Asian News International The Election Commission on Tuesday issued notification for the first of the five phases of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
In the first phase due on November 25, polls will be held in 15 Assembly segments spread across seven districts of Bandipora, Ganderbal in Kashmir Valley, Kargil, Leh of Ladakh region, Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban of Jammu region.
Even as the Indian government Monday took the first real step towards getting back black money, or undeclared wealth allegedly stashed away by Indians in overseas accounts, by naming three such people in the Supreme Court, what is the actual quantum of such funds being talked about is not clear
Despite some official White Papers, or government reports, on black money tabled in the past, only unofficial estimates by independent agencies are floating around. The variations are also rather wide.
Pakistan and Iran have reiterated their commitment to maintaining peace along the border and agreed on new measures to strengthen border coordination and control, media reported Tuesday.
The agreement was reached at the eighth round of Pakistan-Iran Bilateral Political Consultations held in Islamabad Monday, Dawn online reported.
Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ibrahim Rahimpour led the delegations of their countries.
Tracking melting glaciers, deforestation or disappearing elephants has been made easier as Google has now allowed access to real time, updated satellite images through its Skybox programme.
“The fresh satellite imagery will be contributed to projects that save lives, protect the environment, promote education, and positively impact humanity,” Google said in a blog post.
From camps for displaced people in Sudan to beaches cleared of landmines in Sri Lanka, the released images are also available to the public for free.
Ajay Devgn will be seen doing a sword fight sequence in his upcoming film “Action Jackson”, and the actor says it was after a long time that he had to put in a lot of practice for the action scenes.
“There is a very stylised sword fighting designed by Prabhudheva, and after a very long time, I had to even practice to do action. So it has come out very nicely,” the 45-year-old said here Monday at a press conference.
Ajay even had to work on his physique while shooting for the film.
Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic has said that he is not concerned about his number one ranking as he feels like he is already number one becoming a father last week, ahead of his return to action at the Paris Masters on Tuesday.
Djokovic would play his first match at the Paris Masters on Tuesday since wife Jelena Ristic gave birth to son Stefan. He will face Philipp Kohlschreiber as his first opponent since he lost to world number two Roger Federer in Shanghai earlier this month. Djokovic said that he feels like he is already number one becoming a father last week, The BBC reported.
SoftBank Internet and Media, Inc. (“SIMI”) and Snapdeal on Monday announced definitive agreements under which the SoftBank Group will become the largest investor in Snapdeal, through a total investment of $627 million.
Reports say that Snapdeal has raised approximately $ 1 billion during this year.
Through this investment and partnership with Snapdeal, the SoftBank Group aims to further strengthen its presence in India and leverage synergies with its network of Internet companies around the world.
Even as the Centre Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the President has given consent to invite the BJP to form the government in Delhi, the court expressed its displeasure and frowned upon the delaying tactics being adopted by the government.
Just before every date of the hearing, some statement is made about the attempt being made for the formation of government but why things are not being done well before the date of the hearing, asked the apex court’s Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, admonishing the handling of the issue by the central government.
The BJP Tuesday criticised the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh for failing to take action against its party workers for attacking policemen in the state.
Citing four cases of violence by SP workers in the past two months, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said he wanted to know if Chief Minister Akhliesh Yadav intended to take action against his party workers for beating up policemen and threatening officials.
A school teacher from Gujarat on a holiday here was crushed to death by an elephant as she fell to the ground while clicking pictures with her four-year-old son. The police Tuesday described it as an accident.
Deepali, 27, was part of a 14-member holiday group from Gujarat’s Narmada district. The incident took place Monday evening at the elephant camp here.
Pakistanis across the world held demonstrations to mark the anniversary of what they termed as India’s invasion and occupation of Kashmir Oct 27, 1947, media reported Tuesday.
The Pakistani nation stands united with the Kashmiri people in their struggle for right to self-determination, Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said Monday.
“The hearts and minds of all Pakistanis are with Kashmiris,” he said at a seminar organised by the Youth Forum for Kashmir at the International Islamic University, Islamabad.
Ingredients
1. 5 small tomatoes
2. 8 slices wholewheat bread
3. 200 g Cheddar
4. 1 clove garlic, halved
Method:
1 Prepare lightly oiled grill for medium heat.
2 Halve 1 tomato. Lightly coat 4 bread slices with olive oil spray. Put bread on work surface, oil side down and rub tops with cut sides of tomato. Slice the rest of the tomatoes.
3 Divide remaining tomato slices and cheese among rubbed bread, starting and ending with cheese. Top with remaining bread. Lightly coat with olive oil spray.
