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Prince Harry plans to woo back Cressida Bonas on ‘romantic’ holiday

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Prince Harry is currently hoping to win back his on-off girlfriend Cressida Bonas during a romantic Devon holiday.

Sources have revealed that the 29-year-old Prince recently made the plan while making dinner for his girlfriend, with whom he recently broke up, at Kensington Palace last week, the Daily Star reported.

Harry invited her to take a short break later so they can talk about their future.

Insiders claimed that the younger brother of Prince William is confident that he can win his 25-year-old girlfriend back.

Sensex up 70 pts in early trade ahead of RBI policy meet

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The benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 70 points in early trade today as funds and investors made fresh buying ahead of the RBI’s bi-monthly policy review.

The 30-share barometer gained 70.89 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 24,755.74 with stocks of consumer durables, metals, IT, realty, oil and gas and power sectors leading the rise.

The Sensex had gained 467.51 points in the previous session on the back of slight improvement in HSBC Indian Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI), a measure of factory production in May.

HM makes interim payment to workers

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India’s oldest carmaker Hindustan Motors, which declared suspension of work at its Uttarpara plant on May 24, on Monday made an interim payment to workers.

The company paid Rs 7,000 each to around 2,500 workers with the total outgo touching Rs 1.8 crore, sources in Hindustan Motors said.

The money was credited to the bank accounts of workers, they said.

The sources said that the company had to arrange funds since there was no cash earnings as sale of Ambassador cars had dwindled resulting in zero production of the iconic brand.

Gopinath Munde killed in Delhi road accident

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Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde Tuesday died in a car accident here, doctors said.

“On his arrival to the AIIMS trauma centre, there was no spontaneous breathing, no blood pressure, no pulse and there was no cardiac activity. So immediately CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) was started and continued for the next 15 minutes.

“Despite all aggressive resuscitative measures, he could not be revived and has been declared dead at 7.20 a.m. Immediately the CPR was started and was continued for the next 50 minutes,” an AIIMS doctor told media.

Star set to swallow two exoplanets in 130 million and 155 million years

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Astronomers have said that the planets Kepler-56b and Kepler-56c are going to be swallowed by their star in a short time by astronomical standards.

Their ends will come in 130 million and 155 million years, respectively.

Lead author Gongjie Li of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), said as far as they know, this is the first time two known exoplanets in a single system have a predicted “time of death.”

Four killed in Pakistan roadside blast

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At least four people were killed and three injured Tuesday in an explosion in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, a media report said.

The victims were travelling from Khurram region near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and were inside a vehicle when the explosion occurred, Dawn online reported. IANS

Extremely saddened by Munde’s death: Modi

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Gopinath Munde was “a true mass leader”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was “extremely saddened and shocked” by the union minister’s death.

“My tributes to a dynamic leader whose premature demise leaves a void hard to fill,” tweeted Modi.

Munde died in a car accident in Delhi early Tuesday.

Modi said in another tweet: “Gopinath Munde ji was a true mass leader. Hailing from backward sections of society, he rose to great heights & tirelessly served people.”

TRS welcomes two BSP MLAs

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TRS president and Chief Minister-designate K. Chandrasekhar Rao got a shot in the arm on the eve of formation of Telangana state as two Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs elected from Adilabad on Sunday evening met KCR and announced merger of them in TRS.

A. Indrakaran Reddy, former Adilabad MP, zilla parishad chairman, now elected on BSP ticket from Nirmal, and his friend and former MLA Koneru Konappa who was elected from Sirpur Assembly segment, have joined TRS increasing it strength from 63 to 65 in the house of 119.

Effective implementation of welfare scheme is my priority: KCR

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Now K. Chandrasekhar Rao is the first CM of Telangana, he plans to earmark 50 per cent of the Rs 1 lakh crore budget for the five-year period Rs50,000 crore for the welfare of dalits, which includes providing a three-acre farm with borewell and agriculture pumpset.

To make sure that welfare gets top priority and for effective implementation, Mr Rao has decided to keep all the welfare departments like ST, SC, BC and minorities welfare under his control.

World should realize the strength of India’s democracy: Narendra Modi

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On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the invitation to the Saarc leaders for his swearing-in as a “right decision at the right time”, and said his first major foreign policy initiative had sent out a message to the world about India’s strength.

He said that the world was still talking about this diplomatic initiative. Mr Modi said that the world should be au fait with the strength of India’s democracy so that the country gets its due respect and status.

Yellow metal continues to be submerged

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It was an unfortunate weeks for the yellow metal. Global spot gold price tumbled 3.3 per cent and has closed at $1,249.68 per ounce last week after recording a low of $1,242.33.

On the domestic front, gold futures traded on the Multi Commodity Exchange fell 1.8 per cent to close at Rs.26, 863 per 10 gm. Silver cut down 3.3 per cent to 18.82 per ounce and platinum was down 1.4 per cent to $1451.94.
Risk appetite increased in the market as the Ukraine tension relieved after the US officials confirmed that Russia has pulled its troops from the Ukraine border.

RBI permits foreign exchange proprietary trades by confiscating restrictions

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Last year’s upsetting choppiness suddenly looks like a thing of the past, as a stronger rupee has paved the way for high-street banks to have a greater play in the currency market.

Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) told several large lenders that they are free to carry out foreign exchange proprietary trades in which bank treasuries bet on the dollar-rupee movement.

The move will intensify the currency market and offer finer foreign exchange rates to customers, particularly large corporates with regular exports, imports and dollar borrowings.

‘Paper-less Parliament’ may be factual this time

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A ‘Paper-less Parliament’ may still be a term or two away, in spite of that NIC officials working towards that goal, optimistic that their efforts this time will have a better hit rate with a highly tech-savvy prime minister and a Lok Sabha that counts over half of its members as first-timers.

