दिल्लीवासियों के लिए राहत की खबर, शाम में हो सकती है बारिश

नई दिल्ली: दिल्ली में शुक्रवार सुबह से ही गर्मी ने अपना असर दिखाना शुरू कर दिया। राष्ट्रीय राजधानी का तापमान सामान्य से पांच डिग्री अधिक 32.8 डिग्री सेल्सियस दर्ज किया गया।

हालांकि मौसम विभाग के पूर्वानुमान के अनुसार शाम को गरज के साथ छींटे पड़ने से कुछ राहत मिल सकती है। भारत मौसम विभाग (आईएमडी) के एक अधिकारी ने बताया, दिन में आंशिक बादल छाए रह सकते हैं, लेकिन शाम और रात को शहर के कुछ हिस्सों में बारिश की संभावना है।

अधिकतम तापमान 43 डिग्री सेल्सियस के आसपास रहने की उम्मीद है। सबुह 8:30 बजे वातावरण में 44 प्रतिशत आर्द्रता दर्ज की गई। गौरतलब है कि गुरुवार को राजधानी का अधिकतम तापमान सामान्य से पांच डिग्री अधिक 43.6 डिग्री और न्यूनतम तापमान सामान्य से छह डिग्री ज्यादा 33.6 डिग्री सेल्सियस दर्ज किया गया था।

Arrest warrant for Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Pakistan PM nominee selected by Asif Ali Zardari

Islamabad: Pakistan's ruling party chose outgoing Textiles Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin as its candidate for Prime Minister on Thursday, moving quickly to quell fears of a government showdown with the judiciary after former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani was ousted by the Supreme Court for contempt of court, a presidential spokesman said.

But in a sign that his nomination - and indeed his premiership if elected by lawmakers - might not be smooth, Pakistani television stations said an anti-narcotics court judge in the northern city of Rawalpindi had issued on the same day an arrest warrant for Shahabuddin, citing his alleged role in scandal involving the import of a drug that can be used to make methamphetamine. It was not immediately possible to independently confirm the development.

Shahabuddin, who is considered a Pakistan People's Party loyalist, filed his nomination papers at parliament. The PPP's coalition has a majority in the house.


Yousuf Raza Gilani was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday for contempt of court for failing to initiate a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari, the head of the PPP. That was the climax of a bruising power struggle between the government and activist judges. PPP politicians almost immediately began to circulate Shahabuddin's name as a replacement.

The next prime minister will likely also face the same order from the Supreme Court to investigate Zardari, meaning political instability will continue until the government's term ends in March 2013. The Gilani government has been widely criticized for exacerbating or doing nothing to address the massive economic and security challenges in the country.

Speaking to reporters after filing his papers, Shahabuddin was asked about the reported arrest warrant. He replied quoting a line from a poem about not being afraid of "hostile winds." It's unclear whether the development could derail his nomination. Legal cases are routinely filed against Pakistani politicians by rivals as a means of weakening them. Often, the cases drag on in the courts for years, and the politician's career is unhindered.

Shahabuddin was health minister when the scandal broke, to which Gilani's son has also been linked. It revolves around two Pakistani pharmaceutical companies that allegedly used political connections to obtain huge amounts of ephedrine in 2010. They are suspected of diverting it to people in the drug trade who could have used it to make methamphetamines worth billions of dollars. The companies have denied any wrongdoing, as has Gilani's son.

Stability in Pakistan is seen as vital to American goals of withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2014 and long-term victory against international jihadist terrorism. But relations between Washington and Islamabad are strained over a host of issues, including blocked war supply lines to Afghanistan and Pakistan's alleged support for the Afghan Taliban.

The dismissal of Gilani has made it more likely that polls will now be held before next year, possibly as early as November. Elections in Pakistan must be held under a supposedly neutral caretaker government in place three months before polling day, meaning the current government could be dissolved as early as August.

Shahabuddin, 65, comes from a wealthy, landowning family based in the central Pakistani district of Rahim Yar Khan.

His father had served as minister in the cabinets of two Pakistani governments. He also served as minister for finance and health in the current government.

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रिम ने उतारा 1.39 लाख रुपये का फोन पोर्शे

मुंबई: ब्लैकबेरी निर्माता रिसर्च इन मोशन (रिम) ने बुधवार को एक नया फोन बाजार में उतारने के बाद कहा कि इस साल वह भारत में उद्योग के शीर्ष पर होगी। रिम फिलहाल वैश्विक बाजार में समस्याओं का सामना कर रही है।

कनाडा की कंपनी रिम विश्व बाजार में सैमसंग और एप्पल से पिछड़ती जा रही है और उसके बाजार हिस्से पर कंपनियां कब्जा जमाती जा रही है। बहरहाल, कंपनी ने ब्लैकबेरी पोर्शे को इस साल की शुरुआत में बाजार में उतारा है।

अल्ट्रा प्रीमियम ब्लैकबेरी पोर्शे पी.9981 का दाम 1.39 लाख रुपये रखा गया है। रिम इंडिया के प्रबंध निदेशक सुनील दत्त ने कहा कि यह फोन ताकत, स्टाइल और महत्वाकांक्षा को पूरी करने वाला है।

Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express halted on bomb scare

Panaji, June 20 (IANS) The Delhi-bound Trivandrum Rajdhani Express has been halted at the Margao railway station, 35 km from here, after ananonymous caller informed authorities of a bomb on board the train.

No explosive has been found yet and all coaches are being thoroughly checked by bomb squad personnel, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited spokesperson Baban Ghatge told reporters.

"The train is at the Margao station and its bogies are being checked for explosives," Ghatge said.