Washington, Sep 30 – The US will provide $5 billion in new grants for medical research, which will also create thousands of new jobs, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday. The funds will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as the $787-billion economic stimulus package passed in February is known, to ‘conduct cutting-edge research [...]
Srinagar, Sep 30 – A prominent activist of Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling National Conference was shot dead by separatist militants in his village late Wednesday evening, police said. A senior police officer said the guerrillas fired at Mohammad Maqbool Para, block president of the National Conference, who was watching a cricket match on TV along [...]
Ghaziabad, Sep 30 – Angry residents of Loni town in Ghaziabad damaged a police post and blocked traffic on a highway Wednesday after a man died in police custody, officials said. The entire staff of the police post was later suspended. Police admitted that Din Mohammad, a 45-year-old resident of Loni, was taken into custody [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – The central government has sought the West Bengal government’s report after Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that her Trinamool Congress party’s workers were being targeted in the state, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday. ‘She has complained that her cadre was at the receiving end. In some cases, we have [...]
Centurion, Sep 30 – Scoreboard of the Champions Trophy Group A match between Pakistan and Australia at the SuperSport Park here Wednesday. Pakistan: Kamran Akmal b Watson 44 Shahid Afridi c Hopes b Johnson 15 Younis Khan c Johnson b Hopes 18 Shoaib Malik c Ponting b Johnson 27 Mohammad Yousuf c White b Lee [...]
Jakarta, Sep 30 – At least 75 people were killed and hundreds were trapped under collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sumatra province Wednesday, officials said. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the mayor of Padang, the capital of West Samatra, told him that the quake left at least 75 people dead. ‘The [...]
Centurion, Sep 30 – Australia stopped India’s progress to the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a thrilling two-wicket win over Pakistan in the Group A match at the SuperSport Park here Wednesday. Chasing a modest Pakistani total of 205 for six after deciding to field, Australia from 140 for two in 32nd over lost six wickets [...]
New York, Sep 30 – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday terminated the appointment of a UN deputy representative in Afghanistan, who apparently left his job in disagreement with his superior. Ban said he decided to recall Peter Galbraith, a US diplomat, and ended his posting as deputy to the UN chief of mission in [...]
Surat, Sep 30 – The government will ensure that the common man will not be affected by the volatility in global energy prices, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said here Wednesday. Deora was in this Gujarat city as a part of a series of ‘meet the people’ with local dealers, senior state government officials and representatives [...]
Gandhinagar, Sep 30 – The central government Wednesday clarified in an affidavit before the Gujarat High Court that it would not object to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the police killing of Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jehan and three others if the court so deemed it. A three-page affidavit filed by Undersecretary [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – India’s telecom major Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN Wednesday terminated their talks for a proposed $24-billion cash-cum-equity deal that could have created the world’s third largest mobile phone entity. According to Bharti, the proposed deal – which even had the backing of Prime Miniter Manmohan Singh – was called [...]
Mumbai, Sep 30 – Giving a boost to the prosecution case in the Mumbai terrorist attacks trial, a magistrate told the special court here Wednesday that captured Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab had voluntarily confessed to his crimes in February. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rama V. Sawant-Wagule, in a rare deposition by a [...]
Rome, Sep 30 – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari presided Wednesday over the signing of a defence memorandum between their two countries. ‘The agreement aims to increase the exchange of intelligence and bilateral trade in the military field,’ Berlusconi said, at a joint news conference with Zardari in Rome. [...]
Thekkady (Kerala), Sep 30 – At least 30 tourists drowned when a boat capsized in a lake in the Periyar wildlife sanctuary of Kerala Wednesday evening, police said. With rescue work continuing, the toll was feared to go up. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan expressed deep anguish and ordered an inquiry into the accident. The boat [...]
Jhajjar (Haryana), Sep 30 – A mob pelted stones at outgoing Haryana assembly Speaker Raghubir Singh Kadiyan during an election rally here ahead of next month’s polls, officials said. Kadiyan, who is contesting the Oct 13 polls on the Congress ticket from Beri constituency, had gone to Dhigal village on Rohtak road. ‘When he stepped [...]
Kolkata, Sep 30 – Chhatradhar Mahato, the arrested chief of a Maoist-backed body in West Bengal’s Lalgarh, has an insurance policy worth Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) and he recently bought a house in Orissa, a top police officer said here Wednesday. ‘Mahato has confessed during interrogation that he has an insurance policy worth Rs.1 crore [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 30 – India bowled out the West Indies for 129 runs in 36 overs in a Group A match of the Champions Trophy at the Wanderers here Wednesday. Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra picked up three wickets each while Harbhajan Singh bagged two.
Centurion, Sep 30 – Australia beat Pakistan by two wickets in a nail-biting Champions Trophy Group A encounter at the SuperSport Park here Wednesday. After restricting Pakistan for 205 for six, Australia lost quick wickets in the middle overs to win the match in the last ball. For Australia, Mitchell Johnson (2-45) and Shane Watson [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday scoffed at Pakistan for terming as ‘half-baked’ India’s evidence of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed’s role in the 26/11 Mumbai mayhem. ‘They are welcome to bake it fully. All the baking ingredients are in Pakistan. All the evidence is available on Pakistani soil,’ Chidambaram told reporters. [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – Five teenagers, who got stuck midstream in a river in Mehboobnagar in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday, had a dramatic rescue after an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter was summoned for help. Seven children in the age group 10-15 years were caught in a small rivulet midstream in Mehboobnagar while they were [...]
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