The global economic meltdown has hit the preparation of 2010 Commonwealth Games and Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi on Tuesday said the budget for the mega-event will be increased in view of the financial crisis. "The budget for the Games will be increased slightly considering the escalating prices of raw material used in construction. The prices of steel and cement are currently high and we have to take that into consideration," Kalmadi said on Tuesday.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/recession-hits-2010-games-budget-to-be-hiked/82100-5.html
India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia has been named as one of the contenders to receive a top Asian award by a pan-Arab Abu Dhabi soccer weekly, Super. The Arabian soccer weekly is honouring top players in Asia, Africa and among Arabian nations and the award carries a purse of USD 100,000 in each category.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhaichung-bhutia-nominated-for-top-asian-honour/82099-5.html
Despite facing flak at home and abroad for removal of Indian priests in Nepal's renowned Pashupatinath temple, the Maoist-led government has challenged an interim Supreme Court order staying the controversial appointment of local Brahmins.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/nepal-govt-challenges-order-staying-indian-priests-removal/82098-2.html
The army on shot dead a 45-year-old man who was moving in a high security locality area, barely 100 m away from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's house, official sources said.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/man-walks-into-omars-highsecurity-zone-shot-dead/82088-3.html
After banning smoking in public places and on screen, the Union Health and Family Welfare ministry is all set to make labelling of food products mandatory, informing consumers about ingredients, calories and saturated fat, in an apparent drive against junk food.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/after-tobacco-ramadoss-to-crackdown-on-junk-food/82076-3.html
After providing evidence on Mumbai attacks, India today said Pakistan should acknowledge that Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested, is its national to demonstrate it is willing to cooperate.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pak-should-accept-kasabs-nationality-india/82070-3.html
Senior bureaucrat Gautam Goswami, who was Time magazine's 'Asian Hero' in 2004 but later was booked for corruption, died of pancreatic cancer in Patna on Tuesday. He was 41. Goswami, a 1991 batch IAS officer, has been battling for life for the past several months and his end came at a private nursing home. He is survived by his doctor wife and two sons.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ias-officer-called-a-hero-and-then-scamster-dies/82069-3.html
With the US reeling under an economic recession, president-elect Barack Obama onTuesday said that an "extraordinary economic challenge" lies ahead and it needs to be handled with urgency. Obama will assume office on January 20. He met Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday. This was his first meeting with Congressional leaders after his arrival in Washington from Chicago on Monday.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/obama-meets-us-congress-leaders-discusses-economy/82046-2.html
Equating Hamas militants with the terrorists who struck Mumbai, the White House on Monday said they were despicable human beings taking recourse to violence in order to achieve political ends. In a media briefing, dominated by the issue of Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip, the White House spokesperson Dana Perino was asked if there were differences "between Hamas terrorists and the terrorists, who are attacking out from Pakistan against India".
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/us-says-hamas-2611-attackers-are-the-same/82045-2.html
US President George W Bush on Monday ruled out any ceasefire in Gaza, saying that such an agreement did not ensure that Hamas would not resume its attack against Israel in future. He also said that he hopes that someday there will be Palestinian State living side by side with Israel in place.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bush-blames-hamas-backs-israeli-offensive-in-gaza/82026-2.html
Over forty lakh employees affiliated to over 2,500 private provident funds face the threat of losing income tax benefits on their PF contributions, as the government seems to be having second thoughts over giving these bodies permanent recognition.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/40-lakh-private-pf-subscribers-may-lose-tax-benefits/82011-15.html
Pakistan on Monday assured the US that it was examining the "information" provided by India in its probe into the Mumbai attacks and was committed to punish any Pakistani national in case "credible evidence" is found against them.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pak-says-its-acting-on-indias-info--gets-the-dossier/82003-2.html
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