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Pak suspends TV channel ARY News for defaming judiciary

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Pakistan has suspended the license of a local TV channel for a period of 15 days for allegedly airing a defamatory program against the judiciary.

According to the BBC, ARY News TV was also fined 10m rupees (97,089 dollars) by broadcasting regulator Pemra.

Pemra said in a statement that ARY News had been “maligning honourable courts and judiciary”.

This is the second such incident in a span of four months when Pemra has suspended a TV channel.

BJP, Congress ignore Bilawal Bhutto`s comments on Kashmir, dub him `immature`

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Describing Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto as politically immature, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Monday chose not to take his rants on Kashmir seriously and instead advised the Bhutto scion to read the Shimla Agreement before making such statements.

“As far as Bilawal Bhutto is concerned he is not taken seriously in his own country, why should we take him seriously. He needs to grow up and he is quite immature as far as political scenario is concerned,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told a news agency here.

Music festivals are encouraging local talent: Lucky Ali

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Lucky Ali, whose simple ballad-style singing and melodious voice are a huge draw for music aficionados — a proof of which was his latest performance here, says music festivals across the country give an impetus to local talent.

The singer-composer performed here at the 10th edition of Kingfisher Premium – The Great Indian Octoberfest (TGIOF) here Sunday, leaving the crowd asking for more.

“What I am seeing at music festivals is that they are encouraging local talent and art. For instance, Rajasthani folk music is a part of The Great Indian Octoberfest.

Tatra deal: Court to hear case against Tejinder Singh on Dec 6

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A Delhi court Monday fixed December 6 for hearing a case in which CBI has chargesheeted Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh for allegedly offering Rs 14 crore bribe to then Army Chief Gen V K Singh for clearing Tatra vehicles file.

Special CBI Judge Madhu Jain posted the matter for hearing on December 6 after the counsel appearing for Tejinder Singh moved a plea seeking documents related to the case which were filed by the agency along with its chargesheet.

Haryana, Not Yet 50, Has a Young New Assembly

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Haryana’s new assembly is young. Relatively. And if the BJP picks Captain Abhimanyu from among its three front-runners for chief minister tomorrow, the state will also have a young chief minister.

44 of the 90 newly elected legislators are 50 years old or less. The youngest is the BJP’s 29-year-old Sukhvinder, a giant killer who won from Badhra. He beat Ranbir Singh Mahendra of the Congress, a former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and son of former chief minister Bansi Lal.

Mumbai: Congress gets severe drubbing, MNS is wiped out

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Congress, which had bagged 17 of the total 36 Assembly constituencies in Mumbai in 2009, fared miserably this time, managing to retain only five seats.

BJP won 15 and Shiv Sena 14 seats. MIM and Samajwadi party won one seat each, while Raj Thackeray-led MNS drew a blank in the megapolis.

Former Women and Child Welfare Minister Varsha Gaikwad (Congress) retained her Dharavi seat. She polled 47,718 votes against Shiv Sena’s Baburao Mane, who bagged 32,227 votes.

More foam and less water in the ‘wave’: Sena

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A day after BJP emerged as the single largest party in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena today took a swipe at Narendra Modi, saying the “wave” seen during the campaign lost its force even before reaching the shores and expressed doubts over survival of the state amid a hung House.

BJP, Congress and NCP benefited from multi-cornered contests in the elections, the Sena said and asked the voters if they are happy with the fractured verdict.

‘BJP on path to realise Modi’s dream of Cong free India’

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BJP national vice president BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday said the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly election results showed that the party was on its path towards realising Narendra Modi’s call for a ‘Congress free India’.

“As expected Congress has been defeated in the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections;BJP will form the government in Haryana on its own, and in Maharashtra it looks like we will have to go into an alliance. Our leaders will take a decision on this,” he told reporters here.

Stop creating fake profiles to nab criminals: Facebook

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Social networking site Facebook has asked the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to desist from creating fake profiles to nab criminals.

