Month: May 2013

‘Nawaz Sharif may have to bite the bullet and live with drone strikes’

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Nawaz Sharif’s commitment to restore Pakistan’s shattered economy, which is unimaginable without international assistance, means that like his predecessors, he may have to bite the bullet and live with drone strikes, an analytical piece in a British newspaper has said.

The article in The Independent said that the latest US drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan, which is reported to have killed a senior militant commander, is sure to compound the challenge for Sharif to normalise Pakistan’s relations with the United States.

My family isn’t like the Kardashians, says Will Smith

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Will Smith’s son Jaden may be hanging out with Kim Kardashian’s younger sister Kylie Jenner, but that doesn’t mean that the two famous families share the same appetite for the fame.

In a joint interview, Will’s 14-year-old son Jaden was asked about his rumoured romance with Kylie, Jaden tried to respond by saying that he is trying to understand, but his dad cut him off, saying that he has never had to deal with these type of questions.

Policeman dies in Gujarat after his gun goes off accidentally

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A State Reserve Police (SRP) personnel posted at the state secretariat in Gandhinagar, died after his service sten gun went off accidentally, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place last night when the gun of ASI Veerpal Chauhan (of Group-7 Nadiad) presently posted at gate number 7 of state secretariat, fell and the trigger went off, they said.

According to police, the on-duty ASI was hit by a bullet and fell down on the ground bleeding profusely.

He died before medical aid could reach him.

–PTI

PM Manmohan Singh arrives in Bangkok

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on a two-day official visit on Thursday.

Manmohan Singh and Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra will review the development of existing bilateral cooperation as well as explore new areas of cooperation where both countries have mutual interests.

The Indian Prime Minister flew in to Thailand after concluding a three-day official visit to Japan.

–IANS

Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh dies of cardiac arrest

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Multiple National Award winner Rituparno Ghosh passed away in his Kolkata residence Thursday morning.

The filmmaker suffered a massive cardiac arrest. He was 49.

Ghosh was suffering from pancreatitis, his colleague Gautam Ghosh said.

Shocked colleagues and friends gathered at the home of the much awarded filmmaker as news of the death spread.

Ghosh made 19 films and won 12 National Awards.

He began his film career with ‘Hirer Angti’ (The diamond ring) in 1994. He made ‘Unishe April’ in the same year that went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.

BCCI has not sought CBI probe into spot fixing: Home ministry

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The union home ministry Thursday said it has not received any request from the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) for a probe into the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

“We have not received any request from BCCI. Let us receive a request. The question is hypothetical,” Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters here when asked whether the home ministry has any objection to ordering a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.

Speaking about the investigations, Singh said: “Our operations have started, they are going on.”

NASA using weightlessness of space to design stronger materials

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Researchers at Northeastern University are among the many scientists, who are helping NASA use the weightlessness of space to design stronger materials here on Earth.

Structural alloys might not sound familiar, but they are an integral part of everyday materials, such as aircraft wings, car bodies, engine blocks, or gas pipelines.

These materials are produced through solidification–a process similar to the making of ice cubes.

Increasing ‘crop per drop’ could boost food security and water sustainability

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A new study has suggested that improvements in crop water productivity – the amount of food produced per unit of water consumed – could improve both food security and water sustainability in many parts of the world.

Scientists with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE) and the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES) at the University of Bonn, Germany, conducted the research.

Cure for type 1 diabetes may lie in adult stem cells

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In type 1 diabetes patients, their immune system attacks the very insulin-producing cells it was designed to protect.

Now, a University of Missouri scientist has discovered that this attack causes more damage than scientists realized.

The revelation is leading to a potential cure that combines adult stem cells with a promising new drug.

Habib Zaghouani, PhD, J. Lavenia Edwards Chair in Pediatrics, leads the research with his team at the MU School of Medicine.

Manmohan Singh arrives in Thailand on two-day official visit

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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, arrived here on Thursday afternoon on a two-day official visit to Thailand.

The Indian Prime Minister, who arrived after ending his three-day visit to Japan, was received by the Thai Chief Protocol Officer along with Indian Ambassador to Thailand Anil Wadhwa and other officials at Don Muang Airport here.

Dr. Singh will hold discussions with his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra on all bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.

People who are likelier to use cellphones while driving revealed

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A University of Alberta sociology researcher has revealed the demographic profile of people who are most likely to use cellphones behind the wheel.

More specifically, Abu Nurullah can tell what statistical category you fall under.

Using survey data from mid-2011-just months before Alberta’s distracted-driving law went into effect-Nurullah and his colleagues determined several characteristics of people who appear to top the risk scale by using cellphones while driving.

Tobacco epidemic: 2500 die in India daily

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The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. Mass media campaigns, graphic warnings and alternative crop options for tobacco growers can help stop or reduce the estimated 800,000-900,000 tobacco-attributable deaths per year in India, experts say.

According to Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) – India 2010, tobacco use is a major preventable cause of death and disease and is responsible 1 in 10 death among adults worldwide. Approximately 5.5 million people die around the world every year – with India accounting for nearly a fifth of this.

Brit man dies due to 3-litre-a-day cola habit

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A man, who was suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome, drank himself to death after guzzling three litres of cola everyday.

Paul Inman, who was living in a care home in Haworth, West Yorkshire, suffered from a massive pulmonary oedema, meaning large amount of fluid in his lungs restricted his breathing.

