A S Kashyap

Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie, who addressed delegates at the African Union summit, says violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime and is not being given the priority it deserves.

The 40-year-old award-winning actress, who is the special envoy of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, sat on a panel of foreign leaders on Thursday to deliver a speech at the bi-annual event that encourages more global support to end violence against women around the world, reports people.com.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah’s decision to be in Patna on June 21 International Yoga Day, led Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to say on Saturday that considering the latter’s health, he should do yoga at home first.

“I read that the BJP president will do yoga on Yoga Day. Considering his health, he should do it first at home,” Nitish told ANI here.

Nitish also lashed out at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP, saying they should not have made yoga a matter of publicity.

The Met Department on Saturday said that it expected temperatures to drop further in the coming days.

B P Yadav, Director of the Department of Meteorology, told ANI on Saturday after a dust storm and rains struck the capital and nearby vicinities that the change in weather pattern was due to the excessive summer heat and harsh sun rays.

“Now, the temperature has come down, and after three days, the temperature will decrease some more. The wind speed was noted at 84-kilometers per hour by our equipments at safdurjung,” he said.

A case has been registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against three persons for allegedly cheating the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) of Rs. 180
crores.

According to reports, one of the accused, Shibaji Panja, is supposedly a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The hacking U.S. Government employees’ personal data maybe on a much larger scale than previously believed.

It is now being reported that records of between nine and 14 million current and former civilian employees may have been taken from the Office of Personnel Management, rather than the four million figure announced last week.

According to The New York Times and The Verge, there are now concerns that the information could be used for blackmail

It is being widely reported that Chinese hackers, possibly state sponsored, are believed to be behind the breach.

Strong winds and cloud cover brought some relief in Delhi, which was reeling under series of hot days.

Dusty breeze accompanied by rain swept across the city bringing the temperatures soaring down.

City’s temperature has been hovering around 42 – 44 degrees over the last few days. (ANI)

Airport police in Paris detained a six-year-old French girl for three days on suspicion that she had a fake passport.

The child was released after a judge ordered that she be placed in her mother’s custody.

According to the New York Times, the case has caused indignation in France amid a sensitive debate over police treatment of waves of undocumented migrants coming to Europe in recent months.

The girl was detained at the Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris after arriving from Cameroon, said a lawyer representing them.

Workers of the opposition National Conference (NC) staged a protest here on Saturday against the ruling PDP-BJP coalition, which they described as a failure

National Conference activists were seen shouting slogans and causing damage to property in the city, while repeating their accusation that the PDP-BJP combine was working at “cross-purposes” and not meeting the basic minimum expectations of the people of the state.

Describing the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led regime as a non-starter, the NC activists vociferously demanded a change.

Quentin Tarantino’s new movie ‘ The Hateful Eight’ is all set for an exclusive two-week road show in 70mm nationwide that begins on Christmas Day.

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, the movie will mark the widest 70mm release that the industry has seen in more than 20 years, reported Us magazine.

Sources say that the filmmaker threatened to scrap the project altogether after the script leaked out and he eventually sued Gawker for publishing it on its site.

The film will also star Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern.

Unknown gunmen killed a local traders’ association president, Khurshid Ahmad, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town.

Ahmad, who was shot at around 9.30 pm on Thursday, was believed to be a sympathiser of hardliner separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

“He was bleeding and lying in front of his gate. When we lifted him and reached the road, police and army were already there. When I enquired from SHO about the incident, he said they (unknown gunmen) were already there,” said Ahmad’s cousin brother, Abid.

Meanwhile, a resident, Ghulam, said pro-freedom civilians are being targeted.

Jamshedpur has set an example in recycling for the rest of the country by using plastic waste for road construction.

Plastic waste is one of the most prominent sources of environmental pollution. Making the problem worse is the fact that it is hard to dispose of.

The initiative which started out as a pilot project is now being replicated across the city and so far 48 to 50 kilometers of roads in the city have been constructed using plastic waste.

Rain continued to spoil the mood as early tea was taken on the fourth day of the lone test between India and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh were 111-3 when rain crept in just minutes before lunch and since then had been pouring heavily.

Imrul Kayes and Shakib al Hasan were at the crease on 59 and 0 respectively with Bangladesh still trailing by 351 runs.

Earlier, India had declared on their overnight score of 462-6.

Meanwhile, rain has been a major hindrance in this game as the second day’s play was completely washed out and only 47.3 overs could be bowled the next day. (ANI)

Pradeep Kumar Sinha, an IAS officer of 1977 batch, UP cadre, assumed charge as the Cabinet Secretary on Saturday. He took over from Ajit Kumar Seth.

