Month: March 2013

Engineer found dead in Delhi

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A 30-year-old engineer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his rented house in central Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

The incident, which the police suspect is a case of suicide, was reported from West Patel Nagar last night and the deceased has been identified as Sushil, who hailed from Bijnore.

He was working in an IT company.

The doors of his house was found closed for the past two days and the incident came to light after police broke open the doors after foul smell started emanating from the house last night.

Hyd blasts: NBW issued against IM founder Bhatkal, 9 others

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Non-bailable warrants(NBWs) were on tuesday issued by a Delhi court against Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz Bhatkal and nine other operatives of the banned outfit in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad twin blasts which claimed 16 lives.

During in-chamber hearing, District Judge I S Mehta issued the NBWs against Pakistan-based Riyaz Bhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal, Mohsim Chaudhary, Amir Reza Khan, Dr Shahnawaz Alam, Asadullah Akhtar, Ariz Khan, Mohd Khalid, Mirza Shadaab Beg and Mohd Sajid, who all are alleged IM operatives.

Kashmir’s youth bulge

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THE youth bulge has been at the centre of any debate on Jammu and Kashmir during the past decade, in particular with reference to unrest in the Kashmir Valley, which has been limping back to normality after witnessing an upheaval for over 20 years. Discourses on Kashmir are expectedly at variance, but the issues of youth find a place in each one of them. While there is more than a single layer of the problem that confronts the youth in Kashmir, at its heart is the political instability the state has witnessed since the partition of India.

Indian-American rights group congratulates Wharton school for disinviting Modi

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Indian Minorities Advocacy Network, (ImanNet), the oldest advocacy group of indian Americans launched to protect and promote pluralism, has congratulated the prestigious Wharton School on disinviting Narendra Modi from giving the key note address at the Wharton India economic forum after wide spread protests from faculty students and human rights groups in the US.

Pak PM to visit India on Sat to offer prayers at Ajmer

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Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India on Saturday to offer prayers at the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer though no official meetings have been lined up so far, sources said today.

This is likely to be Ashraf’s last foreign visit before the term of his government ends on March 16.

Preparations for the day-long visit on March 9 were being finalised, diplomatic and other sources told.

–Agencies

Sohrabuddin case: suspended ACP Amin gets bail

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The Bombay high court today granted bail to suspended Gujarat ACP Narendra Amin, an accused in the 2005 alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and subsequent murder of Kausar Bi, on medical grounds.

The high court also accepted Amin’s argument that he has already spent six

years behind the bars in the alleged fake encounter case.
Justice Abhay Thipsay, however, stayed the operation of the order for two weeks after CBI counsel Hiten Venegaokar sought time to move the Supreme Court to challenge the bail.

Bomb scare in Bhongir and Hyderabad

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Police were on their toes when anonymous callers claimed bombs were placed at Bhongir in Nalgonda district and in Hyderabad.

Four persons tried to enter the Bhadradri theatre in Bhongir with some bags. Police, who grew suspicious, asked them what they were carrying in the bags. When they asked them to show the contents of the bags, three of the four ran away from the spot. However, the police managed to catch the fourth one, who was identified as resident of Uttar Pradesh. Police took him into custody and were trying to trace the other three.

Politicians demand probe into killing of police officer in UP

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New Delhi/Deoria/Bhopal, Mar.5 (ANI): Politicians have demanded a probe into the killing of senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq and denounced the deteriorating law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.
Minister of State for Home Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh said on Tuesday said that state governments are responsible for the security of their policemen.

UK’s richest woman Kirsty Bertarelli hopes to make waves as popstar

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London, Mar 5 (ANI): Former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli is now launching a singing career with an album of songs detailing her observations of “real life.”

Bertarelli, 41, who is married to Ernesto Bertarelli, a Swiss biotech magnate, is hoping to follow Adele to global chart success with the release of her album ‘Love Is,’ the Independent reported.

Beyonce bids £16million for MJ’s Neverland Ranche

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London, March 05 (ANI): Beyonce and husband Jay-Z have made a 16million-pound bid for Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch.

The couple, whose bidding price is 3m pounds below the asking price, wants to turn the 30,000-acre California estate into a vineyard, the Daily Star reported.

The singer duo reportedly thinks that the farm is the perfect place to bring up their one-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, and to start a winery. (ANI)

“ILLEGAL” appoitments in Telangana University: Probe Begins

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An inquiry into the alleged illegal appointments in the Telangana University has begun. The inquiry was necessitated by the allegations and complaints that the officials concerned had appointed their “near and dear” ignoring meritorious candidates and there was no transparency.

Sex can be `better headache cure than painkillers`

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London, March 5 (ANI): Sexual activity can lead to partial or complete relief in some migraine and a few cluster headache patients, a new study has suggested.

Majority of patients with migraine or cluster headache do not have sexual activity during headache attacks.

But the new study, from the University of Munster, Germany, suggested that instead of using headache as an excuse to refuse sex, making love can be more effective than taking painkillers, the Telegraph reported.

