P J Crowley said.
  • Classified satellite launched from California base
  • The 71.63-meter tall Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle lifted off at 1:10 pm (local time) carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.
  • Swedish PM: Assange extradition a judicial matter
  • London: Assange is in London, where he''s battling extradition to Sweden over sex-crime allegations.
  • NASA sets final space shuttle mission for June 28
  • Washington: "It is NASA''s intent to fly the mission with orbiter Atlantis carrying the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station," a statement said.
  • Canadian terror suspect to fight extradition to US
  • Toronto: Lawyer Bob Aloneissi yesterday said that an extradition case involving Faruq Khalil Muhammad ''Isa could take months.
  • White House applauds Hu statement on human rights
  • Washington: US applauded the statement of Prez Hu Jintao about human rights situation in the country, saying Chinese leader eventually gave a "frank admission" on the issue.
  • Lebanon's caretaker PM says he will run again
  • Beirut: Saad Hariri''s Western-backed government fell last week over a dispute linked to a UN tribunal investigating the assassination of his father, former prime minister Rafik Hariri.
  • US lawmakers remind Hu of human rights violations in China
  • The reception given to the visiting Chinese dignitary was nowhere near the warm welcome accorded to the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, when he came here on a State visit in November 2009.
  • More than 120 busted in Northeast mafia crackdown
  • New York: US Attorney General Eric Holder said at a news conference in New York City that the 127 defendants include high-ranking members of the Gambino and Colombo crime families and the reputed former boss of organised crime in New England.
  • Pak court dismisses petition seeking end of Qadri's trial
  • Justice Malik Mohammad Anwar Kansi of the Islamabad High Court rejected the petition filed by Zafar Awan after a preliminary hearing.
Business
Sports
  • Indian eves confident ahead of T20 series vs WI
  • Ahmedabad: "The team is on a high after the 3-2 ODI series win against West Indies women," Goswami told mediapersons at the Sardar Patel stadium here today.
  • Illness no hurdle for Sharath Kamal
  • Kolkata: "Ideally, I should not be playing. I was running temperature. It''s not at all good for me since I''ve a long season ahead. It''s not even good for the game but I don''t want to give this as an excuse," Sharath said after he drubbed Souvik Roy 4-0 to ensure his last-16 berth.
  • Sharath, Mouma record easy victories
  • Kolkata: Top seed Sharath Kamal, who played despite being affected by a bout of flu didn''t break much sweat against Souvik Roy with a comprehensive 11-3, 11-2, 11-7 win to keep his hopes for sixth title intact.
  • Djokovic, Wozniacki step up gear at Aus Open
  • Melbourne: Djokovic''s quest to upset Nadal and Federer''s Grand Slam stranglehold received a helping hand as women''s top seed Wozniacki stepped up a gear at the Aus Open.
  • South Africa score 265 for 7 vs India in 4th ODI
  • Port Elizabeth: India are leading the series 2-1.
  • I-League table leaders East Bengal to take on HAL
  • Kolkata: The title favourites returned to winning ways in their away match against Viva Kerala in the previous match that saw their leading scorer Tolgay Ozbey return to the side after missing against Chirag United due to double booking.
  • LeJ planned to take Lankan cricket team hostage in Pak
  • Karachi: Abdul Wahab alias Omar, who is under dentition, told a private Pak news channel that the operation against the Sri Lankan Cricket team was planned in Waziristan.
  • India makes unimpressive start in historic chase
  • Rohit Sharma (1) failed yet again as an opener and Parthiv Patel (11) departed after making an impressive start but talented youngster Virat Kohli (20) was still holding the fort for India.
  • 'No discussion on replacement of coach with AFC'
  • New Delhi: All India Football Federation general secretary Kushal Das told PTI that the AIFF was not at all happy with the performance of the team but said there was no discussion with the AFC on the change of coach.
  • Pallabi, Shreya, Anirban storm into pre-QFs
  • Kolkata: Fresh from her moral-boosting performance against India no 2 Kumaresan Shamini in the team event yesterday, West Bengal''s ousted fifth-seeded Neha Agarwal of Delhi 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7 to storm into the pre-quarterfinals where she will face Sushmita Roy of PSPB.
  • Tour de France stars in Mumbai cyclothon
  • Mumbai: Radioshack, that has cycling legend Lance Armstrong on its roster, and Liquigas are two of the top professional cycling teams.
  • Kochi franchise denies reports of roping in Ganguly
  • Kolkata: "It's not true at all. We are not in talks with Ganguly, so the question of his involvement with the side does not arise," co-owner of the Kochi team Satyajit Gaekwad told PTI.
  • PCB yet to receive any call from Zulqarnain
  • Karachi: An official source in the board said that since the fact-finding committee of the board compiled its report, their had been no contact at all with Zulqarnain.
  • Tentacled tipster Paul the Octopus gets memorial
  • Berlin: The Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen yesterday unveiled a memorial to the World Cup''s most unlikely star: A 2-meter (6{-foot) tall plastic replica of Paul clutching a ball in his eight arms.
  • Marandi criticises National Games preparation
  • Talking to newsmen here, Marandi, who is chief of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), said the state government has been trying to conduct the Games by hoor or by crook even though infrastructure were not ready.
  • 58 foreign athletes confirm for Nagpur Marathon
  • Nagpur: The Nagpur marathon carries a total prize money to the tune of about Rs 39 lakhs and races would be held in 10 different categories including full marathon (42.195 kms) for men, half marathon (21.097 kms) for women along with men open (12 kms) and women open (10 kms), Organising Committee secretary Babanrao Tauwade told reporters.
  • 'Not bidding for Sourav was a collective decision'
  • Burdwan: "It was not my opinion to Sourav. It was a collective decision of the team management not to bid for the 38-year-old southpaw at the auction," Whatmore told reporters.
  • Sujjan moves closer to Asian Tour card, Himmat slips
  • Hua Hin (Thailand): With a total score of six-under after the first three rounds, Sujjan finds himself tied at the 26th place which brought him closer to a Tour card for the season.
