Security officers in Baghdad recounted the deadliest bomb blast which rocked the Iraqi capital Monday, killing 28 people, including women and schoolgirls, and leaving dozens wounded.

According to witnesses, Monday’s attack took place on Kassra Street, a road lined with restaurants and tea shops popular for breakfast with Iraqi security forces, as a bus carrying young school girls drove past.  

In a strikingly symbolic moment in the historic transition of power in Washington, the outgoing President Bush and first lady, Laura, greeted President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, with smiles and handshakes, as they stepped from their limousine to begin a tour of their home for the next four years, after Obama is sworn in on January 20.

A handbag containing Rs 35,000 together with a bank passbook has been found this morning, by a mobile team of the 4th IRB posted at Thenggu Chingjin of Koirenggei led by Jemandar Dikambou.

The team found the blue colour bag lying at Diamond Gali in Imphal’s Paona bazaar around 10.30 am today.
 
After checking the bag thoroughly the IRB group showed the bag to reporters and announced that the real owner could produce suitable proof that the money belongs to him and collect the money.

According to a new study, low potassium levels in the urine can contribute to high blood pressure. The lead author of the study Susan Hedayati, MD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and the Dallas VA Medical Center said, "There has been a lot of publicity about lowering salt or sodium in the diet in order to lower blood pressure, but not enough on increasing dietary potassium."

King Khan’s loving wife Gauri Khan has been admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra following an acute stomachache on Sunday afternoon.

On Friday night, Gauri attended Farah Khan’s Triumph lingerie fashion show at the Tulip Centaur Hotel in Juhu. At that time, she was looking fine but following next morning, her condition deteriorated and complained of pains and nausea.