Mud slinging between Congress and NCP in Goa continues with latter terming Chief Minister Digamber Kamat as 'father of corruption.'"Goa Pradesh Youth Congress President Sankulp Amonkar yesterday said that Congress is father of NCP and NCP Goa President Jose Philip D'Souza was corrupt minister than it implies that chief minister is father of corruption," NCP Goa spokesman Trojano D'Mello said."If ...

Cricketerturnedentrepreneur Kapil Dev, who runs a sport lighting firm, said he did not bid for any Commonwealth Games contract as his business ethics prevents him from pitching for government work."I have a problem in getting government contracts because of my business ethics and hence did not bid for any tenders floated for the Commonwealth Games," Kapil said.When asked for an ...

Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi has filed a fresh petition against the disciplinary committee formed by the BCCI to look into the alleged financial irregularities committed by him.Modi's lawyer Mehmood Abdi said that Modi has challenged the committee's order on August 11, 2010.The suspended IPL chief had earlier taken exception to the formation of the committee saying that two of ...

CPIM General Secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday denied that his party was running armed camps in West Bengal but said they had opened camps in the three naxal hit districts of the state to shelter people who had fled their homes in the wake of Maoist terror.Denying reports that the CPIM was opening the camps to take on the Maoists, ...

A new poll has revealed that the American public is taking an increasingly critical public view of Islam.According to a Washington PostABC News poll, 49 percent of all Americans say that they have generally unfavorable opinions of Islam, compared with 37 percent who say that they have favorable ones.The poll also found that nearly a third of all Americans see ...

In order to reduce the rising incidence of thyroid cancer in the country, there is need for early detection of such cases and raising awareness that it is one of the most curable forms of the disease, doctors say.According to experts, radioactive iodine treatment a type of internal radiotherapy that uses a radioactive form of iodine has helped cure many ...

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi downplayed the health risk posed by the outbreak of Dengue in delhi just a few weeks before the event, saying it would not affect international participation in the multisport extravaganza.Kalmadi said the central as well as the Delhi government had initiated necessary measures on "war footing" to ensure clean environs for the Games ...

India's World Cup winning former captain Kapil Dev said there should be no mercy for the three Pakistani cricketers embroiled in a spotfixing scandal if they are found guilty.Kapil said betting in sport is wellknown but it is incomprehensible how law enforcement agencies do not know anything about the shady happenings."Everybody knows that betting is rampant in the game. How ...

As many as 76 judicial officers, including three women, of Uttar Pradesh have been promoted to the Higher Judicial Service Cadre following an order by the Allahabad High Court.Those promoted include 72 Fast Track Court judges, two small causes court judges, a Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, according to an official release.The Fast Track Court judges who ...

Shooting at Goa, one of the preferred destinations to can movies, would now be more profitable as the state government is studying a proposal to provide tax rebate to the filmmakers.Entertainment Society of Goa ESG Chief Executive Officer Manoj Srivastava said the draft scheme recommends that state will pay back one to 5 per cent of the total spending by ...

Taliban's elusive leader Mullah Omar has claimed that his fighters are near victory and has asked US President Barack Obama to withdraw his troops unconditionally and as soon as possible.The shadowy leader who has not been seen in public since 2001 in a rare statement said his fighters were winning the war and the campaign by US and NATO forces ...

Under the watchful eyes of the ICC's AntiCorruption and Security Unit ACSU, the glitzy Champions League Twenty20 starts on Friday with the shadow of the spotfixing scandal, that has shaken the core of the game, looming large.Featuring the top three Indian Premier League teams and the top two each from Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the West ...

A car bomber struck at a central market in the Russian Caucasian city of Vladikavkaz, killing at least 12 people and wounding 80 others in the North Ossetian region.The bombing was committed by a suicide bomber driving a Volga car which exploded at the entrance of the market, Interfax news agency quoted the government of North Ossetia as saying.The Interior ...

Their punches have had such a resonance in the past two years that expectations are bound to be skyhigh when Indian boxers, led by the effervescent Vijender Singh and the experienced Akhil Kumar, step into the ring aiming for at least halfadozen medals at the Commonwealth Games this October.For all their success in the past two years, Indian boxers have ...

Actor Akshay Kumar says his new tele show MasterChef India reminds him of his days when he worked as a cook in Thailand before tasting success in Bollywood.Akshay will be seen hosting and judging the culinary show on Star Plus beginning from October 16."Before I became an actor, I was working as a Chef in Thailand. This was the only ...

Chief Ministerial candidate of the BJPJMM alliance Arjun Munda met Governor M O H Farook and discussed details of his swearing in ceremony which may be held on September 11."I met the governor in an informal meeting. He asked me which date will suit me for swearingin. I gave September 11 as a tentative date," Munda told reporters after a ...

A woman was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in Muzaffarnagar after she was found guilty of killing her daughterinlaw over a dowry dispute.Matluban was convicted by the local court at Saharanpur and a fine of Rs 7000 was also imposed on her for murdering her daughterinlaw, Mohsina by burning her alive, police said.According to the prosecution, Matluban, ...

Making it mandatory for organised sector employers to take health insurance cover for employees will help spread the reach of insurance products, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia suggested."There has to be a mandatory provision for providing group health insurance cover to all workers in the organised sector by their employers", he said at a CII Health Insurance Summit.He ...

Even as terrorism emanating from Yemen is a major security concern for the US, a top Obama Administration official has said alQaeda core in Pakistan remains an "extraordinarily formidable and dangerous terrorist organisation" targeting America."Terrorism emanating from Yemen is a major security concern for the United States, but the alQaeda core in Pakistan remains an extraordinarily formidable and dangerous terrorist ...

Goa police is investigating into a fake Facebook account created in the name of State Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte which flashes that he is looking for dating women.The account on social networking website Facebook.com allegedly mentions his interest in women with the section 'looking for', filled up as 'dating'.Deputy Superintendent of Police Deu Banaulikar said they have received a complaint ...

An Improvised Explosive Device IED, planted in a pressure cooker, was detected by the army troops, who later defused it safely.During sanitisation of the JammuPoonch highway, a Road Opening Party of the army detected the IED at Bata Triya Mendhar, about 210kms from Jammu, police officials said.The traffic was closed on the highway for over half an hour and the ...

In the wake of a US pastor's plan to burn copies of the holy Quran on September 11, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram asked the media to exercise restraint over the issue to help maintain peace and harmony.The Home Minister also condemned the action of the religious leader and said it was aimed at increasing bitterness and strife between religious ...

Reknowned Malayalam film actor and director, Venu Nagavally, died at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday morning. He was 61.Venu had been suffering from bad health for some time. His condition worsened a week back and he was moved to the hospital, family sources said.He is survived by his wife and son.The son of veteran writer and broadcaster late ...

Floodravaged and shamed by a betting scam involving its cricketers, AisamulHaq Qureshi knows Pakistan has little to cheer about right now but he is confident of changing the mood back home for the better by lifting the US Open men's doubles trophy with Indian partner Rohan Bopanna."I can't thank Rohan enough to be my partner and playing with me. I ...

There was no stopping the 'IndoPak Express' as Rohan Bopanna and AisamulHaq Qureshi inched closer to their maiden Grand Slam title together by advancing to the US Open finals in New York.Continuing with their message of 'Stop War, Start Tennis', 16th seeds Bopanna and Qureshi beat Argentines Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos 76 5 64 to set up a summit ...