  • Dramatic injury forces Venus Williams out of Open
  • Melbourne: The seven-time Grand Slam winner screamed in pain and stopped playing while receiving at 0-1 down, after being broken in the first game. She limped to her chair and quickly conceded defeat after seeing a trainer.
  • Duleep Trophy: Pacers give 1st innings lead to East Zone
  • Cuttack: Bengal''s Dinda (4/125 in 38.1 overs) and Orissa''s Basant (4/81 in 42 overs) bowled 80.1 overs between themselves as they ensured that Central don''t cross East Zone''s first innings score of 427. At stumps, East were 24 for one having stretched their overall lead to 61 runs and nine wickets remaining.
  • Less matches worries Indian women's cricket team
  • Ahmedabad: "We need to play at least 3-4 international series every year, which would be good for the youngsters who are new to the system and will also help the seniors like us maintain the momentum," said the top order batter of the team on the eve of the first T20 game of the three-match T20 series against West Indies to be played here.
  • India, UK appear headed for row over holding back SIS payment
  • New Delhi: The A K Shunglu committee, set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to look into irregularities in conduct of Commonwealth Games, has prima facie found wrong-doings in the contract worth Rs 246 crore signed by Prasar Bharti with SIS Live for telecast of the CWG in October last.
  • Shaun Marsh hits ton, Australia defeat England
  • Hobart: Marsh, left out of Australia''s World Cup squad named on Tuesday and the only player not in that squad playing today, posted his second one-day international century as Australia made 230 from 48.2 overs after being sent in to bat by England.
  • Nathan Hauritz injury plagues World Cup squad
  • Hobart: Hauritz, named on Tuesday as a member of Australia''s 15-man squad for the tournament, was playing against England in his first game for Australia since his omission from the entire Ashes Test series.
  • Coaches clash on eve of Iran-S Korea showdown
  • Doha: It will be the fifth straight last-eight meeting between the sides at the continental showpiece, with both having won twice, while Cho''s confident opposite number Afshin Ghotbi used to be the assistant South Korean coach.
  • Roger Federer breaks his idol's record in latest win
  • Melbourne: The world number two was untroubled as he got past one-time junior rival Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in 1hr 45min on Rod Laver Arena on the hottest day of the tournament so far.
  • Murali to retire from international cricket after WC
  • Colombo: "This World Cup will be my last outing," the 38-year-old Sri Lankan veteran spinner Muttiah Muralitharan told reporters on the sidelines of a training session in here.
  • Delay in payment: UK High Commissioner slams OC
  • New Delhi: A day after Sports Minister issued directions to pay all legitimate dues related to the CWG, British High Commissioner Stagg today hit out at the CWG OC for delay in the payment.
  • Mahindras launch MotoGP team with foreign riders
  • Mumbai: Announcing the entry into the world motorcycle event, in the 125cc class bikes, Mahindras'' Executive VP Ruzbeh Irani said that the move "is well aligned with our image. We are the newest kid on the block in India in the two-wheeler industry and want to take our brand to global pinnacle".
  • Viswanathan Anand beats Smeets to jump to sole lead
  • With his third victory from five games, Anand took his tally to four points and is now half a point ahead of nearest rival Hikaru Nakamura of United States who played out a draw with Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine.
  • Bopanna-Qureshi in third round of Australian Open
  • Melbourne: The "Indo-Pak Express", who had an easy outing yesterday during their first round match against Brazilian pair of Franco Ferreiro and Andre Sa, faced a tough challenge from the French duo today.
  • Jones seconded schoolboy's advise to Clarke
  • Melbourne: Daniel Brew gatecrashed a pre-match press conference at Hobart yesterday and was courageous enough to ask the Clarke what he needs to do to rectify the follies in his technique.
  • Plan to promote India as preferred golf destination
  • New Delhi: "India has several golf courses of international standard and we want to promote it as a preferred golf destination in the region," Kumar Selja, who was the Tourism Minister till recently, said.
  • Wozniacki, Djokovic advance; Henin out at Aus Open
  • Melbourne: It was Henin''s first loss in a major to Kuznestova, the former French and U.S. Open champion, and her worst run at a Grand Slam event since Wimbledon in 2005.
 22.01.2011,Saturday
 National
  • Ktk govt assures adequate steps to maintain peace: Pillai
  • New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai said he has spoken to Chief Secretary Ranganath S V and Director General of Police Ajai Kumar Singh and both of them have assured him that they were well in control of the situation in Karnataka.
  • Karnataka governor sends his report to MHA
  • New Delhi: The report said the Governor had sought 93 documents from the state government to verify the claims of two lawyers who had complained about the Chief Minister.
  • AP government reduced to minority: Jagan camp
  • Hyderabad: "We are ready to quit our posts if you and your Cabinet colleagues do so. We shall all go to the people to seek a fresh mandate. We will campaign with late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy''s pictures and you use only Sonia''s. Let us see who wins," Congress MLA Chandrasekhara Reddy said, addressing a massive protest programme organised by Jagan on the Ramakrishna beach road in Visakhapatnam this evening.
  • Raja Bhaiya offers to surrender before court in 2009 case
  • Pratapgarh: The counsel of Raja Bhaiya Jaibhan Singh, who moved the application on his behalf, said the court has directed that the MLA be produced on January 27 in connection with a 2009 case pertaining to alleged violation of Civil Aviation Act.
  • AP seeks faster clearance to Polavaram dam project
  • New Delhi: State Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today said he had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and made the request.
  • H M Naqvi wins first DSC Literature Prize for S Asia
  • Jaipur: The USD 50,000 award was instituted last year by infrastructure firm DSC, which is also the main sponsor of the Jaipur Literature Festival, and is aimed at honouring work of literature that deals with South Asia as a subject matter.
  • Govt wants fast-track courts for terror cases: Moily
  • Mumbai: "We would like to have terror cases dealt with by fast-track courts," Moily told reporters.
  • Oman Air flight diverted to Mum as pilot falls sick
  • Mumbai: The aircraft landed safely under full emergency conditions at 5.42 pm, the official said.
