Ranchi, Feb 28 – A senior Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) official was shot at by an unidentified men in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad city early Sunday, police said. According to police, three men barged into chief general manager J.K. Bhaumik’s home, assaulted him, and then shot at him.
London, Feb 28 – The British couple who scooped a 56 million pound ($96.24 million) jackpot have rewarded their hardworking house cleaner with a home worth $4 million and a luxury car. Nigel Page, 43, and Justine Laycock, 41, rewarded Denise Kelso with their four-bedroom home which she helped them keep spotless for years. The generous couple, who won the Euromillions jackpot two weeks ago, also gifted her a black Honda Civic to thank her for cleaning their home every week, the Daily Mirror reported.
New Delhi, Feb 28 – Leaders of a frontline Naga separatist group Sunday said they were optimistic about the renewed peace talks with the government to begin Tuesday but would not compromise on their demand for an independent state in northeastern India. ‘We are hopeful, very optimistic…but no compromise on our right to sovereignty. We have not given up and will never give up the demand for our independence,’ Naga separatist leader V.S.
Film: ‘Ye Maayam Chesave’; Director: Gautham Menon; Cast: Nag Chaithanya, Samantha, Krishnudu, Tanya, Devan and Puri Jagannadh; Music: A.R. Rahman; Rating:**** Nag Chaithanya’s second film ‘Ye Maayam Chesave’ created a lot of hype before its release because it had music by maestro A.R. Rahman and the director was the well-known Gautham Menon.
New Delhi, Feb 28 – Over 4.7 crore Provident Fund (PF) beneficiaries are expected to get a return of 8.5 percent for the next fiscal on their PF deposits. It is similar to the past five year’s rate, an official said Sunday. The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had offered 12 percent as a rate of return between 1989 and 2000.
Octroi (BOP) Suchetgarh (IB) Feb.28 : Taking a break from their security duties, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel celebrated the twin festivals of Eid and Holi as a symbol of communal harmony to spread the message of unity among diversity at the India-Pakistan international border in Kashmir. At Octroi border observation post (BOP) in Suchet Garh Sub Sector of R.S.Pura of Jammu and Kashmir, the twin festivals brought a much-needed breather from security duties for the paramilitary personnel. Thus the BOP echoed with laughter, songs and cheering as the personnel rent the air with “Holi Re Holi” greetings.
Mumbai, Feb. 28 : Mumbai’s fishermen community – known as Kolis – are celebrating the annual festival of ‘Nariyal Poonima’, marking the beginning of the fishing season. During the festival, fishermen made an offering to Lord Varuna (the god of sea) so that they can net bountiful fish from the sea.
Melbourne, Feb 28 : Believe it or not, but a Territory town in Australia has witnessed fish raining from the sky twice this week. Apparently, “hundreds and hundreds” of small white fish fell from the sky at Lajamanu, about 550km southwest of Katherine. “It rained fish in Lajamanu on Thursday and Friday night.
Peshawar, Feb.28 : The death toll in sectarian violence in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province’ (NWFP) Dera Ismail Khan region has reached six as four more people succumbed to their injuries in hospital on Sunday. Severe clashes between two sects had erupted after gunshots were fired at a holy procession marking the birth of the Holy Prophet on Saturday. One person was killed in the firing while dozen others were received in violence that followed the gun attack.
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