Ahmedabad, May 06: The bomb blasts at leading Muslim religious place is leading towards guajrat godman closer to political bosses in gujarat ,Already the sleuth teams from Andhra police and Rajastan police is now in Gujarat trying to catch hold of main suspect godman Asimanand .
SWAMI Asimanand, a suspect in the Malegaon blasts, who ran an ashram in the Dang tribal region of Gujarat, has emerged as the prime suspect in the 2007 Ajmer blast.
Moscow, May 06: Russia is considering amendment in its legislation to soften norms for issuing work permits to highly-qualified professionals from abroad.
The lower house of the Russian parliament will consider in its second hearing Friday amendments to a bill on easing entry and work permit procedures for highly-qualified professionals.
Beijing, May 06: At least 23 people were killed and 161 injured today when a tornado struck China’s southwestern Chongqing Municipality, damaging houses and crops.
The tornado – followed by torrential rains, hail storms and high winds – hit Dianjiang and Liangping counties at around 2:00 am (2330 IST), state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
“At least 23 people died and 161 others were injured,” it said quoting local government officials.
New Delhi, May 06: The notorious playboy of Indian politics and the grand old man N.D. Tiwari refused to go for paternity test and DNA test. He has also denied having had any physical relationship with the appellant’s mother.
Rohit Shekhar, the grandson of a former Union minister and son of Congress leader Ujjwala Sharma, had filed the paternity suit claiming he was Tiwari’s biological son.
Moscow, May 06: A Russian anti-ship cruiser has freed a Russian tanker hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, an official from the maritime coalition forces said Thursday.
Officials decided to seize the tanker, Moscow University, as they knew the sailors on board had taken cover in a place inaccessible to the pirates.
None of the Russians was injured in the operation.
The tanker with 23 Russian crewmembers and 86,000 tonnes of oil was hijacked Wednesday when it was on its way to China. The captain was able to alert the Russian warship by phone and seek help.
Tehran, May 06: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed “in principle” to a Brazilian role in breaking the deadlock over a U.N.-backed nuclear fuel swap with the West.
Under the U.N. plan first put forward in 2009, Western powers would send nuclear fuel rods to a Tehran reactor in exchange for Iran’s stock of lower-level enriched uranium. The U.S. and its allies fear Iran’s disputed nuclear program aims to build nuclear weapons, and view the swap as a way to curb Tehran’s capacity to do so.
Mumbai, May 06: Will it be death for Ajmal Kasab or a life term in prison? The decision will be out today.
The special 26/11 trial court in Mumbai heard the arguments on Tuesday and will announce the quantum of sentence today. While the prosecution wants death sentence for Kasab, his lawyer has appealed for leniency on the grounds that he’s just 22 years old.
Kasab is India’s costliest prisoner. Around 35 crore rupees have been spent to keep him in jail till now. If sentenced to death, Kasab will be the 52nd person on death row in India.
London, May 06: Scarlett Johansson says she loves dressing up but fear makes her “flop sweat” when she walks the red carpet.
“I like the getting ready part. I like the hair and the make-up and the pretty dress. It’s just getting on the red carpet I just instantly flop sweat,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted Johansson as saying.
“It’s a weird chemical reaction I have somehow to the red carpet. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s just the carpet itself,” she said.
–IANS
Yangon, May 06: Myanmar police said Thursday they had arrested a man in connection with last month’s deadly blasts in a Yangon park, blaming the attack on a militant exile group opposed to the ruling junta.
“This brutal act was committed by four terrorist murderers who are members of a group known as the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors,” Myanmar police chief Khin Yi said in a statement.
Several other suspects had fled back across the Thai border, police said.
—Agencies
Dhaka, May 06: Bangladesh has sought New Delhi’s help to nab two of the six fugitive killers of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who was assassinated 35 years ago.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun, who made the request to Indian High Commissioner Rajeet Mitter, did not say when the fugitive killers visited India.
Mitter assured full cooperation, The Daily Star newspaper said Thursday.
“One or two killers visited India and we just want cooperation of the country to arrest and extradite them to Bangladesh,” the minister told the envoy here Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 06: Growing wise with experience, Pakistan, it appears, has adopted a new way to paralyse our economy. Instead of sending big consignments of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) across the border, it is now trying to inject small doses of FICN to avoid suspicion and loss.
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Recent seizures across the country suggest agents bringing FICN from across the border are carrying small quantities as compared to the past.
San Francisco, May 06: Facebook on Wednesday temporarily shut down its online chat feature after a software glitch let people’s friends in the online community see each others’ private chat messages.
For a “limited period of time” chat messages and pending friend requests could be made visible to friends, according to Facebook.
For peeks at the usually walled-off information Facebook users had to manipulate a “preview my profile” feature in a particular way, according to Facebook.
Dubai, May 06: The loss of both his legs in an Israeli air raid on Gaza last year did not deter young Khalil Al Jedaili from going scuba-diving.
