http://www.rediff.com/news/ India's largest news and entertainment service online. en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 16:39:00 GMT Copyright: (C) 2007 Rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://www.rediff.com/uim/red_log.gif http://www.rediff.com/ 144 28 Visit rediff.com http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09guest1.htm There seems to be something amiss and mysterious in the way 1857 was suppressed in 2007 and 2008. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09bigb.htm Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Friday utilised the reinstatement of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Director P Venugopal to take another dig at Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, with whom the actor had had a war of words over on-screen smoking. "Minister Ramadoss has had a bad day today," Bachchan said in his blog. The Bollywood superstar had hit out at the Union Health Minister earlier in his blog. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09iaea.htm It is paradoxical that even those members who are most crucial in the decision-making process, leave alone the public, are denied access to scrutinise the full text of the IAEA agreement while many in the international community, particularly those from the NSG countries, must be scanning it with a microscope! http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09maya.htm The CBI had registered FIR against Mayawati on October 5, 2003, allegedly on the direction of the apex court, which had ordered the agency to investigate Taj Heritage Corridor Scam. The Bahujan Samaj Party chief contended that the FIR lodged against her was illegal as no sanction was taken from the state and the agency had misinterpreted the apex court order, which only directed investigation into the Taj Corridor case. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09bomb.htm Jet Airways Flight 225 to Chennai was grounded in Toronto on Monday after the police received a bomb threat. A report in Friday's National Post reveals that the police received an anonymous threat less than two hours before the Jet Airways Flight was scheduled to depart from the Pearson International Airport in Toronto.Though the investigators were aware that it might be a hoax threat, they decided to take no chances. Hence, the flight was grounded. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09khan.htm Roshan Jamal Khan, from suburban Mumbai, was arrested from a mosque in Spain after morning prayers in January. His wife Farida and son Talha have been longing for news on Roshan's case. While there has been no response to letters written by Farida to the government, Spanish authorities too have not taken Roshan's case forward and he hasn't been produced in court even after spending more than 100 days in jail. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09flip.htm 'Does anyone believe for a moment that T R Baalu cares two hoots for a man without a mandate who happens to be living in Race Course Road by sheer accident?' http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09look1.htm Communist Party of India activists burn the American flag on Friday after President George Bush's comment on the price hike, where he attributed the global food crisis to the prosperity in India. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09pak.htm Pakistan does not want another war with India over Kashmir, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said while describing the current status of bilateral relations as the "best" the two countries had ever had. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09storm.htm "Nargis is a sign of things to come. Last year, Bangladesh was devastated by the tropical cyclone Sidr," said Narain. "The victims of these cyclones are climate change victims and their plight should remind the rich world that it is doing too little to contain its greenhouse gas emissions," Sunita Narain, director, Centre for Science and Environment, said.