faheem Panaji, July 22: Goa assembly Speaker Pratapsing Rane Wednesday reprimanded the media for “misreporting” assembly proceedings and warned that he would complain to the Press Council of India (PCI) if “erroneous reporting” was repeated.
Rane said this after Congress legislator Agnelo Fernandes moved a privilege motion claiming that a regional vernacular daily and a national daily had misreported his assembly speech.
Islamabad, July 22: The noose seems to be tightening around former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf with the Supreme Court Wednesday summoning him to defend his Nov 3, 2007 moves to impose emergency and sack the apex court judges.
A 14-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry issued summons to Musharraf to appear in person or through his counsel on July 29 after the federal government refused to defend him in court.
“Determining responsibility for the steps taken on Nov 3, 2007 is necessary,” the chief justice observed before issuing summons.
New Delhi, July 22: National award winning actress Raveena Tandon, who essayed a variety of roles in movies in her nearly two decade-long Bollywood career, is excited about playing a lawyer for the first time in her forthcoming movie “Chassni”.
“It’s for the first time in 20 years that I’m getting to play a lawyer in a film and I’m excited because this is going to be my comeback film,” Raveena told IANS in an interview.
London, July 22: Hollywood actress Mischa Barton not only struggled with break ups and health problems, she also struggled with a fluctuating weight and body image, says a friend.
“She has big self-esteem issues… She hates her legs. She isn’t comfortable with her body. It’s been a big source of stress and self-hate,” said the friend as saying.
People.com reports that the speculation about the 23-year-old’s weight and nasty comments from tabloids fuelled insecurity.
Ranchi, July 22: A seven-year-old girl was killed when she fell into a cauldron of hot food cooked for students in a Jharkhand school, an official said Wednesday.
Class I student Afsari Parveen was in a queue waiting for the midday meal to be served when someone pushed her from behind, an education department official said.
The incident took place Monday in Kolhaiya Kanadu village, about 45 km from Ranchi. The girl was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead.
Mumbai, July 22: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex, after rising nearly two per cent, fell by 1.03 per cent to dip below 15,000 at midsession today on heavy selling by funds amid a weak opening at European markets.
The Sensex, which had started with a hefty gain of 120 points, fell sharply to record a loss of 172.47 points at 14,889.02 at 1330 hrs.
Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty lost 59.15 points at 4,409.95. It touched the day’s high of 4,557.95.
Bhuvneshwar, July 22: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday blamed the central government for not helping the state in countering the Maoists effectively.
‘There is not enough central assistance to counter the Naxalites (Maoists) in our state effectively,’ Patnaik said replying to an adjournment motion moved by the opposition in the state assembly on growing Maoist activities in the state.
New Delhi, July 22: Counterfeiting licensed software products of global giants Microsoft Corp and Adobe Systems proved costly for a businessman here as the Delhi High Court Tuesday asked him to pay Rs.1 million in compensation to the two firms.
Justice Manmohan Singh held Mahindra Saxena guilty of counterfeiting the products of the two global software giants that fought a seven-year legal battle to nail him.
New Delhi, July 22: For seventy-two passengers on board a special flight, the view of the solar eclipse could not have been closer as they watched the “mesmerising” celestial event at a height of 41,000 feet today.
The flight took off today at 4:57 am and came back at 8:10 am after intercepting the middle of the total eclipse shadow at 6:26 am for four minutes.
Bangalore, July 22: Marriage to a successful techie, beginning a new life in a new city — it seemed like a beautiful dream for Poonam Nath. But within a year, everything turned bitter and the couple separated. Poonam is not alone. The city sees an average of 25 divorce cases filed every day.
According to a recent survey by the Children’s Rights Initiative For Shared Parenting (CRISP), around 13,000 cases of divorce are pending in various family courts in Bangalore. Of these 5,000 were filed in 2008.
Raipur, July 22: Traffic was blocked on the Kolkata-Mumbai National Highway-6 in Chhattisgarh early Wednesday and thousands of people of low-lying areas were hit as heavy rains continued to lash the state.
All the 18 districts of the state have been receiving heavy rain since Tuesday with low-lying areas and roads being inundated. About 30,000 people of state capital Raipur were hit as their houses were submerged.
The situation is likely to worsen with the meteorological department predicting more rains across Chhattisgarh.
New Delhi, July 22: Four paintings done by renowned artist M F Husain on the Nehru-Gandhi family and India’s freedom struggle, which were ruined due to dust and rodents, are being given a new lease of life.
The paintings, some of which were displayed at the gallery of Rajiv Gandhi foundation, are now being restored to their past glory at the INTACH laboratory here.
Earlier, the INTACH had restored eight paintings, including one on Indira Gandhi’s assassination, done by Husain and sent to the Foundation, where it is displayed now.
