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Case registered against doctor, son

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Kanpur, July 21: A case has been registered against a doctor and his son here after the dead body of a youth was found under mysterious circumstances, police said today.

According to a police spokesperson, the victim identified as Rajeev Dwivedi was found dead on Monday and his parents in their FIR allege that Rajeev was killed by a doctor’s son, who suspected some foul play between Rajeev and Dr Krishna Devram Shrivastav, a deputy Chief Medical Officer posted at Allahabad.

Police said that all aspects of the case including that of homosexuality is being probed.
–PTI

Japan PM Taro Aso Dissolved Parliament

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Tokyo, July 21: Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has dissolved parliament Tuesday ahead of a general election late next month, after receiving official endorsement from his cabinet.

“I have decided to dissolve the lower house,” Aso said at a cabinet meeting, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura.

“Dissolution is necessary in order for us to gain more understanding and cooperation of the Japanese people,” Aso said, Kawamura told reporters.

Emperor Akihito would give his symbolic assent, and the lower house would convene at 0400 GMT for the dissolution.

To mark moon landing anniversary, Google Earth goes to the moon

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San Francisco, July 21: Forty years after man first set foot on the moon, web pioneer Google launched what could be the ultimate guide to the earth’s natural satellite. Google on Monday updated its popular mapping software Google Earth with a complete map of the moon that allows you to explore craters, historic sites and human artifacts. The program even allows you to fly over the surface like a would-be astronaut.

Mumbai Attacks Trial Be Ended, Judge Will Decide Today

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Mumbai, July 21: A day after Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab made a full confessional statement about his role in the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, judge Tahaliyani will decide on Tuesday if sentence can now be pronounced or the trial should continue.

At noon on Monday, Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab started making a full confessional statement about his role in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai.

Obama Has Made Hillary Clinton Nearly Invisible

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New York, July 21: Obama Has Made Hillary Clinton Nearly Invisible, Is U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton being politically marginalised by President Barack Among Barack Obama? An article in the New York Daily News certainly thinks so According to the tabloid, Obama has made Hillary Clinton nearly invisible, something his predecessor George W.Bush could never manage.

More than 50 militants killed in north-west Pakistan

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Islamabad, July 21: Pakistani security forces killed more than 50 Islamic militants in two days of pre-emptive strikes in the north-western district of Lower Dir, officials said Tuesday. The ground operation involving troops backed by artillery, tanks and mortar fire took place Sunday and Monday in several villages in the Maidan area, where the insurgents had been occasionally attacking security checkpoints manned by paramilitary troops.

‘Defenders of Ataturk’ on trial for plotting to overthrow government

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Istanbul, July 21: In a case described as the most important in Turkey’s history, two retired four-star generals went on trial yesterday at a high-security court outside Istanbul, charged with trying to overthrow the government.

For some, the arrest of the highest-ranking officers in Turkey’s 63-year history of multi-party democracy is a critical blow against a once-untouchable military that has toppled four elected governments since 1960.

For others, the charges are an invention of the ruling AKP party to weaken the secular army and open the way for the country’s Islamisation.

Kalam frisked by American airlines at IGI airport

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New Delhi, July 21: In a breach of protocol, former President A P J Abdul Kalam, who is exempted from security checks due to his status, was frisked by an American airlines at the international airport here before boarding the aircraft.

The Civil Aviation Ministry has ordered a probe into the incident involving the ground security staff of Continental Airlines which subjected Kalam to security check before he was to board a Newark-bound flight on April 24.

Quake and Tsunami Predicted on July 22 2009 for INDIA, SRI LANKA

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Bhopal (Jabalpur), July 21: HOAX? or truth? There is a prediction that there will be another tsunami or earthquake hitting on 22 July 2009.

It is also when there will be sun eclipse. Predicted that it is going to be really bad and countries like Malaysia (Sabah & Sarawak), Singapore, Maldives, Australia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Philippines.

Century’s longest solar eclipse tomorrow

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New Delhi, July 21: A long wait by sky gazers to look at a rare celestial event will end tomorrow when the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century will be seen.

A total eclipse occurs when the Sun is completely obscured by the Moon. The intensely bright disk of the Sun is replaced by the dark silhouette of the Moon.

During the total eclipse, totality is visible only from a narrow track on the surface of the Earth.

Kasab’s statement ‘one-sided’, says Pakistan

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Islamabad, Jul 21:) As Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 strikes, confessed to his role and named others involved in it, Pakistan told yesterday his statements are “one-sided” and that it cannot take any action based on the confessions of a person who is “under pressure.”

Reacting to statements made by Ajmal Kasab in a Special Court in Mumbai today, Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhary A Mukhtar said they are “one-sided and I don’t know how much one can value them (statement) in the court of law.”

Obama submits report to Congress on Indo-US nuclear deal

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Washington, July 21: US President Barack Obama Tuesday submitted to the Congress his first report on the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, which was inked between the two countries in October last year

“The report covers the period of October 4, 2008, to June 30, 2009. It provides an update on US-India civil nuclear cooperation and developments that relate to India’s nuclear-related activities,” Obama wrote to chairman and ranking members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Sensex down 125 points in opening trade on profit-booking

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Mumbai, July 21: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell over 125 points in early trade today as foreign funds and retail investors preferred to book profits after witnessing strong rally in the past few sessions.

However, firming trends in global markets restricted losses on the domestic bourses here.

