Bangalore, April 30: Even as the likes of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes fight for glory at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships this year, there will be a young Indian earning glory for the country doing a job often termed tougher than the hard fought duels on the field.
Mysore lad Sagar Kashyap (22) will become the youngest Indian to officiate at the championship, to be held from June 21 to July 4 at the Winnman’s hill village.
Chennai, April 30: A legal notice has been issued to Internet major Google and its subsidiary YouTube on behalf of actress Ranjitha asking them to remove the video clips, purportedly linking her with Swami Nithyananda by 5 pm on May 2. The notices were issued by a Delhi-based law firm, P M Law Chambers.
New Delhi, April 30: At a meeting without aides, Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani invited his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh to visit Islamabad and Dr. Singh said he would look forward to visiting the country, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told journalists here on Thursday.
Mr. Qureshi described Dr. Singh as a visionary and academic. He said the Indian Prime Minister had his heart in the right place and he was a well-meaning person. “He is a well-meaning man. He is an academic. He is a visionary. He wants to move on.”
Brussels, April 30: The lower house of the Belgian parliament approved a draft law Thursday banning the wearing of burqa in public and other types of Islamic veils, the Belga news agency reported.
However, the law criminalising Muslim women who hide their faces in public is unlikely to enter into force soon, as it still has to be approved by the upper house of parliament, the Senate.
Progress of the bill would also be wiped out if the political crisis gripping the country would lead to parliament being dissolved – an inevitable option, according to all political commentators.
New York, April 30: PM Manmohan Singh, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, bio queen Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and author Chetan Bhagat are among the nine Indians named in Time magazine’s annual list of 100 most influential people.
The other Indians on the list are: Eye doctor Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, humanitarian worker Sanjit Buker Roy, writer Chetan Bhagat, Indian-America doctor and Harvard professor Atul Gwande, paramedic from Toronto Rahul Singh and entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
Thimphu, April 30: Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh of India and Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan Thursday held their first talks in nine months here and agreed to think afresh on how to “honestly” take forward their peace process stalled after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
During their 50-minute talks at Bhutan House here, the two leaders directed their foreign ministers and foreign secretaries to work out modalities to restore trust that could pave the way for “substantive dialogue” between the two countries.
Moscow, April 30: A suicide car bomb killed two police officers and injured 17 other people on Thursday in Russia’s Muslim Dagestan region, a local police spokesman said.
A second blast in another tense North Caucasus province later injured two police, Itar-Tass news agency reported, although the cause of the explosion in the courtyard of a house was being investigated.
In the Dagestan bombing, a suicide attacker set off the explosive after police stopped his car at a checkpoint about 100 km (60 miles) north of Dagestan’s capital, Makhachkala, the police spokesman said.
Melbourne, April 30: Woods was said to have listed all the women he has had an affair with as part of his treatment for sex addiction.
Golfer Tiger Woods has confessed to cheating on his wife Elin Nordegren with as many as 120 women during their five-year marriage, says a report.
Woods was said to have listed all the women he has had an affair with as part of his treatment for sex addiction at the Gentle Path rehab centre in Mississippi, reports news.com.au.
Bangalore, April 30: 51-year-old conman arrested by Chickpete police suspected of selling fake medical degrees to students from Bihar, Orissa and Assam.
Fifty-one-year-old R Raghavan is a beggar with a difference who used fake medical certificate that declared his son’s terminal illness to reach out to his patrons.
He also supplied such certificates to anyone willing to pay a price.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam has laid stress on the rights of parents and duties of children, in the same way as he has stressed the rights of children and the duties of parents.
To be obedient to parents and to show kindness to them has been enjoined along with the Oneness and Worship of Allah, in the Holy Quraan, in such a manner that it appears that among human deeds, to obey parents and treat them with respect and kindness is next only to Divine Worship.
Paris, April 30: A three-year-old was arrested as a suspected terrorist and held at a French police station for more than two hours, it emerged today.
The child is the son of an illegal immigrant from the Paris suburb of Juvisy.
Last Thursday the pair were arrested as they returned to their car after visiting a leisure centre.
Police officer claimed they were carrying out routine vehicle checks before arrested both father and son.
They were taken to Juvisy Police Station where, after 20 minutes, they were split up.
Hyderabad, April 29: A sudden surge in the number of passport seekers, shortage of staff and software glitches have conspired to cause a logjam at the Regional Passport Office (RPO), and applicants are frustrated.
The pendency of application now stands at little over 50,000 and applicants will have to be patient for a few more months.
“There is no immediate solution.
But we are taking a series of steps and the delivery mechanism will improve in 2-3 months,” says Regional Passport Officer Srinivas Gotru.
Hyderabad, April 29: A sudden breakdown of computer systems sparked trouble again at the Regional Passport Office (RPO) with applicants venting their ire on harried officials.
