Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Jan 16 : In a major haul, police seized 400 sacks of ammonium nitrate from Dhanbad in Jharkhand.

The recovery was made from a quarter of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) during a raid by the members of the Special Task Force.

The seized sacks were from a consignment looted from a police station in December last year.

One accused, Jitender Singh, from whose quarters the recovery was made, was also arrested by the officials and taken into custody.

New Delhi, Jan 16 : Instead of being informed through the media, the Indian Government would be happy to receive a direct response from Pakistan through diplomatic channels for appropriate action as for the terror attacks in Mumbai.

These views of India were spelt out by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee while speaking to media persons here last evening.

He was reacting to the statements of Interior Advisor of Pakistan in the media, assuring India of unconditional support in the Mumbai attacks probe.

Washington, Jan 16 : In a new research, a Cornell University led team of astronomers has observed dust forming around a dying star in a nearby galaxy, giving a glimpse into the early universe and enlivening a debate about the origins of all cosmic dust.

The research, led by Cornell research associate Greg Sloan, was based on observations with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

The researchers used Spitzer's Infrared Spectrograph, which was developed at Cornell.

Dust plays a key role in the evolution of such galaxies as our Milky Way. Stars produce dust - rich with carbon or oxygen - as they die.

But less is known about how and what kind of dust was created in galaxies as they formed soon after the big bang.

Washington, Jan. 16 : As President George W. Bush delivered his final goodbyes to America on national television, his would be successor Barack Obama and his wife Michelle dined at the DC restaurant, Equinox Thursday night.

According to CBS News, there was no indication on whether or not Obama watched Bush''s farewell remarks.

The President-elect departed the Blair house, located right across the street from the White House podium from which the president spoke, minutes before President Bush commenced.

New Delhi, Jan 16 : India does not need unsolicited advice on internal issues like Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday in response to British Foreign Secretary David Miliband linking Kashmir to terrorism.

"Foreign Secretary Miliband is entitled to his views, which are clearly his own and are evolving. India is a free country and, even if we do not share his view, he is free to express them. However, we do not need unsolicited advice on internal issues in India like Jammu and Kashmir," said Vishnu Prakash, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs.

Los Angeles, Jan 16 : Indian fashion designer Anand Jon can still hope that he will be exonerated from rape charges, for his attorneys have filed a motion in the court for him to receive a new trial.

At Jon''s Jan. 13 sentencing hearing in the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center here, the proceedings were delayed while Judge David S. Wesley conducted a meeting with deputy district attorneys Mara McIlvain and Frances Young together with Jon''s defense attorneys Donald Marks, Anthony Brooklier and Leonard Levin in his chambers, reports Indiawest. com.