New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): The BJP has decided to field the wife of the late police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma for the 2008 Assembly elections, according to a website.

According to a politicsparty.com, BJP president Rajnath Singh and senior leader L K Advani took the decision.

Maya Sharma will be the candidate from the Gole Market Constituency.

Her rival Congress candidate will be Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

It may be recalled that Delhi Police Special Cell inspector Mohan Chand Sharma was killed during the course of an encounter with suspected terrorists in Jamia Nagar. (ANI)

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Kabul, Oct.20 (ANI): The Taliban has killed a British woman working for a Christian charity.

A Telegraph report said that two gunmen on a motorbike shot the woman, who was identified as Gayle Williams, as she was on her way to work.

Authorities initially said she was South African but the British embassy later said she was a UK national.

Local officials said the woman had been working for the Afghan operation of Serve, a British-based Christian aid organisation that focuses on community development and education and vocational training for people with disabilities. (ANI)

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New Delhi Oct.20 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent a fresh reminder to the the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, to take appropriate action in the Batla House encounter incident.

The NHRC has urged the Delhi Police to comply with its order of submitting a report to it on the incident within a fortnight.

The Commission has decided to issue reminder to Commissioner of Police, Delhi directing him to transit the post-mortem report of Mohd.Atif, Mohd. Sajid and Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and also the inquest reports. He will also inform the Commission:-

1.Whether a Magisterial enquiry has been ordered, if so, the status of Magisterial enquiry.

2.Whether a criminal case regarding the incident has been registered, if so, the status of the investigation.

3.Whether the team of Special Cell visited L-18 Batla House on 13.10.08, if so, the purpose of visit.

As per Commission's orders, a reminder has been sent to the Delhi police Commissioner requesting that the complete report as directed by the Commission in the matter be sent latest by 31.10.08. (ANI)

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London, Oct.20 (ANI): British Defence Secretary John Hutton, who is currently on his first visit to Iraq, has said that all British troops could be pulled out of that country by 2009.

Speaking after talks in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the, Hutton said that Britain is likely to undertake a "fundamental change" in its role in Iraq in the first months of 2009.

This included the possibility of the military taking on a training role, The Telegraph quoted Hutton, as saying.

He hailed the "significant progress" that had been made in Iraq in recent months, and welcomed the improvement in the security situation across the country.

After his meeting, the Defence Secretary went on to speak to members of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment and other UK service personnel based in the Baghdad Support Unit.

Hutton is due to travel on to Basra, where most of the 4,000 British troops stationed in Iraq are based.

Negotiations are under way to agree a security deal on the future of British and American forces in Iraq after the current mandate runs out at the end of the year.

However, Prime MInister Gordon Brown has repeatedly refused to set out a timetable for withdrawal.

A spokesman for the Iraqi leader said: "Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki declared that Iraq will form a negotiating team to discuss the future of the presence of British forces in Iraq. (ANI)

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