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Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) A police official from Haryana and another from Rajasthan were arrested in Mohali town of Punjab Sunday for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking racket, the police said."Joginder Singh, head constable in the Haryana police, and Manohar Kumar of the Rajasthan armed forces have been ... Read more...

Islamabad, Aug 31 (DPA) At least six people were killed and eight injured Sunday when a US missile hit a house in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, officials said.A single missile hit a house in Tapi village, some 15 km east of Miranshah, the main town in the ... Read more...

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 31 (IANS) Muslim clerics Sunday declared that the Islamic holy month of fasting, Ramadan, would begin from Monday in Kerala.Supreme leader of the Indian Union Muslim League Pannakad Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal and other religious leaders made the announcement after citing crescent at Ponanni in Malappuram district ... Read more...

Singur/Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The protests in Singur crippling work at auto major Tata Motors' Nano plant continued Sunday, as agitation leader Mamata Banerjee turned down an appeal from West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi for a mediator to resolve the stalemate."We are at Singur," Tata Motors said amid speculation ... Read more...

Dharamsala, Aug 31 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will be discharged from the hospital in Mumbai on Monday said Tibetan government-in-exile today. Dalai Lama was taken to a hospital in Mumbai on Thursday after he complained of exhaustion. The Dalai Lama cancelled all his engagements for the next three ... Read more...

Kathmandu, Aug 31 (ANI): Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday expanded the cabinet by including 15 new ministers representing Maoist, Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and some more parties amid a ceremony at the Presidential residence in the presence of President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav. After ten days since ... Read more...

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) American pop singer Ashlee Simpson has hit out at reports that she is desperate to lose her baby weight, insisting her main concern is the health of her child.The US tabloid National Enquirer reported earlier this week that the singer had broken down into tears ... Read more...

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Calcutta launched a one-year residential post-graduate programme for executives in 'visionary leadership in manufacturing' in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur and IIT-Madras Sunday here.The programme has been designed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - a governmental agency ... Read more...

Dhaka, Aug 31 (ANI): The ninth Home Secretary level talks between Bangladesh and India was held in Dhaka during 29-31 August in a friendly and cordial atmosphere. Bangladesh delegation was led by Mohammad Abdul Karim, Home Secretary, Government of Bangladesh while the Indian delegation was led by Madhukar Gupta, ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): Union Minister for Textiles Shankersinh Vaghela will attend a meeting of leading designers, industrialists from the textiles and garment fields and other stakeholders here on Monday. He will discuss with them the issues concerning the fashion industry and evolve a platform, which will provide ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31(IANS) Three people were killed and 11 were injured in separate accidents in the national capital, the police said Sunday.The police said 11 people, including three women, were injured Sunday when the minibus they were travelling in overturned in Bawana area of northwest Delhi. "The minibus plying between ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Over 15,000 school children from the slum areas of Delhi participated in the Rajiv Gandhi marathon here Sunday.Puja of Mandoli school ran a brilliant race to win the 15th edition of race that was flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit. Rajani and ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31(IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Sunday said he was satisfied over the agreement reached between Hindu agitators and the Jammu and Kashmir government over the bitter Amarnath land row.Advani said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had told him that government would not succumb to pressure ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31(IANS) A 35-year-old software engineer was found dead in mysterious circumstances Sunday at his home in the national capital, the police said.The police said they received a call around 9.40 in the morning about the death of Ram Pateria in Old Rajinder Nagar area of central Delhi. ... Read more...

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) Former Spice girl Victoria Beckham has dismissed reports that she is eager for a fourth child. She said she was far too busy looking after her three sons.Although Victoria had spoken about wanting a girl to add to her brood of sons - Brooklyn, Romeo ... Read more...

Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) The surging waters of the Kosi river continued to rise in Bihar for the 14th day Sunday, inundating more areas as hundreds of villages remained under water and millions waited for rescue, and food.The water level in the flooded areas rose by two to three feet ... Read more...

