New Delhi, Dec 19 : The Delhi High Court today granted three-week interim bail to Sanjeev Nanda, undergoing five years jail term in the BMW hit-and-run case.

Justice Kailash Gambhir granted three weeks interim bail to Nanda so that he could meet his ailing grandfather, former Naval Chief S M Nanda.

"It is well-known that Admiral Nanda, had served the nation and was a 1971 war hero. In order to help the 1971 war hero to meet his grandson, three weeks interim bail is granted to Nanda," the court said.

On December 16, the court had issued notice to the Delhi Police on contentions of Nanda''s counsel and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani that the convict''s grandfather was not well and wanted to see him.

Kathmandu, Dec 19 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda has said that the current government cannot be pulled down by anyone.

Talking to mediapersons here on Thursday, Prachnada said, "There is no question of pulling this government down and forming another."

"If this government is pulled down, there will be huge implications on the country," he added.

He said that given the complicated nature of transition, the politics in the country was becoming multidimensional.

Berlin - Germany's upper chamber of parliament Thursday approved a revised version of a bill on police powers that it rejected last month, clearing the way for it to become law.

The bill authorizes police to use computer viruses to hunt terrorists.

The upper house, the Bundesrat, approved the bill by a vote of 35- 34, a day after the lower house backed the new version, following mediation by a committee of both chambers of parliament.

The bill reforms the federal police and includes powers to break into personal computers during preventive inquiries into terrorism and other serious crime.

Vienna - The price for oil produced by the Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) slid below the 40-dollar mark for
the second time this month on Thursday, despite the cartel's announced
production cut, OPEC said Friday.

The basket price for crude oil produced by OPEC stood at 39.48
dollars per barrel (159 litres) Thursday, 1.47 dollars less than on the
previous day, the Vienna-based organisation said.

OPEC's oil price fell in line with international crude prices. Oil

London, Dec 19 : England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has compared master blaster Sachin Tendulkar's match winning century at Chennai to a scriptwriter's dream.

Tendulkar played one of his finest innings to take his side to a remarkable six-wicket victory, The Independent reported

In an exclusive interview, Flintoff told Angus Fraser: "It is impossible not to admire him (Tendulkar) when you are out in the middle. He is a class player and a great role model for the game."

"His innings was a scriptwriter's dream. The lad from Mumbai, with everything that has happened there, scores a hundred to win and then dedicates it to everyone in the country. Thinking about it, it was probably inevitable it happened," Flintoff said.

Hanoi - Vietnam will cut prices at hotels and on state-owned Vietnam Airlines by 30 to 50 per cent to boost the country's tourism industry, hit hard by the worldwide economic slowdown, senior tourism officials said Friday.

Nguyen Manh Cuong, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), said tourism in Vietnam had been hurt by the turmoil, with international arrivals down sharply.

Vietnam expected between 4.8 and 5 million international visitors in 2008, but had only received 3.9 million by the end of November. Visitor numbers from traditional tourism markets such as Japan, South Korea, and Europe were all down.