Washington, January 24: A large number of people, believe it or not, continue to puff away merrily even after being diagnosed with lung and colorectal (large intestine) cancer.
Putting a halt to smoking after a cancer diagnosis is important because it can negatively affect patients` responses to treatments, their subsequent cancer risk and, potentially, their survival.
Riyadh, January 24: A Saudi court sentenced four men to 10 years in jail each after they were convicted of breaking into a house and raping a pregnant woman.
The four who were drunk had sneaked into the house in Riyadh just after the husband left for work early morning.
They locked up the woman’s children in their room and took turns in raping her despite her pregnancy.
“One of them told police that he does not remember any thing and that he was arrested while asleep at his house,” Sabq daily said.
Kolkata, January 24: Four more babies have died in Malda Sadar Hospital here taking the crib death toll in the hospital to 22 in the last few days.
West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan on Monday told mediapersons that the state government was deeply concerned about the deaths and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was personally looking into the issue.
Last week the hospital sources said a decision has been taken to increase the number of beds in the sick new born care unit to 22 from 15 at present.
Mumbai, January 24: Hrithik Roshan’s penchant to play the boy-next-door or the wounded soul has undergone a dramatic makeover for “Agneepath”; and if the promos are anything to go by, then the green-eyed actor has effectively channelled his angry young man persona down to pat.
Washington, January 24: India has made “sincere efforts” to reduce trust deficit with Pakistan with which it has a history of complicated relationship, a top Indian diplomat has said, as she expressed concern over “difficult terrain” ahead.
“We are engaged in a very conscious effort, a sincere and honest effort to try and see how we can reduce the trust deficit in our relationship with Pakistan in order to see how we can move towards coherent process normalisation.
Riyadh, January 24: A Saudi court sentenced an African man to 15 years in jail and 1,500 lashes with the whip for embezzling money from many people through sorcery.
Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice arrested the unidentified man, in his 50s, following complaints by many of his victims in various cities in the Gulf Kingdom.
“They seized him red handed after setting a trap for him in Riyadh…they found talismans, herbs, hair and other items used in his fraudulent activities,” Ajel Arabic language daily said.
-Agencies
Hyderabad, January 24: Mr. Mohammed Faheemuddin Saberi, Vice Chairman of State Election Commission told that on 25th Day, Voter’s Day Celebration will be organized at 44 thousand polling stations in the state.
Hyderabad, January 24: Telangana Forum leaders of TDP have represented to the CM to complete pranehita-Chevella project early and also to make a representation to the center for declaring it a central project.
Gaza, January 24: Palestinian police have freed a young woman whose father kept her locked in the bathroom of their house for about a decade.
Spokesman Adnan Damiri said the 20-year-old woman was in a “deplorable” condition when she was found on Saturday. Damiri said on Monday it remains unclear why she was locked up.
Baraa Melhem, 20, revealed that she spent the decade by listening to the radio that her father had given her and by eating an apple that she got to eat every day.
Hyderabad, January 24: Police is continuing its campaign against the money lenders. It arrested six money lenders in Santoshnagar and Bhavaninagar police station areas yesterday. It seized materials used in money lending. ACP Santoshnagar Mr. Sai Krishna told that four money lenders have been arrested from Santoshnagar area and two from Bhavaninagar area. They were transacting illegal interest business. Mujeebur Rahman (31) resident of Riyasathnagar, Mohammed Chand (28) of Riyasathnagar, G. Kishore (32) resident of New Santoshnagar, & T.
New Delhi, January 24: After nearly two years of tight check on money supply to tame inflation, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) took steps on Wednesday to infuse more liquidity in the system by lowering the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by half-a-percentage point. But the short-term lending rate was kept unchanged in view of persisting inflationary concerns.
The cash reserve ratio (CRR), the amount against deposits which commercial banks have to keep as liquid assets such as cash, has been lowered by 50 basis points to 5.5 per cent from 6 per cent.
Hyderabad, January 24: Abu Muzaffar Mohiuddin Mohammad Aurangzeb Aalamgir (4 November 1618 – 3 March 1707) was the 6th ruler of Moghal Sultanate. He had bought two canons especially from Delhi in 1668. Along with these two canons he had also brought 16 powerful canons. One of the two cannons was called “Fateh Rahber”. This canon played a historic role in bringing success to the Moghal forces; hence named ‘Fateh Rahber’.
