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Jessica Lal case: Shayan Munshi, Prem Manocha to face perjury trial

The court earlier had suo motu taken cognisance of the matter and sought to prosecute the 19 witnesses for perjury who turned…

  • CAS reject Murofushi appeal against IOC election block Reuters
    CAS reject Murofushi appeal against IOC election block

    BERLIN (Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport have rejected Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi's appeal against the blocking of his election to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission, CAS said on Wednesday. The court said the main reason for turning down his appeal was that the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) "did not comply with applicable rules and regulations". The London 2012 bronze medallist and the JOC had opted to appeal to CAS after the IOC barred him from the commission over election rules violations. ...

  • Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution into law Reuters
    Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution into law

    HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for elections later this year. The constitution, approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March, clips the powers of the president and imposes a two-term limit. However, it does not apply retroactively so the 89-year-old Mugabe could extend his 33 years in power by another decade. ...

  • No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market Reuters
    No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market

    By Megan Davies MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. While players such as Citi and Austria's Raiffeisen thrive, many have found post-Soviet Russia too hard to crack: rife with credit, legal and corruption risks, and dominated by state giants Sberbank and VTB . The latest to hit trouble has been France's Societe Generale . ...

  • Hawkish general makes comeback as North Korea's military chief Reuters

    By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has reappointed a hardline and loyal general as military chief in a move experts said was part of young leader Kim Jong-un's attempt to tighten his grip on the armed forces. Kim Kyok-sik, widely believed to have been behind the shelling of a South Korean island in 2010 that killed four people, was named "chief of the KPA (Korean People's Army) General Staff" by state news agency KCNA in a report on Wednesday. The four-star general, in his 70s, held that position for two years until 2009. ...

  • Entertaining change: Sony to look at activist's spin-off idea Reuters
    Entertaining change: Sony to look at activist's spin-off idea

    By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favours long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value. Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp , though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may prove something of an exception. That's the hope, at least, of Californian billionaire Daniel Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund has built up a more than 6 percent stake in Sony, making it the group's biggest stockholder. ...

  • Sweden's capital hit by worst riots in years Reuters
    Sweden's capital hit by worst riots in years

    By Johan Sennero and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden's worst disorder in years. On Tuesday night, a police station in the Jakobsberg area in the northwest of the city was attacked, two schools were damaged and an arts and crafts centre was set ablaze, despite a call for calm from Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. ...

  • Court to continue hearing on Sterlite case on Thursday Reuters

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A court will continue hearing into complaints of emissions from the country's largest copper smelter, shut since March 30, on a daily basis from Thursday, a judge said. "We will continue hearing on a day-to-day basis," Justice Swatanter Kumar of the National Green Tribunal, a fast-track environmental court, said on Wednesday. The Sterlite Industries plant has been shut since nearly eight weeks after residents complained of emissions that led to breathing problems. The case was transferred to Delhi from a southern India branch of the court on April 29. ...

  • Malaga have European ban lifted by UEFA Reuters

    REUTERS - Malaga will be free to compete in the Europa League next season after UEFA announced on Wednesday that the European ban imposed on the Spanish club had been lifted. The Costa del Sol club, who reached the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, had been given a one-year ban by UEFA due to financial irregularities but had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). UEFA's decision came after a meeting of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) in Nyon to discuss sanctions handed out to eight clubs because of overdue payments. ...

  • BSE Sensex falls; L&T profit disappoints Reuters
    BSE Sensex falls; L&T profit disappoints

    Reuters Market Eye - The Sensex falls 0.05 percent, while the broader NSE index is down 0.1 percent. Larsen and Toubro Ltd falls 5 percent after reporting a worse-than-expected 6.9 percent drop in quarterly profit to 17.88 billion rupees. Zee Entertainment Ltd is also down 1.1 percent after its January-March profit rose 12.5 percent to 1.80 billion rupees. Lenders such as HDFC Bank Ltd fall on caution ahead of Wednesday's release of minutes of the Federal Reserve's last meeting and Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in Congress the same day. HDFC Bank Ltd is down 0. ...

  • BPCL, IOC seek gasoline after long absence Reuters

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) are looking to buy up to 41,000 tonnes of gasoline, after a long absence, to plug a supply gap caused by a plant outage and maintenance that coincides with summer demand, traders said. IOC is seeking 7,000 to 8,000 tonnes of gasoline for June 12 to 14 arrival at Kochi and similar volumes for June 14 to 16 arrival at Kandla through a tender which closes on May 28, with offers to stay valid until May 29. BPCL is seeking 25,000 tonnes of 91-octane gasoline for delivery into Kochi over the first-half of June. ...

