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Another news alert on the Al Arabiya news channel quoted Iraq Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebarias saying,"We request the United States to launch air strikes against militants."
Karzai said that he was convinced that previous US President George W Bush's "war on terror" in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 should not have been fought in Afghan villages and homes. In an apparent reference to Pakistan, he said it should have been prosecuted in "sanctuaries beyond our borders."
"I believe that the war on terror was not fought with honesty and not fought genuinely," the 56-year-old Afghan leader said. "The consequences are being felt across the region," Karzai told the BBC.
During the first week of the session, the pre-budget economic survey, the railway budget and the general budget are expected to be presented in Parliament, sources said.
Both the budgets have to be cleared before July-end as the votes-on account taken before Lok Sabha elections will expire by July-end.
"We discussed about when should be the Budget session held ...we have discussed the dates. But there is a modality of finalisation of the dates. Once those modalities are complete, we'll convey you," Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
A division bench of Gujarat High Court on June 16 had ordered the commission to allow Bhatt to inspect the records,irrespective of whether they are classified.
But Bhatt today said he was still denied access to these records, while special Prosecutor for the state government. Devang Vyas said the commission was going to file a review petition before the high court against division bench's order.
Shiv Sena workers feel that Uddhav Thackeray should become the next chief minister of Maharashtra, senior party leader Manohar Joshi said in Mumbai today.
"It is the desire of party workers and even my own wish that Uddhavji becomes the Chief Minister," Joshi, a former occupant of the post during the Sena-BJP government in the 1990s, told PTI in Mumbai, on the sidelines of the two-day meeting of state Shiv Sena functionaries, which got underway in suburban Bandra.
However, the former Lok Sabha Speaker, added a word of caution for "overzealous" Shiv Sainiks. "It is too early to speak about who will occupy the post. Shiv Sena workers should start full preparations to get more number of seats (than ally BJP) in the assembly elections, which are four months away," he said.
A Correspondent reports: Rajeev Topno, the talented officer of Dr Manmohan Singh's PMO, has been retained and promoted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He will be personal assistant to PM Modi. Topno belongs to '96 batch of Gujarat cadre and is a tribal from Jharkhand. Has a fairly good experience of functioning of the previous PMO.
One more body of a student was recovered from Beas river today eleven days after 25 persons, including 24 students from a Hyderabad engineering college, were swept away in the river.
The deceased has been identified as P Venkata Durga Tarun, Mandi SP, R S Negi said.
Nine bodies have been recovered so far and fifteen students, including three girls and co-tour leader Prahlad, are still missing.
The swollen body floating in the river was spotted by rescue team members, who fished it out of the river.
Whistleblowers who fear threat to life or harassment can seek security from the government. The Department of Personnel and Training has authorised Chief Vigilance Officers, who act as distant arm of Central Vigilance Commission, to take a decision on providing security to whistleblowers.
"If CVOs in the ministries or department, either on the application of the complainant or on the basis of the information gathered, are of the opinion that either the complainant or the witnesses need protection, they shall take up the matter with the Central Vigilance Commission for issuing appropriate directions to the authorities concerned," DOPT said in an order.
DoPT has issued a detailed procedure for handling of complaints under Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers Resolution to be followed by the Chief Vigilance Officers of central government ministries and departments.
The Managing Director of NAFED assured Jung that they have the infrastructure to store, transport and preserve onions, the L-G House officials said. NAFED can store up to 300-400 tonnes of onions and can increase its capacity further, they said.
In a new twist to Preity Zinta-Ness Wadia episode, the Wadia group has filed a police complaint claiming they received threatening calls and a text message from an underworld don warning that their "business will be in trouble" if the actress was harassed.
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh signed five files recommending to President Pranab Mukherjee that the mercy petitions of Renukabai and Seema (Maharashtra), Koli (Uttar Pradesh), Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik (Mahasrashtra), Jagdish (Madhya Pradesh) and Holiram Bordoloi (Assam) should be rejected.
The death sentence of 42-year-old Surendra Koli, who brutally killed and later axed children in Nithari locality of Noida in UP, was confirmed by the Supreme Court in February 2011.
Yesterday, Akbaruddin said, "We shall be monitoring the situation on an hourly basis. In accordance with her instructions, the Indian Embassy in Baghdad is providing us updated reports on their contacts with the Indian nationals in the affected areas."
The Indian mission in Baghdad has been in touch with the Iraqi government and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq to ensure the safety of all Indians stranded in the violence-affected areas.
Akbaruddin said the government was in touch with the 46 Indian nurses holed up in Tikrit, and several had said they would prefer to stay back in Iraq.
