New Delhi, March 26 : Twenty years after being accidentally swallowed by a kung fu master during a training session, a chopstick has finally been removed.

The 21-cm stick was ingested by Wing Ma during an exercise.

Ma has revealed that he was conditioning his body to take pain when the accident occurred, Metro reports.

According to the China Daily, the 40-year-old was rid of the chopstick at a hospital in eastern Wuhan, China.

London-based Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), on Wednesday, made announcement about the launching of “Hanuman-Boy Warrior” for the PlayStation 2.

The game Hanuman-Boy Warrior was developed by Hyderabad-Aurona Technologies Limited (acquired by Pyramid Samira).

It takes a period of about 9 months to complete.

Mr. Atindriya Bose, Sony Computer Entertainment, PlayStation -Country Manager, said, “We have launched the first Indian game on PS2 with localised content completely developed by an Indian game development house.”

New Delhi, Mar 25 : The country is going to witness record production of wheat consecutively for the second year with output estimated to surpass 78 million tonnes.

Last year, 78.57 million tonnes of wheat was produced, which was the highest ever in the history of India.

New Delhi, Mar. 25 : The annual bilateral naval exercises between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy `SIMBEX 2009' commenced in the Andaman Sea on Wednesday.

SIMBEX, an acronym for `Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise', was formalised a decade-and-a-half ago, when RSN ships began training in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) with the Indian Navy, in 1994.

As a part of the 16th annual SIMBEX, exercise units will also exercise in the South China Sea until 02 April 2009.

Kolkata, March 25 : Sourav Ganguly today said that he was not consulted on the captaincy issue and that he came to know about it from the press, hours after being dropped as the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders.

"I was not consulted on the captaincy issue before the final decision was made. I learnt about it from the press," Sourav told a news channel.

Ganguly also added that a team could be expected to do well only if it has a set squad and that cricket was all about giving players confidence and security.

New Delhi - India's benchmark Sensex index rallied for the third-straight day Wednesday, rising 2.08 per cent.

The 30-share sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, which touched an intraday high of 9,706.47, ended up 196.86 points at 9,667.9.

The Sensex has gained more than 700 points since Monday when it opened at 8,960.

Brokers said the bourse was buoyed by heavy buying of shares in Reliance Industries and other blue-chip realty companies.