New Delhi, Feb 28 – Two people were killed and another was critically injured in two separate road accidents in west Delhi, police said Monday. Vijay Pal, 35, was crushed to death by a speeding truck in Dwarka in west Delhi Sunday night.
Sana’a, Feb 28 – Yemen’s main opposition party Monday rejected an invitation from President Ali Abdullah Saleh to join a national unity government. Saleh made the call during a meeting with prominent preachers and religious leaders, the official Saba news agency reported.
Jammu, Feb 28 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay a two-day visit to Jammu from Thursday during which he will inspect a township built to house migrant Kashmiri Pandit families, official sources said Monday. During his visit, the prime minister will meet various delegations Thursday and will address the convocation of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences, Jammu.
Kolkata, Feb 28 – Three days after being showered with goodies by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, poll-bound West Bengal Monday reaped rich dividends from the budget for 2011-12 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Mukherjee, like Banerjee, hails from the state and represents the Jangipur constituency of Murshidabad district in the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi, Feb 28 – Dutch captain Peter Borren called for a review of strategy after his team suffered a 215-run defeat against the West Indies in a World Cup Group B match here Monday. The Dutch had put up an ordinary show against England but failed to live up to the expectations they raised after posting a big total batting first.
Dubai, Feb 28 (IANS/WAM) Dubai customs have arrested two people who were travelling with 51 counterfeit creadit cards worth AED 1 million ($270,000). The counterfeit cards were recovered Sunday from an Asian passenger who intended to smuggle them for use in the UAE market, Ali Almaghwai, Senior Manager of Airport Passenger Operation Department, said.
New Delhi, Feb 28 – Fast bowler Kemar Roach took a stunning hat-trick and finished with a six-wicket haul as the West Indies crushed the Netherlands by 215 runs in a World Cup Group B contest at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here Monday. Roach (6-27) worked up furious pace, taking the last three wickets that wrapped up the Dutch innings for 115 in 31.3 overs.
Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 28 – With India intensifying Operation Safe Homecoming, around 3,000 Indians are expected to be evacuated by two chartered ships in the next few days as a third batch of 68 landed in Mumbai from strife-torn Libya in a Gulf Air flight Monday and around 600 were coming on two special Air India flights early Tuesday. ‘All 68 Indian nationals who had crossed over to Salloum (Egypt) reached Mumbai by GF-056 this morning (Monday),’ the external affairs ministry said in New Delhi.
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 28 – The Congress-led opposition in Kerala Monday met Governor R.S.Gavai and demanded that action be taken against Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan for trying to influence the judiciary.
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