Friday, April 30, 2010

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NZ vs SL T20 Live Score: SL Lost Early Wickets in Game 1 of ICC World Cup 2010

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:59 AM PDT

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

GUYANA: In the 1st opening day of ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010, there is the match between New Zealand (NZ) & Sri Lanka (SL) for a win at Providence Stadium at 22:30 hrs (IST) here on Friday. Sri-Lankan team which was last year's runner up will make an attempt to begin the T20 World Cup 2010 series from winning note whereas Kiwis will also make effort for an optimistic start in the 3rd Edition of grand T20 World Cup. Catch the live match and know the winner team.

As concerning to Sri Lankan team, the players are in good form and balanced too. Sri Lankan total players have been reached here after good outing in IPL 2010.

Key Batsmen Players of Sri Lanka

K Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, S Jayasuriya, T Dilshan & Angelo Mathews

Key Bowlers Players of Sri Lanka

Lashit Malinga, Dilhara Fernando & Muttaiah Murlitharan

The bowlers are in good form & could be unsafe on slow Caribbean cricket playground. It is anticipated that Mahela Jayawardene, who broke victorious maiden overs in IPL 2010, will start Sri Lankan innings against Kiwis. On the other hand, New Zealand is known for composing key upsets in big events. Riding on a high notes, all-rounders, Black Caps are in the battle for title.

Key Batsmen Players of New Zealand

Brandom McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Rose Taylor, Martin Guptill

Daniel Vettori-controlled bowling department seems weaker than the bowlers of Sri Lankans but they are capable to rotate the table.

Whatever the consequence will be, ICC World Cup Twenty20 ensures to provide a great deal of entertainment between two top teams today. Watch the match live to know the latest updates and winner team of the 1st match of Twenty20 World Cup.


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Sri Lanka set New Zealand 136-run target

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Guyana, May 1 (IANS) Mahela Jayawardene smashed 81 off 51 balls as Sri Lanka posted 135 for six against New Zealand in the opening match of the World Twenty20 here Friday.

Jayawardene guided Sri Lanka through a difficult phase after the islanders, electing to bat first, made a slow start before recovering in the final overs.

Dinesh Chandimal was the second best contributor with 29 runs off 23 balls with the help of one four and one six.

New Zealand bowlers made good use of the slow track, taking the pace off the ball and not allowing dangerous Sri Lankan opener Dilshan to get off to a good start.

Dilshan made just 3 off 19 balls before Jacob Oram rattled his stumps.

~ Rest Continues Below ~

Sri Lanka found it difficult to score in the first 10 overs that fetched them only 54 runs. Jayawardene played with patience and waited for the bad balls to score. He struck eight fours and two sixes before Tim Southee got his wicket in the 19th over.

Guyana, May 1 (IANS) Mahela Jayawardene smashed 81 off 51 balls as Sri Lanka posted 135 for six against New Zealand in the opening match of the World Twenty20 here Friday.

‘Cuddle’ spray to make men more loveable

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:42 PM PDT

London, May 1 (IANS) It is just what women have been waiting for – a spray that makes men more sensitive.

Scientists say the nasal spray is capable of turning the most macho of hunks into a sensitive and lovable person who says all right things, reports express.co.uk.

The sensitivity spray uses oxytocin, known as the ‘cuddle hormone’. The feelgood chemical is a natural ‘love drug’ released in the brain during sex and stimulates affectionate feelings in humans.

In experiments, 24 healthy men took nasal sprays containing oxytocin and Rene Hurlemann who carried out the research in Germany said: ‘The oxytocin group showed significantly higher emotional empathy levels.’

London, May 1 (IANS) It is just what women have been waiting for – a spray that makes men more sensitive.

Rihanna to perform despite rib injury

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:40 PM PDT

London, May 1 (IANS) Pop star Rihanna has promised her UK fans she will be fine to play despite her rib injury.

‘I’ve had a few injuries, and one thing made another worse. Eventually, I had to have it checked out. My ribs are still hurting, but I will be raring to go by London,’ contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.

The 21-year-old is currently in France on her ‘Last Girl on Earth’ tour and then she will head to Germany for another concert. She believes she has grown in totality.

