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Exchange RatePatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday won the trust vote in the assembly, proving his majority after dumping long-time ally the BJP. A total of 126 legislators voted for the motion moved by the chief minister while 24 voted against. The house has 243 members. Bharatiya Janata Party legislators walked out before the special session [...]
Archive for May 2nd, 2012
Death threats for bin Laden demolition man
Khurram Shahzad Abbottabad: Shakeel Ahmad Yusufzai cuts a defiant figure in the genteel Pakistani town of Abbottabad. He is the man who demolished Osama bin Laden’s house and despite Taliban death threats, says he is proud of what he did. Yusufzai paid the government around 4,00,000 rupees ($4,500) for the contract to demolish the compound [...]
UN to dispatch 300 observers to Syria
United Nations: The UN will send its 300 international unarmed observers to Syria by the end of May, said Herve Ladsous, the head of the UN peacekeeping body. “We have 24 observers on the ground and I fully expect this number to increase rapidly over the next two weeks so that UNSMIS (UN Supervision Mission [...]
Tatra case: Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh questioned by CBI
New Delhi: Carrying forward its probe on the bribery allegation made by Army Chief Gen V K Singh, the CBI today questioned retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh for the first time for his alleged role in the Tatra case. Singh arrived at the CBI headquarters this morning and was grilled at length in connection with the Tatra [...]
Court orders FIR against sons for allegedly beating up mother
New Delhi: A Delhi court has asked police to lodge a criminal case against two men for allegedly looting their mother’s ornaments and beating her up, leading to her death ten days later. Directing Harsh Vihar police station in-charge to lodge a First Information Report against the two brothers and their five alleged accomplices, Additional Sessions Judge [...]
Pacifiers and breastfeeding: Study says they may help
Paediatricians have advised against pacifiers for years, saying they cause nipple confusion and discourage breastfeeding A new study is turning conventional wisdom on its head, suggesting that pacifiers may actually help newborns learning to breastfeed. Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University found that newborns in one hospital that were restricted from having pacifiers were [...]
171 pilots, 39 civilians killed so far in 482 MiG crashes
New Delhi: Of the 872 MiG series fighter aircraft purchased by the government till 1980, a total of 482 planes have crashed till now, killing 171 pilots and 39 civilians, government told the Rajya Sabha today. In a written reply to the House, Defence Minister A K Antony said, “A total of 872 MiG aircraft of various types were [...]
India helps Lankan cinema revival
Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi: Cinema as a popular cultural mouthpiece is trying to revive itself in Sri Lanka after 30 years of civil war, courtesy a bunch of progressive filmmakers, new stories — and post-production labs in India. The filmmakers are also exploring themes from the life of the Buddha in their search for new [...]
Cong’s candidate selection trouble in a few seats for bypoll
Hyderabad: Ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh is facing fresh trouble over selection of candidates for a few out of the 18 Assembly constituencies going to bypolls next month. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Pradesh and PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana spent the last two days in New Delhi finalising the list of candidates after discussions with [...]
‘Gujarat leads in production of solar energy’
Rajkot: Gujarat is leading the country in the production of solar power, producing 600 MW electricity through solar system, State finance minister Vajubhai Vala has said. “Conventional power production has become very expensive as material like coal has to be imported from foreign and time has come to generate electricity through non-conventional source,” he said after [...]
Obese girls better poised when happy with shape
Washington: Young women who may be obese but are happy with their size or shape show greater levels of self-possession, which off sets any ridicule they are likely to face. The study led by Kerri Boutelle, associate professor of psychiatry and paediatrics, University of California-San Diego School of Medicine, surveyed a group of 103 overweight [...]
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