Kiwis win over IndiaSHARJAH: New Zealand beat India by four wickets with one over to spare in the Sharjah Cup cricket tournament here tonight. In reply to India's 181, New Zealand scored 183 for six wickets in 49 overs. Chris Harris hit the winning run, pulling Saurav Ganguly to the mid-wicket off the last ball of the penultimate over to give the Kiwis their first win in the tournament.ISRO rocketCHENNAI: A two-stage RH-560-MK-II rocket, the largest of the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) family of Rohini sounding rockets, was successfully launched by the ISRO from the Sriharikota range at 1921 hrs on Sunday. The rocket carried a set of instruments from Germany to study the upper atmosphere. An ISRO release said the launch was carried out under a commercial arrangement between ISRO and DLR, the German space agency. Two more flights are proposed in future.Petition dismissedNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a special leave petition by the CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI) against a Patna High Court order that the special court trying the animal husbandry scam has no power to remand former Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav and other accused or take cognizance of the case till a sanction order is passed. Attorney general Soli Sorabjee, who appeared for CBI, submitted that a sanction order cannot be a condition precedent for remanding an accused in a pending inquiry or trial.Linda McCartneyLONDON: Linda McCartney, the American photographer wife of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, has died from cancer, the star's publicist said on Sunday. She was 56. Geoff Baker said Linda died on Friday at Santa Barbara, California. Her husband and children were with her.
