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Tickets for Champions Trophy semifinal matches sold out

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The tickets for tomorrow’s semifinal matches of Hero Men’s Champions Trophy, including the clash between arch rivals India and Pakistan, have been sold out, the organisers said on Friday.

Hockey fans at Kalinga Stadium here were seen desperately trying to get hold of tickets for tomorrow’s two semifinal matches. The tickets were sold out in the morning hours itself and fans were seen standing in front of counters still trying their luck to buy tickets.

Canada court overturns Indian origin man’s sexual assault conviction

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A court in the Canadian province of British Columbia Friday set aside the conviction of an Indo-Canadian man in a sexual assault case.

The sexual assault conviction had led to the imprisonment and deportation of Gurdev Singh Dhillon, which the Crown later admitted was a “miscarriage of justice”.

However, the British Columbia Court of Appeal considered the DNA evidence that was not disclosed to the defence counsel before the trial and overturned the 2005 conviction of Dhillon for assault and sexual assault, the South Asian Observer reported.

‘Social Justice Bench’ of SC starts hearing PILs

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Newly constituted special ‘Social Justice Bench’ of the Supreme Court on Friday had its first hearings and took up matters of Narmada dam project, shelters for homeless persons, welfare of construction workers and exploitation of children in circuses, among others.

The special bench of justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit first took up the 2002 plea of Narmada Bachao Aandolan and asked parties, including NBA activist Medha Patkar, to file short synopsis by December 24 as it did not want to waste time going through records running into thousands of pages.

Rajinikanth thanks Modi, fans for birthday greetings

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Superstar Rajinikanth Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his good friend Amitabh Bachchan and millions of fans for wishing him on his 64th birthday.

In a string of tweets, Rajinikanth first thanked Modi, saying: “My heartfelt thanks to you dear @narendramodi ji, for your thoughtful birthday wishes amidst your busy schedule, Warm regards.”

“Here’s thanking @srbachchan ji, Kamal Hassan, my entire film fraternity and all my dear friends for the birthday wishes,” he wrote on his Twitter handle.

Pakistan police arrest five militants working for al Qaeda

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For the first time, Pakistani police have arrested five militants, including a top commander of the newly formed al Qaeda India (AQI) group, which had carried out the deadly terror attack on the country’s strategic naval dockyard here in September.

The militants were arrested by the anti-extremist cell of the CID police on Thursday.

The five were also behind the deadly terrorist attack on the naval dockyard in Kemari last September and were planning another attack on the naval facility when arrested, senior CID police official Umar Khattab told PTI.

Kiev confirms ceasefire takes hold in eastern Ukraine

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Ukraine confirmed Friday the cessation of hostilities between its troops and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the country, as a new truce accord reached earlier this week entered into force.

A spokesman for the Ukraine Security Council, Andriy Lysenko, said the ceasefire was taking hold gradually and mutually in the “anti-terrorism operation zone”.

He noted that there had been no heavy artillery attacks by the separatists in the past 24 hours.

BJP fuelling religious conversion controversy: Janata Parivar, Left

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Leaders of Janata Parivar and the Left Friday slammed the Centre’s suggestion for a law against conversion, saying any such legislation will be against the Constitution and accused the ruling BJP of fuelling the controversy to detract people’s attention from real issues.

RJD President Lalu Yadav and JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, who have joined hands in Bihar and are working for a merger of all Janata Parivar offshoots, charged that BJP wanted to consolidate Hindu votes by polarising society.

Delhi cab rape case: Steps being taken to ensure foolproof transport licensing system, says Bassi

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In the aftermath of the Uber rape case, police and transport department are working together to frame a foolproof system that will ensure that no person with criminal antecedents gets a licence, the Delhi Police chief said on Friday.

The cabbie, identified as Shiv Kumar Yadav, who had allegedly raped a 27-year-old finance company executive in an Uber cab last week, had submitted a fake character certificate from police to Regional Transport Office (RTO) to get an All India Permit for his car.

Workers sacrificing sleep for long hours: Study

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A study has suggested that people are exchanging paid work with their sleeping time and a chronic sleep loss can be prevented with flexible working hours.

The study’s results were collected from responses given by 1,24,517 Americans who completed the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) over eight years. Participants’ responses captured 99.1 percent of the past 24 hours.

“The evidence that time spent working was the most prominent sleep thief was overwhelming,” said Mathias Basner, lead author from the University of Pennsylvania, the US.

Left Front demands Kerala finance minister’s arrest

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The Left Front Friday demanded arrest of Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani after the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) filed a case against him over allegations that the state bar association gave him a Rs.1 crore bribe to reopen the closed bars.

The case has reverberated in the state assembly since the day’s session started. The Left Front lawmakers arrived with placards and banners demanding that Mani quits. The speaker called off the question hour.

EU lauds Bangladesh’s progress

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The European Union has lauded Bangladesh’s progress at the third Global Social Responsibility conference in Dhaka by saying that Bangladesh is “willfully moving from aid to trade”.

“Bangladesh proudly stands on its own feet, this is thanks to the hard work,” bdnews24.com Friday quoted head of the EU delegation Pierre Mayaudon as saying.

The EU is the largest trade partner of Bangladesh where all goods enjoy duty-free market access.

Anti-Arab activists admit to Jerusalem school attack

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Israeli security agency Shin Bet has said that the three Jewish suspects arrested for setting fire to a Hebrew-Arabic bilingual school in Jerusalem are members of an extremist anti-assimilation group known as Lehava.

According to Shin Bet, the three suspects confessed their actions during questioning on Thursday, Haaretz reported.

Minor girl raped by father, uncle in Indore

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A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father and uncle here for over a month, police said today.