‘We’ve never done a tour to this capacity. The production is unbelievable and so are the costumes, we just took it to a whole new level. We just keep growing,’ she added.

London, May 1 (IANS) Pop star Rihanna has promised her UK fans she will be fine to play despite her rib injury.

Manasvi Mamgai is Miss India World 2010

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:40 PM PDT

Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Manasvi Mamgai, 22, was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2010 at a gala event Friday night. She will represent India at the global pageant later this year.

Neha Hinge, 23, was crowned Miss India International 2010, while Nicole Faria, 20, is Miss India Earth 2010.

A bevy of Bollywood stars like Shahid Kapoor, Salman Khan, Lara Dutta, Neha Dhupia and Vivek Oberoi mesmerised the audience with their performances.

The contestants dazzled in beautiful creations by designers Ritu Kumar and Anita Dongre.

The 18 finalists were judged by personalities like Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, writer Chetan Bhagat, tennis star Sania Mirza, boxer Vijender Singh, director Anurag Basu, designer Ritu Beri and actor Kunal Kapoor.

This year, Sushmita Sen’s production company Tantra Entertainment has been awarded the India franchise to select participant for the Miss Universe contest and the winner will represent India at the international pageant.

As a result, the Miss Universe title at the pageant was replaced by Miss International.

Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Manasvi Mamgai, 22, was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2010 at a gala event Friday night. She will represent India at the global pageant later this year.

Paris Hilton confirms she’s back with ex-fiance

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Los Angeles, April 30 (IANS) Socialite Paris Hilton has confirmed that she is back with ex-fiance and fashion model Jason Shaw.

‘We’ll see what happens. I love him so much. We’re very close and I’ve known him a very long time,’ she said.

The 28-year-old beauty admits she’s nervous about dating new people.

‘It is hard. You meet people and you don’t know what their intentions are.’

Hilton and Shaw, who were briefly engaged in 2003, were spotted out in Hollywood last Friday. She was previously dating baseball player Doug Reinhardt but the couple spilt last month as she felt that he was using her.

Los Angeles, April 30 (IANS) Socialite Paris Hilton has confirmed that she is back with ex-fiance and fashion model Jason Shaw.

‘Housefull’ evokes smiles, giggles aplenty (Hindi Film Review, Rating: ***)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:36 PM PDT

Film: ‘Housefull’; Starring: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan, Riteish Deshmukh; Directed by: Sajid Khan; Rating: ***

This is a sly tongue firmly and stubbornly in cheek, slick and chic comedy about a loser, or a panauti – a word that recurs ad nauseum in this glorious gasbag of giggles, winks, nudges and innuendos packaged with such polished panache that you don’t really care what the inter-relations in the parodic plot finally signify.

Maybe they signify nothing more than a numbing but pleasantly diverting nothingness. But who the heck cares, as long as the tumble of confusions generates a hilarious havoc.

‘Housefull’, as the title suggests, is chockful of characters who bump into one another and into hard surfaces (including the unresolved edges in the plot) without injury. It’s all done in ricocheting rhythms of laughter that rises from the pit of the plot’s belly and moves upwards towards us, sometimes missing its target.

More than the screenplay (Milap Zaveri, Sajid Khan, Vibha Singh) which moves helter-skelter in every direction away from the centre of the plot and just about succeeds in coming to a reasonably coherent conclusion, it is the bevy of characters who are positioned in the screenplay with a supreme sense of pyramidal aptness.

Every actor shines because he or she knows the idea is to have fun and to transmit that fun to the audience. It’s the actors’ responsibility to make the maze of inter-relations hold together. They succeed.

Yes, sometimes the actors seem to enjoy the comedy of energetic error more than we do. Beyond a point how many slap-happy slipping-on-the-floor nudge-nudge-wink-wink oops-we-did-it-again rolling of the eyes biting-of-the-tongue jokes can we take??

But somehow it all holds together. Like a jigsaw done in the pages of a comic book and then put on celluloid, ‘Housefull’ evokes smiles and chuckles in cramped and wide-open spaces.

