Month: September 2009

Schoolgirl, 14, dies after Cervarix cervical cancer vaccine injection

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Australia, September 29: Australia parents have been told not to panic after a teenage girl died in the UK hours after being given the controversial cervical cancer vaccine.

The 14-year-old schoolgirl who died in hospital after receiving the Cervarix injection is the first reported death from the vaccine.

The batch of the vaccine used has been quarantined to test whether it is faulty or contaminated during production or distribution.

In Australia Cervarix has been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration for use in females aged 10 to 45.

LaRhonda Marie McCall ‘locked son in closet for years’

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Washington, September 29: A Woman has been arrested after allegedly locking her son inside a house for nearly five years.

Police in the US say the 14-year-old boy spent most of his time locked in a bedroom closet inside the Oklahoma City home, the Associated Press reports.

He told police that he had been trapped at the home ever since his mother moved them both from New Jersey to Oklahoma 4 1/2 years ago.

He reportedly said that he spent most of his time inside a closet and the door had been blocked with a ladder or some furniture before he managed to get it open.

‘Vengeful teen chops off dad’s hands’

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Taiwan, September 29: A Taiwanese teenager has been arrested after chopping off his father’s hands, allegedly to avenge years of physical abuse, a report said today.

The victim, identified only by his surname Fan, was in critical condition at a hospital in central Taiwan’s Miaoli county after his son hacked at his wrists more than ten times while he slept early on Monday, the Apple Daily said.

The 17-year-old showed no remorse, saying he could not care less if his father survived the attack, according to the report.

Maya govt to SC, no fresh construction at memorial site

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New Delhi, September 29: The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh has denied any fresh construction activities at the site of Rs 2,600-crore memorials being constructed for BSP founder Kanshiram and other Dalit leaders in Lucknow.

In a fresh counter affidavit filed before the apex court here on Monday, the state government submitted that whatever construction was being carried out was only with regard to certain structures which are not the subject matter of dispute in the Allahabad High Court.

Minor argument leads to murder, rioting in Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, September 29: An argument over a petty issue led to the murder of a youth followed by incidents of violence in a suburban area of the city Tuesday, police said.

According to the police, Tej Bahadur, who worked in a milk dairy in Indira Colony in Manimajra suburb, was stabbed by Babloo, a resident of the same area, after an argument late Monday night. He was admitted at the government hospital in Sector 16, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Banerjee steps in to help stranded air passengers

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Kolkata, September 29: Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stepped in to bail out some of the passengers stranded due to the Air India pilots’ strike.

She arranged for special trains on various routes and asked union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy to run an additional service of the Shipping Corporation of India on Wednesday to bring back the air passengers stranded in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Shiney Ahuja is not a rapist says lawyer

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Mumbai, September 29: Actor Shiney Ahuja may not be a saint, but he is not a rapist either, his lawyer said in the Bombay High Court on Tuesday pleading for bail.

Arguing before the High Court, after sessions court rejected Shiney’s bail plea in the rape case, his lawyer said that evidence indicated a consensual sexual intercourse between the actor and the complainant girl.

“I (Shiney) am not a saint in a sense, but not a rapist,” said advocate Shirish Gupte, representing Shiney.

‘Time for NCP to merge with Congress’

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New Delhi, September 29: A senior Congress leader here on Tuesday said time had come for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to merge with it since the reason for the formation of the NCP was no longer relevant.

“The issue is no longer relevant and the existence of NCP thus has no purpose. This is the time for the NCP to merge with the Congress,” the leader told requesting anonymity for he is not entitled to publicly discuss strategy issues.

Pak to field reserve players against Australia

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Johannesburg, September 29: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan confirmed India’s worst fears by admitting that his side would field their reserve players in Wednesday’s Champions Trophy game against Australia at Centurion.

“We will make a few changes, some are forced. Imran Nazir has a broken finger. Mohammad Asif deserves a look in, so do Fawad Alam and Iftikhar Rao. They need to be brought in. Some changes would certainly be made,” said Younis ahead of Wednesday’s game.

L&T will bid to build navy’s second submarine line

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New Delhi, September 29: Engineering and Construction giant Larsen and Toubro Tuesday said it will bid for the Indian Navy’s second line of conventional submarines.

The company had built India’s largest shipyards, near Chennai and in Gujarat, which had the capacity to build all types of naval construction, including submarines, L&T chairman and managing director A.M. Naik told reporters here.

“We will be bidding for the navy’s second line of conventional submarines,” he said.

Delhi roads to be built up with international technology

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New Delhi, September 29: All roads in the national capital will be built up using international technology before the beginning of 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG), Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Rajkumar Chauhan said Tuesday.

“Special attention is being paid to the roads which are around the places where the games would be held,” Chauhan said, while inaugurating the work using “recycling and micro surfacing method” in south Delhi.

Sri Lanka to recruit Tamils in police force

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Colombo, September 29: The Sri Lankan government will recruit Tamils in the police force, an official said on Tuesday.

There had been an overwhelming response from Tamils to join as constables in northern Jaffna, police spokesman Nimal Mediwaka told reporters.

“We received more than 6,000 applications for 500 vacancies,” Mediwaka said.

He said no police recruitment was possible in Jaffna since 1979 due to the Tamil insurgency.

ALLAH inscribed on meat in Malaysia

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Kaula Lumpur, September 29: A family of Malaysian villagers became the talk of the town after they found the word Allah inscribed on meat bought from the local market, the country’s press reported on Tuesday.

