Month: January 2012

Ethiopia, January 30: The United Nations has urged Sudan and its new neighbour South Sudan to resolve all outstanding issues threatening peace and security between them, Xinhua reported.

“Both Sudan and South Sudan worked to end one of Africa’s longest-running civil wars. I now urge both to show the same statesmanship and resolve outstanding issues,” said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during the opening ceremony of the 18th African Union summit held here in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa Sunday.

Islamabad, January 30: Police in Pakistan’s Peshawar city foiled a terrorism bid after it seized huge quantity of arms and ammunition from a car during a raid Sunday, the Geo News reported.

A suspected car coming from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Dara Adam Khel town towards Kohat town, near Peshawar city, was intercepted and huge quantity of arms and ammunitions including guns, revolvers and rounds was recovered, said a senior police officer.

One person was arrested regarding the case, said police.

—Agencies

London, January 30: A 70-year-old retired British teacher has been charged with molesting at least five minor boys in Cambodia, a media report said.

Reginald Blakeley, who allegedly molested the children as young as seven, was held after investigators secretly filmed him approaching youngsters outside schools, The Sun reported.

Eleven boys in Siem Reap city complained to police about the man’s behaviour while five said he committed indecent acts on them.

Hyderabad, January 30: According to Syed Nazimuddin president Aman Educational and Welfare Association, Rahul colony phase II, Tolichowki, 242 posts of trainee traffic and mechanical supervisors are vacant in APSRTC. Applications are invited for these direct recruitments.

Educational qualification required for 104 posts of Traffic supervisor trainees (TST) is graduate and for 138 posts of Mechanical Supervisor Trainee (MST) is automobile/mechanical diploma or B.E/ B.Tech/ AMIE engineering in automobile/mechanical.

Son kills father for money

Hyderabad, January 30 (Siasat News): In a heart-wrenching incident, a son killed his father in Bolaram police station limits.

According to police sources, Krishna, 60, was living with his son Ramchander, as the details of his other family members are not available.

Ramchander used to harass his father over money and used to ask financial favours every now and then.

Sydney, January 30: Bomb squad officers were called to the French and Israeli embassies in Australia on Monday following the discovery of suspicious packages that were later found to be harmless.

Police said a bomb response team dispatched to the diplomatic posts in Canberra determined that the items were not suspicious and road closures around the embassies were lifted, a police spokeswoman said.

It was not clear if the incidents were linked.

The French embassy said the drama was sparked by a courier parcel delivered this morning.

Washington, January 30: Cancer cells, which kill nearly 12,000 people in the US alone every year and affect more than half a million worldwide, could be eradicated with grape seed extract, reveals a study.

The extract creates conditions unfavourable for the cancers’ growth by damaging both their cells’ DNA and stops the pathways that allow repair.

“It’s a rather dramatic effect,” said Rajesh Agarwal, study investigator at the University of Colorado Cancer Centre and professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Damascus, January 30: Syrian troops seized eastern suburbs of Damascus from rebels late on Sunday, opposition activists said, after two days of fighting only a few kilometres from the centre of power of President Bashar al-Assad.

“The Free Syrian Army has made a tactical withdrawal. Regime forces have re-occupied the suburbs and started making house-to-house arrests,” an activist named Kamal said by phone from the eastern al-Ghouta area on the edge of the capital.

A spokesman for the Free Syrian Army of defectors fighting Assad’s forces appeared to confirm that account.

Beijing, January 30: The Tibetan government-in-exile has colluded with Western governments to distort a recent string of police shootings in Tibetan areas of China in a bid to discredit the government, an official Chinese newspaper said on Monday.

Protests by ethnic Tibetans, who accuse Chinese authorities of stifling their traditions and religious freedoms, have gathered pace in the mountainous frontiers of southwestern Sichuan province that border on Tibet proper since last Monday.

Chandigarh, January 30: Punjab made Sunil Jain’s family rich, but now he wishes he could afford to leave.

Almost every day, the lights go out and machines shut down at the two factories of his $3-million-a-year packaging business. When the power goes out, the plants have to use generators, at up to three times the cost.

Profits at Oswal Polypack shrink every year, says Jain, a 49-year-old with a penchant for fat gold jewellery and chewing tobacco. The state government seems not to care and has even raised taxes on the raw materials he needs.

A bad night’s sleep can often leave you feeling tired and irritable.

And now, those who continually toss and turn are six times more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease.

New research found that the symptoms of diabetes developed after just three days of disrupted sleep.

The latest findings, published in Nature Genetics, could help to explain previous research that has shown night shift workers are prone to type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

A difference in blood pressure between the right and left arm could indicate an increased risk of dying from heart disease, say doctors.

They discovered that a difference in systolic blood pressure of 15mm of mercury or more between the arms is linked to hardening of the arteries supplying blood to the legs and feet.

Their findings come after they reviewed 28 papers looking at variations in systolic blood pressure between the arms.

