Mumbai, February 02: Out of the 11,000 CAT aspirants on the second phase list, only 4,800 took the test. The admission criteria for the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), CAT went online for the first time in December 2009 but virus attacks in centres across the country disrupted the exam.
Mumbai, February 02: A 17-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old in Cheetah camp on Monday.
The girl, daughter of a daily wage worker, was playing near her house in Cheetah camp when the boy , who runs a snack shop, took her to a vacant godown and allegedly raped her.
“When we heard about the incident, we rushed to the godown and saw her mouth stuffed with cloth,” a resident said.
“She has injuries on her head, arms and other parts of her body,” he added.
—-PTI
Aizawl, February 02: Some 119 people including 40 women died of malaria in Mizoram during 2009, state health department said here today. In 2008, 91 people had died of malaria in Mizoram, officials said.
They said 1,71,793 people had their blood samples tested during last year out of which 9,399 were found to be positive.
Doctors attributed high malaria deaths to delayed treatment saying that when malaria patients went to doctors for treatment, it was usually too late.
Hyderabad, February 02: At least 30 people, most of them patients, were injured when a fire broke out in a corporate hospital at Somajiguda area in Hyderabad city on Tuesday.
The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital, police said.
Fire brigades have been pressed into service to put out the flames.
–PTI
Jaipur, February 02: Sriganganagar was the coldest place in Rajasthan recording a minimum temperature of 6.3 degree Celsius this morning as mercury rose by a few notches in various parts of the state, a Met official said.
The minimum temperature remained between 11.3 deg C and 15 deg C in other parts of the state, including the capital Jaipur.
Churu was at 9.5 deg C followed by Bundi and Dabok at 9 deg C. Chittorgarh, Pilani and Jaisalmer recorded 9.4 deg C, 9.8 deg C and 10.8 degree C respectively.
The Met office forecasts weather conditions to continue for next 24 hours.
Tehran, February 02: Iran blamed Israel on Tuesday for the killing of a Hamas commander in Dubai last month.
“This is another indication of the existence of state terrorism by the Zionist regime (Israel),” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a news conference. “This shows the violation of other countries’ sovereignty by this regime.”
Washington, February 02: Former US President Bill Clinton, currently the UN special envoy to Haiti, will be named international coordinator for relief efforts in the earthquake-devastated country, UN officials said.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been formally announced, UN diplomats and officials said Clinton was the most obvious choice to coordinate aid and reconstruction in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
New Delhi, February 02: Making a case for allowing BSNL to go ahead with its Rs 36,000 crore network expansion plan, Telecom Minister A Raja has said negotiations with equipment suppliers after the bidding process had resulted in substantial reduction in prices.
“The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) guidelines do not rule out negotiations with L1 (lowest bidder) under exceptional circumstances,” Raja said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking his help in early resolution of a controversy over BSNL’s tender for network equipment.
Haiti, February 02: Hundreds gathered on Monday at a gravel pit where countless earthquake victims have been dumped, turning a remembrance ceremony for the dead into one of the first organized political rallies since the disaster, with followers denouncing President Rene Preval.
Many called for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s return — a familiar political refrain when things swing between bad and worse in Haiti.
New Delhi, February 02: Sachin Tendulkar has been a role model for a whole generation of cricketers but when it comes to deriving inspiration for himself, the batting great says he looks up to three Bollywood icons. Tendulkar said the passion and energy that legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan and melody queens Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle put behind their performance make them really inspiring.
“I get inspired by different sources. A powerful speech may inspire me or flawless tennis in a Grand Slam final.
London, February 02: Hollywood star Julia Roberts is against making sequel of Pretty Woman because she considers herself too “old” to star in it. The 42-year-old actress, who is best known for her role as prostitute Vivian Ward opposite Richard Gere in the popular 1990 movie, is adamant that she does not want a follow-up, reported Contactmusic.
“Nobody wants to see an old hooker. It’s not that I’m anti-romantic comedy, which, for some reason, is always the favoured interpretation,” said Roberts.
Bangalore, February 02: India is strengthening security set up in Arunachal Pradesh to enhance its deterrent capability but there was no question of militarisation of the north-eastern state, Defence Minister A K Antony said on Tuesday.
China has repeatedly raked up its claim over Arunachal Pradesh and even objected to visits of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. India has strongly rejected China’s claims.
Lucknow, February 02: Uttar Pradesh’s anti-terror squad (ATS) has taken into its custody Shehzad Ahmad alias Pappu- a key accused in the September 2008 Delhi serial blasts and the Batla House encounter.
Ahmed, who is said to be a militant belonging to the Indian Mujahideen terror outfit, was arrested from his native village on Monday evening.
There are reports that the accused Ahmed had undergone a training to fly planes from an institute in Bangalore and had surfaced as a leader of the module designated to execute aerial terror attacks.