To begin with, MPs will be given tablets that come pre-loaded with literature on proceedings of the house.

Godavari Exp arrives in T, make tracks on united AP the last time

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One of the oldest and longest trains running in India, the Godavari Express plied for the last time in united Andhra Pradesh, departing the Port City at 5.27 pm on Sunday evening, and the 2,000-odd passengers travelling in its 24 coaches became part of a historic journey.

When it reaches Hyderabad on Monday morning around 6.30 am, it will be arriving in a new state Telangana.

OU student’s dreams came true

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Osmania University, the breeding ground of Telangana movement, erupted in wild celebrations at the stroke of midnight as the new T-state came into existence.

Students who had been at the receiving end of tear gas shells and lathi charges and who had fought their fight by pelting stones from the time when the statehood demand intensified in 2009 were seen hugging, bursting crackers and smearing each other in green and pink hues at the varsity’s historic Arts College.

Gurgaon school staffer hangs himself, three booked

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A supervisor at a private school here committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan, and three members of the management board have been booked for abetment to suicide, police said Monday.

Bhupender Singh, Pramod and Suresh Kumar, all senior members of Pine Crest school management here in Sushant Lok area, have been booked under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code.

A case was registered on the complaint of Ram Babu, the younger brother of Rajan alias Rajendra, 32, who committed suicide May 31.

15 killed in Karnataka van-bus collision

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At least 15 people, including three children, were killed and a dozen injured when a van and a bus collided head-on and fell in a ditch in Karnataka, police said.

The accident took place in Aland, 40 km from here and 700 km from Bangalore.

The collision occurred around 5 a.m. on a highway when a pick-up van and a state-run route bus collided head-on at high speed and fell in a roadside ditch, Gulbarga superintendent of police Amit Singh told IANS.

Most of the victims were from the van, which was going to Gulbarga from Akkalgud in Sholapur district of Maharashtra across the border.

Mango import ban: EU to send high-powered delegation to India

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A high-powered team of scientific experts from the European Commission will visit India in September to check measures put in place by the country in order to help lift the EU ban on the import of Indian mangoes.

This was confirmed to Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz, who visited Brussels on Wednesday and met Dacian Ciolos, EU Commissioner for Agriculture, and other senior officials.

Sensex up 130 points on firm Asian cues

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The benchmark BSE Sensex surged by 130 points in morning trade on Monday on buying in capital goods, realty, refinery, banking and metal sector stocks, triggered by firm Asian cues amid fresh capital inflows from foreign funds.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 2,977.62 crore last Friday, as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.

The Sensex resumed higher at 24,368.96 and firmed up further to 24,388.15, before quoting at 24,347.82 at 1000 hrs, showing a gain of 130.48 points, or 0.54%, from its last weekend’s level.

Rupee rules steady against dollar at 59.11

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The rupee recovered from initial losses against the American currency on fresh selling of dollars by banks and exporters and was trading at 59.11 per dollar in morning trade today.

The rupee resumed lower at 59.27 per dollar as against the last weekend’s level of 59.11 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market on initial dollar demand from some banks.

However, it recovered immediately to 59.11 at 1000 hrs on selling of dollars in view of firm equity market.

It hovered in a range of 59.11 and 59.28 per dollar during the morning trade.

Where you live matters when it comes to obesity, life satisfaction

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A new study has revealed that one’s community plays a key role in determining how satisfied they are in their life.

Scientists said that their most interesting finding was that, in US counties where obesity is particularly prevalent, being obese has very little negative effect on one’s life satisfaction.

Study co-author Philip M. Pendergast, from University of Colorado-Boulder, said that being ‘normal weight’ has little benefit in counties where obesity is especially common, which shows the importance of looking like the people around you when it comes to satisfaction with life.

Jamiyyatul Falah to hold CET awareness camp

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Mangalore corporation unit of Jamiyyatul Falah (JF) will be hosting a awareness camp of Common Entrance Test (CET) seat selection process for entry of minority students into professional courses. According to the sources, the camp will be held at JF community centre, Kankanady, Mangalore on June 1. The camp will commence from 9:30 am.

Maruti sales up 19% to 1,00,925 units in May

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Country’s largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday reported 19.2 per cent rise in total sales in May to 1,00,925 units as against 84,677 units in the same month last year.

The company said its domestic sales rose 16.4 per cent during the month to 90,560 units as against 77,821 units in May 2013.

Sales of mini segment cars, including M800, Alto, A-Star and WagonR, declined by 7.5 per cent to 29,068 units as compared to 31,427 units in the year-ago month, MSI said in a statement.PTI

Snatcher sends Facebook friend request to victim, held

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This news comes straight from Ripley’s Believe It or Not. An accidental Facebook friend request from a bag snatcher to the women whose bag he stole has sent him behind bars in the US.

Riley Mullins, 28, accused of stealing a woman’s purse was held after he befriended the woman on Facebook.

Shocked, the woman identified Mullins from a distinctive triangle tattoo on his arm and informed police.

According to the woman, Mullins must have found her name from an ID card in her purse, a report in Washington-based newspaper Kitsap Sun said.

Three foreign engineers killed in Afghanistan bombing

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At least three foreign engineers were killed Monday in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan, official sources said.

The killing occurred around 7.15 a.m. in the Behsoud district of Nangarhar province, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, provincial government spokesman, told Xinhua.

One foreign engineer was wounded in the attack.

Unofficial sources said the victims were Turkish and serving in a local construction firm.

An official said an investigation has been launched and more information will be released later on the day.