Jaisalmer, July 22: A woman here has confessed to have murdered her husband with the help of her lover and dumped his body in the nearby canal, police said today.
The woman Kelam alongwith her lover Chokharam killed her husband Gulabram some three months ago, they said.
Gulabram’s brother, Hemaram, had lodged an FIR with Jodhpur police station on July 10 saying that Gulabram was missing since April 29, and alleged that Kelam was staying with another person at Jaisalmer.
On this, police interrogated Kelam and Chokaram who confessed to have murdered Gulabram.
Sydney, July 22: An Australian amateur astronomer told Wednesday of setting the stargazing world abuzz by snapping the moment a celestial object smashed into Jupiter. Computer programmer Anthony Wesley was doubly happy because the impact he photographed Sunday came on the 15th anniversary of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet, which slammed into Jupiter in 1994 – an event that represented the first observed collision of two celestial bodies in the solar system.
London, July 22: There is more to the final frontier than bubble-helmeted astronauts taking giant leaps in the interests of scientific progress and the planting of national flags.
In fact, the commercial space sector is one of the unsung heroes of the British industry, growing at a steady 9 per cent every year since 1999 – more than three times the rate of the overall economy – and set to double its contribution to GDP over the coming decade, according to research published yesterday by Oxford Economics and Seeda, the regional development agency.
–Agenices
Tehran, July 21: Iran’s parliament has increased pressure on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his controversial appointment of his first vice president, Fars news agency reported Wednesday. The parliament wants Ahmadinejad to sack his new appointment, Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly ordered the president to do so.
Varanasi, July 22: A woman died of suffocation at the heavily crowded Dasaswamedh ghat here this morning triggering a stampede that left 13 others injured in the holy city where thousands had gathered on the occasion of solar eclipse.
District Magistrate Ajay Kumar Upadhaya said an 80-year-old woman collapsed due to the heavy rush of devotees at the ghat while another woman fainted following which people panicked and started running helter-skelter.
Moscow, July 22: Russia and China on Wednesday launched massive joint military drills aimed at fighting terrorism and ethnic separatism, Russian news agencies reported.
The five-day exercises near the two nations’ common border “must show the international community that Russia and China have the necessary resources to ensure stability and security in the region,” Ria Novosti quoted the chief of Russia’s general staff, General Nikolai Makarov, as saying.
Taregna, ( Bihar) July 22: An overcast sky disappointed hundreds of those gathered in Taregna to watch the longest solar eclipse of the century early this morning. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi were among those who had come to this subdivisional town, 30 km from Patna, which is one of the best places for viewing the eclipse.
Mumbai, July 22: The Indian rupee turned stronger after a brief break yesterday and was quoted higher at 48.25 against the greenback in early trade today on the back of bullish equity markets and dollar sales.
In fairly active trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the domestic currency resumed higher at 48.38/40 a dollar and later surged to 48.25 level before being quoted at 48.32/34 a dollar in late morning deals.
United Nations, July 22: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani may have discussed the Kashmir issue during their recent meeting on the sidelines of the NAM Summit in Egypt.
“It (Kashmir) may have come up in passing, but that wasn’t the focus of their discussion,” UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters at the UN headquarters, in response to a question on this issue.
London, July 22: England coach Andy Flower has insisted his side can win the Ashes even if star men Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen are ruled out of the remainder of the series through injury.
Fast bowler Flintoff defied a knee problem, the latest in a lengthy list of injuries, to take five wickets for 92 runs as England won their first Test against Australia at Lord’s in 75 years yesterday.
England’s 115-run victory put them 1-0 up with three to play in what Flintoff had said, on the eve of the match, would be his final Test series.
New Delhi, July 22: Actor Vir Das is no stranger to risque comedy, but the stand-up comedian who shot to fame with his own brand of satire is miffed with reports which brand his upcoming film ‘Delhi Belly’ a sex comedy.
The film which is being produced by Aamir Khan has been dogged by reports that it is a desi version of ‘American Pie’ with actor Ranbir Kapoor reportedly dropping out of the project because of it’s X-rated content.
Taregna (Bihar), July 22: Cloud cover left thousands of people gathered in this city of India’s eastern state of Bihar, Taregna, touted the best place to watch the century’s longest total solar eclipse, disappointed Wednesday but the momentary darkness that enveloped the town was enough to cheer the onlookers who burst into a collective applause.
New Delhi, July 22: Solar Eclipse Pregnant women, Pregnant women should be little more careful during the Solar Eclipse time. They should not expose themselves in the direct sun/moon light during solar/lunar eclipse.
Dark thick curtains can be put for windows and they should be safe. It is better to avoid even going to the open terrace during the course of the eclipse.
Solar Eclipse July 2009 time in India, Solar Eclipse July 2009 will be seen in India from 5.35 a.m. to 7.25 a.m. of July 22. and there will be a total eclipse for the duration of 6 minutes and 47 seconds.