Stress during pregnancy can affect offsprings` brains

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Washington, March 5 (ANI): If a mother is exposed to stress during pregnancy, her placenta translates that experience to her fetus by altering levels of a protein that affects the developing brains of male and female offspring differently, according to a new study.

These findings suggest one way in which maternal-stress exposure may be linked to neurodevelopmental diseases such as autism and schizophrenia, which affect males more frequently or more severely than females.

The study was conducted by a research group from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

Ex-Maldives President Nasheed arrested for failing to appear in court

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Male, Mar. 5 (ANI): Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has been arrested and will face charges of abuse of power during his tenure.

Nasheed was arrested after he failed to appear for a hearing and evaded two arrest warrants.

Media quoted Male police spokesman Hassan Hanif, as saying: “Mr. Nasheed was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Male, and will be produced in court on Wednesday.”

Nasheed was the first democratically elected president of Maldives.

He has been charged with illegally ordering the arrest of a senior judge, a move that led to his fall from power last year.

Four Naxals held for murdering former comrade in AP

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Four CPI (Maoist) cadres, who had shunned arms to join mainstream, were arrested from Sircilla in the district on Monday for allegedly murdering their former comrade turned Congress leader last month, police said.

“Ch. Rajesh (30), G. Laxman (28), K. Mondaiah (28) and G. Mallesham (31), belonging to Janshakti Dalam, were apprehended on the charge of murdering Congress leader and former chairman of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Society, Prabhakar Rao,” Sircilla DSP Damera Narsaiah said, adding a revolver was recovered from the accused.

HIV infected people may have increased heart attack risk

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Washington, March 5 (ANI): Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack), a new study has found.

Due to the successful antiretroviral therapy (ART), people infected with HIV are living longer and are at risk for heart disease, researchers said.

Warren Buffett reveals magic mantra behind spectacular investment success

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Sydney, Mar. 5 (ANI): American tycoon Warren Buffett has said investors should focus on quality stock and ‘value’ does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’.

Writing in his much-anticipated annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ he said that bargain-hunting is not always the way to go when investing.

The shareholder letter, in which Buffett explained some basic investment strategies in plain simple language, and advised fellow CEOs to quit the hand-wringing when it comes to timing investments.

Alcohol worsening global burden of disease

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Washington, March 5 (ANI): Alcohol is now the third leading cause of the global burden of disease and injury, a new study has revealed.

It also found that Canadians drink more than 50 per cent above the global average.

“Alcohol consumption has been found to cause more than 200 different diseases and injuries,” said Kevin Shield, the lead author of the study.

“These include not only well-known outcomes of drinking such as liver cirrhosis or traffic accidents, but also several types of cancer, such as female breast cancer.”

HSBC boss earned 500 times more than bank’s lowest paid workers in 2012

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London, Mar. 5 (ANI): The boss of HSBC, Stuart Gulliver, earned over 500 times more than the bank’s lowest paid workers last year. The bank revealed that Gulliver received a hefty 7.4 million pounds in pay and perks in 2012. The bumper package included a near two million pounds annual bonus even though the bank was fined 1.2 billion pounds for a money laundering scandal. According to the Daily Mirror, Gulliver also earned a 1.25 million pounds salary, 1.2 million pounds in other benefits and share awards of three million pounds.

Billion deaths from tobacco key obstacle to global development

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Washington, Mar. 5 (ANI): World’s nations should make tobacco control part of their agendas if they want to develop. The nations must assure every sector of a nation including health, trade and finance officials work collectively to protect not only health but the harm tobacco places on their economy by passing laws to reduce use. They must place health as the centerpiece of any decision on a trade treaty that includes tobacco. Diligently work towards a goal of reducing the prevalence rate of smoking to less than five percent world-wide by 2048, basically ending its use.

UK universities come down in global rankings

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London, Mar 5 (ANI): Educational institutions in the United Kingdom have gone down in ratings as compared to institutions in other parts of the world, although Cambridge and Oxford are still among the most prestigious universities in the world, according to latest university rankings. The latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, which have placed Oxford and Cambridge in the third and the fourth places respectively, have shown that UK has only nine universities in the top 100 rankings as compared to 12 two years ago, the Daily Star reports.

Obama’s job approval tumbles to lowest level since re-election

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Washington, Mar. 5 (ANI): President Barack Obama’s job approval rating tumbled over the weekend, falling to its lowest level since his re-election, a new poll has found.

The Gallup survey found that Obama’s approval rating was 46 percent between Feb 29 and March 2, down from 53 percent a week earlier.

According to Politico, the drop comes after Obama and Congress failed to reach a last-minute deal and automatic sequester cuts kicked in across the government on Friday.

Escort says she made up prostitution claims against New Jersey Democrat Menendez

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Washington, Mar. 5 (ANI): An escort who had claimed in a video that Senator Robert Menendez engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic in 2012 has now said she was paid to make up the claims. The escort added that she has never seen or met with the New Jersey Democrat. According to CBS News, the female escort identified a lawyer who she said approached her and a colleague and offered them money to read from a script, but did not tell them it would be video-taped.