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ICC to pay PCB 18 million dollars as World Cup dues: Butt
Lahore, Aug.28 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hopes to receive up to 18 million dollars from the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the stripping of hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup, its chairman Ijaz Butt said on Friday.
“At the moment the figure is around [...]
No military reason linked with US Embassy’s expansion, clarifies Patterson
Islamabad, Aug. 28 (ANI): US ambassador in Islamabad, Anne W Patterson, has clarified that the US embassy in Islamabad is being expanded in order to accommodate the additional staff needed to deal with increased financial aid to Pakistan, and not for any military purpose.
The Daily Times quoted Patterson as saying that reports of an alarming [...]
Dallas police cut extra protection at Bush home
Dallas (Texas, US), July 9 (ANI): The Dallas Police Department has cut back on some of the additional protection that the department provided around the Preston Hollow home of former President George W. Bush.
In addition to the usual Secret Service protection, Dallas until last week had stationed one on-duty tactical officer per eight-hour shift on [...]
Tom Hanks helped bride stuck in traffic get to church on time
London, May 19 (ANI): American actor Tom Hanks showed his chivalrous side when he halted the production of his new film, and rushed to the aid of an Australian bride who got stuck in traffic.
Hanks, 52, was filming ‘Angels and Demons’ in Rome when he noticed that Natalia Dearnley, 28, had gotten stuck on the [...]
Widespread violence in poll-bound West Bengal, one killed in Mukherjee’s Jangipur constituency
Jangipur (West Bengal), May 7 (ANI): One CPM worker was reportedly killed in the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal on Thursday, from where incumbent External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is contesting this year’s general elections.
According to reports, activists of the CPI-M and the Congress are engaged in clashes across West Bengal’s Murshidabad District. [...]
One TMC activist reported killed, two CPM activists injured in Nandigram violence
Nandigram (West Bengal), May 7 (ANI): At least one activist of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) was reportedly killed and two Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) activists were injured in clashes outside a polling booth here on Thursday.
Television reports said that the incident took place in the Gokulnagar area of Nandigram District in [...]
Naxals kill one policeman; injure five in Chhattisgarh
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Apr.7 (ANI): Naxals have killed a policeman and injured five others in a land mine blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
Reports said they attacked the convoy of Superintendent of Police Ankit Garg as it was passing through [...]
Last VVIP flight by `Tanjore’
Onboard Air India One, Mar.31 (ANI): As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh boards the last commercial jet commissioned by Air India for VVIP flights, one can’t help but get nostalgic.
Called Air India 001, this is just another Boeing 737-400 operated by the national carrier. The 20-year-old aircraft is modified whenever the Prime Minister or President [...]
