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Former Indian Cricketer Hanumant Singh died
2006-11-30 18:48:02
Former Test player Hanumant Singh passed away this morning in Breach Candy hospital here, after battling with dengue for over a month. He was 67 and is survived by his wife and son. He had scored a century on debut for India and had represented the country in 14 Test matches. After retirement Singh was the National Selector as well as a Coach at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He also became a respected ICC Match Referee.
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Parliament adjourned over Shibu Soren issue
2006-11-30 18:48:02
Amid noisy scenes, Parliament was was adjourned till 1200 hrs over the Shibu Soren issue.As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled, Leader of the Opposition L K Advani wanted to make a statement on the issue of former Union Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha president Shibu Soren, who was convicted yesterday in a murder case.However, Speaker Somnath Chatterje did not allow Mr Advani to speak at that time but assured him time at 1200 hrs. Angry BJP and NDA members were on their feet, disrupting the proceedings of the House.The NDA was supported by Samajwadi Party members on the issue. As the Speaker remained firm on his stand, the NDA members started raising slogans asking the Prime Minister to apologise. Intervening in the issue, Parliamentary Affairs Minister P R Dasmunsi said the manner in which the Opposition wanted to raise the issue was not acceptable.The Speaker said he has not even received a notice on the issue and in order to pacify the agitated BJP members, even read out a lette...
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U Turn to Nitish Katara murder case
2006-11-30 18:48:02
Bharati Yadav, sister of prime accused Vikas Yadav in the Nitish Katara kidnapping-cum-murder case, told the Ghaziabad police today that Nitish was just a friend at the management institute and there was ``no affair' between them. The police, who had already summoned Bharati, today recorded her statement following the directions of the Delhi High Court issued yesterday in the matter.``She told us that she just happened to know Nitish as he was a classmate at the management institute,' said the Deputy Inspector-General (Meerut Range), Arun Kumar. He, however, maintained that her statement would not deter the police from proving their case in court. ``It is her statement but we have other evidence and facts in support of our case,' he saidIn a significant development, while Bharati did not approach the police earlier, she appeared before a television channel and was interviewed by a national daily on Friday in which she summarily denied having had any relationship with Nitish. The ...
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South Korea suspected second bird flu case
2006-11-28 18:39:03
South Korea farm ministry said today it had found a second suspected case of highly pathogenic bird flu at a poultry farm, after confirming on Saturday it had its first outbreak in three years of the H5N1 strain.The ministry said the second suspected case was at a poultry farm near where the first case had been found and they are checking to see if the virus has spread through the country.South Korea has nearly completed culling all 236,000 poultry within a 500 metre (1,640-ft) radius of a farm in North Cholla province about 170 km (100 miles) south from Seoul where officials said the H5N1 avian influenza strain had been detected.
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Bomb hoax in Sealdah, west bengal
2006-11-28 18:39:03
A hoax call of planting a bomb inside a coach of Seal dah bound Teesta-Torsha express delayed about one departure of the train this morning, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials said.A phone call to railway officials at Alipurduar station in neighbouring Jaipaiguri district forced the railwaymen to call police and bomb squads, who made a through search of the coaches but found no explosives.This delayed the departure of the 3142 Dn Teesta-Torsha train for an hour from its originiating station, Alipurduar.Last week unidentified terrorist group detonated a powerful bomb at a local train at Belacoba station in Jalpaiguri in which eight people were killed and many inujred.
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Netaji case
2006-11-28 12:36:03
In a new twist to the enduring enigma of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?s ?disappearance??, one of the witnesses appearing before the one-man Mukherjee Commission investigating the mystery today claimed that Netaji and monk Bhagwanji, he met in the seventies in Uttar Pradesh, were the same person.Appearing before Justice M.K. Mukherjee?s single Bench here, Bijoy Kumar Nag claimed that he had met Bhagwanji between 1970 and 1975 at Raja Maidan in Purani Basti and between 1976 and 1977 at Brahmakunda in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. Justice Mukherjee said that the witness claimed that whatever Bhagwanji uttered about his early life to Mr Nag and his associates complied with Netaji?s life.Further, Bhagwanji spoke about issues regarding certain people which were exclusively known and confirmed by those people only, claimed the witness, who is the publisher of ?Jayshri?, which had brought out several books on Netaji?s life.
