District authorities have requested the court hearing the Muzaffarnagar riots case against BJP MLAs Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana that the proceedings be conducted through video conferencing.
This has been done to prevent producing the duo in court from Banda and Urai district jails in view of law and order situation here following the riots, which claimed 49 lives.
Could Mahatama Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah have had established a legal partnership in South Africa, 50 years before Indian and Pakistan were formed?
Yes, it could have been possible, according to noted historian and author Ramachandra Guha who made the deduction on the basis of available literature and archival records.
“A logbook at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad maintains the record of letters sent to Gandhi between the years 1895-97. In this logbook, there are two letters from a certain M A Jinnah, and they are dated 21 January and 23 March, 1897,” Guha said.
A Servant’s Awareness of the True Reality of Hajj and Wisdoms for which the Hajj Rituals has been Legislated
The newly constituted 26-member BCCI marketing committee headed by Amitabh Chaudhary would meet here tomorrow to decide on new title sponsors for the international matches organised in India for next six months.
The BCCI had invited new bids from corporate houses after existing series title sponsors – telecom major Airtel –
decided against renewing their association with the Board.
The bids – for matches to be held from October 1 this year to March 31, 2014 – are to be opened, evaluated and
sponsorships awarded tomorrow at 12 noon, the BCCI had announced.
Four militants of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban were killed during a shootout on the Hub highway here, police said.
Senior Superintendent of CID Police, Chaudhary Aslam, said around 200 kilograms of explosive material and weapons were also recovered from them.
The encounter took place late last night after a truck was intercepted on the Hub highway when it was coming from
Baluchistan province to Karachi, he said.
“When the truck was stopped, the militants belonging to a splinter group of the TTP responded by opening fire on the CID police party,” he said.
Estranged couple Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have reportedly called off their divorce and are now back living under the same roof.
The Hollywood heavyweights have reconciled and Zeta-Jones, 44, is said to be “on top of the world”, reported
Daily Mirror.
The couple, who were living separately all summer, have agreed to give their marriage another shot with Douglas, 60,
moving back into their New York family home.
Michael’s asked Catherine to give things another try and she’s agreed. It’s not just for the sake of the children.
Reality TV star Kylie Jenner has ditched her brunette locks and has gone blonde.
Jenner, 16, posted a photo on Instagram showing off some very blonde tresses on the bottom half of her head, reported E1 online.
“Oh no, what is Stas doing to my hair,” Jenner posted alongside the photograph.
She lovingly refers to her friend Anastasia Karanikolao as Stas.
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Pop star Britney Spears will not be bringing her son Sean Preston on stage with her during her Las Vegas concerts.
The 31-year-old singer’s representative claimed that Spears was merely “joking” about the plans, reported TMZ
online.
This will no doubt come as a relief for Sean Preston’s father Kevin Federline, who stated he wasn’t comfortable with his son stepping out into the public eye at such a tender age.
I mean we’ll see about that won’t we,” Federline had said.
When pushed further on whether he’s okay with the idea, he added, “Yeah if he was like 25-year-old.”
“Hunger Games” star Liam Hemsworth’s family are reportedly thrilled about his split from Miley Cyrus last month.
The 23-year-old actor’s parents, Leonie and Craig, and his older brothers Chris and Luke, who staged an intervention
in a bid to get him to end his relationship in April, have been supporting him since his split from the ‘Wrecking Ball’ hitmaker, reported Hollywood Life.
This is the happiest they’ve seen Liam in a long time and they are supporting the break up. His family is thrilled
that he has completely cut ties with his ex-fiancee,” a source said.
Singer Janet Jackson is reportedly planning to adopt a child from either Syria or Jordan.
The 47-year-old singer, who revealed in February that she had secretly married businessman Wissam Al Mana, 37, in a
private ceremony last year, is eager to become a mother and has begun researching the process of gaining custody of a
child, reported Us magazine.
A nursing home compounder was allegedly shot dead by unidentified men when he was returning from Khatoli to his village Shayampur in the district, police said today.
Balesh Kumar (27) was shot dead yesterday, they said.
A case has been registered and efforts are on to arrest the accused, SP City Sharvan Kumar said.
Meanwhile irate people protested the incident and blocked the roard on Budhana -Khatoli for some time.
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CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat today held a meeting with Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and is understood to have discussed the evolving political situation in the wake of the controversy over the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers.
CPI(M) sources said the meeting was essentially to discuss the plans for holding a national convention in the
defence of secularism.
The convention is slated to be held on October 30 here.
The sources said the convention will gather Left democratic and secular forces to adopt a joint programme
A school teacher was arrested for allegedly trying to molest a 10-year-old girl inside the school premises in Nanpara area here, police said today.
According to a complaint filed by the victim’s father, Micheal Yeshu alias Yashudas Baba, teacher and manager of St.
Peter Inter college, tried to molest the child but failed as some people suddenly arrived there, they said.
A case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 and other sections of the IPC has been registered
Conservatives- dominated Iran’s parliament has strongly endorsed President Hassan Rouhani’s diplomatic bid to break down mistrust at the United Nations in New York last week.