In a letter to the agency, Facebook’s chief security officer Joe Sullivan wrote: “We regard the DEA’s conduct to be a knowing and serious breach of Facebook’s terms and policies. The social network asks that the DEA immediately confirm that it has ceased all activities on Facebook that involve the impersonation of others or that otherwise violate our terms and policies”.

Heart attack ups depression risk in women

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Women are at a higher risk of developing anxiety and depression after a heart attack than men, new research shows.

In a study involving 160 patients from Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Clinics in Lithuania, researchers investigated the impact of gender and cardio-vascular disease risk factors on the risk of developing depression and anxiety after an heart attack.

They found that nearly one quarter of patients (24.4 percent) were depressed and of those, 28.2 percent had received treatment with anti-depressants.

Fish fossils give clues to origin of sex

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Sexual intercourse was invented 385 million years ago in Scotland by fish from an extinct group called placoderms, which are among the earliest vertebrate ancestors of humans, according to a new study.

Scientists have long been puzzled by the purpose of bony protrusions in placoderms that resembled a surplus pair of fins or limbs just in front of the tail.

A new study, to be published in the journal Nature, has found that the protrusions were in fact used by the fish to cling together as they mated, ‘The Sunday Times’ reported.

Gene mutation linked to leukaemia occurs among elderly

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At least two percent of people over age 40 and five percent of people over 70 have mutations linked to leukaemia and lymphoma in their blood cells, according to research at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

Mutations in the body’s cells randomly accumulate as part of the ageing process, and most are harmless. For some people, genetic changes in blood cells can develop in genes that play roles in initiating leukaemia and lymphoma – types of blood cancer, the researchers found.

Sensex surges over 400 points; auto stocks gain

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(Lead)A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Monday surged up 404.03 points or 1.55 percent as auto stocks gained.

The rally was led by auto, banking, capital goods, metal, oil and gas, healthcare, metal and consumer durables sectors.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 26,434.16 points, was trading at 26,512.56 points (at 11.59 a.m.) in the pre-noon session, up 404.03 points or 1.55 percent from the previous day’s close at 26,108.53 points.

Seventy dead bodies of IS militants dropped off at hospital: Syrian opposition group

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A report has revealed that at least 70 dead bodies of Islamic State (IS) fighters have been dropped off at a hospital in the Syrian town of Tal Abyad over the past four days, a Syrian opposition group said
Although it has not been confirmed yet but the bodies are likely to have been dropped off by other militants belonging to the terror group as the town is controlled by the IS, reported the CNN.

Sources who work in local medicine confirmed the events to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The town of Tal Abyad is located on the Turkish border, about 80 kilometers from Raqqa.

`Diesel price cut to reduce WPI by 0.20% in next two months`

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Diesel deregulation would result in a sharp fall in diesel inflation to 4 percent from 13 percent by December 2014, says Motilal Oswal.

This paves the way for a sharper decline in inflation indicators, ahead of expectations.

RBI may cut rates 2-3 quarters ahead of consensus expectations on the back of these developments, says Motilal Oswal, adding that the government would be able to limit the oil subsidy bill within the budgetary target of 634 billion rupees.

The government`s fiscal deficit target of 4.1 percent is now more credible, Motilal Oswal says.

PTI

Chettinad Chicken

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Ingredients:

chicken, skinned-cut into medium size pieces 1 kg
onion finely sliced 1/4 kg
tomatoes cubed 2 big
oil 5 tbsp
cinnamon stick 1 inch
cardamoms 2
cloves 4
cumin 1 tsp
jeera 1 tsp
turmeric powder 1 tsp
Salt to taste
coriannder leaves chopped 4 tbsp
For Grinding
small onions 6
ginger 4 inch
garlic 6 – 8 pods
jeera 1 tsp
cumin 1 tsp
black pepper corns 1 tsp
dried red chillies 10
coconut chopped 1 cup

Chicken Chettinad – Directions:

Marinate the chicken pieces in ground ingredients for about 20 minutes.

In a non-stick pan, add 5 tbsp oil and heat it.

