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Onion
price
COLOMBO, Oct 25 (ANI): Onion price in Sri Lanka has shot
up to more than double in recent months because of an
acute shortage of supply from India. Onions in Sri Lanka
are fetching up to Rs 80 a kilo compared with about Rs 30
two months ago. The Sunday Times newspaper today quoted
an official of Sri Lanka’s Cooperative Wholesale
Establishment (CWE) as saying India had stopped exporting
onions and local production was not sufficient to meet
the demand. The CWE official said Pakistan was a possible
source of import, but the quality was not as good as
Indian onions.Asha
Bhonsle's offer
NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (PTI) — Playback singer Asha
Bhonsle today expressed desire to render her voice to the
poetry of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. Asha
Bhonsle called on the Prime Minister and offered to sing
his poems, BJP MP Vijay Goel said. At the end of the
30-minute meeting, Mr Vajpayee handed over Asha a book of
his popular volume "Mere Ekyavan Kavitayen" (my
51 poems) for her to select for singing, Mr Goel said.
Typhoon toll 160
MANILA, Oct 25 (AFP) — Death toll from typhoon Babs
rose to 160 in the Philippines today with more reports
from Regional Disaster officials reaching here as relief
operations continued, officials said. The National
Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) placed death toll at
156, but radio reports citing provincial disaster
officials said at least four more bodies have been
recovered in northern provinces. Deaths were caused by
landslides or flash floods by debris and uprooted trees
or electrocution by fallen power lines.
President's rule
sought
GUWAHATI, Oct 25 (UNI) — The Congress today demanded
President's rule in Assam for alleged failure of the
Assam government to hold long-pending panchayat elections
in the state. At a press conference, state Congress chief
Tarun Gogoi alleged that the election to the panchayats
was long overdue and the democratic rights of the voters
had been curtailed. A delegation of the party would call
on President K.R. Narayanan before the winter session of
Parliament demanding the imposition of President rule in
the state.
Telecom TU's
threat
NEW DELHI,
Oct 25 (PTI) — Five telecom unions have threatened
to go on a day's "token strike" on November 12
in protest against the corporatisation of the Telecom
Department. "The proposed corporatisation as being
dictated by the IMF and the World Bank would ultimately
lead to privatisation of the department which will be
against the interest of employees", the union
leaders told reporters. Over two lakh employees will join
the token strike, they claimed, adding the government's
decision would hand over assets of more than Rs 60,000
crore to corporations which will finally be grabbed by
private companies.
UK storm kills 11
LONDON, Oct 25 (AFP) — At least 11 persons were
killed as torrential rain and winds of up to 130 km per
hour lashed Britain, the police said today. The downpour,
the worst to hit Wales and southwestern England in 20
years, also caused about 400 million pounds worth of
damage, insurers said. The storms caused rivers to
overflow and interrupted road, train and sea traffic in
southern Britain. Eight persons also died in rain-related
road accidents in western parts of the country, rescuers
said.
Poachers denied
bail
JODHPUR, Oct 25 (PTI) — A Jodhpur court has rejected
the interim bail applications of two accused in the
poaching case in which cine actor Salman Khan is also
involved. Additional District and Sessions judge Amar
Chand Singhal yesterday rejected the interim bail
applications of Pratap Singh Rajput and Tolaji Anger in
the poaching of black bucks and Chinkara case.
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