Twelve Maoists killed in Nepal

     Kathmandu: At least twelve Maoist rebels were killed in a clash with soldiers in eastern Nepal, an army source said on Tuesday, in the latest violence since the rebels called a transport blockade to protest the king's power grab. "At least 12 Maoists were killed in a clash between the rebels and the security personnel on Monday morning," The News quoted, the army source as saying. No soldiers were killed as they battled around 150 rebels for three hours on Monday at Sirkhauli village in Sindhuli district 125 kilometres east of Kathmandu, the source said. The soldiers allegedly found a cache of explosives and weapons in the village, the source added.

Frozen sea revealed on Mars: European scientists (Go To Top)

     London: A huge, frozen sea lies just below the surface of Mars, a team of European scientists has announced. Their assessment is based on pictures of the planet's near- equatorial Elysium region that show plated and rutted features across an area 800 by 900 km. Reports The News. The team think a catastrophic event flooded the landscape five million years ago and then froze out. Large reserves of water-ice are known to be held at the poles on Mars but if this discovery is confirmed by follow-up observations, it would be a first for a region at such a low latitude.

Afghan snow death toll rises to over 260 (Go To Top)

     Kabul: Over 260 people have reportedly died in remote villages of Afghanistan, which have been cut off by weeks of heavy snow. Aid agencies say that the number of Afghans, particularly children, killed could be much higher. The US military has been helping ferry supplies by helicopter to some of the most isolated areas. One of these areas in the district of Koh-e-Safi. Many people in snowbound villages have succumbed to infections like pneumonia or whooping cough and it is being officially described as Afghanistan's harshest winter for at least a decade. The situation is still unclear in some areas, especially in the west. In some districts, roads are blocked by more than three metres of snow.

Pak tour may be called off: BCCI president (Go To Top)

     Chandigarh: BCCI President Ranbir Singh Mahendra said today, the forthcoming series against Pakistan may be "called off" if the telecast rights issue is not resolved before the start of the tour early next week. "If the telecast rights (issue) is not settled, there is a possibility the tour may be called off," he said adding "since the TV telecast rights issue is before a Supreme Court the BCCI on its own cannot do anything in the matter." Asked if he was attempting to put pressure on courts, Mahendra shot back "how can we pressurise courts? We are trying our best to see that the issue is resolved, we are trying to get the judgment as the matter is before the court." But as soon as the issue is resolved by the Court, the Board would make arrangements for broadcast of the matches within 3-4 days, he said. The Pakistan cricket team is scheduled to arrive on February 28 to play three Tests and six one-day internationals. The Board was also not averse to making a request to the Court to allow the BCCI to proceed in the matter, he said adding it would go by the rule book in deciding the rights. Temporary arrangements made during the Australian tour had resulted in a lot of problems for the BCCI, Mahendra claimed and said the Board was prepared to make arrangements on a war footing if the issue was resolved in the Court at the earliest.

     Meanwhile, adding fuel to the controversy over telecasting of the forthcoming Indo-Pak series, the International Cricket Council Chief Ehsan Mani today said that without the live telecast the matches would not be allowed. Earlier, In the midst of its battle with BCCI on telecast rights, Zee Telefilms Ltd today told the Madras High Court that it was willing to telecast the upcoming Indo-Pak cricket series "without prejudice" to the contentions of the parties in the case. ZTL would do this entirely at its risks and costs and without any equity in its favour. This shall also be without prejudice to the respective contentions of the parties before the Madras Court, it said in a petition to the Court.

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