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Akbaruddin says the MEA has received 60 phone calls from families of people who are in the region. Airports in Bagdad are open. Areas which are facing uncertainty are not where the majority of Indians are. India will not shut down its embassy in Iraq. He said India has contingency plans for evacuating Indians and every single Indian who wants to be evacuated will be helped.
He also confirmed that 40 Indian workers in Mosul have in fact been kidnapped.
The MEA has conctacted Red Cresecent who has contacted the Indians stuck in Tirkit and Mosul. Of the 46 nurses in Iraq, several want to stay back.
Schumacher is able to nod and is keeping his eyes open for "long periods," it has been claimed.
Schumacher was moved on Monday after emerging from a coma following his devastating ski accident in December.
The paper said he had his eyes open for most of the journey by private ambulance, which was conducted like a secret service operation. Schumacher did not speak, but he communicated by nodding his head during the 200-kilometre journey, the paper said.
The ambulance company was not told the identity of its world-famous passenger in advance, and staff had to give up their mobile phones when they came into contact with him. The paper said Schumacher had lost a lot of weight during his 170 days in hospital in the French city of Grenoble.
Five AAP MLAs said that they had been promised financial incentives for breaking away from the party.
However, BJP leader Naresh Gaur said that his party is not into horse trading in Delhi, and further added that if they wanted they could have done so six months ago.
DIG G S Martolia who heads a Task Force constituted recently to carry out intensive combing operation in the area today said 44 skeletal remains have been found till date from different areas in the Kedar valley and cremated.
However, for the past 24 hours despite an intense search operation in the valley no fresh skeletal remains have been found, he said.
"We conducted a combing operation in the higher reaches at Gomkara located at about 10,500 ft above Gaurikund on way to Kedarnath and through the ridges along Toshi road near Trijuginarayan till late last evening but no bodies were found," he said.
These areas are in focus at present as there were reports that there are bodies still lying in the surrounding forests, the DIG said.
Today also the operation continues in these areas but no fresh skeletal remains have been recovered so far, he said. However, the combing operation by the 22-member STF will continue till the valley is cleared of bodies, he said.
The 8-year-old girl had boarded the train along with her father, who is an Army jawan.
About 1 am near the Ballia station when all passengers were asleep, the vendor, Ranjeet (22) took her near the toilet and assualted her, they said. Meanwhile, a passenger reached the spot and Ranjeet escaped, police said. In the morning, the girl identified Ranjeet when he entered the coach following which he was nabbed by the passengers, who informed the railway control room.
The vendor was taken into custody by police when the train reached Bareilly station. The girl's father reported his complaint at Moradabad railway station, police said.
The buyer's identity has been kept under wraps. The proposal to sell the bungalow had generated a lot of angry reactions.
Eminent scientist C N R Rao, who was conferred the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in February, had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month, urging him to intervene into the matter and stop the bungalow's sale.-- NDTV
CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, who was the first Indian to be shortlisted for the post of Secretary General, had appeared in the interview along with a candidate each from France, Germany, Italy, Jordan and the United Kingdom yesterday evening at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France.
Being a couch potato can raise your risk of developing cancer! Physical inactivity has been linked with increased risk of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease, and according to a new study a sedentary lifestyle can also raise the chances of developing certain cancers.
When the highest levels of sedentary behaviour were compared to the lowest, the researchers found a statistically significantly higher risk for three types of cancer - colon, endometrial, and lung.
The 35-year-old 'Raaz' actress says since she was not happy with the way the Sajid Khan-directed film turned out, she decided it was best for her to stay away from the promotions as well.
"This is to put an end to all the discussions around my absence for 'Humshakals' promotions. I take full responsibility of getting into a film only on the basis of trust. But after dubbing for my character in the film, as I had professionally committed to do so I'm extremely disturbed by the end result of the same," Bipasha posted on Twitter.
"In these circumstances I didn't know how to promote a film with all honesty and that's why I thought it was better to stay away," she added.
Officials told AFP yesterday that the refinery had been shut down and many employees evacuated, because major towns seized by the militants, including second city Mosul, were no longer being supplied with refined products.
Mahila Congress workers are now protesting outside the BJP HQ in Delhi against the minister demanding his resignation.
Supporters of the BJP MLA from Janakpuri, Jagdish Mukhi, have started a Facebook page called Jagdish Mukhi for CM. A storm is brewing in the BJP with many Delhi leaders allegedly threatening to "not cooperate" and even "lose deliberately" if former top cop Kiran Bedi was named the party's next chief ministerial nominee. Bedi had said she was ready to be Delhi CM.
Pakistan troops on Friday, June 13, violated the ceasefire by targeting Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch sector of J&K with heavy firing and mortar shelling, drawing retaliation by Indian forces.
