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jammu & Kashmir Sex scandal
2006-09-04 15:03:03
A local court today once again reserved till September 5 the judgement on the bail applications of former Jammu and Kashmir Ministers Ghulam Ahmed Mir and Raman Mattoo and others, accused in the sex racket case that had rocked the Valley.Principal Sessions Judge, Srinagar Mohammad Yaqoob Mir deferred the hearing on the bail applications of Mir, Mattoo and others till September 5.Moulvi Aijaz pleaded the case on behalf of the accused while the CBI was represented by public prosecutor R K Saini. The court also said all identical bail applications would be taken up on the same day. However, the main case would come up for hearing on September 9. Earlier on August 18, 21, 26 and 28 the court had four times deffered the hearing on the bail pleas. The court on August 17 had granted interim bail to senior IAS officer Mohammad Iqbal Khanday, another accused in the sex scandal, on medical grounds after 50 days of detention. He was asked to furnish a surety of Rs one lakh and a personal bond ...
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US rebuts 9/11 homegrown conspiracy
2006-09-04 15:03:03
The United States government is attacking conspiracy theories about the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York as the fifth anniversary of September 11 approaches.According to a Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll carried out in July, more than one-third of Americans suspect US officials helped in the Sept 11 attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could later go to war.The State Department responded this week with a rebuttal of World Trade Center demolition theories and doubts about other events of the day that abound on the Internet.It listed some of the most prevalent September. 11 myths, led by claims the twin towers were destroyed by secretly planted explosives, not burning passenger jets. 'This is how the collapses may have appeared to non-experts, but demolition experts point out many differences,' said a department 'special feature' available at http://usinfo.state.gov/media/misinformat ion.html.Demolition professionals always blow the botto...
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Rs 3cr to stop epidemic in Barmer
2006-09-02 02:45:03
The state government has sanctioned Rs three crores for prevention of seasonal diseases resulting from flood and incessant rain in Barmer district.District Collector Subir Kumar said the Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) has been permitted to spend Rs 65 lakhs while the Principal Medical Officer can spend Rs one lakh. The CMHO has been given permission to spend the remaining Rs 2.35 crores as per the norms, he added.The state government has also sanctioned Rs 3.50 crores for the cattle treatment fund to Animal Husbandry department. The Disaster Management and Relief Department has been allotted Rs 5.5 crores for repairing and restoring water supply works. Over Rs one lakh has also been allotted for repair of damaged canals and dams in the district and Rs 6.30 crore for immediate repair of damaged roads in the district.A sum of Rs 12.04 crores has been sanctioned for providing clothes and utensils to 1.20 lakh families.
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Nine months lost at sea
2006-08-25 14:15:02
Three Mexicans who survived an epic voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a small fishing boat have arrived in the Marshall Islands, setting foot on land for the first time in more than nine months.The three men walked off the Taiwanese tuna trawler that found them two weeks ago floating in their 8-meter fiberglass boat about 8,000 km from their departure point, the Mexican Pacific coastal town of San Blas. Their bare feet were swollen, but otherwise the men appeared in good health.The men, who said they set off on a fishing trip in November and lost their way when they ran out of gasoline, today reached the Marshall Island capital of Majuro, which is Monday in Mexico.They smiled and waved and one man shouted 'Hello Mexico,' to Mexican journalists as the trawler got close to the islands. The Mexicans stayed alive by eating raw birds and fish and drinking rain water. They said two other men died of starvation during the trip and were thrown overboard.'We held a three-day wake and whe...
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Five dead in Spanish train derailment
2006-08-25 14:15:02
Five people were killed and between 20 and 30 injured today when a Spanish inter-city train derailed in the northwest of the country, police said.Six carriages of the train derailed near the station of Villada in the Palencia region as the train travelled between the Spanish city of Vigo and the town of Hendaye in France, said a spokesman for the Guardia Civil police in Palencia.Spanish state radio had earlier said the train was travelling from the capital Madrid.
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Pakistan will boycott Darrell Hair in future
2006-08-25 14:15:02
A bitter Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Pakistan will never play in any future Test match with Darrell Hair as umpire even as the media, former cricketers and students continued to lambast the Aussie umpire for raking up the ball-tampering row. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan told reporters at the Marriott Hotel in North West London that he had lodged a complaint to the International Cricket Council (ICC) that Hair never officiates in a Test involving Pakistan in future. Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove awarded the fourth Test at The Oval to England after Pakistan refused to return to the field after the umpires had imposed a five-run penalty against them for ball-tampering and changed the ball. The ICC had then charged captain Inzamam of 'bringing the game into disrepute' and 'changing the condition of the ball' while also deciding for a Code of Conduct hearing on Friday into the incidents. 'Darrell Hair has trained his guns on the team. It is a s...
