10 killed in Bolivia road accident

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Bolivia, August 10: Ten people were killed when the farm cart in which they were travelling collided with a bus coming from the opposite direction in central Bolivia, officials said.

The accident occurred Sunday in the Chapare coca-growing region.

A fuel tanker also hit the cart after its first collision with the bus, a hospital official in Villa Tunari municipality said.

The victims had gone to Villa Tunari Saturday to participate in an agricultural fair.

–IANS–

Hundreds injured in California prison riot

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Los Angeles, August 10: More than 250 inmates were injured and 55 brought to hospital following a riot at a men’s prison in California that was brought under control Sunday, media reports said.

The riot broke out between black and hispanic inmates at the Chino prison outside Los Angeles late Saturday and took more than 10 hours to bring under control, the Los Angeles Times reported. The facility remained in lockdown Sunday, prison spokesman Mark Hargrove was quoted as saying.

Tussle on between ASI, local Muslims for prayers in protected mosques

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New Delhi, August 10: For several centuries Muslims ruled India from Delhi. The city, therefore, has scores of historic mosques, some very much alive as Jama Masjid and Fatehpuri Masjid where prayers offered unstopped, some others in dilapidated condition yet prayers held, yet others in good condition but under ASI control and so prayers are prohibited there.

Bangladesh hopes for quick repatriation of Myanmar refugees

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Dhaka, August 10: Bangladesh’s foreign minister has expressed hope the Myanmar refugees living in the country’s Cox’s Bazar area would be able to return to their homes soon.

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni made the remarks during a meeting with the regional representative of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Raymond Hall, here Sunday.

According to the UNHCR, over 250,000 Rohingya refugees, Myanmar’s ethnic Muslims, have been living in Bangladesh since 1990s.

PML-Q calls for halting Indian TV broadcast in Pakistan

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Islamabad, August 10: Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) information secretary and senator Tariq Azeem has said transmission of all Indian channels being relayed in the country be stopped in line with decision of senate standing committee on information and broadcasting.

Azeem said the Indian government had jammed transmission of all Pakistani TV channels in that country in the past. But “our government was showing apathy on this issue.”

You’ll see a different me in ‘Kurbaan’: Kareena

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Mumbai, August 10: She has played a prostitute, a bubbly girl-next-door and the ultimate glamour queen in her almost decade-long career, but Kareena Kapoor says “Kurbaan” has given her the opportunity to sink her teeth into one of the best roles in her career.

“I am so confident that in ‘Kurbaan’, audiences will take to my character in a big way,” said Kareena, who looks forward to playing a variety of roles across different genres of films.

“Especially after ‘Kambakkht Ishq’, they would see a different me in the film,” Kareena told IANS.

US president arrives in Mexico for summit

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Mexico, August 10: US President Barack Obama has arrived here in Mexico to attend the Fifth North American Leaders’ Summit, officials said.

He will hold talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, among others, during the two day-summit starting Sunday.

Obama will meet Calderon before the start of the summit in Guadalajara.

He will later have dinner with Harper and Calderon.

Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marguez received Obama at the Guadalajara airport. Obama will stay at the Hilton Hotel here.

Israel bombs tunnel in Gaza Strip

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Tel Aviv, August 10: Israeli military jets bombed a smuggling tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt early Monday morning, the Jerusalem Post reported.

The attack came in response to an attack by Palestinian militants, military officials told the newspaper. No casualties had been reported in the attack.

Jacko doctor prescribed drug to curb his desire for young boys

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London, August 09: In a bizzare revelation, it has been claimed that Michael Jackson used to consume a ‘chemical castration’ drug to suppress his sexual urges towards young boys.

Jackson who was twice accused of child molestation took the powerful drug known as ‘Depo Provera’, which is usually given to sex offenders to cool their sexual appetite, Mirror reported online.

The drug which restricts the flow of testosterone producing brain hormones, was prescribed to the ‘King of Pop’ by Dr Alimorad Farshchian.

Two WR suburban trains collide in Mumbai

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Mumbai, August 09: Six persons were injured after a local train collided with a stationary train at Mahim station of Western Railway following a signal failure this afternoon.

A Borivali-bound train stationed at platform No 1 at the Mahim station was hit by another train which was going to Andheri after there was a failure in signal control, Western railway officials said.

“Six persons who were travelling in the Borivali-bound train have suffered minor bruises. They have been administered first aid by the railway doctor at Mahim,” they said.

PM sets up committee to advise on expediting road projects

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New Delhi, August 09:With road projects facing hurdles, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a committee to recommend ways to expedite them and make them attractive for banks and private investors amid the global recession.

The decision was taken at the Prime Minister-chaired meeting held yesterday to review the Transport Ministry’s ambitious plan of developing 35,000 km of National Highways in the next five years.

The committee, to be headed by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi, will submit its report to the Prime Minister in two weeks, an official release said here.

CAT of IIM to become computer based from this year

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Ahmedabad, August 09:Common Admission Test(CAT) of the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) will become computer based tests (CBT) from this year onwards and will be held in two sessions, IIM-A officials said.

“CAT of the IIMs is going to be a computer aided test from this year onwards, and shall be conducted in two sessions (morning and afternoon) each day, in a span of about ten days,” IIM-A official said.

Most areas of Bihar to be declared ‘calamity-hit’ tomorrow

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Patna, August 09:Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that most parts of Bihar will be declared ‘calamity-hit’ tomorrow in the wake of deficient rainfalls in the state.