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They are fighting to push back ISIS and its allies in Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, after the militants overran the second city, Mosul, last week.
Fighting is reported in the western city of Ramadi.
Iraq's biggest oil refinery, Baiji, is reportedly under attack by mortars after being shut down on Tuesday.
As per reports, Wadia has claimed that the caller (reportedly Ravi Pujari's gang) threatened to harm the Wadia Group's interests. However, it is still not clear if the threat call was in any way related to the Preity Zinta-Ness Wadia issue.
Preity had lodged a complaint against Ness last week alleging that her former boyfriend had humiliated her in public during an Indian Premier League match on May 30 at the Wankhede stadium in South Mumbai. The match was between Chennai Super Kings and Kings X1 Punjab. She has charged him for harassment and humiliation among other things.The Police had summoned Preity to record her statement and investigations were on.
Aiyar is yet to eat his share of crow after his now infamous comment on Narendra Modi at the AICC session in January: "There is no way he can be Prime Minister in the 21st century... but if he wants to come and distribute tea here we can make some room for him."
The Indian Mission in Baghdad was stated to be touch with the Iraqi government and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) to ensure the safety of all Indians stranded in the violence-affected areas of that country.
The Indian Embassy has already set up a a 24-hour helpline to offer assistance to Indian nationals there.
Over 10,000 Indians are estimated to be currently living in Iraq. The government had on Sunday asked Indians residing in Iraq to consider leaving the country in view of the "precarious" security situation. In an advisory, the government had also asked people not to travel to Iraq.
Earlier, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal wrote a letter to Jung, requesting Rs 1 crore as compensation to the family.
Constable Manna Ram was run over by a car Saturday evening when he tried to stop it from entering a "no entry zone" in west Delhi. Jung said the government will explore the possibility of extending all help to the family and a job, subject to fulfilling certain requirements.
The government had earlier announced Rs 10 lakh compensation to his family.
BJP leader Sidharth Nath Singh, says Nihal Chand Meghwal's case came up during Ashok Gehlot's Congress government and since they framed a closure report in the case, the Congress should instead ask Gehlot about it.
Meghwal (43) is a four-time MP from Ganganagar constituency is currently serving as Union minister of state for chemicals and fertilizers. He is the only minister elected from Rajasthan. The Congress and the BJD has demanded that the minister be sacked for his alleged involved in a rape case.
Fans of various nationalities said Tuesday that they were scared it might come crashing down. The footage shot by a Brazilian photographer showed people packed on the staircase of wooden steps as it swayed, grabbing hand rails to support themselves as they headed via their only exit to a concrete ramp leading to a subway station after the game.
"When people walk on it the wood moves, so with thousands of people walking up there, there could be an accident," said Jorge Martinez, a Mexican systems engineer who used the stairs to leave Sunday night's game.
The Rio de Janeiro state government issued a statement saying the staircase was inspected following complaints, reinforced and then re-inspected again Tuesday to ensure fan safety.
He was held in connection with a case of alleged assault on a government official during a BJP-sponsored demonstration in Ranchi on June 2.
Sinha had refused to pay bail, claiming he will not come out of jail till the electricity situation improves in Jharkhand.
"This was an illegal boat and all the passengers were Indonesian," said Muhammad Zuri, a Malaysian maritime agency official.
Zuri said 31 passengers had been rescued, according to The Guardian.
The passengers included women and children and were suspected of trying to reach Malaysia illegally, the report says.
Besides, increased demand from importers also put pressure on the domestic unit. Dealers attributed this fall to dollar's gains against other currencies overseas on reports of US inflation rising in May at its fastest pace in more than a year-and-a-half.
India-born Gupta, 65, will now have to pay $13.9 million as penalty in the US Securities and Exchange Commission's parallel insider trading case against him, in addition to the $5 million fine in the criminal case and $6.2 million restitution to Goldman Sachs.
A three-judge bench of the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit yesterday denied Gupta's plea to overturn the decision of the district court that had imposed a permanent injunction prohibiting the former McKinsey head from serving as an officer or director of a public company, associating with brokers, dealers or investment advisors, and further violating securities law.
The workers were kidnapped when they were being evacuated from the area ravaged by the war between the Shia-dominated government in Baghdad and Sunni jihadis, reports the Times of India.
However, the Ministry of External Affairs has said that though they have been unable to establist contact with them, there is no input to suggest its an abduction. "The embassy is in touch with Indians spread across Iraq," the MEA said.
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'Iraq violence could spill over into other countries'
JUST FOR LAUGHS: Alternate careers for our idle netas
US to deploy 275 army personnel to protect embassy in Iraq
Hey bhagwan, please save the Ganga