  • L&T sees FY14 sales growth at 15-17 pct Reuters
    L&T sees FY14 sales growth at 15-17 pct

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Larsen & Toubro Ltd expects sales to rise 15-17 percent for the fiscal year to March 2014, Executive Chairman A.M. Naik said on Wednesday. Larsen, India's biggest engineering company, expects order inflows to be up about 20 percent this fiscal year, Naik said at a news conference. The company reported a worse-than-expected 6.9 percent fall in quarterly profit. (Reporting by Swati Pandey; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)

  • Bayern defender Badstuber out for 10 months after surgery Reuters

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber faces up to 10 months on the sidelines but should play again after undergoing surgery on a serious knee injury for the second time in six months, the Champions League finalists said on Wednesday. The Germany international tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee last week as he was rehabilitating from an identical injury he suffered in early December. The latest setback means the 24-year-old faces a race against time to be fit for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with Germany well on course to qualify. ...

  • China's Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis Reuters
    China's Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis

    By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill. Li arrived in the Pakistan capital under extra-tight security on Wednesday on the second leg of his first official trip since taking office in March after a visit to Pakistan's and China's arch rival, India. Li's plane was escorted by six air force fighter jets as it entered Pakistan air space. ...

  • Garcia apologises for 'fried chicken' jibe at Woods Reuters
    Garcia apologises for 'fried chicken' jibe at Woods

    LONDON (Reuters) - Spaniard Sergio Garcia has apologised after a "fried chicken" jibe aimed at world number one Tiger Woods during a European Tour awards dinner on Tuesday. Garcia, who has a frosty relationship with Woods, was on stage with his Ryder Cup team mates when he was asked in jest whether he would be inviting Woods for dinner during next month's U.S. Open in Merion. "We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken." Garcia was heard to say. ...

  • L&T net profit lags forecast as interest costs jump Reuters
    L&T net profit lags forecast as interest costs jump

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) posted a worse-than-expected 6.9 percent fall in quarterly profit as interest costs jumped for India's biggest engineering and construction company. Net profit fell to 17.88 billion rupees for its fiscal fourth quarter ending March, from 19.2 billion rupees it reported a year earlier, said the company, whose interests span shipbuilding to railways to real estate. Analysts expected the company to report a net profit of 18.56 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. ...

  • Ajax coach De Boer agrees to extend contract IANS

    The Hague, May 22 (IANS) Ajax football coach Frank de Boer has agreed to extend his contract until the middle of 2017.

  • Manmohan is leader neither of party nor country: BJP IANS

    New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) As the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) got down to celebrating its fourth anniversary, the BJP Wednesday trained its guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said he was leader neither of his party nor the country.

  • Trinindad Football hints at probe to uncover missing funds IANS

    Port of Spain, May 22 (IANS/CMC) The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has hinted that an investigation could be launched into unaccounted revenues generated by the federation from World Cup 2006.

  • Woman gang-raped in Bihar IANS

    Patna, May 22 (IANS) A 22-year-old woman was gang-raped while her boyfriend was beaten up by three men in Bihar's Banka district, police Wednesday said.

  • I want to stay at Botafogo: Seedorf IANS

    Rio de Janeiro, May 22 (IANS) Dutch veteran footballer Clarence Seedorf says he has no plans to leave Botafogo before his contract expires in July next year.

  • Indian-origin man in Australia injured in accident IANS

    Sydney, May 22 (IANS) An Australian man will face attempted murder charges after a horrific hit-and-run incident in Melbourne that left a 27-year-old Indian-origin man hospitalised in a serious condition.

  • Jessica murder: Shayan Munshi to be charged with perjury IANS

    New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday ordered that a perjury case be registered against Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and ballistic expert Prem Sagar Minocha for turning hostile during their deposition in the murder trial of model Jessica Lall.

  • Stoke City coach Pulis steps down IANS

    London, May 22 (IANS) Stoke City coach Tony Pulis parted ways with the English Premier League football club after seven years in charge.

  • Chandy bags UN award for mass contact programme IANS

    Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has won the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award for his mass contact programme initiative, an official release said Wednesday.

  • Grapefruit nanoparticles can deliver anti-cancer drug: Study IANS

    Washington, May 22 (IANS) Scientists have engineered nanoparticles derived from grapefruit lipids that could be used to deliver anti-cancer and other drugs to tumour cells, says a study.

  • Not concerned about what BJP says: Congress IANS

    New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday hit out at the BJP for its comments on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said it was "not concerned" with what the opposition party was saying.

  • Oliver tops 110m hurdles at World Challenge Beijing IANS

    Beijing, May 22 (IANS) With the absence of Chinese star Liu Xiang, American David Oliver topped the men's 110-metre hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing here, while China's Li Jinzhe continued his good form and grabbed a second win in the men's long jump.

  • Chinese premier arrives in Pakistan IANS

    Islamabad, May 22 (IANS) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to Pakistan, aiming to deepen friendship between the two neighbouring countries.

  • Manmohan to visit Thailand IANS

    Bangkok, May 22 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay an official visit to Thailand from May 30 to 31, the Thai foreign ministry announced here Wednesday.

  • Lily Cole to recieve honorary doctorate IANS

    Los Angeles, May 22 (IANS) Model-turned actress Lily Cole will be honoured with a doctorate by a Scottish University for outstanding contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes.