Month: September 2010

ICC should take action against guilty players: Tendulkar

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New Delhi, September 03: Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said the International Cricket Council should thoroughly investigate the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal that has plunged the game into a crisis and take action against players who are found guilty.

“ICC should make a thorough probe in the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal and take appropriate action if the players are found guilty,” Tendulkar told reporters here.

“If the allegations are true, they will certainly bring disrepute to the game,” he added.

Mistaken alcohol use kills baby during surgery

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New York, September 03: A seven-month-old baby died after doctors at a hospital in the US flushed his system with alcohol instead of saline solution during a heart surgery.

The incident, termed as a terrible mistake, occurred while Tressel Meinardi underwent heart surgery at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio Aug 21, the Herald Sun reported Friday citing cincinnati.com.

The injection of alcohol caused organ failure in the baby, a resident of Richmond in Indiana state.

“There’s no question a mistake was made,” Coroner O’dell Owens said.

Soundarya enters into wedlock with Ashwin Ramkumar

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Chennai, September 03: It was a star-studded wedding as Tamil Superstar Rajnikanth’s second daughter Soundarya entered into a wedlock with Stanford graduate and Industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar today.

The wedding, which took place in Rani Meyammai Hall at Egmore in the city, was held in a grand manner as eminent political leaders and who’s who from the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industry graced the occasion and blessed the couple.

I am not going anywhere, says Juhi Chawla

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Mumbai, September 03: Actress Juhi Chawla, who has given voiceover for Sita’s character in 3D animation film “Ramayana – The Epic”, said she hasn’t quit the film industry and will soon make an appearance in director Onir’s “I AM”.

Pak defends tainted trio, hints at Indian hand in fixing saga

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London, September 03: Pakistan High Commissioner to Britain Wajid S Hassan on Friday gave a new twist to the spot-fixing scandal involving the Pakistan cricket team, saying the three accused players were “innocent” and Indian bookmakers were involved in the whole murky episode.

“I found that all these three players were absolutely innocent. They were not involved, they have been taken for a ride and the agent ( Mazhar Majeed) was the culprit, in the sense that he was responsible for defrauding some Asian bookies,” Hassan said.

Another attack on Israelis in West Bank: Report

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Tel Aviv, September 03: Israeli settlers in the West Bank escaped injury late Thursday after the third attack by militant Palestinians in the past 48 hours, Israeli media reported.

The concentrated attacks were seen as an attempt to undermine the Middle East peace talks that got underway Thursday in Washington between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

The shootings took place at the Ofra settlement in the West Bank. An Israeli army spokeswoman said no one had been injured.

Retired Army man dies after mob assault

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Kolkata, September 03: A retired Army major died today after being thrashed by locals at Budgebudge in the outskirts of the city following a brawl over collection of water from a public tap. Jayanta Sarkar (52) had allegedly abused and slapped a little girl after a row over fetching of water from the tap last evening, DIG Presidency Range Siddhinath Gupta said.

Enraged over the incident, locals beat up Sarkar with lathis and iron bars, injuring him seriously. The retired Army officer succumbed to his injuries at the Budgebudge ESI hospital this morning, Gupta said.

Taliban claim responsibility for Pakistan attacks

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Lahore, September 03: Pakistan’s Taliban on Friday took responsibility for triple bombings at a Shi’ite Muslim procession in the city of Lahore that killed 33 people.

“It’s revenge for the killings of innocent Sunnis,” a spokesman for Qari Hussain Mehsud, mentor of the Taliban’s suicide bombers, told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.

-Agencies

24 Indians rescued from traffickers in Malaysia

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Ipoh, September 03: At least 24 Indian men who were found locked up in a house in a Malaysian town have been rescued and two Pakistani men allegedly involved in a human trafficking racket have been detained, a media report said Friday.

Malaysian police found a clue to the Indian men’s detention from an Aug 30 media report from India and rescued the men from Sungai Siput town, 30 km from here, last Monday.

Woman IPS officer dragged on road by juniors

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Bareilly, September 03: In a shocking case, a woman police officer was dragged on the road by her subordinates in a vehicle after she objected to extortion by them in the name of traffic checking.

Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Kalpana Saxena, who is in hospital with a fractured hand and injuries on her head, said she had received information from an Army jawan on Thursday evening that some traffic constables were demanding bribes from truckers near the Jat regimental centre here.

Kim Kardashian poses with nude men for magazine cover

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Los Angeles, September 03: Socialite Kim Kardashian has stunned her fans after posing with two nude men for a magazine photo shoot. She describes it as one of her most risque covers to date.

The 29-year-old posted a picture of her with two nude men gracing the cover of Hong Kong’s Prestige magazine for its September issue on her blog. It showed her wearing a low-cut, spiked dress as she stood in between two well-oiled males, reports aceshowbiz.com.

I Was Not Approached By Any Bookie: Ganguly

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Kolkata, September 03: Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said he had never been approached by any bookie during his stint as Indian captain, even as the world cricket is rocked by ‘spot-fixing’ involving Pakistani cricketers.

“Three former India captains — Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble — too were never approached and such a situation was beyond their imagination,” Ganguly told a TV channel.

Urging the cricketers to be responsible, Ganguly said the International Cricket Council (ICC) was not a policing body and could not have a constant watch on the players.

Pak Hints At Indian Hand In Match Fixing Saga

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London, September 03: Pakistan High Commissioner to Britain Wajid S Hassan on Friday gave a new twist to the spot-fixing scandal involving the Pakistan cricket team, saying the three accused players were “innocent” and Indian bookmakers were involved in the whole murky episode.

