PayPal suspends payment transactions in India

Washington: Online payment service provider PayPal on Saturday said that it has suspended certain types of payment transaction in India.


In a blog posted on its website, PayPal spokesperson Anuj Nayar wrote "... personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in India have been suspended while we work with our business partners and other stakeholders to address questions they have about the service".

Without giving any further details for the unusual suspension, he added that the company is working "to resolve the situation as quickly as possible."

"During this time, customers can still make commercial payments to India but merchants cannot withdraw funds in rupees to local Indian banks," he said.

Wife broke Tiger Woods' tooth during fight?

London: Golfer Tiger Woods is said to be in hiding after one of his teeth was broken when his furious wife Elin Nordegren hurled a mobile phone at him, a news site said.


US reports said Elin "went psycho" during their blazing row over his affairs on the night he crashed his car, thesun.co.uk reported without attributing the source of its information.


It was also reported last night that Elin is devastated by the alleged infidelity, but she has no plans to file for divorce. The 29-year-old married the golfer in 2004 and they have a daughter Sam, 2, and Son Charlie, 10 months.


"She is a child of a divorce and that's not something she's likely to going to want to do to Sam and Charlie. She believes in the importance of parents staying together," said a friend of the former nanny.


Woods, 33, has been linked to at least ten other women. Eight of them have been named.

Too premature to comment on extradition of Headley: US

It is "too premature" to talk about the extradition of US national David Coleman Headly to India for his alleged role in Mumbai terror attacks, a top Obama Administration official has said.


Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, P J Crowley was responding to a question about the statement by Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai in New Delhi that India would seek extradition of Headley, who was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in October on charges of plotting terrorist attacks in Denmark and India.

"Obviously, we do have an extradition treaty with India, but how that will work going forward, I think that's premature," Crowley, told reporters at a news briefing.

Early this week, FBI formally charge sheeted Headley for being allegedly involved in the Mumbai terrorist attack.

"The FBI and Justice Department continue to share information with our foreign and domestic law enforcement partners in the Headley investigation," Dean Boys, spokesman, National Security Division of the US Department of Justice told PTI.

"As a matter of long-standing policy, we never comment on extradition matters. Headley remains charged in federal court in Chicago and the investigation continues."

In New Delhi, Union Home Secretary Pillai, told reporters that once India completes its probe into Headley's links with the Mumbai terror attacks, the government will seek his extradition.
"Once we file the charge sheet, we will definitely be seeking access for both interrogation and at a subsequent stage, definitely his extradition," he said.

Headley, 49, is now in a Chicago jail, had pledged not guilty before a Chicago court early this week.

AAMIR ALL SET TO BE FATHER AGAIN

Apparently, his wife Kiran Rao is three months pregnant


Kiran was recently admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in South Mumbai for fever, where it was discovered that she is pregnant.

Sources at the hospital, where she is consulting a doctor for her pregnancy
, reveal that Rao was admitted on May 31 for fever. "She was admitted to the fourth floor of the old hospital building. She was in the hospital for a week," said a source, on the condition of anonymity.

The source also confirmed that tests revealed Rao was three months pregnant and added, "During the hospitalisation, Aamir would visit her everyday. He used to come in late at night, after 9pm. It was obvious that he did not want any attention. During the week-long hospitalisation, the cause for fever could not be diagnosed, but it was treated. At the time of discharge, the pregnancy was normal and there was no reason to worry."

Aamir Khan remained unavailable for comment. This will be Aamir's third child after son Junaid and daughter Ira from his first marriage to Reena Dutta. He divorced Reena in December 2002 before remarrying in December 2005. Ever since, there have been rumours about Kiran’s pregnancy, but this time the rumours are true.

KARNATAKA POLICE CLUELESS ABOUT MISSING SCIENTIST

BANGALORE: Police Friday admitted that they hadn't made any progress in the operation that was launched a day before to find a missing senior scientific officer of the state-run Kaiga atomic plant in coastal Karnataka.

