A research team has found that the genes that some breast cancer cells express are more likely to help them prosper in bone tissue.
When cells from a primary tumour circulate through the body and begin growing in a new organ, a metastatic tumour is formed. Such metastases are often harder to treat than primary tumours; the vast majority of people who die of cancer have not only a primary tumour but also metastatic disease.
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has said the Syrian government had carried out a chemical weapons attack against its own people. Syria is a strong ally of Tehran.
Rafsanjani’s remarks differed from other Iranian officials, who have said rebels trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were responsible for a poison gas attack on the outskirts of Damascus on 21 August. The chemical weapons attack, which led to thousands of deaths including a number of children and women, has led to ten West threatening a military strike against the Syrian government.
High waist circumference, severe obesity has been linked with the greatest risk of death in heart attack survivors, according to a research.
Professor Tabassome Simon said that the impact of obesity on long term mortality and cardiovascular complications in the general population has been the object of recent debate and much emphasis has also been given to the deleterious role of abdominal obesity.
Two people were arrested by the city crime branch with fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 4.20 lakh, in a racket, which was being run from Vadodara Central Jail, a senior Crime Branch official
said here today.
Two people originally hailing from Rajasthan were arrested yesterday from a hotel near Kalupur railway station
with fake currency notes with a face value Rs 4.20 lakh,” Crime Branch Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) A K Sharma told reporters here.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic has hit out at US plans to take military action against Syria, and along with Ana Ivanovic expressed how his country went through hard times when NATO air strikes blasted the Serbian capital in 1999. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Djokovic expressed that war was the worst thing in life for humanity and nobody really wins in it.
Former Pakistani refugee and Australian spinner Fawad Ahmed has raised expectations of a possible Ashes call-up with his breakthrough performance for Australia, and said that he would be ready to play in Tests.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out her country’s participation in a possible US-led military strike on Syria over an alleged chemical weapons attack by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Germany’s involvement in a military intervention in Syria is “out of question” under the current circumstances, she said last night during the only TV debate with her Social Democrat (SPD) opponent Peer Steinbrueck ahead of the parliamentary election on September 22.
The US-based phone company Verizon Communications is reportedly set to acquire the UK-based Vodafone Group PLC for 130 billion dollars.
The deal which still needs to get a go ahead from the boards of both companies will see Verizon buy Vodafone half in cash and half in stock.
According to Fox News, Vodafone owns a 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless, the largest cell-phone carrier in the US, as a result of a partnership that begun in 1999.
Verzion had tried earlier to acquire Vodafone a number of times but to no avail, the report added. (ANI)
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court against BJP MPs Prakash Javdekar and Bhupendra Singh Yadav alleging that they tried to impede investigation in the Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case in which former Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah is the main accused.
The petition, filed by a journalist on the basis of a sting operation done by him, alleged that attempts were made
by the MPs to impede the trial and other judicial proceedings in this regard by “manipulating the complainant with the sole intent to protect Shah”.
State Bank of India (SBI) today said it has raised its stake in its Indonesian subsidiary to 99 per cent.
The bank has acquired 23 per cent shares of Bank State Bank of India, Indonesia (BSBII) in a recent deal with
P T Ravindo Jaya,” SBI said in a filing on the BSE.
As per the latest holding structure of BSBII, it said, the local partner P T Ravindo Jaya share came down to 1 per
cent.
Following the change in the shareholding pattern, the name of the bank has been changed.
A 35-year-old man allegedly killed his mother, wife and three children before committing suicide in Durg district of Chhattisgarh today, police said.
The incident came to light this morning in Janjgiri village under Anda police station, 20 km from Durg town,”
Additional Superintendent of Police Prashant Thakur told PTI.
Devnarayan Deshmukh killed his mother Jhamin Bai (52), wife Pushpa Bai (35) and children Kavita (10), Benu (7) and
Devendra (5) by smashing their heads with a hammer, the ASP said. Then he hanged himself from the ceiling of the house.
Private transport vehicles in Kerala will remain off the roads on September 4 in protest of fuel price hike.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the various trade unions here today.
Petrol price had recently been hike by Rs 2.35 paise and diesel by 50 paise. By this hike, for one litre of petrol,
consumers in Kerala have to shell out Rs 76, the highest so far.
Private buses, autorickshaws and taxis will remain off the roads on Wednesday as part of the token strike, the union
leaders said.
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Two minor girls, including a four-year-old, were allegedly raped in suburban Andheri in separate incidents, police said today.
In the four-year-old girl’s case, accused Salman Hafeez was arrested while a manhunt was on to trace the
culprit, who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl, police said.
