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Taliban chief orders militants to target Nawaz Sharif’s party

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Pakistani Taliban chief has ordered militants to hit the leaders of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s ruling party after the government lifted a moratorium on death penalty and set up military courts to try terrorists.

“I urge the Mujahideen to hit them (PML-N leaders) hard, so that either they come to the right path or sent to hell,” Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah said in a video message apparently recorded at his hideout in Afghanistan.

Chennai Open tennis: Paes and Klaasen in doubles final

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The scratch combination of Leander Paes and South African Raven Klaasen eased into the doubles final of the ATP Aircel Chennai Open here Friday with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over Spaniards Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia Lopez.

The top seeded Paes and Klaasen await the winners of the other semi-final to be played Saturday between the pairs of Yen-Hsun Lu (Taipei)-Jonathan Marray (Britain) and Purav Raja (India)-Adil Shamsdin (Canada).

The results:

Amarinder meets Sonia, seeks leadership change in Punjab

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Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh Friday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and is understood to have sought a change ofleadership in party’s state unit.

Sources said Singh, who is deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, met Gandhi at her residence and conveyed his views about the working of party’s Punjab unit.

Pak PM Nawaz Sharif among richest Pak lawmakers at Rs 2bn

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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is among the richest lawmakers in Pakistan with net assets exceeding Rs 2 billion in a country where millions of people live below the poverty line.

According to Sharif’s statement to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for 2014-15, the total value of assets in his name and that of his wife jumped to Rs 2.36 billion from Rs 1.71 billion.

His shares in Hudaibiya engineering company, Hudaibiya Paper Mills, Muhammad Bakhsh Textile Mills and Ramzan Spinning Mills remained the same.

Pakistan’s KP schools to reopen from Monday with enhanced security

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Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to reopen schools in the province from Monday with enhanced security, nearly three weeks after a massacre at an army-run school here by Taliban killed 150 people, mostly children.

Provincial minister for information Mushtaq Ghani told reporters that the government has evolved a well-coordinated and comprehensive security plan for the safety of schools.

Wary China hopes newly elected Sri Lankan Prez will continue pro-Beijing policies

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A wary China on Friday cautiously welcomed newly elected Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena hoping that he would “continue friendly policies” of his pro-Beijing predecessor, despite his criticism of Chinese- funded projects in the run up to the polls.

“China congratulates Sirisena on his election as the new President of Sri Lanka. We believe that he will lead the Sri Lankan government and its people to make new headways in national development,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a media briefing here today.

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa schools to reopen from Monday with enhanced security

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Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to reopen schools in the province from Monday with enhanced security, nearly three weeks after a massacre at an army-run school here by Taliban killed 150 people, mostly children.

Provincial minister for information Mushtaq Ghani told reporters that the government has evolved a well-coordinated and comprehensive security plan for the safety of schools.

Cong strategy group to take on govt on land ordinance

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Sensing an opportunity to reach out to farmers, Congress has decided to take on the government in a big way against the land ordinance and has constituted a three-member group to fine-tune its strategy on the is ue.

The party will also form a Parliament Strategy group to take up the issue more effectively in Parliament when the Budget session begins.

Will oppose Centre on voting rights to Pak refugees in JK: MLA

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Independent MLA-elect Sheikh Abdul Rashid today opposed any proposed attempts of the BJP-led Centre to provide residency and voting rights to West Pakistan refugees in Jammu and Kashmir.

“We will never allow the nefarious designs of the Central government to give state subject (residency) and voting rights to them (West Pakistan refugees) as that will change the whole demography of the state.

Australia should deploy specialist fielder at short-leg: Moody

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Former Australian all-rounder Tom Moody has emphasised the need for Australia to deploy a specialist fielder at the short-leg fielding position where, in the ongoing Test series against India, several catches have been dropped by the home team.

Joe Burns, one of the newest members in the Australian squad, dropped Indian tail-ender Bhuvneshwar Kumar Friday in the fourth Test match. Burns could not react to the situation promptly and spilled the catch even though he got both hands to it, reports cricket.com.au.

Paris policewoman killing linked to massacre brothers: police

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French police said today there was a link between a suspect identified in the fatal shooting of a policewoman south of Paris and the brothers wanted for a massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine.

“The recent and latest progress in the investigation has established a connection between the two shootings,” a police source told AFP, calling for caution as they carried out their probe.

Sensex jumps 184pts, Infosys shares up 5 pc on robust earnings

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Rising for the second session, the benchmark Sensex today jumped by about 184 points, driven by a sharp 5 per cent rally in Infosys shares after the IT major’s December quarter earnings beat market expectations.

The NSE Nifty also rose 49.90 points to end at 8,284.50. Infosys, India’s second-largest IT firm, reported 13 per cent jump in consolidated net profit for the third quarter and maintained revenue outlook for the entire fiscal ending March.