There is a casino in London where our loser-hero is beckoned to stem losses, a casino waitress (Lara Dutta) whose traditional Gujarati father (Boman Irani, as confidently spontaneous as ever) has disowned her for eloping with a man of her choice, a stern government agent (Arjun Rampal, the only actor who doesn’t get to smile in this chirpy

chuckle-fest), a sexy widow (Lilette Dubey) and assorted characters who come and go in a whoosh of wacky misunderstandings, confused identity and half-resolved comic snarls.

Sajid Khan’s earlier film ‘Heyy Babyy’ was a minty mix of mirth and maudlinism. ‘Housefull’ is a full-on flamboyant farce. Strangely there’s a subtlety even tenderness at times, in the way Sajid Khan handles the satirical material centred on the theme of a loser who brings bad luck on himself so often that he begins to wonder if there’s a method to the madness of his destiny.

Unlike most situational comedies ‘Housefull’ chooses the lower octaves of storytelling. The scale is pitched down. Even when the characters scream their lungs out we don’t wince in discomfort. This is the most well-behaved comedy in recent times with an array of pert but low-key performances.

Stripped of all buffoonery Akshay Kumar does his most delicately balanced comic act ever. There’s a mellow maturity to the way he balances farce with a more underplayed style of comedy. Riteish Deshmukh provides Akshay with the right cues. So do the rest of the actors. Among the three glamorous and sexy ladies Lara Dutta has the best comic

timing. Mention must be made of Chunky Pandey who brings the roof down with his Italian-Punjabi accent and burlesque.

‘Housefull’ looks and feels right. The climax in ‘Buckingham Palace’ (replete with Queen

Elizabeth and Prince Charles look-alikes) depends too closely on a literal outflow of laughter gas. But that’s okay. Delicacy of comic presentation is not a claim that ‘Housefull’ makes. But moments of muffled tenderness just happen in the plot’s confounded journey of a loser from no-love to know-love.

Worth watching for its mix of the wacky and the more tender variety of laughter.

Film: ‘Housefull’; Starring: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan, Riteish Deshmukh; Directed by: Sajid Khan; Rating: ***

Martin fumes over anti-immigration law at awards

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:36 PM PDT

London, April 30 (IANS) Singer Ricky Martin used his appearance at the Billboard Latin music awards to voice his outrage over a tough new anti-immigration law in Arizona.

He fumed over the legislation, which allows cops to question any individual who they suspect is an illegal immigrant on stage at the awards show.

The singer began his speech by telling the audience: ‘This is not in the script,’ before declaring the law ‘makes no sense’.

‘You are not alone. We are with you. Put a stop to discrimination. Put a stop to hate. Put a stop to racism… Long live love, long live peace,’ contactmusic.com quoted him as saying.

Martin was given a standing ovation at the ceremony, which was dominated by New York band Aventura, who scooped nine Billboard Latin Music Awards, including album of the year.

Puerto Rican artist El Bambino was also triumphant taking home seven statuettes, while Wisin y Yandel received three.

London, April 30 (IANS) Singer Ricky Martin used his appearance at the Billboard Latin music awards to voice his outrage over a tough new anti-immigration law in Arizona.

Sandra Bullock Moving to New Orleans with her adopted son

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 06:04 AM PDT

Sandra with Adopted Black baby

Sandra with Adopted Black baby (Click to Enlarge)

After deciding to get divorced with Jesse James Sandra is planning to move to the New Orleans with her adopted son.

She has started sending her belongings via El Sol Logistics, to her birth place where she and James had bought a house for them before James's cheating scandal exposed.

The logistics company moved to Sandra's five-bedroom mansion on Coliseum Street to unload their lug that contained sofas, chairs and paintings.

But neither Bullock nor her son was seen there at the time of shifting. But she in an interview confirmed that people will soon see her in the Big easy.

“New Orleans in his city, and he is going to know it inside and out, ” she told the magazine.

“Without the spirit of the people who live there and take care of the city and honor its traditions, its love for music, its love for life, take those people out and you don’t have why I love New Orleans so much.”

On the contrary her publicist Cheryl Maisel has not released any immediate comment. Sandra Bullock is also expected to go for Warren Easton Charter School Foundation's ribbon cutting for the opening of their health clinic.

