Nearly 20 years after serial bomb blasts in Mumbai killed 257 people and left 713 others injured, Pakistan continues to provide safe haven to fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, India said at an Interpol meeting in Rome Monday.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, addressing the Interpol general assembly, pointed out that red corner notices were pending against the crime don, according to an official statement issued here.
Lisa Ray is excited about visiting India for the first time after her marriage to management consultant Jason Dehni.
“Leaving for first trip to India as a newlywed. Speaking at the `Living with Cancer` Symposium in Delhi on Nov 9, offering living proof,” Lisa tweeted Monday night.
The Indian-Canadian actress, 40, exchanged vows with Dehni Oct 20 in Napa Valley.
Lisa, who fought multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, is now leading a healthy life.
She underwent stem cell transplant and was declared cancer-free in 2010.
The Competition Commission has rejected the complaint from actor Ajay Devgn against Yash Raj Films for alleged abuse of dominant position in the Hindi film industry, saying that the plea does not have any merit.
Actor-producer Devgn’s complaint came ahead of the release this month of films by both the parties involved.
“The Commission has rejected the complaint of Ajay Devgn against Yash Raj Films as there was no merit in it. The complaint does not fall under any area that violates Competition rules,” said a senior official of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
Telugu director Chandu says his film ‘Prema Oka Maikam’ narrates the love story of a sex worker.
“Unlike several films on prostitution, we don`t intend to entice the audience with skin show in our film. We want to show that even women who are forced into prostitution have a heart that longs for love,” Chandu told IANS.
Popular Telugu actress Charmy Kaur plays the role of the prostitute in the film, which also stars Rahul and Saranya in lead roles.
Under attack over a statement his detractors took umbrage at, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today denied comparing Swami Vivekananda with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and expressed “sincere regrets” over the hurt to public sentiments caused by his remarks.
“I would like to reiterate that I never compared Swami Vivekananda with anyone. I had absolutely no no intention to project Swami Vivekananda in bad light.
“If my words about Swami Vivekananda have hurt the public sentiments in any manner, I express my sincere regrets,” he said in a statement.
A new probiotic taken twice a day has been found to lower key cholesterol-bearing molecules in the blood as well as “bad” and total cholesterol in patients with high cholesterol, a new study has found.
Probiotics are live microorganisms (naturally occurring bacteria in the gut) thought to have beneficial effects; common sources are yogurt or dietary supplements.
In previous studies, a formulation of the bacteria, known as Lactobacillus reuteri NCIMB 30242, has lowered blood levels of LDL or “bad” cholesterol.
A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers was “lucid” and admitted to the crimes, witnesses and prosecutors said as he appeared in court for the first time on Monday.
Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, 39, had been drinking whisky and watching a violent action movie with comrades before heading out of his base twice to massacre victims including women and children in two nearby villages.
His wife and lawyer have claimed that Bales, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, could not remember what he did on the night of March 11 in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province.
The box office down south will see three big names – Bollywood stars Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan and southern star Vijay – vying for the top spot with their releases “Son of Sardaar”, “Jab Tak Hai Jaan” and Tamil action-thriller “Thuppakki” respectively. All three hit screens Nov 13.
Vijay, who is on a winning streak, is eyeing a hattrick with “Thuppakki”.
Nearly 20 years after serial bomb blasts in Mumbai killed 257 people and left 713 others injured, Pakistan continues to provide safe haven to fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, India said at an Interpol meeting in Rome Monday.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, addressing the Interpol general assembly, pointed out that red corner notices were pending against the crime don, according to an official statement issued here.
Odisha has served show cause notices on 103 state mines for extracting ore in excess of their stipulated limit, state Steel and Mines Secretary Rajesh Verma said Tuesday.
The mines are mostly of iron ore and the owners have been asked why they should not be charged for extracting excess ore and a penalty thereon, Verma told IANS.
The cost of the excess iron ore and penalty totals around Rs.68,000 crore for the 103 mines, Verma added.
The notices have been served in phases during the last two months, Verma said, adding that the ore was extracted during the last 10 years.
A benchmark index for Indian equities markets closed marginally up Tuesday. Banking, healthcare and realty stocks gained.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened in the negative at 18,739.97 points, closed 18,817.38 points, down 0.29 percent or 54.51 points, from its previous day close at 18,762.87 points.
The benchmark Sensex moved in a narrow range. It touched a high of 18,829.07 points and a low of 18,726.94 points in intra-day trade.
“Credible intelligence suggests that terrorist outfits are investing in stock markets through spurious companies, setting up fictitious businesses and laundering money,” home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.
ROME: Concerned over terror groups investing in stock markets through spurious companies, India today sought international cooperation to deal with it.
The intake of daily multivitamins does not lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in men, says a new finding.
