Month: March 2010

Will seek access to IC-814 plotter’

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New Delhi, March 02: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Tuesday said that India will seek access to IC-814 hijacking plotter Belal Mandol, who is in custody in Bangladesh, if his terror links are proven.

Speaking to reporters in the capital, Krishna said, “We certainly will get in touch with the government of Bangladesh and try to what to find out what the position is. If the identity of the person is the same as that of the one we are looking for, we will take up the matter.”

Most heroin transiting through India bound for Europe: Rpt

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Washington, March 02: Seizures of heroin made in various parts of India in the recent past indicate that most of the drug transiting through the country is bound for Europe, a US report has said.

“Most heroin transiting India appeared bound for Europe. Seizures of Southwest Asian heroin made in New Delhi and Mumbai tend to reinforce this assessment,” the latest US report on International Narcotics Trade released by the State Department said.

Chile troops tackle quake looters

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Concepcion, March 02: Chile called for international aid on Monday as the anguished calls of trapped quake survivors pierced the rubble and police had to arrest 160 looters for defying overnight curfews.

Troops deployed alongside police in Concepcion, the country’s second city and the worst-hit urban area, while the toll from Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake and the resulting tsunami that swept coastal towns rose to 711.

Appearance of article is atrocious

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New Delhi, March 02: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Tuesday said the appearance of an article in a Karnataka newspaper purportedly written by her, which triggered violent protests in Shimoga and Hassan towns, is a “deliberate attempt to malign” her and “misuse” her writings to create disturbance in society.

Ms. Nasreen said in a statement made available that she never penned any article for a newspaper in Karnataka.

AI staffer arrested for molesting 9-year-old girl

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Kolkata, March 02: An Air-India employee was arrested and another detained early today for allegedly molesting a nine-year-old girl at NSC Bose International airport here.

The police said AI baggage handler Ahamed Reza molested the girl when she came to the airport at about 1.30 am to catch a flight.

Another baggage handler, Binoy Sanyasi was detained for questioning, the police said.

The incident took place when the girl was waiting after luggage checking in the airport, the police said.

Shivendra’s three-match ban reduced to two

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New Delhi, March 02: Shivendra Singh, who was suspended for three matches for ‘deliberately’ hitting a Pakistan player, has got some relief as the three-member inquiry panel announced that Shivendra would serve 2-match suspension instead of three as announced on Monday.

The verdict of the FIH jury means that Shivendra, who scored a goal against Pakistan on Sunday, will miss tonight’s crucial game against Australia and the one against Spain scheduled for Thursday.

Rs.34 lakh looted from SBI parking lot

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Greater Noida, March 02: Armed robbers struck at the parking lot of a State Bank of India (SBI) branch Tuesday noon and looted Rs.34 lakh in cash from a petroleum company manager, police in this suburban town said.

Colonel (retd) V.B. Singh, manager of a Bharat Petroleum retail outlet, was going to deposit the cash in the SBI branch near Kailash Hospital when the incident occurred.

He was parking his car around noon when the robbers snatched the cash from him and his assistant, police said.

The manager called the police but the criminals had fled.
–IANS

‘This woman suckered us’, said Nixon of Indira Gandhi

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New Delhi, March 02: “She suckered us. Suckered us…..this woman suckered us.” So said an enraged US president Richard Nixon of Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi after learning that war had broken out on the subcontinent on Dec 3, 1971, and Indian forces had made a decisive push towards then East Pakistan that it recognised as Bangladesh three days later.

Fresh attack on Indian, Sri Lankan in Australia

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Melbourne, March 02: In a fresh incident of violence against Asians in Australia, a Sri Lankan man and his Indian wife were attacked and racially abused by a group of drunken men at their home here.

A group of 25 drunken thugs bashed up 60-year-old Ranjit Sahasranaman, who is married to Indian-origin Agalya Sahasranamn, outside his own home in Carrams Down suburb.

Sahasranaman, a Sri Lankan national, revealed his over two-and-a-half hour ordeal of how he fought back with the thugs till police arrived and dispersed them.

UAE to keep out Israeli visitors with face scans

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Dubai, March 02: Following the assassination of a Hamas operative, Dubai police will use voice and face profiling to detect Israelis arriving on foreign passports, the police chief said.

Israelis have always been forbidden from travelling to the UAE on their passports, but dual-nationals could use their alternative passport to enter the country.

Hyderabad Metro Rail to create 50,000 jobs

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Hyderabad, March 02: Hyderabad Metro Rail is expected to trigger mammoth economic activity in and around the city and provide employment to about 50,000 people, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah said Monday.

The chief minister, who reviewed the Rs.12,132-crore project at a meeting here, said it would provide employment for about 5,000 engineers and about 45,000 skilled and unskilled workers.

Sohail Abbas is the king of penalty corners:Taekema

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New Delhi, March 02: He is one of the most lethal drag-flickers the world has ever seen, but for Taeke Taekema Pakistan’s Sohail Abbas is the “king of penalty corners” just by the sheer magnitude of his conversion rate.

Sohail’s has more than 300 international goals to his name and Taekema feels the veteran Pakistani drag-flicker is the most prolific scorer the world has witnessed.

He also lavished praise on Indian’s Sandeep Singh, who according to him has made remarkable improvement in his drag-flicking skills.