“I found that all these three players were absolutely innocent. They were not involved, they have been taken for a ride and the agent (Mazhar Majeed) was the culprit, in the sense that he was responsible for defrauding some Asian bookies,” Hassan said.

Delhi University students vote to elect new union

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New Delhi, September 03: Delhi University students today cast their votes to elect a new union in a poll which will decide the fate of 41 candidates.

Tight security arrangements have been put in place and Electronic Voting Machines were used for the polling.

“As many as 943 EVMs have been pressed into service.

There are 111 centres for the college elections and 130 for DUSU,” said Chief Electoral Officer Gurmeet Singh.

Blast in Pakistan

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Islamabad, September 03: A powerful blast took place in Pakistan’s Peshawar city Friday, media reports said.

The massive explosion occurred on the Ring Road Friday morning, Geo News reported.

Xinhua reported that at least two policemen were injured in the blast that took place close to a police van in the outskirts of this city in northwest Pakistan.
–IANS

Dawood Ibrahim Linked To Pak Match fixing

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London, September 03: The London tabloid The Sun on Friday frontpaged a story saying that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was linked to matchfixing by Pakistani cricketers.

The newspaper said, billionaire crime boss Dawood Ibrahim had ties with al-Qaeda.

Fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, 54, is said to head a rigging network that connects Britain to the Middle East, India and Pakistan, says the report.

On Thursday night an informed source claimed that Ibrahim was one of the only crooks in Asia capable of fixing international games.

ACP’s son and daughter-in-law commit suicide in Mumbai

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Mumbai, September 03: The son and daughter-in-law of an Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP) allegedly committed suicide at their residence in suburban Malad here, police said today.

“The young couple– Abhijit (27) and wife Ashwini (21)– were found dead at their residence this morning. Abhijit, son of ACP Madhusudan Kurne, used his father’s service revolver to kill himself,” Additional Police Commissioner, Ramrao Pawar told PTI.

Preliminary probe has suggested that Abhijit may have shot his wife ahead of taking the extreme step himself, Pawar said.

Two-year-old kicks the butt

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London, September 03: A two-year-old boy in Indonesia, who used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day, has quit smoking after entering rehab.

Child protection officials sent Aldi Rizal for therapy and, after three months of treatment, he has kicked the habit. He is now playing normally for the first time.

The rehab left Aldi confused. He cried after finishing his last cigarette and then beat his head on walls, The Sun reported Friday.

He had already started showing health complications with his heart developing a thicker lining. He often had a vacant or listless look.

Malaysian woman wins invasion of privacy case against doctor

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Kuala Lumpur, September 03: A Malaysian woman writer has won a legal battle against her doctors who photographed intimate parts of her body prior to a surgery.

Surgeons must obtain the consent of their female patients before taking photographs of their intimate parts, ruled a High Court bench, The Star newspaper reported Friday.

Judicial Commissioner Chew Soo Ho allowed a claim for invasion of privacy filed by freelance writer Lee Ewe Poh, 50, against two doctors, Lim Teik Mau and Loh Guan Lye.

‘Jum’a-tul-Vida’

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The last Friday of the holy Ramzan is called ‘Jum’a-tul-Vida’. It means ‘departing Juma’. The Musallies with due religious fervour join the Jum’a congregation and bid farewell to this month of patience and self-restraint.

The Holy Quran imposes obligation of the Friday prayer in the following verses. “O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (The day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic).

Law student Jessica Linley wins Miss England title

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England, September 03: Jessica Linley is crowned Miss England at the Hilton Metropole, Birmingham.

A law student from Nottingham faces a showdown with the world’s most beautiful women after being crowned Miss England 2010 yesterday.

Jessica Linley, 21, fought off the charms of nearly 60 other English hopefuls at the annual beauty pageant in Birmingham.

The statuesque blonde – who wants to be a solicitor – will now represent her country at the Miss World contest in China next month.

Pitt, Fox top sex fantasy list

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London, September 03: Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Megan Fox have topped a list of stars who people would allow their partners to sleep with.

The Hollywood stars were voted into the top spot after British couples were asked which celebrities their partners would let them sleep with, without classing it as cheating, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Mark Pearson, the managing director of Groupola.com, which conducted the survey of 1,198 couples, said, “I think that having a ‘list’ in a relationship is fine as long as they are taken in jest and feelings aren’t hurt.”

Pakistan’s bomb has prevented war with India: A.Q. Khan

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Washington, September 03: Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India and made the “nation walk with heads held high”, boasts notorious Pakistani scientist A Q Khan, considered the father of Islamabad’s clandestine nuclear weapons programme.

“Our nuclear programme has ensured our survival, our security, and our sovereignty … I am proud to have contributed to it together with my patriotic and able colleagues,” the man accused of running a nuclear black market said in a published interview.

IMF to give Pakistan $450 mln in flood aid

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Islamabad, September 03: The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid and disburse funds in September to help the country’s economy cope with the devastation, the head of the IMF said on Thursday.

Severe flooding in Pakistan has destroyed cropland and livestock and displaced millions of people, causing damage that the government has estimated at $43 billion, or almost one quarter of the South Asian nation’s 2009 GDP.

Bihar cop killed: Worried families appeal to Maoists

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Patna, September 03: Rajni Devi, wife of Sub-Inspector Abhay Prasad Yadav, reportedly killed by Maoist rebels in captivity, had been camping with her four minor children outside the CM residence for two days after meeting Nitish Kumar on Tuesday evening.

Just as word trickled in about Abhay’s killing, Rajni along with her children were taken by the administration to the Patna Medical College and Hospital. It is learnt that she has been kept in the hospital’s cardiology department with entry strictly banned for media.