New Delhi, June 03: Replicas of the rifle selling in open market for even less. The ‘toys’ can fire more than 300 rubber bullets in a single round. Experts term them potential hazard; small-time Uttar Pradesh gangsters buying them by the dozen
SELLING lottery tickets, property, insurance, escort services and cheaper call rates via SMSes is pass ©. There’s a new item on the menu now guns.
Washington, June 03: Taking the Indo-US ties to a new high, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is set to hold the first ever Strategic Dialogue with his counterpart Hillary Clinton Thursday during which the two sides are expected to discuss the Af-Pak situation and bilateral counter-terrorism cooperation.
The Strategic Dialogue would formally open with a joint meeting between the two countries at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department, co-chaired by Krishna and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
New Delhi, June 03: 2 women rescued by Delhi police, 18 pimps in custody. It’s the same old story. 20-year-old Geeta (name changed) says she came to Delhi from Nepal looking for a job. But she fell under the influence of a woman associated with flesh trade, who told her that there was a lot of money to be made in the business.
“I thought that I would return to my place after 6 months but the owner of the prostitution homes never allowed me to go. My parents contacted the Nepal based NGO Maithi and the NGO told Delhi police about me” said Geeta.
Bangalore, June 03: Anantara Resorts that has proposed a commercial resort in Ramanagar has allegedly copied name of an internationally recognised firm to mislead people.
Anantara Resorts that has kicked up a controversy with its proposed commercial resort in the rocky terrains of Ramanagar has allegedly faked its very name.
The company has purportedly copied the name of an internationally recognised firm named Anantara Hospitality.
Canberra, June 03: The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has rattled the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea.
No casualties or damage was immediately reported.
The US Geological Survey statement said the quake struck today evening under the northwest island of New Britain.
Simon Allen, senior meteorologist from Australia’s National Meteorological and Oceanographic Center, said the quake was too small to trigger a tsunami.
—-PTI
New Delhi, June 03: Thanks to non-functional lifts at Safdarjung hospital, medical students have to play porters to those who require pathological tests
This may well qualify as the example of the model doctor-patient relationship.
However, at Safdarjung Hospital’s Vardhman Mahavir Medical College it is more due to the non-functional lifts than medical ethics that drive the doctors, most of them junior residents and students, to go that extra mile in patient care.
Bangalore, June 03: Community leaders criticise Mumbai ATS for arresting Abdul Samad Bhatkal in a public meeting; term it a conspiracy to give town a bad name
Taking strong exception to the arrest of Abdul Samad by the Mumbai ATS, community leaders in Bhatkal advised youth in a public function yesterday to keep in touch with their family members at all times and avoid contact with strangers and suspicious elements.
This, the leaders say, would keep the youth safe from becoming victims of a conspiracy to trap youth from Bhatkal.
Mumbai, June 03: Congress spoiled Shiv Sena’s party. The Sena’s plan to mobilise support by launching an agitation to protest the Centre’s decision banning anniversary celebration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s coronation at the Raigad Fort was thwarted by the Manmohan Singh government that decided to allow the function.
New Delhi, June 03: Israel clarified on Wednesday that India was not mentioned in foreign minister Avigdor Liberman’s conversation with United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon.
India’s name was dragged into the controversy by the minister’s office, which gave a gist of the conversation he had with the UN chief on the foreign ministry official website.
Hyderabad, June 03: With the strong signals coming from New Delhi indicating that the Congress high command is firmly backing chief minister K Rosaiah, the party leaders who were wavering till now over taking sides, lined up to greet him on his arrival at Renigunta airport today.
The number of leaders turned up to receive him swelled like anything this time compared to his previous visits to the temple town. Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs, former legislatures and local leaders queued up to present bouquets to Rosaiah and later followed him in his official programmes.
London, June 03: Twelve people were killed and 25 wounded by a lone gunman in Britain Wednesday in a shooting spree described by the police as a ‘terrifying incident.’
The suspected killer, identified as 52-year-old taxi driver Derrick Bird, was later found dead in a forest after taking his own life, police said. Two weapons were recovered.
The attacks took place in the Lake District of Cumbria in northwest England, an area popular with tourists.
‘This has shocked the people of Cumbria and around the country to the core,’ regional chief constable Stuart Hyde said.
Mumbai, June 03: South African President Jacob Zuma arrived here to begin his three-day state visit, accompanied by a delegation of 200 prominent businessmen.
This is the first ever visit to India by Zuma since his inauguration as South Africa’s president. This is also his first trip to Asia.
He met Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan during his stay in Mumbai.
Zuma will reach Delhi Thursday. As per his official schedule, he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday, as well as address a business luncheon.
New Delhi, June 03: Six persons from the Capital, five of them members of a joint family, died after the mini-bus they were travelling on hit a speeding truck in Ambala on Wednesday. The family, based in Shalimar Bagh East, was on a tour to Vaishno Devi shrine. Six others were injured in the incident.
