Lucknow, August 02: Tormented by her guilt and to put an end to her suffering, 45-year-old Urmila decided she will make amends for the wrong she had committed before remorse takes her down.
And what better way to atone than to eradicate the evil for which she is currently serving time in a jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharth Nagar district, about 250 km from here.
Washington, August 02: Claiming that Pakistan policy of supporting some terrorist groups has changed, its ambassador here says Islamabad has asked India to send its officials to testify before Pakistani courts to help convict those responsible for Mumbai attacks.
“The individuals who were responsible for the Mumbai attack are all now under arrest,” Pakistan’s ambassador to US Husain Haqqani told CNN Sunday when asked about Pakistan’s lack of action against Lashkar-e Taeba (LeT) terror group behind the Nov 26, 2008 Mumbai attack.
Allahabad, August 02: Expelled Samajwadi Party leader and now head of his newly formed Lok Manch, Amar Singh, Sunday attacked his one-time political mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav for shedding “crocodile tears” over his alliance with rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh.
Addressing a joint forum of political outfits like the Indian Justice Party and the Peace Party, of which he was recently declared convener, Amar Singh alleged Mulayam was “pro-BJP”.
New Delhi, August 01: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday said that the human rights of a “terrorist” were more important for the Congress than the issue of terrorism, alleging that its “witch hunting” on the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh will “boomerang” on it.
New Delhi, August 02: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought the police custody of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. The probe agency on Friday concluded its three-day grilling of Amit Shah during which the former Gujarat minister did not give
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satisfactory replies to questions put to him despite an assurance by his lawyer that he would cooperate in the probe.
Washington, August 02: Barack Obama’s main military adviser said today the US does have a plan to attack Iran should it become needed as a means of stopping the Tehran regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the country’s highest ranking officer, was asked by Meet the Press on NBC whether the military had a plan to attack Iran. “We do,” he replied.
New Delhi, August 01: The BCCI disciplinary committee, probing into suspended IPL Chairman Lalit Modi’s alleged financial irregularities, tonight decided to reserve its order on the contentious recusal issue.
After its third hearing into the case, the committee decided that there be no more discussion on the recusal issue.
Modi’s lawyer Mehmood Abdi said the arguments on their demand of recusal of panel members Arun Jaitely and interim IPL chief Charayu Amin are complete.
New Delhi, August 01: Following a directive from the Prime Minister’s Office, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has initiated steps to simplify accreditation procedures for foreign journalists in India. They will now be able to apply for it online from their respective countries even while applying for a visa, officials said.0
“We have taken steps to cut down on the time taken for security clearance,” said Neelam Kapur, principal director general, PIB.
Mumbai, August 01: Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor and his friend Sunanda Pushkar today offered prayers at the famous Sai Baba temple in Shirdi and at the Shani Shingnapur shrine in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district.
Tharoor, an ex-minister of state for external affairs who resigned in the wake of IPL Kochi row, said he was making his first visit to the Shirdi temple and also tweeted about his experience.
“Made first visit to Shirdi. Extraordinary temple to Sai baba, who preached Shraddha and Saburi (faith and peace) hundred years back.” “Sabka malik ek (1 God)”.
Jamui (Bihar), August 01: A train driver and two passengers were injured when crude bombs and stones were hurled at the engine and next bogie of Muzaffarpur-Sealdah Express between Jhajha and Simultala railway stations in Bihar’s Jamui district tonight.
Police said around 12 persons threw stones at the engine targetting the driver and later hurled crude bombs towards the next bogie forcing the train to stop at Rajla halt. The assailants managed to flee before security personnel could reach the spot.
New Delhi, August 01: Amid continuing debate over whether death penalty should be abolished in India, NHRC chairperson K G Balakrishnan has favoured continuance of the provision which has a ”deterrent effect” in a country where various types of crimes are on rise.
The former Chief Justice of India noted that the Capital punishment is awarded in the “rarest of rare” cases and there are adequate safeguards provided in the law in this regard.
The Hague, August 01: The Netherlands Sunday began the phased withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, the Dutch foreign ministry in the Hague said, after four years of active operations in the conflict.
Dutch soldiers handed over their Kamp Holland military base in the south of the country, where they had been responsible for the Uruzgan region, to a joint force of US and Australian troops.
According to some reports, the Taliban congratulated the Dutch on their decision.
Berlin, August 01: After gaining a superstar status with his all-correct predictions of results of World Cup games, Paul the psychic octopus has now ventured into advertising.
The eight-legged oracle recently appeared in an advertisement for German supermarket chain Rewe and has received more than 160 endorsement offers, including a book deal, according to the mollusc’s agent.