And if you thought he stopped there, he didn’t. A Professional Association of Diving Instructor licence in the open water scuba category followed.
Now, the 17-year-old Palestinian wants to become a spokesperson for all amputees in Gaza — like a role model.
“I love diving, I feel free in the water,” Khalil said.
Israel’s war on Gaza almost shattered the youngster’s life in 2009.
Seoul, May 06: Investigators have concluded that North Korea was probably involved in the mysterious sinking of a South Korean warship in March, a news report said Thursday.
An examination of the wreck of the Cheonan found traces of explosives from a torpedo, the Dong-A-Ilbo newspaper reported, citing a member of the investigation team.
The defence ministry in Seoul denied the report, saying that its investigations have not been concluded.
Toronto, May 06: Six months after Kanishka bombings probe was completed, the inquiry commission is preparing to release its report next month ahead of the 25th anniversary of the worst mass murder in Canadian history.
The government has issued a notice seeking printers to publish the six volume containing 3,169 page English language report. The French version of the report has 3,869 pages. The notice requires a June 10 delivery date.
June 23 will mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing, which killed 329 people when the plane exploded off the coast of Ireland.
Gaza, May 06: Israeli police have attacked the Palestinian residents of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds, injuring nine people.
Israeli police forces fired rubber bullets and tea gas canisters at the Palestinians, who were protesting against illegal settlements. One Palestinian was lightly injured after being hit by a military jeep.
The injured were treated at a local clinic, medical sources said, adding that they were treating rubber bullet wounds and respiratory problems resulting from tear gas.
Dubai, May 06: UAE’s founding fathers shaped the doctrine of the armed forces guided by a value system of faith, belonging, loyalty, sacrifice and pride.
The President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that UAE’s founding fathers shaped the doctrine of the armed forces guided by a value system of faith, belonging, loyalty, sacrifice and pride.
New Delhi, MAy 06: The government on Wednesday agreed to give an additional Rs14,000 crore to oil retailers Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd to make up for most of the losses they incurred on selling cooking fuel below cost.
The three retailers lost Rs31,621 crore on selling domestic LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) and kerosene below cost in 2009-10. Of this, the finance ministry had previously released Rs12,000 crore in cash and, on Wednesday, agreed to give an additional Rs14,000 crore.
Hong Kong, May 06: One child was born with syphilis every hour in China in 2008, researchers said Thursday, as new money from the country’s growing economy fuels the world’s fastest-growing epidemic of the disease.
Syphilis was almost wiped out in China 50 years ago, but it is now the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in Shanghai, according to the article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Jerusalem, May 06: Israel’s ambassador to the UK has accused the British public of “delegitimizing and demonizing” Israel, saying that they are not aware of Israel’s challenges.
Ambassador Ron Prosor told The Times that there was a discrepancy between the British government’s treatment of Israel and the position adopted by members of the public, media, and universities.
“Sometimes we feel people from the outside are pointing fingers at us instead of giving us a big hug, which is what we need in this region,” the Israeli envoy said.
Mogadishu, May 06: Hizbul Islam fighters have attacked a clinic in Somalia.
On Wednesday, Hizbul Islam fighters attacked the clinic, which is run by Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) and located near Afgoye, about 20 kilometers south of Mogadishu.
One Hizbul Islam commander and one security guard working for the MSF clinic were killed, the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported.
In addition, five of the clinic’s security guards were injured.
Patna, May 06: Maoists blasted a railway track in Bihar Thursday during a 48-hour strike called by them after police foiled a Maoist-backed outfit’s public meeting.
Police sources said the track was blown up near Kurmi railway station in Muzaffarpur district, about 70 km from here, hitting train services.
The police had allegedly prevented members of the Mahangai Virodhi Morcha, a pro-Maoist group, from organising a public meeting against price rise April 30 in Muzaffarpur.
Tehran, May 06: Iranian MPs have signed a letter praising President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his “strong stance” at the UN conference on nuclear disarmament.
197 members of the Majlis, which is Iran’s parliament, including some from the minority faction, presented the letter to the Majlis Presiding Board, the Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.
The lawmakers lauded Ahmadinejad’s speech at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, which is currently underway in New York.
Karachi, May 06: American investigators have arrived in Pakistan to question the two men picked up by law enforcement personnel late on Tuesday in connection with the botched bombing plot in New York’s Time Square.
Faisal Shahzad, an American of Pakistani origin, was arrested by US aurthorities on Monday and made the prime suspect in the abortive bid to detonate a car bomb outside a theatre.
Faisal’s friend Tauseef and father-in-law Iftikhar Mian were picked up from a house in the middle-class Nazimabad locality of Karachi after information from US officials.
New Delhi, May 06: Congress leader N. D. Tiwari has refused to undergo a DNA test sought in a paternity suit filed against him. He has also denied having had any physical relationship with the appellant’s mother.
Rohit Shekhar, the grandson of a former Union minister and son of Congress leader Ujjwala Sharma, had filed the paternity suit claiming he was Tiwari’s biological son.