“The findings from our large clinical trial do not support the use of a common daily multivitamin supplement for the sole purpose of preventing cardiovascular disease in men,” said Howard D. Sesso, associate epidemiologist in Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH).
Voicing concern over increasing incidents of communal violence United Muslim Action Committee blamed police inaction for the volatile situation of the city. The committee felt that the police has failed in crushing the Hindutva forces and their activities; as a result they are having a free run in the city. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of United Muslim Action Committee convenor Abdul Rahim Quraishi.
A benchmark index for Indian equities markets closed marginally up Tuesday. Banking, healthcare and realty stocks gained.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened in the negative at 18,739.97 points, closed 18,817.38 points, down 0.29 percent or 54.51 points, from its previous day close at 18,762.87 points.
The benchmark Sensex moved in a narrow range. It touched a high of 18,829.07 points and a low of 18,726.94 points in intra-day trade.
Employees of the cash-strapped Air India can expect their outstanding salaries by Diwali. The government Tuesday told the airline to clear all dues by that time.
“Air India has decided to clear payment of salaries to all its employees for the months of September and October 2012 before Diwali,” a civil aviation ministry statement said.
“It (Air India) will also make up-to-date payment of PLI (productivity linked incentives) for all licensed category employees for the months of May and June 2012,” said the statement.
Actress Sharmila Tagore has written a letter to the BCCI President N Srinivasan expressing her displeasure over the Cricket Board’s reluctance to officially name the upcoming India-England series after her late husband Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) had commissioned the Pataudi Trophy way back in 2007 in honour of the former Indian cricketer, to be presented to the winning captain at the end of future England-India Test series.
At least 27 policemen and six villagers were injured in pitched battles early on Tuesday in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, officials said.
Residents of the Loba village in the Khairasole police station area attacked the police party which went there early today to recover a earth-moving machine of a project which was forcibly kept by the villagers.
West Bengal Home secretary Basudeb Banerjee told reporters in Kolkata that 27 policemen and six villagers were injured in the clash.
He said that the police did not resort to firing and had shown patience.
Demand for cheap and fancy China-made Diwali items like lights, lampshades, Ganesha and Laxmi idols, rangolis, crackers and gift products, has increased sharply this year, a survey has revealed.
According to the survey conducted by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), the demands for China made products has surged 45 percent year-on-year this season.
Assocham secretary general D.S. Rawat said local artisans were the worst hit because of the influx of Chinese items in this festive season.
Explosive India opener Virender Sehwag said here Tuesday that their aim is to win the Test series against England, beginning Nov 15.
“Our aim is to play well and win the series. England are a good side but so are we. I think it will be a tough series for both of us,” said Sehwag on the sidelines of the launch of a cricket bat collection named after him.
Sehwag also declared that they are not here for avenging their humiliating 0-4 washout last year against the same opposition in England.
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray was Tuesday discharged from Lilavati Hospital here after undergoing a second angioplasty Sunday, party officials said.
Uddhav, 52, underwent his first angioplasty in the same hospital July 20 and all three blockages in his artery were successfully removed after a surgery of nearly three hours.
The second procedure, a slightly simpler one, was conducted Sunday and lasted around 45 minutes.
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday rejected Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s plea to derecognise the Congress as a party for extending a Rs.90 crore loan to Associated Journals Ltd, publisher of the now defunct National Herald.
“Your letters dated Nov 3 and Nov 5 are not maintainable,” the EC said in a letter to Mr. Swamy.
The EC further told Mr. Swamy in its letter: “If the party (Congress) has not complied with any of the provisions of the Income Tax Act, as alleged by you, that matter does not fall within the jurisdiction of the commission.”
—-IANS
Refusing to call it a revenge series, Virender Sehwag is rather focused on his game having scored a century against Uttar Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy tie and hoped to carry on the good form in the upcoming four-Tests rubber against England, starting next week.
“I am happy that I scored 100 against UP. Whether I am back in form or not, is not for me to decide but I thought I played well enough and hope to do well (against England).
The government of India has nominated the noted scientist Prof. M. Shamim Jairajpuri (the first Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad) as the member of topmost investigative Committee. The alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University and academic, Prof. Jairajpuri is the internationally acknowledged expert zoologist.
As per the notification of Union Ministry of Environment & Forests, this topmost investigative Committee will be authorized to give final approval and permission to all investigative activities.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday described as “absolutely false” reports that she was no longer supporting party president Nitin Gadkari.
“The media reports that I am not supporting Shri Nitin Gadkari are absolutely false. I have always supported him and I reiterate my support,” leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said in a message on the microblogging site Twitter.
Gadkari, who is allegedly involved in questionable business deals, had earlier in the day met Sushma Swaraj along with party general secretary HN Ananth Kumar here.