Mumbai, March 27: The Azad Maidan police on Friday detained a man in the murder of moneylender Alpesh Jain on Tuesday. The man had committed robberies in the area where Jain was found dead.
Bhaurao Bhawale, senior inspector, said fingerprints found from the victim’s apartment indicated that more than one person may have been involved in the murder. “We have put 14 men on the job and crime branch is also conducting parallel investigations,” said Bhawale.
Beijing, March 27: Chinese police have arrested a man suspected of poisoning frozen dumplings destined for Japan, in an incident that strained relations between the two countries, state media reported.
Lu Yueting, 36, is suspected of injecting poison into the dumplings while working at a factory in northern China, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing the security ministry.
Tokyo had been pressing Beijing to investigate the case of the pesticide-tainted frozen dumplings after 10 people fell ill in Japan in January 2008.
Islamabad, March 27: The former captain of Pakistan cricket team Muhammad Yousuf has decided retires from international cricket. Yousuf said he will formally announce his decision in Karachi tomorrow.
Sources said the reason for his retirement was the Pakistan Cricket Board decision to ban him from international cricket for life.
–Agencies
Baghdad, March 27: A senior Iraqi official says Baghdad does not have the means and expertise to deal with the high numbers of mass graves being discovered.
Ayam Sharif, the head of the Department of Terror and Victims at the Ministry of Human Rights, said that 84 mass graves were discovered in the country last year, all of which held victims of the post-Saddam violence that has rent the fabric of the country.
Chicago, March 27: The world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden is “healthy” and “giving orders” to deputies in al-Qaeda, according to a Pakistani-origin taxi driver arrested by FBI here on charges of providing funds to the terror outfit.
A 35-page complaint affidavit against Raja Lahrasib Khan, arrested yesterday for allegedly providing material support to terrorism and funds to al-Qaeda, gives details of conversations recorded between him and an undercover law enforcement agent about his association with al-Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri, also the chief of HuJI.
Chicago, March 27: The world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden is “healthy” and “giving orders” to deputies in al Qaeda, according to a Pakistani-origin taxi driver arrested by FBI here on charges of providing funds to the terror outfit.
New Delhi, March 27: The Centre on Thursday decided to set up Police Complaint Authority in all Union territories including the national capital which will look into allegations of serious misconduct including death and sexual assault during custody.
“The government decided to set up the Authority at the Union Territory level in pursuance of the Supreme Court’s judgement dated September 22, 2006 on a writ petition filed by former BSF Chief Prakash Singh,” an official spokesman said in a statement.
Los Angeles, March 27: After legendary pop star Michael Jackson’s death there were many reports of women claiming to be the singer’s secret wife. But Jackson’s estate has just filed legal papers declaring that the late star had no secret wife.
“Michael Joseph Jackson did not have a surviving spouse. He was not married at the time of his death,” tmz.com quoted Jackson’s lawyer as saying.
–IANS
Mumbai, March 27: Agreeing with industry analysts ,Karan Johar said “Films like LSD, backed by dedicated producers and brought to life by creatively uncompromising directors are the only way to continue to evolve the face of Indian cinema.”
Love Sex aur Dhokha follows 3 individual stories of voyeurism in contemporary society intertwining to shock, question and inform audiences in the most unconventional manner it finds.
Bangalore, March 27: More than 6.6 million Bangaloreans are eligible to vote Sunday to elect a 198-member civic body from some 1,300 candidates who include doctors, a transgender and people with criminal cases.
There is a Queen Elizabeth fighting on Congress ticket. Another woman contestant, Marimuthu, dubbed ‘Hooch Queen’ for alleged involvement in illicit liquor trade, has been fielded by the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S).
New Delhi, March 27: The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for affordable and speedy justice for the common man.
Dr. Singh said judiciary is the solid pillar of the democracy, he said while addressing the National convention of Law, Justice and the Common Man in New Delhi on Saturday.
Prime Minister said we have to be sensitive to the poor and marginalised sections of the society.
Dr. Singh said his government would not hesitate in going an extra mile for judicial reforms.
Mumbai, March 27: The four people arrested on charges of raping a 12-year-old schoolgirl from Saki Naka were produced at the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate court on Friday.
The Saki Naka police submitted the statement given by the victim against the nine accused in the complaint, on the basis of which they have been booked. After hearing arguments from both sides the Andheri court sent the accused to judicial custody till April 9.
Mumbai, March 27: The Kasturba police on Thursday arrested a gang of robbers that was later identified as one specialising in car thefts. They targeted high-end four wheelers in the city. The police nabbed the trio during a nakabandi on Dattapada Road in Borivli (East).
The three were travelling in a Chevrolet Tavera. The officers asked the car to halt for checking. However, the occupants did not pay heed and drove on. The police followed the vehicle and managed to stop it at Rajendra Nagar near Western Express highway.