  • Mirchpur stir enters 9th day, affects road-rail traffic
  • Jind: The agitators from the predominant Jat community, who have been staging a sit-in on railway tracks here in support of their demand for the last eight days began a dharna on the railway line near village Ramayan on Hisar-Bhiwani route, disrupting movement of trains on Hisar-Rewari section, Station Superintendent Hisar Radhey Sham Meena said.
  • Rajasthan ATS takes custody of Aseemanand
  • Ajmer: The ATS brought Aseemanand, a member of Abhinav Bharat group said to be behind the Malegaon blast in Maharashtra in 2008, here from Haryana after an Ajmer court had issued a production warrant on January 18.
  • Two-year seniority loss, reprimand for Lt Gen Rath
  • Shillong: The two-year loss of seniorty would mean that the officer who took the three-star rank in May 2008, would be now considered as being promoted as Lt Gen from May 2010.
  • China seeks consular access to arrested nationals
  • New Delhi: The Chinese Embassy officials met External Affairs Ministry''s China division officials and sought access to the arrested persons, sources told PTI.
  • PM asks parties not to promote divisive agendas
  • New Delhi: Observing that the Republic Day is "a solemn occasion", he said, "It is not an occasion to score political points, to embarrass state and local administrations, to create situations that could lead to entirely avoidable problems, or to promote divisive agendas." "It is my hope that all our citizens and political parties will heed this call and will do nothing that will disturb peace and harmony, or detract in any way from the dignity of Republic Day," Singh said in a statement.
  • Mumbai top cop's mother's flat in 'Harsiddhi Heights'
  • Mumbai: The Navy had approached the High Court in October 2010 seeking demolition of the 18-storey building in Worli as it had not obtained the requisite ''No Objection Certificate'' (NOC) from Western naval authorities before the construction.
  • Alliance with Trinamool will continue, says Pranab
  • Siliguri: "The alliance with the Trinamool Congress will continue. We know how to run an alliance. The UPA is also an alliance," Mukherjee told a rally here.
  • 'Criminalisation of politics in WB began in 1977'
  • Siliguri: "Why are so many being killed in West Bengal today? Because the first Left Front meeting held in 1977 decided to categorise criminals in jails in the state and decided to release 1200 CPI(M) cadre classified as criminals. The criminalisation of politics began on that day in 1977," Mukherjee said at a rally here.
  • Only 42 polio cases in 2010; drastic from 2009
  • New Delhi: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said "Polio Free India" is now an achievable goal.
  • Ktk Governor behaving like Congress agent: BJP
  • Chennai: "The Governor''s activities are politically motivated.
  • Pro-Telangana stir has not crossed limit: Kiran
  • New Delhi: "The Srikrishna Committee report has come. The Congress high command is doing an exercise of interaction with the MPs of the two regions...I think the process is going on....once this process of interaction is over... I think we will know what the Congress high command does...let them decide," he told reporters here.
  • I hold no bitterness towards killers: Staines widow
  • Bhubaneswar: "Because of forgiveness I hold no bitterness towards the persons who killed my family," the 59 year-old woman told PTI through an e-mail.
  • Congress for avoiding open debate on 'Makarajyothi'
  • Thiruvananthapuram: "It is always better to avoid hair-splitting analyses of issues of devotion and belief. There are many customs and traditions associated with various Hindu, Muslim and Christian places of worship. Even courts mostly refrain from interfering in religious beliefs and traditions," KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala said.
  • Kerala cannot be declared lottery free zone: Chandy
  • Kochi: Most of the people engaged in selling lottery tickets in the state were from the lower strata of society and they could not do any other work to eke out their livelihood, he said.
  • No let up in BJP demand for JPC probe in 2G case
  • Chennai: "I don''t see the impasse to be over without the government accepting our demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the matter," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters here.
  • Binayak may not get bail due to conspiracy: mother
  • Kalyani (WB): "I fear my son will not be granted bail by the Chhattisgarh High Court on January 24 as some powerful people are a hatching conspiracy to influence the judiciary," 84-year-old ailing Anashua Sen said here.
  • Complaints against BSY over corruption charges
  • Bangalore: The complaints were filed by advocates Siranjan Basha and K N Balaraj, on whose petitions Bhardwaj had late last night given his nod for prosecution in a development that intensified the political war between him and the state''''s ruling BJP.
  • Nitish asks DMs to ensure 'people-oriented' admin
  • Patna: Addressing a meeting of district magistrates and divisional commissioners here, Kumar said the people''s mandate must be respected and the work done during the past five years would have to be carried forward relentlessly.
  • Bill on corruption likely in Budget session: Moily
  • Mumbai: "We are bringing a separate bill on corruption in accordance with the UN convention," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters here.
  • Vessel capsizes in Arabian Sea, 32 people rescued
  • Ahmedabad: Logo Searcher, a dredger hired by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), today sank 20 nautical miles off Jafrabad, Coast Guard officials said.
  • Chargesheet against senior IAS officer of MHA
  • New Delhi: The chargesheet, running into 2,343 pages, was filed in the court of Special Judge Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal who took it into the records and fixed January 29, the next date of hearing, for taking it on cognizance.
  • Pak apprehends 17 Indian fishermen and 6 boats
  • Ahmedabad: PMSA yesterday intercepted seven Indian fishing boats in the international waters, on which there were 34 fishermen, Lodhari said.
  • CWG overlays scam: pvt firm head in 14-day JC
  • New Delhi: "The accused is remanded to jail till February four," Special CBI Judge O P Saini said.
  • Rajasthan ATS takes Aseemanand in custody
  • Jaipur: Aseemanand was arrested by the CBI on November 19 last year for his alleged involvement in Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad that left nine persons dead.
  • Veerappa Moily says BJP protecting corruption
  • Mumbai: Moily said the Governor had full authority to sanction prosecution of the Chief Minister who is not above the law and does not enjoy immunity.
  • Congress says not concerned with the Guv's Office
  • New Delhi: "I do not see any point in attacking political parties for this. We are not concerned with the Governor''s Office... A Governor is a constitutional authority. Under constitution, he has constitutional discretions...Ultimately, it is for the Governor to exercise his constitutional discretion.