Washington, February 02: Al Qaeda is the biggest killer of innocent Muslims in the world, US President Barack Obama has said.
“I think it’s important to understand that we are at war against a very specific group al Qaeda and its extremist allies that have metastasised around the globe that would attack us, attack our allies, attack bases and embassies around the world, and most sadly, attack innocent people regardless of their backgrounds, regardless of their religions,” Obama said yesterday in an interview to YouTube.
Hyderabad, February 02: A top businessman in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada city died following cardiac arrest Tuesday, just hours after his 10-year-old kidnapped daughter was found murdered.
Palagani Prabhakara Rao, who was in the liquor, real estate and finance business, died at a hospital in Vijayawada, where he had been admitted after hearing the news of his daughter’s killing.
Washington, February 02: American scientists have developed a new code to contain “stealthiest” of self-propagating worms that cause damage worth billions of dollar worldwide.
These worms, also known as infectious computer programmes, are malicious programmes which after being released can spread throughout networks without human control, stealing or erasing hard drive data, interfering with pre-installed programmes and slowing, even crashing, home and work computers.
Hyderabad, February 02: At least 30 people were injured after fire broke out in a private hospital here Tuesday, police said.
A police officer said some more people could be trapped and efforts were on to rescue them.
The fire broke out in Park Super Speciality Hospital in the busy Somajiguda area.
The injured include patients, nurses and other hospital staff. The police officer said eight patients were rescued from the Intensive Care Unit.
Bangalore, February 02: India is strengthening security set up in Arunachal Pradesh to enhance its deterrent capability but there was no question of militarisation of the north-eastern state, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said on Tuesday.
China has repeatedly raked up its claim over Arunachal Pradesh and even objected to visits of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. India has strongly rejected China’s claims.
New Delhi, February 02: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has asked megastar Amitabh Bachchan to arrange for a screening of his latest film “Rann”, Ram Gopal Varma’s take on the media world.
“Udhav Thakeray (Shiv Sena executive president) calls. He has just come out of the theatre after (watching) ‘Rann’ and is not able to find appropriate words to describe his appreciation for the film and the performance. Minutes later Bala Saheb calls (and says) ‘I want to see this film. Come and show it to me! You have not been to see me for a long time’,” Amitabh posted on his blog Bigb.bigadda.com.
Manglore, February 02: A judicial commission which probed attacks on churches in Karnataka has recommended a ban on all communal organisations which practise and preach activities against any religion.
The Somasekhara Commission, in its interim report, said the existing laws were insufficient and suggested enactment of special legislation to punish such organisations, including forfeiting their assets.
Srinagar, February 02: Life in Srinagar and major towns of Kashmir valley was today crippled by a separatists-sponsored strike called to protest the killing of a teenager in teargas shelling on Sunday.
Shops and business establishments remained closed and transport was off the road in response to calls given by separatists, including both factions of Hurriyat Conference, police said.
Youths pelted stones at vehicles in Batmaloo, Maisuma, Bemina and Natipora in uptown and several other areas of old city, they said, adding the situation was, however, under control.
Lucknow, February 02: An accused in the 2008 serial blasts in the national capital was on Monday arrested by the Anti-Terror Squad of the Uttar Pradesh Police from Azamgarh district, a senior officer said in Lucknow.
Shahzad alias Pappu, who was an accused in September 13, 2008 serial blasts in Delhi and carried a cash reward of Rs five lakh on his head, was arrested by the ATS from Khalispur village this evening, Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Brij Lal told reporters here.
He alleged Pappu was member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM).
New Delhi, February 02: Low density polymer prices marginally moved up by Rs 0.50 per kg at the local plastic market today on better offtake by plastic bag makers.
Traders said better offtake by plastic bag makers against tight arrivals mainly helped low density polymer prices to trade slightly higher.
Low density (LD)No 40 and (LD) No 400 were up by Rs 0.50 each at Rs 84.00 and Rs 86.00 per kg respectively.
Following are today’s quotations in Rs per kg:
New Delhi, February 02: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan lost out on a Grammy Award this year but for the sarod virtuoso a houseful concert and an appreciative audience is far more rewarding than any award.
The Ustad says he’s not disappointed about not winning a Grammy. “I am happy that a very outstanding and talented music director A R Rahman has won. Being an Indian he has made all of us very proud,” the maestro told PTI.
Lucknow, February 02: Terming Amar Singh and Jaya Prada as “intruders”, Samajwadi Party today expelled them from the party on grounds of indulging in anti-party activities and denting its socialist image.
The decision was taken at the SP parliamentary board meeting chaired by party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav here, national general secretary and spokesman Mohan Singh told reporters.
He said the party also suspended membership of four MLAs – Madan Chauhan, Sandeep Agarwal, Ashok Chandel and Sarvesh Singh – all Amar Singh loyalists.