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Katara case : Bharati on November 27
2006-11-27 18:30:03
Bharati Yadav, sister of Vikas Yadav who is accused in the Nitish Katara murder case, has moved the trial court to arrange for video-conferencing to testify from London where she is studying. In an application moved before additional sessions judge J. M. Malik, Bharati said her university had denied her leave as examinations were starting in December and studies are in full swing. "The university has declined to grant leave. Therefore, realising the importance of the matter, I may be permitted to depose through video-conferencing," she said. The court listed the application for hearing on November 27. Earlier, Bharati had requested the court to send her to-and-fro airfare so that she could come to Delhi to depose before it. The court had then said she could collect the fare from the Uttar Pradesh government after she turned up at the court to testify. Bharati is a key witness in the case, as Katara was murdered on February 16 2002.Katara was a Delhi-based businessman and studied in ...
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Gold hallmarking to be made mandatory
2006-11-27 18:30:03
Hallmarking on gold jewellery shall be made mandatory from January 1, 2008 by the government, Mr Y P Singh, Additional Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) said today.Addressing a seminar on hallmarking of gold/silver jewellery, organized by BIS here, he informed that in order to promote gold hallmarking among consumers and bring more jewellers under assaying ambit, BIS is planning to spread its network of assaying and hallmarking centres in the country. Thirty five additional assaying centres will be set up by March next year, he added.The government shall be giving one time financial incentive of 15 per cent of the cost of machinery and equipments subject to maximum of Rs 15 lakhs per centre for hallmarking, he added.Mr Singh informed that according to an estimate there are more than three lakh jewellery retailers, manufacturers and over 100 large-scale units manufacturing jewellery in the country. He informed that BIS had conducted a market survey on 120 samples dra...
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Jordanian King and Queen to visit India
2006-11-22 17:57:05
Jordanian King Abdullah II Bin El Hussein will visit India from November 30 to December one, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said.The King, accompanied by Queen Rania El Abdullah, will be on their first State visit to India.The visit is taking place at the invitation of President A P J Abdul Kalam.
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HIV infection on rise in all regions
2006-11-22 17:57:05
HIV infection is rising in every region of the world and most worryingly in countries like Uganda and Thailand, which had been heralded as success stories in the fight against AIDS, the United Nations has said.Nearly 40 million adults and children are infected worldwide.The most striking increases in new cases are in east Asia and in eastern Europe/central Asia, mainly due to drug use and unsafe sex, UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation said yesterday.Somebody is infected with the deadly HIV virus every 8 seconds, equivalent to 11,000 infections worldwide every day, while another 8,000 infected people die, the two agencies said in a joint annual report '2006 AIDS Epidemic Update'.'Evidence shows again that the global epidemic is growing in all areas,' Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, told a news conference.'Perhaps of even greater concern to me is the fact that in some countries that had known real results in the fight against AIDS -- Uganda and some western countr...
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Fire accidents in world
2006-11-22 17:57:05
At least nine people were killed and 12 critically injured in a devastating fire that broke out at an illegal leather factory at Topsia in the Eastern fringes of the metro late last night.According to official sources the fire broke out at around 0230 hours in the night and quickly engulfed the factory that was on the second floor of the building. To make matters worse, in the chaos that resulted, the keys to the only exit was lost.It was only after the fire brigade arrived at around 0400 hours that the door was pulled down and the rest rescued. Official sources said that nine people had died, that included women working in the factory, and 12 were battling for life at National Medical College Hospital with 90 per cent burn injuries.Another story, Polish officials said today they feared the worst as rescuers battled to reach 15 miners trapped in a deep coal mine after an explosion that killed at least eight others.More than 70 rescuers worked through the night and tried to pump air ...
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Naresh Gupta accepts ransom paid
2006-11-20 23:45:03
Putting an end to the various contradicting stories of the Anant kidnapping case, Adobe (India) CEO Naresh Gupta today said he had 'paid' a ransom of 50 lakhs for the safe return of his son, and the police had been duly informed of the fact.Mr Gupta, while revealing the fact in a press conference -- witnessed by senior police officials of Uttar Pradesh -- here today said police played a major role in the demanding situation and, that unless for the joint effort of the UP police and the STF, his son would have not returned safely.Mr Gupta also dislosed that he had contacted an America-based kidnapping expert in this regard and a senior Asian expert was also roped in to solve the matter, as his primary objective was the safe return of his son.'Both the experts came to the conclusion that the abductors were not professional and so could harm the child. They asked us to abide by what they were saying,' Mr Gupta said.His telephonic conversation with kidnappers and his laptop details ...