  • Attack on TN fishermen:' SL should be warned'
  • New Delhi: During a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the MDMK leader voiced serious concern over such attacks and alleged that the Indian Navy and Coast Guard remained "idle spectators" and have made no attempt to protect the fishermen from the state.
  • Three persons sentenced to life in murder case
  • Gonda (UP): Special Magistrate Harihar Prasad Yadav held Shiv Shanker, Rajesh and Sukhdeo guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 2,000 on each of the accused.
  • Normalcyin Karchana after farmers call off agitation
  • Allahabad: Trouble arose yesterday in the district''s Karchhana tehsil, 40 kms from the city, where farmers from at least half-a-dozen villages, whose land has been acquired by the Uttar Pradesh government for a proposed thermal power project, began staging a demonstration.
  • TDP holds bicycle rally to protest petro price hike
  • Hyderabad: Chandrababu reached Monda wholesale vegetable market at Secunderabad this morning and enquired about prices of commodities from traders and consumers.
  • PM honours 23 children with Bravery Awards
  • New Delhi: "The whole country is proud of you and has high hopes from you. I have no hesitation in saying that with such brave children, the future of this country is secure," Singh said, while conferring the award here today.
  • BJP holds demo in Bangalore, demands Guv's recall
  • Bangalore: Addressing the protesting BJP members here, senior leader H N Ananth Kumar said the party would request President Pratibha Patil to recall the Governor.
  • Raj Bhavan delivers sanction order to CM's office
  • Bangalore: Yeddyurappa''s January 21 letter to Bhardwaj asking for a copy of the sanction order was received by Raj Bhavan at 11 PM, a communique said.
  • Court asks CAG to appear on Swamy complaint
  • New Delhi: Special CBI Judge Pradip Chaddah last evening sought presence of the top auditor and the official, R P Singh, in the court on February 5 to depose as witnesses.
  • Cold conditions relent in Punjab and Haryana
  • Chandigarh: Chandigarh recorded a minimum temperature of 7.3 deg C, one degree above normal, the Met office said today.
  • Sena chief claims threat to his b'day celebrations
  • Mumbai: "Police have got information that taking advantage of the crowd, terrorists are planning another attack like 26/11 on my birthday," 84-year-old Thackeray was quoted as saying in party mouthpiece ''''Saamana'''' today.
  • Kashmir division continues to be in grip of cold wave
  • Srinagar: In Leh town, the mercury plunged by 2.5 degrees to settle at a low of minus 11.4 degrees Celsius, an official of the MeT department said.
  • Two arrested with fake Indian currency in Srinagar
  • Srinagar: Mushtaq Ahmad Mir and Khursheed Ahmad War, both residents of Kupwara district, were arrested last evening and counterfeit Indian notes with face value of Rs 7,500 recovered from them, a police spokesman said.
  • Fresh modalities for oil production in Nagaland
  • Kohima: The release quoting member secretary of cabinet sub-committee and Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) H K Khulu said the oil spill issue in Champang area under Wokha district would be addressed by the state government.
  • Ktk crisis: Normal life disrupted, shops  remain closed
  • Bangalore: Normal life was disrupted in Karnataka due to the day-long bandh called by the ruling BJP to protest Guv H R Bhardwaj's sanction for prosecuting Yeddyurappa.
  • Popular Telugu film director E V V Satyanarayana passes away
  • Hyderabad: He was 53 and is survived by wife and two sons.
  • Four killed as bridge collapses in Nanded
  • Aurangabad: The incident took place near the Bolsa village on the Hyderabad road.
  • Dalit woman, whose daughter stripped for stealing, released
  • Kanpur: Police gave clean chit to the mother-daughter duo, who were accused by a boutique owner of stealing rings.
  • Presence of Cong MLAs not show of strength by Jagan: aide
  • Visakhapatnam (AP): "The MLAs who have time will attend his protests. Those who do not have time would not attend. It is not correct to say that some 30 MLAs attended Jagan''s protest and that is his strength. It has already been made clear that Jagan does not intend to destabilise the government," Ambati Rambabu, a former state Congress general secretary, told reporter
 International
  • Human rights space in India has contracted: expert
  • "Space for civil society contracted," said Margaret Sekaggy, a UN independent expert on human rights after completing her first fact-finding mission to the India.
  • Afghan lawmakers continue standoff with Karzai
  • Kabul: Two lawmakers involved in today''s talks, which are still under way at the presidential palace, say no resolution to the political crisis is in sight.
  • Nepal Maoist give up control over ex-PLA guerrillas
  • Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal last week signed an agreement with Maoist supremo Prachanda to bring the arms and the army of the former PLA combatants and the Nepal military under the control of the Special Committee, a task earlier shouldered by United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) that wrapped up its mission on January 15.
  • Official says Iraq militia chief behind pilgrim blasts
  • Baghdad: If the Awakening Council leader is found guilty of the charges, it would affirm widespread government doubts about integrating the Sunni fighters into the nation''''s security forces - despite their alliance with the US against al-Qaeda.
  • NRI overcomes disease to inspire many in UK
  • London: Leicester-based Sarabjit Parmar, 27, suffers from facioscapulohumeral (FSH) muscular dystrophy from childhood, which involved not being able to smile.
  • 47 arrested in Pakistan for having links with militants
  • Peshawar: Security forces and the Khasadar militia jointly conducted the operation in Landi Kotal, a border town of Khyber Agency.
  • Veena Malik takes on the mullah-brigade in Pakistan
  • Islamabad: Malik took Mufti Abdul Kawi to task for calling her "baigharat" (immoral) on a talk show on television and said if she were in the wrong, so was he because Islam doesn''t permit a man to cast a second look at a woman who isn''t his relative.
  • Thousands rally against new leaders in Tunisia
  • Tunis: Demonstrators in Tunis were joined by dozens of members of the police, discredited because of the bloody crackdown on protests against president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali that ultimately led to his ouster on January 14.
  • Nuclear talks with Iran leave Ashton disappointed
  • Istanbul: "I am disappointed," said Ashton after two days of talks in Istanbul between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group of countries, whose delegation she headed.
