Moga, May 01: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour at village Bhinder Kalan in the district, police said today.
Charanjit Singh raped the girl, a student of Class Xth, at her house yesterday when her mother was away, they said.
Medical examination of the victim had confirmed that she was sexually assaulted, police said, adding efforts are on to nab the accused.
–PTI
Mumbai, May 01: Maharashtra, which is celebrating 50 years of its formation today, has provided pragmatic leadership in diverse areas including national polity, industry and trade, Governor K Sankaranarayanan said here.
“Maharashtra has provided pragmatic leadership in diverse areas including national polity, industry, trade, literature, music, fine arts, entertainment, science and technology,” the Governor said today at a ceremonial parade, organised at Shivaji Park, to mark the state’s golden jubilee.
New Delhi, May 01: A team from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) today launched investigation into the lapses by Delhi University in auctioning of radioactive material leading to the death of a labourer here recently.
The four-member team is also looking for certain radioactive pencils which are reportedly missing. The team went to the Physics Department which makes use of the radioactive material in its labs, sources said.
Mumbai, May 01: With just a couple of days left for the 26/11 court to pronounce its judgement in the Mumbai terror attack case, prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam today said the case was a big challenge, but is confident that he will secure conviction of its perpetrator Ajmal Kasab and two Indian conspirators.
Nikam, who has an enviable track record of securing death penalty for 37 accused and life term to 627 in his career spanning over three decades, is confident that Kasab, the lone 26/11 gunman captured, will be punished despite his repeated attempts to “misguide” the court.
Hisar, May 01: A labourer was killed and four others were injured when a wall of an under-construction commercial building collapsed near Dabra Chowk here, police said today. Five labourers were engaged at the site when the wall collapsed suddenly trapping them under the debris last evening, they said.
The labourers were rushed to a private hospital where Rajender, resident of village Kundanpura, succumbed to the injuries, Hisar”s Superintendent of Police, Subhash Yadav said.
—PTI
Bhubaneswar, May 01: A 23-year-old man died in Orissa after accidentally swallowing a fish, police said Saturday.
Udhaba Munda, a resident of Tangarani village in Keonjhar district, some 250 km from here, went to the pond Friday to catch fish.
‘He caught a fish and held it in his mouth, and went to catch another fish. However, the fish in an attempt to escape slipped into Munda’s throat and got trapped inside,’ a police officer told.
Riyadh, May 01: An oxygen mask on his face, tiny 10-week-old Mohammed Taim lay still on a blanket but his conjoined twin brother Amjed was kicking and squirming and not making work easy for the anaesthesiologists.
The doctors were readying the babies, fused at their bellies, for a marathon operation that they — and the boys’ nervous Jordanian parents — hoped would enable the twins to live separate lives with separate bodies, each with their own full set of functioning organs.
Islamabad, May 01: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in northwest Pakistan’s restive Swat valley today, killing at least two persons and injuring 12 others.
The bomber struck in the market located near Sohrab Khan Chowk in Mingora, the main city in Swat district, authorities said.
The identity of the two dead persons could not immediately be ascertained.
The condition of three of the 12 injured was described by officials as critical.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Malakand division) Qazi Jameel said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.
Baghdad, May 01: Leery of using a mobile phone, the militant tasked with directing some of Baghdad’s deadliest recent bombings would get his orders from al-Qaida in Iraq’s leadership by meeting a go-between near a grocery store named Mr. Milk.
So after Iraqi security forces nabbed the militant, Munaf Abdul-Rahim al-Rawi, it was to Mr. Milk’s store that he led investigators. That was the first step culminating in what Iraqi and American officials called a devastating blow to the terror group: the killing of al-Qaida in Iraq’s secretive two top leaders in a raid last week.
Baghdad, May 01: The number of Iraqis killed in violence in April fell slightly month on month but was almost unchanged from 12 months ago, the government said on Friday.
Figures compiled by the health, interior and defence ministries showed that 328 people — 274 civilians, 39 police and 15 soldiers — died as a result of attacks in April, only slightly fewer than the 355 killed 12 months ago.
April’s death toll, however, was down slightly on March, when 367 people were killed in unrest.
Beirut, May 01 Hezbollah on Friday slammed “interference” in Lebanese affairs by UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and warned that its arsenal was off-limits after the diplomat accused militias of creating tension in Lebanon.
“Hezbollah condemns this attempt to create dissent and sedition among the Lebanese under the guise of advice and guidance,” the Shiite militant party said in a statement.
Washington, May 01: The United States and Kuwait are working out differences over returning two Kuwaiti detainees being held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Kuwait’s foreign minister said on Friday.
A lawyer for the detainees said this week the U.S. government was making unfair demands on Kuwait that included putting new restrictions on other former detainees released from the Guantanamo prison to Kuwait last year.
