Webinfosys's Local News : Blasts rock Bangladesh hotel, more than 30 wounded

DHAKA: Blasts at a multi-storey hotel in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka wounded more than 30 people, police said on Monday.

They said two explosions rocked the nine-storey Orchard Plaza hotel at the city's Nayapaltal area late on Sunday night, setting two upper floors on fire.

Firefighters said the victims included one Sri Lankan national. They said the fire was apparently caused by "gas explosions".

"It's not a bomb," one fire official told reporters. The injured were being treated at hospitals for multiple burn injuries.

"We are checking the whole place. Bomb or gas, it's a serious incident and we taking it seriously from security point of view," said a senior police officer on the scene.

In recent years Bangladesh has been repeatedly hit by bomb blasts, mostly blamed on Islamist militants, which have killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds.

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Webinfosys's Local News : Markets open on positive note amid mixed global cues

MUMBAI: Equities opened higher on Monday amid mixed global cues. However, it needs to be seen whether the market can sustain gains given cautious sentiment ahead of the decision on hiking fuel prices. Information technology shares led the jump, followed by consumer durables and metal counters.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was at 16,549.22, up 133.65 points or 0.81 per cent from Friday’s close. National Stock Exchange’s Nifty rose 0.65 per cent or 31 points at 4901.55.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 0.54 per cent and 0.81 per cent respectively.

Biggest Sensex gainers were Infosys Technologies (up 2.48%), Jaiprakash Associates (up 1.78%), Satyam Computer (1.29%), State Bank of India (1.29%), Tata Motors (1.2%) and Wipro (1.16%).

Hindustan Unilever (down 1.39%), NTPC (1.36%), Mahindra & Mahindra (0.59%), Hindalco Industries (0.18%) and Reliance Communications (0.14%) were the losers.

Market breadth on BSE showed 874 advances against 386 declines.

Meanwhile, US technology shares rose on Friday as strong results from computer maker Dell Inc signalled that business and consumer spending was holding up, driving the Nasdaq to end the month up 4.6 per cent. Rising oil prices, however, spurred uneasiness, limiting Wall Street's gains, with the S&P 500 rising marginally and the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting moderate losses.

Asian stocks advanced for a third day, led by mining companies, after metal prices rebounded. The Nikkei was up 0.05 per cent, Hang Seng rose 0.78 per cent and Straits Times was trading flat, up 0.02 per cent.

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Webinfosys's Local News : UP Police treated Rajesh Talwar very badly: Lawyer

NOIDA: The lawyer of Rajesh Talwar, accused of murdering his daughter Aarushi and the family's domestic help Hemraj, has alleged that the dentist was treated "very badly" by the Noida police.

Pinaki Mishra, the lawyer, said Talwar's family met Rajesh on Sunday after about seven to eight days and "he is in a very bad shape".

Rajesh Talwar was arrested by the Noida police a week after the murder of his 14-year-old daughter and domestic servant.

"They (police) have made him sit out for 48 hours without being allowed to sleep. He has been subjected to intense emotional and psychological trauma and terror," Mishra said.

He also expressed hope that CBI would take corrective steps immediately and shift him to a hospital.

Meanwhile, the CBI, which took charge of the Noida double murder case on Sunday from the Uttar Pradesh Police, is likely to file an application in the court on Monday seeking custody of accused Rajesh Talwar.

The CBI team had on Sunday registered a first information report in the matter.

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