subhan Karachi, June 22: Mohammad Yousuf has returned to the Pakistan Test team barely a month after cutting ties with the unofficial ICL, and Abdul Razzaq has also been included in a 15-man squad for the tour to Sri Lanka which starts later this month.
Washington, June Confidential records of a meeting between the former US President George W. Bush and former British premier Tony Blair provides new clues about the Iraq wa: r.
During the meeting the two leaders outlined their intention in a memo to go to war against Iraq without a second UN resolution against the country, the Guardian reported.
Melbourne, June 22: Dumped by Cricket Australia from the national squad and its central contract, Andrew Symonds swapped the green and gold jersey of Australia for the green and red colours of Brisbane-based rugby side Wynnum-Manly in an exhibition match.
Symonds, whose CA contract has been ripped up for breaking team rules prior to the Twenty20 World Cup in England, made a surprise appearance at Kougari Oval, near Brisbane, against a Men Of League All Stars team.
“I couldn’t sleep last night,” said Symonds, who gave a crowd of several hundred fans some glimpses of his potential.
London, June 22: Shahid Afridi underwent a surprise dope test by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the all-rounder guided Pakistan to the World Twenty20 title here at Lord’s.
Afridi, who was instrumental in Pakistan’s eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the final of the World Twenty20 yesterday, was called for a dope test by the ICC officials after the match.
The test is a part of ICC’s routine practice and a player could be picked randomly for the test.
Afridi had an ankle injury and will return home after treatment.
Hyderabad, June 22: CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan today said a majority of partymen were of the strong view that withdrawal of support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government last year over the issue of nuclear deal did not cut ice with the voters.
Hyderabad, June 22: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today directed the Endowment Department officials to limit the VIP movement in temples and allocate more time for darshan to common people.
Inaugurating the State-level conference of the Endowment Department here, he said the officials should not compromise on creating facilities at any cost for the common people who visit temples for darshan.
Hyderabad, June 22: Communist Party of India General Secretary A B Bardhan today urged the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi to join hands with the Left parties and work for an alternative to both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bhopal, June 22: Controversial godman Sant Lal Sai, accused in a rape case, surrendered in a women’s court here today, police said.
Lal Sai has a sprawling ashram at Bairagarh on the outskirts of the State capital and several stories of miracles are linked with him.
A woman disciple of Lal Sai registered a case of rape against her guru on October 18, 2008.
Mumbai, June 22: Asin In a significant move, the police today nabbed a former assistant of ‘Ghajini’ fame girl Asin in Chennai.
The assistant, Nalla Muthukumaraswamy, 22, was nabbed following a complaint by his mother that he went absconding after he left along with her to Mumbai to work for her last year.
According to the police, they caught actor’s assistant when the latter came to meet a producer seeking a role in his movie.
Acting on a tip-off, two policemen disguised as junior character artistes caught him in their custody from the producer’s office.
Mumbai, June 22: Bollywood actress Lara Dutta has moved on after the break up with Dino Morea and has got another man if the latest news is to be believed. The grapevine is abuzz with the news that she is dating Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi.
It is reported that Lara had parted ways with Dino a few months. Through a common friend
, she met Mahesh Bhupathi, whose marriage to Shwetha Jaishankar has been on the rocks. The duo felt a soft corner for each other and started seeing each other. It is said that they are not in the mood to make their relationship public.
Mumbai, June 22: The kind of backlash that Shahrukh Khan received for his recent comments on Prophet Mohammed, that too from his own community, seems to have sent chills down Karan Johar’s spine.
The incident has forced the terrified filmmaker to pick up his research book to make sure that his much-talked-about film My Name Is Khan doesn’t fall into dirty waters.
Kushinagar, June 22: A sub-inspector posted at Patherva police station in the district was suspended on the charge of eve teasing.
According to police, an FIR was lodged against SI Subhash Chandra Jaiswal in connection with eve teasing. After initial probe, he was put under suspension.
Significantly, the state director general of police (DGP) Vikram Singh issued strict directions to act tough on the eve teasers.
—–Agencies
London, June 22: Kumar Sangakkara’s tenure as Sri Lanka captain is just seven Twenty20 matches old, but has already contained a lifetime’s worth of heartache and drama.
