Mumbai probe report to be shared with India: ZardariISLAMABAD - India would be informed later this week about the outcome of Pakistan’s probe into the Mumbai terror attacks that New Delhi has blamed on elements operating from this country, President Asif Ali Zardari has said. Hong Kong filmmakers to unveil world’s first 3D sex movieHONG KONG - Hong Kong film makers are preparing to leave filmgoers goggle-eyed by releasing the world’s first pornographic movie in 3D, a news report has said. Butt believes Asif will be back in Pakistan squad soonKARACHI - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt believes dope-tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif might soon return to the national team after getting himself cleared of a couple of charges that are threatening to ruin his international career. Kerala CPI-M leader named accused in foreign firm scamKOCHI - In a major set-back to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), its Kerala unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has been named an accused in a multi-million-rupee scam after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) completed its probe. Lankan troops step up pressure on LTTE in MullaitivuCOLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops advancing towards the last bastions of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-eastern Mullaitivu district have stepped up attacks and captured several LTTE fortifications in the area, the military said here Monday. CPI-M suspends party MP who praised ModiKANNUR - The Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday suspended two-time Lok Sabha member A.P. Abdulla Kutty, who hailed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s development initiatives, from the party for an year. ‘Lashker commander Lakhvi furious with JuD’ISLAMABAD - Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the chief operational commander of the Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group that India blames for the Mumbai mayhem, ‘is furious at the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) leadership’s decision to publicly disown him in his hour of trial instead of trying to bail him out’, a media report said Thursday. Obama picks Sanjay Gupta as US surgeon generalWASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general of the United States to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, an Indian American neurosurgeon and health affairs correspondent for CNN and CBS, media reports said. Edible oil deficit to grow 73 percent by 2020: AssochamNEW DELHI - India’s edible oil deficit is expected to widen by 73.5 percent by 2020 to more than 8.1 million tonnes a year from the current 4.71 million tonnes, said an industry lobby report, released here Monday. Home ministry official’s kidnapped daughter found within hoursNOIDA - A senior home ministry official’s daughter, kidnapped from this Delhi suburb late Sunday night, was found in Ghaziabad town in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh a few hours later, the police said. Pakistan’s politicians to be out of corruption watchdog ambitISLAMABAD - In what could trigger fresh tensions between the country’s two top offices, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has approved a move to remove politicians from the purview of the corruption watchdog and make parliament responsible for punishing any wrongdoing. Columbia shuttle crew died within seconds: NASA reportWASHINGTON - The astronauts, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, who died in the 2003 disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia as it returned to Earth had just seconds to respond before becoming incapacitated, an in-depth report on the tragedy has said. Woman raped, killed in GoaPANAJI - A 55-year-old woman was raped and killed along the Arambol beach in Goa, a police officer said Saturday. Bush revokes pardon granted a day earlier to party donor’s relativeWASHINGTON - In a remarkable reverse, US President George W. Bush has revoked a pardon he granted a day earlier to a real estate developer whose relatives donated over $40,000 to the Republican Party, a news report said. |