Ranchi, September 06: The Congress today termed as “barbaric” the Maoists’ attack on two Indian priests of Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, saying such incidents “do no good” to Indo-Nepalese relations.
“Such barbaric acts in a place of worship are unimaginable…such actions do no good either to Nepal’s proud heritage or to Indo-Nepalese relations,” AICC spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi told newspersons here.
Thrissur, September 06: Two tuskers ran amuck here today causing panic for nearly three hours until they were brought under control.
The elephants, which were being taken to the residence of their owner, turned violent on the Thrissur-Chalakudy road, causing traffic snarls for nearly three hours, police said.
One of the elephants attacked a private passenger bus, but the driver sped on. Another one chased its second mahout for quite some distance.
They were later brought under control by the mahouts.
–PTI
Srinagar, September 06: Jammu and Kashmir police have decided to install CCTV cameras in all the 22 districts to strengthen security and check militant activities in the state.
“Police have decided to install CCTV cameras in all the 22 districts of the state to keep a tab on the movement of suspected persons and militants,” police officials told PTI.
A survey has been conducted and sensitive and vital places identified for installation of the cameras at the earliest.
Tender notice was recently issued for procuring and commissioning of the surveillance gadgets.
Lucknow, September 06: Bickering within BJP”s state unit has come to the fore with some Senior leaders offering to quit in protest against the party”s decision of giving ticket to an “outsider” for the bypoll of Lucknow (west) assembly seat. “Agitated after denial of ticket to Ashutosh Tandon alias Gopalji, son of local MP Lalji Tandon, some senior leaders including office bearers of city unit have offered their resignation,” party sources said.
New Delhi, September 06: A group of lawyers have started a signature campaign in Delhi High Court and the five district courts of the capital, requesting that they be allowed to argue their cases in Hindi also apart from the English language now used.
“We have received a huge response from the lawyers and collected over 3,000 signatures so far to support our campaign,” said Ashok Aggarwal, president of the Delhi unit of the lawyers’ association.
The signature campaign began earlier this week in the five district courts and reached the high court on Friday.
Jerusalem, September 06: Sleep deprivation is every new parent’s worst nightmare. It is a form of torture that can leave them sobbing louder than their child. Yet a new study claims babies’ sleep problems are all in the mind – the mother’s mind before her child is even born.
Parents have only themselves to blame for all those hours of lost sleep, according to researchers in Israel who found that a mother-to-be’s expectations about infant sleep will affect how her baby sleeps after it is born.
Srinagar, September 06: Two unidentified bodies were recovered under suspicious circumstances at Leh in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here today.
They said panic gripped Gamtaso and Polo Ground in Leh when the bodies were found by locals.
Police were immediately informed who took the bodies for identification, they said, adding the cause of their death was not known.
Police registered a case and started investigation.
—-Agencies
London, September 06: England suffered a blow ahead of the second one-day international against Australia at Lord’s when Stuart Broad was ruled out with a neck strain.
Tim Bresnan, the Yorkshire allrounder, replaced him with Eoin Morgan coming into the middle order in place of Adil Rashid, despite his impressive performance in the opening match at The Oval, as England were forced to juggle with the balance of their side.
Jerusalem, September 06: Sweden’s foreign minister has abruptly canceled a visit to Israel this week, an Israeli spokesman said Sunday, amid a spat over a Swedish newspaper article that has escalated into a full-blown diplomatic feud between the two countries.
New Delhi, September 06: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday met union Law Minister and senior leader M. Veerappa Moily amid a strong campaign by party workers in Andhra Pradesh for Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to succeed his father, the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, as chief minister.
Moily is in charge of the Congress’ Andhra Pradesh affairs.
“Moily met Gandhi at around 11.30 a.m. Sunday. The party high command is closely watching the developments in the state party,” a senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh told IANS.
Mumbai, September 06: Bollywood actress Lara Dutta is all set to sizzle on silver screen in the upcoming ‘Blue’. Lara has also reduced her weight
She shaped up herself for the movie. Dutta, who stars opposite Akshay Kumar, plays an underwater diver in the Blue.
Most of the film has been shot in Bahamas. The movie also has several underwater scenes. Starring Sanjay Dutt and Akshaya Kumar the movie is full of action.
—–Agencies
New Delhi, September 06: India’s main opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is in turmoil and only a leadership overhaul coupled with infusion of young blood can re-energise it, say many within and outside the party as they point to its dismal election performance followed by bitter infighting.
Whatever is happening in the BJP – the second largest party after the ruling Congress – is symptomatic of the crises it is suffering from, says Pralay Kanungo, political science professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Washington, September 06: Following a deal between Washington and Moscow, the US military will be able to use Russian airspace to send troops and arms to Afghanistan.
An unnamed US defense official told AFP on Sunday that the flights are legal as of September 6.
