Qayam Ali

Taliban threatens activist for standing up against Red Mosque

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Taliban have threatened aPakistan civil society activist for spearheading a protest movement against the cleric of Red Mosque here who had initially refused to condemn the Peshawar school massacre.

Maulana Abdul Aziz initially refused to speak against the horrible attack in Peshawar that killed 148 people, mostly children, resulting in protests outside the mosque in the heart of Islamabad.

Muhammad Jibran Nasir, one of the leaders of the protesters, said that he was threatened by Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman of Taliban splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar for leading the protests.

A Bangalore girl rescued from kidnappers

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A 3 year old seriya from Bangalore was kidnapped 8 days ago, was recovered at Rajahmundry today.

According to police the accused is identified as grandfather of seriya, the accused was having a dispute over property with his son.

He planned of kidnapping his granddaughter and escaped to Rajahmundry, based on photage, police recovered the child.

HC orders removal of Tech Mahindra from ED case

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Hyderabad High Court today ordered removal of Tech Mahindra from the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate for money laundering against the erstwhile Satyam Computers Services Limited (SCSL) and its promoters.

The ED’s contention was that as Tech Mahindra acquired Satyam, it automatically became an accused. Tech Mahindra approached the High Court challenging this.

Justice Vilas Afzalpurkar today held that Tech Mahindra cannot be held responsible for the acts committed by SCSL before the acquisition.

Mysterious death of a city doctor in Malaysia

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A28 years old, city doctor M Saidahiya working on Malaysia found dead mysteriously in his bed room.

According to police M Sadiah was working as a assistant doctor in an American Hospital in Kulua Lmapur. Siadiah father got a call saying that his son died in a fatal condition, but he grows suspicious as doctor informed him that he died on Friday night.

His father approach MLA’s and MP, and when he try to contact the hospital management, he did not get proper response.
Saidiah father said my son can’t suicide as he always keeps himself away from bad habits.

Muzaffarnagar: Man arrested for alleged desecration of temple

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A person was arrested on Monday for allegedly desecrating a temple in Muzaffarnagar with the alleged intention to trigger communal disharmony, police said. The arrested person has been identified as Deshraj, District Magistrate Koshal Raj Sharma and SSP HN Singh told reporters.

Police recovered an idol and other goods of the temple at Parasoli village under Budhana police station in the district from the accused. Sharma and Singh claimed that Deshraj has confessed his crime and that he did this to trigger communal tension in the area.

Pak court rejects acquittal pleas of Zardari in 2 cases

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In a jolt to former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari, a court today rejected his acquittal pleas in two old cases of corruption.

Zardari was implicated in five cases in the 1990s by then government of Nawaz Sharif, who is also the present prime minister of Pakistan.

All the cases were linked to corruption when Zardari’s wife Benazir Bhutto was prime minister of the country.

He has already been declared innocent in the Polo Ground, ARY Gold and URSUS tractor cases.

Know what makes kids generous

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By recording brain activity in kids, a study has found that generous behaviour among kids requires a controlled thought process.

When children witness “good” or “bad” behaviour, their brains show an immediate emotional response.

These neurodevelopmental findings are the first to link implicit moral evaluations to actual moral behaviour.

“Moral evaluation in preschool children, similar to adults, is complex and constructed from both emotion and cognition,” said Jean Decety, professor of psychology and psychiatry at University of Chicago.

Employee arrested at NIMS for stealing files

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The Punjagutta police arrested V. Sridhar, financial controller of NIMS along with an attender Ravi Kumar for alleged theft of a file from the hospital records.

The police said that Sridhar was placed under suspension in May for alleged dereliction of duty. As an internal investigation was on, Sridhar took the help of an outsourced staff, Ravi Kumar, at the hospital to steal his personal service file.

A committee was constituted to enquire Sridhar’s role. “The committee submitted its report recently and the file was in the custody of HR Department.

Infosys to increase focus on North America, EMEA

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NEW DELHI: Country’s second largest software services firm Infosys is increasing its focus on geographies like North America and EMEA region to drive growth of its core banking solution Finacle.

“Finacle has a dominant share in India. While we continue to invest in India, we are also making significant investments in markets like North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa),” Infosys senior vice president and global head of Finacle Michael Reh told PTI.

Reh took over his new role as head of Finacle in October this year.

GoAir ups ante, offers discount on fares; lowest at Rs 1,469

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The Wadia Group-promoted budget carrier GoAir today said it has put 1.7 million seats up for sale, offering fares as low as Rs 1,469 for travel next year with a five-day booking period starting today, to stimulate demand during the lean period.

The special offer is available on flights across the GoAir network for a travel period between January 1 and March 31, the airline said.

The bookings under the offer can be made between December 21 and December 25, it said.

-PTI

Catholic Archdiocse salmmed PM Modi

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Delhi Catholic Archdiocse salmmed Modi on his silence over row conversion .

Delhi Catholic Archdiocse spokeperson Dominic Emmanuel, said angrily that Modi is not the Prime Minister of RSS but also he is the PM of Christans Muslims Buddhist, etc.

He may be RSS man but even Hindus group does not support such act except RSS, Dominic added.

Members had slammed the government for not fulfilling its promises but going ahead with the ‘Ghar Wapsi’ agenda.

Catholic Archdiocese salmmed MODI

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Delhi Catholic Archdiocese slammed Modi on his silence over row conversion .

Delhi Catholic Archdiocese spokesperson Dominic Emmanuel, said angrily that Modi is not the Prime Minister of RSS but also he is the PM of Christians Muslims Buddhist, etc.

