As many as 33 Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan navy for allegedly poaching in the country's waters near Neduntheevu, officials said today.

The Sri Lankan navy personnel arrested 33 fishermen belonging to Nagapattinam district when they were fishing near Neduntheevu in Sri Lankan waters last night, Fisheries Department sources said.

Ace Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal bowed out of the 500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier after losing her semifinal clash to Olympic champion Li Xuerui, here today.

World number one Saina had a one-game advantage but eventually lost 21-13 17-21 20-22 to the world number three in a gruelling semifinal that lasted one hour and eight minutes at Putra Stadium.

The 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for traffic for the fourth consecutive day today due to landslides triggered by heavy rains, leaving over 600 Kashmir-bound passengers are stranded.

Authorities have not allowed any fresh movement of traffic from Jammu to Srinagar or from the other side, SSP Traffic, National Highway, Sanjay Kotwal said.

Telangana police gunned down two armed assailants, who killed two of their colleagues at Suryapet in Nalgonda two days ago, but lost two more policemen in a fierce exchange of fire on Nalgonda district outskirts early on Saturday.

Two Inspectors sustained injuries in the gun battle that started around 7 a.m. at Janakipuram near Mothkuru mandal of Nalgonda district after a dramatic chase. The injured Inspectors were rushed to Hyderabad. Sub-Inspector Siddaiah and constable Nagaraju succumbed to bullet wounds suffered in the shootout.

Days after he and Yogendra Yadav were expelled from the party's top decision-making fora, rebel AAP leader Prashant Bhushan on Friday fired a fresh salvo at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accusing him of turning AAP a "high command-oriented" party and betraying trust of lakhs of supporters.

In an open letter to Kejriwal, Bhushan said "God and history will not forgive what you are doing to the party," Bhushan and Yadav were expelled from AAP's National Executive on March 28 for "anti-party activities".

Four employees of a Fabindia outlet were arrested on Friday evening in connection with the hidden camera incident while top bosses of the ethnic lifestyle brand will be questioned by police today.

Trying on clothes at an outlet of a reputed garment brand at Candolim village near here, a vigilant Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday spotted a hidden camera positioned to record inside the small room, raising an alarm after which Goa Police registered a case against the staff for voyeurism.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against S K Jain (pictured), former chairman and managing director of Syndicate Bank, and others who were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last year, in a bribery and corruption case.

Sources said the agency slapped charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, taking cognisance of the CBI FIR, which accused Jain of receiving a Rs 50-lakh bribe through conduits and abusing his official position to enhance the credit limits of some companies, in violation of procedures.

After the recent round of restructuring at Wipro, the company has said it has inducted four new members into its group executive council. The new members include Abid Ali Neemuchwala, the newly-appointed group president and chief operating officer (COO); and Anand Padmanabhan, chief executive and president of the energy & utilities business unit.

The group executive council is a forum comprising Wipro’s core group of senior leaders. It deliberates and frames strategies in line with the company’s long-term vision.

GMR Infrastructure has come out with a rights issue to mobilise Rs 1,400 crore consisting of 934.5 million fully paid-up equity shares of with a face value of Re 1 each. The equity shares are being offered on a rights basis in the ratio of three equity shares for every 14 shares held on the record date of March 12.

Opened on March 24, the rights issue is set to close on April 8, 2015. The issue is set to bring the company back on track by reducing debt at the corporate level and thereby improving the company’s balance sheet.

NEW DELHI: A record 13.45 lakh rail tickets were booked online on the first day yesterday when the new rule of the railways came into force, allowing passengers to book tickets 120 days in advance rather than 60 days.

Railways have extended the advance reservation period to 120 days to deal with the malaise of touts cornering bulk tickets.

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