Month: July 2013

Muslim search engine ‘Halalgoogling’ that blocks ‘Haram’ content launched

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A Muslim search engine that blocks forbidden content as per Islamic law has been launched.

The press release said that ‘Halalgoogling’ gives results from leading search engines such as Google and Bing.

It added that the search engine has a built-in advanced special filtering system that blocks Haram content according to the Law of Islam.

According to the Express Tribune, a special and unique filter system in the search engine excludes forbidden content from its search results such as pornography, nudity, gay, lesbian, bisexual, gambling, anti-Islamic content.

Pakistan to seek drone technology from US

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The Pakistan Government will soon formally request the United States to transfer drone technology.

The move from Pakistan is part of the diplomatic efforts seeking an end to the stalemate over the CIA-led campaign in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

A senior government official, who is engaged with the US on the subject, told The Express Tribune that preliminary discussions between the US and Pakistan to find alternatives to drone use have already started.

Andy”s mom says it was ”best feeling ever” to watch son make history

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New Wimbledon champion Andy Murray”s mother Judy has revealed that it was the best feeling ever to watch her son enter the history books at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. According to The Sun, even the Prime Minister of England David Cameron expressed his happiness at the win, along with saying that it was an amazing day for Britain and for British tennis.

Abbottabad Commission Report reveals how US hunted Osama to death in Pak

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The Abbottabad Commission Report has unfolded the sequence of events that led the United States hunt for al-Qaeda chief, Osama bin Laden, in Pakistan.

The Dawn reports that the arrest of Khalid Bin Attash, an Al Qaeda member involved in several pre 9/11 attacks, in 2002 from Karachi led to the first major breakthrough.

According to the report, Attash identified Abu Ahmed Ali Kuwaiti, Osama’s right hand man, who was with his family in Karachi in October 2001 and later moved to Peshawar, where Osama joined them in mid-2002.

Whistleblower claims NSA ‘in bed together’ with German intelligence

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: Whistleblower Edward Snowden has reportedly claimed that US’ National Security Agency (NSA) is ‘in bed together’ with the German intelligence and has been snooping on the web and telephone data of Germans.

According to the Independent, Snowden has claimed that NSA provided German intelligence with analysis tools to help them track the data flowing through Germany.

Ishrat Jahan case: Six suspended cops summoned

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A CBI court here today issued summons to six suspended police officers accused in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, for handing over the charge sheet filed by the investigating agency.

Judge H S Khutwad asked D G Vanzara, G L Singhal, J G Parmar, Tarun Barot, N K Amin and Anaju Chaudhary to remain present in the court on July 15.

The court is likely to hand over charge sheet to them on July 15.

One of the accused senior IPS officers P P Pandey, out of the seven named in the charge sheet, is absconding.

10 killed in violent incidents in Pakistan

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At least 10 people, including two bomb disposal officers, were today killed in two separate incidents in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

In the first attack, at least eight people were killed and 10 others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a pro-
government tribal elder in the province.

The bomber rammed his motorcycle with the vehicle of tribal elder Habibullah Wazir in Hangu district bordering
Kurram agency, police officer Sajjad Khan said.

The condition of Habibullah is yet to be confirmed.

CBI carries out searches at Deccan Chronicle offices

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CBI today carried out searches in the offices of Deccan Chronicle in Hyderabad today in connection with a complaint filed by Canara Bank for alleged default in loan payments.

CBI officials said Canara Bank had filed a complaint with the agency against Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited alleging defaults in the repayment of loans to the tune of Rs 360-crore.

Following the complaint, CBI started its probe against the company and carried out searches at its office in
Hyderabad today, officials said.

BJP team in Delhi on Yeddyurappa’s return to party

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legislators from Karnataka is in New Delhi to lobby with party leaders for the return of former leader B. S.Yeddyurappa to the party.

The team plans to meet party president Rajnath Singh and senior leaders
Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley to argue that Yeddyurappa’s return would help the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha election next year.

The group, led by former chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Lok
Sabha member from Bangalore North D.B. Chandre Gowda, started campaigning
for Yeddyurappa’s return following the BJP’s rout in the May assembly polls.

Bag containing Rs 5.5 lakh snatched

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Two robbers today mugged employees of a private firm and snatched their bag containing Rs 5.5 lakh in cash, police said.

Two staffers of a cotton factory withdrew Rs 5.5 lakh from HDFC Bank here and walking towards their vehicle when two
youths riding a bike attacked them and fled with the bag, they said.

————–PTI

IPL betting: One more bookie arrested; total goes up to 18

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A bookie, who had been in touch with his associates in Pakistan and Dubai while accepting bets during the recent IPL season, was today arrested here after being picked up from Rajasthan, police said.

With this, the total number of arrests made in the IPL betting scandal has gone up to 18, a crime branch official
said.

Acting on a tip-off, a crime branch team picked up Rakeshkumar Gangwal (50) from his residence in Jaipur
yesterday and brought him to Mumbai before placing him under arrest, the official added.

The accused would be produced before a court tomorrow, police said.

Gold ornaments worth Rs 70 lakh stolen by jeweller’s employee

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About two kg of gold ornaments worth around Rs 70 lakh were today stolen from a jewellery shop by a worker in suburban Kurla, police said.