Ingredients
1. 1 whole egg plus
2. 1 egg white
3. 1 8-inch wholewheat tortilla or roti
4. 2 Tbsp chopped green pepper
5. 2 Tbsp chopped red onion
6. 2 Tbsp Parmesan cheese
Method:
1. Scramble eggs with pepper and onion and fold into tortilla with cheese.
Smiling sensation Trisha Krishnan is completely reliant on Pawan and Mahesh Babu. After “Dookudu” remake, is now doing “Atharintiki Daredhi” remake in Kannada.
Trisha turned into a top actress in Kannada film circuit, post “Dookudu” remake success.
Now this beauty in that region is looking apposite for Telugu stories, film makers are taking her for few more Telugu remake versions.
It looks that “Eega” fame actor Sudeep gave this opportunity to Trisha Krishnan.
Future-oriented women are more likely to take concrete steps to reduce global warming, says a study.
“They are more politically liberal and liberals are more likely to value the environment which makes them more likely to believe in global warming,” explained lead researcher Jeff Joireman, associate professor of marketing at Washington State University.
The future-oriented women are the voting bloc most strongly motivated to invest money, time and taxes toward reducing global warming, he added.
Pakistan is gearing up to cope with a cyclone headed its way.
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has been asked to take necessary measures to meet the challenge posed by cyclone Nilofar.
“The NDMA in coordination with the provincial disaster management authorities of Sindh and Balochistan is ensuring all actions, including possible precautionary evacuation of people living in coastal areas,” NDMA chairman Major General Mohammad Saeed Aleem said.
Breathing is the most essential and frequent activity that we engage in from birth till death. Yet it is one of the most neglected aspects of our existence because we erroneously presume that it is entirely an involuntary function. The end result is that this giver of life has been ignored, leading to numerous unwanted consequences.
Scientists have criticised the Australian government’s multi-million dollar Great Barrier Reef protection plan, claiming it ignores the threat of climate change.
The Australian Academy of Science (AAS) was asked to produce a response to the federal government’s ‘Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan’ and delivered its verdict Tuesday morning.
Its report suggested that although climate change represented the Great Barrier Reef’s biggest threat, the protection plan did not address the matter as a realistic threat to the reef’s long-term health, Xinhua reported.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan is set to stage a rally outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) building Tuesday to protest “poll rigging”.
Addressing the participants of his party’s sit-in at D-Chowk Monday, he said that the current assembly, the prime minister and the government were not genuine because last year’s elections were massively rigged, Dawn online reported.
“We would have never given a call for protest had we succeeded in getting justice against poll rigging,” Khan said.
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Tuesday was trading 62.41 points or 0.23 percent up as capital goods stocks gained.
Good buying was observed in capital goods and banking sectors, while selling pressure was seen in metal and oil and gas sectors.
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 26,788.73 points, was trading at 26,815.31 points (at 09.17 a.m.) in the early session, up 62.41 points or 0.23 percent from the previous day’s close at 26,752.90 points.
A new study has revealed that shifting patterns of precipitation affect key chemicals responsible for the flavor and health properties of tea.
The findings showed shows that major antioxidant compounds that determine tea health properties and flavor, including epigallocatechin, epigallocatechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, gallocatechin gallate, catechin and gallic acid, fell up to 50 percent in an area of southwest China during an extreme monsoon, while other compounds increased.
Fishermen in Amreli district here have been advised not to venture into sea as the Cyclone Nilofar is likely to make a landfall on Friday near Naliya in Kutch district of Gujarat.
Cyclone Nilofar was located 1,270 kilometres west-southwest of western Mumbai last night. It is expected to hit the land mass with a wind speed of 90-100 kilometres per hour.
“All the boats have been called back. There is no arrangement of putting any kind of signal here,” said Bahibai Solanki, vice president of the Fisheries union.
Robbie Williams recently welcomed a baby boy with his wife Ayda and tweeted the entire process along with video messages.
The Brit singer asserted that he was never been more in love and announced the happy news in one final video message, the Mirror reported.
The 40-year-old singer said in a short video clip that the couple had not slept for 24hours and he had never been more proud of his wife and she was being “absolutely astonishing”.
Google has dedicated a doodle on its homepage to Jonas Salk on scientist’s100th birthday.
Salk, who developed polio vaccine, never patented the vaccine which made him an international hero, the Independent reported.
The illustration depicts two children holding up a sign reading “Thank you, Dr Salk!” paying a tribute to the virologist’s work against a disease whose main victims were children.
Salk graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1939 with his M.D. degree, and soon started work as a staff physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh and also president of the Council of Senior Scholars on his weekly radio show, broadcasted live from Makkah, urged Muslims to stand strong in the face of dissonance and has urged Muslims to maintain harmony amid turbulent times.
The mufti acted contrite over the ongoing turmoil in Iraq, Libya and Yemen.