After disastrous Hurricane Katrina, she contributed generously to the school for upgrading and ascertaining a scholarship fund.

“The clinic’s 95 percent done,” Hardy tells E! News. “Her role has been rather passive, but by design. She gave us a huge check—she wouldn’t let me say how much—when we inducted her into the Hall of Fame last year to finish it.”

Photo shoots make me nervous : Cheryl Cole

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:06 AM PDT

London, April 30 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole says she always feels nervous before being photographed and doesn’t enjoy the endless preening that goes on.

‘I don’t tend to enjoy photo shoots, they’re my worst nightmare. I don’t like being pampered all day, you know the fluffing of the hair, the pulling on the dresses and the make-up. Although this one (Harper’s Bazaar) has been one of the most fun shoots I’ve done,’ dailystar.co.uk quoted her as saying.

The singer will appear on the front cover of the June issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

The 26-year-old revealed she listens to Beyonce Knowles’ music to help her overcome her nervousness during photo shoots.

London, April 30 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole says she always feels nervous before being photographed and doesn’t enjoy the endless preening that goes on.

Congress seeks ‘adjustment’ with Trinamool for Kolkata civic polls

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:04 AM PDT

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and party in-charge of West Bengal K. Keshav Rao met Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee here Friday to seek seat-sharing ‘adjustment’ between the two parties ahead of next month’s Kolkata civic body elections.

‘I conveyed to her what the party wants. There is need for adjustment,’ Rao told reporters.

Trinamool Congress, the dominant opposition party in the state, has offered the Congress 25 of the 141 seats in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections, much below the 51 the Congress had demanded. Party party leaders in West Bengal have conveyed their resentment to the central leadership over this.

The Trinamool Congress Wednesday announced candidates for 116 seats in the corporation.

Rao said his meeting with Banerjee was also about some pending rail projects in Andhra Pradesh.

He said the seat adjustment talks will be held by the local Congress units in consultation with the state leadership, and the Congress central leadership will not interfere. ‘My advice to PCC (Pradesh Congress committee) is to see that the jot (combination with Trinamool Congress) runs smoothly,’ he said.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation will go to the polls along with 80 other municipalities in the state May 30. The seat sharing is expected to have a bearing on the understanding between two parties for other municipalities.

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and party in-charge of West Bengal K. Keshav Rao met Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee here Friday to seek seat-sharing ‘adjustment’ between the two parties ahead of next month’s Kolkata civic body elections.

Sri Lanka elect to bat against New Zealand in World T20 opener

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:04 AM PDT

Guyana, April 30 (IANS) Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the opening match of the World Twenty20 here Friday.

Teams:

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Gareth Hopkins (wicket-keeper), Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Shane Bond, Tim Southee

Sri Lanka:

Kumar Sangakkara (captain and wicket-keeper), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, C. Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Chanaka Welegedara

Guyana, April 30 (IANS) Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the opening match of the World Twenty20 here Friday.

Maoists fire at paramilitary camp in Chhattisgarh

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Raipur, April 30 (IANS) Maoists opened ‘random firing’ Friday night near a camp of the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Errabore in Chhattisgarh’s violence-hit Dantewada district, police said.

‘It was just a one or two rounds of random firing from distance in an area in Errabore that has a SSB camp besides a police station,’ Dantewada Superintendent of Police Amresh Mishra told IANS over phone.

He described it a ‘very minor’ incident and said the troopers and police personnel at Errabore, some 500 km south of capital Raipur, were on high alert to deal with any situation.

Raipur, April 30 (IANS) Maoists opened ‘random firing’ Friday night near a camp of the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Errabore in Chhattisgarh’s violence-hit Dantewada district, police said.

Piers Morgan slams Madonna’s ‘charity work’

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Los Angeles, April 30 (IANS) ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge Piers Morgan lashed out at pop singer Madonna’s charity work in Malawi, as he accused some celebrities of treating charity work like ‘a fashion accessory’

‘I regard anything Madonna does with deep cynicism. There are people out there who literally view charitable work, from what I can see, as a fashion accessory,’ the British journalist-turned-TV personality said, reports imdb.com.

‘I feel uncomfortable sometimes about the motives of celebrities and some charity work I see going on,’ he said.

