Woman killed in bike accident
VELLARADA: A woman who was riding pillion on the bike ridden by her son was killed on Wednesday after her sari got entangled between the spokes of the wheel at Kollayil near Vellarada in Thiruvananthapuram. She is identified as Beemabeevi (44), wife of Sirajjudin of Panachimoodu.

Her son Manzoor was injured. Both of them were heading towards a relative’s house at Amaravila.

Though they were rushed to Karakkonam Medical College, Beemabeevi succumbed to injuries. Her body was subjected to postmortem and was later buried at Panachamoodu Muslim Jamaath Mosque.

  Woman killed in bike accident
VELLARADA: A woman who was riding pillion on the bike ridden by her son was killed on Wednesday after her sari got entangled between the spokes of the wheel at Kollayil near Vellarada in Thiruvananthapuram. She is identified as Beemabeevi (44), wife of Sirajjudin of Panachimoodu.

Her son Manzoor was injured. Both of them were heading towards a relative’s house at Amaravila.

Though they were rushed to Karakkonam Medical College, Beemabeevi succumbed to injuries. Her body was subjected to postmortem and was later buried at Panachamoodu Muslim Jamaath Mosque.

Toll in LPG tanker mishap rises to 15

Kannur : The toll in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker explosion here went up to 15 Saturday with the death of Rajan at the Mangalore Hospital.

Authorities estimate the losses at Rs.5 crore in the explosion that occurred when the tanker overturned after hitting a divider around 11.30 p.m. Monday at Chala near here.

Among the dead are three couples and four siblings. The condition of seven injured is reported to be critical.

As many as 46 shops, 40 houses and 11 vehicles were damaged in the fire.

The state government has announced an ex gratia payment of Rs.10 lakh to the kin of each of the dead and up to Rs.5 lakh to the injured.

The driver of the vehicle, who had been absconding, surrendered to police Friday.

Kannur Lok Sabha member K. Sudhakaran has taken up the matter with the union petroleum ministry since the tanker belonged to a public sector oil company.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has twice visited the accident site in past five days.

A delegation led by Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and other Left leaders reached here Saturday.

Toll in LPG tanker mishap rises to 15

Kannur : The toll in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker explosion here went up to 15 Saturday with the death of Rajan at the Mangalore Hospital.

Authorities estimate the losses at Rs.5 crore in the explosion that occurred when the tanker overturned after hitting a divider around 11.30 p.m. Monday at Chala near here.

Among the dead are three couples and four siblings. The condition of seven injured is reported to be critical.

As many as 46 shops, 40 houses and 11 vehicles were damaged in the fire.

The state government has announced an ex gratia payment of Rs.10 lakh to the kin of each of the dead and up to Rs.5 lakh to the injured.

The driver of the vehicle, who had been absconding, surrendered to police Friday.

Kannur Lok Sabha member K. Sudhakaran has taken up the matter with the union petroleum ministry since the tanker belonged to a public sector oil company.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has twice visited the accident site in past five days.

A delegation led by Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and other Left leaders reached here Saturday.

Twin suicide attack on NATO Afghan base kills 12

Ghazni : Ten civilians and two police were killed and dozens more were wounded today in a Taliban twin suicide attack targeting a US-run military base in central Afghanistan, officials said.

The first bombing was carried out by a militant on foot, followed by a huge blast from a truck bomb that destroyed much
of a local bazaar near the military outpost in Wardak province's Sayedabad district, police said.

'The number of wounded is so high that it can hardly be counted. Lots of people have been wounded and much of the
Sayedabad bazaar has been destroyed,' Wardak police spokesman Abdul Wali told AFP.

Ghulam Farouq Mukhlis, the provincial public health director, told AFP that at least 43 civilians were admitted to
local hospitals. Ten people were evacuated to the capital Kabul for 'serious injuries', Mukhlis added.

A Western military official close to the NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) who spoke
anonymously told AFP that two ISAF soldiers were wounded in the blasts.

'There were no ISAF fatalities,' an ISAF spokesman told AFP separately, confirming the twin blast.

Shahidullah Shahid a spokesman for the provincial administration confirmed the attack, describing the truck-bombing as 'massive'.

'A suicide bomber on foot detonated near the gate of the base in Sayedabad, Wardak province, opening the way for a
truck suicide bombing that followed him,' Shahid told AFP.

Twin suicide attack on NATO Afghan base kills 12

Ghazni : Ten civilians and two police were killed and dozens more were wounded today in a Taliban twin suicide attack targeting a US-run military base in central Afghanistan, officials said.

The first bombing was carried out by a militant on foot, followed by a huge blast from a truck bomb that destroyed much
of a local bazaar near the military outpost in Wardak province's Sayedabad district, police said.

'The number of wounded is so high that it can hardly be counted. Lots of people have been wounded and much of the
Sayedabad bazaar has been destroyed,' Wardak police spokesman Abdul Wali told AFP.

Ghulam Farouq Mukhlis, the provincial public health director, told AFP that at least 43 civilians were admitted to
local hospitals. Ten people were evacuated to the capital Kabul for 'serious injuries', Mukhlis added.

A Western military official close to the NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) who spoke
anonymously told AFP that two ISAF soldiers were wounded in the blasts.

'There were no ISAF fatalities,' an ISAF spokesman told AFP separately, confirming the twin blast.

Shahidullah Shahid a spokesman for the provincial administration confirmed the attack, describing the truck-bombing as 'massive'.

