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We want India-Pakistan cricket series: Sports minister Sonowal

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he government on Sunday said it was in favour of a proposed India-Pakistan bilateral cricket series that would promote friendship between the neighbouring nations.

“As a sports minister, my main objective is to promote sports. For better friendship and relationship, we want the series to take place,” union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal told media persons on the sidelines of a function here.

However, he said a lot of issues remain to be addressed before the series could become a reality.

“There are a lot of issues to be addressed, that’s a different part.”

Bahrain protests Khamenei statements, summons Iranian envoy

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Bahrain on Sunday summoned an Iranian envoy to express its rejection of the recent statements made by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

During the meeting with Iranian Chargé d’Affaires to Bahrain Mohammad Reza Babaei, the foreign ministry’s under-secretary Abdulla Abdullatif said the statements “are not only unacceptable but also a blatant interference in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain”.

Indian born in New Zealand wins competition against racism

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An India-born teen’s prescription to combat racism has earned her the title in the national Race Unity Speech Competition in New Zealand.

Kimberly D’Mello, a class 12 student at Tauranga’s Aquinas College, in the North Island, won the competition at Te Mahurehure Marae in Pt Chevalier, Auckland on Saturday night, the online Stuff reported on Sunday.

D’Mello, who was born in India but raised in New Zealand, made it through regional finals, heats and then the final eight at the speech competition to win NZ$1,000 for her school and NZ$1,000 for herself.

Couple caught having ‘porn movie’ like sex in family park

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A couple from Wanstead, London is making news for having a “full-on porn movie” like sex in a family park.

A naked couple, who was having sex in a Wanstead park in full view of families, was split up by police after a local councillor reported them, the Independent reported.

Councillor Colin Cronin described the duo as going “at it at full pelt” rather than “just a bit of petting” and local shopkeepers were reportedly whistling and cheering them.

Mumbai bowl out Hyderabad for 113 runs

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A superb bowling display by Mumbai Indians enabled them bowl out Sunrisers Hyderabad for a paltry 113 runs in a crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Sunday.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner chose to bat at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in a virtual knockout match, the winner of which will march in to the playoffs, knocking out the vanquished team.

But their plans of capitalising on a pitch that was full of runs boomeranged spectacularly as they ran into trouble from the very first over of their innings.

Sharapova wins third Rome Masters title

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Russia’s Maria Sharapova rallied to beat Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the women’s singles final of Rome Masters at the Foro Italico here on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Sharapova needed two hours and 35 minutes on the red clay to win her 35th career title, reports Efe.

The Russian was two games away from losing the match in the second set, but the 26-year-old Suarez Navarro was unable to hold serve and take it to a tie-breaker.

Stop Criminal Act of Draining out Hussain Sagar Waters :Mandal

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Hussein Sagar, a picturesque water body in Twin Cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad, was originally constructed in a natural depression at about 513 m above MSL, in the year 1561. It was a fresh water lake and used as drinking water source for Hyderabad from 1860s to 1930s.

THE AMU MINORITY CHARACTER AND THE JUDICIAL RESPONSE

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The Aligarh Muslim University ( AMU) has filed five appeals in the Supreme Court of India against the impugned judgment dated January 4, 20006. All the appeals are similar running into two volumes each. To the advantage of the AMU, the Union of India has filed an appeal against the Allahabad High Court judgment running into 12 volumes containing almost all important documents from the inception of the Madarsatul Uloom to the establishment of the AMU in 1920. One appeal has been filed by aagainst the Allahabad High Court Judgment and AMU is not a Minority University.

Sign treaties to deport immigrants, Assam appeals to Modi

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Political parties and non-political groups in Assam on Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the initiative for signing repatriation treaties with Bangladesh and Nepal in order to deport illegal migrants and solve the state’s long pending problem of foreigners.

The appeal was made after a convention here on Sunday, where the groups pledged their support for update of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) 1951 in Assam.

The process for update of the NRC, with March 24, 1971 as the cut-off date has begun in the state following a Supreme Court order in December.

Can women take smart decisions?

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If you were asked to respond “Yes/No” to the above question, there is every likelihood that, apart from some good humoured jokes about women and decision making, your response would emphatically be in the affirmative. The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of making smart decisions.

Woman gang-raped in Delhi

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A 25-year-old woman was gang-raped by five men in Defence Colony area here on Saturday night, police said on Sunday.

Out of the five accused, police have arrested three while two are still absconding.

The arrested were identified as Akash (23), Deepak (20) and Aman (26).

One Rohit, who was in the car when the woman was kidnapped but did not rape her, was also arrested, police said.

A police team found the woman lying by the road-side in Khanpur, in south Delhi, here.

India won’t forget Kargil war: Musharraf

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IANS) Recalling the Kargil conflict of 1999 between India and Pakistan, former military strongman Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said New Delhi would never be able to forget the three-month-long battle when his armed forces “grabbed India by the throat”.

“There was a second line force, too, which caught India by the throat and that was latter given the status of an army,” Geo News reported citing Musharraf as saying while addressing a function of his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) political party.

Assocham gives 7 on 10 for Modi’s first year report card

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The Assocham on Sunday awarded Narendra Modi government 7 out of 10 for its first year’s performance, saying it still needed to cover some ground on tax issues and a lot more remained to be done on improving ease of doing business.

“The NDA government has to cover some ground in terms of taxation issues, particularly with regard to FIIs’ (foreign institutional investors) problems on retrospective liabilities and in taking big-ticket infrastructure projects off the ground,” the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham) said in a statement here.