The accused Rajendra Solankhi (26), employed with Madhuram Jewellers two weeks ago, went to the shop this
morning after stealing keys of the safe from owner’s possession and decamped with two kg of gold valuables,
Additional police commissioner Pravin Salunkhe said.

Valuation of the gold ornaments was underway but the owner claimed that the stolen gold was worth about Rs 70 lakh,
he said.

Toddler killed, mother injured after being hit by train

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A one-year-old child was killed and his mother sustained serious injuries when they were hit by a train near Bawal station here, police said today.

The mishap took place yesterday when the goods train hit the victims while the woman, identified as Geeta Devi, was
crossing the railway track, they said.

Further probes into the case are on, police added.

——-PTI

Drink, apply citrus fruits for natural glow

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Bright coloured citrus fruits like orange, lemon and lime can make your skin glow.

Bollywood beauty and makeup expert Puja Taluja reveals how these Vitamin C rich fruits, known for their antioxidant properties, work well for your skin.

Lime juice: Take a lime, squeeze it and add it to a glass of warm water with honey in it. Take a spoon and mix the contents well. Drink it every morning before breakfast.

Exercise can alter your DNA: study

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Exercise – even in small doses – can alter your DNA, slashing the risk of obesity and diabetes, according to a new study.

Swedish researchers have described for the first time what happens on an epigenetic level in fat cells when we undertake physical activity.

“Our study shows the positive effects of exercise, because the epigenetic pattern of genes that affect fat storage in the body changes,” said Charlotte Ling, Associate Professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre.

Recipe: Triple Chocolate Fudge

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Ingredients:
4 ounces unsweetened Chocolate
1? cup Milk Chocolate Chips
2 cups White Chocolate Chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk

How to make:

1. Line an 8×8 baking dish with foil and spray with cooking spray.
2. Take unsweetened chocolate and milk chocolate and food process it until small chocolate crumbles.
3. Over low heat melt white chocolate together with condensed milk until smooth.
4. Layer dark and white chocolates in baking dish starting with white.
5. Let stand for a minute or two until chocolate melts.
6. Using a knife, swirl mixtures together.

Spain’s economy is getting better: Mariano Rajoy

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Spain’s economy “is getting better” and the proposals of former prime minister Jose Maria Aznar to reduce taxes will be heeded, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Sunday.

Rajoy and Aznar were in the town of Guadarrama, near Madrid, to participate in the closure for the summer of the campus of the Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies, or FAES, affiliated with the governing Popular Party, or PP, and headed by Aznar.

The two politicians met briefly before the closing ceremony.

India expresses interest in building refineries in Iraq

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India has evinced interest in building refineries and petrochemical plants in Iraq and is keen to source liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its second largest oil supplier.

Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily, who is leading a 28-member delegation to participate in the 17th India-Iraq Joint Commission meeting in Baghdad, expressed interest in setting up gas-based projects including, fertiliser plants in the post-war Iraq.

PM to meet industry leaders to discuss revival of growth

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With economic growth remaining sluggish and rupee depreciating, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have an interaction with the captains of industry later this month to discuss ways to boost industrial output and contain current account deficit (CAD).

Singh will meet the leaders of the industry on July 29 to review the state of economy and work out steps to push growth.

The discussions will cover measures to correct CAD and revive industrial growth, a PMO statement said Monday.

The issue of depreciation of the rupee and its impact on trade and industry will also be discussed.

UK to ban two Islamist extremist groups

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London: Two Islamist extremist groups — UK-based Minbar Ansar Deen and Nigeria-based radical sect Boko Haram — are to be proscribed in Britain under terrorism laws, making membership and support for them a criminal offence.

UK home secretary Theresa May has issued an order which, once approved by Parliament, will ban both organisations from operating in the UK from Friday, according to the Guardian newspaper.

Africa needs $300 bn in power investments: IEA

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) says sub-Saharan Africa needs $300 billion in investments to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030.

This was announced by Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) President and CEO Andrew Alli at a ceremony to declare the AFC’s commitment to be part of US President Barrack Obama’s initiative to finance power projects across Africa.

Pope greets Muslim migrants on Ramadan

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Pope Francis, on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, Monday said Muslim migrants in Italy had the support of the Catholic Church.

“I sent heartfelt greetings to dear Muslim immigrants who, this evening (Monday), will begin the Ramadan fast, and wish them abundant spiritual rewards,” Pope Francis said as he held mass on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa.

“The Church is close to you in your search for better lives for yourselves and your families,” Francis said.

Bodh Gaya serial blasts: ‘3-4 terrorists must have planted bombs in Bodh Gaya’

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Investigators probing the multiple blasts in Bodhgaya temple believe that at least three to four terrorists visited the complex to plant the 13 bombs as each explosive might have weighed four to five kg with cylinder.

Official sources said the investigators were scanning the footage of CCTV installed in the complex to locate those who were carrying the bombs — possibly in bags or cartons — but the quality of pictures were not so much of helpful to identify the persons.

Aarushi case: Forensic expert contradicts prosecution

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In Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, a forensic expert appeared in as a defence witness in a court here Monday and said that the two victims could not have been killed using a surgical scalpel and a golf stick, as claimed by the prosecution.

R.K. Sharma, defence witness and head of the forensic department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), told Special Judge S. Lal that the prosecution theory on the injuries inflicted on teenager Aarushi and her domestic help Hemraj was faulty.