The passport office has been beset with several problems, causing delays in the processing of applications in recent weeks.
When the enquiry counters opened at 9.30 am on Wednesday, a technical snag in the RPO computers brought work to a standstill.
Some 400 applicants who had been waiting in the queue since early morning were up in arms as the temperature rose.
Hyderabad, April 29: The ninth foundation day of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has given out a call to the party cadre to prepare for a long-drawn struggle to achieve Telangana and said that unless the party was strong organisationally and politically, it would not be able to influence the decision-makers in Delhi in favour of Telangana.
Washington, April 29: A bipartisan US panel on global religious freedom has named Pakistan and 12 other nations as “countries of particular concern” while placing India on its ‘Watch List’ for the second year in succession.
In a report to the US Congress Thursday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) termed India’s progress in protecting the rights of minorities as mixed and placed it on the second category watch list.
Hyderabad, April 29: For restructuring the forests department and ensure effective conservation of forests, the state government today decided to create 4,500 new posts in different categories of the department apart from filling of 650 posts that fell vacant due to retirements. It has also been decided to enhance the compensation to be paid to victims of wild animal attacks.
The Government has also agreed to provide 25 police parties in addition to the existing 11 police parties for protection of teak and redsanders in the state.
Ranchi, April 29: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is ready to support a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government in the state, JMM chief and Chief Minister Shibu Soren’s son Hemant Soren said Thursday.
“The BJP should initiate the process for a new government in Jharkhand,” he said at a press conference here.
Hemant, however, urged the BJP that the chief minister should be a tribal only.
Hyderabad, April 29: A third-year medical student of a private college here has alleged that her senior attempted to rape her after she turned down his proposals for love, police said today.
The 20-year-old medico lodged a complaint with Moinabad police yesterday accusing a fourth-year medical student of trying to molest her in a room at the hostel premises of the medical college on April 24, they said.
Chennai, April 29: The Madras High Court today directed the Central Reserve Police Force to pay a compensation of Rs five lakh to a woman who was allegedly harassed by CRPF police officials.
Justice K Chandru directed the DGP CRPF, Delhi, and Additional Inspector General CRPF, Avadi, to pay the amount within eight weeks to Alamelu Mangai who had filed the petition seeking compensation.
The petitioner submitted that she was married to a CRPF constable posted in Tripura and was staying alone with her three children at the CRPF quarters in Avadi for more than three years.
Hyderabad, April 29: Intelligence that a group of 25 terrorists has fanned out across Hyderabad to launch a major terror attack has spurred the police top brass to order massive searches at all public places and frisking of persons round-the-clock.
Reports that a most wanted terrorist Syed Viqaruddin was back in the city to execute a terror spectacular have sent shrill alarm bells ringing in the entire police force. The alert came from the Intelligence Bureau. Policemen in every beat have been told not to leave anything to chance.
New Delhi, April 29: Farah Khan had surprised many by casting Akshay Kumar in ‘Tees Maar Khan’ instead of favourite Shah Rukh Khan but the director says contrary to rumours her friendship with King Khan continues to be strong.
“So many things have been written since Akshay’s name was announced. People do enjoy such things. I guess it is more entertaining. But there is nothing wrong with our friendship. I will remain Shah Rukh’s friend till I die and I hope this is the case with him as well,” Farah said in an interview.
Thimphu, April 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani to rein in 26/11 mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, saying his free movement was not conducive to the atmosphere of peace and stability in the region.
Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) mentioned “deep concern about Hafiz Saeed and the way he is allowed to roam free and engage in communication not conducive (to the relationship between India and Pakistan),” Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told reporters here.
Bhubaneswar, April 29: Frequently hit by natural calamities, Orissa government is all set to formulate a climate change action plan for the state.
“We will have a comprehensive state climate change action plan within a month,” Orissa Forest and Environment Secretary U N Behera told reporters after a high-level co-ordination committee meeting for finalisation of draft of the plan.
The meeting chaired by chief secretary T K Mishra deliberated on the reports of 11 working groups which submitted their reports on the climate change action plan.
Hyderabad, April 29: Hyderabad is once again on the terror radar. A general alert from the Intelligence Bureau suggesting a possible terror strike in the state capital `at any moment’ has made the city police take up massive searches at railway stations, business establishments, shopping malls, entertainment centres among other public places. With the third anniversary of the Mecca Masjid bomb blasts approaching (May 18) police are taking no chances.
Rewari (Haryana), April 29: A supply pipeline of the Indian Oil Corporation was punctured in the district by unidentified persons who stole fuel from it.
The incident happened on the night of April 24 when the pipeline passing through a field near Hari Nagar village, 4 km from here, was punctured.
It was detected by IOC officials here, and Rajesh Gupta, Chief Controller-cum Manager of the IOC (North Zone), yesterday filed a complaint with the police, who have registered a case of theft and prevention of damage to public property.
–Agencies