He may be RSS man but even Hindus group does not support such act except RSS, Dominic added.

He slammed the government for not fulfilling its promises but going ahead with the ‘Ghar Wapsi’ agenda.

Neither Govt, nor BJP involved in conversion: Naidu

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Facing opposition attack over the conversion issue, Government today said in Lok Sabha that neither it nor the BJP was involved in such acts and the state governments should take action if anyone violates the law.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu insisted that the government does not support conversion or re-conversion.

“Government is nowhere in the picture, the party (BJP) is nowhere in the picture, said naidu.

Burdwa ncase NIA recovers 10 hand grenades

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Ten hand grenades were recovered by NIA from near the house of Burdwan blast key accused Sahanur Alam in Assam’s Baksa district today.

Based on Sahanur’s confession, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recovered the grenades near Rupohi river, about 500 metre from his house in Salbari sub-division, NIA sources said.

Sahanur, the alleged motivational trainer of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested by Assam Police’s Special Operation Unit from his relative’s house in Nalbari district on December 6.

-PTI

A bullet that changes direction in mid-air

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The US Department of Defense is testing a bullet that could change direction in mid-air.

The Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO), currently being tested by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is a .50 calibre round that can change direction as it flies towards its target.

The details of how it will work are completely secret, Popular Science reported.

It is designed specifically for use by snipers, for whom slight improvements such as these could make the difference between life or death.

HIV+ woman stopped from cooking

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An HIV positive woman employed as a cook in a government school in Himachal’s Kangra district was barred from cooking until an NGO persuaded the authorities to take her back.

“For three days I was not allowed to cook food for the students. It was really a humiliation for me. I’m still ostracised by my colleagues,” the victim told IANS over phone.

“It was only after an NGO took up the issue with the district administration and I was allowed yesterday (Thursday) to continue with my work,” she added.

India warns of trans-border terror threats to Afghanistan

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As the UN-mandated international combat mission in Afghanistan enters its final days after a democratic transfer of power in Kabul, a Security Council debate put the spotlight on the terrorist threats to the fragile nation with India warning of the support extremists get from “beyond borders” and tying together the this week’s deadly attacks in Kabul, Peshawar and Sydney.

Hong Kong ex-chief secretary found guilty of graft

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Former Hong Kong chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan was found guilty Friday of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairman Thomas Kwok and two middlemen.

The nine-member jury convicted Hui of three counts of misconduct in public office, one count of conspiracy of misconduct in public office and one count of conspiracy to offer an advantage to public servant, Xinhua reported.

Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong, co-chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy of misconduct in public office.

pastor organisre of children home raped girl

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A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a pastor at a village in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, police said today.The accused, K Jayaraju, who is also an organizer of a “children home” raped the minor twice this month in the premises of the ‘children home’ located in Pedanandipadu village.

victim complain her mother about it. The family of the victim approached the police and a complaint was lodged on December 17, police said.

Youth dies as mobile phone explodes during charging

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A 24-year-old youth died after his mobile phone exploded while it was being charged in Korma village under Nainwa police station here, police said here.

Rajulal Gurjar was yesterday using his mobile phone, while simultaneously it was put on charging. Suddenly, the mobile battery exploded with a high sound causing him severe burn injuries on chest and hand.

He was rushed in an unconscious state to community health centre (CHC), Nainwa where he was declared brought dead by the doctors.

Rappers are destroying image of Bollywood music: Imran Khan

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‘Amplifier’ singer Imran Khan, who has lent his voice for a song in upcoming film ‘Tevar’, says the new-age rappers might have become a rage with the listeners but they have not given quality music to Bollywood.

Imran has made his debut in the Hindi Film industry with the ‘Lets Celebrate’ song and said he does not like the music of many hit hit hip-hop artists and rappers.

“Personally I don’t like their music.

Two youths detained for alleged attempt to convert

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Two persons have been detained in Lalganj area for allegedly luring people to convert for money, police said here today.

Balram and Pradeep were nabbed in Jagatpur Bhichkaura village by the local residents, who alleged that they were luring the people to convert to another religion, police said.

However, Lalganj Circle Officer Vijay Bahadur Singh said that the two youths went only to perform prayers and report of conversion was false.

-PTI

“British extremists offering cash to teenagers for joining IS

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British extremists with links to the Islamic State (IS) are offering cash payments to teenagers in the UK to travel to join terrorists and fight for the militant group that has seized swathes of land in Iraq and Syria.

A three-month undercover operation by ‘The Times’ involved reporters posing as two schoolgirls and unearthed evidence of a cell to groom and recruit British Muslims as young as 17 to fight in foreign countries.

——-PTI

technical fest at IIT Kharagpur

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The annual techno-management fest of IIT Kharagpur,Kshitij, provides a platform for a confluence of students, academia and the industry. The fest has been graced by the presence of such luminaries who are looked up to for their distinguished contribution in their respective fields.

Techno fest will be held this year between January 30 and February 2. Deemed as Asia’s largest techno-management fest, its magnitude can be understood by its huge prize money worth more than `60 lakh and the total participation of more than 65,000 students from 1,400 colleges across the country last year.

Students to get Meal with superfine Rice

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Addressing a meeting at collectorate the District collector M Veera Bhramiah ordered the officials to provide meal to children, cooked with super fine rice from the New Year. Instructing the authorities concerned, including Hostel welfare officers, special officers of Kasturba Gandhi School and the officers of Mandal Education.