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Krishna meets racial attack victim Shravan
Desire for a son caused death of
Mehsud?
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Afghan mission could go on for 40 yrs: UK commander
Gurung is Nepal army chief
11 die in copter-plane crash
Strong anaesthetic ‘caused’ Jacko’s death
LTTE seeks probe into leader’s ‘arrest’
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Krishna meets racial attack victim Shravan
Melbourne, August 9 Wrapping up his five-day visit during which he got assurances from the top Australian leadership on the safety and security of Indian students, Krishna met Kumar, who is recuperating after spending weeks in a coma fighting for his life, at his residence here. The 25-year-old student from Andhra Pradesh, one of the first victims of the racial attacks in Australia, was attacked by a screwdriver by the local teens, who also assaulted his three Indian friends. Krishna, who also interacted with Indian community members here yesterday, offered Kumar Rs one lakh from his personal account. During the 15-minute meeting, the minister spoke to the victim’s father and enquired about Kumar’s health and extended his sympathies. Kumar’s father T Chidambara Rao said the Indian government was taking all necessary steps to provide relief to them. All medical expenditure had been taken care of by both Victorian state and Indian governments, he said. Earlier in the day, Krishna met Victorian Premier John Brumby and discussed issues related to the attacks on the Indian students. The minister along with senior police officials also took a round of the western suburbs, including Sunshine, where the crime rate is high. He assessed the situation there, including the patrolling system and CCTVs that were installed in the wake of the attacks on the students. At least 23 Indians fell victim to the racial attacks in various cities in Australia in the past three months. — PTI
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Desire for a son caused death of Mehsud?
London, August 9 The 35-year-old Mehsud had taken the risk of spending the night with his second wife around 1 am last Wednesday, 'The Sunday Times' reported. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan commander had four daughters from his first wife, but, in the tribal lands of Waziristan, it is only the birth of a boy that is greeted by rifle fire and jubilation, it said. Last November, Mehsud took a second wife, the daughter of an influential local cleric, and was spending the night with her at her father's house in the village of Zangarha when the missiles hit, the paper said. The report said that in the end it might have been the desire for a son that led to the Taliban leader's demise. A diabetic, Mehsud had been feeling poorly in the scorching summer heat of Waziristan and the local doctor was also called to give him a glucose drip, the report said. As he lay on a couch on the roof of his father-in- law's house tended by his new wife, a drone's cameras locked in on him and a command was given thousands of kms away in the Nevada desert, following which two Hellfire missiles tore into the mud-walled building, it said. Quoting a Pakistani intelligence officer based in the nearest town, Makeen, the paper said Mehsud's torso had been "totally damaged except for his head." Initial reports spoke about the death of Mehsud's wife and two of his fighters. But suspicions were raised when a large funeral was held the next day in the nearby village of Narghasi - under local tradition bodies must be buried by sunrise the following day. "Our information is that Mehsud, his wife and seven guards were killed," Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said yesterday. "But we're still waiting for material evidence to confirm it totally." — PTI
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Afghan mission could go on for 40 yrs: UK commander
London, August 8 “The Army’s role will evolve, but the whole process might take as long as 30 to 40 years,” General Richards was quoted as saying by The Times newspaper. “I believe that the UK will be committed to Afghanistan in some manner development, governance, security sector reform for the next 30 to 40 years,” he said. He stressed on the need “to focus on the expansion of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police.” “Just as in Iraq, it is our route out militarily, but the Afghan people and our opponents need to know that this does not mean our abandoning the region. We made this mistake once. Our opponents are banking on us doing it again, and we must prove them wrong,” the top commander underlined. —
PTI
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Kathmandu, August 9 The 22-party alliance government led by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today appoint Lt Gen Gurung as the acting chief of the army. It also approved a month-long leave to General Katawal, who has been under pressure from Maoists to resign amid accusation that he had defied the orders of the previous Prachanda-led government. Gurung, who has received training at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, is also the first from the rank of commoners to head the army, which has been led by the country’s elite and the aristocracy. He will officially be the Army Chief after Katawal’s three-year tenure expires on September 9. Katawal, who has been at the centre of controversy ever since he became the army chief in September 2006, will be on leave from tomorrow.
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New York, August 9 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said there were five Italian tourists and a pilot aboard the helicopter and three people on the plane including the pilot and a child.Three bodies had been recovered by nightfall and officials held out no hope of finding survivors. “This has changed from a rescue to a recovery mission,” Bloomberg said. “There's not going to be a happy ending.” Bloomberg said the plane, a Piper Saratoga, appeared to hit the back of the helicopter, a Eurocopter AS350, which immediately broke up and fell into the river. The helicopter was operated by Liberty Helicopter, the largest sightseeing helicopter operator in the U.S. Northeast. Debbie Hersman, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said in a briefing the helicopter had been located and marked with buoys and investigators were using side-scanning radar to try to locate the aircraft. The NTSB's 10-member investigation team suspended operations at nightfall and would resume the search on Sunday at 7am (1100 GMT), Hersman said. She said the team hoped to be able to remove the debris from the river today. While the NTSB does not expect to find recording equipment in the wreckage because small aircraft are not required to carry them, Hersman said investigators expected to be able to determine the cause of the crash by interviewing air traffic controllers and reviewing air traffic control and radar data Hersman said another Liberty pilot had witnessed the crash. “He saw a small single-engine aircraft approaching from behind (the helicopter). ... He stated that he saw the right wing of the aircraft impact the helicopter.” — Reuters
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Strong anaesthetic ‘caused’ Jacko’s death
Los Angeles, August 9 The 'Thriller' hitmaker died of a suspected cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home on June 25, and the mystery surrounding his death has not yet been solved. TMZ.com which first reported Jackson's death has now leaked the singer's toxicology result claiming that Propofol could be the cause of his death. Autopsy results to determine the cause of death have yet to be officially released, but some media reports suggest the singer died after taking a dangerously high dose of the surgical painkiller. According to the website, the leaked results confirm the rumours and reveal Jackson also had traces of anxiety drug Xanax, generically known as alprazolam, in his blood. Law enforcement sources confirmed to the celebrity website that Propofol is “front and centre in terms of why (Jackson) died.” Jackson's death which is being also investigated by officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), have confirmed they are considering a charge of manslaughter against the 'King of Pop's personal physician Conrad Murray. The medic is believed to be responsible for supplying Jackson with prescription drugs. — PTI
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LTTE seeks probe into leader’s ‘arrest’
Colombo, August 9 “If the government of Malaysia (from
where Pathamathan was reportedly arrested) does not have any information on the
matter, we demand an inquiry into the whole episode,” a statement from the now
defunct LTTE said. “If Pathmanathan has been brought to Colombo, as claimed by the government of Sri Lanka, we call upon the international community to become involved in this matter in order to assure the safety and security of Pathmanathan according to international standards,
and to facilitate access to legal representation,” it said. —
PTI
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Indian student Shravan Kumar, whose disturbing pictures sent shock waves across Australia and India after being assaulted by a group of teenagers here, and enquired about his health.
