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Saudi king announces $35 bln aid for citizens

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi King Abdullah unveiled a series of benefits for Saudis estimated to be worth $35 billion on his return home on Wednesday from three months abroad for medical treatment. The action plan, which includes funding to offset high inflation, to help young unemployed people and support families to get affordable housing, was made as popular protests over poverty, corruption and repression hit many Arab countries.

IAS officer slapped child over scratch to car

Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) A woman Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer here has been booked by the child rights panel for slapping a four-year-old girl who had accidentally caused an autorickshaw to scratch her car, officials said here Wednesday.

Katapady residents want mobile tower removed

Rs 150 coin to be out soon

New Delhi: For the first time in the country’s minting history, government will issue coins of Rs 150, marking the number of years of taxation in India. The special coins, to be released by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee before his Budget speech, will also be brought out in Rs 5 denomination on the occasion of completion of 150 years, from 1860 to 2010, of the Income Tax department.

Kerala to offer rice for all at Rs 2 per kilo

Thiruvananthapuram: The Left Front government in Kerala is set to announce an ambitious programme where rice for all would be offered at Rs 2 per kg, according to state Finance Minister Thomas Issac.

Toy train finally chugs again

The temporary halt of the city’s only toy train Balamangala Express at Kadri Park, had disappointed the children whose most preferred time pass destination was to go for a joy ride in the toy train.

Volvo’s 1.9L/100km wagon

World’s first diesel plug-in hybrid to offer 1200km range and lowest ever emissions.

India looks to ban lavish weddings to feed poor

NEW DELHI - India is considering adopting a policy from its impoverished and war-torn neighbor Afghanistan to help tackle a domestic food crisis: rein in lavish wedding parties of the rich.

Ponting smashes LCD in Australia dressing room

Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (PTI) Australian skipper Ricky Ponting smashed a LCD television set in the team’’s dressing room here, apparently in a fit of anger, after he got run out against Zimbabwe, sources in the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) said today.

Defiant Gaddafi vows to die as martyr

TRIPOLI - Muammar Gaddafi vowed to die in Libya as a martyr in an angry television address on Tuesday, as rebel troops said eastern regions had broken free from his rule in a burgeoning revolt.

China, Pak have strategy to invade India: Mulayam

Libyan military launches air strike on protesters: Report

National Conference on 12th Plan Challenges at Nitte

King pardons Shiite prisoners as Bahrain GP scrapped

31 convicted in Godhra train carnage case

Manmohan announces JPC on 2G scam

Qadhafi goes on Libyan TV amid wave of protests

6.3 magnitude quake hits New Zealand

Libya’s envoy to India resigns in protest