Archive for March 2008

Sean Levert younger brother of Gerald Levert passes away

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

The younger brother of late R&B singer Gerald Levert & son of Eddie Levert of the O’Jays, Sean Levert, has died late Sunday night local time.
Sean Levert 39 years old was died at 11:57 p.m. local time at Lutheran Hospital after being transported to the facility from the Cuyahoga County Jail. The [...]



Sonia Gandhi: Rahul Gandhi will go to jail with workers

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, India News, National News

Sonia Gandhi the chairperson of UPA on Monday has announced that party workers in Uttar Pradesh will go to jail to make the Mayawati government accountable & if need be, Rahul Gandhi will join them in an attempt to revive the Congress in the politically crucial state.
Sonia Gandhi said, “Maujuda sarkar se hisab mangna hai [...]



Reliance launched “free unlimited outgoing calls” in Punjab

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Business News, India News, National News

Reliance Communications announced a special offer for its existing & new subscribers in Punjab called “Free Unlimited Outgoing Calls” to all Reliance mobile subscribers in the state on Monday. An official of Reliance company said that now Reliance subscriber can made unlimited calls to more than 10 lakh Reliance Mobile subscribers in Punjab, including Chandigarh, [...]



Major fire in a store in Sydney, Australia

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Cities News, Kolkata News, Sports News

Fire has been engulfed a hardware warehouse in Sydney on Monday morning. The flames send a plume of dense, black smoke into the inner-city sky as dozens of gas cylinders exploded inside.
A major road was blocked off at peak hour while firefighters tried to douse the huge flames. The fire at the Swadlings Timber and [...]



Police arrested seven SIMI activist in Indore

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

SIMI’s seven activists have been arrested on Monday. The activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India have been arrested on charges of providing assistance to their former chief Safdar Nagori & 12 other top leaders nabbed last week in a major crackdown against the outfit.
An official of Police said that five activists were [...]



Ranchi bandh on Monday

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, India News, National News

Ranchi is bandh against the poll rigging. An official said that the candidates who had lost in the just-concluded civic body polls took to the streets on Sunday & called a bandh in the city on Monday to protest against “rigging”.
Yesterday morning, people in different parts of the city started hit the roads to protest [...]



Olymic torch arrived in China under protest shadows

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

The Beijing Olympic torch has been welcomed by the cheering children in the Chinese capital on Monday after attempts by pro-Tibet protesters in Athens to block its path.
Exiled Tibetans & human rights activists have targeted the Olympics since China poured security forces into Tibet & parts of western China to suppress anti-government protests.
The torch [...]



David Leslie & Richard Lloyd killed in jet crash

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

A jet has been crashed at a home which destroyed home in Kent have been named by Sky sources as David Leslie and Richard Lloyd., Both men were well-known in the world of motor racing. They were killed when the small plane they were travelling in nose-dived into two homes after sending a mayday call.
Eyewitness [...]



Clash between police & BKU in Muzaffarnagar, UP killed 6

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

Clash between police & activists of Bhartiya Kisan Union in sassoli village in Muzaffarnagar district on Monday inujured six people. Six people, including two policemen, were injured in a clash after the police tried to arrest a BKU leader at Sisoli.
An official of Police said that the two people sustained bullet injuries when police opened [...]



Constable killed in an accident with train

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, India News, National News

An official of Police said that a constable has been died after being hit by the Gomti Express train near Manak Nagar Railway station.
Shiv Shankar 40 years old was hit by the train on Sunday night when he was crossing the railway track.



US will work with Pakistan against terrorism

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

The government of US has said on Monday that they will work together with Pakistan’s new government on “a host of issues”, including the problem of terrorism which threatens both nations.
A senior official of US said, “As is appropriate, we will now begin working with the new government on the whole host of issues that [...]



Sonia Gandhi will adress farmers rally at Karaikudi on April 5

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: India News, National News

Sonia Gandhi the president of Congress will address a farmers’ rally at Karaikudi in Sivaganga district the home constituency of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on 5 April.
TNCC president M. Krishnaswamy said, “Party functionaries have been asked to work for making the occasion a grand one’.
He also said that arrangements were being made to accord [...]



Mohammad Kaif in place of Sachin tendulkar for Ahmedabad test

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Cricket News, India News, National News, Sports News

Sachin Tendulkar will not play the second test match against South Africa on April 3, 2008 at Ahmedabad. Indian cricket team captain Anil Kumble had revealed that the Little Master had “aggravated” a niggle (groin strain) during the Chennai Test.
He said that Sachin Tendulkar`s repeated trips to the dressing room through the day were due [...]



Army found body of Matt Maupin

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

The army has been found a body which is believed to be of Matt Maupin. The remains found in Iraq as belonging to Matt Maupin of Bartonville’s 724th Transportation Company. Matt Maupin went missing on April 9th, 2004. He was the only U.S. soldier unaccounted for in Iraq. Maupin was last seen in the [...]



Senegal police raided “Walf TV” station after prices protest

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

A private television has been raided on Sunday. Senegalese police raided the private television station after it repeatedly transmitted images of police beating demonstrators during an illegal protest over high food prices.
The private news channel “Walf TV” broadcast footage of police striking demonstrators with electrified batons & firing tear gas to break up the banned [...]



Kane defeated The Great Khali in WWE WrestleMania 24

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, Other Sports, Sports News

The Grear Khali has loses the Battle Royal match in WrestleMania 24. Kane has defeated all the twenty three WWE Superstars in Battle Royal Match. Kane will face Chavo Guerrero tonight for his ECW Championship match.
Other WWE WrestleMania 24 Results:
Batista defeated Umaga.
Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero in ECW championship match.
Shawn Michael defeated Ric Flair.
CM Punk won [...]



Beijing Olympic torch will arrive in China on Monday

Mar 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

The Beijing Olympic torch to be arrived Beijing on Monday as police tightened security at the sensitive Tiananmen Square where a grand welcome is being planned to receive it. China is anxious about the smooth odyssey of the Olympic torch when it passes through several countries across the globe & more so when it is [...]



Gurmeet Singh former CM Darbara Singh’s kin released on bail

Mar 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, India News, National News

The grandson of Darbara Singh the former Chief Minister of Punjab, Gurmeet Singh who was arrested for injuring four people by his speeding BMW car, was granted bail on Sunday. A BMW car driven by the grandson of a Darbara Singh hit four labourers causing serious injuries to them in the wee hours on Sunday. [...]



India vs South Africa first test match draw

Mar 30th, 2008 | Category: Cricket News, Sports News

The first Test between India & South Africa ended in a tame draw in Chennai at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. It was a match that the bowlers would like to erase from their memory as quickly as possible.
South Africa ended their second innings at 331/5 with Neil McKenzie remaining unbeaten on 155. For [...]



Explosion in chemical unit in Tarapur MIDC killed 2

Mar 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, India News, National News

An explosion occured in a chemical unit in Tarapur MIDC in Maharashtra, in which two workers were killed & seven received burn injuries.
An official of Police said on Sunday that the explosion took place in the production section of Sterling Pvt Ltd, a company which manufactures chemicals, in the industrial estate in the western part [...]