Save Endangered Heritages of India

The World Monument Watch has come out with a list of the 100 most endangered heritage sites in the world which includes five Indian sites.


The Indian sites are Srinagar Heritage Zone (J&K), Leh Old Town (J&K), Amber (Rajasthan), Jantar Mantar (Jaipur, Rajasthan) and Chettinad (Chennai, Tamil Nadu).


All the Indian sites are threatened by development pressures, environmental changes, demolition, and vandalism.

Rice snubbed 'flirt' Pak PM, Senate slams him

• The Pakistan Senate has moved a motion to summon Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz over allegations that he tried to “charm” US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during talks.
• Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and her Path to Power, a new biography of the American leader, claims Aziz tried his "seductive baritone on Rice during her first visit to Pakistan in March 2005.
• News agency DPA reports Marcus Mabry, a senior Newsweek journalist and author of the biography, writes that Aziz "tried his Saville Row-suited gigolo kind of charm” on Rice but ended up “babbling” and embarrassed.

CRICKET CLUB TO FOOTBALL CLUB-ACM Story

AC Milan:-
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• The club was founded as a cricket club in 1899 by Alfred Edwards, a British expatriate.


• The club is nick named as Rossoneri (Red-Blacks) & Diavolo (The Devil).


• AC Milan recently won UEFA Champions League-07 beating Liverpool in the final.

DAILY HEADLINES,20/5/07

1. Hyderabad blast linked to HUJI (Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islam).


2. FIR filed against Dera Sacha Sauda chief by Punjab government.


3. Pakistan Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar resigned after not getting any support from her party against the mullahs.


4. Two Indians abducted in Nigeria.