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Vilification campaign in installment against Vadra is on: Congress

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Congress on Monday questioned the findings by Haryana government that Robert Vadra was alloted more land than prescribed in land pool policy in the state and alleged there was a “vilification campaign in installments” against the party President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law.

“We have already shown and virtually demonstrated that this is nothing but a vilification campaign in piecemeal installments…It is nothing but a re-think on the same issue into which a three-member committee of higher officials had earlier found no irregularity,” party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here.

Rs.10-lakh reward offered for clues on Bengaluru blast

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Karnataka Police Monday announced a Rs.10-lakh reward for credible information on people behind Sunday’s blast in Bengaluru that killed a woman and injured three other people.

“We have decided to give Rs.10 lakh as reward to anyone giving credible information, useful tip-offs or clues leading the arrest of the suspects behind the explosion,” Commissioner of Police M.N. Reddi told reporters here.

China offers rice cultivation technology to Bangladesh

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China will transfer technology for its indigenous high-yield rice variety to Bangladesh as part of agricultural cooperation between the two countries, media reported Monday.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said Monday that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during his just concluded visit, also talked about taking “necessary steps” for setting up a rice research centre in Bangladesh, bdnews24.com reported.

VHP’s ‘ghar wapsi’ at Bodh Gaya flops

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The VHP’s ‘ghar wapsi’ programme at Bodh Gaya in Gaya district of Bihar Sunday was a big flop when most of the over 40 Mahadalit families comprising over 200 people, who four days back embraced Christianity, refused to return to Hinduism, officials said.

BJP MP from Gaya Hari Manjhi, himself a Mahadalit, Friday visited Atia village and announced that all those who converted to Christianity would be back to Hindu fold Sunday.

1993 Bengal police firing worse than Jallianwala Bagh: Probe panel

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Terming the July 21, 1993, police firing in which 13 Congress workers were killed “worse than the Jallianwala Bagh massacre”, the Justice Sushanta Chatterjee Commission Monday said the action was “unprovoked and unconstitutional”.

The commission Monday submitted its report in which it has held responsible those at the top of the state home department and police for the firing on Youth Congress activists who had laid a siege to the Writers’ Buildings – the state secretariat.

Military intelligence officer shot dead in Yemen

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A senior Yemeni military intelligence officer was killed Monday in the country`s southern province of al-Bayda in a drive-by shooting, witnesses and police said.

“The unknown attackers shot the officer, Nasser Wahishy, several times as he drove his car along the street in central al-Bayda province and they escaped from the scene,” police officer Naji Ali told Xinhua.

“The motive of the attack is not yet established, but the attackers are apparently members of the al Qaeda terrorist group,” the officer said.

Pakistan police launches SOS alert service for sensitive places

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An android-based application ‘One-Click’ enabling all sensitive places, including educational institutions, to alert police in case of emergency has been launched in Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in the wake of the Peshawar school massacre.

The service is initially being extended to the schools and educational institutions of Peshawar, and will soon be extended for all the educational institutions and other vulnerable establishments across the province.

Iran fires rockets into Pakistan’s Balochistan

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Iranian border guards fired dozens of rockets into Kech district of Pakistan`s Balochistan province, officials said Monday.

Iranian border guards Monday night fired 42 rockets into Kech`s Zamuran area, located close to the border, Dawn online reported citing sources in Balochistan Levies paramilitary force.

The rockets landed at a village in Zamuran and injured seven Pakistani civilians, Levies sources said.

The sources added that some armed men had attacked a checkpost in Koh-e-Sor inside Iranian territory and killed three Iranian officials Sunday evening.

12 killed in Lahore market fire

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At least 12 people were killed in a fire that broke out in a building at Lahore’s Anarkali Bazaar, an official said Monday.

“Most of the people died as a result of suffocation and not from the blaze itself,” the district coordination officer (DCO) said, according to a Dawn online report.

He said that the fire enveloped the entire building within “four to five minutes”.

The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained, but the official said that an electrical short circuit might have caused it.

IANS

Aamir Khan starrer `PK` 2014`s highest foreign-lingo grosser in North America

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Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ has become the highest-grossing foreign language film in North America. The comedy/drama film, which was helmed by Rajkumar Hirani, claimed 7.91 million dollars after two frames, and could soon be securing a place above 2013’s ‘Dhoom 3’, which had ultimately earned a touch over 8 million dollars at the North American box office, Deadline.com reported. The story revolves around an alien (played by Khan) who lands in the Rajasthan desert with a mission to study life on Earth.

How exercise has `protective effects` on your body

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Just a session of the right kind of exercise, depending on your age, can have protective effects on the body, says a new research. Tinna Traustadottir, an assistant professor of biological sciences, worked with two groups of healthy adults, one was comprised of people aged 18 to 25, and the other was made up of individuals at least 50 years old, and found that exercise had the ability to overcome stressors by potentially boosting the antioxidant system.

Woman killed, three injured in Bengaluru blast

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A woman was killed and three others were injured in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in front of a famed Bengaluru restaurant on Sunday night. The blast occurred around 8.30 pm near Coconut Grove restaurant on Church Street. After taking stock of the situation, K.J. George, the Karnataka Home Minister said that the alerts have been issued and all the necessary precautions are being taken. “There are alerts and we have taken all the precautions. We have to be careful and alert. We should also be prepared to face them,” George said.

Virat Kohli’s aggression can be counter-productive, feels Sunil Gavaskar

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Not too impressed with Virat Kohli’s outbursts on and off the field, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar today said the aggression could backfire badly in the ongoing third cricket Test against Australia as the tourists already have their back against the wall.