Based on the girl’s complaint, the two accused were arrested yesterday, Aerodrome police station in-charge K L Dangi said.

The girl’s father and maternal uncle had allegedly been sexually assaulting her for the last one-and-a-half month, Dangi said quoting a complaint filed yesterday by the victim in this connection.

The girl, a student of class VII, had been living with her father at Kalani Nagar here as her mother had separated from him some years back.

Prenatal exposure to these 2 common chemicals can tank your baby’s IQ

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A new research has revealed that prenatal exposure to elevated levels of two common chemicals found in the home, di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP) and di-isobutyl phthalate (DiBP), are associated with substantial reductions in the IQ of children.

The study at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health is the first to report a link between prenatal exposure to phthalates and IQ in school-age children.

Bill Cosby sued by new accuser for defamation

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Comedian Bill Cosby has been hit with a new lawsuit filed by a woman who accused him of drugging and assaulting her in the 1970s. Tamara Green said in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts that Cosby, now 77, defamed her “good name and reputation” when he branded her a liar, reported Ace Showbiz.

Tamara, who first came forward with the sexual assault claims against Cosby in 2005, also alleged the comedian, through his lawyers and publicists, negligently ignored the truth and willfully made “an evil opinion of her.”

Astana retains World Tour cycling licence

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Controversial cycling team Astana, whose leading rider was this year’s Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali, was granted a World Tour licence for the 2015 season by the International Cycling Union (UCI).

However, the UCI said Wednesday that, while the licence had been granted, Astana would have to agree to conditions, including being audited by the Institute of Sport Sciences of the University of Lausanne, who will “determine whether and to what extent the team and or/its management is responsible of the recent events” relating to doping offences, reports Xinhua.

Facebook launches new publishing tools

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In a bid to give more teeth to advertisers and those who want to promote posts on Facebook, the social networking site has launched new tools that allow a greater ability to target posts and promote content.

The biggest tool for advertisers is interest targeting that will use Facebook’s data mine to create areas like locations, celebrities and sports teams to add to posts, Mashable reported.

Social managers will also now be able to put end dates for when posts should stop receiving promotion in News Feeds.

AAP fields Lal Bahadur Shastri’s grandson in Delhi

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Wednesday announced its third list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls, fielding former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s grandson Adarsh Shastri from Dwarka.

Adarsh Shastri unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election on an AAP ticket from Allahabad. He was formerly employed with Apple Inc.

With 10 candidates in the third list, the AAP has so far announced 45 candidates for the 70 assembly seats. In the latest list, none of the candidates has been repeated.

HyunChil Hong is Samsung Electronics new southwest Asia chief

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Samsung Electronics Wednesday announced the appointment of HyunChil Hong as president of Southwest Asia headquarters, effective immediately, a company statement said here.

Hong replaces B.D. Park, who will now head sales and marketing for digital appliances business in headquarters, South Korea.

“In his new role based out of Gurgaon, India, Hong will lead all of Samsung Electronics’ business in South West Asia that includes India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, as Samsung further strengthens its leadership in the region,” the statement said.

139 complaints of fraud NRI marriages received from US: Minister

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The US tops the list of eight countries from where complaints or cases of fraudulent NRI marriages are received, with 25 complaints received so far this year, parliament was told Wednesday.

Minister of State in the ministries of Overseas Indian Affairs and External Affairs Gen V.K. Singh (Retd) said in the Lok Sabha that the Indian missions provide assistance to the complainant in the form of financial help for legal procedures, counselling and taking necessary action as per the need and requirement of the case.

Senior citizens’ centre among 6 initiatives of president

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President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate a number of initiatives, including a gathering place for senior citizens of his estate where they can avail of free health checkups and a ceremonial hall to host important events.

On Thursday, which is also Mukherjee’s birthday, the president, who is always thinking of innovative ways to make Rashtrapati Bhavan and the President’s Estate more people-friendly, will inaugurate five initiatives.

‘No inputs to suggest Al-Qaeda, ISIS planning to target India’

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There are no intelligence inputs to suggest that Al-Qaeda and ISIS terror groups are working together to target Indian cities, Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, however, said a video was uploaded on September 3, 2014 containing the speech of Sheikh Ayman Al-Zawahiri of Al-Qaeda, in which he announced the establishment of a new Wing of Al-Qaeda, namely ‘Al-Qaeda in Indian Sub-Continent’ (AQIS).

Fadnavis govt opposes PIL against Shiv Sena sharing power

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The BJP-led Maharashtra Government today opposed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the joining of government by erstwhile opposition party Shiv Sena, saying the PIL was not in keeping with the provisions of Constitution.

State Advocate General Sunil Manohar argued that there was no rule which prevented the opposition party from joining the ruling benches.

Maha govt to ban all web-based cab services

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In the wake of the alleged rape of a 27-year-old woman by an Uber cab driver in Delhi, the Maharashtra Government has decided to ban web-based taxi services in the state.

“Orders have been issued to the Transport Commissioner to stop all the web-based cab booking services. He will take the required action immediately. Now, it is only a matter of time before the order is implemented by the Commissioner,” Transport Secretary S K Sharma told PTI here today.

The move comes after the state government received Centre’s advice to ban all web-based taxi services, he said.

Sanctions caused Russia, EU to lose tens of billions of dollars

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday admitted that Western sanctions have caused Russia lose tens of billions of dollars, while noting that the European Union (EU) has sustained significant losses as well.

“Our economy, probably, has lost tens of billions of dollars,” Medvedev said in a televised interview with journalists from five different channels.

Medvedev said that sanctions imposed by the US and the EU in retaliation for after Crimea acceded to Russia and support for separatist rebels in the eastern Ukraine has hurt both Russia and those who imposed them.