New Delhi, January 24: The chiefs of 5 top telecom companies will meet Kapil Sibal today to discuss the pricing of spectrum and its allocations. They include CEOs of top operators like Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular. This will be the second meeting to be held in this regard. The meeting is likely to discuss matters related to the government’s proposal for a one- time fee for 2G spectrum, the disagreement regarding 3G roaming etc.
Dehradun, January 24: According to senior leader of Congress Party Digvijaya Singh, yoga guru Baba Ramdev is behind the shoe hurling at Rahul Gandhi. A shoe was hurled General Secretary of Congress Rahul Gandhi on Monday, while he was attending a rally in Dehra Dun.
“Baba Ramdev is a thug. He took commission while converting black money into white. An Enforcement Directorate enquiry is going on; he has got a notice worth Rs. 100 crore. Where did he get the money to buy an island from in Scotland? He sought the support of BJP and the RSS,” said Digvijaya Singh.
Hyderabad, January 24: It wasn’t a degree in law that helped Fatima Begum (name changed) win her battle for mehr (dower or gift money for the bride).
Hyderabad, January 24: Fed up with harassment, a woman allegedly murdered her husband with the help of her two daughters at Peerzadiguda on Monday.
According to Medipally police, Balaiah, 50, a real estate businessman of Peerzadiguda, was addicted to alcohol. “Every night he used to go home in an inebriated condition and harass his family,” assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Malkajgiri, P Radhakishan Rao said.
Lucknow,January 24: In the absence of a wave and no issue that could have an emotional sway on voters, the Muslim vote seems to be the one that could make or mar political fortunes in Uttar Pradesh. At least three of the four major players plus a newly-formed political outfit are clearly eying the 19 percent Muslim vote that may determine the destiny of India’s most populous state of 200 million people.
Ankara, January 24: France’s upper house of parliament has approved a bill that will make it illegal to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago amounted to genocide.
The French upper house voted 127-to-86 in support of the bill after debating it into the night on Monday, nearly a month after the French national assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of the draft law. The bill was approved by the lower house in December.
Jerusalem, January 24: Israel and the United Stated have praised the European Union’s decision to ban oil imports from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the new sanction is a step in the right direction, but said that such moves are not enough.
Washington said the EU’s move keeps more money out of Iran’s nuclear energy program.
“It is necessary to pressure Iran very hard and very quickly,” Netanyahu stated.
Cairo, January 24: Egypt’s first free parliament in six decades got to work Monday with Islamists holding by far the most seats and opponents comparing their grip on the chamber to that enjoyed by the now defunct party of deposed President Hosni Mubarak.
With almost half the seats in the assembly, the Muslim Brotherhood is promising to cooperate with the military generals, who took power last February when Mubarak was overthrown, in their transition to civilian rule.
Mumbai, January 24: Its the wedding season in Bollywood and actor Shahid Kapoor, who has made himself “available” for marriage, feels that the institution brings in lot of confidence and a sense of stability. In Bollywood, married actors like Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Hrithik Roshan and others have done well at the box office, giving tough competition to singletons like Shahid, Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh. On married actors being successful in Bollywood, Shahid says, “I agree that most of our superstars in the industry are married…are successful.
New Delhi, January 24: Strong resentment prevails among a section of Youth Congress workers after their leader and party nominee from Uttar Pradesh’s Sikandarabad seat was replaced by Jitendra Yadav, whose son is soon going to marry RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter.
The AICC has given ticket to Yadav by replacing former YC President from Bulandshahar Nizam Malik from Sikandarabad seat triggering a near rebellion in a section of the Youth Congress workers in the state.
Chennai, January 24: A gang of armed robbers struck at the Bank of Baroda Gen-Next branch on the bustling Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Perungudi, on Monday afternoon and fled with cash totalling nearly Rs. 18 lakh after holding bank officials and customers at gunpoint.
New Delhi, January 24: Seemingly supporting Army Chief General V K Singh on the age controversy, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has launched a frontal attack on the government for “provoking a confrontation” on the issue.
“We never envisaged a situation where the government on very flimsy grounds would pit itself against the Army Chief, who was forced to drag the government to the apex court for justice,” says the editorial in the latest issue of RSS mouthpiece Organiser.
Lucknow,January 24: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday sought to dispel apprehension of members of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on issues related to inclusion of their educational institutions under the Right To Education, saying minority institutions would be kept out of RTE purview.
“The government has in principle agreed to keep minority institutions out of the purview of RTE while discussions were on regarding other issue related to the Direct Taxes Code Bill though no decision has been taken,” he told reporters here.