Emerging from an all-party meeting here, Kumar asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately send a ministerial team to the state to assess the magnitude of the damage due to calamity and recommend for financial package.

The representatives of all the political parties who turned up in the all-party meeting voiced unanimity over the issue of tackling severe drought conditions, Kumar told reporters.

Honour killing? Lovers’ bodies found hanging with injury marks

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Chandigarh, August 09:Bodies of young lovers were found hanging from a tree with injury marks on their knees at a village in Jhajjar district and police are investigating if it is a case of honour killing.

Police said the lovers had eloped from their houses in Subana village a few days ago and a complaint was registered against 22-year-old Sandeep on August 5, Jhajjar police chief Saurabh Singh said.

Asked if it was a case of honour killing he said they were investigating the case from all angles. “Things will become clear once we get the post-mortem and forensic report.”

Bomb blast on railway tracks

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Guwahati, August 09:A bomb exploded on a railway track causing minor damage to a stationary goods train in Assam’s Goalpara district, official sources said.

The bomb was planted on the railway track at Harimura and it exploded this afternoon when a goods train was stationed there. The blast was of minor intensity.

Railway personnel have repaired tracks and train services resumed.

Meanwhile, security along the railway tracks have been beefed up and patrolling intensified in the run-up to the Independence Day, sources added.

——-PTI

Sri Lankan youth arrested for using fake passport

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Hyderabad, August 09:A Sri Lankan youth was arrested today at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad while allegedly trying to leave for Malaysia on a fake passport, police said.

The Immigration officials initially detained Ranjit Kumar, an engineer, when he was about to board a Lufthansa plane for Malaysia, airport police said.

Later, 21-year-old Kumar was handed over to Shamshabad airport police who arrested him on charges of impersonation, police added.
—-PTI

England pull out of badminton championship police say no specific threat

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Hyderabad, August 09:Team England Sunday withdrew from the World Badminton Championships beginning here Monday following reports of a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist threat even as police clarified there was no such specific intelligence.

Badminton England said they were not prepared to risk the safety of their players.

BPO employee held for raping colleague in Delhi

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New Delhi, August 09:A 28-year-old employee of a call centre was arrested here Sunday after his junior colleague accused him of giving her a sedative in cold drink and raping her in west Delhi, the police said.

The 27-year-old victim in her complaint at the Paschim Vihar police station alleged that her colleague Prashant Rana gave her a cold drink spiked with some sedative substance after they got down from their call centre cab late Friday near her house in Jwala Hedi market.

Haryana to honour its girl achievers

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Chandigarh, August 09:Girls upto 18 years who have skilled in education, sports and other fields and those at national and international levels will be honoured by Haryana government.

They would be felicitated for their achievement in education, sports, social service, science and technology, literature, art and culture, besides bringing laurels to the state at national and international levels, a spokesman of Haryana Women and Child Development department said here
today.

Not just statues, but symbols of bonding of hearts: Yeddy

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Bangalore, August 09:The unveiling of Tamil saint-poet Thiruvalluar’s statue ending an 18-year old standoff would pave the way for bonding of hearts between people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said today.

“These are not just statues. These are symbols of bonding of hearts… It is my dream that the people of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka share a peaceful relationship,” he said after his Tamil Nadu counterpart M Karunanidhi unveiled the statue at a function here.

Expand scope of trans-LoC trade, travel: Mufti

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Srinagar, August 09:PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said the scope of trans-LoC trade and travel should be expanded and made hassle-free to make more meaningful the 2005 initiative of reopening the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road.

Trade and travel facility should be extended beyond the divided families to common citizens of the two sides of the LoC and double currency system along with a credible banking back-up made available to traders, the former chief minister said.

Younus, Misbah steer Pakistan to 279-8

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Colombo, August 09:Skipper Younus Khan and Misbah-ul Haq hit half-centuries as Pakistan posted 279-8 in the fifth and final one-day international against Sri Lanka here today.

Younus made 76 and Misbah an unbeaten 73 to help Pakistan recover from the first-ball dismissal of Kamran Akmal, who was given out leg-before off Nuwan Kulasekara despite getting an edge on the bat.

Younus put on 69 for the third wicket with veteran Mohammad Yousuf (43) and 83 for the fourth with Misbah before being bowled by seamer Dammika Prasad in the 37th over.

CPCB to inspect dyeing units in Ludhiana

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Chandigarh, August 09:The Central Pollution Control Board will inspect all the 17 large scale dyeing units in Ludhiana by September 15 to ascertain the extent of compliance of pollution norms prescribed by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB).

A decision to this effect was taken by CPCB Chairman S P Gautam during a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here today, an official spokesman said.

The complete information relating to these 17 industrial units would be provided by the Chairman of Vardhman Group S P Oswal to the CPCB Chairman to facilitate inspection.

Three arrested for looting people

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New Delhi, August 09:With the arrest of three persons, police today claimed to have busted a gang involved in looting passengers in a ‘tonga’ in the capital.

The persons have been identified as Ayub (51) of Delhi, Shahdat Hussain (40) and Sahiruddin from Badayun in UP, police said.

They had looted one Pradeep Kumar Mangal near New Delhi Railway Station on August one. Mangal had boarded a rickshaw and when he reached Near Delite Cinema, the rickshaw puller told that the vehicle is out of order and shifted his luggage in a ‘tonga’.