Lamenting that lot of time has been wasted in the last two to three Parliament sessions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the opposition to cooperate in the passage of the legislative business including the “most important” ordinance on Food security bill.
Promising to discuss all issues raised by the Opposition, Singh hoped that the nearly month-long Monsoon session starting Monday will be “very constructive and productive”.
The Tamil service of the state-run China Radio International (CRI) today celebrated its golden jubilee here, marking 50 years of uninterrupted broadcasting to various parts of the world besides India and Sri Lanka.
CRI previously known as Radio Peking, broadcasts in about 56 languages including Hindi, Bengali and Urdu besides Tamil and English every day.
The CRI Tamil service was founded in Aug 1, 1963 and has expanded its operations on a multimedia communication platform with a mixture of shortwave broadcasting service, FM service, website, mobile and magazine services.
Snapping its two-day falling trend, both the precious metals – gold and silver prices rebounded in the national capital today on emergence of buying at existing lower levels amid a firm global trend.
After falling Rs 850 in last two sessions, gold surged by Rs 450 to Rs 28,800 per 10 grams. Silver rose by Rs 1,000 to Rs 42,100 per kg, reducing two days losses of Rs 1,160 on emergence of buying by industrial units and coin makers.
Traders said emergence of buying by stockists at existing lower levels amid a firm global trend mainly led an recovery in both the precious metals.
Holi may be celebrated only once in India, but in Britain it is fast catching on as a new rage in the party and clubbing circuit with thousands flocking Holi-themed festivals in the country.
Mass paint fights, where people hurl bags of brightly coloured powder over each other, are being hosted up and down the country.
Thousands of Britons are expected to flock to more Holi-themed festivals in London and Manchester over the next few weeks of the English summer.
A simple and non-invasive ultrasound-based therapy might prevent acute kidney injury that commonly arises after major surgery, a new study has revealed.
Mark Okusa, MD, Joseph Gigliotti, PhD, University of Virginia, and their colleagues found that a drug-free, noninvasive, ultrasound-based treatment could prevent acute kidney injury in mice.
When they exposed anesthetized mice to ultrasound with a routine clinical imaging system 24 hours prior to blood disruption to the kidneys, the mice exhibited preserved kidney health after blood flow was restored.
NIA has arrested an operative of the banned SIMI, Abdul Sathar, in connection with a 2010 probe in the unlawful training of SIMI cadres in Kerala.
Sathar was arrested by the agency yesterday from the national capital, sources said.
The case pertained to the unlawful training of the members of the banned cadre and Sathar, according to sources, was allegedly a middle-rung operative of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and was declared a proclaimed offender by the probe agency in this case.
An INTERPOL notice was already out against him.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra notched up a career-best six-wicket haul as Indian bowlers once again ripped through Zimbabwe, dismissing them for a paltry 163 in the fifth and final cricket one-dayer between the two sides here today.
Opting to bowl in chilly conditions, the Indians had the home team on the mat from the very first over. Sean Williams (51) was the only Zimbabwean batsman to put up a semblance of fight before the home team’s innings folded in 39.5 overs.
A man was allegedly tortured and forced to eat dog excreta by eight of his relatives on the suspicion of practising witchcraft at Mawutieng in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, police said today.
Halorsing Kharumnuid (47) suffered the brutality before he was let off with warnings two days ago, East Khasi Hills district SP M Kharkrang said.
Seven of the eight accused were arrested this morning.
Actor Akshay Kumar, who shot some portions of his upcoming film ‘Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaraa!’ in Oman, has fell in love with the destination and wants to shoot another film there.
“I have enjoyed myself thoroughly… I was there for shooting but I thought I was on a vacation. I played a lot of water sports. I am going to be coming there for another film next year for which I will talk later. I feel lot of people should travel there,” Akshay told reporters here at an event yesterday.
Actress Tamannaah Bhatia was Friday mobbed by anti-Telangana activists here and was asked to comment on the separation of the state. However, the actress refused to oblige.
“She was on her way to the sets of Ajith Kumar`s upcoming Tamil film. Her car was stopped while she was heading towards Odisha from Vizag (Vishakhapatnam) by a group of anti-Telangana activists and was asked to chant slogan in favour of Andhra Pradesh,” a source from the film`s unit told reporters.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan`s much-awaited `Chennai Express` is lined up for a strong release in non-traditional international markets. In Peru, it is said to be the first Hindi film to release on the same day as it hits theatres in India Aug 9.
Earlier, Shah Rukh`s `My Name Is Khan` and actor Hrithik Roshan`s `Guzaarish` opened as delayed releases in Peru. But `Chennai Express` is making a breakthrough.
The Rohit Shetty-directorial movie has been locked for release in Morocco, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Israel.
`Rockstar` actress Nargis Fakhri has grooved to her first item number for Shahid Kapoor-starrer `Phata Poster Nikhla Hero`. She says the experience made her realise that they aren`t easy to do as they look on screen.
