Gold surges to all-time high at Rs 19,470
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:51:02 PM
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 New Delhi: Gold prices scaled to a new peak of 19,470 per ten grams in the national capital on Wednesday on brisk buying by jewellers to meet festival and marriage season demand amid a firm global trend. |
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Centre may take decision on amending AFSPA
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:49:12 PM
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 New Delhi: The Centre is likely to take a decision soon on bringing amendments to the much-criticised Armed Forces Special Powers Act and its phased withdrawal from some parts of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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ICC sends official notice to Pak cricketer Akmal
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:47:28 PM
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 Melbourne: The International Cricket Council has sent an official notice to Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal telling him that he is under investigation for allegedly fixing the Sydney Test. |
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No need to ban whole Pakistan team: Ponting
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:45:26 PM
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 Melbourne: Spot-fixing scandal should be dealt in an appropriate manner but it would be unfair to ban the whole Pakistan team for the alleged involvement of their three players, feels Australian captain Ricky Ponting. |
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Weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu caught for doping
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:44:46 PM
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.jpg) New Delhi: Indian weightlifting was on Wednesday hit by another dope controversy barely days after the country was saved from international ban, including missing the Commonwealth Games, with 53kg lifter Sanamacha Chanu failing a NADA dope test conducted last month. |
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Afridi facing tough task in boosting Pakistan
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:44:28 PM
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 Cardiff: Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi admitted he had a job on his hands to raise the morale of his scandal-hit side after they were bowled out for just 89 by England in a thumping Twenty20 loss. |
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10 militants killed in US drone strike in Pak
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:43:17 PM
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 Peshawar: Stepping up attacks on Taliban hideouts on the Af-Pak border, a US drone on Wednesday fired missiles at a house in the restive tribal belt in northwest Pakistan, killing 10 militants and injuring several others. |
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BCCI to cut down tenure of IPL Governing Council
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:41:45 PM
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 Mumbai: In a move that can be viewed as cutting down the vast powers enjoyed previously by the Indian Premier League, the Cricket Board has decided to limit the IPL Governing Council's tenure from five years to one. |
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Maoists blow up block office in Malkangiri
Source : OrissaTV Bureau
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:37:00 PM
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 Bhubaneswar: In what could be said as a retaliatory act of the Maoists for the encounter in forests bordering Keonjhar-Jajpur districts on Monday, a day after the red rebels struck the block office at Padia in Malkangiri. According to reports, in a pre-dawn attack about 40 armed ultras stormed into the block office triggering landmine blasts. After blowing up the newly constructed building, the ultras disappeared into the nearby forest shouting slogans against anti-naxal operations by the security forces, Padia Block Development Officer (BDO) Michael Tiga said. |
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Kyoto Protocol to continue past 2012
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:36:15 PM
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 New Delhi: As hopes for any deal on global warming dims at the Cancun meet later this year, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Wednesday made it clear that the Kyoto Protocol will continue post 2012 as a second protocol since it does not have a "sunset" clause. |
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Asha Bhosle turns 77
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 3:07:25 PM
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 Mumbai: Veteran playback singer Asha Bhosle, who has lent her voice to more than 12,000 songs in over a dozen Indian and foreign languages, turned 77 on Wednesday. |
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Angelina Jolie in Pak to raise funds
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 2:19:45 PM
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 Islamabad: Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie who had earlier donated US $1 million to relief efforts in flood ravaged Pakistan, arrived in the country on Tuesday to provide some hands-on help. |
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US and China should not treat each other as rivals
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 1:58:53 PM
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 Beijing: Trying to put away months of tension between them, China has told US that the two countries should not treat each other as "rivals", as Washington and Beijing began a high-level dialogue to prepare for a visit to America by President Hu Jintao. |
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Apang remanded in judicial custody
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 1:29:53 PM
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 Itanagar: Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang has been remanded in judicial custody for two days by a special sessions court in connection with the multi-crore PDS scam case. |
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SC upholds land acquisition policy of UP govt
Source : Press Trust of India
posted on : 9/8/2010 1:27:08 PM
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 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the land acquisition policy of the Uttar Pradesh government for development of projects alongside the Yamuna Expressway connecting the national capital with Agra. |
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