Month: March 2012

Shari`ah in White House Race: Most candidates attacking Islam

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Islam and Islamic Shari`ah have become a central theme in electoral rallies of Republican hopefuls to get their party nomination to run in the November presidential election.

Most candidates have toughened their tone in attacking Islamic Shari`ah to win support for running against Democrat president Barack Obama. OnIslam.net provides audience with a quick look into attitudes of Republican candidates on the Islamic faith and Shari`ah.

Anti-Islam

Gingrich is known for repeated criticism of Islam and the Islamic Shari`ah.

Oil touches $ 124 per barrel

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Global oil prices have soared once again with Brent crude seeing an 83-cent increase to exceed USD124 per barrel on fears that international sanctions against Iran are limiting supply.

The price hike came on Monday as US President Barack Obama was going to discuss Iran sanctions in his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, heightening uncertainty over Iran’s future oil exports.

Use of WI-FI, Laptop damage Sperm

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Radiations from WiFi connections can reduce sperm activity in up to a quarter of men, a new study has suggested.

Conrado Avendano and his team from the Nascentis Medicina Reproductiva in Cordoba also found that working on a laptop wirelessly may hamper a man’s chances of fatherhood.

The researchers took sperms from 29 men aged 26 to 45 and placed them either under a wi-fi connected laptop or away from the computer.

The laptop then uploaded and downloaded information from the Internet for four hours.

I won’t go Nude for any film: Veena

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Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik, who was recently in the news for a controversy over her nude image on FHM magazine cover, says she is uncomfortable in stripping for a film.

The actress, who is playing a sex worker in Rajeev Ruia’s “Zindagi 50:50,” says there are some “bold scenes” in the movie, but they are very “aesthetically shot.”

Congress will play crucial role in formation of UP govt

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The Congress today claimed it will play a crucial role in formation of the next Government in Uttar Pradesh and dismissed as personal views the Union Minister, Mr Beni Prasad Verma’s suggestions for a tie-up with BSP.

“We will cross the bridge when we come to it. The results have not yet come… ,” Congress leader and Union Minister, Mr Rajeev Shukla, told presspersons on the sidelines of an all-party meeting convened by the Speaker, Ms Meira Kumar, ahead of the Budget session of Parliament commencing on March 12.

Indians convicted of sexually abusing daughter-in-law

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A US court has convicted three members of an Indian family here on charges of sexually abusing their daughter-in-law who came to America after an arranged marriage and was threatened to work as a slave.

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said Vishal Jagota, 34, his mother Parveen Jagota, 57 and sister Rajani Jagota, 31 were found guilty after a bench trial of labour trafficking and assault charges for using intimidation, threats and physical violence to force the young woman into a life of “servitude and sexual abuse”.

Abida Parveen enthralls audience at Delhi Sufi Festival

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The songs in praise of legendary poets and saints were rendered in throaty voice of Pakistan’s internationally acclaimed Sufi singer Abida Parveen during a Sufi music festival that concluded Sunday night inNew Delhi.

Abida Parveen, enthralled the audience with her famous rendition “Lal meri pat rakhiyo bhala jhoole laalan” at end of Jahan -e-Khusrau world Sufi music festival here.

We will see Saif in court: Tarina Patel

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The brawl with Iqbal Sharma is seemingly turning out to be an albatross around Saif Ali Khan’s neck.

According to a report published in a daily, Tarina Patel, wife of Sharma apparently agreed for an out-of-court settlement with Saif. Denying any such intention, the actress said that she is both horrified and amused to read such reports. She and her husband are unwilling to compromise and will pursue the matter till the end.

Team Anna wants Congress to declare Sonia,Rahul helicopter expenses

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Team Anna today asked the party to make public expenses incurred for hiring choppers for the just-concluded Assembly elections to five states, particularly for Sonia Gandhi and Rahul, and the source of funding.

Anna Hazare and his close aide Arvind Kejriwal demanded that the expenses should be made public but was rebuffed by AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh who said his party will “declare the expenses to the Election Commission and not to Arvind Kejriwal.”

Sonia returns and Vadra faints

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who visited US for a routine medical check-up, returned to India at a crucial time when Uttar Pradesh assembly election result 2012 is all set to be declared. Sonia has twin problem one is Sons Rahul who came out openly for UP elections and if an failure Rahul will be taken to task by the opposition parties specially BJP.

Congress spokesperson Janardhan Trivedi, meanwhile, announced, “Congress President Sonia Gandhi has come back after her routine check up and she is absolutely fine.”

Work harder when you grow older: Salman

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He has kept the cash registers ringing at the box office by delivering superhit films like ‘Wanted’, ‘Dabangg’ and ‘Bodyguard’ year-after-year. But superstar Salman Khan feels that the more you grow older the more you need to work harder.