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Germany offers Sea
2006-08-19 14:06:02
Germany has pledged to provide police, customs agents, aircraft and ships to a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon to prevent arms from flowing into the country by land from Syria or by sea.'Today I was in a position to offer a rather substantive maritime component which is so encompassing that it could patrol and secure the whole of the Lebanese coast to make sure that no weapons or other related materials get into Lebanon,' German U.N. Ambassador Thomas Matussek said yesterday.'We could also offer a rather substantial border patrol along the Syrian border,' Matussek said after a meeting at UN headquarters of countries interested in supporting a beefed-up UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. The offer was contingent on parliamentary approval, he said.
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Blast at ISCON Temple Imphal
2006-08-17 14:03:02
At least two people were killed and seventeen injured, many of them seriously, when a powerful hand grenade was thrown at a congregation where more than 1000 people were offering prayers to mark Janmastami, the birth of Lord Krishna, here this evening.Imphal Superintendent of Police Clay Khongsai said a powerful Chinese made hand grenade was hurled in fornt of Lord Krishna temple at ISCON complex at 7 pm when people were offering prayers.The injured were taken to Regional Institute of Medical Science and other local hospitals where condition of ten including some women was critical.No one was arrested in this connection. Police cordoned off the area to launch combing operation.No organisation so far claimed the responsibility of the blast.
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Jet Airways security staff suspected
2006-08-17 14:03:02
A 23-year-old employee of Jet Airway s at Heathrow is one of the 24 people arrested in connection with the planned air terror attack which was foiled on Thursday.AdvertismentSources said Asmin Amin Tariq was employed as an ancillary security staff with Jet Airways at their London office. He is a British national of Asian origin who used to work with GS (Group Securitas) 4 until March when a British law required all airlines to permanently employ all their security staff. Tariq was taken in as a permanent employee in March.Jet?s Executive Director Saroj Datta said, ??We are trying to get more information about him. All employees of Jet in the UK are cleared by police and security agencies there.??Tariq and Waheed Zaman, a biochemistry student, were arrested near Walthamstow dog track after a car chase.Security officials said the suspected terrorists had plotted to blow up 10 US-bound planes by mixing a British sports drink with a gel-like substance and hoping to stage a practice run f...
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100 people killed in China typhoon
2006-08-13 13:57:02
More than 100 people have been killed as the strongest typhoon in half a century hit eastern China .Typhoon Saomai tore into Cangnan county in the eastern province of Zhejiang yesterday after authorities moved more than one million people in the densely populated commercial province to safety.By Friday noon, 104 people were confirmed dead and 190 were missing in Zhejiang and neighbouring Fujian province, according to the Chinese Xinhua news agency. Some 54,000 houses were destroyed.Damage to crops, power lines and infrastructure was evident in Cangnan county. Power was also cut in five towns close to where Saomai made landfall.
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Meerut Fire: 30-40 per cent of the mall damaged
2006-08-13 13:57:02
Thirty to fourty per cent of the plush shopping mall-cum-multiplex in an upmarket locality here has suffered severe damages as a major fire engulfed the building last night prompting the district administration to order an inquiry into the incident. There was no casualty in the fire that broke out in PVS Mall in Shastri Nagar area of the town last night due to a suspected short circuit in the basement of the building.Though the economic loss caused due to the fire could not to be ascertained immediately, a senior police official at the site said that about 30-40 per cent of the building have suffered severe damages.One portion of the building which houses a super market has almost damaged completely while the other side that has multiplex has no major damages.District Additional District Magistrate has been asked to conduct an inquiry and he will be assisted by Superintendent Engineer (PWD) and Superintendent Engineer (Power)."Any authority found guilty of giving approval to the bui...
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CPM for probe of Reliance role in oil contracts
2006-08-10 13:51:11
Communist Party of India (Marxist) today demanded a special investigation into the oil transactions and surcharges paid by Reliance Industries, the "biggest Indian beneficiary in the oil-for-food programme of Iraq."Flaying the UPA government and the Opposition BJP for remaining silent on the alleged involvement of Reliance, the Polit Bureau of CPI (M) said the company lifted 15.78 million barrels of the 19 million barrels it was allotted as a non-contractual beneficiary.'It is incumbent upon the UPA government to submit a report on the biggst 'non-contractual' beneficiary,' said a statement issued by the Polit Bureau.The party also blamed the BJP on the issue saying it was during the BJP-led government that the allotments to Reliance were given. 'The silence of the BJP on this issue is also illuminating,' the Polit Bureau said.On the role of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh, who has been suspended by the Congress following his indictment by the Justice Pathak In...
