In a surprising move, the West Bengal police has arrested three school kids in connection with the Maoist ambush on the chief minister's convoy on Sunday.
Out of these three school going kids, two are studying in Class IX at Katapahari High School and the third is a Class VII student of a Lalgarh school.
Indian equities extended its losses on poor economic fears in the global front.
The 30-share index BSE Sensex belled the day below 10,000 at 9,755.03 after falling 364.98 points. Realty, metal, oil & gas and baking stocks led the declining charts.
Asian stocks tumbled after News Corp, Isuzu Motors and Cathay Pacific Airways slashed their profit viewpoint, adding to evidence the worldwide economy is headed toward depression.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap index fell 3.16% and 1.95% respectively.
Washington, Nov 6: She might be one of the most famous faces in Hollywood, but socialite Paris Hilton often dreams of living in anonymity.
Being one of the most famous faces, the 27-year-old hotel heiress fantasies about blending in, and sometimes even tries to travel in disguise.
"I try to sometimes travel... I'll wear a wig and I try to go unnoticed, but it doesn't ever work. No matter what country I go to, people recognise me and know who I am,” Contactmusic quoted Hilton, as telling Moviefone. com.
London, Nov 6: A five-year-old girl at a Gloucestershire water park has unearthed the remains of an Ice Age rhinoceros, which roamed the area about 50,000 years ago.
According to a report by BBC News, Emelia Fawbert, the girl in question, found the fossilized carcass at the Cotswold Water Park near Cirencester during a fossil hunt.
Emelia was among a group of fossil hunters searching a freshly-excavated gravel pit at the park.
Emelia and her father James, from Bussage, near Stroud, dug up the atlas vertebra of the woolly rhino, which roamed the area about
50,000 years ago.
Washington, Nov 6: Noticing the continued decline in violence in Iraq, the US has reportedly decided to reduce its troops’ presence in the country to 14 combat brigades this month.
This reduction in US troops would be at least two months in advance as originally planned.
US Military officials said two brigades from the 101st Airborne Division will leave Iraq this month and only one will be replaced. A brigade is roughly 3500 soldiers.
London, Nov 6: Popstar Madonna is pleading pal Gwyneth Paltrow to follow her lead and quit Britain for the Big Apple, it has emerged.
The ‘4 Minute’ hitmaker and Paltrow are great friends and the actress is supporting the 50-year-old through her bitter divorce battle with estranged husband Guy Ritchie.
Madonna, who plans to move to the Big Apple in a bid to rebuild her life with kids Rocco, David and Lourdes, has been begging chum Paltrow to follow in her footsteps, according to sources.