India's plea rejected yet again The court, however, barred the 68-year-old, who was arrested in Argentina on Feb 6 on an Interpol warrant but was released on a conditional bail, from leaving the country till June 18 by when India can approach the Supreme Court in Buenos Aires to challenge the judgement.
CBI to study Argentine court verdict CBI Director Vijay Shanker, who is out of the country, said over phone that the agency would study the order of the court before deciding on the future course of action.
AP to bring ordinance to provide reservation to Muslims The government would bring an ordinance to provide reservation to Muslims in educational institutions and government jobs in the state within 30 days, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhar Reddy said.
Presidential poll: Graph favours UPA Even if the votes of the newly floated third front is counted with the NDA, it can garner only 4,60,970 votes, leaving it short by over one lakh votes as compared to the UPA candidate.
Service charge on e-tickets reduced In a move aimed at popularising the e-ticketing concept among the Railway users, the Railways has decided to slash the service charges for the facility by Rs five on sleeper class.
Bangalore Bio 2007 concludes The seventh edition of Bangalore-Bio which attracted delegations from leading biotech countries including Australia, UK, France, Germany, Holland, UK and USA concluded today.
Musharraf's removal will not be disastrous for Pak: Bhutto Benazir Bhutto, in an article in the Wall Street Journal, said that Musharraf not doing enough to contain Taliban and acccused him of using the threat of ethnic terrorism to justify his "undemocratic hold on power".
SPACE SHUTTLE ON ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT
Atlantis lifts off successfully The spaceship rose from its seaside launch pad at 7:38 pm EDT (2338 GMT). During the 11-day flight, Atlantis' astronauts will deliver a new segment and a pair of solar panels to the orbiting outpost. They will replace Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis.
SPORTS
Ganguly topscores in Asia XI's 337 Powered by Ganguly's fluent 88, Asia XI batsmen sent the Africa XI bowlers on a leather hunt as they made the most of an inexperienced bowling attack to amass a gargantuan 337.
The space shuttle Atlantis heads for orbit after lifting off Friday evening June 8, 2007 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
No groupism among ICC members: Mali International Cricket Council acting President Ray Mali denied that there was any groupism among the member nations. He said that Twenty20 format of cricket is here to stay.
Maninder admitted to hospital; suicide bid suspected "Doctors have told us that he is out of danger but he is still in the operation theatre and is not in a position to make a statement," DCP of Police Ajay Chaudhary said.
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