The huge quantities of cola, other pop and water that he drank caused his lungs to swell to four times their normal weight, the Mirror reported.

Pathologist Dr Deirdre McKenna put the 30-year-old’s death due to his excessive drinking of cola, which began when he was 10-years-old.

Indians in New Zealand rape case not guilty, to be deported

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(IANS) Three Indians accused of raping a woman in Hamilton two years ago have been found not guilty by a jury in New Zealand Thursday and will be deported to India.

A jury of seven women and five men in the high court of Hamilton found Harvinder Singh, 22, Kamaljeet Singh, 27, and Sumit Vermani, 26 not guilty in the rape case that allegedly took place in a house on a road leading to Lake Rotorua on the intervening night of April 16-17, 2011, media reports said.

Ashraf determined to fight against opposition challenging PCB re-election

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Re-elected Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohammad Zaka Ashraf is reportedly determined to put up a strong fight against those challenging his election despite a strong opposition.

This came on the heels of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order for Ashraf to stop working as the PCB chairman while terming the electoral process ‘dubious following a petition, the Express Tribune reports.

According to an official, the suspended PCB chief was considering premier lawyers to fight his case, whose first hearing will be on June 13.

UK girl threatened to be ‘taken to Pakistan and killed’ if she refused to marry

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A teenage girl has lodged a complaint with the police in the United Kingdom saying that she was being forced to marry a man and would be taken to Pakistan and killed if she refused to marry.

According to media reports, the a 16-year-old turned up at the police station on her wedding night and claimed she had been forced to marry a man she had only met once, reports The Express Tribune.

The girl fled her wedding reception, which was attended by up to 1,000 guests, and arrived at a police station “in her pyjamas and in a distressed state”.

IPL spot fixing: Cash paid to Sreesanth recovered from Mumbai

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Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have recovered Rs 5.5 lakh, which was part of the Rs ten lakh allegedly paid to cricketer Sreesanth for spot-fixing in an IPL match, from Mumbai.

The recovery was made in Mumbai at the instance of Abhishek Shukla, who was arrested for allegedly removing money and articles of Sreesanth soon after the cricketer’s arrest in May 16.

Police sources said this recovery completes the money trail of Sreesanth.

Eleven killed in separate accidents in Bihar

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Eleven persons, including a woman and six children, were killed and four others got seriously injured in separate road mishaps in Bihar on Thursday.

In the first incident in Saran district, seven members, including four children, of a wedding party were killed and four others got injured when their jeep overturned after dashing against a tree in Manopali Pipra village, the police said.

”Bengal has lost a golden director in Rituparno Ghosh”: Mamata Banerjee

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited the residence of national award winning filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, who died of cardiac arrest earlier this morning, and said that ”Bengal has lost a golden director”.

Banerjee also said that the noted filmmaker”s would be taken to Nandan, Kolkata”s state-run cinema hall, for mourners to pay their last respects.

MORAL STORY – THE RICH MAN, POOR MAN

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Once upon a time there lived a poor man named Ali. He worked hard for his living and was contented with whatever he had. Now Ali had a neighbour Kasim who was as stingy as he was rich. It never gave him pleasure to see others, specially his poor neighbour, happy. He was always on the look out for an excuse to get Ali into trouble.

Crime In Hyderabad (30.5.2013)

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Rare red sandalwood seized
(Siasat News): In a bizarre incident, some unknown persons had left rare red sandalwood in a plot of land at survey No. 95 that belonged to one Jangiah at the village Ramanjapur in Shamshabad.

He immediately informed the police. Police, after inspection of the sandalwood, informed the forest department.

The officers Guru Prasad and Kamaluddin reached the spot and shifted the red sandalwood to Hyderabad, which was estimated at Rs. 10 lakh. Further investigations are on.

Narayana College student commits suicide

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A student of Narayana College located at Madhapur committed suicide on Wednesday. According to police Inter first year student Sai Kumar who hails from Bellampalli, Adilabad district, had taken admission in summer coaching a week ago. He hanged himself to death in the college premises. The incident spread panic in the college.

Relatives of the deceased reportedly attacked the college. Madhapur police has registered a case in this connection. The reason behind the suicide is not ascertained yet. Police is investigating the case.

Siasat news

Manish Tewari condoles Rituparno Ghosh’s death

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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari has condoled the untimely death of renowned Bengali film director Rituparno Ghosh.

In his condolence message, Tewari said: “I am deeply shocked by the tragic and premature death of Ghosh. He was a creative genius who gave a new dimension to film making with every film that he was associated with.”

40pc mums in US are main or sole breadwinners

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Women in America are the sole bread earners in nearly half the households with kids, a new survey has revealed.

Forty percent are either the main or only wage earners in their families – a huge jump from 1960, when that figure was 11 percent, the Pew Research Center found in the study.

The researchers found that about a quarter of married mothers are making more than their spouses, the New York Daily News reported.

MDF to hold special meeting

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A special advisory meeting of Minorities Development Forum will be held on Saturday, June 1, from 4 pm at MDF office, Siasat premises, Abids.

The Du Ba Du programme scheduled on June 9 will be finalized in the meeting. Besides the valedictory function of summer camp of vocational courses will also be fixed.

Mr. Mohammed Khaja Moinuddin general secretary MDF has appealed all the members to arrive for the meeting on time.

Siasat news