Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Communal riots spread to new areas in Hyderabad Tuesday even as shoot-at-sight orders were issued in the old city and curfew was imposed in the areas under eight more police stations.
While curfew continued the old city without any relaxation, it was imposed in new areas following fresh clashes. (Continue reading)
London, March 30 (IANS) Singer Courtney Love is dating Uma Thurman's ex-fiancee Andre Balazs and says the two are madly in love.
Imdb.com reports that the singer, widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, shared her feelings with a friend through email. (Continue reading)
London, March 30 (IANS) Music mogul Simon Cowell plans to buy fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy a $97,000 car.
Femalefirst.co.uk reports that Cowell, who is expected to marry make-up artist Hussainy in September, reportedly spent an hour looking at a luxury 1954 Jaguar XK convertible at a showroom in Los Angeles recently. He plans to buy the classic car for her 37th birthday. (Continue reading)
Karnal (Haryana), March 30 (IANS) A court Tuesday sentenced to death five men who dragged out a young couple from a crowded bus and murdered them three years ago for daring to marry against the wishes of their community in rural Haryana.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Vani Gopal Sharma also came down heavily on the traditional caste-based 'khap panchayats', one of which had come out against the May 2007 marriage of Manoj, 23, and Babli, 19. (Continue reading)
New Delhi, Mar 30(ANI): Tennis sensation Sania Mirza and her family got their Pakistan visa on Tuesday, and will be leaving for Pakistan shortly to meet former cricket captain Shoib Malik and his family. (Continue reading)
Beijing, March 30 (DPA) Workers recovered the bodies of 21 babies, some with hospital identification tags attached, from a river in eastern China's Shandong province, state media said on Tuesday.
The workers found the babies dumped inside plastic bags, at least one of which was marked "hospital waste", in a suburb of Jining city, Shandong province, the Beijing News and other media reported. (Continue reading)
Malerkotla (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) India's Bharti group and the world's largest retailer Walmart Tuesday launched a direct farm produce sourcing system to streamline the supply chain between farmers and consumers.
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A city court Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court to respond to a co-accused of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, who has contended that the CBI court has no jurisdiction to hear the case.
District and Sessions Judge G.P. Mittal issued notice to the CBI and asked it to file reply by April 1. (Continue reading)
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The government said Tuesday that all National Sports Federations (NSFs) receiving a grant of Rs.1 million or more will be considered a public authority and will come under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The government issued the order after taking into consideration various issues, including the fact that the NSFs are using government resources to prepare national teams for international events as well as promotion of sports. (Continue reading)
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a 2006 lawsuit against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi, an alleged recipient of Rs.7 billion kickbacks in the Bofors gun purchase scandal. However, the court has paved the way for filing of a fresh lawsuit against him.
Dismissing the 2006 lawsuit, a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan gave liberty to petitioner Ajay Aggarwal, a Delhi-based advocate, to file a fresh petition against Quattrochi. The bench included Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan. (Continue reading)