“That (the item song) was a very fun experience. It`s not as easy as it looks and it takes a lot of hard work to look as glamorous. It`s not what I thought it would be,” the 33-year-old said here Friday at the unveiling of the cover of “Hi! Blitz” magazine featuring her.
Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber has broken a new sales record after his hit single, `Baby`, has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The Ludacris-assisted 2010 track received the honour after going 12 times Platinum and racking up 3.9 million track sales, reported Ace Showbiz.
“Well, first and foremost I want to thank all my Beliebers in the audience tonight. Second of all, I want to thank all my Beliebers at home. I want to thank my mum for always believing in me,” Bieber said at the singer`s concert at Prudential Centre, New Jersey, on July 31.
People who are aware of the latest 4G internet service that gives consistently faster and more reliable service for video and music streaming, mobile gaming, and sending emails with large attachments have no plans to shift from their current service, a new study has revealed.
According to an Ofcom report, just under a quarter of UK smartphone users do not want to sign up for 4G even when they are aware of the existence of the mobile data services, BBC reports.
A team of forest officials rescued a one-and-half-month-old leopard cub, which had fallen in a well of a farm in Una area in Junagadh district, and succeeded in reuniting it with its mother, a senior official said friday.
The feline had fallen into a well last night behind the Goddess Ambaji temple on the Delvada road area in the district, deputy conservator of forests Anshuman Sharma told PTI
“The leopard cub was trapped alive inside a well. As soon as we received the information, our team rushed to the site and rescued it safely with the help of a rope,” Sharma said.
NASA’s Curiosity rover will complete a year on Mars next week.
It has already achieved its main science goal of revealing that ancient Mars could have supported life.
The mobile laboratory also is guiding designs for future planetary missions.
“Successes of our Curiosity-that dramatic touchdown a year ago and the science findings since then-advance us toward further exploration, including sending humans to an asteroid and Mars,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, said.
“Wheel tracks now, will lead to boot prints later,” he said.
The US economy is recovering from the worst downturn, the White House said Friday as the latest figures indicated that the unemployment rate has dropped to 7.4 percent, the lowest level since December 2008.
“While more work remains to be done, Friday’s employment report provides further confirmation that the US economy is continuing to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression,” Alan B Krueger, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to US President Barack Obama said.
Notwithstanding a weak global scenario, gold staged a strong recovery at the domestic bullion market today reaffirming its renewed strength on back of frantic stockists buying amid robust retail as well as investment offtake.
The industrial metal also surged to reclaim the important Rs 42,000 per kg level owing to aggressive speculative demand.
Standard gold of 99.5 per cent purity spiked by Rs 460 to finish at Rs 28,520 per 10 gm from overnight closing level of Rs 28,060.
Pure gold of 99.9 per cent purity shot up by Rs 470 to end at Rs 28,665 per 10 gm from Rs 28,195.
Vodafone Group Plc may be forced to sell its 4.4 percent stake in India’s top telecom services provider Bharti Airtel Ltd- worth about USD 1 billion – after rules published on Friday outlawed crossholdings in rival telecom companies.
Under the rules, no carrier can own a direct or indirect equity stake in another operating in the same of any of India’s 22 telecom service areas. Bharti and Vodafone provide services in all of them.
The team manager of the Pakistani women”s cricket team has backed the side, saying that it is ”progressing well” following the side”s sharing the ICC Women”s World Twenty20 Qualifier title with Sri Lanka in Ireland.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline has termed reports that it is holding discussions with Indian carrier SpiceJet for a stake in the airline as ‘inaccurate’ and said that it was busy with its own expansion plans.
“In response to recent inaccurate stories in the media, Emirates can confirm it has no plans to acquire a stake in any airline in India or elsewhere,” an Emirates spokesperson told daily ‘Khaleej Times’.
The spokesperson added that the carrier was “focused on its own growth” and was investing substantially in its own fleet and network expansion plans.
Former Pakistan pace bowler Wasim Akram has praised the Pakistani fast bowling factory and said that a lot of good bowlers are coming through the system.
The Australian media has claimed that if a cricket superpower like India refuses to employ DRS in Test matches, reasoning the technology is both non-exact and deleterious to the traditions and decorum of the game, the Ashes became too important to operate as a DRS proving ground.
Taking on competition from no- frill carriers, Jet Airways today launched a week-long sale of seven lakh low-fare domestic air tickets to attract air travellers who could use them to fly from August 10 onwards.
The one-way economy fares would be Rs 1,777, Rs 2,777 and Rs 3,777 for sectors less than 750 km, between 750-1,000 km and over 1,000 km respectively, an airline spokesperson said, adding fuel surcharge would be part of the ticket cost but the passenger would have to pay the applicable taxes.
Princess Diana was so “madly in love” with Pakistani surgeon Hasnat Khan that she wanted to marry him and was even willing to move to Pakistan, according to Jemima Khan.
Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s former wife, who was a friend of the late princess, has written a detailed account of their friendship in an article for the September issue of ‘Vanity Fair’ titled ‘The Grandmother Prince George Never Knew’.