  • Indian barbers plan to make buck from sale of hair
  • "Instead of throwing the hair away, local businessmen can make big bucks by selling it to international wig makers.
  • China to enhance cooperation in BJP-ruled states
  • Beijing: The understanding has been reached at a meeting between BJP President Nitin Gadkari and Wang Jia Rui, the Chinese Minister of international department and a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of China.
  • Bollywood star Aamir Khan on Berlin film fest jury
  • Berlin: Although his film ''Peepli Live'' is out of the Oscar race, the 45-year-old actor himself is going places. He is now one of the seven jury members who will pick the winner of the prestigious Golden and Silver Bear prizes at the festival to be held here from February 10 to 20.
  • Join me, Sulabh founder urges Cambridge students
  • Speaking at the Cambridge Union Society last night, Pathak said the Sulabh sanitation campaign will spread to 50 more developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to achieve United Nations'' millennium development goal (MDG).
  • US bombs wipe Afghan village off map, says report
  • London: According to a report in the Daily Mail, after two attempts at clearing the village led to casualties on both sides, Lt Col David Flynn, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force 1-320th, gave the order to pulverise the village.
  • 'No progress in peace talks could lead to Intifada'
  • "The results could be devastating... It could lead to an Intifada or a popular Palestinian uprising," Abbas told Qatar-based pan-Arab channel al-Jazeera on the consequences of a prolonged deadlock in peace talks.
  • Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is back in Iran, says aide
  • Baghdad: The senior Sadrist official said the populist firebrand cleric left Iraq early today. It was not known when he would return.
  • 10 militants killed, 1 civilian dead in eastern Afghan
  • Kabul: Provincial police chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzia says the battle, which lasted several hours early Saturday morning, began after insurgents fired a rocket toward a group of Afghan and NATO forces who were preparing to go on patrol in the Sabari district.
  • Nepal panel starts monitoring of ex-Maoist guerrillas
  • Nepal''''s caretaker government and the main Opposition UCPN-Maoist today agreed on a deal to formally bring the guerrillas of the Maoists'''' Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) under the monitoring process of the Special Committee after the UN peace mission wrapped up its task on January 15.
  • Pak anti-terror court adjourns 26/11 case to Feb 4
  • Islamabad: Judge Ahmed listed the matter for February 4 and there were no further proceedings in the trial, which is being held Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.
  • 'China near restoring Soviet-era aircraft carrier'
  • Beijing: China has completed the major steps required to fully restore a partially built aircraft carrier purchased from Ukraine in 1998, Chinese state-run Global Times reported quoting Hong Kong based media reports.
  • China to encourage companies to invest in US: Hu
  • Chicago: Hu, who is on a visit here as part of his four-day US tour, yesterday visited an exhibition of Chinese companies with a presence in the Midwest in southwest suburban Woodridge. The exhibition featured 10 companies with ties to China.
  • Hundreds of Tamil youths for Lankan police service
  • Colombo: Sri Lanka police has commenced the recruitment of 1,000 Tamil youths, including women, for the posts of sub inspectors, police constables and police drivers, according to the ColomboPage online.
  • China asked to ensure Pak aid not used against India
  • Pakistan continues to create lots of problems for India through acts of cross-border terrorism, BJP President Nitin Gadkari, who held wide-ranging talks with Chinese leaders yesterday, told the Indian media here.
  • Clerics who motivated Taseer killer granted bail
  • Mufti Hanif Qureshi and Qari Imtiaz Shah, both Rawalpindi-based clerics, were granted bail against surety bonds of Rs 200,000 each by the court on Thursday.
  • Myanmar's Suu Kyi going online after detention
  • Yangon: The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was released from seven years of house arrest in November.
  • BBC offers apology about 'double A-bomb survivor'
  • London: The latest apology came after media reports about the program generated strong reactions in Japan.
  • Haiti's Duvalier apologises for past, urges unity
  • "I am here to show my solidarity at this difficult moment," he said in his first full public statement yesterday since ending his 25-year exile and making a surprise landing back in Haiti late Sunday.
  • South Korea navy praised over pirate rescue
  • Seoul: "The Cheongha Unit salvages national pride," declared the Dong-A Ilbo''s frontpage banner headline over a colour photo of SEAL special forces storming a South Korean freighter that had been taken by pirates in the Indian Ocean.
  • Chicago needs to be developed further: Emanuel
  • Chicago: Emanuel, a Chicago native, returned to the city in October last year and decided to run for the post of mayor after incumbent Richard Daley announced in September that he would not run for the next term.
  • Tunisian premier pledges to quit after 'free' polls
  • Tunis: "After the transition, I will retire from political life," Ghannouchi said in an interview with Tunisian television and promised to stage "transparent and democratic elections - the first since independence" from France in 1956.
  • UN chief slams Israel over settlement policy
  • "I have repeatedly expressed my regret that Israel has not frozen settlement activities," Ban said at the opening of the 2011 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held at UN Headquarters.
  • Man wearing Obama mask robs Austrian bank
  • Vienna: The disguised thief robbed a bank in the town of Handenberg in Upper Austria just before the bank closed at 6:00 pm (2230 IST), police said in statement.
  • Iran sees progress at talks, others demur
  • Istanbul: The six powers - China, Britain, France, Russia, the United States, and Germany - want to nudge Iran toward acknowledging the need to reduce worries that it might shift its uranium enrichment programme into making weapons.
  • World's largest solar park planned in Greece
  • Athens: Estimated to cost 600 million euros (USD 807 million) and with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW), the project''s electricity output will be "greater than any other photovoltaic park operational in the world until now," Papandreou told a development event in Kozani yesterday.
  • Time short for Israel-Palestinian deal: UN chief
  • United Nations: UN chief slammed Israel's refusal to halt settlement building in Palestinian territories and warned that time is running out to save Middle East peace talks.
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  • Dispute over land proprietorship turns violent
  • Rewari (Haryana): The incident took place last evening soon after Haryana Finance Minister Ajay Singh Yadav laid the foundation stone of the service centre at Bawal, police said.
