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Indian Railways Authorities went red-faced on Saturday after an advertisement in almost all the leading newspapers on the day of inauguration of Maharajas’ Express from Kolkata to Nalanda showed Delhi in Pakistan.

The advertisement was published by the Eastern Railway.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to flag off the Maharajas’ Express in Kolkata today.

The map showed Kolkata, Gaya in Bay of Bengal, Varanasi in Orissa, Gwalior in Maharashtra and Delhi in Pakistan.
Railway authorities, however, completely absolved themselves of responsibilities saying it was the fault of the concerned advertising agency.

Raliways has blacklisted the ad agency.

ISLAMABAD,PAKISTAN NEWS :The Pakistan-United States strategic dialogue would be held on March 24 in Washington.

The Pakistani delegation would be headed by Shah Mehmood Qureshi while Foreign Secretary Hillary Clinton would lead the US side.
The dialogue would be attended by COAS Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, DG ISI Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, while secretaries of foreign, defence, IT, commerce, agriculture and water & power departments would also join them.

The dialogue would encompass economy, energy, education, science and technology and public diplomacy besides joint efforts regarding South Asia.

FM Qureshi has said that the US would be informed about Pakistan’s strategic and security reservations, adding that the scanning of FATA parliamentarians would also be touched during the talks.

Karachi Accountability Court acquitted Local Bodies Minister Agha Siraj Durrani in a NAB reference.
Talking to media, Durrani said, “I was implicated in fake cases during the previous regime as I refused to yield to the dictatorial pressures”.
In 1995, Durrani was accused of handing over Rs400million to a furniture contractor sans the supply of furniture to government schools.
In 2002, the Accountability Court sentenced both the culprits 5-year term.
Sindh High Court directed the AC to reopen the case on Agha Siraj Durrani’s appeal.

LAHORE PAKISTAN : Banned fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has decided to challenge Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision to impose a year’s ban and fine on him.

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Naved said he has received the documents explaining the reasons for his suspension by the PCB and would file his appeal in a couple of days.

” I have been preparing the response papers with my representatives and they will be ready in a couple of days time,” a website quoted Naved, as saying.

The 32-year-old bowler said he has read the report prepared by the PCB’s Inquiry Committee, which had recommended harsh punishments for players who ‘underperformed’ during the Australia tour.

“Yes I have the report and have had a read of it. The only reason why they have banned me is due to underperformance. They felt that my performance on the tour of Australia was below par. I always give 100 percent effort every time I take the field, it doesn’t matter who I am playing for, I always give my all,” Naved said.

Meanwhile, former captain Shoiab Malik, who is also facing a year’s ban, has also decided to appeal against the PCB’s decision.

Malik said he has been informed that the board’s inquiry committee has found him guilty of creating ‘disharmony’ in the dressing room also faking an ankle injury during New Zealand tour.

The PCB had given 30 days time to the banned, fined players to appeal.

The PCB had suspended Malik and Naved for one year, and slapped hefty fines on star all-rounder Shahid Afridi, wicket keeper Kamran Akmal and his batsman brother Umer Akmal following the recommendations of a committee headed by the Chief Operating Officer (CCO) Wasim Bari.

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VANCOUVER : Canadian police were searching late on Friday for more people feared trapped under the second massive avalanche in a week to strike back-country snowmobilers in the Columbia Mountains in eastern British Columbia.

One person was confirmed dead and another injured in a major slide, said Canada’s national police force in a statement late Friday. “Rescuers are currently attempting to determine the size and number of the original group to confirm whether the two were the only persons involved,” the police said

Police said rescue teams with dogs were traveling to the area. The avalanche hit Friday afternoon on Eagle Pass Mountain near Revelstoke, 566 kilometers (350 miles) northeast of this major coastal city.

A week ago two men died and 30 were injured after about 200 snowmobilers were caught in the path of another major slide on nearby Boulder Mountain.

A report Friday by the Canadian Avalanche Centre said only luck and the rescue skills of the snowmobilers stopped the Boulder Mountain slide from being a major disaster. The centre has repeatedly warned against backcountry travel in the region for weeks, after a series of snow storms left behind an unstable snow pack.

The risks taken by backcountry snowmobilers have generated intense controversy in Canada in the past week, with governments warning of increased regulation and snowmobile organizations arguing that riders make their own free choices to take risks.