NEW DELHI/BEIJING JUN 01 : A fight breaks out as student Vikas Dagar jostles with dozens of men, women and children to fill buckets from a truck that brings water twice a week to the village of Jharoda Kalan on the outskirts of New Delhi.
Nineteen hundred miles away, near Xi’an in central China, power-plant worker Zhou Jie stands on the mostly dry bed of the Wei River, remembering when he used to fish there before pollution made the catch inedible.
London, June 02: Pop star Lady Gaga revealed every once in a while she helps some of her troubled fans when they need help.
The “Poker Face” singer said that sometimes she even encounters with the parents of her fans, who she believe need some extra care and support, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
“Every once in a while, there is a very extra troubled fan that really wants to see or speak to me,”she said.
“I’ve actually before contacted parents and told them I thought their little monster (child) needed some help and attention and love,” she added.
——IANS
Gaza, June 02: An Israeli warship threatened to sink Captain Huseyin Tokalak’s ship before young commandos boarded the Turkish-flagged Gazze and trained their guns on him and his crew.
“They pointed two guns to the head of each of us,” Tokalak told a news conference on Tuesday. “They were really interesting guns, like the ones you see in the movies.”
It was the only light moment in the grizzled Turkish sea captain’s account of how an attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian-run Gaza Strip ended in bloodshed.
JEDDAH JUN 01 : Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, received on Tuesday Saudi citizens who were released from prison in Qatar last week. The crown prince received the prisoners at his palace in Jeddah.
The prisoners were released following a pardon issued by the Qatari authorities in line with a request by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.
The citizens were accompanied by the chief of the Al-Ghafran tribe, Ali bin Saleh Abu Laylah, and former Umdah, Nassir Al-Arq, during their visit to the crown prince.
–Agencies
New York, June 02: Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American Times Square bombing suspect, is being labelled as a “hybrid terrorist”, someone who acted alone in the US but drew inspiration from outside extremist forces like the Taliban.
There may be other such radicalised Americans who are waiting for a chance to attack the country, CBS News reported.
“In one sense, Shahzad was a lone wolf, with evidence suggesting that he alone bought, assembled and delivered his botched IED,” it said.
New Delhi, June 02: The glamorous and the intense, the star and the actor, the reigning heartthrob and the quiet performer… filmmakers are trying out unusual pairings in the belief that opposites will attract. Sample Akshay Kumar-Chitrangada Singh, Irrfan Khan-Priyanka Chopra or Abhay Deol-Sonam Kapoor.
Bangalore, June 02: Two South African nationals allegedly involved in a fake currency racket were arrested today and 12 bundles of ‘black paper’, solution bottles, fake Euro currency, passports, visas and mobiles recovered from them, police said.
The accused were identified as Qamar Joseph Dawooda (35) and Verony Anthony Citalu (36) from Swaziland.
New Delhi, June 02: A recent assessment by the military intelligence (MI) of the Indian Army of the Pakistan Army’s deployment in a counter insurgency (CI) role in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has concluded that 35% of Pakistan Army troops are engaged in that role, thereby creating ‘gaps’ or ‘holes’ on the Indo-Pak border.
JERUSALEM Jun 01 : Pro-Palestinian activists sent another boat to challenge Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and Egypt declared it was temporarily opening a crossing into the Palestinian territory after a botched raid on an aid flotilla that ended with Israeli soldiers killing nine activists.
Raipur, June 02: Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday admitted that the country has insufficient police stations and an ill-equipped police force but stressed that policing a country in a troubled neighbourhood makes the task more difficult.
Amravati, June 02: A father-son duo died after a truck hit their motorcycle in Anjangaon tehsil today, police said.
The deceased Ravindra Narage (40) and his son Prajal, residents of Kunda in Akot district, were on their way to Pandhari village when a truck hit their two-wheeler killing the duo on the spot, they added.
The dead bodies were brought to Anjangaon Rural hospital for the postmortem. The truck driver is still missing, police said adding that a case has been registered and further investigations are on.
—-PTI
New Delhi, June 02: Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani, known for his maverick ways, has sprung another surprise. He now wants to return to the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) and have another stint in the Rajya Sabha.
In his long innings as a member of both Houses of Parliament, Jethmalani has taken support from parties that range across the political spectrum — the Shiv Sena, the BJP, the Congress and even the Janata Dal.