The ads, which were shot about a week ago, show Paul in his trademark pose atop a transparent box after snatching a mussel from inside.
New Delhi, August 01: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has invited leaders of all political parties for a meeting Monday morning in a bid to resolve the stalemate in parliament over the nature of a discussion on spiralling prices.
Congress sources said efforts were being made to end the week-long stalemate in parliament, with the opposition demanding a discussion of the price rise as an adjournment motion that entails voting.
Toronto, August 01: A posthumous album featuring 10 never-before-heard songs from the King of Pop Michael Jackson is set for a November release.
At the time of his death, Jackson had reportedly left hard drives filled with previously unreleased music.
His former manager Frank DiLeo estimates Jackson’s vaults contain more than 100 completed and unreleased songs, including collaborations with Akon, will.i.am and Ne-Yo.
The tracks are expected to be included in the forthcoming release, alongside songs Jackson recorded at the peak of his career in the 1980s, reports torontosun.com.
Lucknow, August 01: An Indian Army officer was arrested at the Lucknow airport Sunday after two AK-47 cartridges were found in his baggage, police said.
Identified as Captain Varun Misra, the officer had come on leave to his hometown Bahraich, and was on his way back to his place of posting in Goa when he was taken into custody by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) before boarding a flight to New Delhi.
Even as the officer pleaded that the two cartridges were with him by mistake, CISF personnel at the airport refused to let him off. He did not possess any weapon.
Islamabad, August 01: Opposition parties have asked President Asif Ali Zardari to cancel his impending visit to Britain in the wake of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s remarks against Pakistan that “the country must stop exporting terror”.
Jammu, August 01: Facing a volatile situation in the Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is likely to visit New Delhi Monday to meet Home Minister P. Chidambaram and other central leaders, sources said Sunday. He may also meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
According to the sources, Abdullah would be discussing the whole gamut of the violence that has re-appeared in the Valley, engulfing both north and south Kashmir, besides summer capital Srinagar.
London, August 01: Bilawal Zardari Bhutto, the son of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the current President of the country Asif Zardari, will be addressing a meeting of the the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Birmingham for the first time since his graduation from Oxford University.
Mumbai, August 01: Basking in the success of his latest outing “Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai”, Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi can’t stop smiling, but more than that he is raving about his seasoned co-star Ajay Devgan in the movie.
“Ajay is a very chilled out guy and made his co-stars feel very comfortable. He is a very non-interfering person and never interferes in his director’s or anybody’s work,” Emraan told to reporter.
“He is extremely focused and has oodles of intensity on screen. It was a great learning experience working with him…I got to know so much from him,” he added.
New Delhi, August 01: Private air carrier Kingfisher Airlines, India’s only Five Star airline rated by Skytrax, on Sunday launched daily direct flights on the New Delhi?Ludhiana?New Delhi route.
“… Kingfisher Airlines is currently the only private airline to offer services to Ludhiana,” the company said in a statement.
The flights between New Delhi and Ludhiana are being operated as Kingfisher Red service, which is a “unique class of low-fare flying,” it added.
New Delhi, August 01: Denouncing the reported remarks of the Vice Chancellor of a Central university against women Hindi writers, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said such comments represent an “affront” to womanhood and action will be taken against him if it is found to be true.
Vibhuti Narain Rai, the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, had reportedly made some remarks against women Hindi writers in an interview to a Hindi journal.
Reacting to the reported remarks, Sibal said “If it is true then it represents an affront to womanhood.”
England, August 01: Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger is surprised to learn that England’s batsmen are preparing for the upcoming Ashes series by listening to the tunes of famous rock band ACDC.
The innovative preparation is to make the batsmen focus harder on bowling during nets at their indoor cricket centre.
The temperature of the indoor center has also been increased by a few degrees to simulate Australia’s conditions to prepare for the Ashes starting in Novemeber, a report in the Sydney Morning Herald said Sunday.
New Delhi, August 01: After raising hackles of the party high command by going ahead with his controversial ‘Odarpu’ yatra despite being asked not to do so, Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today arrived here to attend Parliament session.
Reddy arrived this evening to a rousing welcome by his supporters gathered to receive him.
However, the 38-year-old Kadapa MP did not speak to the waiting media persons.
New Delhi, August 01: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) led a rally here on Sunday demanding parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging.
“He attacked not our parliament but our conscience and self-respect. He should have been hanged the day he was caught,” said Surendra Jain, VHP’s national spokesperson.
The rally was held in Tilak Nagar area of the capital. Protesters carried placards and banners demanding Afzal Guru’s hanging.