ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has criticised a multi-billion-dollar agreement finalised by France to sell two nuclear reactors to India, saying the deal would create "mistrust" and have "serious security implications" in South Asia. Responding to a question on the France-India deal at a weekly news briefing, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit renewed Pakistan’s demand to be treated at par with India in the field of civil nuclear cooperation.

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BERLIN: India is among the countries topping the list for reported bribe payments over the year along with Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cameroon, Iraq, Liberia, Nigeria, the Palestinian territories, Senegal, Sierre Leone and Uganda. More than one person out of two in these countries said they had handed out financial sweeteners to officials.

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BHOPAL: A local government college here has banned jeans pants for lady teachers instructing them to wear saris while in the campus. A spokesman of the management of Sarojini Naidu (Nutan) College said that the decision was taken to instill Indian culture in the college.

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Shankar, who is nearing the end of her posting in WashingtonDC, was on her way back to Capital after an address to the Janos Radvanyi Chair in International Security Studies at Mississippi State University and other engagements in the state during her first visit there, including meetings with state government officials, when she ran into the security flap.

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Premier Wen Jiabao will be accompanied by the biggest ever Chinese trade delegation to India when he touches down in New Delhi next Wednesday on a three-day visit, during which the two countries’ fast-growing but increasingly imbalanced trade relationship will be in focus. As of Wednesday, more than 250 representatives from 100 Chinese companies, in sectors ranging from manufacturing and banking to Information Technology, had confirmed their participation in next week’s visit.

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Nejar, Kallianpur : Santhosh Kumar son of Jayakar Poojary aged around 20 years of Kelarkalbettu near here by mistake took rat poison for headache died on recently as per the complaint lodged with Malpe Police Station. The deceased fed up with severe headache since several days who took rat poison by mistake as a medicine for headache which cost his life. After heavy omitting only family members were came know the case.

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Kundapur: In the art exhibition being held in Aanegudde the above picture depicts sand sculpted Vishwa Vinayaka by Shri Harish Sagar. It is 7’ in height and 5’ in width attracting visitors in thousands.

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The Janata Dal (Secular) on Wednesday made fresh and serious allegations of illegal purchase of over 295 acres of agricultural land by the chief minister and his kin

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Dubai: A policeman who has been bedridden for 19 months following two alleged botched surgical procedures, is suing a government hospital for Dh15 million for physical and moral damages. The policeman, a father of seven children, claims he went to the hospital when he began suffering rectal bleeding.

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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today said it would issue new Rs 5 coins to commemorate the birth centenary of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa. “The Reserve Bank of India will shortly put into circulation coins of Rs 5 with the theme, Birth Centenary of Mother Teresa,” RBI said in a statement.

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Gangolli : The Udupi district unit of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike (KKSV) on Tuesday said that activists allegedly belonging to the Bajrang Dal had assaulted a woman belonging to a different community at Gangolli in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district on December 5 and 6.

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According to a new rule, the validity of UAE residential visa and labour card has now been reduced to two years. This new rule for all workers and employees in the private sector will be applicable from January 2011. In a statement by Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director-General of the Ministry of Labour it was made clear that the UAE Cabinet has reduced the validity of labour cards of all categories of people who work in private sector from three years to two years in a bid to regulate the labour market

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The Church, which was built in 1892, is not only a tourist destination but also is a serene prayer centre for those who have faith in god. Devotees and tourists visit the place as the Church has already been in the world tourism map. The pre-British period Church and the Parochial House, which is situated near Seethangoli, has its own glory to tell the visitors.

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Electricity charges went up between five and 60 paise a unit in Karnataka from Tuesday with the average hike for Bangalore residents at around 31 paise per unit. This was announced by Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman M. R. Sreenivasa Murthy. In villages, the increase is between 10 and 30 paise per unit. The new tariff will come into effect immediately.

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NEW DELHI: Delhiites pulled out more woollens to fight the sliding mercury which has touched the season’s lowest on Tuesday even as a fog cover shrunk visibility in the morning hours. However as the day progressed, the fog cover lifted and the skies opened up.

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NEW DELHI: At least 20 people including four foreigners were injured in a blast at the Dashashwamedh Ghat here during the Ganga arati around 6.30pm on Tuesday. Many others were injured in the ensuing stampede. According to official sources, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has been recovered from a dustbin at the Varanasi blast site

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Israel expressed disappointment on Tuesday with Argentina’s recognition of a Palestinian state in territories Israel occupied in 1967, saying they undercut American-led efforts to create such a state through negotiations with Israel. Argentina said its move, announced on Monday just days after Brazil took a similar step, reflected the country’s deep frustration with gridlocked peace efforts. But Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said unilateral recognition was “counterproductive” to peacemaking.

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Udupi: Dalit thinker Narayan Manur said on Monday that the State Government was trying to change the food habits of people by bringing in the Anti-Cow Slaughter law. Mr. Manur was speaking at the Constitution Protection Day function to mark the 54th death anniversary of the Father of Constitution B.R. Ambedkar, organised by the Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (B. Krishnappa) here.

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Mukesh Ambani’s Altamount Road residence, Antillia , billed as the world’s most expensive family home, will soon have competition. Its rival, and this should be easy to guess, is being built by his younger brother, Anil. Just a few months back, as Mukesh and Nita Ambani’s Rs 4,500-crore dream home was getting its finishing touches, construction began on Anil and Tina Ambani’s new house at Bandra’s Pali Hill. The work, has since progressed and reached the plinth level.

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Chennai, Dec 5 (PTI) Social networking site Facebook has offered a package of Rs 38 lakh (USD 85,000) for IIT Madras students during the ongoing placement season, a top official of the institute said. Companies selecting prospective candidates from the country’’s premier educational institute IIT Madras began on December 1.

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