Clergy celibacy may be open to review: Vatican
Vatican City, April 28: The vow of celibacy by the clergy may be open to review, the Vatican’s second highest ranking official has said. “It is not that it is untouchable,” Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone was quoted as saying by Spain’s Catalan public television on Tuesday. “There
India set to get Headley direct access
Washington/New Delhi, April 28: India appears set to get direct access to Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley with the US agreeing to take “suitable steps” after a “very positive” meeting between top legal officers of the two countries.
Bandh in many states, but game goes on
People play cricket on an empty road in Kolkata during the nationwide bandh on Tuesday called by the Left and non-BJP Opposition parties to protest the rise in prices. PHOTO: PTI
Eggs fly in Ukraine Parliament
A securityman protects Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Liytvyn with an umbrella during a fight in Parliament in Kiev on Tuesday. Fighting broke out and smoke bombs and eggs were thrown as Ukraine’s Parliament erupted as it ratified a bitterly controversial deal with Russia extending the lease of a naval base. PHOTO: AFP
Pranab gets govt through floor test
New Delhi/Lucknow, April 27: The Congress-led UPA on Tuesday won its first trial of strength in the Lok Sabha with the help of the Samajwadi Party(SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) by negating the Opposition members’ cut motions on demands for
Woman at India’s Pak mission held for spying
New Delhi/Thimphu, April 27: An woman diplomat posted at the Indian high commission in Islamabad has been arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. This is possibly the first time that a serving Indian woman diplomat has been arrested on charges of espionage.
Amin: IPL-4 bigger, better, less of a party
Baroda, April 27: IPL interim chief Chirayu Amin on Tuesday said efforts are on to clean up the Twenty20 event and promised a “bigger, better and transparent” IPL next year. “The job has just started and I am getting involved. Over a period of time, we will get into the details,” Mr Amin said. Mr Amin
Delhi court okays Tytler clean chit
NEW DELHI, April 27: Giving a major reprieve to former Union minister Jagdish Tytler, a Delhi court on Tuesday gave him a clean chit in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and accepted the CBI closure report which ruled out his alleged involvement. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Rakesh
Tiger divorce to cost half-billion?
Chicago, April 27: Golfer Tiger Woods’ estranged wife Elin is holding “round-the-clock” discussions with lawyers on her divorce, which could cost Woods between $500 million to $600 million.
Shoaib in court over invite sales
Islamabad, April 27: A Pakistani court has summoned cricketer Shoaib Malik on charges of “fraud and swindling” for selling invitation cards of his wedding reception in his hometown, Sialkot, recently.
