Mumbai, September 25: Despite staging a few sharp rallies during the course of the session, the market never really looked good enough to force its way up into the positive territory today as weakness exhibited by stocks on the Asian and European bourses rendered the mood extremely cautious.
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Beijing, September 25: Beijing said this week that stepping up sanctions was not an effective way to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear program, even as China joined other big powers to demand a “serious response” from Tehran.
Below are some questions and answers about why China is so ambivalent about international pressure on Iran.
WHY IS CHINA RELUCTANT TO BACK SANCTIONS?
China has long said that it sticks to a doctrine of “non interference” in the affairs of other nations, in part because it does not want the United States or Europe criticizing its behavior or policies.
New Delhi, September 25: Designer Manish Arora is taking his “futuristic” collection, which combines Indian techniques with geometric designs, to the Paris Fashion Week 2010 and he says the global fashion trend this spring-summer, especially in Europe, is individualistic.
Kabul, September 25: Insurgents killed another five US soldiers in Afghanistan’s southern Taliban stronghold, NATO said Friday, with their commander poised to request more troops to avoid failure in the eight-year war.
Two soldiers were killed outright and three later died of their injuries in a trio of separate incidents on Thursday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Friday.
New Delhi, September 25: Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit Friday launched a web portal giving “complete information” on constraints of and treatment for diabetes.
The site – www.ddrc.in – was launched by the Delhi Diabetic Research Centre (DDRC) following a study undertaken by the centre on diabetes and its link to depression.
Dikshit reiterated the government’s commitment towards tackling diabetes and hailed the portal as a “complete information platform for people with diabetes to enable them to lead happy and healthy lives”.
Mumbai, September 25:Shiney Ahuja, arrested for allegedly raping his maid, fainted in court today while he was there for the framing of charges against him. The next hearing is now on October 7.
Shiney had on Wednesday told the Mumbai High Court that the medical report and DNA tests do not support the rape charges.
After sessions court rejected his bail application two months ago, the actor has now moved the High Court. The investigation in the case is over and his custody is no longer required, the application said.
Shiney is in jail since June 15 this year
—Agencies
New Delhi, September 25: Sons and daughters from leading political families have entered the electoral fray in Maharashtra with 20-odd such candidates having filed their nominations for the October 13 assembly polls.
Prominent among them are Rajendra Shekhawat, son of President Pratibha Patil, Praniti daughter of Union Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Amit, son of another Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, and Poonam, daughter of the late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan.
Today was the last date for filing of nomination papers.
New Delhi, September 25: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is strengthening its air defence in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China by putting in place a series of special mountain and light-weight radars.
Western Air Command (WAC) chief Air Marshal N A K Browne told reporters here today that different types of radars would be put in place along the 667-km LAC with China, the air defence of which is WAC’s responsibility.
Melbourne, September 25: In yet another attack on an Indian here, a taxi driver from the community was injured when a drunk Australian star footballer allegedly assaulted him after an altercation.
Essendon football player Michael Hurley was arrested for kicking and punching an Indian cabbie outside a fast-food outlet on Hoddle Street here.
New Delhi, September 25: State Bank of India Chairman O P Bhatt said today no increase in interest rates is expected in the near future, allaying apprehensions on the return of the tight money policy.
“Hike is extremely unlikely,” Bhatt told PTI when asked whether the rates of borrowing could be revised upward in the next few months.
He said the SBI was lending at the “lowest rates” and any more cut was not on the cards.
Kolkata, September 25: In a bid to earn a contract with the Kolkata Knight Riders, former Indian Cricket League players Deep Dasgupta, Rohan Gavaskar and G Vignesh will play for the IPL side in their practice matches against visiting Champions League Twenty20 teams in Gurgaon from October 1-7.
Former Bengal captain Dasgupta said he would turn out for the Kolkata IPL side in the three practice games, provided he gets the Cricket Association of Bengal permission.
Centurion, September 25: All of 19 and a self-confessed an of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, Umar Akmal could send India`s best-laid plans haywire in tomorrow`s Champions Trophy match as he has done in recent times.
Akmal is fast emerging out of the shadows of his elder brother Kamran with an average of 77 in one-day internationals and a fabulous strike rate of 100.
Akmal is intent on giving a good name to Pakistan`s much-maligned batting which has relied all too heavily on the senior trio of Younus Khan, Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq in recent times.
New Delhi, September 25: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday unearthed one of the largest Hawala money-laundering networks in the world after conducting raids at eight locations around Delhi.
The kingpin behind the entire racket has been identified as Naresh Jain, whose house was raided in Delhi. His Hawala racket running into thousands of crores of rupees was spread across India and many countries in the world including UAE, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Italy and Bolivia.
Mumbai, September 25: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today fell by 88 points as investors turned cautious ahead of a long weekend amid weak global trends.