Washington, May 01: US lawmakers on Friday denounced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s plans to join a major UN nuclear disarmament summit next week in New York and urged he not be given a visa to attend.
“This is preposterous, and allowing it to happen will make a mockery of the effort to stop the spread of nuclear weapons to rogue states and terrorist groups,” 14 Republican senators wrote to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
New Delhi, May 01: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said a “dramatic reform” was necessary in legal education system to make law fraternity sensitive to the needs of the marginalised sections.
Abu Dhabi, May 01: The preachers, in their unified Friday sermon, has called on the sponsors and companies to give labourers their full rights, especially on the limitation of working hours and appropriate wages.
On the occasion of International Labour Day celebrated on May 1, the preachers asked the companies and sponsors not to deprive the workers of their weekly offs and annual leave, in addition to the other rights identified by the labour laws and the contract between the worker and the sponsor.
Abu Dhabi, May 01: Hundreds of spectators turned up on Friday to watch the fourth annual figure skating event, ‘A Night at the Oscars’ at the Abu Dhabi Ice Rink at Zayed Sports City.
Two of the night’s performers, brother and sister, Sultan (15) and Rawan (17) Hussein from Abu Dhabi, were amongst the group of figure skaters who paid tribute to Michael Jackson by enacting his famous dance moves on ice, including moonwalking.
Mumbai, May 01: The gorgeous Katrina Kaif is one the most sought-after lady in tinseltown. The diva has topped several polls as the most popular celeb, most looked up celeb, sexiest actress etc. But despite the adulation, Katrina feels quite lonely.
The actress recently spoke out on how lonely she feels living alone in the city. She has a big family of almost six siblings. But most of them are at their family home in London.
Youth involved in thefts arrested
Hyderabad, May 01 (Siasat News): Cyberabad police has arrested a youth who was involved in 250 cases of thefts. Police laid down a trap to nab the thief Maruti when he was trying to sell the stolen ornaments 20 tolas gold was seized from his possession. He was said to be a sharp thief and whatever item he liked, he used to steal them.
Dubai, May 01: Students at Dubai Mens College (DMC) who had the opportunity to meet Ben Southhall, winner of the Best Job in the World, say their ideal job includes a comfortable environment and a good pay.
Manhoor Mohammed, a second-year student at DMC said he would be happiest at his desk.“Living on an island sounds nice but only for a holiday,” he said. “My best job would be a high paying one in a good organisation.”
Moscow, May 01: A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the Bering Sea halfway between Alaska and Russia but there was no tsunami alert for the nearby coastlines, the US Geological Survey said Saturday.
The quake occurred at 2311 GMT Friday 474 km from Gambell, Alaska, and 478 km from Provideniya, Russia at a depth of about 15 km, it said.
No tsunami was expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska coast, the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said in a statement Saturday.
Russian seismological services also confirmed news about the quake.
—IANS
Dubai, May 01: Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef, Ben Southall whose employee contract mandated that he feed the fish, watch the whales, collect the post and explore tropical paradise islands is in Dubai to show why the Best Job in the World can be the Best Tourist Getaway in the world. “My job is to make people just that little bit jealous,” Southall says.
Dubai, May 01: Al Wahda bridge, part of Al Wahda street improvement project, is set to open for motorists on Saturday. This is expected to ease traffic in the area.
The overall cost of Al Wahda street improvement project is Dh841 million, which includes the intersection at Shaikh Humaid bin Saqr.
Mumbai, May 01: Bollywood is a place of insecurities and where competition is rife. Stars vie with each other to come up looking better, especially in a multi-starrer! The lovely Sonam Kapoor is a tense lady these days.
She was slated to do Anees Bazmee’s Thank You along with Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan, Suniel Shetty and Celina Jaitley. The film went on the floors some time ago and shooting is on in full swing.
Surprisingly, Sonam hasn’t received any intimation as to when she is to shoot. Though shooting commenced, she hasn’t been asked to report on the sets.
Mumbai, May 01: Mexico’s export to India, Barbara Mori continues to make waves. She is gaining a firm foothold in Bollywood as the leading lady of Kites and as the Roshan’s new discovery. Recently, she was introduced to Shah Rukh Khan through her friends Hrithik and Susanne Roshan.
The lady is in town to promote Kites and is at present put up at the Oakwood apartment in Juhu.
Mumbai, May 01: The city heaves a sigh of relief as real estate prices let up. Real estate rates had shot up some time ago, and people had put off buying land or new houses. Now, there’s a bit of a respite.
And making the most of it are our BTown celebrities. Karan Johar is one man who believes in making hay while the sun shines. The man is now the proud owner of a brand new flat in the city upscale locality of Bandra.
He has acquired a sprawling sea-facing apartment at Carter Road in Bandra. A source told us that his new home is in The Residency building in a posh Bandra locality.