“This agreement gives us another option to choose from in our flight planning process,” the official said, giving no further details.
US President Barack Obama finalized an agreement in early July with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev, allowing the US to supply Western forces in Afghanistan via Russia.
Muktsar (Punjab), September 06: Senior Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Harcharan Singh Brar died following prolonged illness today, his family said.
Brar’s end, who also held the post of Governor in Haryana, came at his native village Sarai Nage in the district.
Brar, 87, is survived by wife, son and a daughter.
He had taken over as Chief Minister of Punjab on August 31, 1995 after the assassination of then Chief Minister Beant Singh in a bomb blast outside the Punjab and Haryana Secretariat in Chandigarh.
He held the post till November 21, 1996.
Tehran, September 06: Tehran called on the United States Sunday to “respect” the appointment of General Ahmad Vahidi as Iran’s new defence minister, Mehr news agency reported. The US had criticized Vahidi’s appointment due his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Argentina, which killed 85 people.
“We recommend that the US government respect the will of the Iranian nation and regret the stance taken by Washington in this regard,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said.
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Poor sleeping posture
Neck injury
Whiplash
Neck strain
Neck sprain
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Neck muscle spasm
Neck ligament disorder
Torticollis
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Spinal disorder
Arthritis
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Mumbai, September 06: The highly-rated Cheeni Kum director Balki is releasing his extremely unusual role-reversal drama Paa on November 13, as a tribute to Children’s Day.
“It’s a film about the child within the man and the man within the child. And I can’t think of a better tribute to the child than Children’s Day,” says Balki, who completed the shooting of the film in England recently.
West Bengal, September 06: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has approved setting up a fast track court to settle the multi-crore accounting fraud in Satyam Computers, corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshid said here on Saturday.
“The Andhra Pradesh High Court has agreed to our appeal and has already given an in-principal approval to set up a fast track court for the settlement of the Satyam fraud issue. We’re now awaiting the final notification,” Khurshid told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
Islamabad, September 06: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday approved appointment of two new judges in the Supreme Court and 11 additional judges in the Peshawar and Balochistan High Courts.
NEWLY APPOINTED JUDGES:SUPREME COURT
Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Judge High Court of Sindh
Justice ® Rehmat Hussain Jaffery, former Judge, High Court
of Sindh
ADDITIONAL JUDGES PESHAWAR HIGH COURT
Abdul Aziz Kundi
Fasih-ul-Mulk
Liaqat Ali Shah
Mazhar Alam Minakhel
Attaullah Khan
Muhammad Safdar Khan
Miftahuddin Khan
ADDITIONAL JUDGES BALOCHISTAN HIGH COURT
Tehran, September 06: After a list of 72 people alleged to have been killed in the aftermath of the presidential election was made public in Iran, a national security official says the data lacks credibility.
Earlier on Friday, Reformist website Norooz News released the identities of 72 people it says were killed over the course of the post-vote turmoil in Iran.
The report posted on the website gives the names, ages, and details on how, when, and where most of the victims were killed.
New Delhi, September 06: The office of President Pratibha Patil’s Officer on Special Duty was burgled in the high-security Rashtrapati Bhavan complex.
The office of Wing Commander Vikram Dutta, which is located in the health club of the Presidential Estate, was burgled on Wednesday and the thieves walked away with his computer, police officials said.
While a case was registered on September four, police officials believed that the job was that of an insider who has also walked away with six dumbbells from the health club.
Mumbai, September 06: Mugdha Godse visited Siddhivinayak Temple in Prabhadevi recenlty. The actress along with some other stars was there to offer prayer to Lord Ganesh.
A report said that Godse is in a prominant role in Ajay Devgn Films’ upcoming film All The Best – Fun Begins.
Godse, who worked in Fashion and Jail has several hopes from Fun upcoming movie All The Best – Fun Begins.
Starring Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgun, Fardeen Khan and Bipasa Basu, the movie will be a good entertainer for the audience.
May Fun Begins comes with a lot of success to Godse.
—–Agencies
Muzaffarnagar (UP), September 06: A newly married woman today allegedly committed suicide over a family dispute in the district.
Anjali, who was married to Pravin two months ago, allegedly set herself ablaze at her house in Umarpur village, police said.
A family dispute was stated to be the cause behind her taking the extreme step. However, police have taken Pravin and his brother Sandip into custody.
The body of Anjali has been sent for postmortem.
–PTI
Jerusalem, September 06: Sweden’s Foreign Minister has abruptly cancelled a visit to Israel this week, an Israeli spokesman said on Sunday, amid a spat over a Swedish newspaper article that has escalated into a full-blown diplomatic feud between the two countries.
Washington, September 06: Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Sunday Palestinian leaders were “seriously considering” a one-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following a visit to the Middle East.
“A majority of the Palestinian leaders with whom we met are seriously considering acceptance of one state, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea,” Carter wrote in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post.