Ahmedabad, June 02: A nine-year-old boy was arrested by Satellite police following his failed attempt to break into a bungalow. The boy Suraj (name changed) was hit by a scooter when he was trying to escape a crowd that was adamant on nabbing him. He was later nabbed and handed over to the police.
Taipie, June 02: Production line workers at iPhone maker Foxconn’s southern China manufacturing hub will get a 30 percent pay rise, after a string of deaths at the site focused attention on working conditions in a region experiencing growing labor unrest.
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, owner of Foxconn, said Wednesday that the cash component of wages would rise by 30 percent effective immediately, more than the 20 percent rise the company had talked about late last month.
New Delhi, June 02: With the Trinamool Congress headed for victory in the West Bengal civic polls ahead of next year’s crucial assembly polls, party chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said she had full faith in the people of the state.
Before leaving for Kolkata, where the party swept a majority of the seats in the polls held Sunday, Banerjee said it was too early to reach any conclusion about the results.
“I have full faith in people. It’s too early to come to any conclusion,” Banerjee, also the railway minister, told the CNN-IBN television channel.
New Delhi, June 02: CBI’s special investigation team (SIT), probing the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder, questioned Hemraj’s son-in-law Jeevan on Tuesday on his relationship with the Talwars. This is the first time that SIT has questioned Jeevan.
A CBI team had earlier exonerated the Talwars and accused domestic helps Krishna, Vijay Mandal and Rajkumar of murdering the duo. Now, it appears that SIT is trying to find out the possible motives behind the murder by probing the kind of relationship the family shared with Hemraj.
Mohali (Punjab), June 02: After sacking a teacher for allegedly thrashing a Class 8 boy during a school trip, following which the mother of the student died of shock, the Yadavindra Public School (YPS) here has initiated a probe against another teacher who faces similar allegations.
“We have started an inquiry into similar allegations made against another teacher Anil Pathania. Corporal punishment is totally intolerable. If we find him guilty, he too will have to leave his job,” Anita Kashayap, vice-principal of the school, told IANS here.
Mumbai, June 02: The price of gold in India touched an all-time high on Tuesday on account of uncertainty in global markets and a weak rupee.
The price of standard gold (99.5 purity) in Delhi breached the Rs19,000 mark. In Mumbai, the metal closed at Rs18,750 per 10gm, up by Rs345 from Monday’s close.
Gold has gained close to 9.2% in a month, going up by Rs1,580 since May 3. The rupee has fallen 5.88% against the dollar in the period.
Gaza, June 02: The bloody events which unfolded in the south-eastern corner of the Mediterranean sea in the early hours of Monday morning and their diplomatic aftermath are likely to dominate news from the Middle East, perhaps for some time to come.
Chennai, May 02: With the Class X and Class XII Board examinations results out, many students are now banking on revaluation, recounting and re-examination marks. An increasing number of students are availing themselves of these post-examination assessment procedures.
Bangalore, June 02: Two South African nationals allegedly involved in a fake currency racket were arrested today and 12 bundles of ‘black paper’, solution bottles, fake Euro currency, passports, visas and mobiles recovered from them, police said.
The accused were identified as Qamar Joseph Dawooda (35) and Verony Anthony Citalu (36) from Swaziland.
Kabul, June 02: Two blasts have been heard in Kabul as Afghan President Hamid Karzai was speaking at the opening of a long-delayed peace meeting known as “jirga”.
Around 1,600 participants are expected to show up in Kabul for the three-day gathering of the tribal assembly which kicked off on Wednesday. The issue of making peace with the Taliban is scheduled to top the agenda of the meeting.
The blast comes as earlier on Tuesday, Taliban militants in Afghanistan turned down an offer by President Karzai to attend the national peace conference in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
Bangalore, June 02: The bullet allegedly fired at the Art Of Living (AOL) ashram in Kanakapura on Sunday was neither an act of terror nor an assassination attempt. It is not also likely to be a result of rivalry between ashram inmates.
This is what has emerged from investigations so far,which means both home minister P Chidambaram and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s theories have fallen flat. But Unfortunately, this also means that the investigators have not been able to pinpoint who had fired the bullet, why, and from where.