Ban on slapping cuts down child homicidesSYDNEY - Ban on slapping cuts down child homicides dramatically as borne out by the case of Sweden. Raj Thackeray gets reprieve from apex courtNEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday stalled the imminent arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, ordered by a Jamshedpur court for his rabble-rousing speeches against people from Bihar and other north Indian states who were staying in Maharashtra. BSP minister’s sack demanded for anti-Mahatma remarksLUCKNOW - The Congress Tuesday demanded the sacking of an Uttar Pradesh minister who allegedly said Mahatma Gandhi was a criminal. Shabana Azmi keeps her date with NepalKATHMANDU - Though Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan dropped his plans to visit Nepal in view of the growing dispute over the revered Pashupatinath temple, another cinema icon from India, Shabana Azmi, has kept her date with the Himalayan republic. Sheikh Hasina - The reluctant politician is Bangladesh PM again (Profile)DHAKA - She was initiated into politics through the crucible of one of the world’s bloodiest assassinations when her entire family was terminated. More than three decades after that fateful August day in 1975, when the legacy of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman fell on her, Sheikh Hasina has become Bangladesh prime minister for a second term. Marine algae most promising bet for green fuelWASHINGTON - Scientists see marine algae as the most promising bet for a green fuel that would help ease the dependence on fossil fuel and power vehicles of the future. Counterfeit currency on the rise in CanadaTORONTO - Counterfeiting of currency notes is increasing in Canada and fake $20 and $100 notes worth $5 million were estimated to be in circulation by the third quarter of last year, says a Canadian Press report. NDA to cite ‘loopholes’ in new terror laws during PM’s meetNEW DELHI - A day ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with chief ministers on internal security, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Monday night decided to point out the ’shortcomings’ in the new terror laws during the meeting. Truck with 14,000 liquor bottles impounded in HaryanaPANCHKULA - Routine checking of vehicles Sunday by state transport officials near this Haryana town led to the seizure of over 14,000 bottles of liquor being illegally smuggled to other states. Next fiscal will be painful for exports: FicciNEW DELHI - Aggressive pricing by Chinese exporters, coupled with lack of credit flow and cancellation of orders, is crippling India’s exports, which may go down further in the first half of 2009, said an industry lobby survey, released here Sunday. Three criminals killed in encounter in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Three people wanted in several criminal cases in Uttar Pradesh were killed in an encounter, while another managed to escape early Sunday morning, the police said. Hundreds still hiding in forests of violence-scarred KandhamalBHUBANESWAR - Hundreds of people are still hiding in the forests of Orissa’s volatile Kandhamal district since August although the communal conflict that erupted in the aftermath of a Hindu leader’s murder subsided in October, an official said Friday. Cricket South Africa must review its ties with ZimbabweMELBOURNE - If sporting boycotts were valid in the apartheid years, Cricket South Africa (CSA) needs to review its relationship with the spiteful crooks running Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), feels Australian columnist Peter Roebuck. Chinese dairy firms say sorry for melamine-tainted milkBEIJING - Through a New Year text message sent to millions of mobile phone subscribers, a group of Chinese dairy firms has apologised to people for the country’s biggest milk scandal that killed at least six babies and made 290,000 ill. Police not a chowkidar: Delhi Police CommissionerNEW DELHI - Saying the police is not a ‘chowkidar’, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Friday said people need to be careful about their vehicles and spend some money on putting proper security locks in them. We cannot have our policemen everywhere, he said. Delhi saw more murders in 2008, many on petty issuesNEW DELHI - The number of murders in the national capital last year rose as compared to 2007, and many of these were for as petty reasons as tying a goat before the neighbour’s house, not being served papad at a restaurant, and even a quarrel while playing ‘gully-danda’, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Friday said. Voting for president begins in Ghana’s key districtLAGOS - Voting began Friday in a remote farming region of Ghana in an election that will decide who will be the next president of the West African country despite attempts by the ruling party to stop the election from taking place, according to new reaching here from Accra. Rape victims knew accused in 98 percent casesNEW DELHI - A rapist is most likely to be an acquaintance living in the neighbourhood. According to the annual crime report of the Delhi Police, 98 percent of rape victims in the capital knew the accused. SUVs, jeeps top vehicle theft list in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - Chandigarh may have one of the highest vehicle densities in the country among cities, but there is a dubious distinction attached to it as well. The city is fast emerging as a favourite target for vehicle thieves, especially those eyeing sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and jeeps. Pandit, top Citi bosses to forego 2008 bonusesWASHINGTON - Citigroup Inc.’s Indian American chief executive Vikram Pandit and chairman Win Bischoff would forego bonuses for 2008, the ailing banking giant announced as it formalised its bailout agreement with the US government. Drink, but make sure the stuff is genuineNEW DELHI - Those in the habit of downing a few pegs of ‘good quality foreign whisky’ to beat the winter chill should carefully examine what exactly they are drinking. Epileptics can handle pressure in stressful situationsLONDON - Subject to sudden seizures, epileptics are often discriminated against, as employers fear that stressful situations might bring on an attack. But a new Tel Aviv University (TAU) study indicates these fears are groundless. CBI chief exhorts agency sleuths to meet nation’s expectationsNEW DELHI - Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ashwani Kumar, in his New Year message to the agency’s personnel, has asked them to change themselves to fulfil expectations of the four pillars of the democracy. Intensive police patrolling on New Year’s eve in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - Intensive patrolling will be carried out by police here to ensure no untoward incidents take place during New Year’s eve, an official said Tuesday. Government committed to protecting journalists: Sherry RehmanISLAMABAD - The Pakistani government is committed to the protection of journalists and there would be no violation of media freedom and independence during its term, Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman has said. Rawalpindi crime rate spikes in 2008RAWALPINDI - The crime rate in this garrison town adjacent to Pakistani capital Islamabad spiked alarmingly in 2008 with 288 people killed, 300 kidnapped and 1,500 deprived of their vehicles. Student shot dead in Bangalore for intruding into brigadier’s houseBANGALORE - Army guards shot dead Mohammed Mukkharam, a 20-year-old student who was drag racing, early Sunday for intruding into the house of a brigadier and trying to escape when asked to surrender, a senior police official said. Motorcycle-borne men rob two in capitalNEW DELHI - Motorcycle-borne men robbed two people in two separate incidents here Saturday, police said. Madhya Pradesh BJP meet to focus on party rebels, future pollsBHOPAL - Strategy for the Lok Sabha elections, organisational revamp and disciplinary action against rebels are the major issues likely to dominate the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) state executive Saturday, party sources said. RBI general manager joins CBI’s bank security, fraud cellNEW DELHI - The general manager of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has joined the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Bank Security and Frauds Cell (BS&FC) for strengthening the agency’s investigations into economic offences. |
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