A 22 year old man from Tallaburidi in Pargathipuiram mandal of Vizianagaram district needs the help of philanthropists to undergo bone-marrow transplantation to get cured for aplastic anemia.
His parents have already sold away their one acre land to meet the immediate medical exprenses
Washington, March 27: Pakistan, once supportive of a Taliban government in Afghanistan, has clarified that it does not want a militant takover in its northwestern neighbourhood.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was on a visit to Washington recently, told the National Public Radio that Pakistan was in favour of the reconciliation process, but said this has to be an Afghan-led process.
Mumbai, March 27: Coming out in defence of old friend Amitabh Bachchan, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said the actor has done nothing wrong by attending the inauguration of the second phase of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
The Bandra-Worli Sea Link”Amitabh hasn’t committed a crime by attending the event,” Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana.
Lambasting Congress for “treating the actor as an untouchable”, Thackeray said “Shah Rukh Khan, who took cudgels on behalf of Pakistanis, will do for Congress, which is allergic to Amitabh.”
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 B.K. Sharma told IANS.
Rosalin Patel, 21, was killed Tuesday. She was an engineering student of a Bhubaneswar-based college.
Mumbai, March 27: Coming out in defence of old friend Amitabh Bachchan, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday said the actor has done nothing wrong by attending the inauguration of the second phase of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
“Amitabh hasn’t committed a crime by attending the event,” Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.
Lambasting Congress for “treating the actor as an untouchable”, Thackeray said “Shah Rukh Khan, who took cudgels on behalf of Pakistanis, will do for Congress, which is allergic to Amitabh.”
Patna, March 27: A special court will pronounce on Saturday the quantum of punishment on three men convicted of murdering whistle blower Satyendra Dubey, who had exposed corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral highways project in 2003.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court last Monday convicted Mantu Kumar, Udai Kumar and Pinku Ravidas for the crime.
Orissa, March 27: The Orissa government on Friday said it would introduce health programme in 60,000 schools in the most backward KBK (Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput) region from July.
“About 58 lakh students will benefit from the programme.. We have also set up a target to set up at least 1,069 health sub-centres in KBK region by 2012,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told reporters in Bhubaneswar after a State Health Mission meeting chaired by him.
Mumbai, March 27: Coming out in defence of old friend Amitabh Bachchan, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said the actor has done nothing wrong by attending the inauguration of the second phase of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
“Amitabh hasn’t committed a crime by attending the event,” Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.
Lambasting Congress for “treating the actor as an untouchable”, Thackeray said “Shah Rukh Khan, who took cudgels on behalf of Pakistanis, will do for Congress, which is allergic to Amitabh.”
New Delhi, March 27: The Supreme Court refused to direct the government to take steps to ensure return of self-exiled painter M F Husain, who has been residing in a Gulf country, to India and withdrawal of cases against him.
A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the government to withdraw all criminal cases against the 95-year-old artist to ensure his return to the country.
“If he is in Doha, what is the problem,” the bench queried while asking the petitioner to withdraw his plea.
Patna, March 27: A special court will pronounce Saturday the quantum of punishment on three men convicted of murdering whistle blower Satyendra Dubey who had exposed corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral highways project in 2003.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court last Monday convicted Mantu Kumar, Udai Kumar and Pinku Ravidas for the crime.
Ahmedabad, March 27: BJP MLAs during question hour made a veiled attack on leader of opposition Shaktisinh Gohil on Friday by asking a question regarding the bungalow repairing expense incurred by the government. Gohil strongly opposed this by demanding a zero hour debate and raising the point of order.
New Delhi, March 27: Amitabh Bachchan may be respected the world over as the biggest Bollywood star but his actor-politician wife Jaya feels “Dilip Kumar was the last super star”.
“I don`t believe in super stars. Anyway, I think there are no super stars now. Dilip Kumar was the last,” said Jaya during an interaction with women journalists here.
Jaya said among the current lot of Bollywood actors she has a special bond with Shah Rukh Khan.
“I have a special bond with Shah Rukh as I played his mother in a film (“Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham”),” Jaya added.
Bangkok, March 27: Some 80,000 red-shirted protesters fanned out through the Thai capital’s old quarter Saturday, reviving their campaign for new polls to replace a government they reject as undemocratic.
The “Red Shirts” loyal to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra said they would march from their main rally ground to eight points where soldiers are stationed including the city’s zoo and several Buddhist temples.
The Reds said they aimed to put pressure on the military, which has mounted a heavy security response to the demonstrations that began on March 14.
Patna, March 27: The 14-year-old son of a staffer in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence has been missing since Tuesday, police said Saturday.