Gains in Infosys (5.02 pc) and TCS (2.80 pc) shares contributed to over 140-points to Sensex’s 183.67 point rise.

Police to seek court permission to probe Haji Yakub case

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Uttar Pradesh police today said it would begin a probe into a case against former minister and BSP leader Haji Yakub Qureshi for his controversial comments defending the terror attack on French weekly Charlie Hebdo after seeking the court’s permission.

“We will seek permission of the court before probing the matter”, IG law and Order, A Satish Ganesh told reporters here.

As per provisions, court’s permission is needed to probe such cases, Ganesh said, adding, police would follow the process.

Tharoor demands a probe ‘without political pressure’

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Expressing concern over the way investigation was being done into the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today demanded a professional police probe without any political pressure or consideration and pre-determined outcome.

He also offered to face questioning by Delhi Police at an early opportunity to address the questions they may have.

AAP seeks Modi’s response on statehood for Delhi

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Ahead of Prime Minister’s rally at the Ramlila Maidan, the AAP today sought response from Narendra Modi over the “tall promises” made by the BJP during the last assembly and Lok Sabha election on conferring statehood to Delhi and slashing electricity tariff.

The party said the BJP showed the statehood “lolipop” in the last assembly and Lok Sabha election and did not act on it.

It has also launched a Twitter campaign #DelhiasksPMModi ahead of the rally and asked people as to what their expectations were from the Prime Minister.

Mumbai celebrates centenary of Gandhiji’s ‘ghar wapasi’

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Mumbai Friday celebrated the centenary of the homecoming of young barrister-at-law Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from South Africa to the then Bombay port and upcoming commercial capital of India.

Later that young lawyer leaped into the Indian freedom struggle, joined the Indian National Congress and created history by ending the British rule through his philosophy of ‘ahimsa’ (non-violence), becoming one of the most influential personalities ever in world history.

Kin of road accident victim get over Rs 25 lakh compensation in Delhi

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Family members of a 24-year-old youth, who died after being hit by a rashly driven car, have been awarded a compensation of over Rs 25 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here.

MACT Presiding Officer K S Mohi directed Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the car involved in the accident, to pay a compensation of Rs 25,15,800 to parents, wife and a minor son of victim Vipin Sharma, who was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by a Maruti Swift car in 2013.

Ahead of PM’s Delhi rally, AAP raises BJP’s statehood promise

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In an attempt to corner BJP ahead of Prime Minister’s rally tomorrow, the Aam Aadmi Party Friday asked the saffron party whether Narendra Modi would announce statehood for Delhi or do a ‘U turn’.

The party has also launched a Twitter campaign #DelhiasksPMModi ahead of the rally and asked people as to what their expectations were from the Prime Minister.

“PM addressing Delhi tomorrow for the 1st time. What are your expectations from him tomorrow?

DU to issue notice to Maths professor after harassment probe

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Delhi University will be issuing a show cause notice to a Mathematics professor on why her services should not be terminated after a committee found that her allegations of sexual harassment levelled against several varsity officials were false.

“Dr Sapna Jain, working with Department of Mathematics, DU had accused several officials of university of having sexually harassed her. These allegations were not found to be true by the probe committee,” said Abha Dev Habib, member of varsity’s Executive Council (EC).

Around 7,000 solar pump sets to be installed for AP farmers

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Andhra Pradesh government has set a target to install 7,000 solar agricultural pump sets in the state during the current financial year to reduce the grid power consumption by farmers, a senior official has said.

The farmers will be provided solar pump sets at a subsidised cost, Kamalakar Babu, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP), told reporters here last evening.

Sarma new Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard

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Rear Admiral S R Sarma here Thursday took over as the Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, from Rear Admiral A K Saxena.

Rear Admiral Sarma was commissioned as an electrical officer in the Indian Navy in August 1983. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science and Engineering, according to a Navy release.

The Flag Officer is an alumnus of Naval War College. He has held various important appointments in the Indian Navy, including operational, staff, dockyard and research and development.

His afloat appointments include frontline warships Mysore, Krishna, Rana and Vindhyagiri.

Rahul should get full responsibility of Congress: Digvijaya

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi should be given “poori javabdari” (full responsibility) of the party, its general secretary Digvijaya Singh said Thursday.

“He (Gandhi) has taken responsibility of party vice president. Sonia ji (party president Sonia Gandhi) is urged to give him full responsibility of the All India Congress Committee,” Digvijaya Singh told reporters here.

The Congress leader had made similar remarks in the past.

Greek incumbent PM promises stability, tax relief if reelected

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With the Greek election campaign in full swing, and the polls against him, incumbent Prime Minister Andonis Samaras predicts a victory for conservatives based on his promises to restore political stability and relieve the burden on taxpayers.

His appearances at election rallies in central and northern Greece have so far been focused mainly on warnings of an apocalyptic outcome in case of victory for his main rival, the leftist Syriza party, which currently leads in the polls.