Satyam back in top 100 m-cap club; grows 13-times since nadir

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New Delhi, June 14: Scam-hit Satyam Computer has entered again the elite club of the top 100 companies in terms of market valuation — a status it had lost after being hit by the country’s biggest corporate fraud.

Following a sharp rally seen in its share price last week on the back of disclosure about its profits, Satyam’s market capitalisation has grown to about Rs 7,800 crore, placing it among the 100 most-valued firms in the country.

Akshay Kumar rides Tom Cruise`s bike in `Kambakkht Ishq`

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Mumbai, June 14: Bollywood`s own `daredevil` Akshay Kumar met the machine of his match when he shot with Tom Cruise`s `Mission Impossible` bike for Sajid Nadiadwala`s multi-starrer `Kambakkht Ishq`.

“There was a scene shot with Akshay Kumar recently. The actor has used Tom Cruise`s Mission Impossible bike. Sajid also hired action director Franco Soleman who created Tom Cruises stunt,” a source on the sets of the film said.

American actress Denise Richards`s cameo was shot in another Hollywood bombshell Jessica Alba`s swimming pool. “It is a well known fact that Denise Richards makes

I am extremely happy in my relationship: Deepika

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A star-studded dream debut opposite the ‘King Khan’ of Bollywood, followed by astounding success and skyrocketing glory is nothing short of a fairytale. A tale that turned into reality for the doe-eyed beauty Deepika Padukone, who at the young age of 21 had achieved more name and fame than many acquire in a lifetime.

Emaar to Build World’s Tallest Tower in Saudi

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Dubai, June 14: Emaar Properties, which is already building the world’s tallest skyscraper in Dubai, has won a chance to outdo itself with a tower rising to a height of more than a kilometre — this one in Saudi Arabia.

Kingdom Holding Company, a Saudi property company, announced on Saturday that it has picked Emaar to build a 100 billion riyal ($26.6 billion) mixed-use real estate project called Jeddah Kingdom City and Kingdom Tower, outside the Red Sea city of Jeddah. The tower will be “the highest in the world,” Kingdom said in a news release.

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Mahalingam’s body found in Kali river near Kaiga plant

Kaiga, June 14: The body of the missing scientist of Kaiga nuclear plant in Karnataka, N Mahalingam, has been found in Kali River near Kaiga nuclear plant.

Ending the mystery over the disappearance of the Kaiga Nuclear power plant scientist, N Mahalingam, naval divers today recovered his body from the Kali river, six days after he went missing.

Branded thief, man kills self in employer’s shop

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Kolkata, June 14: A 25-year-old employee of a jewellery shop committed suicide after the owner allegedly confined him in the shop for the past two days, accusing him of stealing cash. Two days ago, Abhijit Das, the victim went to Burrabazar with his employer’s money and was robbed by a gang. Rabindranath Ghosh, the owner of the shop, did not believe the incident had taken place and put pressure on him to refund the money.

Probe revealed that Das, a resident of Rishra in Hooghly, worked at Ghosh’s shop on Jadu Pandit Lane in north Kolkata for the past few years.

Dowry harassment drives MBA graduate to kill herself

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Chennai, June 14:A 27-year-old MBA graduate hanged herself at her residence in Virugambakkam on Friday afternoon, allegedly due to dowry harassment. The body of Geetha Arthi, a resident of Mahalingapuram, Nungambakkam, was sent to the government hospital in Royapettah for autopsy.

Another ‘baba’ nabbed for duping man

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Lucknow, June 14: Another self-proclaimed godman was nabbed here by the crime branch of Lucknow police for duping a man by faking his identity and selling a 20 beegha plot in Jalalpur village of Kakori for Rs 10 lakh. The plot belonged to a spiritual guru.

Child electrocuted in school

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Kolkata, June 14: Mohammad Rehan Ali, a two-and-a-half-year-old boy, was electrocuted when he touched a water tap at a south Kolkata school on Saturday morning. Probe revealed that the metal outlet of the water tank had been touching a live wire hanging from the meter box.

Rehan’s father Mohammad Siraj is one of the security guards of the school Ballygunge Park Day School on Syed Amir Ali Avenue. The family stays on the school campus.

AP record shows Sania Mirza belongs to BPL family

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Hyderabad, June 14: Tennis star Sania Mirza may be a millionaire but her face appears on a ration card belonging to a below poverty line (BPL) family in Andhra Pradesh.

The white ration card, which makes a family eligible to get rice at a highly-subsidised price of Rs 2-a-kg and social security benefits health insurance and a permanent housing, has been issued to one Laxmi of Vizianagaram district with a photograph of Sania.

Gul leads Pak to six wicket win over New Zealand

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London, June 14: Umar Gul bulldozed New Zealand with a sensational five-wicket haul as Pakistan defeated New Zealand by six-wicket to keep their semifinals hopes alive in the World Twenty20 here on Saturday.

Gul’s incredible fast bowling spell resulted in Kiwi’s complete demolition as they were all out for a paltry 99 in 18.3 overs after deciding to bat in this Super Eight match.

Gul, introduced as late as in the 13th over, wreaked havoc in his three-over spell and emerged as the first bowler to claim five wickets in T20 Internationals.

AP record shows Sania Mirza belongs to BPL family

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Hyderabad, June 14: Tennis star Sania Mirza may be a millionaire but her face appears on a ration card belonging to a below poverty line (BPL) family in Andhra Pradesh.

