News from March 2009

Further Revision in Pay For PSU Officers Okay by Govt

NEW DELHI: Around four lakh officers of central public sector enterprises will benefit from a government decision on Monday giving them a further increase in salary and allowances, over and above the hikes announced last year. The decision to improve the salary structure of officers at board level and below, along with supervisory staff, was [...]

Anjali Waghmare is Ajmal Kasab’s Lawyer Appointed

Mumbai: A special court here on Monday appointed Anjali Waghmare as the new lawyer for Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured during the November 26 Mumbai attacks. The trial of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab will begin on April 6 in a special high security court in Arthur Road Jail here. Judge M L [...]

Sneha turns Vamp

Gorgeous Sneha looks in a mood to prove her versatility in acting and show the audiences and the producers more shades of her acting talent. After Ramya Krishnan and Sangeetha, now Sneha would be playing a vamp in the forthcoming flick titled Goa. It is said her role as a vamp will be much talked [...]

Ship carrying 257 migrants sinks off Libya coast

CAIRO: A ship carrying more than 250 illegal migrants headed for Europe has sunk near the Libyan coast, Egypt’s state news agency MENA said on Monday, with dozens of people feared to have drowned. Ahmed Rizq, who is responsible for consular affairs at Egypt’s foreign ministry, told MENA that 20 passengers, including six Egyptians, were [...]

Google launched free downloads songs in China

BEIJING: Google Inc on Monday launched free downloads of licenced songs in China, while sharing advertising revenue with major music labels in a market rife with online piracy. Lee Kai-Fu, president of Google in greater China, said one reason Google lagged in the mainland search market was because it did not offer music downloads, the [...]

World Bank, IMF To Release $1.4Billion For Pakistan

WASHINGTON: The IMF and World Bank will release a total of dollar one point four billion for Pakistan on Tuesday, official said. Of this, $500 million will come from the World Bank’s fund for poverty reduction and economic support. The larger chunk, $840 million, is the second tranche of a $7.6 billion loan from the [...]

65 suspects arrested from DIK: Lahore attack

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Law enforcement agencies have started crackdown for arrest of terrrorists after Manawan Police Training School terror strike. Security forces and Police have arrested 65 suspects from Dinpura in Dera Ismail Khan. The security agencies and police started a joint search and arrest operation against the outlawed outfits after the terrorist attack in [...]

Global Help Needed by Pakistan To Fight Terrorism: US

Washington: Calling Monday’s attack on a police training academy in Lahore as an attack on Pakistan’s institutions, the US has said it stands ready to help Pakistan which needs international support in fighting terrorism. “I think the one thing that is evident is that Pakistan needs our help and international support in fighting terrorism that [...]

Sanjay Dutt’s neta debut still uncertain

The Supreme Court on Monday (March 30) reserved its order on Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt’s plea seeking suspension of his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case to contest the Lok Sabha elections. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan reserved the order after hearing contentions of Dutt’s counsel and the CBI, which [...]

Lawyer Withdraws From Ajmal Kasab Case After Attack

MUMBAI: An Indian lawyer Anjali Waghmare, who was appointed by a special court to represent arrested terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab in Mumbai terror trial has withdrawn from the case, according to TV reports. Anjali said,”Owing to public sentiment, I withdraw from the Kasab case.” Earlier, over 100 activists staged a protest and pelted stones at [...]

News from March 2009

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