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5 year old Prince Rescued
2006-08-08 13:48:01
Five year old Prince was rescued from a 60 feet deep pit late on Sunday evening in a rescue operation that lasted more than 50 hours. It was a nationally televised event that almost brought the nation to a standstill. From the common man to the Prime Minister were concerned about the rescue of this five year old boy. And this story, thanks to the efforts of the Indian Army and prayers of millions, had a happy ending. However, this event has raised many questions about who should be held accountable for what happened at Kurukshetra? Who will take responsibility? Where does the buck finally stop?
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US Republicans steps against Korea
2006-08-08 13:48:01
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist proposed expanding a law aimed at stemming the nuclear weapons ambitions of Iran and Syria to include North Korea , as Republican s sought more money for a US missile defense system.Frist, a Tennessee Republican, yesterday said he would introduce legislation to add North Korea to the Iran and Syria nonproliferation act after Pyongyang defied international warnings and tested seven missiles last week.Under the law, President George W Bush can impose sanctions on any foreign person believed to have transferred goods, services or technologies that could help those countries build nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.'The US must prevent North Korea from obtaining additional materials for its weapons and missile programs,' Frist said in a statement.Sanctions could bar named individuals from doing business with the US government and prohibit the issuance of US export licenses.Meanwhile Rep Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House of Represent...
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Infosys Celebrates
2006-08-08 13:48:01
Shedding its desi garb, software major Info sys has emerged a multi-ethnic, multi-culture employer by recruiting foreigners and scouting for more talent across the globe, with 98 per cent of its revenue coming from exports. Infosys, which had trained 100 engineers since last year, had gone across universities in the US in search of talent and offered jobs to 126 youngsters from 82 universities. The company would be spending 2.5 to three million Dollars on the US hires. These US citizens were currently under a 16-week training at the Global Education Centre of Infosys here and by the next year the number would increase to 300.'We are looking for another 100 from the UK and also searching for talent in other European countries, besides Australia,' Infosys Director and Human Resources Head T V Mohandas Pai told newspersons here today.'The arrival of these American graduates marks the creation of a true global village at our Global Education Centre in Mysore,' he said, adding 'the ...
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Jaya Bachchan back in Upper House
2006-08-08 13:48:01
Actress Jaya Bach chan today took the oath as a Rajya Sabha member, while her husband and Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan watched the proceedings from the gallery.Ms Bachchan returns to the Upper House as a Samajwadi Party member after she was disqualified by President A P J Abdul Kalam for holding an Office of Profit.Six months ago, she forfeited her Rajya Sabha membership for simultaneously holding the post of chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council.She was the last among the five new Rajya Sabha members who took the oath today.The others who were administered the oath were K P K Kumaran, (DMK), Rahul Bajaj (Ind), Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam (Cong) and Amir Alam Khan, SP.
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3rd Indian evacuees batch arrive
2006-08-08 13:48:01
The third batch of 423 India n evacuees from the war-torn Lebanon arrived here from Cyprus late tonight. The evacuees were received by Tamilnadu Ministers N Selvaraj, Madhivanan and External Affairs Ministries Joint secreteries Malay Mitra and others at the old airport.Out of 423 evacuuess 269 are from different parts of Tamilnadu and others belonging to Kerala, Delhi, Punjab, Goa, Andhrapradesh and Mangalore.The 269 evacuees of Tamilnadu were sent to their respective destinations in the state by the state transport buses, while others housed in a nearby marriage hall would be sent the destination through flights and trains later in the day.The state government provided an assistance of Rs 500 each to all the evacuees on their arrival. They were also given some refreshments and water bottles.It may be recalled that 476 evacuees had arrived in two batches on July 22 and 23.
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Indian businessmen selling products online
2006-08-08 13:48:01
New Delhi, Jul 26: As many as 12,800 India n entrepreneurs, including many businesses, earn their livelihood by selling products through eBay India, an online marketplace, a survey report said.The survey revealed that the Indian entrepreneurs rapidly embraced the internet for online business opportunities with around 38 per cent of the current eBay India sellers quitting their jobs and 9 per cent sellers seeing eBay as their primary source of income.'Being cost-effective and no prior investment needed, eBay provided the 1.3 million eBay sellers a global market and access to 203 million potential buyers,' eBay Country Manager Gautam Thakar said.The net savvy people are taking advantage of low start-up costs, low-cost marketing, and high velocity of business across the world, he added. The survey was conducted in June 2006 by AC Nielsen with eBay Sellers across the US, Canada and Asia-Pacific in the past 12 months.
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