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Saeed Ajmal back in action, takes 1/23 for Pakistan A against Kenya

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Suspended off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal returned to match action with a remodelled action as he ended with decent figures of 1/23 in six overs in Pakistan A’s 118-run win over touring Kenyan cricket team in a practice game, here.

“I was playing in a match after nearly three months but I felt comfortable bowling with my remodelled action and I didn’t hold myself back,” Ajmal told the media at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, where the match was played.

Five suffer minor injuries after acid spill in local train in Maharashtra

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At least five passengers of a suburban local train suffered minor injuries and experienced breathing problems after acid spilled inside one of the compartments near Thane railway station on Friday, officials said.

The incident took place around 1.30 pm when the CST-Ambernath local train was about to reach the Thane railway station, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Central Railway Alok Badkul said.

Overcome dependence on imported defence technology: Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday said the dependence on imported technology in the defence industry should be overcome.

“The Russian industry should produce different types of weapons. It is necessary to overcome the dependence on import of technology,” Putin said at a meeting at the Russian defence ministry Friday.

“It is important not only to place orders at our enterprises and design bureaus but also to organise production, which will exceed foreign analogues,” he said.

Tata Chemicals to focus on FMCG, agro business

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Tata Chemicals Ltd (TCL) will sharpen its focus on the agro and consumer segments in the years to come, a senior official said here Friday.

“Now we are increasing our consumer portfolio to wellness and nutrition in the food segment and we are looking at agri which actually concentrates on four areas – plant and crop nutrition, seeds and contract manufacturing,” executive director and CFO, P. K. Ghose said on the sidelines of launch of book “Salt of the Earth – The Story of Tata Chemicals” commemorating 75 years of TCL.

Monetary policy lost credibility between 2007 & 13:Govt Report

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In a scathing criticism of the RBI, covering the tenure of previous two governors, the mid-year economic analysis today said that monetary policy lost its credibility between 2007 and 2013.

“For a long time, the Indian economy had been drifting without a credible monetary anchor. Since late 2013, however, this has been laudably reversed,” said the mid-year economic analysis 2014-15 prepared by Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian.

2G: Statement of additional witnesses to be recorded on Jan 27

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A Delhi court today fixed January 27 for recording statements of five additional CBI witnesses in the 2G spectrum allocation case in which former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others are facing trial.

Special CBI Judge O P Saini, who had earlier fixed today for hearing final arguments in the case, posted the matter for recording of statements of these five witnesses, including Enforcement Directorate (ED) Deputy Director Rajeshwar Singh.

Missing DLF-Vadra deal info: BJP flogging ‘non-issue’, says Cong

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Congress today termed a “non -issue” the matter of pages missing from government records pertaining to the controversial DLF-Robert Vadra deal and charged that “vested interests” in the BJP leadership were flogging it for “malicious political motives”.

“The onus of safe custody of the file is that of the current BJP government in Haryana,” Congress spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said, adding, “Certain vested interests, including those in BJP leadership, have been flogging this issue for malicious political motives.”

Putin reiterates tough stance against western pressure

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President Vladimir Putin reiterated Thursday that Russia will not bow to external political pressure and will stay firm to protect the national interests.

“The Berlin wall never really came down,” Xinhua quoted Putin as saying at his 10th annual year-end press conference, adding the West has been erecting new barriers in the way of equitable ties with Russia.

“They think they have won, they consider themselves to be an empire and that others are vassals who must be oppressed,” said the president.

Kerala tweaks liquor policy

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Bowing to pressure from various quarters, the Kerala government on Thursday decided that from now on Sundays will no longer be dry days and 418 bars that have not opened since the beginning of this fiscal would become beer and wine parlours, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Chandy told reporters that these changes have been made to ensure that the fundamentals of the liquor policy remain intact as the principled stand of the government is to achieve total prohibition in a phased manner.

Tulsi Gabbard takes part in Clean India campaign at Delhi school

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Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu American in the US Congress, on Thursday made an impromptu stop at a government school here and joined the children in cleaning up the school.

The Democrat from Hawaii made a stop at the Navyug School in Jor Bagh in south Delhi which comes under the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to participate in Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

“Made impromptu stop at NDMC Navyug School Jor Bagh, public school in Delhi, so impressed with the kids!” tweeted Gabbard.

18 killed in car bomb attack in Yemen

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At least 18 people were killed in a suicide car bombing in Yemen’s western port city of al-Hodayda late Thursday, security sorces said.

An Al Qaeda off-shoot, Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), known locally as Ansar al-Sharia, claimed responsibility for the attack against a training institution run by the Shiite Houthi group, security sources told Xinhua.

The sources said that the explosions happened when the Houthis were gathering at the training institution near al-Hodayda airport in the port city, which was taken over by the Shiite group in September.

Bank official rapes woman on pretext of job for son

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A bank official allegedly raped a woman on the pretext of arranging a job for her son, filmed the act and threatened to post it on the internet if she informed the police, police said here on Thursday.

According to a complaint lodged yesterday at the Civil Lines police station, the woman had approached the bank official while he was posted at Ram Nagar in Uttarakhand, police said.

Later the official was transfered to Rampur and he called up the woman and demanded Rs 8 lakh for the job. The woman paid him Rs 6 lakh, but he did nothing about the job, they said.

Akhilesh for speedy implementation of Samajwadi Avas Yojna

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday directed the concerned officials to implement the Samajwadi Avas Yojna promptly to ensure that quality houses are provided to the beneficiaries on time.