The BSE-30 share benchmark Sensex, which had gained over 940 points in the past two sessions, fell by 125.76 points at 15,065.25.

Similarly, the Nifty index on the wide-based National Stock Exchange lost 29.35 points to 4,472.90.

Former players laud England’s historic win against Aus

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London, July 21: English cricketing fraternity has hailed the nation’s historic win over Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, saying the hosts were simply brilliant throughout the match.

While skipper Andrew Strauss was praised for his tactics retiring Andrew Flintoff was lauded for his match-winning bowling performance that helped England beat Australia for the first time at Lord’s in 75 years.

Flintoff rattled the visitors’ batting line up yesterday with a fiery fast bowling display of five wickets for 92 runs in 27 overs.

Shabir welcomes revival of Indo-Pak dialogue

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Srinagar, July 21: Welcoming the revival of dialogue between India and Pakistan, the J-K minister for power and transport Shabir Ahmed Khan has said that people of the state have suffered tremendously and resumption of dialogue has rekindled the hope of peace.

“We welcome revival of dialogue between India and Pakistan. People of state have suffered a lot and resumption of dialogue has rekindled the hope of peace returning to the subcontinent”, he said while addressing a public rally at Surankote in Poonch district yesterday.

Hampering US Operations Against Taliban Due To Lack Of Cooperation From Pak

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Islamabad, July 21: Top US commander in Afghanistan has said that they are facing difficulties in their latest military campaign against the Taliban due to lack of “insufficient cooperation” from Pakistan.

General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force and US Forces in Afghanistan, is believed to have pursued this line in his secret visit to Islamabad over the weekend during which he met President Asif Ali Zardari and Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.

Sony to release film of Jackson’s final days

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Los Angeles, July 21: Sony is to release a movie based on more than 80 hours of footage filmed during Michael Jackson’s final days as he was rehearsing for his comeback concerts in London, trade paper Variety reported Monday. Sony is expected to pay over 50 million dollars for the rights to the footage, which was offered by concert promoter AEG to Hollywood film studios over the weekend.

The film will include several videos that were shot and meant to be shown during the concerts, including an alternative version of Jackson’s most famous video, Thriller.

‘Indian peacekeepers helping Hezbollah’

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Jerusalem, July 21: Israel has accused the Indian troops, part of the UN peacekeepers, along its border with Lebanon of doing nothing to prevent the infiltration of Hezbollah supporters into its territory, but on the contrary cooperated with them, a media report said.

Princess facing Saudi death penalty given secret UK asylum

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Riyadh, July 21: A Saudi Arabian princess who had an illegitimate child with a British man has secretly been granted asylum in this country after she claimed she would face the death penalty if she were forced to return home.

The young woman, who has been granted anonymity by the courts, won her claim for refugee status after telling a judge that her adulterous affair made her liable to death by stoning.

Ten Saudis seek asylum after princess is allowed to stay

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Riyadh, July 21: Ministers are considering asylum applications for 10 Saudi Arabian nationals who claim they are at risk of persecution if they are forced to return to the Middle Eastern kingdom, it emerged last night.

The new cases were made public after The Independent revealed the plight of a Saudi princess who was granted asylum in Britain after she had an illegitimate child with a British man.

Supreme Leader confronts resurgent Iranian opposition

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Tehran, July 21: Iran’s supreme leader has issued a tough warning to the opposition to back down after a former president called for a referendum on the government’s legitimacy, a sign of the movement’s growing boldness in challenging the country’s clerical rulers.

The exchanges between the opposition on one side and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his core of hardline clerical supporters on the other appeared to be heating up, reflecting how the month-long conflict over Iran’s disputed presidential election is entering a new level – a struggle within the leadership itself.

Flintoff seizes his moment of history

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Sydney, July 21: Anything is possible for England now. The victory against Australia yesterday, which has given them a 1-0 lead in the Ashes, a risible prospect a week ago, has converted a summer of mild hope to one of rampant optimism.

If there are reasons to be cautious, not least because their two most illustrious players are both being debilitated by injury, the 115-run defeat of Australia in the second Test was clinical in its execution and stunning in its conclusion. The fifth and final morning at Lord’s belonged to Andrew Flintoff.

No difference with India over Iran: Clinton

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New Delhi, July 21: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said there was no difference between India and the US on the Iranian nuclear issue and that Washington would be consulting India on evolving global consensus on Tehran.

“There is no difference between our positions. They have exactly the same position as we do,” Clinton told reporters at a joint press conference with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna.

“Our policy is the same. Neither of us want to see Iran acquire nuclear weapons,” she said.

Enough with the Moon – now let’s fly to Mars

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Washington, July 21: If Neil Armstrong spent just 11 seconds talking about walking on the Moon during a rare public appearance in Washington late on Sunday – on the eve of yesterday’s 40th anniversary of the first Apollo landing – it was surely more than modesty. More likely, it was because he thought Nasa’s future was more important than its past.

The Prime Minister, Patrizia the prostitute – and Putin’s bed

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Rome, July 21: Silvio Berlusconi was facing fresh embarrassment last night after audio tapes surfaced of a supposed dalliance with a high-end prostitute at his Rome residence.

w”I’m going to take a shower too. If you finish before me, wait for me on the big bed,” a man purported to be the Italian Prime Minister can be heard saying. “Which bed? Putin’s?” queries his companion, Patrizia D’Addario. “Oh, how cute, the one with the curtains.”