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108 gold coins garland for Lord Balaji
2006-11-20 23:45:03
A devotee today donated garland of gold coins worth Rs 16 lakh to the deity of Sri Padmavathi Ammavaru Temple at Tiruchanoor near here.The garland, made of 108 gold coins, weighing 1658 grams, was handed over by the devotee, who declined to reveal the identity, to TTD Chairman Karunakar Reddy in the presence of TTD Executive Officer A P V N Sarma.The garland would adorn Goddess Sri Padmavathi when the idol would be taken out in a procession on a decorated 'Simha Vahanam' this evening
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Beijing plans world's longest subway
2006-11-20 12:01:00
The Chinese capital Beijing could have 561 kilometres of subway by 2020 and would supplant London as having the world's longest transit system, the official China Daily reported today. The network, which would stretch to 19 lines, will reach every major corner of the city, though the plans are still subject to government approval, the newspaper said.Cities around China are spending billions of dollars building new subways or upgrading existing systems to try to beat the often chronic traffic jams that have come with years of booming economic growth.Beijing's four metro lines carry 1.5 million people a day, and another three lines will enter service in time for the 2008 Olympic Games, the newspaper added.By comparison, the London Underground's network is 408 kilometres with 11 lines that carry more than three million people a day.No price tag was given for the Beijing expansion, but the city is spending some 40 billion dollars to improve infrastructure including road and rail link...
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Kidnapped son rescued
2006-11-17 09:55:00
The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday rescued Adobe CEO's kidnapped three-year-old son from the Noida-Bulandshahr border. Anant Gupta has now been handed over to his parents and is back home. His father Naresh Gupta, CEO of Adobe India, said his son was "hale and hearty". Details regarding his rescue are still awaited.
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Mexico Aztec god carving
2006-11-17 08:05:00
Archeologists say a giant, ornate carving of an Aztec god recently unveiled in downtown Mexico City could be a massive headstone in honor of one of the civilization's last rulers.Scientists say the 12.4 ton stone cutting, which is covered with a vast, heavily detailed full-body engraving of earth god Tlaltecuhtli, is one of the most important Aztec finds ever. The 11-foot long monolith was first made public in October. It is broken into several pieces but otherwise in excellent condition, archeologists said. They have spent weeks scraping dirt and debris from the piece and now say it may be the headstone of Ahuizotl, the eighth Aztec ruler, whose successor Moctezuma II governed at the start of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.The headstone is decorated with the carved image of a deity with a giant male head ringed by masses of curly hair and a sharp extended tongue representing a stream of blood.Skulls and crossed bones surround the body, as well as a rabbit and several dots thought ...
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3 year old Anant in dacoit Jagjivan's clutches?
2006-11-16 13:17:00
Police were exercising caution and additional force deployed in the Chambal ravines following reports that Adobe India CEO Naresh Gupta's abducted son has reached the cultches of dreaded dacoit Jagjivan Parihar.Bastar Range Inspector General of Police D C Sagar said Noida and Etawah police were being contacted to ascertain on what basis the suspicion was expressed. Three-year-old Anant was on way to his school with his maid when two persons arrived on a motorcycle and abducted him from outside his residence in posh Sector 15 A of Noida, a satellite township of New Delhi.The abductors have allegedly handed over Anant to Parihar, who carries a reward of Rs 5.15 lakh on his head. A ransom of Rs one crore has been demanded for his release.''On receving information on these lines, more than a dozen police teams were immediately deployed in the Chambal ravines. Besides, searching was being carried out at suspected places in the ravines,'' Superintendent of Police Rajababu Singh said.
