Bangalore beat Kolkata by five wickets

Updated at: 2027 PST, Wednesday, April 29, 2009 DURBAN: Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets with one ball left here at Kingsmead on Wednesday. Chasing an easy 140-run target, Bangalore fought hard to win their second match in the tournament off the penultimate ball. Shreevats Goswami top scored with 43 while Mark Boucher remained not out on 25 and Jacques Kallis made 23. Opening the innings, Goswami and...ful story

WHO raises flu alert to five as pandemic 'imminent'

Updated at: 0249 PST, Thursday, April 30, 2009 GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday raised its flu alert to phase five out of six, WHO chief Margaret Chan said, signalling that a pandemic was "imminent" following the swine flu outbreak. "I have decided to raise the influenza pandemic alert from phase four to phase five," the WHO director general announced after an emergency meeting of the UN health agency's pandemic experts. .... ful story

Concerns US equipment may be used against India ‘misplaced’: Haqqani

Updated at: 1907 PST, Thursday, April 30, 2009 WASHINGTON: Pakistan has criticized U.S. media’s “panicked reactions” over the growing Taliban threat, saying the campaign was not conducive to strengthening Pakistani democracy or to developing an effective counterterrorism policy for the country. “Now that the Taliban have been driven out of Buner, and Pakistani forces have militarily engaged them just outside their Swat Valley ..... ful story

Forex reserves improve by $70.9 mln

Updated at: 2021 PST, Thursday, April 30, 2009 KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of the country have registered an increase of 70.9 million dollars in a week ended April 25. The State Bank of Pakistan’s spokesman, Wasimuddin told Geo News that the foreign exchange reserves have risen to 11.15 billion dollars. The SBP holds 7.83 billion while the rest that is 3.31 billion dollars are with the commercial banks.

Third phase of Indian polls over
Updated at: 2319 PST, Thursday, April 30, 2009

NEW DELHI: An estimated 50 per cent of the 14.4 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls nine states and two union territories, which passed off by and large peacefully barring stray violence in Bihar and West Bengal.The electoral fate of political heavyweights Congress President Sonia Gandhi, BJP's prime ministerial nominee L K Advani, former prime minister and JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda, senior Left .... Full Story

Problems faced by Pakistan are rooted in Afghan conflict: PM
Updated at: 2305 PST, Thursday, April 30, 2009

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday urged the NATO and ISAF to effectively deal with the issue of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan and drug trafficking which still remains the main source of funding for extremists and terrorist elements.This has led to exporting numerous problems to Pakistan and stressed that the elimination of poppy cultivation is the key for defeating the menace of terrorism in the region, he added. The .... Full Story

JCSC satisfied with Buner, Dir operations: ISPR

Updated at: 2222 PST, Thursday, April 30, 2009 RAWALPINDI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Tariq Majid, chaired the meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee at Chaklala, Rawalpindi on Thursday. Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Naval chief Admiral Noman Bashir, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, and other senior military officials from three services also attended the meeting.. The participants of the meeting were given comprehensive ... Full Story