The white ration card, which makes a family eligible to get rice at a highly-subsidised price of Rs 2-a-kg and social security benefits health insurance and a permanent housing, has been issued to one Laxmi of Vizianagaram district with a photograph of Sania.

50% in Inter, Eamcet needed for admission into medical colleges

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Vijayawada, June 14: Notwithstanding the weightage given to the Intermediate marks while awarding the ranks in Eamcet, the medical council of India (MCI) has set 50 per cent marks in both the examinations as minimum qualifying marks for admission into the medical colleges. As per the latest directive from MCI, the student should have secured marks not below than 50 per cent in Intermediate and also in Eamcet to get an admission into the medical stream through any route.

Though the rule was implemented last year too, ambiguity arose among the students

NDMA guidelines to state to combat swine flu

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Hyderabad, June 14: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) member M Shashidhar Reddy on Saturday demanded the state government to set up four
designated hospitals to combat the swine flu instead of the one hospital that exists right now.

Addressing a press conference here, Shashidhar Reddy said the state should take it up as a challenge the fact that it has seen the maximum number of swine flu cases that have been reported in the country so far.

Gay themes no longer in Bollywood closet

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Macau, June 14: Gay themes in Bollywood are well out of the closet, if the many comic acts and sexual innuendos at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) here Saturday night were anything to go by.

With a number of quips about gay relationships by hosts Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh the order of the day, Abhishek Bachchan topped it off with his remarks as he won the Best Comic Role award for the film ‘Dostana’ about him and John Abraham pretending to be a gay couple to secure accommodation from Priyanka Chopra’s character in the film.

Swine flu: Three more admitted in hospital

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Hyderabad, June 14: Three more persons with swine flu symptoms were admitted to the Government General and Chest Hospital on Saturday. Two of the suspects are children below 10 years of age and are siblings who came to the hospital with their mother.

Universal donor appeals to all

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Hyderabad, June 14: On March 30, Yogesh Srivastava, a medical shop owner received a call from a nervous husband whose wife after a cardiac arrest urgently needed six units of blood for an open heart surgery.

Yogesh, who was in the midst of his work rushed taking three of his friends to the hospital to donate blood. This was the 91st time in 25 years that he donated blood and saved another life. He hopes to soon reach the milestone of donating blood for the 100th time.

Satyam granted one-year extension to complete SEZs

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New Delhi, June 14: The government has granted one-year extension to Satyam Computer Services for completion of three Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Andhra Pradesh, giving elbow room to the new management of the IT firm.

The Commerce Ministry has granted extension of time to Satyam’s two IT/ITeS SEZs in Hyderabad and the one at Thotlakonda in Visakhapatnam up to June 2010.

All the three tax-free enclaves were given formal approval, which would have lapsed by end of this month.

Mamata drives party agenda on railway tracks

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Kolkata, June 14: The new Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has been accused of neglecting the Ministry at the cost of Bengal politics. Reportedly, the Minister is preparing the Rail Budget without taking any advice from her Ministers of State – KH Muniyappa and E Ahmed – and hasn’t allotted any work to them.

Muniyappa who was a MoS under the former railway minister Lalu Prasad refused to specify the work that has been allotted to him.

“We have to work together, there is no problem,” says Muniyappa.

Gafoor’s 26/11 report card cost him his post

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Mumbai, June 14: Ghafoor was indicted by the Ram Pradhan Committee’s report on security lapses during the terror attack. Gafoor has been posted as director general of the Maharashtra Police Housing Corporation, a lackluster assignment.

The committee report, which will soon be tabled before the Maharashtra Assembly, is believed to have come down heavily on Gafoor. It says Gafoor failed to take charge of the situation during the terrorist attacks, strategise and take decisions.

Sania Mirza belongs to Below Poverty Line (BPL) family

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Hyderabad, June 14: Tennis star Sania Mirza may be a millionaire but her face appears on a ration card belonging to a below poverty line (BPL) family in Andhra Pradesh.

The white ration card, which makes a family eligible to get rice at a highly-subsidised price of Rs 2-a-kg and social security benefits health insurance and a permanent housing, has been issued to one Laxmi of Vizianagaram district with a photograph of Sania.

Two more H1N1 suspected cases in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, June 14: Two new suspected H1N1 virus cases were reported this evening at the Chest Hospital here.

The brothers, aged eight years and four years, who have travelled with their mother from New York to Frankfurt-Mumbai- Hyderabad have been quarantined with suspected symptoms The mother, however, is fine.

Protests hit Iran after Ahmadinejad wins poll

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Tehran, June 14: Thousands of people clashed with police on Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iranians to respect Ahmadinejad’s victory in a presidential election that his closest challenger described as a “dangerous charade”.

Ahmadinejad’s triumph in Friday’s vote upset expectations that reformist candidate Mirhossein Mousavi might win the race.

US Teaches Afghan Detainees ‘Moderate’ Islam

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Washington, June 14: Revamping its detention policies in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is revising a program to give detainees courses on moderate Islamic teachings, job training and civics as part of efforts to pacify the violence-mired country. “You can’t lock guys up forever,” a US military official in Afghanistan told.

Under the program, detainees deemed moderates at the Bagram airbase, are given courses on moderate Islamic teachings.

They are also given job training and courses on civics, mathematics, and other similar subjects.