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Australian Samantha Stosur squandered a set lead to go down 6-2, 3-6, 10-12 to Swede Robert Lindstedt and Australian Rennae Stubbs in the second round of the US Open mixed doubles here.Bhupathi and Stosur were off the blocks in a flash ... Read more...

London, Aug 31 (IANS) British singer-actress Kelly Osbourne left a British columnist fuming after she allegedly slapped her and warned her to "watch it" if she wrote about the incident afterwards.Osbourne reportedly confronted 'Sunday Mirror' journalist Zoe Griffin Thursday at a London nightclub over an article in which Griffin had ... Read more...

Mumbai, Aug 31 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday said that the deadline to put Marathi signboards on shops has not been extended. According to a press release Raj said, "I have not extended the deadline to put Marathi signboards on shops," and added that no ... Read more...

Baghdad, Aug 31, (IANS) Iraq has signed its first major oil deal with a foreign company since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, a spokesman for the Iraqi oil ministry said, IRNA news agency reported Sunday. Iraq's oil fields currently produce about 2.5 million barrels a day. It was the ... Read more...

Jammu/Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) The two-month long agitation in Jammu was called off Sunday after the government allowed Amarnath shrine board temporary use of forest land in the Kashmir Valley that was at the heart of religious riots in the state.But the decision over the bitter land row, arrived at ... Read more...

Kandhamal (Orissa), Aug 31 (ANI): Orissa would remain under night curfew till the restoration of complete normalcy in all urban areas of Kandhamal and Jeypore town of Koraput District. Reportedly the bus services have resumed from Phulbani town of Kandhamal district. According to the Deputy Commissioner of the area ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday said as many as 599 load carriers with essentials and fuel arrived in the Kashmir valley during the last 24 hours up to 2 p.m. As per the information received from the Jammu and Kashmir Government, these ... Read more...

Agartala, Aug 31 (IANS) A Kolkata-bound Air India flight with 155 passengers on board returned to Agartala Sunday after the condition of a sick passenger deteriorated mid-air, officials said. The passenger died in a hospital here later in the evening."The flight returned here within 30 minutes of take-off from the ... Read more...

Dharamsala, Aug 31 (IANS) The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will leave Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital Monday after undergoing tests for abdominal discomfort, his aide said Sunday."He is now well. He has undergone some tests...will be discharged Monday," Chhime Chhoekyapa, a senior aide to the spiritual leader, told IANS ... Read more...

Panzhihua (China), Aug 31 (Xinhua) The toll in Saturday's 6.1-magnitude earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province has risen to 28 after three more deaths were reported in the Huili county Sunday, officials said.Most of the fatalities were reported from the Huili county, while around 238 people were injured in the ... Read more...

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi has suggested selecting a mediator between the state government and the Trinamool Congress for discussions over the Singur issue, party chief Mamata Banerjee said Sunday evening at Singur."The governor has sent me a letter and requested me to read it ... Read more...

Bangalore, Aug 31 (IANS) Infosys Technologies Ltd chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy Sunday said the agitation at Singur in West Bengal over land acquisition for Tata Motors' Nano project would unleash fear and uncertainty among Indian and overseas investors.“What has happened in Singur is unfortunate for West Bengal, ... Read more...

New Delhi , Aug 31 (ANI): The Centre has provided all required assistance to the Bihar Government to deal with the flood situation in the State, Home Ministry spokesperson said. The Government of India has deployed 15 additional Army columns in addition to the existing ten columns. Four additional ... Read more...

Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Harendra Gupta's team, comprising R. Shivaraj, P. Mukherjee and Radhakrishnan, won the Pro-Am event of the Tamil Nadu Open Golf Championship with 115 points, here Sunday.The event provided amateur golfers from Chennai an opportunity to tee off along with some of the top professional golfers in ... Read more...

Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) The National Conference welcomed the agreement between the Jammu and Kashmir government and the Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti Sunday on the Amarnath shrine land row, but the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) termed the accord as "a move to disrespect Kashmiris".National Conference patron and former chief minister ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Churchill Brothers coach Emeka Ezugo lashed out at his star Nigerian striker Odafe Onyeka Okolic for being complacent on the field.Defending champions Churchill beat Army XI 1-0 to book semifinal berth in Durand Cup here Sunday but coach Emeka was fuming with anger after seeing ... Read more...

Jammu , Aug 31 (ANI): Clashes between security forces and agitators continued in Jammu on Sunday, even after Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS), the group that was spearheading the land transfer agitation suspended the protests, after reaching a truce with a panel of the State Government. The landmark decision came ... Read more...

Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) Baldev Singh Sahota, a Britain-based non-resident Indian (NRI), has been arrested in Punjab after his estranged wife Archana Kumar complained of criminal intimidation and cheating, the police said Sunday."We have registered a case and booked Sahota for criminal intimidation, cheating, producing false documents and various other ... Read more...

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) There is no need for agitation when the Singur issue can be sorted out through discussions, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) West Bengal secretary Biman Bose said here Sunday."The Singur issue can easily be solved through discussions. There is no need for Trinamool Congress chief to ... Read more...

Begusarai (Bihar), Aug 31 (ANI): Communist Party of India General Secretary A B Bardhan was on Sunday admitted to a hospital after falling sick on his way to flood ravaged Madhepura and Saharsa Districts of Bihar. Bardhan, 82, was admitted to intensive care unit of the Barauni refinery hospital ... Read more...

Tuxtla Gutierrez (Mexico), Aug 31 (IANS) Around 46 automatic rifles and 90 grenades have been seized by Mexican authorities from two gangs involved in arms and drug trafficking in the country's southeastern state of Chiapas, Spain's EFE news agency reported Sunday. Besides seizure of arms, seven members of the gangs ... Read more...

Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh police arrested a canteen worker of the Domariyaganj branch of State Bank of India (SBI) in connection with the recovery of a large quantity of fake currency notes this month, officials said Sunday.Ramesh was arrested late Saturday. ... Read more...

Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Local teenagers, Saran Vikram and Aditya Patel, achieved a double each in the fourth round of the JK Tyre National Racing Championship, here Saturday.Saran Vikram, who is already leading in the Formula LGB Swift class, consolidated his position with two wins Sunday to put himself within ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Minister for Textiles Shankersinh Vaghela will attend a meeting of leading designers and other fashion industry stakeholders here Monday to discuss ways to nurture emerging talent.“In recent years, the Indian fashion industry has evolved and carved a niche for itself in a highly demanding global ... Read more...

Shimla, Aug 31 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has sent a grant of Rs.20 million to the Bihar government for carrying out relief and rehabilitation work in the flood-ravaged areas, a senior official said Sunday."A draft for Rs.20 million has been sent to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar," the official ... Read more...

Dhaka, Aug 31 (DPA) Wrapping up a four-day visit to Bangladesh Sunday, Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson sounded a grim warning that the Himalayan glaciers were disappearing and would be gone in the next 40 to 70 years.The high-speed melting of the mountain ice spelt dangers for the southern Asian ... Read more...

Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) The coordination committee of separatist Hurriyat Conference factions Sunday rejected the agreement reached between the government and Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti on use of land by the managment of the Amarnath cave shrine for pilgrim facilities.“We outrightly reject the agreement reached between the government and the ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): Union Minister for Textiles Shankersinh Vaghela will attend a meeting of leading designers, industrialists from the textiles and garment fields and other stakeholders here on Monday. He will discuss with them the issues concerning the fashion industry and evolve a platform, which will provide ... Read more...

Chennai, Aug 31 (ANI): Hundreds of enthusiasts, including physically challenged participated in a marathon organised to create awareness about the underprivileged children in Tamil Nadu on Sunday. The marathon was organised by a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) ''Givelife''. Speaking to the media, Member of Parliament M. Kanimozhi and one of the organizers ... Read more...