Nagpur/New Delhi, Nov 3 : Security around master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has been stepped up on Monday following Maharashtra Police receiving reports from Central agencies of a threat to him from Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.
However, intelligence sources in Delhi said they had not received any fresh input about any threat to Tendulkar other than in 2002.
Brussels - Eurozone finance ministers Monday faced the unenviable double task of trying to lead efforts to reform global capitalism while seeking a fix for their troubled economies.
The evening meeting in Brussels was the first in a series designed to prepare a common European position ahead of global talks on the financial crisis taking place in Washington on November 15.
And it came amid gloomy new forecasts from the European Commission, which now expects the euro economy to teeter on the brink of recession in 2009.
Vatican City - In a new Vatican exhibition, Pope Pius XII's more mundane belongings - his heavily-worn shoes and portable typewriter - have gone on show, along with World War II-era radio transcripts in which he purportedly denounced totalitarian rule, including Nazism.
"The purpose is to allow the general public to get to know the full life of Pope Eugenio Pacelli (Pius XII)," Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences President Walter Brandmueller, told reporters, Monday.
"In part it serves to counter some of the malign interpretations that try to cast a shadow on the figure of Pope Pacelli," he added.
Chicago, Illinois - As Chicago braced for a throng of 1 million people at a public park in anticipation of Democrat Barack Obama's victory Tuesday, Republicans Monday were wishing them bad weather and a cliff-hanger election.
"I hope the million or so people who are planning to gather in Chicago have a long, cold night," quipped Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who lost his Republican bid for the presidential nomination to Senator John McCain.
New Delhi, Nov 3 : The Election Commission has appointed 530 officers as Observers to supervise the election process of Legislative assemblies of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Rajasthan.
The Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami and Election Commissioners Navin B Chawla and Dr. S. Y. Quarishi briefed these officers in New Delhi on Monday to ensure quick redressal of complaints that are received from political parties and candidates from these states.
Nagpur/New Delhi, Nov 3 : Security around master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has been stepped up on Monday following Maharashtra Police receiving reports from Central agencies of a threat to him from Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Brussels - Eurozone finance ministers Monday faced the unenviable double task of trying to lead efforts to reform global capitalism while seeking a fix for their troubled economies.
Chicago, Illinois - As Chicago braced for a throng of 1 million people at a public park in anticipation of Democrat Barack Obama's victory Tuesday, Republicans Monday were wishing them bad weather and a cliff-hanger election.
