Manmohan Singh to visit Arunachal Pradesh
Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister of India will arrive here on Thursday on his visit to Arunachal Pradesh during which he will lay the foundation of a number of major projects. The projects include the 3,000 MW Debang Multi Purpose Hydro Electricity Project, the largest in the country to be executed by NHPC, officials said. Manmohan Singh will also lay the foundation stone of the Harmoti-Itanagar railway line putting the state on India`s railway map ….
Cabinet to take decision on fuel price hike: Deora
A Group of Ministers today held a meting to tackle spurt in international hike prices & said the issue of price rise would be decided by the Cabinet. He was speaking after a meeting with other members of the ministerial panel formed by the Indian goverment to look into the fuel pricing issue. “In the meeting no decision has been taken. The cabinet will take a view on the issue in its next week’s meeting,” ….
Read More: Cabinet to take decision on fuel price hike: DeoraMax Baer Jr.’s girlfriend dead after apparent suicide
Douglas County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Halsey said, Police was still investigating the death of 30 years old Chere Rhodes, but got no success. Son of “Beverly Hillbillies” star Max Baer Jr. Baer, 70 years old who played “Jethro” in the 1960s “Hillbillies” series, summoned authorities to his Lake Tahoe home last Thursday after he found Rhodes with a single gunshot wound to the chest, said Jim Halsey. Douglas County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Halsey said,”She was conscious ….
Reyat may be released in two weeks
The only man convicted in Air India bombing Inderjit Singh Reyat, who is facing perjury charges may be out of prison in two weeks when he completes his present prison term on February 9. Yesterday Inderjit Singh Reyat, was expected to plead guilty on charges of perjury related to his testimony at Air India trial but his lawyer sought more time to prepare defence. The court adjourned the hearing till March 7.
Read More: Reyat may be released in two weeksFive hundred chicken die in two UP poultry farms
In the last five days above five hundred chickens have been died in the two poultry farms of Chitrapar and Devpar villages of the district. “The matter was not reported by the poultry farm owners, his department has reported it to the district Magistrate R P Singh the DM has directed the officials of the department to make an on the spot assessment of the situation” Chief veterinary officer of the district S.K. Bhagat said. S.K. Bhagat said it may ….
Read More: Five hundred chicken die in two UP poultry farmsICC ask players to take note of Harbhajan row
ICC the International Cricket Council has urged players to learn from the row over Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh and improve their field behaviour in match. Harbhajan was fined half his match fee for the abuse of Australian player Andrew Symonds during this month’s Sydney Test after the ICC appeals commissioner dismissed charges of racial abuse and revoked a three-Test ban by match referee Mike Procter. ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said on Wednesday “One thing that ….
Ethan Hawke and his girlfriend expecting baby
Ethan Hawke Buxbaum said to DailyNews on Wednesday “I can confirm and they are thrilled,No further details will be made available”. After marriage to Uma Thurman Hawke has two children. Ethan Hawke screen credits include “Training Day,” “Dead Poets Society,” “Great Expectations” and “Before Sunset”-DailyNewsReport.
John Edwards quitting presidential race
Two sources inside his campaign said that Former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina quit the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Edwards has told his top advisers about his decision. It is expected he will announce it in a speech in New Orleans, Louisiana also at 1300 hours (ET) on Wednesday. An Edwards aide said the candidate was not getting the media attention that he needed to get his message out and win delegates, especially ….
Snowfall in Jerusalem
A heavy snowfall blanketed Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land in snow on Wednesday causes closing schools and stores and grounding public transportation. The Israelis were in excitement & used to warm Middle Eastern weather, was palpable. Children threw snowballs on slushy streets, and weather reports topped local newscasts, eclipsing an upcoming government report on the 2006 war in Lebanon that could pressure Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign. Snow often falls in Jerusalem ….
US Fed cuts key interest rate
The Federal Reserve of US on Wednesday reducing the federal funds rate by a half point & cut a key interest rate for the second time in just over a week. It signalled that further rate cuts were possible. The half-point cut Wednesday followed news that the economy had slowed significantly in the final three months of last year with the Gross Domestic Product expanding at a barely discernible pace of 0.6%, less than half what ….
