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Curfew relaxed in Jalandhar

Jalandhar : A protestor was killed by an SAD municipal councillor allegedly in self defence after being attacked in the district where authorities relaxed curfew, clamped in the wake of largescale violence following the killing of a sect leader in Vienna, for two hours today. A mob allegedly attacked councillor Balbir Singh Bittu, SAD Councilor of Ward No.

11, late last night and burnt his car, police sources said. Bittu, in self-defence, opened fire at …

Cabinet expansion expected on Thursday

New Delhi : The Union Council of Ministers is expected to be expanded on Thursday during which representatives of DMK and other UPA allies would be among those inducted in the government. The indications of the second phase of swearing-in taking place on Thursday came after a Congress core group meeting chaired by party President Sonia Gandhi here today.

The meeting, which was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A K Antony, political …

UK sensation Boyle sings rousing ‘Memory’

Surprise singing sensation Susan Boyle made a new television appearance Sunday, showcasing once again her soaring voice — but refusing to compromise on the frumpy look that made her an Internet sensation.The shy church volunteer gave a rousing, but occasionally nervous, performance on the “American Idol”-style show “Britain’s Got Talent,” with a version of the song “Memory” from the musical “Cats.”
Members of the public voting in a telephone poll picked her as the best …

IPL will be 10-team league in 2011

Johannesburg : Buoyed by the success of the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), its chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said the eight-team tournament will be expanded to 10 teams in 2011.

Modi said the IPL will be back in India next year and the cramped International Cricket Council (ICC) schedule does not leave any room for the possibility of a second IPL in a calendar year in 2010.

“We have been missing …