Vivek Kumar, a Class 6 student of a private school, is the son of Sambhunath Jha, an official working in Nitish Kumar’s office. He left his home in Patliputra for some work Tuesday and failed to return.
“We suspect that Vivek has been abducted. Police have registered a missing case,” family friend Rajesh Kumar told IANS.
Ahmedabad, March 27: Talks between the Rajasthan Govt and the agitating Gujjar leaders began at Jaipur on Friday even as the sit in Mahapadaav at Gazipur in Dausa district over the demand of most backward class special quota, continued for the fourth day.
An eleven member delegation of Gujjars sent by Action Committee convenor Colonel Kirodi Singh Bainsla reached Jaipur in the afternoon.
Later, the delegates held opening round dialogue with Ministers Jitendra Singh and Brijkishore Sharma.
Myanmar, March 27: Myanmar’s junta chief warned political parties to behave while campaigning for historic elections later this year, noting Saturday that the armed forces can take part in politics “whenever the need arises.”
In his annual national address, Senior Gen. Than Shwe maintained his silence on when Myanmar’s first election in two decades will actually take place.
No date has been announced for the upcoming polls, which critics have called a sham designed to keep the military in power with the facade of an elected government.
Ahmedabad, March 27: Back in the top half of the points table after three consecutive wins, Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne today said his side is a force to reckon with in the ongoing third edition of the Indian Premier League.
Riding on Yusuf Pathan`s 34-ball unbeaten 73 and Michael Lumb`s 45 off 32 deliveries, Rajasthan Royals today thrashed Deccan Chargers by eight wickets to move up to the third position in the points table after the initial hiccup.
And Warne, who guided the Royals to the title in the inaugural IPL in 2008, said at home his side is invincible.
London, March 27: British prime minister Gordon Brown would keep Alistair Darling in his position of finance minister if the Labour Party wins the parliamentary election, he said in an interview published on Saturday.
Darling has been in the role since Brown took over from Tony Blair in 2007 but there had been speculation that he would be replaced by education minister Ed Balls, a close ally of the prime minister, should Labour retain power.
Taipie, March 27: China has added long-range missiles near Taiwan and leads the self-ruled island in military defenses, a U.S. navy official said, suggesting that Taiwan may need new F-16 jet fighters.
China has deployed “an increasing number” of Russian surface-to-air missiles across an ocean strait about 160 km (100 miles) from Taiwan, U.S. Navy Commander Robert Willard told a Senate committee in Washington but did not give a timeframe.
Washington, March 27: A CIA expert has called for recruiting Afghan women in a public relations bid to persuade sceptical Europeans to support the NATO-led war effort, a leaked document has said.
“Afghan women could serve as ideal messengers in humanising” the mission for European audiences, particularly in France, according to the CIA analysis, posted on WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website yesterday.
Afghan women’s views would carry special weight as they could express “their aspirations for the future, and their fears of a Taliban victory”, it said.
Baghdad, March 27: Secularist challenger Iyad Allawi’s coalition won the most seats in Iraq’s parliamentary election with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki running a close second, according to preliminary results released on Friday.
Allawi’s cross-sectarian Iraqiya won 91 seats in the 325-member Council of Representatives, compared to the 89 won by the State of Law Alliance led by Maliki, a fellow Shiite, election officials said.
Washington, MArch 27: Russia and the US will sign their most comprehensive nuclear arms control agreement of the post-Cold War era in Prague next month, slashing their strategic warheads by a third, and making substantial cuts in missiles and other long-range delivery systems.
Seoul, March 27: A South Korean naval ship sank near the disputed maritime border with North Korea early Saturday, prompting the South’s military to rush vessels to the site to rescue its sailors and raising fears of an attack by the North.
The ship, on a routine patrolling mission with 104 crew members on board, began sinking off the coast of South Korean-controlled Baengnyeong Island close to North Korea around 9:45 p.m. (1245 GMT, 8:45 a.m. EDT), Rear Adm. Lee Ki-sik of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters late Friday.
Panaji, March 27: Goa government today refused to ban use of mobiles in primary and higher secondary schools contending that a circular has already been issued to the institutes seeking to curb misuse of cell phones.
Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte today said the managements of institutes should be responsible for curbing the misuse of the cell phones in high schools and higher secondary schools.
Tokyo, March 27: The Pacific-wide tsunami generated by the massive undersea earthquake off Chile’s coast last month caused 68 million dollars of damage to Japan’s fishing industry, a report said Saturday.
Scallop, oyster and seaweed farms off the northeast coast of Japan were hit when waves up to 1.45 metres high smashed into Japan following the quake thousands of kilometres (miles) away.
More than six billion yen of damage was caused to the facilities, Kyodo News reported, citing fisheries industry officials.