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NAT17National/Security/TerrorismJharkhand to announce Rs.15 million reward for Maoist rebels Ranchi, Sep 28 IANS The Jharkhand police have drawn up a list of 60 hardcore Maoist rebels against whom an overall cash reward of Rs.15 million will be announced soon, police sources said Sunday. The list of the 60 rebels has been sent to the state home department for clearance. "The Maoist rebels belong to different outlawed groups. Those included in the list are of the rank of zonal commander, sub zonal commander, area commander and others," a police source told IANS read more
INT35International/Aviation/BusinessUAE firm plans to develop airstrips, helipads in IndiaDubai, Sep 28 IANS The United Arab Emirates UAE-based real estate company ETA Star Ascon is planning to enter India’s business jet infrastructure sector by developing hundreds of small airstrips in that country.The company, which had set up Star Aviation in India earlier this year to charter out business jets, now plans to develop airstrips and helipads across India.According to Hameed Salahuddin, there is a great demand for such facilities in India as the economy was growing fast read more
NAT19National/CrimeLifer who fled from Uttar Pradesh court arrested after 6 yearsLucknow, Sep 28 IANS A man, who fled six years ago from the Lucknow district court where he was taken for the final hearing in the rape case of a minor, has been arrested, the police said Sunday.Mohammad Umar had been sentenced to life and was taken to the court for the final hearing. He fled from there."Umar is accused of raping a minor girl and was sentenced to life by the court. However, he managed to escape read more
INT16International/Diplomacy/BusinessChavez buys a million laptops from PortugalLisbon, Sep 28 IANS Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has signed an agreement to buy one million laptop computers from Portugal during a visit to the Iberian nation, the EFE news agency reported Sunday.The agreement was signed at a function Saturday following a meeting between Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates and Chavez, who praised his country's bilateral relations with Portugal.The two sides signed a total read more
ENT7Entertainment/Showbiz/InternationalDannii Minogue threatens to leave 'X-Factor'London, Sep 28 IANS Australian pop singer Dannii Minogue, who is a judge on the show "X-Factor", has threatened to leave because fellow judge Cheryl Cole is apparently getting more airtime.Minogue is also upset because Cole has become a favourite. She has confronted Simon Cowell, the head of the show, and asked him for more time on camera, reports mirror.co.uk. A source said: "Cheryl has been a brilliant success read more
NAT7National/TerrorismThree bomb-like objects found in Punjab townDerabassi Punjab, Sep 28 IANS Police were summoned after three bomb-like objects were found in Derabassi town of Punjab, near Chandigarh, Sunday morning. Residents of Derabassi town, around 20 km from Chandigarh, alerted police when they sighted the three suspicious objects near the highway. Police cordoned off the area and the bomb disposal squad was called. "Preliminary investigations are on. We are trying to detect whether read more
INT17International/PoliticsDhaka stops politician from going to Delhi for treatmentDhaka, Sep 28 IANS A senior Awami League official has alleged that he was being made to "die slowly" after the Bangladesh government blocked his departure to New Delhi for medical treatment. The immigration police at Zia International Airport Saturday stopped the Sheikh Hasina-led party's joint general secretary Obaidul Kader Chowdhury from boarding a Jet Airways flight scheduled to take off at 9.25 a read more
NAT2National/Law/SocietyTaking justice to women's doorstep in KeralaBy Jeevan Mathew KurianKozhikode Kerala, Sep 28 IANS Justice at the doorstep is a much espoused cause but remains a dream. For women in Kerala justice may not be at their doorstep, but they can at least seek it in their neighbourhood.The Jagrata Samithis Vigilance Committees in local administrative bodies is slowly turning into sanctuaries of justice for them. The committees have come up in 832 local administrative bodies out of around 1,200 in the state read more
INT12International/Diaspora/Tourism/EntertainmentWhen in Dubai, check out the lost city of AtlantisBy Aroonim BhuyanDubai, Sep 28 IANS Is a 30-metre water slide through shark-filled waters your idea of a relaxing holiday Or would you rather take a look at the ruins of the legendary island city of Atlantis by strolling through an underwater maze of tunnelsOr perhaps you are the jet-setting type and would instead prefer a jetlag recovery massage.A new entertainment resort in Dubai offers all these and more read more
BUS9Business/InternationalIndia should head world coffee body: Africa Lead, superseding earlier storyBy Dipankar De SarkarLondon, Sep 28 IANS India has been elected chairman of the International Coffee Organisation's ICO executive board, a step that a senior African diplomat hoped would take it to the very top of the London-based body.Josefa Leonel Correia, the Angolan diplomat representing the African continent at the ICO, said Africa will support a bid by India to lead the organisation at the next election for the post of the executive director, due in 2012 read more
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