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Kathmandu, Sept 29 : Nepal police today arrested Minister for Industries, Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato, who was leading a protest demonstration by his party here today.

Around 40 of the Mahato’s supporters were also arrested. They were protesting outside the Election Commission office against the EC decision not to recognise the dissident faction of Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi (NSP-A) led by him.

On Friday, the EC refused to recognise the Mahato-led NSP-A faction as the official NSP. Mahato-led faction split recently from the NSP-A.

Bangalore: United Breweries (UB) is considering to lift around Rs 425 crore through a rights issue for providing financial support to its capacity development and upgradation plans. The final decision in this regard was taken at the company’s board meeting on September 27, 2007.

The two major stockholders chairman Vijay Mallya and UK brewer Scottish & Newcastle will take part in the rights issue compliant with their shareholding patterns.

New Delhi: Dengue has affected All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) once again with four students of the hospital campus presently going through treatment for suspected dengue.

The hospital authorities have confirmed that two doctors are already undergoing treatment at the hospital for mosquito-borne disease and two more were diagnosed with dengue on Saturday.

Nevada, Sept.29 : The push for Gandhi monument in the state capital Carson City and Gandhi statues in Las Vegas and Reno is gaining more support among Nevada clergy.

According to Rajan Zed and Gene Savoy Jr., coordinators of Gandhi Monument Council of Nevada, this issue was discussed at the interfaith clergy luncheon held at Unity Ministry of Reno on Thursday and it received widespread support.

Washington, Sept.29 : U.S.First Lady Laura Bush has problems sleeping if she hasn't read a few pages first.

But her husband, the President, apparently has no such issues. Having made a gaffe by recently referring to children as 'childrens", the President's staff is taking great pains to plant stories in the press of how he reads while exercycling.

Washington, Sept 29 : A study by Canadian researchers has shown that a lack of family support and problems in one’s neighbourhood are associated with greater asthma symptoms in children and adolescents.

Dr. Edith Chen and her colleagues at the University of British Columbia enrolled 78 children who had asthma without other chronic illnesses, and assessed the extent to which they perceived support from family, support from peers and problems in their neighbourhood, such as crime and violence.