A high blood pressure reading is one that exceeds 140/90mm of mercury. The first figure is called the systolic pressure.

Lucknow, January 30: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has made a dogged return to the hurly burly of politics after undergoing surgery in the U.S. for an undisclosed ailment in August last year.

She has now jumped on to the assembly polls with an intensive campaign itinerary, though she started her work routine tentatively after returning in September.

Sonia is out to disprove her detractors – some of them such as Sumbramanian Swamy even said she would be going abroad again for treatment.

Hyderabad, January 30: The revolutionary poet and President Telangana Praja Front Mr. Gadar, taking part in the debate entitled “Industrial Pollution, Question Of Environmental Justice Around Hyderabad” organized by Telangana Resources Center, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad, said that industrial pollution is destroying the lakes and pounds and it is directly effecting the people who dwell around them. He held not only large factories and the investors supporting them, but also the government responsible for this state of affairs, for giving permission to such factories.

Mumbai, January 30: Bollywood stars Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza, who made their Bollywood debut together in 2003 romantic flick ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’, are going to tie the knot on February 3, 2012.

The celebrations will various rituals including sangeet (song and dance ceremony) which is coordinated by filmmaker Karan Johar.

Besides Genelia and Riteish being in full swing of wedding spree, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are also all set for their big day.

Kokata, January 30: She rode to power on the anti-farmland acquisition movement across West Bengal. Her party Trinamool Congress had championed the cause of poor farmers to capture the rural vote bank that, historically, has always been inclined towards the communists.

But just eight months in power, Mamata Banerjee, the ‘Maa-Mati-Manush’ chief minister, seems to be quite oblivious to the plight of her farmer friends.

Kolkata, January 30: Pointing to a rise in child labour in domestic units, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is seeking to bring households under the ambit of labour laws. India is estimated to have at least 13 million child labourers.

“There is growth in child labour, especially in the informal sector, the household units. The child labour law doesn’t cover this sector. We want the household sector to be brought under its ambit,” NCPCR chief Shanta Sinha said.

Tehran, January 30: Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting in the capital Tehran on Sunday, Brigadier General Vahidi said smart ammunition, aeronautic products, new domestically-manufactured satellite carrier rockets as well as new electronic and telecommunication devices will be introduced during the Ten-Day Dawn celebrations, which run from February 1 to 11 and mark the 34th anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Kolkata, January 30: Horrific crib deaths continued to haunt West Bengal with 19 infant deaths in Malda district and the state-run Behrampore Sadar Hospital in Murshidabad district over the past 48 hours.

The deaths exposed the state of healthcare in Bengal’s districts where the health machinery has almost come to a standstill.

Sources said most of the patients were suffering from acute respiratory problems and malnutrition.

If you are in the habit of returning missed calls from unidentified numbers, it’s time to put such instincts on hold.

An international crime cartel involved in lottery scams rakes in the money when you call back on these premium numbers, which generally originate abroad. In some cases, even official service providers connive to hatch a revenue- sharing plot.

Riyadh, January 30: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti (religious chief) has launched a virulent attack on the social networking site Twitter, saying it has become a platform for promoting lies, newspapers in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Sunday.

Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh, in a Friday prayers sermon, was referring to what he described as countless Fatwas (Islamic edicts) by Muslim scholars from Saudi Arabia and other countries.

He said those scholars are promoting false allegations, issuing erroneous fatwas and attacking venerated religious and social personalities.

Ghaziabad, January 30: Sixteen-year-old Delhi school student Kaushlendra Pal never heard the train coming. He was using his earphones to listen to music from his mobile while crossing a railway track in Ghaziabad when a speeding train hit him from behind on Saturday afternoon.

The driver of the Garib
Rath Express blew the train horn, people standing close to the track shouted, but all in vain.

When the train dragged him for several feet before stopping, his earphones were still on.

Hyderabad, January 30: Two bike-borne persons have set on fire a private bus at Chilakalguda here on Monday morning even as police stepped up security at all vulnerable places following the call for bandh in Telangana by the Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee protesting damaging of Ambedkar statues in Andhra region.

Abu Dhabi, January 30: A 44-year-old Indian supervisor AAB is accused of molesting an eight-year old Briton student in his house, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

The victim HWA, testified that the accused ‘misbehaved’ with him while the worker was in his room.

The victim’s 45-year old father, AD, testified that on September 26, 2011, at around 6pm he received furniture he had bought for his house in Mirdiff area.

Chennai, January 30: Making it clear that it would not compromise on its rights on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue, AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu on Mondayalleged it was a victim of the Centre’s persistent indifference and accused Kerala of whipping up mass fear and insecurity over the row.

“The attempts on the part of Kerala to whip up mass fear and insecurity through false propaganda have been the primary cause of these (recent violent) incidents,” Governor K Rosaiah said in his customary address to the first session of the Tamil Nadu assembly this year.