News Update News - Deccan Herald

Naxal attacks in Orissa police stations kill 14
At least 13 people, including 12 policemen, were killed when Maoist guerrillas attacked three police stations and looted a government armoury in Orissa's Nayagarh district, officials said.

Nine killed in blast outside PPP office
Nine people were killed and several injured when a bomb went off outside an election office of the Pakistan People's Party in a northwestern tribal area on the last day of electioneering on Saturday.
Polls will be free and fair, Musharraf assures Jemima

WB's recipe for reviving Indian agriculture
The World Development Report released on Friday says greater investment in agriculture, in transforming economies like India, was crucial for the welfare of 600 million rural poor, mostly in Asia.

'Breakthrough for Tejas combat aircraft'
Indian defence

scientists have achieved a "breakthrough" with the air force agreeing to induct two squadrons of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said.

Global warming could invite sharks to Antarctica: Biologists

The water only needs to remain above freezing year round for it to become habitable to some sharks, and at the rate we're going, that could happen this century," University of Rhode Island biology professor Cheryl Wilga.

'Nuke deals can solve power crisis in S India'
The operationalisation of Indo-US nuclear deal and the nuclear co-operation with Russia and France on fuel supply will benefit south India a lot, Atomic Energy Commission member M R Srinivasan said.

KARNATAKA

Police inspector falls in Lokayukta net
A Police inspector has been arrested by Karnataka Lokayukta for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant for providing protection in Birur town of Chikmagalur District.
'UGC to work on improving enrolment ratio'
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a committee to prepare an action plan for increasing gross enrolment ratio (GER)in higher education from the current ten per cent to 15 per cent by the end of XI Five Year Plan, UGC Chairman Sukhdev Thorat on Saturday said.
INC gets 33 m Dollar funding to fight AIDS
The Indian Nursing Council (INC) will soon get USD 33 million Global Fund to impart focussed training to one lakh nurses in the treatment of HIV/AIDS affected patients in the country.
Farmers to launch Jail Bharo Programme
Sugarcane growers in Karnataka will launch a massive 'Jail Bharo' programme from Monday, if talks on the issue of fixation of minimum support price (MSP) for sugarcane with the state government fails.
ITC: 'Wealth from waste' in more areas
Residents of about 2.5 lakh houses in Hyderabad do not throw away dry waste. They make money out of it.

All-white or all-Asian schools should be avoided: British report
Schools with overwhelmingly white or Asian children are likely to be breeding grounds for extremism and damage community relations in Britain, says a new government-sponsored report.

NIU CAMPUS SHOOTING
Authorities, police trying to find the cause
Heavily-armed Kazmierczak shot dead five students, mostly women, and injured 23 others in Northern Illinois University before turning the weapon on himself on the Valentine's Day...

US must do 'whatever it takes' to end gun violence, says Obama
The first-term senator, a former constitutional law instructor, said some scholars argue the Second Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees gun ownership only to militias, but he believes it grants individual gun rights.

Fatal shootings at US campuses in recent years

Jackie Chan to launch audio cassette fo Kamal's 'Dasavatharam'
"Chan was totally amazed. He wondered how one could do ten distinctive roles without any difficulty," said producer Ravichandran, who met Chan at the actor's residence in Kowloon.

Union Minister for Home Affairs Shivraj Patil recieving guard of honour as Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal looks on during the Delhi Police Raising Day function in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI

Click Here for DH Photogallery

TODAY'S PRINT EDITION

Front Page Stories

	Priority to kids in neighbourhood

	5-yr-old tortured in captivity

	Tara Tiny snaps at Nano wheels

	Boy in coma; mother battles poverty

	IN BRIEF

NEWSCROLL

Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett declared dead

Eurosceptic Czech President Klaus wins re-election

Prabhakaran critically injured last year: Sri Lanka air chief

Four ULFA militants killed in Assam shootout

STOCK MARKETS

BSE	18,115.25	348.62	▲
NSE	5,302.90	100.90	▲
Feb 15, 2008 at 4: 02pm

Mangalore's Kadri Park to get facelift

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (MRPL), an ONGC Group company, has begun beautification works of the Kadri Park in the city.

READERCONNECT OUR ROADS...
Do make PIT stop for directions...This picture was taken a couple weeks back while I was in Bangalore. This is on Banashankari II stage Ring Road (near Deve Gowda Petrol Bunk). Photo sent by Madhu B. Navale, Herndon, VA, USA

Search for excellence outside academics

Hosted jointly by Air India and Deccan Herald, the Rank Award is for students while the Bolt award is for teachers.

SPORTS CAPULE
Brett Lee to be rested against India Lee will not travel to Adelaide with the rest of the Australian team and missing tomorrow's match will give him almost a week-long break before the world champions plays their next match... India will try to make most of Lee's absence Lee's absence could have a telling effect in a day-night game which assumes a lot of importance for both the teams. A victory for India at the Adelaide Oval would open up the gap against Sri Lanka both in terms of points as well as net run-rate... Ponting struggling with captaincy burdens: Gilchrist Australia captain Ricky Ponting may be struggling to cope with the demands of a long summer in the spotlight and a hectic schedule, according to his deputy Adam Gilchrist. ODI rankings: Yuvi slides, Sachin rises Indian ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has lost ground dropping two places to 13th in the batting charts while Yuvraj Singh comes down to 19th spot. Only Tendulkar rose a couple of spots...
Ponting's side, Iraqi football team for Laureus World Awards Ricky Ponting's team had a successful past year having equalled a record feat of 16 consecutive Test victories but pitted against a group of footballers who have overcome war and security threats, the judges would face a tough choice...		I would've taken call on ODI retirement in next 7-8 months: Ganguly Ganguly said he had realised that he would not play in the 2011 World Cup, to be co-hosted by the Asian cricketing nations, but when selectors asked him he said he wished to play in ODIs for a few more months. Anand beats Shirov in opening round For defending champion Anand, it was a great start in the Category-21 event and especially coming with black, the victory will certainly be cherished for quite some.
Brazil's president sends get-well note to Ronaldo "Like me, millions of Brazilians watched with broken hearts your pain, your sadness and your suffering," Silva said in an official note to the Brazilian star forward. "And I join those millions of Brazilians to say to you: boy, keep going, resist, don't lose heart." "Like our Brazilian people, I believe that you will return to the field and again be an example of courage and perseverance," Silva said. AC Milan soccer club's Brazilian forwarder Ronaldo arrives at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. The three-time FIFA world player of the year who was injured in AC Milan's 1-1 draw with Livorno on Wednesday, arrived in Paris Thursday for an operation to repair the ruptured tendon in his left knee that could put him out of action for at least eight months. It could even end his career. AP Photo