Kapurthala, July 27 : Former president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam will visit Kali Bein in Punjab’s Kapurthala District today, to participate in the concluding function to mark the eighth anniversary of ‘kar sewa’ of the holy river.
This will be his second visit to the Kali Bein. Earlier, recognizing Baba Seechewal''s relentless service to clean the Bein, he visited the holy river two years ago.
Kali Bein is sacred to the Sikhs for its association with Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism.
Washington, July 26 : A University of Illinois economist has said that America’s energy shortage problems have been stretched thin by a surging demand for the product from India, China and other developing countries.
Scott Irwin, an agricultural and consumer economics professor at the university said that in the light of this development, there is a need for Americans to engage in debate on how to bring down gasoline prices and use their energy resources more profitably.
He told a House Committee that congressional efforts to curb trading by speculators is a "misguided witch hunt" that ignores the root of America''s energy problem.
Bangalore, July 26 : Definite leads have emerged from Friday''s eight bomb explosions in Bangalore in which one person -- an old woman - was killed and several were injured, said Karnataka''s police chief, R. Srikumar, on Saturday.
Karnataka''s Director-General of Police and Inspector General of Police Srikumar said the investigations on the bomb blasts is progressing fast and the police has got definite clues about the people involved in the cowardly act.
New Delhi - Police in India's southern city of Bangalore Saturday said the eight bombs that hit the city a day earlier were "professionally assembled" and claimed they had a suspect behind the blasts, media reports said.
According to the Indian Home Ministry, two people were killed and six injured in the low-intensity blasts triggered by timer devices near bus stations and crowded places in Bangalore.
The city, capital of the southern Karnataka state is considered India's information technology capital as many foreign and domestic IT and software firms are based there.
Islamabad, July 26 : The next India-Pakistan composite dialogue meeting is likely to consider Pakistan’s offer to India to invest in Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus manufacturing.
Pakistan’s Commerce Minister Ahmed Mukhtar while announcing the trade policy for 2008-09 last week said a decision had been taken that if Indian manufacturers of CNG buses make a firm commitment to manufacture such buses in Pakistan, the ministry might allow the import of 10 buses by road via Wagah border, from each potential investor as a test consignment.
Bangalore, July 26 : Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury today strongly refuted a report in which he was quoted saying that the Speaker''s office was involved in the cash-for-
Former president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam will visit Kali Bein in Punjab’s Kapurthala District today, to participate in the concluding function to mark the eighth anniversary of ‘kar sewa’ of the holy river.
Washington, July 26 : A University of Illinois economist has said that America’s energy shortage problems have been stretched thin by a surging demand for the product from India, China and other developing countries.
Bangalore, July 26 : Definite leads have emerged from Friday''s eight bomb explosions in Bangalore in which one person -- an old woman - was killed and several were injured, said Karnataka''s police chief, R. Srikumar, on Saturday.
New Delhi - Police in India's southern city of Bangalore Saturday said the eight bombs that hit the city a day earlier were "professionally assembled" and claimed they had a suspect behind the blasts, media reports said.
Islamabad, July 26 : The next India-Pakistan composite dialogue meeting is likely to consider Pakistan’s offer to India to invest in Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus manufacturing.