London, June 22: Following Pakistan’s eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 final at Lord’s, former national captains praised the side as thousands of fans took to the streets across the country.
Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq paid tribute to the spirit of the side while Ramiz Raja said this win was even better than Pakistan’s World Cup success in 1992.
New Delhi, June 22: The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is reinventing itself and exploring alternative routes to wreak havoc.
The move follows Islamabad’s crackdown on Pakistani terrorist groups as it buckled under the intense global pressure in the aftermath of 26/11.
The arrest of key LeT operative Mohammed Umer Madni earlier this month and ongoing investigations against Pakistan-based groups have revealed these startling facts.
Jamnagar, June 22: Patient With ‘HIV+’ Label Paraded In HospitalIn a shocking development, authorities at the Guru Govind Singh Government Hospital, Jamnagar, have stuck a sticker labeled ‘HIV+’ on the forehead of a 27-year-old pregnant woman.
Not only this, the hospital staff made the young woman paraded different wards of the hospital in front of her six-month-old daughter and mother-in-law on Saturday.
Mosul, June 21: Athil al-Najifi, the Arab nationalist governor of Iraq’s restive Nineveh province, is striking an uncompromising tone on thorny relations with Kurds in the provincial capital, Mosul.
In an exclusive interview with the German Press Agency dpa, al- Najifi, who led the Sunni Hadba Coalition to victory in January’s provincial council elections on a platform of regaining control from Kurdish parties, said he expected Iraqi Kurdish parties “to come to grips with the changed situation” after his coalition’s victory and the US withdrawal from the city.
Melbourne, June 21: Steve Waugh’s work for humanity has spread far and wide, but the former Australia captain traces its roots to India, a country which he says has changed his outlook towards life.
“India has given me some life changing moments right from 1986 when I played my first match on Indian soil,” says Waugh.
“I have memories of some unforgettable matches in India and meeting Mother Teresa here was a mesmerising experience which changed my outlook about a lot of things,” Waugh told PTI.
Bareilly, June 21: Two Muslim religious centers here today issued fatwas against Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan for his reported statement against Prophet Mohammad.
Earlier, a group of Muslims had also staged a protest against Khan and even burnt his effigy in the city.
New Delhi, June 21: Saina Nehwal on Sunday defeated China’s Lin Wang 12-21, 21-18, 21-9 to win the Indonesian Open Super Series.
This is Saina’s maiden Indonesian Open title.
In the semis, she had defeated China’s Lan Lu 25-23, 21-19.
—–Agencies
Tehran, June 21: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani urges ‘politicians and candidates’ to separate themselves from rioters and seek legal channels to prove their claims.
“The issue can not be taken forward by shouting fraud, stirring the mood, and dragging the issue to the streets,” Larijani said in a Saturday televised interview.
“We must separate those who have burnt people’s shops in the streets and harmed the police and Basij (volunteer militias) forces, who are the guardians of the country, from the critics of the election results,” he added.
London, June 21: The huge commercial success of the World Twenty20 has given the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) enough reasons to turn down the offer to host an overseas edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in order to promote their own domestic tournament.
Tehran, June 21: The terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) has reportedly played a major role in intensifying the recent wave of street violence in Iran.
Iranian security officials reported Saturday that they have identified and arrested a large number of MKO members who were involved in recent riots in Iran’s capital.
According to the security officials, the arrested members had confessed that they were extensively trained in Iraq’s camp Ashraf to create post-election mayhem in the country.
Panaji, June 21: Bollywood blockbuster “Sholay” has inspired many,the latest being a former union minister, who drew an analogy between the ill effects of the casino industry in Goa and a popular scene from the film.
Former union minister of state for law Ramakant Khalap quoted a scene involving the characters Jai, famously played by Amitabh Bachchan) and Basanti’s aunt, enacted by Leela Mishra. In it, Jai tries unsuccessfully to pitch Veeru’s (Dharmendra) marriage proposal for Basanti (Hema Malini).
Noida, June 21: The Noida police, along with a Special Operations Group from Etah, allegedly picked up a senior citizen from Abul Fazal Enclave in Okhla when he was coming out from a mosque after offering prayers on Saturday.
His family has alleged that Haji Aas Mohammed (75) was shoved into a Tavera and taken to Noida, where he was beaten up.