Bhaichung Bhutia bids goodbye to international football!

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PTI / The Hindu / NEW DELHI, August 24, 2011.

Former India captain Baichung Bhutia during a practice session, at Nehru Stadium in Guwahati. File photo - PTI.

The 'Sikkimese Sniper' had 16 years of international football. He was plagued by injuries the past year and has now decided to continue to play only for his club United Sikkim FC which he founded

Former captain and the face of Indian football for major part of the last two decades, star striker Bhaichung Bhutia today announced his international retirement, drawing curtains on an illustrious 16-year career.

The 34-year-old, known as the ‘Sikkimese Sniper’ for his shooting skills, announced his decision during a press meet at the All India Football Federation headquarters here.

“I had fantastic 16 years of international football. I enjoyed every moment to have represented the country, to have contributed to the game,” Bhaichung said.

Speculation had been rife on the imminent retirement of the talismanic striker, who pulled out of India Under-23 side’s tour of England where they will play against Pakistan and England Under-23 next month.

He was struggling with injuries in the past one year and could play for just 15 minutes in the Asian Cup in Qatar in January, the most prestigious event India has ever taken part in the last 27 years.

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N.R. NARAYANA MURTHY RETIRES: Bill Gates wishes him well!

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zeenews.india.com / Updated on Saturday, August 20, 2011, 10:17.

Bangalore: India's iconic figure N.R. Narayana Murthy was wished by Microsoft founder Bill Gates late Friday as he retired from Infosys Ltd that he co-founded three decades ago with just Rs 10,000.

Billionaire Gates called up Murthy from Seattle in the US where his global software major is headquartered and tele-wished him the very best in his future endeavours.

Though Murthy's term ends formally Aug 21 as non-executive chairman and chief mentor of the country's second largest IT bellwether, he decided to bid adieu to his 'grown up baby' Friday as his 65th birthday falls Saturday, a weekend holiday for the company.

Incidentally, his illustrious wife Sudha Murthy celebrated her 62nd birthday Friday. Their son Rohan, daughter-in-law Lakshmi and daughter Akshata were present on the historic occasion to witness the passage of a glorious era in a company Murthy toiled to build brick-by-brick with six other co-founders.

Renowned banker K.V. Kamath will succeed Murthy Aug 22 as the first non-founder chairman of the USD 6.1-billion global software major following his appointment April 30 to the top executive post.

Murthy will, however, continue to associate with the 30-year-old company as chairman emeritus for life long and be a friend, guide and philosopher to about 130,000 Infocions the world over.

"It has been a wonderful and dream journey. I take this opportunity to express deep gratitude to each and everyone who has been associated with this great company in the past and present for helping me in realising the dream," an emotional Murthy told a packed auditorium in the sprawling Infy campus on the outskirts of this tech hub.

Other co-founders, including newly-appointed co-chairman S. Gopalakrishnan, chief executive S.D. Shibulal, N.S. Raghavan and K. Dinesh joined about 10,000 employees in giving a standing ovation to Murthy, flanked by his family members, relatives and long-time friends.

The absence of another co-founder and former vice-chairman Nandan Nilekani, currently chairman of the state-run Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) or Aadhar was conspicuous as he was away in New Delhi and could not attend the three-hour long event due to pressing engagements.

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Dr. Chisti's Case: SM Krishna clueless about Pak prisoner in India!

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CNN-IBN / Updated Aug 11, 2011 at 05:21pm IST.

New Delhi: In an embarrassing goof-up External Affairs Minister SM Krishna gave a confused reply in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when an MP asked him about the release of Pakistani prisoner Dr Mohammed Khaleel Chisti who is currently in Ajmer jail.

Krishna referred to Dr Chisti as being held in a Pakistani jail and went on to declare Pakistan has been asked to show leniency in his case. He made the statement while replying to a question by JD-U MP Shivanand Tiwari, who had asked about Dr Chisti and what the Government was doing to release him.

Krishna replied during the Question Hour claiming that Dr Chisti was in a Pakistani jail and the Pakistani government should consider this case on "humanitarian grounds".

With the entire house puzzled, he added that Dr Chisti was confined to a wheel chair and was more than 80 years old, and he was sure that the Government of Pakistan would take a lenient view about the case.

CPI (M) MP Brinda Karat interrupted the minister and pointed out Tiwari was referring to the case of Dr Chisti in an Indian jail.

“I think you have misunderstood the question entirely sir,” said Karat.

Finally, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to intervene, saying he had asked Home Minister P Chidambaram to contact the Rajasthan government on the Dr Chisti issue.

01)  Last time when PTI reported of misplacing papers during the Question Hour and failed to answer properly, he threated it with Defamation Case;

02) Last Month, when Hina Rabbani Kar has visited he had to rely on written speech, again fumbling for right papers;

03)  Inability to grasp an issue or to register a question is a sure sign of Senility!

04)  UPA leadership should, seriously, consider reliveing him of this very important portifolio, at the earliest!!

05) On account of his seniority, if they wish to retain his services, he can be appointed as a Governor!!!

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Chicago Rana Trial: How LeT 'raised' Headley!

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May 26, 2011 

PTI 

Chicago.

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After completing training in LeT camps in Pakistan, Mumbai attacks co-accused David Headley wanted an assignment in Kashmir, according to the federal document unsealed by the court.

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  The document unsealed at the request of the Chicago Tribune showed that he was not given his favourite assignment, as the Lashkar leaders wanted to use him for something else.
  According to the new documents, it was in February 2002, Headley began attending training camps in Pakistan for LeT. By December 2003, Headley had attended five separate courses, and had been trained in, among other topics, Lashkar's philosophy, the use of weapons and grenades, combat tactics, survival skills and counter surveillance methods.
  It seems it is a lucrative business for Pakistani Military and ISI men (post retirement) to spend their time in training terrorists, sheltering them, providing them with fake sim cards, documents, funding and exporting them to US, Western Europe, Afghanistan and India.  That is not to speak of the direct support by the Pak Military and ISI, as is demonstrated in this case and many others.
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