IIMs
deny leakage of results
Ahmedabad:
The results of 2004 Common Admission Test (CAT) for
the premier IIM business schools has been declared. While
candidates are being notified by mail, the results have
also been posted on the IIM websites. Rumours were rife
yesterday about the leakage of the results, but the authorities
denied any such report. "While we upload it to the website
if someone is online then it is possible for the person
to see the result", committee member Vijay Sherichand said
denying reports in a section of the media that the results
were leaked. He said that uploading the result at the website
was a regular practice since the last two years. Categorically
denying any leakage, he said "some people were online when
the results were being uploaded and could have managed to
see the result. But there is nothing unusual or against
the norm if people get to see the result after it has been
released on the net".
Former
Andhra Minister gets seven years RI (Go
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Hyderabad:
Former minister and TDP leader Ramasubba Reddy was today
sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment in a double
murder case. Reddy was the housing minister in the Telugu
Desam-government led by Chandrababu Naidu. A Hyderabad criminal
court found Reddy guilty for the murder of two Congress
workers at the Shadnagar bus stand in Mahbubnagar district
in December 1990. He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh assembly
in 1994 and 1999.
Two
ultras killed in J and K (Go
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Jammu:
Two suspected ultras were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's
Rajouri District early this morning as they were attempting
to cross the Line of Control (LoC) in the area. The operation
started when an ambush party of army troops noticed a group
of around ten ultras sneaking into Indian side from across
the LoC in Rajouri district. The infiltrators were challenged
by the troops, the ultras opened fire in reply which was
retaliated by the troops forcing them to flee back towards
Pakistan occupied Kashmir. A member of the Indian troop,
sepoy Sukhvinder Singh, was injured in the gunbattle. In
another incident, which took place in Udhampur, security
forces on specific inputs launched flush out operation in
Mahore forest of Udhampur district around 2 p.m. yesterday.
The slain militants are yet to be identified. Security forces
recovered two ak-47 rifles from the site of the encounter
and search operations was still continuing when the reports
last came in.
Naxalites
set ablaze railway station (Go
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Gaya:
In an untoward incident early today, suspected CPI (Maoist)
Naxalites set ablaze the Karjara railway station on Gaya-Kiul
section of the East Central Railway in Bihar. According
to the Magadh range DIG Sunil Kumar, "heavily-armed naxalites
stormed the station in the wee hours and burnt the documents,
tickets and windows". Rail traffic in the section, however,
remained unaffected as no damage was caused to the tracks,
he said. Raids were on to track down the Naxalites.
Barbie
comes to Capital this Christmas (Go
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New
Delhi: Keeping with the spirit of Christmas, the Mattel
Toys Inc., the makers of the universally acclaimed Barbie
dolls, brought joy to little hearts in New Delhi by bringing
the real Barbie to interact with children. After all their
persistent letters to Santa, the young enthusiasts across
the city saw their dreams turn to reality this Christmas,
as their much loved doll and darling companion Barbie met
children in New Delhi. "I am a Barbie girl, in the Barbie
world, in a plastic, life's fantastic," these are the lines,
which every little girl might sing to. BARBIE over the years
has captured the hearts of millions and has been a role
young girls.
And
what could be a better gift than ...a real Barbie for Christmas?
She came to the town dressed in a pretty Princess gown,
exactly the way she dresses in her recent movie "Barbie
as The Princess and The Pauper" once again, she did what
she does best...made her young friends feel extra special.
Clad as a pretty Princess Anneliese, the Barbie captivated
the hearts of the little girls with her message of, LOVE,
FRIENDSHIP AND CARE. For the little girls it was an extraordinary
treat as they met, greeted and posed with their real-life
Barbie. "I love Barbie very much. She is very beautiful
and pretty. I feel very lucky that I have come here to meet
her," said Aanchal, a little girl who was crowned as "Barbie's
Best Friends". Responding to a question as to why Barbie
is the most preferred doll, another girl said Barbie makes
them comfortable and its fun playing with her. "No, I just
like Barbie because she is very pretty.....it's fun playing
with her," said Tanvi, another winner of the contest.
Karun
Gera, vice president (Sales) if the Mattel Toys said that
the brand has its finger on the pulse of girls around the
world. "Its our way of bringing Barbie alive for the children,
Barbie epitomises Love, Friendship and care for all the
children, so its our way of getting kids together ensuring
that this year a girl dressed as Barbie came alive in front
of them. Barbie is a person who overcomes all virtues of
love, friendship and care," he said. The Barbie doll was
introduced as a teenage fashion model, but in the years
that followed she has taken on many aspirational roles.
She has represented 45 countries, and has had over 80 careers.
She has tackled almost every conceivable profession, including
dentist, doctor, fire-fighter, astronaut, palaeontologist-even
Presidential candidate. She was invented in 1959 by Ruth
Handler (co-founder of Mattel), whose own daughter was called
Barbara. Barbie was introduced to the world at the American
Toy Fair in New York. These dolls are on sale at between
15.2 and 32.7 US dollars, and come with accessories such
as toy mobile phone Mattel toys has market share of little
more than 8 percent in a sector that it should be able to
dominate. It aims for a market share of 32 percent. In order
to increase revenues, Mattel has tied up with seven licensing
vendors, as well as 14 licensing manufacturers, to produce
apparel, bags, accessories, cosmetics and other merchandise.
Zaheera
denies taking money from Gujarat MLA (Go
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Mumbai:
Prime eyewitness in the Best Bakery carnage Zaheera
Sheikh, deposing in the ongoing retrial into the case, today
staunchly denied that she had taken any money from Gujarat
MLA Madhu Shrivastava to retract her earlier statement indicting
him. During her cross-examination, Special Public Prosecutor
Manjula Rao asked Zaheera if Shrivastava had promised her
Rs 35 lakh to give false evidence, and whether she had already
collected Rs 18 lakh. She replied: "Maine koyi paisa nahi
liya hai. Koi kisi ko paisa nahi deta hai. Maine Allah ke
naam par kasam khai hai, main jhoot nahi bolungi kyunki
mujhe Allah ko mooh dikhana hai (I have not taken any money.
No one gives money to any one. I have taken oath in the
name of Allah to speak the truth, as I have to show my face
to Allah)." News portal Tehelka in New Delhi today played
a videotape purportedly showing Shrivastava telling a Vadodara
corporator that he had paid Zaheera Rs 18 lakh. Talking
to reporters after the day's proceedings, Zaheera again
denied the allegations that she received money to give false
evidence. "It is a conspiracy by Battu (Madhu Shrivastava's
cousin Chandrakant) and Teesta Setalvad to malign my image,"
she alleged. Zaheera reiterated that her earlier complaint
against Shrivastava was made at the behest of human rights
activist Teesta Setalvad. The prime witness, who turned
hostile yesterday during her deposition, said she did not
know Madhu Shrivastava. Zahira's cross examination in the
special court of Additional Sessions Judge Abhay Thipsay,
who is presiding over the retrial into the Best Bakery case,
will continue tomorrow.
