Month: September 2013

Not-so-obvious things women find sexy in men revealed

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Big biceps and enormous bank accounts attract women but there are other surprising things that ladies look for in a man.

A new research has shown that a man’s natural body odour can turn a woman on in a matter of seconds, News.com.au reported.

Also, how a man behaves with other people and his ability to share his secrets can help a women judge how attracted she is to the guy.

Additionally, women prefer a man, who feels comfortable enough to show his feminine side and can dance. (ANI)

Iran suspected of hacking US Navy computer network

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An unclassified computer network belonging to the U.S. Navy was reportedly alleged to have been hacked by Iran even as US President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hasan Rouhani communicated with each other for the first time since the James Carter administration.

Narendra Modi to address mega rally in Delhi today

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Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will address a mega rally in Delhi today.

The BJP says that it expects at least five lakh people to attend the event.

According to television reports, an 80×40 ft stage has been erected at the sprawling Japanese Park in Rohini in north-west Delhi where the Gujarat Chief Minister will be delivering a 45-minute-long speech and will later unveil his 100-feet-long portrait.

Meanwhile, security has been tightened in and around the venue and arrangements have been made for medical and fire services.

Death toll in Mazgaon building collapse rises to 60

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The death toll in the building collapse in Mumbai”s Mazgaon area climbed to 60 on Sunday.

Deputy Commandant of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Sachidanad Gavde, said that special equipments were used to rescue victims, who were trapped under the rubble of the building that had collapsed on Friday.

“We have used special equipments in the operation and are now satisfied that there can be no more victims here. So, we are calling off the operation,” he said.

BJP luring people to attend Modi’s rally with food, money and alcohol: JD-U

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As the stage is set for Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi”s first rally in the national capital, Janata Dal-United leader Sabir Ali on Sunday accused the opposition party workers for luring people to attend the rally with food, money and alcohol.

“BJP party workers are luring people to attend the rally with food, money and alcohol,” Ali said.

“Modi has no factor for himself; but only money factor. He has lots of money and delivers money across the state. People like him will become PM only to run country with money,” he added.

Chennai Super Kings reach CLT20 semi-finals after beating Brisbane Heat

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Chennai Super Kings have booked their spot in the semi-final of the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 tournament, after they beat Brisbane Heat convincingly by eight wickets in a match played at Ranchi.

Brisbane was invited to bat first by Chennai, who won the toss and they made 137/7 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, CSK reached their target with more than four overs to spare and with only two wickets lost. Michael Hussey of the Chennai Super Kings franchise was adjudged the player of the match. (ANI)

Strip club doing Boom buisness during UN session

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A strip club in Midtown Manhattan in New York is booming because of the United Nations General Assembly taking place there.

A source told the New York Post that the place is so packed with diplomats that they had to turn away people at the door.

The source added that none of the diplomats have been super wild and are just enjoying themselves while remaining very low-key. (ANI)

`Emotional infidelity worse than sexual affairs`

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Relationships experts have said that emotional infidelity often is worse than a sexual affair.

Relationship expert Lisa Shield defined emotional infidelity as when a partner went outside the primary relationship to satiate their emotional needs met.

She said that when her husband was into his first marriage, his wife stayed up late into the night talking to her best friend’s boyfriend on the phone.

Shield asserted that that her husband used to wake up and hear his first wife laughing and talking about things that she had never shared with him.

Woman creates comic to showcase females` experience with breasts

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An illustrator has come up with a comic that deals with the coming of age experience, and the constant commentary that women receive about their body parts.

Ruminating on her experience led illustrator Colleen Clark to think about relationships of women with their breasts as a whole, especially during adolescence.

She has previously said that she wants her comics to showcase experiences that are going to feel familiar to female readers, the Huffington Post reported.

Princess Di made secret tape for Wills and his future family, says friend

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Princess Diana’s friend has said that she had recorded a secret tape for her eldest son Prince William and his future family.

According to US magazine The Globe, one of Diana’s closest friend said that she recorded them with her parental advice in case her fears were realised and she would not be around to guide her children, the Daily Star reported.

The sensational revelation has come just weeks after a new investigation into her death was sparked by an SAS sniper’s claims that Diana was killed by security forces.

27 killed in Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria

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At least 27 people were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in two separate attacks on villagers in a border town in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, official said Sunday.

The insurgents attacked Gamboru town, 130 km from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital Wednesday and Thursday nights, Xinhua cited Modu Gana Sheriff, chairman of Gamboru local government, as saying.

Sheriff described the incident as heinous crime against humanity, calling on Nigerians to condemn the attack on villagers.

New solar observatory offers new insight into sun’s atmosphere

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Solar observatory Sunrise, which was carried aloft by a NASA scientific balloon in early June 2013, has provided unique insights into a layer on the sun called the chromosphere.

Sunrise provided the highest-resolution images to date in ultraviolet light of this thin corrugated layer, which lies between the sun’s visible surface and the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona.

With its one-meter mirror, Sunrise is the largest solar telescope to fly above the atmosphere. The telescope weighed in at almost 7,000 pounds and flew some 20 miles up in the air.

Indian-origin researcher developing robots with `brains`

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A Indian-origin researcher has developed a new feedback system that allows robots to operate with minimal supervision, and can lead to making of a robot capable of learning or even become autonomous.

Developed by Dr. Jagannathan Sarangapani, makes use of current formation moving robots and introduces a fault-tolerant control design to improve the probability of completing a set task.

Rahul Gandhi insulted PM, says Modi

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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of insulting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by unilaterally ridiculing a government-backed ordinance on politicians with criminal background.

Modi was referring to Gandhi’s outburst Friday when he described as
“complete nonsense” the ordinance that sought to overturn a Supreme Court ruling disqualifying politicians convicted of crime.

Morgan, Ang Lee working on Muhammad Ali movie

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Screenwriter Peter Morgan is working on a film with director Ang Lee about boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

The movie will be based on Ali’s infamous fights with late US professional boxer Joe Frazier, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The two boxers fought several historic bouts in the 1970s, and the film will be based around the confrontations between the two heavyweight champions.

Lee hopes to shoot the movie in 3D and incorporate actual footage of the fights.

29 killed in Pakistan car bombing

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At least 29 people were killed and 70 injured when a car loaded with explosives went off Sunday near Khan Razaq police station in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, police said.

Six children and two women were among those killed, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.

Many vehicles and adjacent buildings were also damaged.

Peshawar commissioner Sahibzada Muhammad Anis said the evidence clearly indicated that explosive material was planted in the vehicle near the police station and was detonated with a remote control devise.

Ex-England footballer Robbie Fowler apologises for `fighting like girls` comment

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Former England footballer and football pundit Robbie Fowler had reportedly apologised after controversially saying that stars Fernando Torres and Jan Vertonghen were fighting ”like girls” during the drawn Premier League game between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. Fowler made his controversial remarks on a BBC show, prompting angry viewers to vent their rage against Fowler on Twitter and suggest that he was being derogatory about women”s football.

Choose between ‘dream team’ and ‘dirty team’: Modi

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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said the country needs to choose between a “dream team”, that a BJP-led government will bring, and a “dirty team”, epitomised by the current UPA government, between democracy and dynastic politics, and asked the people to choose a government and a leader who has a vision for the future.

He also asked people not to persist with a government that was busy in battling scams and has lost respect globally.

CA backs Ryobi Cup `revamp` to spark resurgence for `beleaguered` ODI form in Oz

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Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has said that he is confident that the substantial revamp of the domestic one-day series, the Ryobi Cup, into a month-long carnival-style tournament will spark a resurgence in support for the beleaguered form of the game. The New South Wales play the Tasmanian Tigers in the Ryobi Cup opener on Sunday, the first match in the Sydney-only competition which is part of a split of the 50-over, 20-over and four-day formats into clearly defined blocks.

PCB set to revive format of holding four-day, one-day matches together in domestic cricket

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly set to revive a 20-year-old format of holding first-class and one-day matches together as part of the major changes that have been made in domestic cricket recently. The change will reportedly come into effect in the upcoming domestic season which is likely to start at the end of October. According to the Express Tribune, former captain Rashid Latif had suggested that the tournaments should be held together in a bid to save all the departments” resources, a format which is already followed regularly in domestic U-19 tournaments.