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BUS7Business/TerrorismMaoist-infested Bastar region set to receive Rs.335 bn investmentRaipur, Sep 28 IANS Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, known to be one of the Maoist strongholds in India, is set to receive at least Rs.335 billion $7.28 billion investment over the next five years, state officials said Sunday."Contrary to the popular belief that companies shy from pumping money into the insurgency-hit areas, the state's Bastar region is getting an assured investment of at least Rs.335 read more
NAT18National/Security/DefenceEvery passing train a security threat to Agra air baseBy Ritu SharmaAgra, Sep 28 IANS A railway line uncomfortably close to the runway of the Agra air force base, one of the largest in India, sends the authorities into a tizzy every time a train passes by. “Anybody can attack the air base from the train with the help of a shoulder mounted weapon. Even though the attack will not cause much damage it will send all the wrong signals,” a senior Indian Air Force IAF official told IANS, speaking on condition of anonymity read more
ENT10Entertainment/Cinema'Kaadalil Vizhunthen': a boring action flick Tamil Film ReviewBy Ayyappa PrasadFilm: "Kaadalil Vizhunthen", Cast: Nakul, Sunaina, Hariraj, Livingston, Sampath; Director: P.V. Prasad; Music: Vijay Anthony; Cinematography: Vijay Milton; Rating: 1/2 star "Kaadalil Vizhunthen" I fell in love deserves to be parodied as "fallen" period. The movie is a killing guillotine of boring gore. A slum kid Sabha Nakul is nursed back to health after an accident by a rich girl Sunaina read more
ENT11Entertainment/CinemaZain Khan shines in fun film 'Hari Puttar' Hindi Film Review - Rating: **Film: "Hari Puttar: A Comedy Of Terrors"; Cast: Zain Khan, Swini Khara, Sarika, Lillette Dubey, Jackie Shroff, Vijay Raaz, Saurabh Shukla; Director: Lucky Kohli and Rajesh Bajaj; Rating: ** A child accidentally left behind alone at home tries to protect his house against two funny criminals - does this ring a bell You guessed it right, "Harri Puttar", which Hollywood studio read more
INT34International/Religion/ShowbizExiled Muslim preacher's daughter a pole dancerLondon, Sep 28 IANS The daughter of British Muslim preacher exiled for his extremist views is a pole dancer, a British newspaper reported.Yasmin Fostok, 27, whose father Omar Bakri Mohammed lives in Lebanon after being deported from Britain, admitted she performs in London bars and nightclubs, adding: "I’m willing to go topless if the venue is right,” The Sun reported. Yasmin, described as a party-loving girl, quit the family home and now lives in Catford, a south London neighbourhood read more
SPO12SportsIndia A all out for 248 against New Zealand AChennai, Sep 28 IANS Off-spinner Nathan McCullum picked up six wickets as New Zealand A restricted India A to 248 in their first innings on the first day of the four-day match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Sunday. In reply, the Kiwis were 36 without loss at stumps with Aaron Redmond on 31 and BJ Watling on two. India would have drawn some consolation had Sudeep Tyagi, fielding at deep midoff, held on to Redmond's catch off leg-spinner Amit Mishra in the eighth over read more
INT43International/Science/TechnologyChinese astronauts return home after landmark spacewalk LeadBeijing, Sep 28 Xinhua Three Chinese astronauts, who made history after conducting the country's first spacewalk Saturday, returned home safely in a Shenzhou-7 module that landed in China's central Inner Mongolia region Sunday.Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng returned to earth from a 68-hour space flight that included a 20-minute spacewalk. "It was a glorious mission, full of challenges, but the result was perfect read more
NAT33National/PoliticsNorthern zone chief ministers' meeting postponedShimla, Sep 28 IANS The 26th Northern Zone Chief Ministers' Conference to be held in this Himachal Pradesh capital Monday has been postponed, an official statement said Sunday.In the meeting, the chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, the governor of Jammu and Kashmir and the Chandigarh administrator were to deliberate on internal security, police modernisation, communal harmony and disaster management read more
SPO13SportsTransition from one generation to other has to be smooth: selectorBy Sirshendu PanthKolkata, Sep 28 IANS Indian cricket is now at the crossroads, with the old warhorses gradually making way for the youngsters. And with an eye to the 2011 World Cup to be held in the sub-continent, new national selector Raja Venkat feels the transition has to be smooth."By the time the next World Cup comes, there will be lot of changes in the side. And this transition has to be smooth. It has to be done properly," Venkat told IANS here Sunday read more
ENT13Entertainment/Showbiz/CinemaI prefer wearing ethnic to western for ramp: Karan JoharBy Subhash K. JhaMumbai, Sep 28 IANS Director Karan Johar, who walked the ramp here for his designer friend Rohit Bal at the Chivas Fashion Tour, says he prefers wearing ethnic sherwani than westerns on such occasions."I can't say I'm crazy about the idea of being a model. And please, it's not about modelling at all. It's about just lending my name to a friend who happens to be a dress designer read more
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