Injured in stone-pelting, police constable dies in Kashmir

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A Jammu and Kashmir Police constable, who was injured in a stone pelting incident, died of his injuries on Monday in a hospital in Srinagar, an official said.

“Constable Waseem Ahmad Bhat, who was injured in stone pelting incident in Srinagar’s Hazratbal area Aug 29, 2014, on Monday succumbed to his injuries in SKIMS (Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences) in Srinagar,” a senior police officer said here.

Cricket Australia Concerned Over Windies Crisis

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Cricket Australia (CA) has said it is ‘deeply concerned’ over the West Indies players’ decision to abandon their Indian tour as the Australian cricketers are scheduled to tour the Caribbean in 2015.

Wally Edwards, CA chairman, described the situation as ‘deeply concerning’ and was one that needed to be urgently addressed, reports CMC.

West Indies one-day players quit the five-match series in India following the fourth One-Day International (ODI) in Dharamsala last Friday, after failing to reach an agreement with their union over a contracts and pay dispute.

Rajapaksa Hits Out at Opposition for Taking pro-Tamil Stand

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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has hit out at the opposition for “working” with the pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora in a bid to oust him.

“They (opposition) are working with foreign forces to oust me. They have gone and met them in Europe. They have promised action to fulfil pro-LTTE diaspora demands,” he said while addressing health sector workers here.

Noyonita Lodh titled Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2014

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Bangalore girl Noyonita Lodh was tonight crowned Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2014 after beating 14 finalists across India.

The 21-year-old student will represent India at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant, which will be held in Miami in the US.

Delhi’s Alankrita Sahai was named as Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2014 first runner-up, while another Bangalore girl Asha Bhat as Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2014 second runner-up.

Munde’s daughter scripts history, wins by 7 lakh votes

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Pritam Munde, the second daughter of late BJP leader Gopinath Munde, scripted Lok Sabha history winning the Beed seat in Maharashtra today in a bypoll by a record margin of nearly seven lakh votes.

The record for a maximum victory margin in the Lok Sabha polls is currently held by Anil Basu of CPI-M who won by 5,92,502 votes from Arambagh in West Bengal during the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.

32-year-old Pritam, who polled 9,22,416 votes, trounced former Congress minister Ashok Patil by 6,96,321 votes from Beed parliamentary constituency, poll officials said. Patil secured 2,26,095 votes.

Africa’s richest man offers help to fight Ebola in Liberia

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Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has expressed desire to assist Liberia in the fight against the spread of the Ebola virus disease.

Dangote, a Nigerian multi investor and an industrialist made the commitment in a telephone conversation with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Friday, according to a statement by the Liberian government on Sunday.

The Nigerian volunteered to assist Liberia with medical personnel and other human and material resources aimed at containing the spread of the virus, Xinhua reported citing the statement.

Dhaula Kuan gang-rape case sentencing today

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A Delhi court will on Monday sentence five men who have been found guilty in the Dhaula Kuan gang-rape and abduction case of 2010.

The men have been found guilty of abducting and gang-raping a 30-year-old call centre executive in Delhi.

The hearing on the quantum of sentence in which the prosecution demanded maximum punishment for the convicts citing their criminal background took place last week.

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Bus strike to cripple Uttar Pradesh

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Road transport in Uttar Pradesh is likely to be hit as contractual drivers and conductors of the state run buses have announced that they will go on a strike from Monday night, officials said.

The contractual drivers and conductors of the Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) held protest rallies Sunday in Lucknow and other districts against the state government’s decision to cancel their contracts if a single passenger is found without ticket in buses.

Oldest female rhino of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve dies

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The oldest female rhino of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve today died at a rhino rehabilitation area, officials said.

Death of 48-year-old Himrani was described by officials as “quite natural”, though an autopsy is being conducted to ascertain the exact cause of her death.

Himrani was found lying in ailing condition on the road in Kakraha forests, yesterday, Deputy Director, Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Vinod Krishna Singh, told PTI.