According to the Oshiwara police, yesterday around 7 pm, the four-year-old girl was allegedly abducted by Hafeez
A 10-year-old minor girl was sexually assaulted by her teenaged neighbour in South Delhi’s R K Puram area, police said today.
According to the police, the 16-year-old has been apprehended and sent to juvenile home after being produced
before the Juvenile Justice Board.
The victim and the juvenile offender live in immediate neighbourhood in Janta Flats of R K Puram area. The incident
took place inside the toilet of the victim’s house…When the girl started crying, he fled from the spot,” said a police official.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today announced New Zealand will provide almost $800,000 to assist Syrian refugees, with the funding matched dollar for dollar by non-government organisations.
“New Zealand condemns in the strongest possible terms the on-going violence and the toll it is taking on the people of Syria,” Mr McCully says.
“The latest atrocities in Syria are part of a huge humanitarian crisis in which it is estimated over 100,000 people have been killed and two million displaced. It has placed a huge burden on Syria’s neighbours.”
England today agreed to host India for five Test matches, for the first time in 50 years, when the team lands here for a long series which will also include five ODIs and a Twenty20 International next year.
“India will play a five-match Test series in this country for the first time since 1959 with Trent Bridge, Lord’s, The Ageas Bowl, Emirates Old Trafford and The Kia Oval all hosting Investec Test Matches,” the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement.
A court in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city Monday sent spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, arrested for alleged sexual assault on a minor, to 14 days’ judicial custody, a police official said.
“Asaram has been sent to judicial custody till Sep 15,” a police official told IANS over phone from Jodhpur.
The 72-year-old Asaram Bapu was earlier Monday quizzed at a guest house of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) in connection with the case of sexual assault lodged against him by a 16-year-old girl, an official said.
The incident allegedly took place Aug 15 in his ashram outside Jodhpur city.
“If you had all relied on Allah (SWT) as you should rely on Him, then He would have provided for you as He provides for the birds, who wake up hungry in the morning and return with full stomachs at dusk.”
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Opposing any move to shut petrol pumps during night, JD(U) today hit out at the UPA government, saying its reign is akin to that of medieval Indian ruler Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq, known for his impractical schemes.
“It is like Tughlak’s rule. We had heard about Tughlaq’s style of functioning. Now we are witnessing the same,” JD(U) president Sharad Yadav said outside Parliament while reacting to suggestions on closing down petrol pumps during night to save fuel and foreign exchange.
State Minister Shatrucharla Vijayarama Raju and Kasu Krishna Reddy called on Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at latter’s camp office at Begumpet here on Monday.
The ministers have reportedly requested the Chief Minister to accept their resignations that they submitted earlier in protest against the Congress Working Committee’s decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out Telangana. They briefed the Chief Minister about the problems that they have been facing in their constituencies for continuing on post.
State Ministers – Ganta Srinivas Rao and Erasu Pratap called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan here on Monday to submit their resignations from the cabinet.
Talking to reporters later, Ganta said that the Governor assured them that they he would forward their resignation letters again to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. He said that he could participate in the Samaikhyandhra agitation if the resignation gets accepted. He said it would be immoral and inappropriate to participate in protests while continuing on posts.
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s party is set to restore “violent jihadist content” removed from school textbooks in Pakistan’s militancy-racked Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, according to a media report today.
After the secular-leaning Awami National Party (ANP) came to power in the province in 2008, education officials removed Quranic verses preaching jihad or holy war and illustrations depicting weapons or violence.
Taking forward the decision on creation of Telangana, the Home Ministry hopes to present in the next 20 days a cabinet note for initiating the process of carving out a new state.
“We are preparing a note to pass a resolution in the Cabinet. After we finalise the note, it will be sent to the Law Ministry for legal vetting. I hope the note will be presented before the Cabinet within 20 days,” Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters here today.
Afghan Taliban insurgent group early Monday morning launched a complex attack on a U.S. forces” base in eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, sources said.
“Militants numbered six or seven use suicide jackets, RPG ( rocket propelled grenade) and heavily weapons in the attack which took place in bordering town of Torkhan in border area with Pakistan,” the source said.
No casualty reports were immediately available, he said, adding the attack took place at around 5:30 a.m. local time, Xinhua reports.
Police in Pakistan Monday registered murder charges against former president Pervez Musharraf over killings of students during a military raid on Islamabad’s Red Mosque in 2007, lawyers said.
Police said nearly 100 people, most of whom were religious school students as well as security personnel, had been killed in the clashes, Xinhua reported.
Deputy chief of the mosque, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, his mother and nephew were among those killed during the operation.