Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said he is “a stumbling block” for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
“Modi thinks that I am a stumbling block for him,” he told media persons minutes before leaving on his election campaign.
Nitish Kumar was speaking in reference to Modi who hit out against him at rallies in Sasaram and Gaya two days ago, and in earlier rallies in the state and outside.
Malik Motasim Khan President Welfare Party has appealed people of Andhra Pradesh to vote for Welfare Party candidates in Municipal Elections. He said Welfare Party is contesting in the elections for the first time. He urged people to vote for Welfare Party to promote healthy politics.
Russia, which sends the largest contingent of foreign tourists to Goa, will make its presence felt at the Goa International Travel Mart (GITM) being held here next month.
Besides projecting Goa as a tourism destination, the Russian musicians, performers, a dash of traditional vodka and special Russian snacks are expected to spiff up the Russian presence.
Global IT major IBM Friday announced investing $100 million to set eight new labs worldwide, including one here for enabling its clients work with experts in design, mobile and digital marketing.
“We will open the new labs in Bangalore, Beijing, Groningen (Netherlands), London, Melbourne, New York, Sao Paulo and Shanghai to provide our clients an opportunity to work with our researchers and consultants on design, data and analytics,” the US-based company said in a statement here.
Ingredients:
1 cup maida/all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp kalonji/onion seeds (optional)
1 tbsp oil or ghee
salt to taste
water for kneading
oil for deep frying
1 Take a wide plate and add the maida, oil, kalonji and salt and combine. Slowly add water and make a smooth dough. Leave aside covered with damp cloth for 15 mts.
2 Knead the dough again for a mt. Pinch off some dough and make very small balls. Roll out small thin rotis. Make deep dents in the roti using a fork or knife.
BhopalThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) caught a female Income Tax (IT) officer red-handed for accepting bribe in Bhopal.
The arrested officer has been identified as Poonam Roy, who is a 2007 batch IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer. She was held along with her husband Ganesh Malviya who acted as a mediator.
Apparently, Roy had demanded a bribe of rupees 2.5 million from a construction company builder on account of settling his tax returns.
Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ready to compromise everything to win the coming general elections; even it meant changing its stance on the issues of corruption and terrorism.
“The BJP is just chanting the name of Modi for everything. They do not have any ideology of their own. They are willing to take anyone and everyone in the party to win,” said Sibal, apparently referring to induction of former controversial JD-U leader Sabir Ali.
Do you know that religion helps regulate behaviour and health habits while spirituality regulates your emotions?
According to a new research, religion and spirituality have distinct but complementary influences on health.
“No one has ever reviewed all of the different models of how religion affects health. We are trying to impose a structure on a very messy field,” said Carolyn Aldwin, a gerontology professor in the college of public health and human sciences at Oregon State University.
Latest research by Google has reportedly revealed that 80 percent of top news organizations in the US have been target of government sponsored malware attacks.
As Google has been tracking state-sponsored malware for nearly two years, it was found that 21 out of the top 25 top organizations were targeted for such attacks.
According to The Verge, Google security engineers revealed the statistics indicative of the attacks, which disproportionately target the press, including those targeting the Associated Press in Vietnam and reporters at The New York Times.
People in Kerala have decided to take up the issue of contaminated and insufficient water supply as a major poll issue since the state government has failed to fulfill its promise to provide safe drinking water.
Hundreds of villagers who live near the low lying water logged regions of Kuttanad region in Alappuzha city in Kerala, which is famous for its back water tourism, are facing an acute shortage of drinking water for several years.
Dignitaries, media personalities and artists from all over the world arrived in Sharjah in the UAE this week for the premiere of the region’s biggest ever theatrical spectacular, ‘Clusters of Light’, which tells the story of Prophet Mohammad from his birth to his death and clarifies the true essence of Islam.
The Higher Organising Committee and the Executive Committee for Sharjah’s Islamic Culture Capital 2014 celebrations have completed all arrangements for the reception of the emirate’s guests, who will be accommodated in Sharjah’s leading hotels.
Reduce weight, improve nutrition, exercise more, drink less alcohol and have a better night’s sleep to bring sexual pleasure back in life without medication, a promising research shows.
Men suffering from sexual dysfunction can be successful at reversing their problem by focusing on lifestyle factors and not just relying on medication, according to researchers at University of Adelaide.
A very long battle seeking statehood for Telangana region has finally ended in the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. However, the State’s division has set a new battleground for caste politics in both the regions.
Lakhs of Prophet (pbuh) lovers staged strong protests after Friday prayers at various places of the country against militant attack on sacred shrines of Hazrat Owais Qarni and Ammar Yasir (RA) by so called splinter group of al-Qaeda.