Dejected lover kills minor boy

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Rejected in love, a man took the criminal route to prove to his girlfriend that he was capable of making fast bucks. The failed lover instead landed in the police net, but not before he stained his hands with blood.

Lucknow police on Sunday arrested Kishore alias Babloo, a resident of Rastogi Nagar in Thakurganj, for kidnapping and killing his distant cousin. Babloo kidnapped six-year-old Shivam, son of Rajaram Tiwari, a resident of Rastogi Nagar in Thakurganj and then allegedly strangulated him. He was produced before mediapersons at SP (West) office in Kaiserbagh.

Sonia returns after ‘routine check up’ abroad

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Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who had gone abroad for a “routine check up” on Februrary 27 following a surgery six months back, returned here on Monday.

Gandhi returned a day before the counting of votes in the elections to five states including crucial Uttar Pradesh. She had extensively campaigned in UP, Punjab and Uttarakhand.

“Congress President Sonia Gandhi has come back after her routine check up and she is absolutely fine,” party general secretary and media department chief Janardan Dwivedi said.

Regular coffee drinkers ‘have lower risk of heart disease and cancer’

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A new study has found that people who regularly drink coffee don’t have an increased risk of diseases like heart disease and cancer, and they also have a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes compared to sporadic drinkers or non-drinkers, Huffington Post reported.

“Our results suggest that coffee consumption is not harmful for healthy adults in respect of risk of major chronic disease,” said study researcher Anna Floegel, an epidemiologist at the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke.

Vitamin E could make bones weaker

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Taking vitamin E supplements may make bones old and frail before their time, Japanese researchers say.

A study found that animals fed on a diet supplemented with the vitamin had bones 20 per cent weaker than those that ate normally.

More worrying is that the effect was seen after just eight weeks, the Daily Mail reported.

The scientists behind the research said that given the popularity of vitamin E supplements, a larger study on people is now warranted.

Superfoods for women

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Superfoods for womenLow fat yoghurt

High in calcium and protein, low fat yoghurt is ideal for women. Nutritionist Pallavi Srivastava says, “Yoghurt, being an excellent source of calcium, helps fight osteoporosis. The consumption of yoghurt is also said to decrease the risk of breast cancer, reduce irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory digestive tract disorders – all of which are common in women.” It reduces the risk of stomach ulcers and vaginal infections.

Quantity: 1 bowl every day

Fatty fish

Kanjoos ki biwi bimaar thi,

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Kanjoos ki biwi bimaar thi,
Light gayi to candle jala di
aur bola
“Doctor lene ja raha hu,
agar lage ki tum nahi bachogi,
to candle bujha dena

Asia, Africa face daunting challenges: PM

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Noting that three-fourths of the world’s poor live in Asia and Africa, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that rural reconstruction and poverty eradication were fundamental to sustainable development.

Delivering the inaugural address at the golden jubilee celebrations of Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization, the prime minister said challenges faced by people of the two continents were daunting.

Cancer-fighting Yuvi meets fans in US

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Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing treatment for rare germ cell cancer in Boston, was greeted by local students and fans outside his apartment and the Indian cricketer tweeted his appreciation for it.

Yuvraj’s fans met with him in front of his residence. “Felt like I was in India. Sweet of them,” wrote on the micro-blogging website Twitter.

Fans came with the Indian flag and posters of Yuvraj and wished him a speedy recovery.

“Some came with flowers some came with cards some with home made food ! Touched!,” Yuvi tweeted.

Salman Khan won’t host Bigg Boss 6?

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Buzz is that Salman Khan might not return as the host of the television reality show Bigg Boss in its sixth season this year, but rather make way for good friend Sanjay Dutt to take over as the full-time host.

If They Knew It, They’d Not Burn It

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Offenders of the Qur’an do not really know it; if they know it, they would never attack or blemish it.

I have been closely following with great concern the escalating violence and bloody clashes in Afghanistan, which resulted from the burning of some copies of the noble Qur’an by some American troops who do not care for the sanctity of Muslims in their lands. Unfortunately, it is not the first time for American or Western troops to commit such a sacrilege; they previously burnt copies of the noble Qur’an in Afghanistan and America.

Expat Russians angry at Putin, wary of home

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Tatyana Sergeyeva has come a long way from her sleepy hometown in Russia’s Muslim region of Tatarstan to become an economics student in London. And there is no going back now.

Standing in the pouring rain outside Russia’s embassy in London where she voted in Sunday’s presidential election, Sergeyeva said many young people felt just like her – keen for change, but reluctant to go back.