'A suicide bomber on foot detonated near the gate of the base in Sayedabad, Wardak province, opening the way for a
truck suicide bombing that followed him,' Shahid told AFP.

Low calorie diet doesn't add to longevity

London: After all the hype over a low calorie diet being the tried and tested way to shed unwanted pounds or adding years to your life, comes the disappointing news -- it doesn't add to your longevity.

'If there's a way to manipulate the human diet to let us live longer, we haven't figured it out yet and it may not exist,' said biologist Steven Austad from the University of Texas Health Science Centre, who conducted the analysis.

Since 1934, research has shown that lab rats, mice, yeast, fruit flies and round worms fed 10 percent to 40 percent fewer calories than their free-eating peers lived some 30 percent longer. In some studies, they lived twice as long, the journal Nature reported.

Such findings have spawned a growing community of believers who seek better health and longer life in calorie-restricted (CR) diets, as promised in the 2005 book 'The Longevity Diet,' including 5,000 members of the CR Society International, according to the Daily Mail.

The research has also prompted companies like Procter & Gamble and Nu Skin Enterprises to develop drugs to mimic the effects of calorie restriction.

The new study, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, suggests this link doesn't hold true for all species.

It found that most of the 57 calorie-restricted monkeys did have healthier hearts and immune systems and lower rates of diabetes, cancer or other ills than the 64 control monkeys.

However, there was no longevity pay-off.

'You can argue that the calorie-restricted animals are healthier,' said Austad.

'They have better cholesterol profiles, less muscle loss, less disease. But it didn't translate into greater longevity. What we learn from this is you can un-link health and longevity,' added Austad.

The NIA study, launched in 1987, is one of two investigating whether eating just 70 percent of the calories in a standard lab diet extends life in a long-lived primate.

The Wisconsin National Primate Research Centre's study, begun in 1989, also uses rhesus monkeys, whose physiology, genetics and median lifespan (27 years) are closer to humans than are the rodents in earlier calorie-restriction research.

Low calorie diet doesn't add to longevity

London: After all the hype over a low calorie diet being the tried and tested way to shed unwanted pounds or adding years to your life, comes the disappointing news -- it doesn't add to your longevity.

'If there's a way to manipulate the human diet to let us live longer, we haven't figured it out yet and it may not exist,' said biologist Steven Austad from the University of Texas Health Science Centre, who conducted the analysis.

Since 1934, research has shown that lab rats, mice, yeast, fruit flies and round worms fed 10 percent to 40 percent fewer calories than their free-eating peers lived some 30 percent longer. In some studies, they lived twice as long, the journal Nature reported.

Such findings have spawned a growing community of believers who seek better health and longer life in calorie-restricted (CR) diets, as promised in the 2005 book 'The Longevity Diet,' including 5,000 members of the CR Society International, according to the Daily Mail.

The research has also prompted companies like Procter & Gamble and Nu Skin Enterprises to develop drugs to mimic the effects of calorie restriction.

The new study, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, suggests this link doesn't hold true for all species.

It found that most of the 57 calorie-restricted monkeys did have healthier hearts and immune systems and lower rates of diabetes, cancer or other ills than the 64 control monkeys.

However, there was no longevity pay-off.

'You can argue that the calorie-restricted animals are healthier,' said Austad.

'They have better cholesterol profiles, less muscle loss, less disease. But it didn't translate into greater longevity. What we learn from this is you can un-link health and longevity,' added Austad.

The NIA study, launched in 1987, is one of two investigating whether eating just 70 percent of the calories in a standard lab diet extends life in a long-lived primate.

The Wisconsin National Primate Research Centre's study, begun in 1989, also uses rhesus monkeys, whose physiology, genetics and median lifespan (27 years) are closer to humans than are the rodents in earlier calorie-restriction research.

Four terror suspects held in Nanded by Maharashtra ATS

 Mumbai: Maharashtra ATS has arrested four terror suspects from Nanded district for their alleged links with the accused arrested in Bangalore recently, an ATS official said here today.

'We have arrested four persons, who have links with the terror suspects arrested in Bangalore,' ATS chief Rakesh Maria
said.

However, Maria refused to divulge any further details.

According to police sources, following the arrest of the terror suspects in Bangalore by the local police, they had
shared some information with Maharashtra ATS officials, which has resulted in the arrest of these four in Nanded.

The four suspects were picked up from various parts of Nanded district in south-east Maharashtra since past two days
following a tip-off about their possible involvement in terror activities.

In a major operation two days back, Bangalore Police had arrested 11 persons, including a DRDO scientist and a
journalist, with suspected links to Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI and claimed to have foiled their plot to target MPs, MLAs and
mediapersons in Karnataka. PTI

Four terror suspects held in Nanded by Maharashtra ATS

 Mumbai: Maharashtra ATS has arrested four terror suspects from Nanded district for their alleged links with the accused arrested in Bangalore recently, an ATS official said here today.

'We have arrested four persons, who have links with the terror suspects arrested in Bangalore,' ATS chief Rakesh Maria
said.

However, Maria refused to divulge any further details.

According to police sources, following the arrest of the terror suspects in Bangalore by the local police, they had
shared some information with Maharashtra ATS officials, which has resulted in the arrest of these four in Nanded.

The four suspects were picked up from various parts of Nanded district in south-east Maharashtra since past two days
following a tip-off about their possible involvement in terror activities.

In a major operation two days back, Bangalore Police had arrested 11 persons, including a DRDO scientist and a
journalist, with suspected links to Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI and claimed to have foiled their plot to target MPs, MLAs and
mediapersons in Karnataka. PTI