Sunanda death: Mysterious injection mark detected
Investigating on death of Central Minister Shashi Dharoor's wife Sundanda, discovered a mysterious injection mark after post-mortem.
The Daily News & Analysis report suggested that this could have led to Sunanda Pushkar's death.
WorleyParsons reviews its business
Gaint Engineering Company Worley Parsons wants to review its international business, because of the company's profit fell down by 29 percent.
The CEO of Company Andrew Wood said that the company would conduct a comprehensive review on the global business in order the bring the company in position in future growth.
- Emergency warning issued for bushfire near Ricketts Marsh in Victoria
13 MLAs quit Lalu's RJD; six MLAs return within an hour
The six legislators alleged they never quit the party and that their signatures in the resignation letter sent to Bihar speaker Uday Narain Choudhary were forged.
The six legislators alleged they never quit the party and that their signatures in the resignation letter sent to Bihar speaker Uday Narain Choudhary were forged.
The six MLAs - Akhtarul Islam Shahi, Dr Faiyaz Ahmed, Abdul Gafoor, Chandrashekhar, Durga Prasad Rai and Lalit Yadav - claim they are still loyal to Lalu Yadav's RJD.
The seven MLAs who decided to part ways with the RJD are Samrat Chaudhary, Javed Ansari, Ram Lakhan Ram, Jitendra Rai, Raghuvendra Pratap Singh, Anirudh Kumar and Akhtarul Imam.
Thirteen of the 22 legislators of the RJD had earlier said they were no longer with the party. Party chief Lalu Prasad said he will talk to the MLAs as communalism was a threat to India.
Assembly member Javed Ansari told IANS that he along with 12 other legislators signed the letter that was submitted to Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary, who accepted it.
Asked about the split in the party, Lalu Prasad said: "We are finding out the facts, I have heard about it but it's not all true."
"Communalism is a threat to the country. I would suggest to the MLAs not to quit the party. We will talk to them," he said.
The rebel members requested the speaker to allot them separate seats in the assembly.
Ansari said they would soon join the ruling Janata-Dal United. (With inputs from agencies)
The six legislators alleged they never quit the party and that their signatures in the resignation letter sent to Bihar speaker Uday Narain Choudhary were forged.
The six MLAs - Akhtarul Islam Shahi, Dr Faiyaz Ahmed, Abdul Gafoor, Chandrashekhar, Durga Prasad Rai and Lalit Yadav - claim they are still loyal to Lalu Yadav's RJD.
The seven MLAs who decided to part ways with the RJD are Samrat Chaudhary, Javed Ansari, Ram Lakhan Ram, Jitendra Rai, Raghuvendra Pratap Singh, Anirudh Kumar and Akhtarul Imam.
Thirteen of the 22 legislators of the RJD had earlier said they were no longer with the party. Party chief Lalu Prasad said he will talk to the MLAs as communalism was a threat to India.
Assembly member Javed Ansari told IANS that he along with 12 other legislators signed the letter that was submitted to Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary, who accepted it.
Asked about the split in the party, Lalu Prasad said: "We are finding out the facts, I have heard about it but it's not all true."
"Communalism is a threat to the country. I would suggest to the MLAs not to quit the party. We will talk to them," he said.
The rebel members requested the speaker to allot them separate seats in the assembly.
Ansari said they would soon join the ruling Janata-Dal United. (With inputs from agencies)
The six MLAs - Akhtarul Islam Shahi, Dr Faiyaz Ahmed, Abdul Gafoor, Chandrashekhar, Durga Prasad Rai and Lalit Yadav - claim they are still loyal to Lalu Yadav's RJD.
The seven MLAs who decided to part ways with the RJD are Samrat Chaudhary, Javed Ansari, Ram Lakhan Ram, Jitendra Rai, Raghuvendra Pratap Singh, Anirudh Kumar and Akhtarul Imam.
Thirteen of the 22 legislators of the RJD had earlier said they were no longer with the party. Party chief Lalu Prasad said he will talk to the MLAs as communalism was a threat to India.
Assembly member Javed Ansari told IANS that he along with 12 other legislators signed the letter that was submitted to Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary, who accepted it.
Asked about the split in the party, Lalu Prasad said: "We are finding out the facts, I have heard about it but it's not all true."
"Communalism is a threat to the country. I would suggest to the MLAs not to quit the party. We will talk to them," he said.
The rebel members requested the speaker to allot them separate seats in the assembly.
Ansari said they would soon join the ruling Janata-Dal United. (With inputs from agencies)
MS Dhoni needs to take few risks; Kohli ideal successor, says Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid believes Dhoni has to more aggressive in critical situations to win overseas matches.
Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid spoke to ESPNcricinfo after India drew New Zealand in Wellington, and expressed his thoughts on captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
“I think he (MS Dhoni) doesn’t trust his bowling attack as much as I think he should. I saw that even in the Test match in Durban, where he didn’t take the new ball till 146 overs. In fact he was forced to take the new ball. He didn’t trust his fast bowlers to be able to take wickets. He kept playing with the older ball because he wanted to control the runs. So I think that is a slightly defensive mindset that he’s got into,” said a sceptical Dravid who believes Dhoni has to be more aggressive in nature in order to win matches on foreign pitches.