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Bush promises to get India-US nuke deal
2006-11-16 13:10:00
On November 9th 2006, US President George W Bush resolved to get Congressional approval for the India -US civilian nuclear agreement, which awaits the Senate's endorsement, notwithstanding the electoral reverses suffered by the Republican Party.Addressing a press conference at the White House yesterday after the big Democrat victory, Mr Bush, however, said he was not certain whether the deal would figure in the agenda of the session of the outgoing Senate.The House of Representatives had approved the measure in July last with certain amendments.Though there is a strong lobby against the deal in the United States as in India for different reasons, according to observers, the House of Representatives' new composition would not have any effect on it.An overwhelming majority of the members in the two houses of the Congress will still remain the same. For example, the 100-member Senate will have only six new faces, even if the withheld result of the disputed Virginia state goes in favou...
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Iran vice-president replaced after budget dispute
2006-11-16 13:07:00
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has replaced one of Iran 's vice-presidents after a dispute over the national budget allocating body, an Iranian news agency said today,.The Iranian press had previously reported that the outgoing vice-president, Farhad Rahbar, was critical of Ahmadinejad's move to restructure the budget body, but Rahbar himself denied that.Ahmadinejad last month put the provincial offices of the Management and Planning Organisation (MPO) under the control of government-appointed governors, prompting fears that budget spending would be overly politicised.As MPO head, Vice-President Rahbar had said he did not oppose the change but was quoted in state media as saying the plan should undergo ''more expert studies''.Previously, the provincial budget offices had answered directly to the MPO. Although the MPO's chief is appointed by the president, the national body has a reputation for being staffed with technocrats concerned with Iran's long-term development needs.Opp...
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Bengalooru Habba from Dec 3 to 10
2006-11-16 13:04:00
Cultural extravaganza was in store at the eagerly-awaited 'Bengalooru Habba', to be held in the Garden City from December three to ten. Cultural programmes, including classical music, dance, lecture demonstrations for western music, besides food festival and sports would be held in various parts of the city.As a prelude to the main events, an awareness programme for students across 15 schools and colleges would be held from tomorrow to November 30. Besides, street theatre performances for social issue campaigns would be held across the city in malls and shopping complexes, parks and residential areas and other public places. Upcoming artistes from reputed art schools would perform 'Live Art' under the Bengalooru Habba umbrella at important public places, besides performing 'Street Magic' throughout the city. Many agencies, including Government tourism department and private companies, have come forward to sponsor the event. Bengalooru Habba, which had received great support fr...
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Canadian tourist arrested
2006-11-16 13:03:00
A Singapore court has penalised a 53-year-old Cana dian tourist for raising a false alarm about an Air India plane 'going to crash', according to a local media report today.Nanda Sudhir Kumar was charged with having given a false tip-off to the police about a 'very bad guy' on board an Air India flight, which was headed for a crash, from a public phone at Singapore's Changi Airport last Monday.
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Anna Nicole's son died
2006-11-15 10:57:00
Anna Nicol e Smith's 20-year-old son died of a “massive heart attack” while visiting his mother and newborn sister in their hospital room over the weekend, according to media reports. Daniel Smith had flown to the Bahamas on Saturday to join his mother and was in her hospital room Sunday when he suddenly collapsed.
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India, Pak Foreign Secretary talks
2006-11-14 11:03:03
Kickstarting the fourth round of the Composite Dialogue Process (CDP), India and Pakistan began their Fore ign Secret ary-level talks here this morning to narrow down differences on a host of issues includng terrorism. Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon met his Pakistani conterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan at the majestic Hyderabad House and shook hands before they moved in to begin two days of hectic deliberations. The two sides are expected to give shape to the point Mechanism on Terrorism which was proposed at the meeting between Prime Ministyer Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf at Havana on the sidelines onthe NAM Summit in September.The proposed Joint Mechanism on Terror is likely to be given shape at the talks which are being held after a gap of nearly one year. Terrorism will be the main focus of the talks which will also review the progress on the three rounds of the Composite Dialogue Process (CDP) held so far.Siachen and Sir Creek issues could also come up a...
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Son of CEO, Adobe India abducted
2006-11-14 10:48:00
A three-year-old son of the Managing Director of a software multi-national was kidnapped by two motorcycle-borne youths in Sector 15 area of Noida on yesterday (13th Nov 2006) morning.Anant, whose father Naresh Gupta is the Managing Director of Adobe India rpt Adobe India, was abducted at about 0815 hrs while he was on his way to school from his Sector 15-A residence, said the police.A student of 'Lotus Valley School', Anant was with his maid when two youth riding on a motorcycle 'snatched' him from the maid's hand and fled the scene.A case of abduction has been registered at Sector 20 police station and sleuths questioned the maid.Search is on to arrest the culprits, police added.

