DDA’s controversial draw of flats now before courtNEW DELHI - Amid allegations of irregularities in the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) draw of lots for allotment of flats in the capital, an unsuccessful applicant Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of the draw. Crisis management group to handle outcome of terror attacks: ManmohanNEW DELHI - With India having revamped the Multi-Agency Centre for collecting and analyzing intelligence, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday announced the setting up of a permanent Crisis Management Group to handle the fall-out of major terrorist attacks in the country. Tehran guarantees Iranian Nobel peace laureate’s safetyTEHRAN - Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi was safe and there was no need for any international concern over her well-being, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said Monday. 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. Davydenko to meet Koellerer in Chennai Open first roundCHENNAI - World No.5 and top seed Nikolay Davydenko from Russia was drawn to meet journeyman Daniel Koellerer from Austria in the first round of the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament starting here Monday. Chiranjeevi promises to address problems of MuslimsHYDERABAD - Telugu superstar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi has held a meeting with several Muslim political and religious leaders and promised to address the problems of the community. Mumbai bank on experience against young Suarashtra in semis (Ranji Trophy preview)CHENNAI - It promises to be a classic battle between youth and experience when Saurashtra take on the 37-time champions Mumbai in the four-day semi-final of the Ranji Trophy championship commencing at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Sunday. No more shoes for Victoria BeckhamLONDON - Former Spice girl Victoria Beckham has vowed to get rid of her addiction to shoes because she is running out of space to store them. Elton John wants helipad for New Year performanceLONDON - Pop-rock singer, composer and pianist Sir Elton John has demanded a helipad for a flamboyant entry for a New Year’s eve performance at 02 Arena here. Afghani woman alleges fraud marriage by Major, Army starts probeNEW DELHI - The Indian Army is probing charges that one of its doctors allegedly duped a young Afghan woman into wedlock despite being married, a senior army official said Tuesday. Omar Abdullah to be next chief minister of Jammu and KashmirNEW DELHI - The National Conference and the Congress Tuesday confirmed that they would form the new coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, with Omar Abdullah heading it. BJP ‘reconciling accounts’ after cash goes missing at headquartersNEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a tizzy over the Rs.26 million (Rs.2.6 crore) that reportedly went missing on Christmas Day from its national headquarters. Though party workers were Tuesday furiously speculating about who could be the culprit, the spokesperson said accounts were being ‘reconciled’. ‘Horn Ok Pleassss’ - a truck driver’s hilarious love story (IANS Preview)NEW DELHI - Nana Patekar is all set to woo movie buffs with another comedy, ‘Horn Ok Pleassss’, after wining accolades for his hilarious performance as underworld don Uday Shetty in the 2007 hit ‘Welcome’. IIM-Lucknow to push sanitation management in villagesLUCKNOW - It’s not for the corporate sector this time. Students of the premier Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) will now apply their managerial skills to teach villagers sanitation and hygiene management. Student, fleeing from traffic cops, shot dead in BangaloreBANGALORE - Army guards shot dead a 20-year-old youth, Mohammed Mukkharam, in the early hours of Sunday for intruding into the high security defence area and trying to escape when asked to surrender, a senior police official said. Rice blames Hamas for violence in GazaWASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has blamed Hamas for breaking the ceasefire with Israel that led to renewed violence in Gaza. After two films in US, Varun Khanna enters BollywoodMUMBAI - Filmmaker Varun Khanna, who has made two little-known films in the US, is now ready to test Bollywood waters with a comedy titled ‘Bad Luck Govind’, which he says is inspired by a Buddhist chant. Pakistan has been double-dealing US for years: Former CIA analystWASHINGTON - For years Pakistan was ‘double dealing’ the US on the war on terror , says a former CIA analyst, adding it will not be easy to break the Pakistani intelligence agencies’ deep ties with Islamist groups. India should pursue ‘no war, no peace’ policy with Pakistan (Comment)The Mumbai massacre has falsified the long-held belief in India that it is the rogue elements in the army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) which are behind the terrorist attacks. Since Pakistan itself has been a victim of terrorism, the theory of loose cannons had gained credibility. Neetu Chandra alleges she was manhandled by southern starMUMBAI/HYDERABAD - Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra, who was shooting for a Telugu film in Hyderabad, has alleged that she was manhandled by her co-star southern hero Rajasekhar. The actor’s wife has, however, rubbished the allegations and accused the starlet of unprofessionalism. Goa music festival on schedule: Nikhil ChinappaNEW DELHI - Dismissing rumours that Sunburn 2008, billed as Asia’s biggest music festival, was stalled because of the ban on beach parties by the Goa government, festival director and MTV VJ Nikhil Chinappa said that it is ’still happening’. Queen to pay tribute to Mumbai terror victims in Christmas broadcastLONDON - Capping a sombre year, the British Queen is to express sympathy with victims of the global credit crunch and ‘extremist violence’ in Mumbai in her Christmas Day message to be broadcast Thursday. Kannada star Puneet Raj Kumar to dance with dad’s heroinesBANGALORE - Kannada actor Puneet Raj Kumar’s forthcoming film ‘Raaj - The Showman’ is set to have an interesting dance sequence where he will shake a leg with yesteryears heroines who had worked with his father, the late Rajkumar. Tiger on prowl kills teenager, turns man-eaterLUCKNOW - A tiger on the prowl for the past one month in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district turned man-eater after it killed a teenage boy, an official said Tuesday. |
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