The 30-share barometer settled at 16,613.22 points, a loss of 88.43 points over the previous close.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty fell by 27.60 points to 4,958.95 points.
Brokers said investors were reluctant to enlarge their positions ahead of a long weekend as the market is closed on Monday for ‘Dussehra’ festival.
Pittsburgh, September 25: The European Commission on Thursday said there is a need to make US-EU relationship more outward-looking by expanding its ties with countries like India, China, Brazil and Russia.
Calling for a new “Atlantic Agenda for Globalisation”, European Commission president Jose Manuel Durao Barroso stressed on the need for a reinforced EU-US partnership based on a new agenda by re-invigorating the Euro-American economic and political relationship.
Mumbai, September 25: In the midst of the controversy over the success of the 1998 thermonuclear test, nuclear scientist P K Iyengar has said the views of former DRDO scientist K Santhanam on the issue are the “clincher”.
There is a “strong reason to believe that the thermonuclear device had not fully burnt and, therefore, further testing was called for,” Iyengar, a former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman, said in a statement yesterday.
London, September 25: The Indian Overseas Congress, UK, an organisation linked to the ruling Congress Party in India, has held a key election to its body.
NRI Congress leaders, D L Kalhan and Sunil Chopra, have been elected President and General Secretary respectively of the Indian Overseas Congress, UK.
Kalhan, hitherto General Secretary of the organisation succeeds freedom fighter Balwant Kapoor, who died recently following a heart attack, aged 81.
New Delhi, September 25: In the wake of US President Barack Obama’s statement alluding that India should sign the CTBT and NPT, BJP on Friday welcomed the government’s firm stand against it.
“BJP is of the clear view that India should not sign the CTBT or NPT under any circumstances. We have, on our own, imposed voluntary moratorium and no-first-use policy on ourselves,” BJP President Rajnath Singh said.
Singh said, “We welcome the stand (of not signing the two treaties) taken by the Indian government in the United Nations. We are in full support (of the government) on the issue.”
New Delhi: The fate of former Union Communications Minister Sukhram in a telecom scam case remained undecided as a single judge Bench of the Delhi High Court on Friday referred his appeal against the conviction and three years jail term to a Division Bench.
Justice S Muralidhar in his judgement said that the case has to be referred to the Division Bench as several legal issues are involved in it.
Karachi, September 25: Pakistan`s teenage pace sensation Muhammad Aamer is targetting the prized wicket of Sachin Tendulkar in tomorrow`s hugely anticipated Champions Trophy clash with India in Centurion, South Africa.
“He is a great batsman and I would love to get his wicket. I have worked out a plan on how to bowl to him but it will all depend on what sort of pitch they have at the Centurion,” Aamer said from Johannesburg.
The 18-year old left arm pacer said he has always dreamed of playing for Pakistan against India.
Lucknow, September 25: The Congress on Friday advised Uttar Pradesh government to strengthen its intelligence network, which proved to be a failure during the recent surprise visit of the party general secretary Rahul Gandhi to rural areas of eastern UP.
Congress Legislature Party leader, Pramod Tewari today here said, “It is a glaring example of the working of the UP police and its intelligence network that a high profile SPG protectee moves about in districts and it has no information about his movement.”
Karachi, September 25: The Pakistan team management is seriously considering playing dope-tainted pacer MOhammad Asif in the crucial Champions Trophy tie against India tomorrow in Centurion, South Africa.
According to coach Intikhab Alam, Asif was in contention for the match after he trained with the team for the first time on Thursday after completing a one-year ban for failing a dope test during the Indian Premier League.
Johannesburg, September 25: After the heartbreak of Yuvraj Singh’s untimely exit from the ongoing Champions Trophy in South Africa, there was finally some good news for the Men in Blue as dashing opener Gautam Gambhir was cleared to play in India’s first game of the tournament against Pakistan on September 26.
Earlier on Thursday, the BCCI said that Gambhir would figure in the game against Pakistan after having missed the lone warm-up game against New Zealand.
Centurion, September 25: Ravaged by injuries and unsettled by a disappointing build up, India would seek to draw inspiration from history when they clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in their Champions Trophy opener here tomorrow.
Already missing star performers like opener Virender Sehwag and pacer Zaheer Khan, India were dealt another massive blow when middle-order mainstay Yuvraj Singh was forced to return home owing a fractured right-hand finger.
Lucknow, September 25: The Congress today advised Uttar Pradesh government to strengthen its intelligence network, which proved to be a failure during the recent surprise visit of the party general secretary Rahul Gandhi to rural areas of eastern UP.
Congress Legislature Party leader, Pramod Tewari today here said, “It is a glaring example of the working of the UP police and its intelligence network that a high profile SPG protectee moves about in districts and it has no information about his movement.”