Housewife Rashadah Abdul Rani, 57, said her son bought the meat from a market in the village and it was her daughter who discovered the inscription.

“I cut the meat into six pieces and soaked them in the water. It was my daughter, who was helping me in the kitchen, who saw the word “Allah” on all six pieces of the meat,” Rani told reporters at her house in Kampung Alur Gunung.

Wockardt gets US nod for Tamsulosin capsules

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Chennai, September 29: Pharma major Wockhardt Tuesday got the US Food and Drug Administration’s (USFDA) tentative approval for marketing Tamsulosin Hydrochloride capsules.

Tamsulosin is being used for treating non-cancerous enlargement of prostate, technically called benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Tamsulosin is the generic name for the brand Flomax, developed by Japanese drug major Astellas and marketed in the US by Boehringer Ingelheim.

India seek divine intervention against Windies

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Johannesburg, September 29: India will be hoping for some divine intervention when they take on the West Indies in their last Group A match at the Wanderers here Wednesday, in their bid to qualify for the Champions Trophy semi-finals.

India are virtually out of the tournament after their Monday’s must-win match against defending champions Australia was washed out.

Vodafone is most admired mobile services brand: Survey

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Mumbai, September 29: Vodafone has been recognised as the most admired mobile service brand online in India followed by Tata Indicom and Aircel, a survey said.

A pan-India survey conducted by Drizzlin Media, a Branding 2.0 consultancy that audited over 1,600 relevant conversations of the 7,000 conversations’ sampled around India’s top 10 telecom brands shows that Reliance Mobile emerged as the least admired brand.

The survey was conducted over ten telecom brands including Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Tata Indicom, Aircel, Reliance, BSNL, MTNL, Spice and Loop Mobile.

Black-money: SC issues notice to Centre

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New Delhi, September 29: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking disclosure of certain vital documents in connection with the issue of black-money stashed in foreign banks.

The apex court sought the response from the government on allegations by eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani and others that authorities were withholding vital documents relating to the case.

India will wipe off Pak, but at cost of 500 million people

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New York, September 29: In the event of Indo-Pak nuclear war, India will emerge as the ultimate winner after wiping off Pakistan, but lose up to 500 million of its own people, a book on former US President Bill Clinton’s presidential years has claimed.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning author and historian Taylor Branch claimed that the Indian leaders had portrayed such a scenario in the event of an Indo-Pak nuclear war (during Kargil conflict in 1999) to the then US President Clinton.

Clinton was ready to jump on plane to stop Kargil war

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New York, September 29: During the Kargil war in 1999, the then US President Bill Clinton was ready to “jump on a plane” to prevent the conflict’s escalation into full fledged nuclear warfare as Pakistan had almost prepared itself to nuke India fearing military defeat, a book which hit the stores today has claimed.

CBI to shut all cases against Quattrocchi, BJP calls it betrayal of nation

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New Delhi, September 29: Centre told Supreme Court that they want to close all matters against Otavio Quattrocchi in lower court.

CBI will withdraw all cases against Quattrocchi accused in the Bofors case.

The main opposition has slammed the government saying that this act of the centre is nothing but betrayal of the nation. BJP says that UPA lead government has always been trying to bury cases against Quattrocchi and everyone else involved in the case.

—Agencies

Listen to India’s voice: IAEA tells the world

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New Delhi, September 29: IAEA chief Mohammad ElBaradei hailed India as a ‘leading advocate’ for nuclear disarmament and asked the world to listen to its ‘voice’ on elimination of all nuclear weapons.

“India called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons as far back as 1948. It is important that India’s voice should continue to be heard as a leading advocate for nuclear disarmament,” he said addressing the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.

Now, India can think big: Manmohan

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New Delhi, September 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the country’s nuclear energy programme has allowed India to ‘think big’ and that power from nuclear plants would reduce its over dependence on fossil fuels and combat climate change over the next decades.
He also said there will be ‘huge opportunities for the global nuclear industry to participate’ in India’s nuclear industry which is ‘poised for major expansion’.

Honor student beaten to death video surfaces

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New Delhi, September 29: Honor student beaten to death video surfaces. People have been reacting angrily to surfacing of a video showing a sixteen year student being beaten to death by three other youngsters. It was reported that Derrion Albert was on his way to Fenger High School in Chicago.

“It’s a shame young men don’t think and kill one another. It’s hard enough for society categorizing as a “ghetto civilization”. There needs to be some youth empowerment seminars from “Real Men” teaching them”.

Burger King slashes prices of quarter-pound double cheeseburger

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New Delhi, September 29: Burger King slashes prices of quarter-pound double cheeseburger. We have got some good news for you all. Burger King has finally slashed prices for Quarter-Pound Double cheeseburger. Come mid October and the mouthwatering cheeseburger will be sold For only $1.

The sagging sales of many a restaurant and retail chains of food companies has forced them to resort to slashing prices of their many top selling items to attract more footfalls and higher sales.

Shah Rukh Khan dubs for ‘Pazhassi Raja’ in Hindi

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New Delhi, September 29: Shah Rukh Khan, the King Khan of Bollywood will lend his voice to the Hindi version of ‘Pazhassi Raja,’ an upcoming Malayalam movie about an 18th century Kerala King who raised the banner of rebellion against the British East India Company.

Written by the Gyanpith winning writer MT Vasudevan Nair, the Mammootty- starrer film is directed by veteran director Hariharan. The prologue will introduce to the audience the historical hero Pazhassi Raja, played by South Indian super star Mammotty.