Gali Nagaraja Iran has despatched 15,000 fighters to Syria to help government troops reverse recent battlefield defeats to a rebel-Jihadi coalition, reported Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper on Thursday citing a source.
The force, made up of Iranians, Iraqis and Afghanis arrived in the Damascus area and in the coastal province of Latakia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s heartland, according to the Lebanese political source.
Nestle India early on Friday said it was withdrawing Maggi noodles in the country amid nation-wide scrutiny over more-than-permissible limits of lead, but continued to maintain it was safe and that it would be back on store shelves soon.
“Maggi noodles are completely safe and have been trusted in India for over 30 years. The trust of our consumers and the safety of our products is our first priority,” the company said in a statement in the early hours of Friday.
Indian Test cricketers led by Virat Kohli will arrive in batches here tomorrow afternoon as they would assemble here for a two-day camp before heading to Dhaka on Monday morning for the one-off Test against Bangladesh.
“They will arrive in batches and there will be practice on Saturday and Sunday. They will take a 7.45am flight to Dhaka on Monday,” a source said today.
The Indian Test skipper, Kohli, is slated to address a news conference on the eve of the departure, while there may also be an Open Session in the evening.
Promising to accord top priority to health sector, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said his government would welcome setting up of advanced tertiary healthcare centres in Jammu and Kashmir, and urged renowned doctors hailing from the state to return and provide succour to the people.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday said the whole country stands with the families of the martyrs of the Manipur attack.
“It’s a very sad thing, we sympathize with them, the whole country is with them. They are brave people who have sacrificed themselves for the country,” said Doval.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had also condemned the attack on army personnel.
At least 18 Army men were killed and 11 injured after unidentified militants ambushed an army convoy of the 6 Dogra Regiment in Manipur’s Chandel District.
After Gujarat, Delhi and Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir is the latest state to ban Maggi noodles.
As per reports, Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Choudhary Zulfkar Ali has issued directives for the random collection of Maggi noodle samples from across the state for laboratory testing, results of which should be out within the 48 hours.
The Gujarat Government had earlier banned the storage and sale of Maggi noodles for a month after its samples failed in laboratory test.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated the transit metro bus service from Rawalpindi to Islamabad today.
According to Dawn News, the ceremony was held at the Convention Centre in Islamabad.
More than 4,000 trees were cut down to make way for the metro bus in both the cities.
Many green belts in Islamabad and several parks in Rawalpindi were devastated due to the construction work.
The total length of the Metro Bus Corridor is approximately 23km, including 8.6km elevated, 10km at grade and four kilometre trench.
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that Delhi would be a world class city in the next four years.
“As I had said during the elections, we will make Delhi one of the best cities in the world,” the chief minister said while introducing mechanical road sweepers.
“If we continue to receive the love and support of the public and the workers, then not in five years, we will make Delhi a world class city in just four years,” he said.
Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi was at a standstill on Thursday after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) called for two days of mourning over the death of a party worker in police custody.
According to the Dawn, the MQM announced that all businesses will remain closed.
Various university exams have also been postponed until further notice.
On Wednesday, the party had called for a two-day mourning period after receiving news of the death of a party worker at the Aziz Bhatti police station.
Twenty-five officer trainees of the 2013 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Thursday.
Interacting with the probationers, the Prime Minister exhorted them to learn as much as possible about India, so that they can highlight the strengths of the country, in the right context, in the place of their postings.
Prime Minister Modi urged them to become especially well-versed in matters related to the economy and energy security, while also developing a good knowledge of history and culture.
Airstrikes launched by the US-led international coalition struck an Islamic State (IS) car-bomb factory in northern Iraq, a security official told Efe news agency on Thursday.
Raids launched Wednesday night hit large amounts of explosives in the factory, triggering a series of blasts in al-Hauija town, 70 km southwest of the oil city of Kirkuk.
The security official added there was no information to confirm the number of casualties in the attack, as the area was completely controlled by IS.
Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said safety checks on Maggi instant noodles had been ordered, adding that action in the matter would be taken only after test reports were in.
The union government had taken suo motu cognisance of the matter and ordered the checks, he said while addressing a press conference here.
No one could be held guilty just on the basis of accusations, he added.
Friendly relations with India on the basis of mutual confidence and cooperation is Islamabad’s priority but it wants India to resolve the Kashmir issue, Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain said on Thursday.
“We want that India must take steps to resolve the Kashmir issue according to the UN resolutions and aspirations of Kashmiri people to provide solid ground for peace in the region,” Geo News quoted Mamnoon Hussain as saying while addressing a joint parliamentary session.
A day after declaring that Kashmir was an “unfinished agenda of Partition”, Army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif on Thursday promised an improvement in relations with India but warned that Islamabad will not be intimidated by recent statements emanating from New Delhi.
