Gaza, June 01: The Organization of the Islamic Conference voices its condemnation of Israel’s bloody takeover of a humanitarian aid convoy heading for the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Islamic body on Monday condemned the use of violence by Israeli forces against hundreds of international activists onboard the six-ship flotilla heading to the Palestinian coastal sliver.
It further called for the immediate release of detained campaigners and the captured ships.
Tehran, June 01: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once again condemned an Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy as “brutal,” urging decisive action against Israel.
In a speech in the western province of Ilam on Tuesday, President Ahmadinejad said that the “brutal” attack on the convoy was “in contravention of human values, [international] law and justice.”
Ahmadinejad further pointed out that Western countries’ support of Tel Aviv was the root cause of Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
Tokyo, June 01: Japan’s Prime Minister vows to continue to lead his country despite growing calls from his own party to resign following his decision over a US military base.
Calls have emerged in Yukio Hatoyama’s Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) for the premier to step down to restore the party’s chances in the upper house election expected in July, Reuters reports.
But Hatoyama, who had talks on Monday with the Secretary-General of his party, Ichiro Ozawa, said after the meeting that he would stay.
Mumbai, June 01: After a tiff between Nana Patekar and his former friend Prakash Jha’s, Nana refuses to associate himself to Raajneeti any further.
On Sunday night, the entire cast of the film excluding Nana Patekar saw the film for the first time.
When asked about it, Prakash Jha admits that matters between the two have come to a head,
Kokrajhar, June 01: Two NDFB militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam’s Kokrajhar district this morning, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the police and Army had launched an operation in Alangi area of the district last night.
The militants were spotted this morning following which an encounter lasted for nearly an hour, killing militants, they said.
Two pistols, four live rounds of ammunitions, two empty cartridges, two bicycles and a bag with documents were recovered from the possession of the slain militants, sources said.
Kathmandu, June 01: Nine years after the massacre of Nepal’s royal family, an aide of the slain king said the Maoists were not averse to an ornamental king while neighbour India had advocated weeding out the Communist guerrillas by force, according to a report.
Chiran Shumsher Thapa, who had served as King Birendra’s press secretary in the Narayanhity royal palace, spoke to the “Nepal” weekly on the ninth anniversary of the palace massacre June 01, 2001 in which 13 members of the royal family were shot and 10, including the king and his queen, killed.
Mumbai, June 01: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex tumbled over 626 points at mid-session Tuesday after the most-weighted stock on the index, Reliance Industries, touched a 52-week low for a brief while.
The 30-share index dropped by 626.24 points to 16,318.39 at 1300 hrs, as stocks of Reliance Industries, which has over 13 percent weightage, crashed by Rs 204.45 to Rs 840.55.
Likewise, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty cracked the 5,000-points level to trade at 4,986.45, taking a hefty loss of 99.85.
Hyderabad 01 June (Siasat News): Mr Chiranjeevi after meeting with Congress High command initiating consultations with his associates of his party Political affairs committee. He briefed the committee members about the out comes of the meeting. He apprised the committee of the Comgress offer of 2 seats in the legislative council though PR intended to fight for one seat of the Rajyya Sabha on its own but the Congress needs its words on supporting its candidates in Rajya Sabha.
Gaza, June 01: In what could be a serious blow to Israel’s narrative on the killing of at least nine humanitarian activists making their way to Gaza through international waters, raw video by an Al Jazeera producer, who was filming during the raid, appears to provide evidence that the IDF opened fire on the flotilla even before boarding it.
London, June 01: Sultan Mahmood is under a death sentence from the Taliban. The torture they inflicted on him has led to a leg being amputated. His teenage son was kidnapped and beheaded. A school he ran has been burned down.
But the British Government has now decided that the 70-year-old former army officer will be safe back in Afghanistan and he must go back. He has been told by the UK Border Agency that he has until 10 June to leave after his application for asylum was rejected.
New Delhi, June 01: The Union Cabinet today recommended to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to clamp President’s rule in Jharkhand and keep the state assembly under suspended animation after Chief Minister Shibu Soren resigned without facing the trust vote in the state assembly. The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs met here today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and took the vital decision of imposition of the President’s rule in the tribal state.
Panaji, June 01: The district administration today ordered a second autopsy on the body of 28-year-old Nadia Torreado, who allegedly committed suicide by consuming rat poison. “The second autopsy has been ordered and it will be conducted in a district hospital in Margao today,” a senior district administration official said.
The first autopsy was conducted at a hospital in Chennai on Sunday before shifting the body to Goa. Nadia was admitted to a private hospital in Thane, Mumbai a fortnight ago after she had allegedly consumed a paste full of rat poison.
London, June 01: A five-year-old girl suffered severe facial injuries when she was attacked by an American bulldog, police said today.
The girl’s stepfather grappled with the animal, a family pet, to force it to release her but received injuries to his arm in the process.