Maulana Peer Shabbir Naqshbandi president All India Religious Leaders Association said he who attacks the shrine of Prophet Mohammed’s (pbuh) lover can’t be a follower of Muhammad (pbuh). A true lover of prophet (pbuh) can’t tolerate such faithless elements.
It seems that Bharatiya Janata Party will be updating itself with new turns each day. A day after senior BJP leaders Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Vinay Katiyar slammed the party for inducting expelled JD(U) leader Sabir Ali, the RSS too has expressed discontentment.
RSS leader Ram Madhav tweeted, “Sabir Ali’s induction has caused great resentment. Party leadership has been apprised of the strong views of the cadre and people against it.”
Just as the heart may be described in terms of being alive or dead, it may also be regarded as belonging to one of three types; these are the healthy heart, the dead heart, and the sick heart.
THE HEALTHY HEART
On the Day of Resurrection, only those who come to Allah with a healthy heart will be saved. Allah says:
“The day on which neither wealth nor sons will be of any use, except for whoever brings to Allah a sound heart.”
(Al-Qur’an 26:88-89)
In defining the healthy heart, the following has been said:
Blackberry’s fourth quarter results show that the company has reportedly incurred loss smaller than what analysts had predicted.
While Blackberry’s shares plummeted by 6.63 percent in pre-market trading, the company’s revenue dropped to 2.7 billion dollars from 3.2 billion dollars, taking a toll on the company’s cash position.
According to Tech Crunch, Blackberry saw revenue drop from 64 percent from 2013 levels to 976 million dollars and this 423 million dollars loss is chump change compared to the 4.4-billion dollars loss reported during the previous quarter.
BlackBerry CEO John Chen is reportedly positive that the company will see a turnaround soon.
Referring to the reduced operating expenses, which were down by 51 percent against last year, Chen said that the company was getting back on track towards profitability.
According to the Verge, Chen is looking at the past for BlackBerry’s next move, instead of being the forward thinker the company so desperately needs.
A female Polish tourist, working as a nurse in the United Kingdom, was robbed of three cameras, 100 pounds and Indian currency collectively valued at Rs 1.72 lakh at Ahmedabad railway station, the police said here today.
A rare Stradivari viola is expected to sell for 45 million dollars at auction.
The incredibly rare viola was crafted in 1719 by the legendary Antonio Stradivari and is one of the 10 violas that have survived all these years, making it the world’s most expensive instrument, the New York Post reported.
According to Sotheby’s, the instrument, which is called “the Macdonald”, named after the 3rd Baron Macdonald, Godfrey Bosville, who owned it in the early 19th century, will fetch at least 45 million dollars and is the first such viola to be on the open market in about 50 years. (ANI)
The democratic system has provided right to vote to upper class and backward classes equally, but developmental opportunities are limited only to ruling class which tantamount to toying with democracy. Said the revolutionary singer Mr. Gadar while addressing a seminar held at Urdu Ghar, Moghalpura, on the topic of restoration of Muslims’ glorious past in Telangana. Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, Sanaullah Khan chief convenor SC, ST, BC, Muslim Front, Maulana Hamed Husain Shuttari, acting president Sunni Ulama Board, Mr.
Earth Hour will be observed across the world from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Saturday.
People will turn off all non-essential lights to raise awareness about environmental challenges at the specified time.
Actor Arjun Kapoor has been announced as the national brand ambassador of the environmental campaign ‘ Earth Hour 2014 ‘.
Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organised by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and engages a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues. (ANI)
An Indian-origin teenage girl in Wales missing since December is dead, police have confirmed.
Nida Naseer, 19, was last seen at her home in Linton Street in Newport, at 8 pm on December 28. Since then her mobile phone had also not been used.
Her body was recovered from an estuary.
Gwent Police said formal identification of the body found in Newport on Thursday has been carried out and that it is that of Naseer, who disappeared nearly three months ago after going to put the bins out at her home.
Both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party have condemned Imran Masood comments, which threatened to “chop Narendra Modi to pieces”, terming it as against democracy.
Congress leader Nirmal Khatri on Saturday said that Imran Masood made these comments way back in December last year when Masood was with Samajwadi Party, and also termed such comments as undemocratic.
Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two train robbers and recovered 67 stolen diamonds from their possession.
According to the police, the duo— identified as Mukesh and Sunil— of late even assaulted some police staff.The looted articleswas sold by these habitual crooks in several cities including Delhi, Hansi, Hisar and Bhiwani. Most recently, they had looted a woman of her jewellery on a Chandigarh- bound train.