“The Samajwadi Avas Yojna should be implemented promptly and properly.. Good quality houses should be provided to the beneficiaries timely and at reasonable rates,” the chief minister said at a meeting held here to review the working of Avas Vikas Parishad and development authorities.

Sachin Tendulkar calls para-athlete Masudur Rahman Baidya

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Disabled swimmer Masudur Rahman Baidya, a double amputee below the knee who conquered the English Channel, on Thursday found an admirer in none other than Indian sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar.

“They are the real heroes and their life is like an inspiration to all of us,” Tendulkar, overwhelmed by Baidya’s achievements, said.

Tendulkar was in the city for a private function.

Tendulkar also inquired about Baidya’s achievement of being the only man with amputated legs to cross the English Channel and Strait of Gibraltar.

1149 hotels, gyms under govt’s radar for evading luxury tax

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More than 1100 hotels, banquet halls, gyms, health clubs and spa in the city have come under Delhi government’s radar for allegedly evading luxury tax.

Excise department, which is also in charge of luxury tax collection in Delhi, recently conducted a survey on the numbers of such entities to detect luxury tax leakage and found that there are 1149 unregistered banquet halls, gyms, banquet halls, spa and health clubs operating in the national capital.

LS nod to bill to regularise e-rickshaws

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Lok Sabha today passed a bill to regularise e-rickshaws and provide for driving licences for these battery-operated vehicles, mostly plying in Delhi, with government promising to incorporate members’ suggestions in rules to be framed once it becomes a law.

“This is an amendment bill. If we pass the bill, I will incorporate rules and regulations suggested by you,” Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari told opposition MPs who demanded that the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, 2014 be sent to standing committee for a closer scrutiny.

Congress threatens to disrupt ‘Vibrant Summit’ over cotton MSP

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Gujarat Congress threatened to disrupt the forthcoming ‘Vibrant Gujarat Summit’ on Thursday, if both the Centre as well as the state government did not solve the issue of Minimum Support Price (MSP) of cotton within eight days.

During a press conference today, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Arjun Modhwadia alleged that when farmers are forced to commit suicide, the entire state government machinery is busy in appeasing businessmen.

Alastair Cook should be replaced as captain: Nasser Hussain

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Alastair Cook should be immediately taken out from captaincy ahead of the World Cup before time runs out, former England skipper Nasser Hussain has said.

England’s one-day series defeat in Sri Lanka was their fourth in a row under Cook, who scored 119 runs in six games. England went down to the islanders 2-5 in the seven-match series that ended Tuesday.

“It would not be too much of a gamble. It should have happened months ago,” Hussain wrote in the Daily Mail.

Left-handed opening batsman Cook, who turns 30 Dec 25, has not scored a half-century in his last 22 ODI innings.

Maharashtra CM, BJP legislators visit RSS headquarters

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, his BJP cabinet colleagues and all the party legislators in the state today visited the headquarters of RSS at Reshimbagh here this morning.

They spent about half an hour there, sources said.

A meeting between top RSS leadership and a select BJP MLAs and ministers was reportedly scheduled before the start of the ongoing winter session of Maharashtra legislature here, but it was later called off.

Hafiz Saeed a rougue, should have been in jail: Azad

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Terming Mumbai terror attack accused Hafiz Saeed as a “rogue”, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad said he should have been in jail for his utterances.

“Hafiz Saeed is rogue. He has only one job to do – to sit in Pakistan and conspire against India…. Which area to attack, which leader to assassinate, which area to blowup…,” Azad told reporters here today.

Decision on raw sugar export incentives soon: official

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The government will take a decision soon on extending incentives for raw sugar exports, an official said Thursday.

“We will soon consider export incentive for raw sugar,” Food Secretary Sudhir Kumar told a meeting of mill owners here organised by the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA).

The government gave financial incentives of up to Rs.3,371 a tonne for raw sugar exports in the 2013-14 sugar season ended September.

Iraqi premier drops lawsuits against journalists

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Thursday ordered the withdrawal of all pending government lawsuits against journalists and media outlets that were filed by his predecessor, Nouri al-Maliki.

A statement released by Abadi’s office said the decision not to proceed with the legal action is an indication of the new prime minister’s “keenness to ensure freedom of expression… and his desire that the media have a big role in building the country.”

He urged all media outlets to behave “responsibly” and help in the building of state institutions.

CBI searches BSNL general manager’s house, offices

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The CBI Thursday searched the residence and offices of BSNL general manager A.K. Gupta, who was allegedly running three companies without taking permission from the government.

The searches were conducted at two locations in Noida in Uttar Pradesh and one at Hauz Khas in Delhi.

The companies were allegedly being operated by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) official and his wife.

Woman judge’s sexual harassment: SC quashes probe panel

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The Supreme Court Thursday quashed a two-judge panel set up by Madhya Pradesh chief justice to probe allegations of sexual harassment levelled by a woman district judge against a high court judge. The woman judge later resigned.

A bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Arun Mishra quashed the panel, saying the state chief justice constituted it improperly as it was in violation of in-house procedures put in place by the Supreme Court to probe allegations of misconduct against sitting judges of the high courts.

Sonia Gandhi hospitalised, stable

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi was Thursday admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here for an infection in the lower respiratory tract. Her condition was stable, a hospital official said.

“Sonia Gandhi was today (Thursday) admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital around 5 p.m. She has an infection in the lower respiratory tract. Her condition is stable and she is under observation,” hospital spokesperson Ajoy Sehgal told IANS.

The Congress president was admitted under the care of Arup Kumar Basu, senior consultant in the chest medicine department.