Bush to visit Singapore
2006-11-13 14:35:00
United States President George W. Bush will make a two-day official visit to Sing apore from November 16, it was announced here today.Singapore is his first stop in the region en route to Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Meeting. This will be President Bush's second official visit to Singapore. His previous visit was in 2003, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. President Bush will be accompanied by First Lady Laura Bush and key U.S. government officials.During his visit, President Bush will call on Acting President J Y Pillay and meet with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and other Cabinet Ministers. President Bush will also be delivering a speech in Singapore.
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France tests new nuclear missile
2006-11-10 16:36:06
France test-launched a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles for the first time today, eyewitnesses at the launch site said.The M51 missile has a range of 6,000 km 50 per cent further than that of the missile currently in service. Developed by European aerospace giant EADS , the M51 will also be able to carry a heavier load than the M45 it will replace, and be armed with up to six warheads.It was fired from the CELM test site at Biscarrosse, about 70 km from the southwestern city of Bordeaux.The missile rose straight into the sky with a low roar before arching westwards over the Atlantic Ocean, leaving a trail of white smoke in its wake. Defence Ministry officials were not immediately available for comment on the launch and it was not clear whether the test had been completely successful. A heavy police presence was in place around the missile testing centre to prevent disruption of the launch by environmentalist groups.The submarine-launched missile is due to come i...
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Virus
2006-11-10 16:36:06
Google accidentally sent out an email that has Kama Sutra worm to 50,000 members of the Google Video Blog. ?On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google Video Blog-group that should not have been posted,? Google said in a statement. ?Some of these posts may have contained a virus called W32/Kapser.A@mm? a mass mailing worm. If you think you have downloaded this virus from the group or an e-mail message, we recommend you run your antivirus program to remove it.? Security expert says that it happens. An infected email being sent out. It happens. Okay?
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Australia wins ICC Champions Trophy
2006-11-06 16:06:06
Damien Martyn and man of the match Shane Watson stitched together an unbeaten-103 run partnership to take Australia to their first Champions Trophy win with an eight wicket victory over West Indies at the Brabourne stadium here today.Australia were set a revised target of 116 runs in 35 overs after a two-hour rain delay by the West Indies. Martyn and Watson batted sensibly after the world Champions found themselves in early trouble at 13 for two. However, they secovered to compelete the chose in 28.1 overs and make 116 for two, to win by eight wickets with 6.5 overs to spare.
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PM to lay foundation stone for auto R&D centre
2006-11-03 15:48:03
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the Rs 400 crore National Auto motive Testing and Research and Development Infrastructure project at Oragadam near Sriperumbudur, about 45 km from here, tomorrow.Oragadam, a remote area near the temple town, will turn into a auto hub when Dr Singh lays the foundation stone for the prestigious project in the presence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.The project is coming up at the industrial estate being exclusively developed by the state-owned SIPCOT in an area of over 2000 acre for automobile and ancillary units.It was during the inaugural function of the Sethusamudram Project in Madurai on July two, 2005, that Dr Singh, in the presence of Ms Gandhi and Mr Karunanidhi, announced that the project would be established at a cost of Rs 400 crore in Oragadam.The state government had earmarked an extent of about 300 acre in the SPICOT estate for establishing the project.Dr Singh, ...
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Kannada Rajyotsava
2006-11-02 21:42:04
The criteria for formation of Indian States is language [and of course politicians these days!]. India became a Republic in the year 1950 and in same year linguistic provinces were formed. The state of Mysore is one such state in south India. The state of Mysore was created taking into fold various parts of the region, which were ruled by kings. Several districts in, now called North Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka were dissolved in the new state. The new state was named after Mysore, which by itself was a princely state. People of North and Hyderabad area did not accept the name Mysore. People of this region were demanding a change in the name. After prolonged debate the name of the state was changed to Karnataka on November 1, 1973. Late Devaraj Urs the then Chief Minister of state took this landmark decision. Officially the new state was born on Nov. 1 and on this day every year birthday of the state is celebrated. This is popularly called as Kannada Rajyotsava or Karnataka Raj...
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