Jayant Dua appointed Managing Director of Birla Sun Life Insurance

 Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Ltd. (BSLI), a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, today announced the appointment of Jayant Dua as the Managing Director of the company. Jayant’s appointment will be effective July 1, 2010 and he will be based out of Mumbai. Prior to this, he spearheaded Aditya Birla Insulators (ABI) in the capacity of President and CEO. Speaking on the occasion, Ajay Srinivasan, Chief...

Lindsay is not the girl I raised, says father

‘Mean Girl’ star Lindsay Lohan’s estranged father has revealed that troubled actress is not the girl he brought up. Michael Lohan recently discovered the medical prescription his daughter is following while under probation. Lohan has been sentenced to serve 90-days in jail for violating the terms of her probation. “This is not the girl I raised. She’s gotta start all over again....

Stray NATO artillery kills six Afghan civilians

A joint Afghan and NATO investigation team found the civilians died on Thursday when artillery fire failed to hit a target in the Jani Khel district of Paktia Province, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement. “ISAF officials offer sincere condolences to those affected and accept full responsibility for the actions that led to this tragic incident,” the...

Nirupama Rao to meet Dalai Lama in Mcleodganj

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is arriving at McLeodganj near here, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Saturday and is slated to meet the Dalai Lama, an official said. ‘Nirupama Rao is reaching McLeodganj at around 1.30 p.m. for a two-day visit,’ Superintendent of Police Atul Fulzele told IANS. The foreign secretary is a former Indian ambassador to China. Officials of the external...

Death Toll From Two Bomb Attacks in Northwestern Pakistan Rises to 105

The death toll in Mohmand Agency rose after two bombs exploded yesterday, equaling the deadliest guerrilla attack since January in Pakistan’s northwest. The blasts killed 105 people and wounded 140 others, Miraj Ali Khan, a local government official, said by telephone from Mohmand today. The Edhi Foundation ambulance service counted 85 people killed and more than 150 injured, its provincial coordinator, Mujahid...

Kashmir police finds 75 kilos of explosives

The massive search by CRPF and police for LeT terrorists in the forest of Kishtwar ended with the recovery of 75 kilos of explosives and 6 Improvised Explosive Devices of 15 kg, each hideout unearthed all carrying an LeT stamp, on Friday, Jul 9. According to the sources the troops of 11 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Task Force launched a search operation in Chatroo in Kishtwar district to catch the LeT...

LeT emerges a growing global threat, says report

Far from being just an ISI creation against India, the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan army’s favourite terror group, is a growing threat to the US and the Western world, says a new investigative report. The conviction has come in sharper focus following the confessions of David Coleman Headley who was LeT’s chief scout for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. It’s not just India that has mounted a ...

Iranians still facing death by stoning despite ‘reprieve’

Twelve Iranian women and three men are on death row awaiting execution by stoning despite an apparent last-minute reprieve for a mother of two who had been facing the horrific sentence after being convicted of adultery. Human rights groups and activists welcomed a wave of international publicity and protests over the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, who was awaiting execution in the western Iranian town...

Mother, son found murdered at their Delhi home

A 40-year-old woman and her five-year-old son were found brutally murdered at their home in west Delhi’s Patel Nagar area early on Friday. Property dealer Pawan Nagia returned home at about 3 am to find the bodies of his wife Anuradha and son Cherish. “The mother and son were brutally murdered as the attacker first strangulated them and then stabbed them with a sharp object several times,” a...

Maoists kill contractor in Orissa

A contractor was killed Friday when Maoist guerrillas attacked a road construction camp and damaged equipment in Orissa’s Koraput district. About 10-12 armed rebels attacked a road construction camp and killed contractor S.S. Chawla near Chikalmari village, some 20 km from the police station at Semiliguda town, Inspector General of Police (Operations) Sanjeev Marik told IANS. The rebels also torched a machine...