The Pentagon has reportedly deemed it “unacceptable” to comply with the Syrian government’s recent request for a 100-day extension to meet a U.N.-backed deadline for destroying the nation’s chemical weapons stocks.
The UN resolution has asked Syria to meet the end of June deadline to destroy all its chemical weapons and equipment.
Kate Middleton is reportedly looking for a nanny o look after Prince George while she tends to royal visits and duties.
Kate, 32, and Prince William, 31, who vowed to look after Prince George by themselves, are said to be scouting for a full-time nanny , the Daily Star reported.
London company Nannies of St James are said to be among the firms Kensington Palace has approached. (ANI)
North Korea has test-fired four short-range missiles into the sea~ The move from the highly secretive country is an apparent show of force to coincide with South Korea-US joint military exercises, Seoul’s defence ministry said.
According to news.com.au, a ministry spokesman said the missiles were fired off the east coast of North Korea.
North Korea carries out short-range missile tests on a fairly routine basis.
The South Korea -US drills kicked off on Monday, despite vocal opposition from Pyongyang, which views them as rehearsals for invasion, the report added. (ANI)
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reportedly said that Iran’s nuclear program will remain intact.
Speaking to reporters, Zarif commented that the country will not close any program.
According to the Washington Times, Iran had agreed to a temporary freeze on enriching uranium in November, that according to US President Barack Obama was to simply put, [the deal cuts] off Iran’s most likely paths to a bomb.
A new hi-tech wristband reportedly uses the wearer’s pulse as a password to authenticate a number of devices and applications.
Startup Bionym has developed Nymi, a wristband that uses wearer’s pulse to authenticate devices and applications that require iron-clad security.
According to TechHive, Bionym has been developing iOS and Android apps for things like password management, car and computer access, and even a Bitcoin wallet and using pulse authentication could make using all these things a lot easier.
At least three militants were killed Friday in firing between security personnel and rebels in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency.
Security officials tried to stop a “suspicious vehicle” in Shlobar area of Khyber Agency, but when it did not stop, they opened fire at it, Dawn online reported citing its sources.
The sources said two security personnel were among three people injured in the exchange of fire.
The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its verdict on a plea against the Congress and the BJP, seeking directions for a probe into donations allegedly taken by the parties from subsidiaries of Britain-based Vedanta Group.
Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Jayant Nath reserved the verdict after all the parties concluded their arguments.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress claimed that Vedanta Resources is not a foreign company and, therefore, no law has been violated.
More than 3 lakh religious scholars lost their lives during freedom struggle. Muslims were in majority who were given death sentence in prisons by the Britishers. Even the first person who was sent to kala pani was also a Muslim.
The Union Cabinet on Friday decided to impose President’s Rule in Andhra Pradesh, which is being split to create the new state of Telangana.
The state has been without a chief minister after N. Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned from the post and the Congress Party to protest against the passage of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2013, which paved the way for the creation of the new state of Telangana.
Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan had recommended for a spell of central rule after Reddy’s resignation.
The fourth edition of the Hockey India Junior Women’s National Championship, to be played in Mysore March 5-23, will see two new teams in Hockey Gangpur-Odisha and Vidarbha Hockey Association.
Overall 32 teams will be participating in the championship which will be played on league-cum-knockout basis at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium in Mysore.
The championship will be played in two phases in Divisions A and B. There will be 16 teams each competing in both divisions. Division B will be played March 5-13 and Division A March 15-23.
Actors Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt Friday unveiled the trailer of the film “2 States”, based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller “2 States: The Story Of My Marriage”.
The film’s plot revolves around a Punjabi boy, who falls in love with a Tamil girl. The regional and cultural clash that it leads to is what forms the rest of the story.
A Pakistani legislator has reportedly accused his co-parliamentarians of indulging in immoral activities such as adultery, Mujras (dance parties) and consumption of alcohol and drugs.
Jamsheed Khan Dasti, a young independent legislator from Pakistan’s southern Punjab claimed that such activities had become a custom at the parliament lodges, a block of flats that houses scores of MPs.
A sprawling bungalow on Motilal Nehru Place will be the abode of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once he retires after the Lok Sabha elections.
The 3, Motilal Nehru Place type VIII bungalow, spread over 2.5 acres, was vacated by former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit recently.
The four-bedroom bungalow with well maintained lawns and office space meets the requirement of a former Prime Minister.
“Some work has to be undertaken at the bungalow before the VIP moves here and CPWD has been given the responsibility for it,” said a senior Urban Development Ministry official.
