A fast track court on Monday commenced trial in the suicide case of an ex-air hostess in which former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda is the main accused.
Kanda is facing trial for alleged offence of rape, unnatural offence and abetting suicide of the air hostess, who had worked in his company.
His aide Aruna Chadha is also an accused and has been charged with abetting the offences of rape, unnatural sex and the victim’s suicide.
In a horrific incident, a school teacher was burnt alive by his colleagues inside the school premises in Purnia district on Monday.
Superintendent of police Kim alleged that a group of teachers along with the principal of a middle school under Maranga police station took the teacher Ranjit Kumar (40) to a toilet, tied his hands and legs and poured kerosene on him before setting him on fire.
The ghastly incident took place before the classes began this morning and students were yet to come in.
Former Miss World Priyanka Chopra condemned her fellow actress Mallika Sherawat for calling India a “regressive nation for women” on an international platform.
Priyanka is “highly offended” by the “Murder” girl’s statement at the recently concluded 66th Cannes International Film Festival.
New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice-President Arun Jaitley on Monday promised ”tough action” against anyone found guilty of involvement in the spot-fixing controversy. Jaitley, who is also a member of IPL Governing Council, said the anti-corruption unit of the BCCI is looking into the entire incident. ” The Supreme Court has given it a 15-day time limit.
Alwar (Rajasthan), May 27 (ANI): A designated court in Rajasthan remanded Bitty Mohanty, alias Raghav Rajan, who was absconding after jumping parole in 2006 from a jail in the state, to judicial custody. Lawyer of Raghav Rajan, Ramesh Dayal, said on Monday, that his client was remanded judicial custody .
New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): Former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shahid Siddique on Monday said Mulayam Singh Yadav is an opportunistic person. ” I think this is the dual policy of Mulayam Singh Yadav. He is an opportunistic person who is with the NDA, as well as the United Progressive alliance (UPA).
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Dogs can help people deal with a multitude of problems such as stress.
They were in Boston to help people, who were grieving for the bombing victims and they were also present in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.
Two dogs that are part of the Good Dog Foundation of New York are helping people in distress.
Finn and Emma, who are a mixed breed of poodle and wheaten terrier, live with their owners, Moschell and Jeremy Coffey, in Greenwich Village, CBS News reported.
A verbally aggressive Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N.Srinivasan on Monday directly accused the media of hounding him in connection with his resignation and the Indian Premier League spot fixing scandal. “The press is hounding me, the media is hounding me. I have already clarified everything in the press conference on Sunday.
Washington, May 27 (ANI): High blood pressure can boost the risks of leading killers such as heart attack and stroke, as well as aneurysms, cognitive decline, and kidney failure.
While medication can lower blood pressure, it may cause side effects such as leg cramps, dizziness, and insomnia. Luckily, most people can bring down their blood pressure naturally without medication.
Here are top 10 natural alternatives to prescribed drugs, according to ABC News.
London, May 27 (ANI): A scientist from UK has invented a cheap and easy-to-use device that can detect cancer in ten minutes.
Jonathan O’Halloran created the iPhone-sized Q-POC, which is also able to analyse disease’s genetic signatures before advising on the best type of drugs that can be used for treatment, the Daily Express reported.
The first prototypes of the device are undergoing trials and according to experts has the potential to prolong the lives of 12.7million newly-diagnosed cancer sufferers and save lives of millions.
London, May 27 (ANI): Prince Harry is losing his locks just like elder brother, William, experts have revealed.
It has been predicted that the royal will shed much of his hair by the age of 50, the Daily Star reported.
Surgeons have also urged the Prince to have emergency hair treatment to avoid losing his heart-throb status.
Dr Nadeem Uddin Khan told the publication that Harry should party as much as he wants because it will all catch up with him.
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Honokiol – a powerful polyphenol compound extracted from Magnolia officinalis bark – protects muscles from the normal inflammation caused by intense exercise, a new research has found.