"We're yet to get any credible clue to track the missing scientist. The operation is on and hopefully we'll soon make some positive progress in our operation," Uttara Kannada District Superintendent of Police Raman Gupta said on phone from Kaiga, about 500 km from here.

L. Mahalingam, 47, a senior scientific officer working with Kaiga atomic power plant for the last 10 years, left home Monday morning for a walk but did not return. His wife Vinayakar Sundari lodged a missing complaint with the police on Monday evening.

A special search team was formed on Thursday to find the scientist.

"We're leaving no stone unturned to trace the scientist but the geography of the area is posing as a hindrance in our investigations. It is not easy to find a person in the deep forests," said Gupta.

Kaiga township is surrounded by the 1,000-acre Mallapur forest, where the police is currently carrying on their search operation.

Moreover, due to seasonal heavy rains, police personnel are finding it hard to negotiate a swelling Kali river in the Western Ghats, adjoining the township.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel stationed at the atomic power plant and forest guards are also assisting the police in their combing operations.

The police had already searched for Mahalingam in the 100-acre Kaiga township but failed to trace him.

JYOTI, WORLD'S SMALLEST TEENAGER

Jyoti, who is half the size of her two-year-old nephew, is treated as a celebrity in her home town of Nagpur.
She weights 12lbs - only 9lbs more than her weight at birth - and stands 1ft 11ins tall.
Jyoti, who is set to feature on Channel 4's Bodyshock programme on June 11, dreams of becoming an actress and is believed by many to be the reincarnation of a goddess.
"When I tell people my age they don't believe me," she said, "When I was three I realised that I was different to the rest of the kids.
"I thought that everyone was bigger and I should get bigger too."
She has her own mini grey uniform and school bag and even a tiny desk. But she looks like a doll next to her teenage classmates.
"I am proud of being the smallest girl. I love all the attention I get," she said. "I'm not scared of being small, and I don't regret being small.
"I am sure there are many people in this world who are dwarves like me. I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don't feel any different."
Jyoti insists on living as normal a life as possible including going to the local school.
"I used to get stressed and couldn't go out much but now I like going out and speaking to people," she said, "When I first went to school everyone was so big I used to get scared but I'm okay now, I like it. I have a different desk and chair that were made for me. I'm a normal student.
"I would like to be an actress when I grow up. My dream is to do films. Amge has already had a taste of fame in a pop video for Indian star Mika Singh."
Doctors believe Jyoti is a pituitary dwarf but have never been able to pinpoint her condition.

SYMONDS LOSES AUSTRALIA CONTRACT

SYDNEY: The prospects of Andrew Symonds rekindling his international career were dealt another blow on Friday when he was officially stripped of his playing contract for next season.
Symonds was one of 25 elite Australian players offered playing contracts for the 2009-10 season, starting next month, but the offer was revoked after he was sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup in England for disciplinary reasons.

Australia's national selectors announced on Friday that they were offering the contract intended for Symonds to fast bowler Shaun Tait, who was considered unlucky to miss out on the original roster.

"With Cricket Australia now withdrawing its previous contract offer to Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait has moved into a position where he has been offered a CA contract offer for 2009-10 under the rankings system CA uses to offer contracts to players," Australia's chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said in a statement.

"Shaun at his best is an important part of our One-Day International and Twenty20 make-up and I'm sure he will now seize the opportunity presented to him with this offer of a further Australian contract."

Local media have speculated that Symonds would soon announce his retirement from international cricket and quit Australia to focus on the lucrative Indian Premier League after he was sent home in disgrace for an alcohol-related incident in London.

Symonds has not yet made any decisions about his future but told reporters on his arrival home that he would make an announcement soon.

The 33-year-old has been dogged by off-field problems during his international career and only recently rejoined the team after undergoing counseling for alcohol problems.

Symonds revealed last year that he had started drinking heavily to cope with the pressure of constantly being in the spotlight as a professional sportsman.

Australia officials said the latest incident was relatively minor but they had no alternative other than to send him home because of his long record of ill-discipline.