Al Qaida chief Ayman Al Zawahri on Thursday urged Saudis to rise up against the kingdom’s ruling Al Saud family, suggesting they draw inspiration from uprisings that have deposed leaders across the Middle East and Africa in the past year and a half.
A teenaged girl studying in class VI of an Unnao school was allegedly raped by her class teacher who later tried to terminate her pregnancy with the help of the school cook. However, as her condition deteriorated, the girl’s parents rushed her to the Queen Mary’s Hospital (QMH) in the city in a critical condition. The government has ordered an inquiry into the incident and would try to find out if there were other victims of the teacher’s misdeed in the school.
On the completion of five years of Makkah Masjid bomb blast, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) has demanded the Prime Minister of India to intervene and monitor the investigation of Makkah Masjid “as the state government completely failed to fulfill its responsibility.”
Two devotees Friday donated Sri Sai Baba gold worth Rs 60 lakh at his temple here, Shirdi Sansthan sources said.
A devotee from Delhi donated a 1.5 kg gold bell, while a person from Mumbai offered a 900 gm gold pot before Sri Sai Baba.
During the last five years, Sansthan has received various gold offerings from devotees, sources said, adding that now the total gold in Sri Sai Baba’s treasure is 280 kg while silver is 3,000 kg, besides diamonds worth Rs three crore.
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Launching a new chapter in its ties with Myanmar, the US has announced relaxing investment restrictions to support democratic and economic reforms there and named its first ambassador to the Southeast Asian country in 22 years.
The Obama administration announced the move yesterday which received mixed reactions from the US lawmakers and many human rights bodies, prompting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to ask American businesses to invest in Burma responsibly and be an agent of positive change.
Prince Harry is known for being a dedicated Armyman and a talented polo player — now he is all set to become the first British royal to make his recording debut on the official Queen’s diamond jubilee song.
Although the third-in-line to the British throne refused to sing on the track, the 27-year-old plays tambourine alongside Gary Barlow, lead vocalist of pop group Take That, and the Military Wives choir, the British media reported.
Pakistan has been ranked second in the list of most negatively rated countries in the world by a global poll for BBC World Service, which surveyed 24,090 people around the world.
Pakistan was rated “mostly negative” by 51% of the respondents, getting placed just one spot above the most negatively rated country – Iran, which was rated negative by 55% of the total respondents, reports The Express Tribune.
Most of the respondents blamed Pakistan’s foreign policy and the poor treatment of its citizens for such a widespread negative perception of the country.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday appealed to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to reconsider ban on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan from entering the Wankhede Stadium for five years. Incidentally, her government has
appointed the film star as the brand ambassador of West Bengal, and the chief minister is a self confessed fan of Shah Rukh Khan.
The chief minister said that Shah Rukh was there in the stadium with the kids and whatever happened there just because of some misunderstanding.
President Asif Ali Zardari has left for Chicago to attend a NATO summit as Pakistan mulls the reopening of supplies for the coalition forces in Afghanistan, a media report said on Friday.
Zardari will be in Chicago for the 25th NATO Summit being held May 20-21 at the invitation of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, reported Geo News.
The Foreign Office said the decision to attend the summit was taken after both the defence committee of cabinet and federal cabinet endorsed the invitation.
Zardari would address an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) meeting.
The rupee on Friday plunged to a new all-time low of 54.89 against the US dollar as capital outflows continued, raising widespread concerns about the health of the economy.
Forex dealers attributed the fall to strong capital outflows in tune with the fall in local as well as global stocks where investors are increasingly avoiding riskier assets and moving to the new safe haven – the US dollar.
Strengthening of dollar against the euro, which plunged to a four-month low following renewed worries over deepening eurozone debt crisis, also put pressure on the rupee.
Pricing its IPO at USD 38 a share, Facebook, the highly popular social networking site that has over 45 million users in India, is expected to raise USD 16 billion, making it the largest tech IPO in history.
It’s reported to be the third largest US IPO ever, trailing only the USD 19.7 billion raised by Visa in March 2008 and the USD 18.1 billion raised by automaker General Motors in November 2010.
Country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday posted net profit of Rs 4,050.27 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 2012, against just Rs 20.88 crore recorded in Q4 of the previous fiscal.
SBI profits had taken a big hit in Q4 of 2010-11 on account of higher provisioning for bad loans and increased tax outgo.
Total income of the bank rose to Rs 33,959.54 crore in the quarter against Rs 26,536.84 crore in the same quarter a year ago, SBI said in a filing on the BSE.
