News from January 2009

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Likely To Be Discharged From Hospital On Saturday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who is recuperating after a coronary by-pass surgery is likely to be discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) on Saturday.
Dr Vijay D’Silva of the Mumbai-based Asian Heart Institute, said the Prime Minister is likely to be discharged tomorrow.
Dr. D’Silva said the Prime Minister has [...]

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray Meet Maharashtra Governor S C Jamir

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray meet Maharashtra Governor S C Jamir for about an hour on Friday in connection with the vandalisation of Mumbai University premises.
Raj was accompanied by key associates, including spokesperson Shirish Parkar, to the Raj Bhavan.
Details of the meeting were not disclosed.
Earlier this week, MNS student wing activists attacked [...]

Pakistani Police Arrests Nine Terrorism Suspects

Islamabad – Pakistani police captured nine people they accused of being involved in a string of bombings, including last year’s suicide attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad, for which al-Qaeda claimed responsibility, media reports said Friday.
Rawalpindi police chief Rao Muhammad Iqbal announced the arrests and said the men had confessed they were involved [...]

40 People Are Missing And One Person is Dead Two Days After a Blaze

Nairobi – Some 40 people are missing and one person is dead two days after a blaze ripped through a supermarket in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
The fire broke out on Wednesday and quickly engulfed the downtown branch of Nakumatt, a popular supermarket chain.
Nakumatt on Wednesday evening issue a statement saying all of its staff and [...]

PML N Leaders Sharifs eligibility Case Hearing Adjourned

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench adjourned hearing of the Sharif brothers eligibility case till Monday.Advocate Mohudin Qazi representing Noor Elahi an independent candidate continued his argument before the court on Friday.A K Dogar, Counsel for Shakil Baig and Zafar Iqbal, who seconded and proposed the nomination papers of PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif form for [...]

Maya’s Govt is Packed With Goons: Mulayam

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has hit out at the Mayawati government after reports that sitting Ghazipur MP from the SP, Afzal Ansari, met the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Wednesday (January 28), saying that the government of Mayawati is packed with goons.
Indications are that Afzal Ansari has [...]

Asha Bhonsle’s Wants To Breathe Her Last While Singing

Legendary singer Asha Bhonsle has a wish – she wants to breathe her last while singing in front of her fans. The 76-year-old, who has recorded nearly 12,000 songs.
“I don’t have any complaint against anyone but my only desire is that I should breathe my last while singing before my admirers who love me,” she said [...]

Ganguly May Play in CAB’s T20 Exhibition Match

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly may play in an exhibition Twenty20 match for the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on the occasion of their 81st Foundation Day on February 1. The state association has invited Ganguly to play for the CAB Board of Trustees XI in their scheduled T20 match against CAB President’s XI.
“We have [...]

Pakistan Soil Not used For Mumbai Attacks: Shamsul Hasan

Pakistan high commissioner in Britain Wajid Shamsul Hassan has said that the planning of Mumbai attacks was not hatched on Pakistani soil.
In an interview to Indian television, Wajid Shamsul Hassan has said that the report on the dossier that India has sent to Pakistan on the Mumbai attacks is in its final stage which is [...]

Kasab May dead Stint From Pakistan

As Pakistan comes under renewed international pressure to respond credibly to India’s demands in the wake of the Mumbai attacks,
sources said the old machinery of disinformation in Pakistan is at work to obfuscate the issue.
Officials monitoring events inside Pakistan said these supposedly stray bits of information were also intended to queer the pitch by raising [...]

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