Month: July 2010

Muralitharan to quit Test cricket after Galle match

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Colombo, July 06: Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muraitharan, the world’s leading wicket taker and one of the finest exponents of spin bowling, today announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing an end to a glittering career spanning 18 years.

The first Test against India in Galle, beginning July 18, will be the last game for the 38-years-old Muralitharan, who has taken an amazing tally of 792 wickets in 132 Tests and 515 wickets in 337 ODIs.

No new private helipads to be allowed : Ramesh

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New Delhi, July 06: New private helipads will not be given clearance by his ministry as it violates permissible noise levels, Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said today, a move that is likely to upset plans of many business tycoons keen to have such structures.

“It’s a strict no no for a new private helipad as they violate noise norms.. Only government-owned helipads will be given clearance from my ministry,” Ramesh said on the sidelines of a function here.

He was replying to a query on the status of Maharashtra’s plan to set up helipads on the rooftop of buildings in the city.

Four extremists killed in factional feud

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Medininagar (Jharkhand), July 06: Four extremists of Tritiya Prastuti Committee, a breakaway group of CPI-Maoist, were killed today in a factional feud in Jharkhand’s Palamau district, police said.

All the bodies were recovered from Revda forest and sent for postmortem, Palamau SP Anup Mathew told reporters here.

Police suspect the extremists clashed with one another over control over the outfit.

–Agencies

Arrested ISI agent had entered Tripura to go to Punjab

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Agartala, July 07: An ISI agent, who was arrested here along with six Indian collaborators, has confessed during interrogation that he had entered Tripura via Bangladesh to go to Punjab to monitor army movement there and report to ISI headquarters, police said today.

“Now it is established that Munir Khan alias Omar Asraf, arrested on June 4 from the city outskirts, is an ISI agent.

Mir Iqbal trophy to feature 40,000 footballers

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New Delhi, July 06: Over 40,000 under-16 footballers from 1500 schools would be vying for the top honours in the Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy for the National sub-junior Championship to be organised across 75 cities of the country.

The grassroots level championship, sponsored by Coca Cola, is being organised to unearth promising youngsters for the Under-16 Indian football team for 2011.

Benchmark Sensex up 60 points in opening trade

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Mumbai, July 06: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose nearly 60 points higher in opening trade today as stocks of companies like Reliance Industries and Infosys staged a moderate recovery on emergence of buying by funds.

The 30-share index, which had lost over 67 points in the previous two sessions, recovered by 59.50 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 17,500.94 points.

Likewise, the broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty gained 15.20 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 5,251.10.

NC Hills scam accused in judicial custody

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Guwahati, July 06: A CBI court today remanded in judicial custody key accused in the development fund diversion scam of North Cachar Autonomous Council R H Khan.

The social welfare department employee, whose seven days CBI custody ended today, was produced before the special court and its designated judge A K Das remanded him in judicial custody and directed that he be produced again on July 20.

CBI, which is investigating the scam, had sought Khan’s custody after the arrest of his brother-in-law Abdul Majid and recovery of Rs 13.65 crore in cash from his residence.

Next hearing in Modi defamation case on July 20

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Bundi (Raj), July 06: A court here today fixed July 20 as next date for hearing in a case against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly making derogatory remarks against the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court will decide jurisdiction of the suit filed by Bundi-based Youth Congress state Secretary Charmesh Sharma in the next hearing.

Sharma alleged in the petition that at a public meeting of the BJP at Gandhinagar in Gujarat on June 5, Modi had said that Nehru had “done nothing for children”.

Argentina head coach Maradona urged to stay

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Buenos Aires, July 06: One of Diego Maradona’s assistants wants him to stay, and a top Argentine football official said the job is his despite the team’s devastating 4-0 loss against Germany in the World Cup quarter-finals.

“Knowing Diego, it is difficult for me to think he wants to step down after failing in his objective to win the Cup,” assistant coach Alejandro Mancuso said in a radio interview yesterday. “We can’t throw away all the good work we’ve done.”

Mancuso added that the coaching staff also wanted Maradona to continue.

Infiltration attempts into Kashmir increasing: Antony

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Bangalore, July 06: Defence Minister A K Antony today said infiltration attempts into Kashmir from across the border were increasing with “conscious, calculated attempts” to push more terrorists into the valley.

“The situation is not grim, but is still a matter of concern. As Defence minister, I think compared to the past the situation has improved substantially. Violence levels have come down, tourist visits this year were more than last year.

However, infiltration attempts are increasing,” he said.

Conspiracy from across the border to foment trouble: BJP

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Jammu, July 06: Demanding firm action by Government to handle the simmering situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the state BJP today said a “conspiracy” has been hatched from across the border to bring Kashmir issue into focus by disturbing normal life in the valley and the ongoing Amarnath Yatra.

“Organisations like hardline Hurriyat Conference are virtually acting as frontline actors to execute the conspiracy with a view to creating a situation that will force Government to accept their separatist agenda,” former BJP state president & MLA Ashok Khajuria told reporters here.

Make Mayawati PM to bring down prices, says BSP

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Lucknow, July 06: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders Tuesday called on the people to help make party chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati the prime minister, asserting that only she could bring down prices and tackle the other crises facing the country.

A day after Monday’s nationwide shutdown called separately by the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the BSP staged protests against rising prices at each of the 71 district headquarters across the state.

