Bhopal, Feb. 3: Transfer orders on Wednesday were served on Madhya Pradesh IG (Special Armed Forces) Rajendra Kumar for his misplaced and widely misunderstood utterances pertaining to the shooting proficiency of the 26/11 Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, currently under trial.

New Delhi, Feb. 3: Union home minister P. Chidambaram will be travelling to Pakistan to attend the Saarc Interior Ministers’ Conference in Islamabad, scheduled to be held from February 26 to 28.

Belgaum, Feb. 3: Big Brother is here for the little ones. In a move that could set off a controversy, students at a Belgaum school must now wear a radio frequency tag around their necks so that schools and parents can keep track of them all day.

New Delhi, Feb. 3: In a bid to clean up the system and bring about transparency in government, both at the Centre and in the states, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is learnt to have issued a fresh code of conduct for ministers at all levels.

London, Feb. 3: In the Wild West of the early Hollywood movies, the gunfight duels between the bad and the good characters always ended in the hero winning. Ever wonder why the quicker draw is always the one responding rather than initiating action?
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A jawan fires a teargas shell at a stone-pelting mob during a protest in Srinagar on Tuesday. At least two dozen people were injured when demonstrators clashed with security personnel in several parts of Kashmir during anti-India protests fuelled by the alleged killing of a teenager by the police on Sunday. PHOTO: PTI

Actress Anne Hathaway and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak announce nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards in Beverly Hills on Tuesday. The awards will be presented in Hollywood on March 7. Avatar and Hurt Locker led with nine nominations each. n Report in Newsmakers PHOTO: Reuters

Lucknow/New Delhi, Feb. 2: The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday expelled Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and his close associate, Lok Sabha MP Jaya Prada. Four other MLAs were also suspended for anti-party activities.

Islamabad, Feb. 2: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has appointed Malik Noor Jamal, alias Maulana Toofan, as acting chief to head the outfit in place of a "wounded" Hakimullah Mehsud, sources said.

Mumbai, Feb. 2: The Central Bureau of Investigation’s special crime branch, Zone II, Mumbai, on Monday registered a case of murder and under other sections of the Indian Penal Code against unnamed officers of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad and Rajasthan’s Special Task Force in the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausarbi, allegedly in a fake encounter. The CBI registered the case on the directions of the Supreme Court.