The families of Gulshan Arora, Harminder Singh Sachdeva and Kamal Manchanda left Delhi at 2 am. Their bus collided with the truck around 6 am on the Ambala Highway. Four adults and two children were killed on the spot.
Chandigarh, June 02: The Haryana Government has promoted eight Superintendents of Police to the rank of Deputy Inspector General with immediate effect.
Those who have been promoted from SP rank to DIG are Navdeep Singh Virk, Shrikant Jadhav, Kala Ramachandran, Anil Kumar, Kuldip Singh Siag, Suman Manjri, Sat Parkash and Paramjit Singh Ahlawat, an official release said here today.
–Agencies
Gorakhpur (UP), June 02: A Uttar Pradesh state roadways minibus was torched by some people after it hit their car in Ramgarh Lake area here today, police said.
Local residents said the driver of the Deoria-bound minibus of UP State Road Transport Corporation was also abducted by the arsonists, but police did not confirm it. They said the driver might have fled the spot.
The trouble started after the bus hit the car and left a dent on it, police said adding, the irate occupants of the car got out and had a row with driver while the passengers also got down from the bus.
Hyderabad, June 02: Criminal cases have been registered against the CEO and two employees of Telugu channel, NTV, today following a complaint by the pontiff of Visakhapatnam-based Sarada peetam, Swamy Swaroopananda, alleging that the former tried to extort money from him and threatened to expose his `misdeeds’ if he did not pay the amount.
The channel started telecasting stories about the alleged misdeeds of Swamy Swaroopananda today morning and the same was denied by the pontiff.
Hyderabad, June 02: Telangana Jagruthi president K Kavita has demanded that the state government all revaluation of the answerscripts of all Intermediate students hailing from the Telangana region free of cost. She has also urged the government to direct the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) to take stringent action against those who were careless in evaluating the Intermediate students’ answerscripts.
Hyderabad, June 02: Director General of Police RR Girish Kumar today claimed that 300 police personnel were present in and around the Mahabubabad railway station on May 28, the day violence broke out following the visit of Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy but appeared at a loss to explain why these many men could not prevent trouble, or at least gain control over the situation quickly.
Kolkata, June 02: The Trinamool Congress Wednesday wrested control of the prestigious Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in an electoral sweep of the civic polls that saw it humble West Bengal’s ruling Left Front across the state.
The state’s urban voters gave the thumbs down to the Left, which suffered a humiliating defeat although the major opposition parties, the Trinamool Congress and the Congress, failed to come to an electoral understanding.
France, June 02: Samantha Stosur outlasted frustrated top seed Serena Williams 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 8-6 Wednesday to reach her second straight French Open semi-final.
World number one Williams was left adrift by the efficient forehands of the no-nonsense Australian as Stosur duplicated her breakthrough semi-final at Roland Garros a year ago.
The Australian completed the Paris elimination of the Williams sisters as she followed-up on her fourth-round upset of four-time winner Justine Henin. Venus Williams was beaten by Russia’s Nadia Petrova in the fourth round.
Washington, June 02: It was not clear what kind of access the team of investigators from India in Chicago to interrogate Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley would get to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative who helped plan the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack.
Both US and Indian officials were tight-lipped about the modalities and timing of access to Headley, with US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer cryptically suggesting that both countries have been “burning the midnight oil” and “working our fingers to the bones” to resolve the issue.
Vatican City, June 02: Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday condemned Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla in which nine activists were killed.
“With great trepidation I followed the tragic events that occurred near the Gaza Strip,” Benedict said and urged world leaders to press for peace in the Middle East.
“Again I say with a heavy heart that violence does not solve disputes, but increases their tragic consequences and generates more violence.”
Bangalore, June 02: The first flight of Tejas Aircraft LSP-4 (Limited Series Production aircraft) took to the skies here today, going supersonic touching a 1.1 Mach speed.
The aircraft took off at 1110 hrs from HAL’s Bangalore airport and landed forty minutes later, a DRDO release said.
The flight marks for the first time a Tejas aircraft flying in the configuration that will be finally delivered to the Indian Air Force.
This milestone is another step in the direction of releasing the Tejas for IAF service, which is planned for December 2010, it said.
Ahmedabad, June 02: The Tata’s are mulling more investments in Gujarat, group Chairman Ratan Tata indicated here Wednesday.
He said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had asked him about his future plans for Gujarat. “I told him that it will be a surprise.”
Tata was speaking at the inaugural function of Tata Motors’ new Nano plant here.
Haryana, June 02: While hearing a petition seeking protection of caste violence hit Dalit victims in Haryana, the Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the Haryana government to provide protection to Dalits.
The apex court’s vacation bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad said the failure to provide protection would be viewed seriously.