Australia have taken a massive 326-run lead at the end of the fourth day in Melbourne and look the more likely winners tomorrow.

A dash of drama has been added to the match due to the constant exchange of words between the hosts and most prominently Kohli, who lambasted Steve Smith’s men in a press conference as well.

High exposure to air pollution increases pregnancy complications

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A new study has revealed that new evidence linking high exposure to air pollution to an increased risk of congenital malformations have been discovered.

The nationwide study is the first to assess the association between different modes of conception-assisted reproductive technology (ART) versus spontaneous conception (SC) — and the risks of exposure to air pollution to each.

Social media and behavioural psychology can help fight AIDS

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Social media could be a valuable component in the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if the targeted population is engaged with the help of chats, massages and other available tools with the aim of changing their behaviour.

Combining social media with behavioural psychology prompt people to request at-home testing kits for the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), the findings showed.

Man being tested for Ebola in Japan

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A Japanese man who returned from Sierra Leone earlier this month is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in Tokyo after he developed a fever Monday, the health ministry said.

“I had no direct contact with Ebola patients but I touched, with my bare hands, a bag containing a body during a burial Dec 17 in the epidemic-hit west African country,” the Japan Times quoted the man as saying.

He stayed there for eight days till Dec 21.

He returned to Japan Dec 23 and has since stayed at his residence at the request of authorities.

Junk food evokes positive feelings

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Most people tend to automatically associate junk food with positive feelings, scientists say.

Researchers found that overcoming the temptation to eat unhealthy snack foods is thwarted by the positive thoughts many of us associate with junk food.

Despite having the motivation to do so, many individuals struggle to successfully minimise their consumption of unhealthy snack foods, said co-author Ashleigh Haynes, a PhD student in applied cognitive psychology at Flinders University.

“Unfortunately, they’re the (foods) we tend to find most attractive and enjoyable to eat,” she said.

City life stress may make people more prone to diabetes in developing nations

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A new study has recently revealed that the increased stress may make people, who relocate from rural areas to cities, more prone to diabetes in developing nations.

One factor that could raise a person’s risk of developing diabetes and other metabolic problems is chronic exposure to the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol can counteract insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar, and slow the body’s production of it.

On Nirbhaya’s second death anniversary, mother demands societal change

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As the nation on Monday observed the second death anniversary of Nirbhaya, her mother demanded social change along with a stronger implementation of juvenile laws. “If our society changes, 50 percent of crimes will stop. Strict laws need to be in place for crimes against women,” said Nirbahaya’s mother. “Our society is in a need of strong change. In majority of cases, it is some relative, friend or somebody known. The crimes against women will not stop till the time the mindset in society is changed. The law also needs to be implemented more strictly in such cases,” she added.

Kejriwal calls himself ‘baniya’, woos traders ahead of polls

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Describing himself a “baniya” who understands business, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal today sought to woo the traders community ahead of the Assembly polls, by promising to restructure the tax regime in Delhi and to put an end to “extortion and raid racket” by the VAT department.

Addressing a traders rally, at the bustling Nehru Place here, Kejriwal announced a slew of measures for them, saying if voted to power, his party will create a business-friendly environment and make Delhi a wholesale and distribution hub in the country.

Gang behind stealing cargo containers busted

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An Uttar Pradesh-based gang that stole goods from cargo containers was busted here and one of its member arrested, police said Monday.

Salauddin, driver of one of the trucks that normally transported the cargo containers and also a member of the gang, was arrested from his native place in Gopalganj in Bihar on a tip-off Dec 26.

The gang would steal goods meant for export worth crores of rupees during transporatation between cities and replaced them with bricks and mud, said police.

Make in India: Jaitley signals urgent need for RBI rate cut

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Sending a clear signal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rates in view of industrial output slipping further in October, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday called for increasing the flow of funds in the market.

“The cost of capital and, I think, in recent months or years, is one singular factor which has contributed to the slowdown of manufacturing growth itself,” Jaitley said here addressing a high-profile workshop on the government’s Make in India programme.

Congress wants Sukhbir Badal booked for sedition

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The Congress Monday demanded Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal should be booked for sedition for his Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to hold protests against the Border Security Force (BSF) over the issue of drug smuggling.

“The decision of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to hold four dharnas on the sensitive international border with Pakistan, which is unprecedented and will lead to public disorder and incite violence at the already tense border, is seditious in nature,” state Congress president Pratap Singh Bajwa said here.

Dibakar Banerjee keen on declassification of Netaji files

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Keen to learn more about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bollywood filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee Monday batted for declassification of secret files related to the nationalist leader.

The “Khosla Ka Ghosla” maker was keen to know about Netaji’s life but the authorities backed out of declassifying the files as promised, said a statement.

“It is a very puzzling issue…Mystery is mystery but history cannot be mystery,” the statement said.

All fine in Goa, minorities concerned elsewhere: Archbishop

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Everything is fine in Goa but minorities elsewhere in India are anxious about “certain signs” which are causing “grave concern” to them, Archbishop Father Felipe Neri Ferrao said Monday.

“…I say with anguish that elsewhere in India there are certain signs which are causing grave concern to the minority communities,” Ferrao said, giving a clean chit to the BJP-led Goa government for maintaining good church-state relations.

He was speaking during an annual Christmas function held at the Bishop’s Palace in Panaji where Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar was also present.

IANS