Nepal suffered $10 bn damage in quakes

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Nepal has estimated that around $10 billion worth of damage been caused by the April 25 great earthquakes and the subsequent aftershocks that rattled the Himalayan nation.

It is estimated that over one million private and public houses and buildings were damaged totally or partially. This includes damages in several other sectors like services industry, agriculture, tourism, health and education.

Deport Sunny Leone, demands Hindu group

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The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) on Friday demanded the deportation of former porn star Sunny Leone and barring her future entry into India for displaying what it terms vulgarity on her website and insulting the dignity of women.

The HJS lodged a first information report (FIR) with Sunil Shivarkar, head of Ramnagar police station in Dombivali in Thane, said HJS spokesman Uday Dhuri.

India’s goods exports shrink, gold imports nearly double

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In a worrying start for this fiscal, India’s merchandise exports declined sharply by 14 percent in April and stood at $22.05 billion due mainly to the overall conditions in the global market, while gold imports shot up by 85 percent.

The exports contracted from $25.63 billion during April 2014.

According to the data on exports and imports released by the Minister of Commerce and Industry on Friday, the trade deficit for April this year stood at $11 billion, against $10.08 billion during the like month of the previous year.

Perec happy with response to 10K run in Bengaluru

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Jose Marie Perec, the three-time Olympic gold medallist and the International Event Ambassador of the TCS World 10K Bangalore 2015, to be run here on Sunday, expressed satisfaction at the massive response that is reflected in nearly 25,000 participants.

At a Meet and Greet session at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, here on Friday, Perec said: “India is on the sports incline, emerging in every sporting discipline right now. It’s a privilege to be here and I’m glad to be the event ambassador of this event.”

Two-state solution ‘vital’ for Israel’s security: Obama

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US President Barack Obama has reiterated that a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine is “absolutely vital” for Israel’s security, Efe news agency reported on Friday.

“I continue to believe a two-state solution is absolutely vital for not only peace between Israelis and Palestinians, but for the long-term security of Israel as a democratic and Jewish state,” Obama told reporters at the President’s country retreat at Camp David on Thursday after a summit with leaders from six Persian Gulf countries.

5 Encroached Temples Along Rail Line to be Cleared

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The authorities are readying to clear five temples on the railway land between Malleswaram and Yeshwantpur railway stations.

This follows the issuance of a summons from the Upa Lokayukta a fortnight ago, asking the Bangalore Division of the Railways why it had not initiated steps to clear the encroachments. Upa Lokayukta Justice S B Majage said, “I have asked them to initiate action in this connection.”

The land is spread across 5156.16 sqft with a market price of about `5.15 crore.

Shiv Sena targets judiciary

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Apparently peeved by a recent Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of pictures of politicians in government advertisements, the Shiv Sena trained guns on the judiciary, terming the latest move as ‘unjust’ here on Friday.

Referring to the ruling which allows only the pictures of president, prime minister or the chief justice in government advertisements, the Sena asked whether this could amount to insulting the democratically elected state governments, the parliament and the legislatures.

SHIEKH YUSHA EVANS’ Lecturing attracts large crowd

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Shiekh Yusha Evans from United States of America attracted large crowd in his scholarly lecturing of

Islamic comparison of Bible and true faith of Islam. The 3 day lectures were conducted on 7th, 8th and 9th

May at the venue of American University of Kuwait (Salmiya), Grand Masjid and Masjid Al Othman in

downtown of Kuwait city, The programs were under the patronage of Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic

Affairs, Government of Kuwait. It Was an interesting and inspirational talk by the former Christian Youth

Minister Yusha Evans who converted to Islam after reading the Bible.

748 percent rise in pakistan terror deaths over 10 years

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Pakistan’s rising graph of terrorism-related deaths shows no sign of slowing, with 43 people dead and 20 injured when six motorcycle-borne terrorists raked a bus with automatic gunfire in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Wednesday.

Terrorism-related deaths in Pakistan increased 748.15 percent between 2005 and 2014. Over the same period, India saw a 70 percent decline in terrorism-related deaths.

As many as 56,480 people have been killed in Pakistan since 2005, at an average of nearly 14 a day.

Sadhus and Sants sore over Rajnath’s statement on Ram temple construction

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Upset over Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement expressing inability to enact a law for construction of Ram temple, seers and Hindu religious leaders here today reminded BJP of its poll promise and asked it not to “betray” those who voted it to power.

“The ‘sants’ here are unhappy over the statement issued by Rajnath Singh. They believed that BJP will not betray the people and they want the ruling party to enact a law as per its promises to pave the way for construction of Ram temple,” senior member of the Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas and former MP Ram Vilas Vedanti said.

Bengaluru airport to have self check-in, baggage handling systems

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Passengers flying out of Kempegowda International airport here will no longer have to stand in long queues for check-in as the airport operator plans to implement a system that allows passengers to print their own boarding passes as well as baggage tags from next month.

The private airport operator, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has signed a seven-year, multi-million dollar contract in this regard with the global aviation IT firm SITA to implement such a system.

The new system is expected to be operational from next month, a release by SITA said today.

Shiv Sena opposes 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP)

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Hours after a delegation of Shiv Sena MPs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to register their opposition to the upcoming 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), Yuva Sena president Aditya Thackeray on Wednesday vowed that the party would not deviate from its stance and continue opposing the project.

“Nuclear energy is neither clean, nor green and its waste has no proper form of disposal after decades of its use world over,” Thackeray said in a series of tweets on the JNPP coming up in Ratnagiri in coastal Maharashtra.