  • PM's remark an attempt to 'suffocate democracy'
  • Shimla: Thakur said he was "appalled" at the "ugly" designs of Congress and J-K government for scuttling the peaceful march aimed at promoting national integration.
  • Polling held at 11 Gram Panchayats in Rajasthan
  • Jaipur: No untoward incident took place during the polling which was held from 8 am to 5 pm at 10 Gram Panchayats in Ajmer (Rasulpura, Sendaria, Naroli, Ghughra, Makadwali, Hathikera, Kayad, Tabiji, Dorai and Somalpur) and one at Samhar in Jaipur district, an official said.
  • Two youths detained near Lal Chowk area
  • Srinagar: "We have detained two youths as they were moving in a suspicious manner near the Clock Tower in Lal Chowk," a police officer said.
  • UID project to be launched tomm in Puducherry
  • Puducherry: The process was being done in partnership with the Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs of the territorial government, UIDAI deputy director general Ashok Dalwai told reporters here today.
  • BSF DG visit naxal-hit south Orissa
  • Bhubaneswar: BSF Director General Raman Srivastava, along with senior officers of the force, reviewed the situation in the Maoist bastion during his visit to places like Kalimela and Balimela in Malkangiri district, official sources said.
  • HC rejects plea for police custody of Maoist
  • Madurai: Justice V Periakaruppiah said Police custody could not be granted in this case as the first judicial remand period of 15 days had expired.
  • Yeddyurappa likely to move HC tomorrow
  • Bangalore: A battery of advocates and legal experts today perused about 93 documents, on the basis of which the Governor accorded his sanction to prosecute Yeddyurappa on January 21, sources close to the Chief Minister said.
  • Birth Anniversary of Netaji observed in W Bengal
  • Kolkata: All India Forward Block State General Ashok Ghosh today marked the beginning of the celebration by garlanding the statue of Netaji.
  • No compensation paid for oil leak: Fishermen
  • Mumbai: Two cargo ships - MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia collided on August 7 off Mumbai coast, causing a huge oil spill from one of the vessels.
  • Three arrested, idol worth Rs 2.5 crore seized
  • Lucknow: Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Devendra Sharma, Abhishek and Sushil Kumar from Aliganj area here yesterday and an "Ashtdhau" (combination of eight metals) idol of Gautam Buddha was recovered from them, they said.
  • Mulayam threatens to launch massive agitation
  • Lucknow: "Mayawati has unleashed a reign of terror in the state.
  • Geelani aide arrested in Hawala case
  • Srinagar: "Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, who has been a financier of disruptive activities, has been arrested," Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, S M Sahai told PTI.
  • BJP flag issue controversial: Digvijay Singh
  • Guwahati: "On Republic day we should hoist the national flag but the BJP''s decision smacks of ill motives and is controversial," Singh told a Congress rally here today.
  • 'BJP will certainly hoist national flag at Lal Chowk'
  • Vijayawada: "Every citizen in this country has the right to hold and hoist the national flag," Naidu said talking to reporters here.
  • Voting rights for NRIs being considered: Ravi
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Speaking to reporters here, he said there was a provision in the existing rules which said that a person not residing in the country for more than six months will have no right to vote.
  • 'Every Indian has the right to unfurl tricolour'
  • Lakhimpur (UP): "Unfurling national flag is a right of every Indian but no one has the right to create law and order problem," Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Jitin Prasada said here.
  • JPC probe will provide larger canvas than CAG
  • Agartala: Considering the gravity of the irregularities, a "wider and comprehensive" probe is required into the 2G spectrum allocation, Karat told a press conference here.
  • Air India's past glory to be revived: Vayalar Ravi
  • Thiruvananthapuram: "It is true that the private sector has emerged as a major player in the aviation sector. But Air India should be the face of the country in the international transport route. I am for regaining its past glory. That does not mean that I am underestimating private players," he said, speaking to reporters at a meet-the-press programme here.
  • Azad not leader of Indian Muslims: Azam Khan
  • Lucknow: "I have said this in the past and will continue to say that Ghulam Nabi Azad of Kashmir cannot be the leader of the Muslims of the country," he said while addressing a function organised at party headquarters here.
  • Firing at Indian fishermen cannot be justified: FM
  • Chennai: "There is no point and justification in shooting them," he told reporters after meeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M Karunanidhi at his residence here to discuss the issue.
  • Buddhadeb demands unearthing of black money
  • Kolkata: Bhattacharjee said that some rich people in the country had deposited in Swiss or German banks over Rs 100 lakh crores of black money, while a large section of people remained in poverty.
  • Ready to prepare 2G on priority, govt tells oppn
  • New Delhi/Chennai: "We are prepared to discuss all issues in the House. If they (the opposition) have the priority to discuss the 2G matter, it can be discussed on priority," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told PTI.
  • Indore topped crime rate among big cities in 2009
  • Indore: Crime rate of Indore was 860.3, which was the highest in the country, according to National Crime Records Bureau''s report ''Crime in India 2009''.
  • Karnataka Governor should be recalled: Naidu
  • Vijayawada: Saying that Bharadwaj undermined democracy, Naidu said that BJP would raise the issue vehemently in the Budget session of the Parliament.
  • India says killing of fisherman 'unacceptable'
  • New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has taken the matter "very seriously", saying it is "unacceptable" and has sought a report from the Indian mission.
  • Due respect not shown to Netaji: Murthy
  • Kolkata: "We have not paid due respect to Netaji. It is time this is corrected," entrepreneur-cum-thinker Murthy said here voicing concern over the leadership lacunae.
  • One killed, 16 injured as bus falls into gorge
  • Kotdwara: One Yatendra Singh (26) died on the spot when a private bus rolled down into a gorge at Bhadali Khal village on Delhi-Pauri National Highway 119 last evening, they said.
  • BJP attacks PM on flag hoisting at Lal Chowk
  • New Delhi: "The government has arrested the members of Bharatiya Yuva Morcha. They have sealed all border points in Jammu and Kashmir to prevent their entry. This is unacceptable and undemocratic," senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley told reporters here.