A 48-year-old man was arrested today on charges of sexually assaulting and harassing his three daughters, police said.
Aseerwatham was arrested following complaints from his daughters about the sexual abuse and harassment, police said.
He had also impregnated one of his mentally challenged daughters twice and later aborted, police said, adding, he was remanded to judicial custody.
–PTI
Train services were disrupted in Bihar early Friday as the opposition BJP, protesting the denial of special category status to the state by the Congress-led UPA government at the centre, resorted to a rail blockade, police said.
Over two dozen trains, including Rajdhani Express, were forcibly halted by Bharatiya Janata Party workers. Hundreds of passengers were stranded at different railway stations in the state, said Ravinder Kumar, additional director general of police.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi arrives here Friday on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh and will hold a road show in the state.
The Gandhi scion will land at the Amausi airport here after which he will interact with a group of editors at a five-star hotel and then hold a road show in the city.
He is later scheduled to go to Barabanki, on the outskirts of the state capital and offer prayers at Deva Sharif, Congress leader P.L. Punia told IANS.
Sri Lanka won the toss and put India in to bat in the fourth match of the Asia Cup at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium here Friday.
The squads:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik, Stuart Binny, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami
Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews (captain), Chaturanga de Silva, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Lashith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.
–IANS
Friday will be etched in Bangloreans mind as the much awaited Metro train service between Sampige Road and Peenya Industry Station will be officially launched.
The foundation stone for the second phase of Namma Metro will also be laid on the occasion.
While Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge will flag off the train from Rajajinagar Station at 6 in the evening, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will lay the foundation stone for the second phase at a vibrant event to be held at Sri Kanteerava Stadium at 7 pm.
A new study suggests that comfort foods get even more comforting if you eat them with the right kind of musical ambiance.
Previous research shows that genres of music can elicit different emotions, and that the enjoyment of some foods can be affected by emotions. The new work takes the next step and looks at how music affects the perception of food.
Han-Seok Seo of the University of Arkansas said that little has been known about the influence of background music genre on food perception.
The National Security Agency chief has reportedly warned that ‘ cyberattacks are coming but America is not ready for them’.
Gen. Keith Alexander said that the nation needed an agency like the NSA with its technical capabilities to help ensure that they could evolve to that future space where they need to be.
According to the Washington Times, the spy chief further told the Congress that they have to get on with cyber legislation, as the technology was changing so rapidly that the old policy and laws were lagging behind it.
A majority of Americans, 76 percent of them, reportedly believe that internet has been a good thing for society, according to a mega poll of how Americans use and feel about the Internet by Pew.
The poll that was released on the 25th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee’s historic paper conceptualizing the World Wide Web concluded that 87 percent of Americans now use the internet, out of which, 46 percent of net users said that they would find it very hard or impossible to give it up.
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has reportedly said that the Federal Reserve does not have authority to supervise or regulate Bitcoin in any way.
Making the remarks in front of the Senate, Yellen said that Bitcoin was a payment innovation that was taking place entirely outside the banking industry and asked Congress to work on the issue.
According to TC, Senator Joe Manchin had recently warned that Americans will be left holding the bag on a valueless currency and called for either strict regulation or an outright ban on Bitcoin.
The manager of the English national team, Roy Hodgson, has said that he has allowed his team to bring their partners to Miami before they head to Brazil for the World Cup.
However, Hodgson would be keen to avoid the Biscayne Bay area in order to avoid past escapades as the so-called ‘WAGs’ dominated the headlines with their glammed-up trips and high-jinx in the German town of Baden Baden during the 2006 World Cup, the report added.
Thailand Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn called on President Pranab Mukherjee here at Rashtrapati Bhavan .
Welcoming the Princess yesterday, Mukherjee described her as a close and special friend of India.
“Through scholarly pursuit of Sanskrit and Pali and deep understanding of Indian culture, the Princess has enriched knowledge of each other and cemented the bonds of friendship between India and Thailand,” he said.
He thanked her for her keen interest and tireless efforts in creating a better understanding and awareness of the shared history of the two countries.
Sony Pictures has revealed plans to release a Spider-man film starring every single year until at least 2017, including two actual sequels to 2012’s ‘The Amazing Spider-man’.
The action will kick off with The Amazing Spider-man 2, which is due for UK release on April 18, followed by 2015’s The Sinister Six – which will no doubt feature the character battling the Marvel Comics supervillain team, according to Variety.