Lahore, March 27: Umar Gul’s place in Pakistan’s playing XI for the World Twenty20 is under threat and captain Shahid Afridi made it clear that the pacer will have to earn his place in the side as not many places are up for grabs.
Gul was the leading wicket-taker in the inaugural edition of the World Twenty20 in South Africa and then followed it with another brilliant performance during Pakistan’s World Cup triumph in England last year.
Mumbai, March 27: Three doctors of a Malad hospital were arrested for allegedly assaulting a patient’s relatives on Thursday night. The police said, the complainant, Saket Parekh (25) who lives in Malad (West) said his father Keerti Parekh, (63) was admitted in Riddhi Vinayak critical care hospital on March 14 for breathing problem.
Mumbai, March 27: After the Swami Nityanand sex scandal thickened with the emergence of another sleaze video showing the Swami with Tamil actress Yuvarani, a majority of his disciples, both from Bollywood and the South Indian film industries, have been trying to disassociate themselves from him.
Vivek Oberoi was one of the Swami’s disciples and had been his follower from 2005, after his aunt introduced him to the spiritual guru. Now, Vivek too is trying to distance himself from the Swami.
Mumbai, March 27: In a fresh twist to the ownership dispute over Jinnah House, a central government office has found a copy of the will made by Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah which mentions that the leader bequeathed the property to sister Fatima Jinnah. The development may hamper the Wadia family’s claim to the posh property located on Mount Pleasant Road at the upmarket Malabar Hill.
New Delhi, March 27: Vidya Balan and Rani Mukerjee had to shoot in old Delhi’s crowded areas for No One Killed Jessica. But how could that possibly happen without a mob surrounding them when Rani and Vidya are both such popular names?
Director of the film, Rajkumar Gupta, who earlier made the Rajeev Khandelwal starrer Aamir, wanted to shoot the film on real lanes with hidden cameras. He wanted to shoot Vidya and Rani as part of the crowd to give an authentic feel to the film.
Bhubaneswar, March 27: A 22-year-old management student has been arrested for murdering his woman friend after she rejected his proposal of love, police said Saturday.
“We have arrested Rajesh Sethi, an MBA student of the same college Rosalin was studying. He murdered Rosalin after she turned down his love offer. He was held Friday,” Bhubaneswar police commissioner BK Sharma said.
Rosalin Patel, 21, was killed Tuesday. She was an engineering student of a Bhubaneswar-based college.
New Delhi, March 27: Bollywood actress Esha Deol made a grand entry at WIFW as a ‘runway bride’ wearing a traditional wedding ‘lehenga’ but it was her mother Hema Malini, who got maximum cheers from the audience.
The mother-daughter duo turned showstoppers for B-town’s favourite designer Rocky S.
The 28-year-old actress, who has been away from films for sometime now, wore a maroon and green lehenga-choli while Hema looked elegant with a sari of same colour paired with a burnt orange coloured blouse.
Jammu, March 27: Security forces and militants were engaged in a gun battle in a forest area in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir since early morning, police said here.
Acting on intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in Baji Mahal forest in Dharamsal, about 146 kms from here, security forces assisted by police rushed to the area, they said.
As troops were moving in the forest area, militants started firing which was retaliated by them, police said adding, intermittent exchange of firing were going on between the two sides when last reports came in.
Mumbai, March 27: Mustafa Bookwala (40), who was arrested on Wednesday by the Customs for smuggling Rs 2 crore worth memory cards, is a seasoned operator. His passport revealed this. The Customs authorities found that Bookwala travelled to Hong Kong 20 times in a year, which was not normal. Though Customs officials said that all these trips were related to memory card smuggling, Bookwala has said that he did this only on three occasions.
Srinagar, March 27: Security forces and militants were engaged in a gun battle in a forest area in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir since early morning, police said here. Acting on intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in Baji Mahal forest in Dharamsal, about 146 kms from here, security forces assisted by police rushed to the area, they said.
Washington, March 27: FIRST she admitted a crush on David Miliband. And now Hillary Clinton has been very publicly flirting with the foreign minister of Pakistan.
The US secretary of state collapsed into giggles as if she were a schoolgirl during a press conference with Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday.
It came as they announced a “ new spirit of cooperation” between the two countries.
The pair seemed keen to bridge the gap between the podiums during a press briefing following their bilateral meeting at the department of state in Washington.
Washington, March 27: The United States says it’s encouraged by Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts as it believes that Islamabad now recognises terrorism as a “shared threat” with India and other countries.
Security and counter-terrorism efforts were part of the discussion at the first Pakistan-US strategic dialogue here this week “and we will continue our cooperation”, State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley told reporters Friday.