New Delhi, December 10: The decomposed body of a 24-year-old woman was found in a house in the capital, police said Friday.
The body was detected Thursday morning in Delhi’s Vijay Vihar when some locals informed police about foul smell coming from a house.
“The door of the house was broken open and the body was found. It was sent to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem,” said a police officer.
The deceased was identified as Puja.
New York, December 10: Just months after parting ways with girlfriend Michelle Barish, reports suggest that author Salman Rushdie has proposed her.
The novelist had parted ways with Barish in March. But he was so keen to have her back that he asked her to marry him just two days after she broke up with her latest boyfriend, billionaire Steve Tisch, in November.
“Salman is besotted. He asked her within 48 hours of her break-up to marry him. He even has a ring,” nypost.com quoted a source as saying.
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Ghaziabad, December 09: Seven workers were injured when a slab of an under-construction factory warehouse collapsed in Ghaziabad Friday, police said.
The accident occurred in Kavi Nagar Industrial Area, where the warehouse was being built by two factory owners for joint use.
The injured workers were taken to the local Shankar Lal Hospital. Two were discharged after the first aid while the others are being treated.
‘We are examining the case. If the owners are found guilty of any violation, they will be booked,’ said Circle Officer-II Praveen Ranjan Singh.
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New Delhi, December 09: Congress top brass including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi today held consultations in the backdrop of plans by the government to bring the Lokpal Bill in Parliament next week and Team Anna’s opposition to certain provisions.
A meeting of the Congress core group was held close on the heels of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Lokpal Bill presenting its report to Parliament on Friday.
Kolkata, December 09: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday visited the SSKM Hospital where the autopsy of those killed in the AMRI Hospital fire was being done and expressed his shock and grief over the tragedy which has so far claimed 90 lives.
‘People come to hospitals for recovering their health and such an incident is very tragic and painful. I offer my sincere condolence for those who died and wish a speedy recovery of those injured in the mishap,’ said Mukherjee.
A bomb attack in northeastern Afghanistan has killed at least six people, including a police chief, an intelligence officer and two other security officials.
The powerful explosion targeted a mosque in the Ghaziabad district of Kunar Province as worshippers were leaving after Friday Prayers.
Eight people were also wounded in the bomb blast.
Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the Friday attack.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the bomb had been planted at the venue and was aimed at targeting government officials.
New Delhi, December 09: What could possibly be more popular than the latest iPhone? An Indian company is hoping that among India’s Muslims, it will be the new Quran mobile, a smartphone loaded with Islamic features.
The new ENMAC Quran MQ3500 phone, launched last month in India, comes with Islam’s holy book translated in 29 languages and a compass that directs users toward Makkah. Muslims bow in the direction of the holy city for prayers five times a day.
Jeddah, December 09: The chairperson of the Saudi Charitable Society for AIDS Patients has announced that it has succeeded in tying the knot for 86 women suffering from AIDS in the last five years.
Dr. Sana Mustafa Felmban said: “All these married women have a medical record at the Ministry of Health and are subjected to regular checkups throughout the pregnancy period. Of these 79 women gave birth to healthy babies.”
Lepaz, December 09: A teenage swimmer has been eaten alive by piranhas after he leaped into a Bolivian river infested with the fish.
The unnamed 18-year-old boy was drunk when he jumped out of a canoe in the town of Rosario del Yata, 400 miles north of the capital of La Paz.
Guayaramerin police officer Daniel Cayaya said the teen bled to death after the attack, which happened last Thursday. The incident emerged yesterday when it was reported by Erbol, a local radio station.
New Delhi, December 09: Hackers broke into the Congress’ official website and replaced part of Sonia Gandhi’s profile with some objectionable material in a cyber attack coinciding with the party chief’s birthday.
“The hackers could penetrate deep inside the website and changed one paragraph,” AICC Computer Department chief Vishwajeet Prithvijeet Singh said.
Singh said that Congress websites — aicc.org.in, congress.org.in — were subjected to the attack prompting the party to “put them down” this morning.
Hyderabad, December 09: On the occasion of the birthday of UPA chairperson and AICC President Sonia Gandhi, Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy today approved four important files, and the schemes are as follows.
New Delhi, December 09: Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid Friday said the government will try to table the Lokpal Bill soon but refused to give any timeline for it.
Amidst criticism from opposition and civil socitey on the Lokpal bill draft being weak, the minister strongly defended the government’s intention to being a strong Lokpal bill.
“We will try to present it soon in the parliament, but I cannot tell when,” Khurshid told reporters outside parliament.
Ralegan Siddhi, December 09: Anna Hazare Friday blamed Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for the government’s weak version of the Lokpal bill and said in the present government, only Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was serious about the bill.
