Jailer of Purnea jail shot dead

     Purnea (Bihar): Ram Kumar Ojha, the Jailer of Purnea Jail, was shot dead by unidentified people this morning. According to the Police sources, two persons riding on motorcycle opened fire at Ojha when the later was going to Temple for offering morning prayer. He died immediately on the spot. "An investigation has been order into the incident," said Sudhanshu Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Purnea.

India, Pakistan to withdraw troops from Siachen

     New Delhi: The Governments of India and Pakistan have decided to withdraw their troops from Siachen Glacier, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in an interview to a news channel on Thursday. However, the modalities were still not worked out, Mukherjee said. "We have agreed. They (Pakistan) have agreed to withdraw troops from the present positions. There is no two opinion about it, both sides have agreed", Mukherjee said. "The disagreement is where we are demanding that we must identify the places, delineate the places we were before withdrawal, so that there is a record that the respective countries troops occupied these places," Mukherjee said while responding to a question asked by the channel.

Sensex closes on record 8,650.17 (Go To Top)

     Mumbai: India`s benchmark 30-share index today crossed past a new high of 8,700 points on the Bombay Stock Exchange before finally closing 44 points up on 8,650.17. The 30-share Sensex hit an intra day high of 8,722.17, mainly driven by hectic shortcovering in key heavyweighted counters like RIL, Infosys Tech, L and T, SBI and Satyam Computer. The Sensex fluctuated between the 8700 and the 8500 mark for most of the day. Small cap stocks fell by 111 points even as hedge funds and operators covered their short positions in some index heavyweights. The broad-based BSE-100 index firmed up further by 11.46 points to 4566.99 from previous close of 4555.53. The BSE-200 index and the Dollex-200 were quoted modestly up at 1098.23 and 415.65 at close compared to previous close of 1096.32 and 414.08 respectively. The BSE-500 index edged up by 1.64 points to 3525.83 from yesterday`s close of 3524.19 and the Dollex-30 ended higher at 1614.71 from 1602.89.

Ganguly claims that he has been vindicated  (Go To Top)

     Bangalore: Two days after being instructed by the BCCI and the review committee not to speak to the media about his spat with Indian cricket coach Greg Chappell, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was quoted by the Deccan Herald as saying today that he had been fully vindicated. "In a way I feel I have been vindicated because I hadn't done anything wrong. The review committee gave me a patient hearing and I put my point of view across to them," the Deccan Herald quoted Ganguly as saying. "I think they were reasonably convinced with my replies and I am very happy the matter has been settled now... You could say I am happy and relieved in equal parts," Ganguly said. Asked whether he would be able to work with Chappell after their recent spat, he said, "I don't see any reason why we cannot. After all, both of us are interested in the welfare of the team and Indian cricket." "Whatever happened is in the past. I am confident we can come together in the future and work well. We have a lot of cricket ahead of us starting with the series against Sri Lanka next month. "After a break for a couple of weeks it is time for the Challenger Series. We need to do well because our record in one- day finals is not great," he said.

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