Sinha was earlier OSD in the Cabinet Secretariat. He has served in different capacities in the Government of India as well as in the States. (ANI)

Seems like, Justin Bieber is giving a peek-a-boo about the ‘changes’ that are going on in his life as the 21-year-old singer talked about growing up in a recent interview.

The ‘Baby’ hit-maker said that he is unsure about the positive changes, but being a human, he is growing as a man and he can’t say whether he made any mistakes or not, after all, he is a human, reported Us magazine.

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has accused India of suppressing and destabilising Islamabad and threatened that they have built nuclear weapons for defence purposes and not for celebratory occasions.

The 71-year-old Pakistani politician said that they didn’t want to use nuclear capability, but if their existence came under threat then they would do so; their nukes are not for occasions like Shab-e-Barat, the Tribune has reported.

Musharraf also asked India not to attack Pakistan or challenge their territorial integrity because they have a major nuclear power. (ANI)

The Islamic State is said to be using Libya, which is gradually becoming the most unstable country in the region, ?as an ‘entry point’ into Europe.

Fox News quoted intelligence sources on the ground in Africa as saying that at least 30 ISIS fighters who left from the country have been picked up by the Italians in recent weeks.

U.S. President Barack Obama had earlier this week authorized up to 450 additional U.S. troops to deploy to Iraq to help the local security forces in the fight against ISIS there.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, who launched a vociferous protest against the PDP-BJP coalition government today, said all decisions regarding the state are first taken in Nagpur, where the RSS headquarters is located.

“We want to remind Mufti sahab of the promises he made. All decisions regarding Jammu and Kashmir happen first in Nagpur, then with Modi ji and then here,” said Omar.

Describing the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led regime as a non-starter, the agitating National Conference (NC) activists vociferously demanded a change.

Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation has started inter-state night bus service, which was stopped during the militancy period nearly three decades back.

The services were stopped in 1987 after an increase in the incidents of passengers being targeted by the militants.

Services have been resumed on short routes from Patiala to Chandigarh and Ambala to start with.

The corporation is also planning to start long distance Night Bus Service from Bhatinda, Amritsar and Ludhiana in the near future. (ANI)

The security forces busted a militant hideout in Jutha village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Saturday.

According to reports, several detonators, gelatin sticks, pencil batteries and shrapnels have been recovered.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

The security forces busted a militant hideout in Jutha village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Saturday.

According to reports, several detonators, gelatin sticks, pencil batteries and shrapnels have been recovered.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

Nicki Minaj has fired back on her former boyfriend Safaree Samuels after his upcoming bitter song about his relationship with the singer.

The ‘Pink Friday’ rapper tweeted triggering her former singer lover that one should never cheat a loyal girlfriend and if still doing so then at least tell the truth rather than portraying fake image in front of fans, TMZ.com has reported.

Samuels’ upcoming song claims that that though his blood, sweat and tears made the singer what she is, she treated him like dirt.

Minaj also tweeted that now she’s in love with Meek Mill. (ANI)

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reportedly inaugurated the country’s largest oil refinery, Byco, in Balochistan’s Hub region.

Speaking on the occasion, Sharif hailed the development as “an important milestone” and said it will lead to economic development in the province and provide employment opportunities to the citizens, reports the Dawn.

He also said that about USD 750 million will be invested in the second phase of the oil refinery project. (ANI)

Arsenal football club have been charged by the Football Association for allegedly violating football agents regulations in relation to the transfer of Calum Chambers from Southampton.

In addition to the charges against the Premier League club, agent Alan Middleton has been accused of breaching the regulation in this transfer and has been directed to respond before 17 June, the BBC has reported.

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger’s side have until 26 June to respond to the allegation after they requested more time.

David Beckham has reportedly landed a cameo role of “Blackleg leader” in Guy Ritchie’s new upcoming movie, ‘Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur.’

The 40-year-old has signed up for a part in a Middle Ages epic starring Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Eric Bana and Poppy Delevingne, and will be joining the cast in donning medieval attire, Contactmusic.com has reported.

The retired soccer star is also set to make a cameo in the ‘Snatch’ director’s new film ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ (ANI)

‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’s’ co-stars Nia Vardalos and Joey Fatone have been recently reunited on the sets of the movie’s sequel.

The 52-year-old Canadian actress and her singer co-star were all happy as they will be working together one more time in their famous Canadian-American romantic comedy film’s sequel, E! Online has reported.

Vardalos also shared a picture of her on Twitter from the chapel in a white T-shirt dress with the 38-year-old singer-actor who was wearing inside a formal black and white tux with a bow tie. (ANI)