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July, 2009

Tributes flow for England footie great Robson

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 23:54 in Sports | viewed times | 0 Comments

London, Aug.1 (ANI): The world of football and beyond united in tribute to England football star and manager Sir Bobby Robson on Friday after he lost his battle against cancer on Friday. Seventy-six-year-old Robson's death drew tributes from Prince William and Prime Minister Gordon Brown. (Continue reading)

Roseanne Barr turns Adolf Hitler to bake burnt ‘Jew cookies’

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 23:46 in U.S. | viewed times | 0 Comments

Washington, Aug 1 (ANI): Comedian Roseanne Barr has gleefully courted controversy by dressing as Adolf Hitler, complete with a moustache. (Continue reading)

CBI to question Buta Singh on bribery scam

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 23:34 in South Asia | viewed times | 0 Comments

New Delhi, Aug.1 (ANI): Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources said on Saturday that they would be questioning National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Chairman and former Union Home Minister Buta Singh in connection with the Rs 1 crore bribery case involving his second son Sarabjot Singh. (Continue reading)

Nirupama Rao takes charge as Foreign Secretary

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 23:16 in South Asia | viewed times | 0 Comments

New Delhi, Aug 1 (ANI): Nirupama Rao took charge as India's next Foreign Secretary on Saturday.She assumed charge from incumbent Shiv Shankar Menon. (Continue reading)

Braille watches launched for visually impaired women in Mumbai

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 10:35 in South Asia | viewed times | 0 Comments

Mumbai, July 31(ANI): The Bangalore-based Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) in collaboration with the National Association of Blind (NAB) unveiled a range of Braille watches exclusively for visually impaired women in Mumbai on Friday. (Continue reading)

Lack of rainfall forces farmers to sow pulses instead of paddy in Uttarakhand

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 10:20 in South Asia | viewed times | 0 Comments

Kuriya (Uttarakhand), July 31(ANI): Lack of adequate rainfall has affected paddy cultivation in Uttarakhand’s Kuriya village, forcing farmers to sow soybean and other pulses instead of the more profitable paddy. (Continue reading)

Jharkhand Police kills three kidnappers to save victim

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 10:13 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments

Ranchi (Jharkhand), July 31(ANI): Jharkhand Police gunned down three suspected criminals and arrested three for kidnapping a 22-year-old boy in Ranchi on Friday. Acting on a tip off, police raided several flats in a particular block of the Jagannathpur region and gunned down three kidnappers, who had kidnapped a boy named Luv Kumar Bhatia. (Continue reading)

Mary Kom delighted to get Khel Ratna award

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 9:47 in South Asia | viewed times | 0 Comments

Imphal (Manipur), July 31(ANI): Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, a four-time women’s world boxing champion, has expressed her delight for being awarded with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. (Continue reading)

Pak SC terms emergency imposed by Musharraf as illegal, unconstitutional

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 9:45 in South Asia | viewed times | 0 Comments

Islamabad, July 31 (ANI): Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday declared the November 3 measures adopted by former President Pervez Musharraf as extra-judicial, illegal and unconstitutional. (Continue reading)

Rs 1,000 crore-diesel subsidy to paddy growers: Pawar

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 9:37 in South Asia | viewed times | 0 Comments

New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said that the government will provide Rs 1,000-crore subsidy on diesel to paddy farmers for irrigation during the on-going Kharif season in order to provide relief to growers in times of erratic monsoon. “One major decision which the government has taken in yesterday’s Cabinet meeting is to extend a budgetary provision of Rs 1,000 crore for the support of the (paddy) farmers who are using diesel pumps,” Pawar said on Friday. (Continue reading)