After a joint session of parliament, Sharif told media that in the coming days there would be an improvement in relations with India, Geo News reported.
Sharif said there was no reason to be worried about the recent attitude exhibited by India as the Pakistani Army was capable of responding to any form of aggression.
Petitions of MIM MLAs, Mr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Mr. Ahmed Pasha Qadri, Mr. Mozzam Khan and Ahmed Bin Abdullah were rejected by High Court. They had requested the court not to proceed with the hearing of election irregularities. Mr. Majeedullah Khan Farhad had approached the court highlighting irregularities during the past General Elections.
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The Joint Press Conference of President of Egypt, Gen. Abdul Fatah el-Sisi and German Chancellor, Ms. Angela Merkel ended in turmoil. During the press conference a lady reporter pointing at Gen. Abdul Fatah el-Sisi shouted that he is murderer. Soon after this, the security officials removed her from the conference site. Other press reporters came out of the room and started shouting slogans “End Military Rule in Egypt”. On the other hand the supports of Gen. Abdul Fatah el-Sisi shouted slogans “Egypt Zindabad”. Both the leaders left the conference room abruptly. Gen.
Palestine failed to get Israel excluded from FIFA Federation. Israel has an apprehension that in future many such diplomatic invasions could take place.
The Army today issued an advisory asking its personnel not to consume Maggi noodles and directed military canteens to set aside the existing stock of the popular snack until further orders.
The order issued in the evening, comes in the wake of a controversy over alleged presence of lead and taste enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the noodles beyond permissible limits.
The order, in a fresh setback to brand owner Nestle, covers over 1000 army canteens and the complete 13-lakh strong army.
“The advisory is effective till further order,” an Army official said.
On the completion of 1 year of TRS rule in Telangana State, Jashn-e-Telangana programs are being organized. As a part of these programs Jashn-e-Urdu is arranged in Old City.
Prof. S.A. Shukoor, Director of Urdu Academy told that Jashn-e-Urdu program is being held under the stewardship of the Dept. of Minorities Welfare. Today, a two day seminar will be held at Urdu Maskan in the morning. In the evening an All India Mushaira will be held. A comedy program is also part of the celebrations.
Mr. Mohammed Mahmood Ali Dy. CM of Telangana State told that Govt. has planned to shift Chanchalguda Jail and an educational institution for girls would be setup on this land. Govt. is also seriously considering to shift Malakpet Race Course outside city limits. An Information Technology park would be setup on this land to ensure modern development in old city. Dy. CM termed Mr. KCR as the well wisher of Minorities. Urdu programs are being held at his advice. He was addressing a gathering at Quli Qutub Shah Stadium. Noted Singers, Ms. Indira Naik and Mohammed Wakeel presented Ghazal programs.
Mr. E. Dayakar Rao and Mr. R. Chandrasekhara Reddy targeted TRS Govt. and issued a charge-sheet giving the details of the functioning of TRS Govt. for the past one year. Taking to newsmen yesterday at NTR Trust Bhavan both the leaders pointed out the failures of TRS Govt. They alleged that Mr. KCR is taking unilateral decisions in a dictatorial manner. Earlier he had promised that he would select a Dalit leader to be the CM which he cheated.
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation was divided yesterday on administrative grounds as a result of which APSRTC and TSRTC came into existence. ‘A’ block of Bus Bhavan Head office was given to APSRTC whereas ‘B’ block was allotted to TSRTC. Mr. B. V. Ramana Rao will continue to hold the post of Joint Managing Director of TSRTC.
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Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy alleged on Wednesday that TDP President and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is the “key person” in the issue of a TDP MLA allegedly trying to bribe a nominated MLA in Legislative Council polls.
“Revanth Reddy (TDP MLA who was arrested) got entangled by giving an offer of Rs five crore to defeat our party (TRS) MLCs (candidates in council elections). This is going to bring a big change in politics in this state. Because, Chandrababu Naidu is the key person in this.”
The evaluators of answer script pertaining to class X and XII committed a blunder by adding 2 and 2 resulting in 3. It resulted in failing more than 65000 students.
This simple mistake highlights the carelessness of the teachers. These mistakes was identified when the marks were totaled once again while being fed into computers.
It took a lot of time for undertaking re-counting exercise of all the answer scripts.
It is very surprising that after the valuation of these scripts, two more persons checked it but they could not detect the mistake.
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her maternal uncle in Gurgaon and Ballabgarh area, police said today.
The girl, a resident of sector-55 here, complained that in December 2014 and last week of May 2015 she was raped by her maternal uncle Rambabu, police said.
The girl was taken by her another maternal uncle Khoobchand to his place in UP as his wife was pregnant and she needed a person to attend her, they said. Khoobchand later dropped her at the residence of his elder brother Baburam in Kakrol near Gurgaon, they said.