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Obama calls USD 80 bln cost-cutting plan “turning point” to overhaul healthcare

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Washington, June 21: US President Barack Obama praised a plan to cut costs of prescription drugs for the elderly a “turning point” in the nation’s effort to overhaul health care, in a statement released late Saturday. Obama heralded the agreement reached following negotiations between Democrat Senator Max Baucus from Montana, and the nation’s top drugmakers, which would offer 80 billion dollars over 10 years to help elderly Americans afford medicine and cut the costs of enacting sweeping health care reforms.

Heart attack the biggest killer: survey

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New Delhi, June 21: Delhi has always been famous for its street food, but its food habits are now eating into the health of its citizens.

According to the figures released by the Delhi Government’s Economic Survey, heart disease is the single biggest killer in the National Capital, followed by diabetes. According to the survey, released on Friday, heart attacks kill approximately 15,442 people in 2007. In comparison, diabetes kills 3,920 people.

Cancer, though perceived as deadlier, is a distant fourth, killing 2,516 people. A little ahead of cancer, tuberculosis killed 2,597.

Call for stronger effort to protect global refugees

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United Nations, June 21: World Refugee Day was observed with a call for greater efforts to protect the more than 42 million people worldwide forced to flee violent conflict and persecution, many lacking basic humanitarian needs, such as shelter, water and food.

”The theme for this year’s observance of World Refugee Day- ‘real people, real needs’ underscores how much refugees have lost and how much the humanitarian community must do to help them,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a message for the Day observed yesterday.

Kuwait to deport one lakh expatriates

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Dubai, June 21: Kuwait is toughening its stance against expatriate workers and is likely to arrest and accordingly deport close to one lakh expatriates for being registered with bogus companies.
Thousands of Indians will be affected, being the single largest expatriate community numbering about 5,80,000 in the total population of 3.5 million.

Not decided yet about going to NAM summit: Gilani

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Islamabad, June 21: Just as New Delhi was getting used to the idea that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s next bilateral meeting with Pakistan on the sidelines of the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit in Egypt would be with Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and not as expected with President Asif Ali Zardari, here is another surprise.

Mr. Gilani has said he is undecided about going to Sharm-al-Shaikh despite an earlier announcement by the government that he would lead the delegation to the summit.

Darr-devilry

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Filmmakers have to be careful when making films on subjects that might hurt people’s sentiments. And more so, if the filmmaker is Karan Johar, making a film on terrorism with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead. Given the flurry over the actor’s recent comments on Prophet Mohammad, Karan has gone back to his research books, lest his film, My Name is Khan causes any controversy.

Like father, now like son?

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Mumbai, June 21: The remake of Qurbani, the biggest hit of the 1980s, has just changed hands. Feroz Khan’s blockbuster, Qurbani, was earlier supposed to be remade by Sanjay Gupta with Fardeen Khan and Saif Ali Khan as the protagonists, but now, his friend-turned-foe Sanjay Dutt has managed to acquire the rights of the project.

Just can’t hold it in

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Mumbai, June 21: Urinary incontinence is something women rarely talk about. But it is an affliction that hampers them from doing even everyday things. World Continence Week, starting Monday, aims to encourage women to come out and deal with it.

‘Attacks on Indians were sensationalised’

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Melbourne, June 21: Earlier this week, a mafia lord was gunned down in broad daylight in a Melbourne cafe. It was the 30th such inter-gang warfare slaying in Melbourne in seven years, and a stark exposure of the city’s underbelly. Despite this and the pressing engagements on his time, Victoria Police chief commissioner Simon Overland sat down for an exclusive interview to address issues relating to the recent wave of attacks on Indian students in Victoria.

The attacks on Indian students have raged for months. Why are the police unable to end it?

‘Inclusive Hindutva’ leaves BJP out in cold

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New Delhi, June 21: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is finally trying to find out the reasons for its humiliating loss in the Lok Sabha elections at its two-day National Executive in New Delhi.

The National Executive meeting which began on Saturday will conclude on Sunday. The meeting is taking place in the backdrop of numerous letter leaks, angry outbursts rebellion by senior party leaders.

Fruit and Jelly Trifle

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Ingredients :
100 gms orange jelly
200 gms fresh cream
½ slice any sponge cake
450 gms fruit cocktail
3 tbsp powdered sugar
2 tsp orange squash
½ tsp lemon juice
a few drops orange essence
a few drops orange colouring

For garnishing :
Orange wafers

Method :
Melt the jelly in 2½ teacups of boiling water.
Cool and add the orange squash.
Pour a little jelly in a 175 mm (7″) diameter sandwich cake tin and put to set in the refrigerator.
Drain the fruit and keep aside the syrup.
Beat the cream with the sugar until it becomes thick.

Almond Kulfi

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Ingredients :

14 oz condensed milk
24 oz ecaporated milk
8 oz cool whip whipping cream
1 cup peeled almonds
pinch of saffron
¼ tsp powdered cardamom
½ cup pista chopped

Method :

Grind almond with 14 oz evaporated milk
Mix all above ingredients except pista in a big bowl, beat it for 2 to 5 minutes, so the kulfi comes very soft.
Pour the mixture in a big square dish
Sprinkle the chopped almonds over it and freeze for 8 to 10 hrs.
Cut it and ready to serve.

There can only be one Govinda in B’wood: Riteish

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New Delhi, June 19: Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh’s humorous streak has often been compared to comedy king Govinda, but the young actor says “there can only be one Govinda” in the industry.

“I have often been compared to Govinda. One needs to understand it’s one of the biggest compliments anyone can ever give me. But there can only be one Govinda,” Riteish told IANS in an interview.