The last week’s meeting ended with an historic phone call with President Barack Obama.
The backing from the assembly, controlled by political factions loyal to Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is a further sign that Rouhani has the backing of the Iranian establishment.
According to Dawn News, Khamenei, the most powerful figure in Iran, has yet to publicly comment on Rouhani’s trip.
(ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will never give up his chemical stockpile, a defected General from the war-torn country has said.
Syrian Brigadier General Zaher al-Sakat told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that the locations of most of the scientific research centers in Syria and the storage facilities are known and under surveillance, thus, he will give up those centers and facilities for sure without lying.
Taliban commander Mullah Fazlullah has claimed responsibility for the assassination of a Pakistan Army general in a roadside bombing last month in the restive northwest, according to a video released by the militants.
Fazlullah, who led Taliban in Swat Valley till the army launched an operation to flush out the militants in 2009,
appears in the video, which features graphic footage of the attack on Maj Gen Sanaullah Khan Niazi on September 15.
Niazi, who had led Pakistani troops in the campaign against the Taliban in Swat, died in the attack along with
another officer and a soldier.
US commanders at a base in Afghanistan where two Marines were killed in a surprise insurgent attack last year had no explicit warning but intelligence officers there had “consistent indicators” of Taliban interest in attacking, according to an investigation report.
The US Central Command investigation’s conclusions led the top Marine, General James Amos, to announce on Monday that he had forced two senior Marine generals to retire early.
Amos held Major General Charles Gurganus and Major General Gregg Sturdevant responsible for failures to protect their forces.
Over a year after a devastating avalanche hit Gyari in the Siachen sector, close to Indian borders, killing 129 Pakistani soldiers and 11 civilians, Army continues its search to find more bodies buried under tonnes of snow.
The country’s powerful Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani vowed to continue efforts for the recovery of the
remaining bodies.
Addressing a special ceremony at Gayari sector today‚ the army chief said 123 bodies have been recovered so far. He
A new study has found that eating more tomatoes and less processed red meat, could help men reduce their risk of dying from prostate cancer.
Researchers analyzed information gathered from almost 46,000 men for 25 years and found that those who adopted five or six of the healthy habits had a 39 percent lower risk of developing lethal prostate cancer than those who adopted one or none of the habits, according to the results presented at the European Cancer Congress in Amsterdam.
In another study involving more than 21,000 men, the risk reduction was 47 percent, the Japan Times reported.
A two-year-old Chinese boy had to be operated upon to remove an undeveloped fetus of his parasitic twin brother from his stomach.
According to the Inquisitr, Xiao Feng, from Huaxi, China, was rushed to the hospital after his stomach became so inflated that he was finding it difficult to breath, News.com.au reported.
Doctors were shocked when the X-Rays and MRI scans revealed that the baby had a fetus of his twin inside his enlarged stomach.
The surgeons announced Feng ” pregnant” and rushed him to the operation theater to get rid of dead twin’s fetus.
Pakistan head coach Dav Whatmore has said that Pakistan will avenge their 3-0 series defeat by South Africa in February this year by laying out a ‘spin trap’ during the two-Test series in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) later this month.
Pakistan’s fortunes suffered a further dip when they were outclassed by lowly Zimbabwe in Harare last month, a result which dropped them to sixth in the Test rankings and led critics to declare that the team had hit rock bottom.
The Pakistani Taliban has announced they are ready to reconsider Sharif government’s offer for peace talks.
The comments from the group came after they were suggested by Pakistani clerics regarding a ceasefire prior to peace talks.
Ulema (clerics) and representatives of various religious seminaries had expressed concern over the “civil war-like situation” in Pakistan and appealed to both the government and the Taliban to observe a “complete ceasefire” until the completion of the process of talks, Dawn News reports.
The United States has expelled three Venezuelan diplomats, including the South American country’s top envoy in Washington, the State Department has said.
The move from the United States came after Caracas expelled three American officials from the country on charges of sabotaging the economy.
The diplomats, who include charge d’affaires Calixto Ortega Rios, have been given 48 hours to leave.
The other Venezuelan diplomats being expelled are Second Secretary Monica Alejandra Sanchez Morales at the Washington embassy, and Consul Marisol Gutierrez de Almeida at the Houston consulate.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani exchanged tweets with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on Tuesday.
The conversation was initiated by Dorsey:
Jack Dorsey @jack
@HassanRouhani Good evening, President. Are citizens of Iran able to read your tweets?
About five hours later, Rouhani responded:
Hassan Rouhani @HassanRouhani
Evening, @Jack. As I told @camanpour, my efforts geared 2 ensure my ppl’ll comfortably b able 2 access all info globally as is their #right.
(ANI): A meeting of the Congress Core Group to discuss the ordinance on convicted lawmakers has begun at Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ‘s official 7, Race Course Road (RCR) here.
The core committee comprises Sonia Gandhi, her political secretary Ahmed Patel, the Prime Minister, Defence Minister A.K. Antony, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.
The meeting holds significance in wake of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s public outburst against the Cabinet ordinance.