Racial attacks: Shane Warne mingles with Indians to allay fears

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Melbourne, March 02: Australian spin legend Shane Warne on Tuesday stepped in to mend his country’s fractured ties with India, attending a picnic here with the Indian community, which has been targetted in a series of violent attacks in the past few months.

Warne met the community members of Victoria state, talked to them, posed for photographs and tried to allay fears of the students, saying Australia is a “great” place to live in.

Nanded: 1st SLUM-FREE Indian city

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Mumbai, March 02: Sometimes religious fervour can transform an untended city into a model of development. In the case of Nanded in the state’s Marathwada region, among the least developed cities in the state, the big push came when the state and the central government decided to spruce it up ahead of Gurta Gaddi, a ceremony to mark the 300th year of the consecration of Guru Granth Sahib as the last guru the Sikhs. The city is home to one of the five most revered Sikh temples, Sachkhand Darbar Shri Hazoor Sahib.

Modi, IPL franchises bugging England players like crazy: PCA

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London, March 02: England’s Cricketers’ Association claims that IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and the franchises are “bugging players like crazy” to commit participation in the lucrative Twenty20 event but are refusing to acknowledge their security fears.

Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) director of legal affairs Ian Smith said Modi, who had earlier claimed that “heavens won’t fall if international players refuse to come for the Indian Premier League (IPL)”, has been “bugging players like crazy” to commit.

Normalcy returns to violence-hit towns: Yeddyurappa

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Bangalore, March 02: Normalcy has returned to Shimoga and Hassan towns, hit by violence during protests by Muslims over publication of an article in a daily purportedly written by exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa told the Karnataka Assembly today.

“Those who take the law into their hands will be strictly dealt with,” he said, adding that no untoward incident has taken place in the two cities since last night.

Spain’s Real Madrid team breaks 400 million euro revenue barrier

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London, March 02: Real Madrid has become the first sports team in the world to generate annual revenue in excess of 400 million euros, according to figures compiled by accountancy firm Deloitte.

The latest edition of the Deloitte Football Money League published today also shows Spanish giants Real as the world’s largest revenue generating football club, for the fifth consecutive year.

Saudi as interlocutor: BJP slams Tharoor

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New Delhi, March 02: Slamming Union minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor for his remark that Saudi Arabia could act as an interlocutor between India and Pakistan, the BJP on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh put an end to his “irresponsible” statements.

Rs.80 lakh stolen from Hema Malini’s home

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Mumbai, March 02: The Dindoshi police claimed to have solved the Rs 84-lakh robbery at actor Hema Malini’s Dindoshi bungalow last week, with the detention of one of the two security guards who were deployed at the house round the clock.

‘Attempt to malign me; never written against burqa’

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New Delhi, March 02: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen Tuesday said the appearance of an article in a Karnataka newspaper purportedly written by her, which triggered violent protests in Shimoga and Hassan towns, is a “deliberate attempt to malign” her and “misuse” her writings to create disturbance in the society.

Nasreen said in a statement made available to the media that she never penned any article for a newspaper in Karnataka.

RADIO DIVORCEES: RAY OF HOPE IN EGYPT

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Cairo, March 02: When her divorce finally came through after a painful four-year procedure, Mahasen Saber became the target of reproving looks and gossip in Egypt’s conservative society.

But she fought back, and in a bid to counter the prejudice attached to being no longer married, the young Egyptian mother decided to take to the high-tech airwaves on the Internet with the launch of “Radio Divorcees.”

” Our society burdens women with the greatest share of responsibility for divorce. The woman is wrong, the woman is bad — she’s the reason a marriage failed ”
Mahasen Saber

Fresh attack on Indian, Sri Lankan in Oz

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Melbourne, March 02: In a fresh incident of violence against Asians in Australia, a Sri Lankan man and his Indian wife were attacked and racially abused by a group of drunken men at their home here.

A group of 25 drunken thugs bashed up 60-year-old Ranjit Sahasranaman, who is married to Indian-origin Agalya Sahasranamn, outside his own home in Carrams Down suburb on Sunday morning.

Sahasranaman, a Sri Lankan national, revealed his over two-and-a-half hour ordeal of how he fought back with the thugs till police arrived and dispersed them, the Herald Sun reported today.

BJP leader in the dock for booze bash

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Gandhinagar, March 02: The former vice president of the Gandhinagar district Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit, Prabhatsinh Thakore, is in the dock after a raid at his farmhouse on the eve of Holi unearthed alcohol plus bar girls specially ushered in from the country’s metros.

According to police, liquor was being served and a dance party was in full flow when Deputy Superintendent of Police Usha Rada and her men landed up.

Stephen Smith will arrive today

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New Delhi, March 02: Amidst concern over the upsurge in racist attacks against Indians in Australia, Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith will arrive in New Delhi for his three-day official visit on Tuesday, Mar 2 to discuss the issue.

The Australian foreign minister is expected to brief India on the security of Indians in Down Under in the wake of growing concern over the attacks.

Smith will talk on the steps taken by the authorities to create a safe and rewarding study environment for Indian students in Australia.

Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots swept 55th Filmfare Awards

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Mumbai, March 02: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan did not attend the 55th Filmfare Awards function he prefers to keep away from film awards but his film 3 Idiots swept the event by bagging six awards.

Besides being adjusted the best film, awards like best director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male), Best Story, Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue went to 3 Idiots.