The girl and man were taken to hospital by ambulance following the attack at an address in Hanemill Court, Northampton, at about 7.15pm yesterday.
A spokesman for Northamptonshire Police, who were called to the scene, said: “Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening at this time.
London, June 01: She was a postman’s daughter who failed her 11-plus and went to work as a hairdresser when she left secondary modern school at the age of 15.
Now, at 55, Gail Cartmail has an outside chance of being the first woman to lead a major trade union, and the first to lead an industrial union of any size since Brenda Dean ran the print union, Sogat, during the bitter Wapping dispute with Rupert Murdoch in 1986.
Mumbai, June 01: The occasion was a national conference on infertility and having a party for the venture were doctors Nandita Palshetkar, Hrishikesh and Rishma Pai and Sanjay Gupte.
Gary Richardson was the early bird of the evening. Abha Singh and YP Singh were party hopping and came straight from a wedding. Madhusudan Kumar was partying till the wee hours and so was Umaesh Pherwani.
The party also saw others like Viren Shah, Ankur Nayyar and Parag Tyagi, Brinda Parekh and Kavita Rathore.
Mumbai, June 01: It was only a few weeks back that Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif were voted Bollywood’s hottest and most loved couples. But a lightning has struck on their love villa which has now collapsed with fragments of rubbles silently whispering tales of their love & break up.
Mumbai, June 01: Forget the Milind Soman and Madhu Sapre commercial. Cyberspace is now feeling the heat of a New York Lotto commercial that was shot by Bipasha Basu and Vivek Oberoi.
YouTube uploads mention that the commercial has been directed by Ken Nahoum. The art direction has been done by illustrator Tommy Kane and it was shot in India.
New Delhi, june 01: Lemon Mobiles has announced the launch of its latest dual SIM handset, the Duo 401 in India.
The Duo is projected as an entry level multimedia handset and offers a lot of features for the price it sells. Let us now take a look at what it has in store for a potential user.
The Duo features a large-ish 2.6-inch display. While large enough, it is let down by a low resolution of just 176×220 pixels which you were used to seeing on older generation Symbian handsets. The phone has a metallic finish that might appeal to members of the fairer sex.
40 cases history sheeter nabbed
Hyderabad, June 01 (Siasat News): Sleuths of the commissioner’s task force, south zone team apprehended Syed Khaled Ahmed alias Ajju, an absconding history sheeter.
The police seized a dagger from his possession, which he claims to have brought from one Kishen to defend himself from his enemies.
Khaled, 46, was gang member of notorious history sheeter Ayub Khan. He is a resident of Fateh Darwaza, Shalibanda.
Washington, June 01: Stunned victims of Tropical Storm Agatha wept by destroyed homes and rescue crews dug bodies out of mud in Guatemala yesterday after torrential rain killed at least 113 people across Central America.
People caked in dirt searched for their loved ones as the stench of mud and sewage from flooded drains filled the air of towns outside Guatemala City and emergency workers urged survivors to leave ruined houses and go to shelters.
Ahmedabad, June 01: The Gujarat High Court today upheld the POTA court verdict awarding death sentence to three convicts for the 2002 Akashardham terror attack, which claimed 32 lives.
The division bench of Justices R. M. Doshit and K. M. Thakar, while pronouncing the judgement, rejected the appeal of six convicts against the POTA court verdict.
Three persons, Adam Ajmeri, Shan Miya alias Chand Khan from Bareilly and Mufti Abdul Qyyum Mansuri were awarded death sentence by POTA court in July 2006.
Lucknow, June 01: Body of a policeman, who was missing since last two days, was ecovered near railway tracks in Basti district, police said here today.
Body of Triloki Nath Singh, who was posted as head constable, was recovered near railway tracks at Govind Nagar railway station yesterday, they said.
The body bore injury marks indicating Singh, who was due to retire next month, was killed.
—-PTI
Melbourne, June 01: Former ICC chief executive Malcom Speed has slammed the ”outrageous” opposition by South Africa and Zimbabwe to John Howard’s nomination for ICC president-elect.
Despite the growing opposition, Speed, who was sacked two years ago for attempting to bring Zimbabwe to account over its damning finances, still believes that Howard will become the ICC president elect.
Mumbai, June 01: Koel Mullick will be next seen in the movie Prem By Chance by the director duo Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha. The shooting of the movie has been completed and the post-production work is going on now. The movie will see Koel starring opposite Abir Chatterjee.
The story is of tried and tested formula where Koel plays spoilt daughter of an affluent feudal family who meets Abir a commoner and sparks fly from both ends. The movie will also see Locket Chatterjee playing an important role. The movie is being produced by MK Media Private Limited.
Lahore, June 01: Shoaib Akhtar is set for a comeback after a one-year gap and the maverick pacer is likely to get a call in the Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup.
Pakistan selectors are to announce a 15-member squad on June 3 and according to sources, Akhtar is set to make a come back for the Asia Cup that kicks off in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from June 15.