Govt to strictly ban cow slaughter

Friday, April 7, 2006, 12:07 [IST]

Bhopal, Apr 7: The Madhya Pradesh government will strictly implement the law putting a total ban on the slaughter of bovines, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.

Welcoming the Supreme Court judgement, upholding the Madhya Pradesh Gau Vansh Pratishedh Adhiniyam, 2004, as 'historic', Mr Chouhan said the government would effectively implement the provisions of the Act respecting the popular feelings.

Talking to a delegation of prominent citizens from Burhanpur led by BJP MLA Archana Chitnis here yesterday, Mr Chouhan reiterated the government's commitment to conservation and protection of bovine animals.

UNI

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Militant Sunni activists rally in Pakistani capital

Friday, April 7, 2006,12:08 [IST]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 7 (Reuters) Thousands of activists from an outlawed Sunni Muslim militant group rallied in Pakistan's capital, calling for the establishment of an Islamic theocracy in the country and across the world. Activists of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) openly distributed pamphlets preaching jihad, or holy war, and hatred against minority Shi'ites in Islamabad as their leaders delivered fiery speeches to a crowd of around 5,000 late yesterday. They also sold video compact discs of beheadings.....

Lower steel prices are set to halve quarterly profits

Friday, April 7, 2006,12:08 [IST]

SEOUL, Apr 7: Lower steel prices are set to halve quarterly profits for world number-five steel maker POSCO next week, and its earnings prospects look dim amid an uncertain product-price outlook.Price cuts were forced on producers worldwide last year, and for 2006, POSCO has slashed the prices of 13 domestic steel products, including hot-rolled coil, by up to 17 percent, and analysts see further industry price falls.''China's supply glut continues to be a risk to steel makers' profits......

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Friday, April 7, 2006,12:08 [IST]

Tokyo, Apr 7: Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said on Friday it planned to co-develop digital content with video game maker Square Enix Co. Ltd. and would brief on the deal at 0700 GMT.Susumu Koike, executive vice president in charge of research and development at Matsushita, and Square Enix President Yoichi Wada will attend the press conference in Tokyo.Matsushita said the agreement was for joint development of ''seamless digital content'', but it did not elaborate.Reuters.....

Senior Ford executive retires in management revamp

Friday, April 7, 2006,12:08 [IST]

Los Angeles, Apr 7: Ford Motor Co. said on thursday that the company's second-highest ranking executive was retiring, the latest in a series of management changes linked to the automaker's bid to slash costs and return to profitability in its biggest market.Jim Padilla, 59, will retire as president and chief operating officer, effective July 1, the company said in a statement.Padilla, who made his mark in a 40-year career at Ford as a manufacturing specialist, will not be.....

'Bangladesh a source of infiltration and terror'

Friday, April 7, 2006,12:10 [IST]

Ahmedabad, Apr 7: Leader of Opposition in Parliament and senior BJP leader L K Advani today charged Bangladesh with not only being a source for illegal migration and infiltration but also ''harbouring terror outfits operating in India.''''Bangladesh has emerged as a source for the attacks both on Ayodhya and Varanasi temples and the arrests have proved our suspicions that terrorist infrastructure in the country has not been dismantled even after India submitted a list of 72 camps,'' he told mediapersons here on.....