  • 'BJP adopting double standards over corruption'
  • Hyderabad: "BJP national president Nitin Gadkari himself said the Chief Minister Yeddyurappa''s action of denotifying the land in favour of his son was immoral. The Governor has acted in accordance with his powers. How can BJP talk about ethics?" V Hanumantha Rao said talking to PTI here.
  • Cold wave claims 3 more lives in Kashmir
  • Srinagar: The bodies of Khursheed Ahmad Buhroo (54), Parvaiz Ahmad Wagay (32) and Mohammad Akbar Khan were recovered from the rented house of Misra Begum at Microwave Colony in Baramulla district, 55 kms from here, police said today.
  • Omar reviews development projects in J&K
  • Srinagar: Omar, who chaired a high level meeting here yesterday, was briefed about the progress of the four-laning of a National Highway from Qazigund to Srinagar, an official spokesman said.
  • Intl food festival at JNU on Republic Day
  • New Delhi: Foreign Students'' Association (FSA) in JNU, a platform of foreign students representing over fifty countries of the world, is organizing the Food Festival, an annual event in the University''s calendar, when students from the respective countries showcase and serve their traditional dishes to the larger university community.
  • Security revamped in Valley in view of BJP yatra
  • Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired a high level meeting of the civil administration and security agencies here last evening.
  • People should not be killed: Bengal Governor
  • "People should not be killed....(it is) most unfortunate," Naryanan commented when asked about report of three CPI(M) supporters killed at Saboni in West Midnapore allegedly by the Maoists this morning.
  • Shunglu committee to seek time to submit report
  • Sources privy to the development said the Committee led by former Comptroller and Auditor General V K Shunglu is racing against time to collaborate and compile all documents related to projects executed by different departments in the run up to the mega sporting event held in October last year.
  • Mother Express to make halt at Bhubaneswar
  • Bhubaneswar: The coaches of the train will be kept open for general public at Platform Number 1 at Mancheswar Railway Station here tomorrow and January 25.
  • Naxal commander killed in encounter in Hyderabad
  • Hyderabad: A police party from Khammam, about 190 kms from here, came across a group of naxals during a combing operation in the Allapalli forest, a senior police officer from Khammam told PTI over phone.
  • Nation pays tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
  • New Delhi: Singh, BJP leader L K Advani and other parliamentarians offered floral tributes at the portrait of Netaji in the Central Hall of Parliament.
  • Sebi,RBI on watch for illicit Swiss money coming back
  • New Delhi: The stepped-up vigil for money laundering activities by the country''s two financial regulators comes in the midst of suspicion that there could be some Indian entities in the list of over 2,000 Swiss bank accounts that are expected to be disclosed soon by whistle-blower website Wikileaks.
  • Seven students atop train hit by overbridge, 3 killed
  • Jaipur: The accident took place in the wee hours when a large number of youths were going in trains to different districts for the police constable recruitment examination scheduled for the day.
  • Flag issue: Advani claims State surrendering to separatists
  • New Delhi: "If the rationale for the prohibitory orders is apprehension of breach of peace, curbs should be targeted towards those who have declared that they will not let the tricolour be put up at the Lal Chowk....
  • Pranab Mukherjee's statement shocking, says BJP
  • New Delhi: "I am shocked to read the statement of Pranab ''da'' who happens to be Leader of the House in Lok Sabha. Does the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee amount to not having faith in Parliamentary democracy and the Constitution?" BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said in a statement.
  • Indian bison to roam Bandhavgarh reserve after a decade
  • Bhopal: "We have brought five gaurs - three male and two female - from Kanha in the first phase of the translocation," Bandhavgarh Reserve''s Field Director C K Patil told PTI today.
  • 2G scam: FM hopes for a solution in Budget session
  • Chennai: "I do hope it will be possible for us to find a solution so that transaction during the Budget session can be held smoothly," he told reporters here.
  • Chargesheet against JK govt official in bribery case
  • Srinagar: The chargesheet against the accused Superintendent Electrical Mechanical Grade-I (GREF) Shishir Kumar Yadav was filed in the court of special judge anti-corruption here yesterday, a spokesman of the SVO said today.
  • Sukna scam: Lt Gen Rath's family vows to get justice
  • Shillong: "We will not rest till justice is done. We will stand by Rath and whatever we can do, we will do," Rath''s brother Pratap Kumar Rath said after the court pronounced the sentence.
  • 3 CPI-M men killed, one injured by Maoists in Kolkata
  • Kolkata: Police said a group of Maoists appeared suddenly and fired from close range at four persons having tea at a stall this morning at Maturapur village.
  • Three awarded life term for raping minor in UP area
  • Balrampur (UP): Special Sessions Judge Chandra Shekhar Prasad pronounced the judgement yesterday, awarding life imprisonment to Ramasrey and brothers Bhadai and Sitaram for raping a 15 year old girl in 2004.
  • CM flays move to stop Karnataka Express by forces
  • Bangalore: "Nobody tolerates such things," he said, adding, he would request the party central leaders to take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and "protest this type of attitude".
  • Gujarat CM cannot be given clean chit: Deoband VC
  • Muzaffarnagar (UP): "Those who were involved in Gujarat riots should be punished," the cleric told reporters last evening at the seminary after taking charge as Vice Chancellor and added that he has never praised the BJP leader.
  • Cong MLA questions BJP leader touching Swaraj's feet
  • Bhopal: "Jha had, at the BJP''s Gaurav Diwas function, asked party workers not to touch anyone''s feet because it was a ''Congress practise''," Singh told PTI.
  • Gulzar roped in as Madhya Pradesh brand ambassador
  • Bhopal: The Directorate of Census Operations (DCO) has named the 74-year-old songwriter eminent writer as its brand ambassador who will motivate people in the state to participate in the enumeration exercise which will enter the second phase from February nine.
  • Property worth Rs seven lakh gutted in fire
  • Nawada: Sadar sub-divisional officer S Z Hassan told PTI that fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames but there was no casualty.
  • Govt's school mapping to check availability as per RTE
  • Mumbai: "We are tracking schools with Geographic Information System to check availability across the state, as per the RTE," Minister of State for School Education Fauzia Khan told PTI.