Mayawati orders CBI probe into CD case; BJP cries foul
BJP released the case of communally sensitive CD allegedly ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday returned to haunt the saffron party president Rajnath Singh and seven other leaders with Chief Minister Mayawati ordering a CBI probe into the matter. Mayawati told DailyNewsRepoters in Lucknow that “In view of the sensitivity of the matter and the possibility of involvement of many senior bjp leaders in it, the government has decided to recommend a CBI ….
Parents fail to save kid who was offered to sell kidneys
Little Sunni son of Amarjit Rai who was putting his kideny up to sale to save his son had died in a hospital in Samastipur on Wednesday, before his impoverished parents found any takers for their kidneys so they could rustle up the Rs 2,50,000 needed to treat their son’s blood cancer. As media broke the story of an international kidney sale racket in Gurgaon, two and a half year old Sunni died at the rivate ….
Rahul Gandhi takes break from politics, looks to skies
When Rahul Gandhi General Secretary of Congress said that he wanted his mother to take a break from the rigours of hectic politics, perhaps he was speaking for himself too. The sources said that Rahul Gandhi took a break from politics and got down to the brass tacks of the relaxation sport paragliding at Kamshet, about 50 km from Pune on Wednesday. The 37 years old MP of Lok Sabha who inherits an instinct ….
Half of India’s internet connections disrupted
India’s internet services have been hit badly as around half of country’s internet connectons disrupted. It was stated that the problem started at around 2:00 pm in many parts of the country. The main cause behind this problem is the breakdown in an international undersea cable network near Egypt. The President of Internet Sevice Provider Associstion of India Rajesh Chharia said that, “There has been a 50 to 60 per cent cut in bandwidth”.
India’s BPO ….
Modi gets assassination threat in personal email
Intelligence sources told dailynews365 that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has received an assassination threat on his personal email address. The email recieved by Narendra Modi in his personal email adress has claimed that he will be killed during an interview to a Pakistani media group by some
people posing as reporters. A Pakistani media house has apparently applied for an interview with Modi about 10 days ago.
Highly placed sources in the Gujarat government said that additional steps ….
Asif Ali Zardari says Benazir’s assassination the biggest proof of rigging
Asif Ali Zardari Co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party has said that his wife Benazir Bhutto’s “martyrdom” is the biggest proof that the February 18 general elections in Pakistan will be rigged. Interacting with a delegation of five-members of the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency headed by former chief justice of Pakistan Justice Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui at Bilawal House at Kararchi on Tuesday. Zardari said the nation was hurt after Benazir’s assassination ….
Scotland Yard to investigate British bride’s death in Lahore
A Scotland Yard team will arrive in Lahore to investigate the murder of a 22-year-old pregnant British-Pakistani girl next week who had died in a private hospital on January 24. A woman who had been pregnant for five months, was allegedly declared dead of food poisoning in Lahore while on a visit with her parents to attend her grandmother’s funeral, Quoting a source in Glasgow, Scotland. she belonged to Gujranwala and had been living with her family in Glasgow, where ….
Read More: Scotland Yard to investigate British bride’s death in LahoreProtest in Gaziabad & Noida Today
In gaziabad a bus killed a youth in accident on Wednesday & the people protest against this incident. Police caught the bus driver immediatley & took bus in their custody. Police started their investigation. Police Lathicharge the people on protest.
Read More: Protest in Gaziabad & Noida TodayBSE Sensex down
Indian Stock markets are down in the early trades today. The BSE Sensex has lost over 100 point early in the morning. The valuations of some companies are looking over-stretched. Bajaj Auto was down by 2.3% and was trading at Rs 2307. ITC was also down. DLF was up.
BHEL, SBI and Tata Steel were up in BSE. Steel Major SAIL was trading at Rs 222 with a gain of nearly 3 percent. Suzlon Energy was among major losers on NSE.
Dawood Ibrahim may target Advani, Modi
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has been tasked to kill senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Government intelligence inputs suggested. The security of both the leaders was reviewed at a meeting of Union Home Ministry officials on Tuesday, following the intelligence inputs. Both L.K. Advani & Narendra Modi now enjoy the highest category of security cover Z-plus from Black Cat commandos of elite National Security Guards.
The sources said that the meeting ….