32 dead in as bus falls into Chambal river

32 people dead in rajasthan as bus falls into chambal river. Bus was moving from Dholpur Rajastan to Muraina Madhyapradesh. This incident happen when bus fell into Chambal river from Rajghat bridge after breaking its railing from a height of around 500 feet 5 km away from District Headquarter. Bus was pulled out from the river with the help of a crane.26 people died on the spot while 6 people died while taking to hospital. Still it is not sure that how many peoples are there in bust as it was a private operator's Bus. Some bodies are still not identified and maximum people are from Madhya Pradesh as this accident happen in MP.

Muraina Police is doing the necessary investigation as accident happen near Muraina and Injured people are admitted in Dholpur Govt. Hospital, Rajasthan. District collector M K Agrawal has announced Rs 50,000 for the kin of deceased and Rs 25,000 for the injured.

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General Motors files for bankruptcy protection

US Automobile company and world automobile giant General Motors (GM) has filed for bankruptcy protection, marking the biggest failure of an industrial company in US history. The widely expected move comes after GM had seen its losses widen following a steep fall in sales in recent years. The move into bankruptcy protection has been backed by the US government, which is now expected to take a 60% stake in the company. The White House is also due to announce an extra $30bn (£18.5bn) of aid for GM. President Barack Obama will host a press conference on GM's future later, to be followed by the firm's chief executive Fritz Henderson. GM, which had already received $20bn of emergency loans since the end of last year, said in its bankruptcy filing that its current debts total $173bn.

GM, once the largest company in the world, has been losing market share since the early 1980s. It has been driven to bankruptcy because of high production costs and by the collapse in credit markets and consumer spending. It made losses of $30bn last year. GM was also slow to move away from producing gas-guzzling SUVs when consumers were looking for more fuel-efficient vehicles. Toyota sold more vehicles than GM in 2008, putting an end to the American company's 77-year reign as the world's biggest carmaker.

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Air France plane lost over Atlantic, Air crash confirmed

An Air France plane carrying 228 people from Brazil to France has vanished over the Atlantic after a possible lightning strike, airline officials say. The Airbus sent an automatic message at 0214 GMT, four hours after leaving Rio de Janeiro, reporting a short circuit as it flew through strong turbulence. It was well over the ocean when it was lost, making Brazilian and French search planes' task more difficult. Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris has set up a crisis centre.

"The plane might have been struck by lightning - it's a possibility," Francois Brousse, head of communications at Air France, told reporters in Paris. France's minister responsible for transportation, Jean-Louis Borloo, ruled out hijacking as a cause of the plane's loss. Flight AF 447 left Rio at 1900 local time (2200 GMT) on Sunday. It had 216 passengers and 12 crew on board, including three pilots. The passengers included one infant, seven children, 82 women and 126 men.
Latest Update:
8:30 PM - Air crash confirmed, 228 Dead
6:00 PM - Plane may have been destroyed: Air France

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Mob set fire 6 Train coaches and a station in Bihar

Mob on Monday set fire to six rail bogies and a station in Bihar while protesting the cancellation of stoppage of a train after the newly elected railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. Today she withdrew the order against the halt and order for inquiry. People in bihar are for the stoppage of the Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjivi Express at Khusrupur about 32 kms from Patna. The mob set fire to the 3226 down Danapur-Jainagar Intercity Express and the 543 Rajgir-Danapur passenger trains at Baikatpur village near the station. Four general chair car coaches and an airconditioned chair car compartment of Danapur-Jainagar Intercity express were burnt. The mob also set afire a generator bogie of the Rajgir-Danapur passenger train, which arrived there a short while after the intercity.

Clarifying that her ministry had issued no such order, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata that the halt of the train at the station will continue like in the past and ordered a departmental inquiry on the decision to withdraw the stoppage. Banerjee said, "As the Railway Minister I am not in favour of withdrawing any facility and it has been done locally without the consent of my Ministry." She told reporters that she had talked to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and clarified that neither she nor the Railway Ministry had issued any instruction on the issue of withdrawal of the halts.

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ISI agent held in Border Region, Rajasthan

The special branch of Rajasthan police arrested an alleged ISI agent, Mohammad Sajid (29), a resident of Lahore, from Bikaner on Sunday where he had been living under the assumed name of Lakhan Joshi for the past four years. Sajid had established a printing press and secured a few contracts from Army units in Bikaner. The intelligence department said he never mingled with the local people to keep his identity secret, and even visited Shani Dev temple every Saturday. He had a Shiv Sena membership card for 2008-10 and was having an affair with a local girl and planning to marry her soon. Information about Sajid’s presence in Bikaner was received by the special branch recently and his activities were under observation since then.
Sajid was funded by ISI through electronic money transfer to his account with Corporation Bank, Bikaner branch. He is learned to have received over Rs 2 lakh so far. The intelligence department said Sajid might have sent some classified information to ISI but his main role was to turn active at any time of conflict between the two nations.
Source: TOI and Patrika

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Defending champion Nadal knocked out from French open

Rafael Nadal's four-year Roland Garros reign came to a sensational end at the hands of feuding rival Robin Soderling on Sunday as the race for the 2009 title was thrown wide open. Nadal, bidding for a record fifth successive French Open crown, slumped to his first ever defeat here after winning all of his 31 matches since his 2005 debut.

His 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) fourth round loss was made harder to swallow as it came against a man he described as one of the most unpopular in the locker room after an acrimonious Wimbledon clash in 2007. "It's not a tragedy, I had to lose one day. I must accept my defeats with the same level of calm that I accept my victories," said Nadal, who had routed Soderling 6-1, 6-0 at the Rome Masters just a month ago.

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1st Lok Sabha session will start today

The new Lok Sabha, with a more dominant Congress heading a coalition having a comfortable majority with its allies, opens its first session on Monday whose highlight would be the election of the Speaker and unfolding of UPA govt's plan of action. The first two days of the 15th Lok Sabha has been kept for newly elected members to take oath followed by election of the Speaker on 3rd June.

President Pratibha Patil would address the joint sitting of both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on 4th June which would chart out the road map of the second term of the Manmohan Singh government which came to power with renewed mandate as Congress alone secured 206 seats. The party had 145 seats in the previous House. With pre-poll allies, the UPA was almost near the majority mark of 272 and back by post-poll partners, the coalition strength has gone up to 322. The Lok Sabha will have seven sittings while the Rajya Sabha would commence its session from 4th June.

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LK Advani elected Opposition Leader

L K Advani was on Sunday elected as BJP's Parliamentary party leader and with its drubbing in the just-concluded elections fresh in his mind said the party was "deeply disappointed" at the outcome which belied its "expectations." In his address to the first meeting of the BJP parliamentary party, Advani said, "We have to find out why our performance was poor in states like Rajasthan, UP, Delhi, Haryana, Uttrakhand and Orissa". "We also have to find out why we won less than expected number of seats in states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra."

Advani said "naturally" BJP is "deeply disappointed" by the outcome of the elections. "I cannot deny that the expectations in our party as in our support base were much higher than what we have actually achieved. But we accept people's verdict with humility," he said. As Advani is the leader of the single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha, he will be the Leader of Opposition in the lower house.

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