This study broadens honokiol’s acknowledged benefits in supporting and maintaining overall health and wellness.
Washington, May 27 (ANI): The Palestinian family who sold the world”s oldest biblical manuscripts to scholars and institutions is now quietly marketing the leftovers — fragments the family says it has kept in a Swiss safe deposit box all these years.
Most of these scraps are barely postage-stamp-sized, and some are blank.
But Israel”s government antiquities authority, which holds most of the scrolls, claims that every last scrap should be recognized as Israeli cultural property, and threatens to seize any more pieces that hit the market, Fox News reported.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has issued a fresh threat to assassinate former military ruler and president Pervez Musharraf, who is currently facing a barrage of legal cases in the country.
Former Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik has said he is eagerly waiting to see what role Nawaz Sharif would play in bringing peace to the nation through talks with the Taliban.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Sharif has been asked to act as the guarantor for peace talks between the Taliban and the army, reports The Express Tribune. Malik said the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would support the new PML-N-led government in war against terror and play a due role of opposition in National Assembly. (ANI)
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which emerged as the leading party after the May 11 polls in Pakistan, now also enjoys simple majority in the lower house of the parliament when 18 independents announced their affiliations with the party.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has defended the US move to try and open talks with the Taliban leadership, saying it was better to try to bring people to the table to resolve issues rather than try to fight it out. Kerry, who was addressing a gathering of Ethiopian students at the University of Addis Ababa, cited an example, saying that years ago people thought the US should not talk to China because of Mao Zedong.
A reward of Rs 2.5 million has been offered by police for any information leading to the arrest of the killers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zahra Shahid Hussain. The News quoted DIG Dr Ameer Shaikh, as saying that details of the information provider would be kept secret. Shaikh further said that four people have been apprehended over suspicion of being involved in the killing of the PTI leader. Hussain was killed on the eve of re-polls in Karachi”s NA constituency. (ANI)
With cervical cancer projected to kill nearly half a million women by 2030, stakeholders from more than 70 countries came together Monday to seek an urgent call for action against the disease.
The landmark announcement, made at the global forum on cervical cancer prevention here, called for universal access to cervical cancer prevention, which would rewrite the future for millions of girls and women living in some of the poorest countries in the world.
The global forum was hosted by 30 international partners, including the health ministry of Malaysia.
Israel will offer technology and know-how to India to diversify its fruit and vegetable crops and raise their yield, senior Israeli officials have said.
New Delhi will also get help to set up 28 centres of excellence in 10 states over the next three years.
“We are providing technologies and know-how. Our focus is on training the trainers,” Daniel Carmon, head of Mashav, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, told IANS.
An 11-year-old Indian girl in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a rare cancer and her family is racing against time to collect funds for her treatment.
Martina Thomas, who will turn 12 June 4, started taking chemotharapy in Abu Dhabi a year ago after she was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia, a form of childhood cancer symptomised by an abnormally high white blood-cell count, The National reported Monday.
Though she started taking the chemotherapy course immediately after she was diagnosed with the disease last year, it was not enough, and now she needs a bone marrow transplant.
The Indian government truly cares for the health of its citizens.
The petrol price hike ensures that more Indians will now start walking to their destinations!
Teacher: It’s clear that you haven’t studied your geography lessons. What’s your excuse?
Pappu: Well, my dad says the world is changing every day. So I decided to wait until it settles down!
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Girl: “Mere marks bahot kam aaye hai..
Boy: “Batao kitne aaye hai..?
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Boy “Khuda ka khauf karo…..itne mein to 2 ladke pass ho jate hain….”
The main organisation of elected panchayat members, All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) has accused the state government of being insensitive and deceiving over 33,000 panches and sarpanches – village council members and chief – in the name of empowering panchayats.
Anil Sharma, general secretary of AJKPC, said Monday: “The state government is not showing any sincerity on the issue of empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions in the state. The 73rd Amendment to the Indian constitution that gives powers to the panchayats has not been extended to Jammu and Kashmir.”