“Rahul Gandhi is behind this weak bill by the government because the prime minister gave me in writing and a resolution was also passed in parliament,” Hazare said.
“The prime minister seems to be serious about Lokpal, otherwise he would not have given it in writing after passing three resolutions in parliament,” he told television channels.
London, December 09: A patented gel in a new condom promises to boost lovemaking by promoting blood flow.
The gel inside the tip of the sheath rapidly permeates the skin to boost blood flow, giving men a welcome lift.
The Zanifil gel is based on nitroglycerin used in treating chest pain and heart failure since the 19th century. “It’s essentially Viagra in a condom,” Daniel Mahony told Bloomberg.
New Delhi, December 09: Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid Friday said the government will try to table the Lokpal Bill soon but refused to give any timeline for it.
Amidst criticism from opposition and civil socitey on the Lokpal bill draft being weak, the minister strongly defended the government’s intention to being a strong Lokpal bill.
‘We will try to present it soon in the parliament, but I cannot tell when,’ Khurshid told reporters outside parliament.
Chennai, December 09: Social activist Anna Hazare and his team would visit the city next week as part of stepping up their demand for a stronger Lokpal.
“Anna and his team will be here on December 18 and participate in a public meeting,” India Against Corruption, Chennai-Chapter, Volunteer Venkatnarayanan told reporters here on Friday.
The venue of the public meeting would be announced later, he said.
New Delhi, December 09: Ahead of Anna Hazare’s dharna here on Sunday, Government today said Team Anna should await the passage of the Lokpal Bill before going ahead with any agitation on the issue.
“They should all wait for a decision in Parliament. People can give their views and Parliament takes the decision,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told reporters.
Kolkata, December 09: The CPI on Friday demanded a judicial probe into the massive fire in Kolkata hospital in which 70 people were killed.
Pointing out that private hospitals and nursing homes are “mushrooming everywhere in the country”, he said patients are being charged at a very high exorbitant rate in such facilities and there are “serious loopholes in the maintenance.”
“They are only for profit. Greed for profit. It is an example of greed for profit of the corporate sector in the healthcare and government also is pampering it all over the country,” Dasgupta said.
New Delhi, December 09: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday expressed “shock and anguish” over loss of lives in a massive fire that broke out in a Kolkata hospital and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased.
Singh also conveyed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the tragedy, a PMO spokesman said.
“Prime Minister expresses shock and anguish over the loss of lives in the hospital fire in Kolkata,” the spokesman said.
New Delhi, December 09: Union Minister Harish Rawat on Friday said social activist Anna Hazare was attacking Rahul Gandhi on the Lokpal issue as he liked being in the news.
“Sometimes, social activists also start liking to remain involved in politics. I think Anna Hazare is also now used to be in news and that is why he attacks Rahul Gandhi,” Congress leader and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Harish Rawat told reporters here.
New Delhi, December 09: Dubbing Congress as a party of “capitalists and middlemen”, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Friday ridiculed the Planning Commission’s Rs 32 per day poverty cap and asked the Prime Minister and Congress chief to “show the way” by living on the meagre amount for a day.
He accused the UPA Government of not focusing on issues related to 44 crore poor people in the country, especially labourers who have no shelter and food.
Tehran, December 09: On Sunday December 4, the Iranian Army’s electronic warfare unit downed with minimum damage the US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft which was flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 140 miles (225km) from the Afghan border.
The aircraft had crossed into Iran’s airspace over the border with neighboring Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Iran has announced that it intends to carry out reverse engineering on the captured RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft, which is also known as the Beast of Kandahar, and is similar in design to a US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber.
Gaza, December 09: Israeli warplanes launched several airstrikes which left 15 people including seven children injured.
Two of the wounded children are in critical condition, hospital officials said.
The air raids follow another Israeli attack in Gaza on Wednesday, which left two Palestinians dead.
The Israeli military frequently also uses the assassination drones to launch attacks or to detect targets for Israeli F16 jets and Apache helicopters.
Gaza Strip remains under an Israeli blockade as international calls for the lifting of the siege falls on deaf ears in Tel Aviv.
Hyderabad, December 09: Tension prevailed in the Rein Bazaar area of Old city after mysterious fire took place in the Ashoorkhana Imambada (A place of worship for Shia community).
The incident took place after the completion of Friday prayers and the police officials present on bandobust near Mecca Masjid rushed to the spot.
In the mysterious fire the furniture and carpets present in the 400-year-old Ashoorkhana were completely gutted.
Mumbai, December 09: The actor admitted in a recent interview that her first serious relationship with Salman Khan didn’t last long coz of the actor’s over possessive nature!