Chinese troops in PoK: India conveys concern to China
BEIJING/NEW DELHI: India on Friday conveyed its concerns to China over its presence in Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and its activities in that region. The Indian move came in the wake of reports of presence of about 11,000 Chinese troops in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan region held by Pakistan. The Indian concerns over Chinese “activity and [...]
Match-fixing : ICC suspends Pakistan’s Butt, Asif, Aamer
LONDON: Cricket’s world governing body charged three Pakistan stars accused in a betting scam with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them Thursday, as the trio protested their innocence. The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif were barred from taking part in all cricket matches with [...]
God didn’t create the Universe: Stephen Hawking
London: God didn’t create the universe – it was actually a result of the inevitable laws of physics, British physicist Prof Stephen Hawking has concluded. In his latest book, ‘The Grand Design’, Hawking said, “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the [...]
This Nazi hunter worked for Mossad, book alleges
Jerusalem: Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor who gained worldwide fame for decades as a one-man Nazi-hunting operation, was in fact frequently on the payroll of the Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, a new biography asserts. The assertion, based on numerous documents and interviews with three people said to be Mr. Wiesenthal’s Mossad handlers, not only punctures [...]
Another oil spill disaster for US?
Louisiana: An oil platform exploded and caught fire off the Louisiana coast on Thursday triggering fears of a repeat of the BP Deep Horizon oil spill in the same region earlier this year. All 13 crew members aboard the platform were rescued. The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile long 1.6 [...]
Delay is the way India prepares: Australian CWG chief
Melbourne: The world should not be worried about Indian organisers’ race against time to complete venues for the Commonwealth Games as delays are part of Indian way of preparations, Australia’s Commonwealth Games chef de mission Steve Moneghetti said on Thursday. The overlays work is yet to complete at many venues as heavy monsoon rains played [...]
Body of Bihar policeman found as Naxal deadline ends
Patna: An unidentified body of a policeman has been found in the Lakhisarai jungles of Bihar with a note from Naxals that says, “We have killed a hawaldar since our colleagues were not released. If our colleagues are not released we will kill other cops as well. A new deadline set by the Naxals holding [...]
UP: Woman PPS officer assaulted by traffic constables in Bareilly
Bareilly: In Uttar Pradesh, a state ruled by a woman, a woman Indian PPS officer says she was dragged by male colleagues and assaulted because she objected to alleged extortion by the traffic policemen in the name of regular checking. The reported incident took place in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, in broad daylight on a busy [...]