Only discussion, no action, a ‘disgrace’: Chiru

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Hyderabad, July 06: Actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi on Tuesday described the time of the Assembly spent on discussions and then not implementing the results of those discussions on the ground was a ‘time waste and a disgrace’.

The Praja Rajyam Party chief said that he had been observing the happenings in the Assembly since the last 14 months and was dismayed that public issues were discussed threadbare but nothing was done about solving those issues.

He said that the time of the Assembly was wasted if the discussions did not result in concrete results on the ground.

Congress insulting poor: BJP

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New Delhi, July 06: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said the Congress was insulting the country’s poor by making “arrogant claims” about the losses suffered during Monday’s all-India strike.

BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed that there was massive people’s support for the strike and the assessment by the Congress party of the losses during the shutdown was naive.

“Who is going to account for the pain and sufferings of the people? The Congress is making arrogant claims about the bandh,” Prasad told reporters here.

Do not cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’: High Command to Jagan

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New Delhi, July 06: In a veiled warning to Kadapa Member of Parliament YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the Congress High Command said that those loyal to the party must observe the party ‘dharma’ and not cross the ‘Lakshman Rekha’.
Talking to media persons, party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said that the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ of party propriety and discipline must not be crossed or it will lead to disciplinary action.

Mullah Omar has not been arrested: Taliban

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Islamabad, July 06: Taliban leader Mullah Omar has not been arrested in Pakistan, a Taliban spokesperson has said.

Zabeeh Ullah told a TV channel that the news of Mullah Omar’s arrest was a US and NATO propaganda and claimed that the US was employing such tactics to save face.

He insisted that Mullah Omar was still in Afghanistan, The Nation reported Tuesday.

Leader orders keeping Azad Univ. status

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Tehran, July 06: The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has ordered the suspension of any measures regarding the Islamic Azad University at the present time.

In two separate decrees to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Head of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR), and Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Head of the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on them to maintain the status quo of the Islamic Azad University by avoiding taking any measures for the time being.

Acid attack on woman in AP

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Rajahmundry (AP) July 06: Irked by his lover’s constant demands to tie the knot, a man threw acid on her in the premises of a local court in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, leaving her injured, police said today.

The incident took place yesterday in the premises of the court in Indrapalem village when 25-year-old Suryavathi, who works as a sweeper there, asked her lover K Balaji to marry her, they said.

Balaji, who was irked by Suryavathi’s constant demands to tie the knot allegedly threw cleaning acid on her, inflicting critical burns on her stomach and chest, police said.

Mock twitter account targets Medvedev

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London, July 06: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is being targeted by a mock twitter account lampooning him.

Just days after Medvedev sent his first microblog from twitter’s offices in California last month, an account called ‘KremlinRussia’ appeared – and swiftly drew more than 1,000 followers, The Telegraph reported.

By Monday, it featured 130 tweets, most of them reacting to entries from Medvedev’s KremlinRussia page.

I can’t cry like Shekhar Kapur: Sajid Khan

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New Delhi, July 06: Director-comedian Sajid Khan promises to be fun on “India’s Got Talent” rather than cry like acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur whom he has replaced as a judge on the second season of the talent hunt show.

“I can’t cry like Shekhar Kapur. I don’t cry so easily. What immensely touches me and moves me is cruelty against children and elder people. That is something I am sensitive about, I don’t cry otherwise,” Sajid said, while in the capital to promote the show.

Advani hopes strike would silence opposition’s critics

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New Delhi, July 06: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today hoped that the strike called against price rise would put an end to criticism that the opposition was not doing enough on the issue.

“Through you (the media) I would like to thank the people of the country for making Bharat Bandh an unprecedented success. I would also like to thank the people of Delhi and our supporters here for this success,” he said.

He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function held to mark the birth anniversary of party ideologue Shyama Prasad Mookherjee.

Crime In Hyderabad (6.7.2010)

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Three minor girl students drown

Hyderabad, July 6 (Siasat News): Three minor girls who were returning home after school, drowned in a water pit at Ilapur in Patancheru in the outskirts of the city on Monday evening.

The police said the girls aged between 11 to 13 years, may have gone to the pit after answering the call of nature. The victims have been identified as Talari Nagarani, 12, T Mamata, 11 and T Sravanthi 13, all residents of Ilapur tanda.

Katrina: In no Mood to tell all!

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Mumbai, July 06: Katrina Kaif, the star with an all lucky charm, is on a real high due to the appreciation she got for her astounding performance in the recently released ‘Rajneeti’.

The star is pinning on this flick to win her accolades and awards galore at this years various awards functions.

But, not one to waste much time, the actress is at present in Spain, busy shooting for Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara’.

Apart from that, she is also awaiting to get the re-make rights of a French film, which had released in 2006.

Working with Freida again will be awkward: Dev Patel

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Los Angeles, July 06: “Slumdog Millionaire” star Dev Patel has ruled out any plans of working with girlfriend and co-star Freida Pinto again as he says it would be “too awkward”.

“We laugh too much around each other now. It would be too awkward,” hollywood.com quoted him as saying.

The couple had recently dismissed reports that they are engaged.
–IANS

Bomb blast in front of Nepal parliament

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Kathmandu, July 06: A bomb exploded in front of Nepal’s interim parliament in Kathmandu Tuesday, creating panic and triggering intense police search.

However, there were no casualties, police said.

Security forces found pamphlets scattered in the New Baneshwor area, claiming the blast was the handiwork of a new organisation, Dynamic Youth Force.

Though the new budget session started Monday, the house was not in session when the explosion occurred around 11.30 a.m.