On the 5th anniversary of Makkah Masjid blast, Mr. Lateef Mohammad Khan secretary Civil Liberties Committee, paying tributes to the martyrs and expressing solidarity with the victims, said that the victims of Makkah Masjid blast are denied justice even 5 years after the incident, where as the perpetrators of the crime are roaming freely. Muslim youth were made target in the pretext of investigations.
Mr. Amir Ali Khan news editor Siasat received a letter from Quader Husain, sub inspector of police, Golconda, through which he requested burial of an unidentified Muslim body.
Siasat daily collected the body from Osmania hospital and performed burial at Amanullah Shah Graveyard.
The deceased has been identified as Shaikh Mahboob, son of Shaikh Ismail, aged 57 years, resident of Maqta, Raj Bhawan. He was said to be an employee of BSNL.
Royal Challengers Bangalore player Luke Pomersbach has been arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a foreign woman during a post match IPL party at ITC Mourya here on Thursday night.
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An FIR was lodged against the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Australian recruit at the Chanakyapuri police station late last night.
The player molested the American woman of Indian origin and then beat up her fiancé who tried to prevent him from molesting the woman during an IPL post match party.
Royal Challengers Bangalore recruit Luke Pomersbach, who has been arrested by the Delhi police for allegedly misbehaving with an Indian American woman at the ITC Maurya hotel in New Delhi, has had a very chequered past.
Pomerbach on the cricketing field had a very bizarre international debut as he was handed over the Australian T20 cap when Brad Hodge was ruled out of the game hours before the start of the game.
KXIP Punjab were always there and there about throughout this season without any individual brilliant performance and here at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala on Thursday a collective team effort again from the Kings of Punjab blew away the Super Kings from down South.
Vintage Adam Gilchrist 64 (46) showed up after a long injury lay back to make light work of the run chase after the seamers had ran through the Chennai line up to restrict the defending champions for a below par score of 120 on a pacer friendly wicket.
Carrying on the current trend for ever-thinner and more unobtrusive sets, the television of the future could be a see-through panel which “vanishes” on being turned off, it has been claimed.
The technology – TOLED – actually exists, although it’s still fairly crude, and producing panels of this size is not currently possible.
A Loewe television using a TOLED screen, designed by Michael Friebe, was shortlisted in the 2011 iF Concept Design competition.
On the occasion of Urs Hazrat Khaja Moinuddin Chishti Ghareebannawaz (RA), South Central Railway will run Eight Special trains to Ajmer, in order to clear extra rush. Bookings for these trains will commence o¬n 17th May, 2012
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, a McGill-led research team has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars.
The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, will smash together and give rise to one of the largest galaxy superclusters in the universe.
In a new study, scientists have identified the countries that are most likely to be worst hit by the catastrophic damage caused by asteroids.
Research from the University of Southhampton have identified for the first time those which will suffer catastrophic loss of life or be so crippled it will be almost impossible for them to recover.
NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer has sampled 107 “potentially hazardous” asteroids near Earth – 330ft wide or larger – to make estimates about how many are out there – and the figure is a terrifying 47,000.
Sedentary routine of young office goers may be doubling their risk of suffering from a dangerous blood clot, according to a new survey.
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), linked to cramped long-haul flights, can affect anyone who sits for prolonged periods without getting up to move around. DVT is a blood clot that forms in a deep vein, most commonly in your leg or pelvis.
Maulana Naseeruddin issued a pressed statement on the occasion of the 5th Anniversary of Bomb Blast of Makkah Masjid saying that the State Police exhibited utmost communal mindedness and targeted the innocent Muslim youths. Many Muslims were arrested without any investigations. A case was registered against Yasir and Jaber in Ramgopalpuram Police Station in Secunderabad. Nearly 100 youths were arrested and they were tortured. Twenty one youths were chargesheeted but due to the exposure of the real culprits, many Muslim youths were released from jails.
Scientist are developing a prosthetic retina which can restore sight to patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the commonest causes of blindness.
The thin silicon device acts by electrically stimulating neurons (nerve cells) in the retina, which are left relatively unscathed by the effects of AMD while other image capturing cells, known as photoreceptors, are lost. It requires no wires and would make surgical implantation simpler.
After receiving complaints that the managements of private medical colleges are selling postgraduate seats upto Rs. 1.5 Crore, Government called the Principals of 19 medical colleges and discussed the issue.