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Pak approves new law to protect women against workplace harassment

Islamabad, Nov 6 : Pakistan federal cabinet is learnt to have approved a new law aiming at protecting women against workplace harassment.

Cameron Diaz ‘is a meanie when it comes to sharing her ciggies’

Cameron Diaz ‘is a meanie when it comes to sharing her ciggies’New York, Nov 6 : Cameron Diaz reportedly upset guests of her close friend Drew Barrymore’s lavish Halloween bash – by refusing to share her cigarettes.

Diaz spent most of the evening smoking along with many of the other guests but when approached by a couple for her cigarettes, the actress bluntly refused.

"Cameron was outside smoking the whole time, but when a couple of people asked if she had a cigarette, she always said no. It was so rude," the New York Post quoted a source, as saying.

Dispute over 25-centimetre land plot leads to murder-suicide

Phnom Penh - A dispute over a 25-centimetre strip of land in Cambodia ended with a man murdering his brother and sister-in-law and then committing suicide, media reports said Thursday.

Kuwaiti diplomat attacked, robbed in Budapest

Budapest - A Kuwaiti diplomat was attacked inside his home, locked in the cellar and robbed by two masked men earlier this week, the Hungarian agency MTI reported Thursday.

Nun to Cooperate Orissa police

The Catholic nun, raped during Kandhamal communal violence, has finally agreed to co-operate Orissa police for test identification parade.

But she has demanded for a change in the venue for parade.

"She is under treatment and therefore cannot travel such a long distance," Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archbishop Raphael Cheenath said on Wednesday.

"She had undergone a traumatic experience at Kandhamal, therefore she would not like to go there again to identify the culprits," added Chennath.

The catholic nun was allegedly raped during Orissa Bandh on 25 August at Knuagaon.

Hindu leader shot dead in Kandhamal

Violence returned to Kandhamal district of Orissa, after a month with the killing of a Hindu leader by unknown gun men.

Dhanurjay Pradhani of village Kumbharigaon under Brahmanigaon police limits was shot dead by three un-identified armed extremists at a construction site near the village school on Wednesday afternoon.

Pradhani was an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said to be influential in the locality.

'We suspect Maoist hand in the killing,' Arun Sarangi, deputy inspector general of police, told.

But the locals have blamed Christians for the murder.

SP Praveen Kumar with one company of CRPF personnel has rushed to the spot.

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