Madonna uses her Raising Malawi Foundation to improve education and facilities for families in the impoverished nation.

Los Angeles, April 30 (IANS) ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge Piers Morgan lashed out at pop singer Madonna’s charity work in Malawi, as he accused some celebrities of treating charity work like ‘a fashion accessory’

Fame ruined my relationship with Affleck : J-Lo

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT

London, April 30 (IANS) Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez says her relationship with Ben Affleck broke down due to the pressure of being Hollywood’s super couple.

The 40-year-old said they felt ‘under siege for two years’ because of their popularity.

J-Lo says she still loves Ben but husband Marc Anthony has a ‘different approach to fame’ which allows privacy, thesun.co.uk reports.

The mother of two-year-old twins is looking forward to appearing in Channel 4 show ‘Glee’.

The actress will openly talk about her past for the first time on ‘The Graham Norton’ show on BBC1 Monday.

London, April 30 (IANS) Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez says her relationship with Ben Affleck broke down due to the pressure of being Hollywood’s super couple.

Service tax officials raid Eden, check IPL papers

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Days after the Income Tax raid, service tax department sleuths of the West Bengal government Friday swooped down on the Eden Gardens to check papers relating to the alleged financial wrongdoings related to the Indian Premier League.

Five service tax officials raided the Cricket Association of Bengal headquarters at the stadium, and scrutinised papers and vouchers pertaining to the cash-rich league, which has become the subject of a multiple-agency probe with allegations flying thick about irregularities.

CAB sources said the raid lasted three hours and the taxmen questioned some CAB offcials, besides asking the finance panel chief Chitrak Mitra to appear before them Monday.

Income Tax officials had raided Eden Gardens April 21 as part of a nation-wide probe into the alleged financial irregularities related to the league.

Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Days after the Income Tax raid, service tax department sleuths of the West Bengal government Friday swooped down on the Eden Gardens to check papers relating to the alleged financial wrongdoings related to the Indian Premier League.

Movie Review: Brendan Fraser Brings Up A Comedy Again in ‘Furry Vengeance’

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:17 AM PDT

Furry Vengeance Movie poster

Furry Vengeance Movie poster

A veteran actor Brendan Fraser has done all whatever is expected from him whether it is serious drama in Gods and Monsters, epic blockbusters like The Mummy or his signature style in comedies like Bedazzled or Encino Man.

Now with ‘Furry Vengeance‘ Brendan has turned eco-conscious. With such an environment conscious family comedy “Furry Vengeance,” a loveable and attractive star has got the opportunity to show his versatility in acting. In various sequences of "Furry Vengeance” Brendan makes audiences laugh and think simultaneously.

Dan Sanders (Brendan Fraser) a real estate developer who on the commands of his boss is wrecking the forest land to make a room for so-called environment friendly people. Dan faces all the aggression of forest animals as he is the one from whose shoulder ken Jogg (Dan's Boss) is hitting at them.

For their rescue from Dan and his Boss, animals plans out strategies to save themselves. They built their own conservation group and collect their assets like acorns, stones, and a startling dexterity for hot-wiring cars to allow a run riot with Animal Planet fury on Dan. He gets wretched with brute. He gets captured in a car by a cunning raccoon. He even got stuck in his pants down in a handy lavatory that gets hanged into a tree by a furious bear.

Furry Vengeance

Furry Vengeance

To be honest, Brendan who vigorously ambushes his way through the never ending forest show is best in every way but what makes the movie bit lull is the script which sometimes appears to be slow and lazy at times.

Brendan had done justice to his role but Furry's unfunny script failed to carry his endeavors, animated animals looked so unreal made the talent waste.

Dan's wife played by Brooke Shields has nothing to do in the movie and whenever she was expected to do some she didn't manage to give right expressions at the right time. Even the requisite gaffe roll towards the end is raw in its desperation to produce any laughter.

“Furry Vengeance” may perhaps instruct viewers that it requires action trather than just speaking in favor of environment. But this has already been attempted in movies like “Over the Hedge” and “Hoot.” With this Brendan has added another remarkable performance in his personal account but as far as movie is concerned it lacks in overall contentment.