“He is among the best talent we have (in Bollywood). And if everyone thinks that I am close to his style and look like I belong to the same kind of comedy, I am extremely happy,” he added.

Sanjay Dutt comes for free to Anil Kapoor

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Mumbai, June 19: Sanjay Dutt, who was not on talking terms with Anil Kapoor for a long time, has decided to his item song for Anil’s home production free of cost.

According to sources, Sanjay’s gesture is an olive branch extended to Anil since the two actors were on talking terms for a long time after Anil allegedly made some unkind remarks about the Dutts.

Lord of the trings

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Mumbai, June 19: Aamir Khan doesn’t believe in half-measures. Even though he is busy shooting in Ladakh for Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots, he is making sure that all’s well with wife Kiran, who is pregnant and hasn’t been keeping well.

So particular is Aamir about keeping in touch with Kiran that he goes to a satellite phone booth during breaks as there is no mobile phone network where he is shooting in Ladakh.

The shoot is on at Tsimouri lake near the Siachen glacier, and because there are no hotels the unit is living in tents.

3 dozen bullets were fired, but not a single one hit terrorists

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Mumbai, June 19: With the prosecution reaching the last leg of the CST attacks case on Thursday, the depositions of the RPF and GRP personnel who tried battling the two terrorists on 26/11, serves as a much-needed introspection for the concerned forces.

Over three dozen bullets were claimed to have been fired by the policemen while wrestling with their jammed rifles yet none managed to touch the gunmen who with their AK-47s, killed 57 and injured 109 at CST that night.

ISI may be hiding Maulana Masood Azhar in Rawalpindi

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Islamabad, June 19: Denying that Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) founder Maulana Masood Azhar has been placed under house arrest in Bahawalpur, Pakistani authorities have said his whereabouts are unknown and he might have fled to the Waziristan region. But some intelligence officials believe that Azhar could be living under the protection of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Following the June 17 arrest of five JeM activists from Punjab’s Sialkot district, there were rumours that among them was Azhar, whom the Indian government wants extradited.

Woman from Mumbai gangraped in Bhopal

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Bhopal, June 19: A trip to get their child admitted to Asaram Bapu’s ashram near Bhopal turned into a nightmare for a Mumbai couple on Wednesday, when the woman was allegedly gangraped in a moving car.

According to the police, the incident took place when Ravi (name changed), a 33-year-old businessman from Mumbai Central, was returning from the ashram in Gandhinagar, on the outskirts of Bhopal, along with his wife.

Where’s the maid? Cops won’t say

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Mumbai, June 19: Oshiwara police are tight-lipped about the place where the domestic help, who has alleged that she had been raped by Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, has been put up in.

As the case involves a celebrity, the cops want to make sure that no one influences the complainant and make her turn hostile. Also, there is the chance that the ‘victim’ might disappear, as it had happened in a 2006 rape case involving a well-known mill owner.

Apoorva Lakhia To Make A Film On Khalistan With Sanjay Dutt

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Mumbai, June 18: Realism has never been more in demand. And Sanjay Dutt who until recently was doing mainly fantasy is now on the realistic route. He’ll soon start Raj Kumar Santoshi’s film set during the Partition. Dutt also plays a real-life cop in Rahul Dholakia’s Lamhaa set at the heart of Kashmiri militancy.

And now Sanjay Dutt will take time off to play a real-realife cop who waged a fierce battle against terrorism in Punjab at the peak of Khalistan movement.

Dhoni is a man of strong character: John

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Mumbai, June 18: Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is facing flak for his failed strategies during the disastrous T20 World Cup campaign, has found support in his friend and actor John Abraham who lamented at the “Dhoni bashing” being played out in the media.

“Mahi is a man of strong character and he will bounce back to be better and break more records. Cricketers are after all human beings. Such criticism is unfortunate and unfair. I agree introspection is needed,” John told PTI.

The actor said one tournament can’t change what Dhoni has done for the country.

Govinda’s daughter ultra glam

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Mumbai, June 18: Govinda’s daughter Narmmadda Ahuja seems to have learnt glamour lessons even before entering B-town.

We spotted her around 2 am at a casino in Macau, decked up with loads of make-up and an ultra glam dress. It was surprising because there were no media persons around and photography is not allowed inside.

Narmmadda’s chic avatar for a visit to the casino a day after the IIFA awards ceremony wasn’t a hit among the Govinda fans there.

Vidya refuses to kiss Arshad

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Mumbai, June 18: VidyaContrary to media reports that Vidya Balan had refused to kiss Arshad Warsi and stormed off the sets of Ishqiya, it seems there were no such problems and the actress has completed the scene.

“Vidya is a professional and since the scene was the requirement of the film, she never created any problems. In fact, she has been good in whatever she was asked to do in the film,” says a source from the unit.

Timeline: Pakistan under attack

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Islamabad, June 18: After joining the “war on terror” following the attacks on the United States in September 2001, Pakistan saw a significant rise in attacks by tribal movements and groups linked to the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

The security forces have borne much of the brunt of the violence but hundreds of civilians have also been killed.

2009

June 13: The military expands its military offensive into South Waziristan, where the Pakistani Taliban movement is based.

Lieberman rejects settlement freeze

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Jeruselam, June 18: Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli foreign minister, has said his country could not accept a “complete” freeze on settlement building in the West Bank, despite US calls to do so.

Lieberman rejected a renewed call by Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, to halt construction on Palestinian land, following talks between the two in Washington on Wednesday.

“We cannot accept this vision about an absolutely complete freezing of settlements,” he told a news conference.