Washington, Sep 30 – The US will provide $5 billion in new grants for medical research, which will also create thousands of new jobs, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday.
The funds will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as the $787-billion economic stimulus package passed in February is known, to ‘conduct cutting-edge research all [...]
Srinagar, Sep 30 – A prominent activist of Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling National Conference was shot dead by separatist militants in his village late Wednesday evening, police said.
A senior police officer said the guerrillas fired at Mohammad Maqbool Para, block president of the National Conference, who was watching a cricket match on TV along with [...]
Ghaziabad, Sep 30 – Angry residents of Loni town in Ghaziabad damaged a police post and blocked traffic on a highway Wednesday after a man died in police custody, officials said. The entire staff of the police post was later suspended.
Police admitted that Din Mohammad, a 45-year-old resident of Loni, was taken into custody for [...]
Centurion, Sep 30 – Scoreboard of the Champions Trophy Group A match between Pakistan and Australia at the SuperSport Park here Wednesday.
Pakistan:
Kamran Akmal b Watson 44
Shahid Afridi c Hopes b Johnson 15
Younis Khan c Johnson b Hopes 18
Shoaib Malik c Ponting b Johnson 27
Mohammad Yousuf c White b Lee [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – The central government has sought the West Bengal government’s report after Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that her Trinamool Congress party’s workers were being targeted in the state, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday.
‘She has complained that her cadre was at the receiving end. In some cases, we have asked [...]
Centurion, Sep 30 – Australia stopped India’s progress to the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a thrilling two-wicket win over Pakistan in the Group A match at the SuperSport Park here Wednesday.
Chasing a modest Pakistani total of 205 for six after deciding to field, Australia from 140 for two in 32nd over lost six wickets [...]
Jakarta, Sep 30 – At least 75 people were killed and hundreds were trapped under collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sumatra province Wednesday, officials said.
Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the mayor of Padang, the capital of West Samatra, told him that the quake left at least 75 people dead.
‘The number may [...]
Rome, Sep 30 – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari presided Wednesday over the signing of a defence memorandum between their two countries.
‘The agreement aims to increase the exchange of intelligence and bilateral trade in the military field,’ Berlusconi said, at a joint news conference with Zardari in Rome.
Zardari, who [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – India’s telecom major Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN Wednesday terminated their talks for a proposed $24-billion cash-cum-equity deal that could have created the world’s third largest mobile phone entity.
According to Bharti, the proposed deal – which even had the backing of Prime Miniter Manmohan Singh – was called off [...]
Surat, Sep 30 – The government will ensure that the common man will not be affected by the volatility in global energy prices, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said here Wednesday.
Deora was in this Gujarat city as a part of a series of ‘meet the people’ with local dealers, senior state government officials and representatives of [...]