  • BSY leaves for Delhi for consultations with leadership
  • Bangalore: Before leaving for the national capital, Yeddyurappa told reporters that he would meet the party''s national leaders to discuss the political developments and the "attitude of our Governor".
  • 'Government duty-bound to hoist flag at Lal Chowk'
  • New Delhi: "The UPA government is duty bound under the Transaction of Business Rules framed under the Constitution to officially unfurl the tricolour national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar, J&K," he said in a statement here.
  • Kashmir continues to freeze as temperatures fall
  • Srinagar: Pahalgam in south Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 10.4 degrees Celsius while Gulmarg in north Kashmir settled at minus 10.1 degrees Celsius, a MeT department official said.
  • Wary of terror threat, Thackeray skips b'day celebrations
  • Mumbai: Party Executive President and Thackeray''s son Uddhav accepted the greetings on behalf of his father.
  • FM asks SL navy to desist shooting Indian fishermen
  • Chennai: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked the defence force of SLanka not to open fire on the Indian fishermen but apprehend them if they had done something wrong.
  • Mirchpur residents remain adamant, carry on protests
  • Jind: A heavy police and para-military force had been deployed here and in parts of Hisar as a precautionary measure to prevent violence.
  • 90-year-old sadhvi stabbed to death in temple in UP 
  • Muzaffarnagar: Jamuna Devi and her helper Gayan Giri were sleeping on the premises of Mahadev temple when they were attacked at Toli village last night, police said today.
  • Hop on orange, purple cluster buses from this week
  • New Delhi: The Star Bus Pvt Ltd, which was awared the first cluster in South Delhi, will begin the operation with 50 low floor swanky buses in the area. While non-airconditioned buses will be orange, the colour of airconditioned buses will be purple.
  • Mercury rises in Rajasthan, minimum at 4-5 degreeC
  • Jaipur: The minimum temperature in Sriganganagar rose by 5 degrees to settle at 5.3 deg C last night, according to Met department here.
  • Multi-purpose National Id-Cards for Orissa fishermen
  • Kendrapara (Orissa): "The enumeration and data entry work has ended.
  • Two narcotic smugglers arrested in Ghazipur area
  • Ghazipur: Angad Gupta and Javed Khan were arrested on a tip off in Bhaksi Ka Pulia area here yesterday, they said.
  • Cold conditions relent in Punjab and Haryana
  • Chandigarh: The minimum temperature hovered between two deg C below normal to four notches above normal in the region, the Met office said here today.
  • Reprieve for Blueline buses, may ply as feeder buses
  • New Delhi: The government has already set January 31 as the "final deadline" to completely phase out the "killer'' Bluelines which gained notoriety for involvement in frequent road accidents in the city.
  • Fast Breeder Reactor to be commissioned next year
  • The 500 MWe reactor, being developed by the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) here, uses a unique mix of uranium and plutonium which significantly enhances the capability to generate electricity per tonne of fuel utilised.
  • 'Home Boy' returns home with second book set in Karachi
  • The 36-year-old writer, who almost became broke while writing his first book, has walked away with the first DSC Prize for South Asian literature worth USD 50,000 and says he is pleased to have been rewarded for his hard work.
  • Belgian dogs to assist security forces to fight Naxals
  • Raipur: Almost seven such "Malinois" breed dogs have been trained by the premier police dog training centre of the paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at their academy near Chandigarh for about 22 weeks.
  • Rahman to receive Crystal Award in WEF at Davos
  • New Delhi: Rahman will be in the company of over 2,500 participants from over 11 countries representing business leaders, heads of governments and states, academicians, artists and faith leaders.
  • Alarming increase in incest rape cases
  • New Delhi: Cases of incest rape have "increased by 30.7 per cent from 309 cases in 2008 to 404 cases in 2009", said the ''Crime in India-2009'' report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
  • PIL seeks constitution of 'joint forum' to curb price rise
  • New Delhi: The PIL filed by a Uttar Pradesh-based farmer, Bhagat Ram Misra, alleged that the Centre and the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) had failed to fix proper minimum support price (MSP) for farmers despite a huge increase in the input and transportation costs.
  • 'Non-English authors don't get better representation'
  • The author, who did not seem to be in the best of humour during a discussion at the Jaipur Literature Festival, said that even an event like the one here was not a true representation of different voices in literature because it was dominated by those who wrote in English.
  • HIV-positive man gets life term in murder case
  • New Delhi: Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau awarded the prison term to the convict, who used to work with MCD on contract, and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.
  • Govt may help youths arrested 'wrongly' for terror
  • New Delhi: Official sources said the proposal to provide financial, legal and other help to the Muslim youths, who were put in long detention on the suspicion of being a terrorist but later found to be innocent, was being considered as a relief to the victims as well as their families.
  • One-third adolescent girls under-nourished: Survey
  • New Delhi: The number of adolescent girls (in the age group of 11-18 years), constituting 17 per cent of the total female population, is 8.3 crore, according to the National Family Health Survey.
  • Dowry-related crime behind arrest of 1 in every 4 women
  • New Delhi: Out of the 1,79,294 women arrested in 2009, the National Crime Records Bureau said, 25.95 per cent were apprehended under heads of dowry deaths and cruelty by husband and relatives.
  • PM to open 'Delhi Sustainable Development Summit'
  • New Delhi: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez Reyna, and President of Seychelles James Alix Michel will attend the conference, TERI officials said here.
  • Kala-azar continues to plague Bihar
  • Patna: State Deputy Chief Malaria officer Dr S K Aman told PTI that in the year gone by, 22,470 people were afflicted by Kala-azar and 1,684 people were still undergoing treatment.
  • Three carcasses of wild animals recovered  in Jammu
  • Jammu: Officials of Wildlife Protection Department, while conducting routine patrol, intercepted a scooter at Chhalla in Kathua district, authorities said, adding that the two youth riding the vehicle managed to escape, but left their scooter.
  • Panther mauls two villagers  in Hindoli area
  • Bundi: The panther, strayed into human settlements, has attacked two persons from separate villages in the last couple of days.

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