New Delhi, April 20 : A Chinese farmer has much to complaint after her cow started to feed on its own milk, leaving her empty-handed.

Owner Guli Nisha, from Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, said the animal had found a unique way of being self-sufficient by turning its head around and drinking its own milk, reports the China Daily.

Guli revealed: "I do not know what caused the cow to drink its own milk, but I know I got no milk from it and had to spend some 30 yuan (4.40 dollars) to feed it."

New Delhi, Apr 20 : Election Commissioner Navin Chawla will take over as the next Chief Election Commissioner today.

Chawla, who will succeed incumbent N Gopalaswami, will hold charge till July 29, 2010.

Chawla, who is taking charge in the midst of the five-phased Lok Sabha elections, will oversee four phases of the polls.

New Delhi, Apr 20 : President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today left for a week-long visit to Spain and Poland.

During her visit, Patil is likely to sign a number of bilateral agreements to further boost India''s relations with the European countries.

New Delhi  - The Indian economy should regain its annual growth rate of 8 to 9 per cent as the world economy begins to recover from September, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday.

Despite three stimulus packages announced by the government, Asia's third largest economy grew by only 5.3 per cent in three months ending December 31, the slowest pace in over five years, against 8.9 per cent in the corresponding period a year ago.

State run Power Finance Corporation has declared the results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009.

For the period under review, the New Delhi-based firm said that it has posted a growth of 32.22% in its net profit after higher loan disbursals.

The company’s net profit in the fourth quarter stood at Rs 390.58 crore, as compared to net profit of Rs 295.40 crore during the corresponding period of the last year.

Rampur/New Delhi, Apr 19 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi filed his nomination papers as a candidate from the Rampur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

"I am incapable of facing them (his opponents on the seat). I am contesting on the faith and strength of the people," he said.

Meanwhile, nominees of the Congress party have entered the fray from two of the seven seats in New Delhi.