“I think he’s got to realise this very quickly, that if he wants to win Test matches abroad, he’s got to risk it all. He’s got to take that chance that he’s going to have to lose some Test matches. The only way you can win abroad is to take a few risks, take a few gambles. I’ve always seen this year of Indian cricket as these four big overseas tours, which is South Africa, New Zealand, England and Australia, with the World Cup next year in Australia,” he added. ”Let’s presume that Dhoni is going to be India’s one-day captain and take India into that World Cup. I think he’s earned the right to do that.”
Dhoni’s inability to get the most out of his players in overseas matches has been touted as a big failure in his regard, but Dravid thinks Dhoni should still be given another year to improve.
“In Test matches, I always saw these four Test as Dhoni’s opportunity to redeem what has been a pretty poor overseas record for him as captain. He’s achieved everything else. He’s won one-day tournaments, he’s won a World Cup, Champions Trophy, he’s taken India to No. 1, he has a great record in India, (Dhoni) just hasn’t had the results outside of India. And I think he deserves the right, the chance to play out this year, and assess it at the end of the Australian series. End of that series, we’ll really know where Indian cricket stands and where Dhoni stands, both as a player and as a captain.”
“But so far, look, there have been a few disappointments in the way he’s not been able to win, I guess, two Test matches in the last four, been in really really strong positions, but look, you can’t always blame him. It also comes down to the quality of bowling attack that he has, and yes, so I’d like him to have an opportunity to be able to correct that poor overseas record,” Dravid added.
Dravid also felt that Virat Kohli is the perfect candidate to take over the captaincy from Dhoni when he decides to call it a day, and should be given his chances to captain the side after the England and Australia tours.
“I think that World Cup is going to be the watershed moment, and two big series in England and Australia, and after that I believe it will be time for (Dhoni), both personally and for Indian cricket, to assess whether it’s time for a new man to take over. Luckily, in some ways, we’ve got Virat Kohli, who’s playing beautifully, so it’s not that you don’t have somebody waiting in the wings.”
“You’ve got a young player who has, by all accounts, led before. He’s led India Under-19 before, he’s led Delhi before, he’s led North Zone, he’s got leadership experience. It’s just that he needs to, like Marty Crowe said, establish himself little more as a player and by the time, come World Cup, with two more tough series of England and Australia behind his back, and hopefully with runs behind his back, I thInk he’ll be ready to take over,” concluded Dravid.
Grenade attack on cinema kills four in northwest Pakistan
At least four people were killed and 31 wounded late Sunday when unidentified attackers hurled two grenades at a cinema in northwest Pakistan, police and medics said.
The attack on the Picture House cinema in Peshawar took place as some 90 people were watching a late night show of the film 'Ziddi Pakhtun' (Stubborn Pushtun).
"At least four people have been killed and 31 injured. Attackers hurled two grenades and fled the scene," Faisal Mukhtar, a senior police official, said.
He added that a stampede following the blasts was responsible for many of the injuries.
Jamil Shah, a spokesman for Peshawar's Lady Reading Hospital says three dead bodies and 31 injured people had so far been taken to his hospital.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but police say the cinema houses in the city were already under threat.
"We had informed the cinema owner about the possible threats," Najeeb-ur-Rahman, a senior police officer, said.
Peshawar is a frontline city in Pakistan's battle against Islamist insurgents, who regard films as sinful.
The Taliban closed down cinemas in the scenic Swat valley in the country's northwest which they controlled from 2007-2009.
The decline of cinema houses in Peshawar has also been accelerated by the advent of videos, DVDs and the Internet.
China plays down Modi's border remarks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry sought to play down on Monday remarks by Narendra Modi, after the frontrunner to become India's next prime minister asserted at the weekend that the disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of India.
India and China fought a brief border war in 1962 over the region at the eastern end of the Himalayas. The nuclear-armed neighbours signed a pact in October to ensure that differences on their shared border do not spark a confrontation.
India regularly holds elections in Arunachal Pradesh, which has been administered as part of the Indian state for decades. China questions India's claim to the territory and calls it South Tibet.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, asked about Modi's comments, said that China was dedicated to promoting friendly relations with its neighbours and to resolving disputes through talks.
"The China-India border issue is one that has been left over from history. That being said, it is quite a complex and sensitive problem. It cannot be resolved by one or two rounds of talks," she told a daily news briefing.
"What is important is that China and India have both expressed many times their determination and desire to peacefully resolve the dispute through talks, dialogue and consultation," she added.
Before a final resolution is reached, both sides should work hard to maintain peace and tranquillity on the border, Hua said.
"The fact that there have been no shots fired in so many years really shows that both sides have the desire and ability to maintain peace and stability on the border."
Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win more seats in the lower house of parliament than any other party at a national election due by May, giving the Hindu nationalist leader a chance of to become prime minister.
President Pranab Mukherjee described Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of the country on a visit last November, sparking a heated exchange. China urged India not to aggravate problems on their shared border.
The two Asian giants have a complicated relationship marked by both booming economic ties and growing distrust.
Last May, the two armies were locked in a three-week standoff in the western Himalayas after Chinese troops set up a camp at least 10 km (6 miles) inside territory claimed by India, triggering a public outcry and calls that India should stand up to its powerful neighbour.
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