Shahrukh’s Surprise for Mexican Mori

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:59 AM PDT

barbara mori

barbara mori

Mexican Barbara, who arrived in Mumbai before 10 days for promotion of 'Kites' movie and staying in Juhu with her bro Kintaro Mori, had a surprise party given in her honor by Shah Rukh last Sunday.

The Roshans have been more than hospitable to their movie's leading female in Mumbai and have taken her on shopping extravaganza and dinners. Barbara said "They are some of the best people I have met". She added "Sussanne wanted me to meet her close friend Gauri."

When Barbara went to SRK residence, she found the duo watching the IPL final with actor Arjun Rampal, Mehr Jessia, Chunky and Bhavna Pandey, Sanjay, Maheep Kapoor, Neelam Kothari and Kajal Anand.

"I don't follow cricket, so initially I was getting bored. But everyone was enjoying themselves. After the match, we really partied hard. Shah Rukh and Gauri are very nice. I met many other people, some of whom are actors, it was nice of them to welcome me to Mumbai."

Delhi University to pay compensation to radiation victims

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:58 AM PDT

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Delhi University (DU) will pay compensation to the six people affected by the radioactive material sourced to it and found in the scrap market of Mayapuri in west Delhi and give a job to the dependents of the man who died, a varsity official said Friday.

Rajendra Prasad’s family will be getting Rs.8 lakh as compensation and his widow will be given a job in the university campus, university Registrar A.K.Sinha said.

‘Five victims who were exposed to the radioactive material and hospitalised will be given the compensation amount of Rs.2 lakh each,’ he added.

Six people were admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after exposure to radiation and Prasad died of multi-organ failure Monday. One victim was discharged April 20.

Two other victims were admitted to other hospitals. Deepak Jain, a scrap metal dealer from Mayapuri, was the first victim, turning black after he touched the radioactive source. He had a considerably suppressed bone marrow and is undergoing treatment at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital.

Ajay Jain, another scrap metal dealer from Mayapuri, was admitted to Max Hospital in Pitampura April 10. He suffered minor burns and was declared radiation free by the hospital authorities. His condition is being monitored.

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Delhi University (DU) will pay compensation to the six people affected by the radioactive material sourced to it and found in the scrap market of Mayapuri in west Delhi and give a job to the dependents of the man who died, a varsity official said Friday.

One held for Ajmer Dargah blast, more arrests likely: ATS

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:56 AM PDT

Jaipur, April 30 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Rajasthan police has arrested a person with links to some right-wing Hindu groups in connection with the 2007 bomb blast in the Ajmer Dargah Sharif, police said Friday. The ATS said more arrests would be made soon.

Three people were killed and at least 30 injured when a bomb exploded near the Ahata-e-Noor, a courtyard on the premises of the Dargah of Sufi Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, on Oct 11, 2007.

The accused Devendra Gupta, hailing from Bihari Ganj in Ajmer, was arrested Wednesday night, police officials told IANS.

Gupta, who was staying in Jharkhand, reached Ajmer to visit his ailing mother on the day he was arrested, officials said.

‘He was produced Friday before the chief judicial magistrate in Ajmer who remanded him to 12 days’ police custody,’ a senior ATS official said.

‘He will be brought to Jaipur where he will be further interrogated,’ he said.

Sources said Gupta was under surveillance as he had links with some right-wing Hindu organisations.

He said the main motive behind the blast was to create terror.

Sources in the ATS said Gupta might have links with a Hindu extremist group, but refused to name the organisation.

The ATS said it was expanding the scope of its probe and more arrests in this connection are likely to follow.

‘We have started our investigations. Few more people are on our suspect list and you may see more arrests in the coming days. Our investigations are expected to lead us to other states too,’ a senior ATS official told IANS.

Police were able to trace the accused with the help of SIM cards recovered from the blast site, the sources said.

Gupta had allegedly purchased the SIM cards for the mobile handset that triggered the blast.

Jaipur, April 30 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Rajasthan police has arrested a person with links to some right-wing Hindu groups in connection with the 2007 bomb blast in the Ajmer Dargah Sharif, police said Friday. The ATS said more arrests would be made soon.

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