46,000 Indian passports withdrawn Weeding out passports bearing the same numbers, the Indian consulate in Dubai has asked holders of nearly 46,000 passports under the Z series to get these replaced by submitting fresh applications.
500 shops gutted in AP chilli market fire Huge stocks of chillies were on Saturday gutted in a major fire that destroyed over 500 shops at a market yard in Guntur. The loss is estimated to be around Rs 20 crore.
Bush comment draws flak Parties cutting across the political divide on Saturday lambasted US President George Bush for his claim that the growing demand for food had led to the recent spike in global food prices.
40 crore CFLs at bulb price As part of the "Save energy campaign", the Centre has devised a mega scheme to distribute Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) to domestic consumers at subsidised rates - at the price of normal incandescent bulbs.
Boy wields magic wand to fight rare disease What makes Ashley Vanristell of Mumbai different is the manner in which he is coping with a rare disease called hypogammaglobulinemia...
Finally, we'll be together... Sukhpreet Kaur, Sarabjit Singh's wife alongwith her daughters Poonam and Swapandeep in a joyous mood at her residence in Bhikhiwind, near Amritsar, after the indefinite postponement of death sentence of Sarabjit by Pakistan government on Saturday. PTI
Did Harbhajan Singh deserve the 11-match ban for his onfield misbehaviour with a fellow-player or is the punishment too harsh? Deccan Herald had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. Most of our readers opined that Harbhajan deserved the punishment as this is not the first time that the player has crossed the limits. Some readers questioned Sreesanth’s action in provoking Harbhajan and said both the players should amend their behaviour to suit the gentleman’s game.
