Actor almost dies shooting suicide scene
Bhubaneswar, March 3: An Oriya small screen actor on Wednesday narrowly escaped death while staging a suicide scene at Cuttack, 30 km from here, for a mega serial on a local television channel, sources in the TV channel said.
India get some Aussie stick, lose 2-5
The Australian team celebrate a goal during the International Hockey Federation World Cup 2010 match against India in New Delhi on Tuesday. India lost 2-5. PHOTO: AP
Pak Sikhs rescued
Injured Pakistani Sikh Sirjeeth Singh arrives to meet the media in Peshawar on Tuesday. Two Sikhs kidnapped for ransom in Pakistan’s Afghan border area were recovered alive on Monday and are under the protection of Pakistani soldiers, the military said. PHOTO: AFP
Delhi to seek custody of Bangla militant
New Delhi, March 2: The Centre will ask Bangladesh to hand over top Jaish-e-Mohammed militant Nannu Mian, alias Belal Mandol, who, along with four operatives of the Pakistan-based JeM, was arrested on February 28 in that country.
Top Maoist behind attack on EFR caught in Kolkata
Kolkata, March 2: The West Bengal CID arrested top Maoist leader Venkateswar Reddy, alias Telugu Dipak, from a bus stand in the Behala area of Kolkata on Tuesday. A member of the Maoists’ central military commission, he is believed to have taken a leading position in the Maoist attack on the Eastern Frontier Rifles camp at Sildah.
Shivendra ban cut to 2 matches
New Delhi, March 2: The International Hockey Federation Tues-day reduced the three-match ban on Indian forward Shivendra Singh, for “deliberately” hitting a Pakistani player during the team’s World Cup opener here Sunday, to two games.
Stimulus drives up deficit 34%
New Delhi, March 30: India’s fiscal deficit rose by 34 per cent between April and January due to the stimulus measures taken by the government to boost the economy at the time of the global financial crisis.
I never wrote it: Taslima
New Delhi, March 2: Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said the law and order situation in Karnataka is under control and the state government would take action in the case related to the publication of an article, purportedly written by exiled
Mamata softens, says ties firm
New Delhi, March 2: Driven by electoral compulsions, the strident stance has given way to a softer line. So the Congress can now breathe easy with key allies like the Trinamul Congress and the DMK declaring on Tuesday that the coalition, and in turn the
Pranab, Father Minister, replies to Munni
New Delhi, March 2: Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has written a letter to “Munni”, his daughter, in response to what he has described as her “wise suggestions” on the Union Budget.
