South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius is seen kissing and flirting with his model girlfriend just days before he shot her dead, in security footage broadcast today ahead of his murder trial.
Pistorius and his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp behaved like any loving couple as they picked out groceries at the upmarket Woolworths store in Pretoria ten days before her Valentine’s Day death, according to CCTV images broadcast by Sky News.
At least five militants were killed while eight others were wounded in a military operation in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, a police chief said on Saturday.
“The military raid was carried out by army and police in Obe district, west of the provincial capital Herat city. Several rounds of weapons and ammunition were also seized following the operation,” district police chief Shiragha Alokozai told Xinhua.
No soldier was hurt in the operations, he noted.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today declared their third list of candidates for 20 Lok Sabha seats with prominent names being Savita Bhatti, wife of late comedian Jaspal Bhatti’s, who has been given a ticket from Chandigarh, and Anand Kumar, a professor from JNU, from Delhi.
The party declared candidates for lone seat of Union Territory of Chandigarh, two from Delhi and Kerela, seven from Madhya Pradesh, seven from Odisha and one from Bihar. The third list has a doctor, actor, teacher, former diplomat, educationists and social activists.
Lok Satta Party national President Dr Jayaprakash Narayan will be addressing a public meeting at Tirupati on March 3 to enlighten people on the party’s role in safeguarding the interests of all regions in the State in wake of the Delhi decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.
The annual plans for the fiscal year 2014-15 for states earmarked by the Planning Commission will be finalised after the general elections, officials said here Saturday.
“The official and chief ministerial level discussions with the Planning Commission have not been held yet. These discussions are expected to be take place after the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections,” Tripura’s Additional Chief Secretary K.V. Satyanarayan, in-charge of the finance department, told IANS.
Playing down M Karunanidhi’s praise for Narendra Modi, Union Minister E M Sudarsana Natchiappan today said the Gujarat Chief Minister was a “symbol of destruction” and he can never become the Prime Minister.
The Congres leader indicated that his party was open for an alliance with DMK and DMDK and said he was sure that DMK chief Karunanidi will keep the “party’s principles first” on the issue of alliance for Lok Sabha polls.
Former army chief General (retd) V.K. Singh Saturday joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
General (retd) Singh engaged in a bitter battle with the government over his age.
Speculations of his joining BJP had been rife for a while.
It has not yet been made clear if he will fight Lok Sabha polls.
Troubled by inadequate sleep? See a doctor! A new study links lack of sleep with reduced gray matter in the brain and stresses the need to seek medical help if the problem persists.
A new study of the Gulf War veterans found an association between poor sleep quality and reduced gray matter volume in the brain’s frontal lobe, which helps control important processes such as memory and executive functions.
“This study emphasises the importance of seeking medical help if you are troubled by the poor quality of sleep,” said Safwan Badr, president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
The Bill to carve out Telangana on Saturday received the assent of President Pranab Mukherjee who also signed the proclamation to impose central rule in Andhra Pradesh.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2014, which got Parliament’s approval on February 20 despite strong opposition from Seemandhra leaders, got the Presidential assent, paving the way for creation of the country’s 29th state by splitting Andhra Pradesh.
There will be 13 districts in residuary Andhra Pradesh while Telangana will have 10 districts, including the Hyderabad city.
Real-time social media like Twitter could be used to track HIV incidence and drug-related behaviours with the aim of detecting and potentially preventing outbreaks, shows a study.
It may be possible to predict sexual risk and drug use behaviours by monitoring tweets, mapping where those messages come from and linking them with data on the geographical distribution of HIV cases.
His Highness the Aga Khan today praised Canada’s efforts to reduce instability across the world and emphasized the role of strong civil society, education and good governance in fostering development of societies and in mitigating conflict.
The Aga Khan made the remarks in a historic address to a joint session of parliament at the invitation of the Right Honorable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada.
Rapper Chris Brown has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, severe insomnia and post traumatic stress disorder, all of which have been found to be the reason for his anger related issues.
The “Look at Me Now” star appeared in court last Sunday for a hearing over his ongoing probation and a report from the rehabilitation facility where he has just completed 95 days to deal with anger management issues, indicates that he is suffering from bipolar disorder, reports contactmusic.com.
As Microsoft plans to wind up Windows 8.1 operating system next month, the firm plans to announce a free version of Windows in a bid to persuade customers to upgrade to latest versions.
A new version, called ‘Windows with Bing’, could be given away at a developers’ conference in April, claimed media reports.
The firm is also rumoured to be considering dropping the price or even giving away its Windows Phone software.
According to media reports, “Microsoft is currently experimenting with a free version of Windows 8.1 that could boost the number of people using the operating system.”
Here comes an innovative cancer-fighting method where custom-designed nanoparticles carry and release chemotherapy drugs directly to tumour cells when triggered by a two-photon laser in the infrared red wavelength.
Light-activated drug delivery holds promise for treating cancer because it gives doctors control over precisely when and where in the body drugs are to be released.
A US federal judge in Washington has granted a Sikh rights group’s plea to serve summons on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in India in a case of alleged violation of human rights during his tenure.
The 1965 Hague Service Convention allows the process of judicial documents from one signatory state to another without the use of consular and diplomatic channels.
A German has come all the way to a village in Bihar’s Nalanda district to make a documentary on a farmer who set a paddy cultivation record.
“We are here to shoot a documentary film on life of Sumant Kumar, his farming technique and lifestyle,” said Munich-based journalist Vetina Vez, who is heading the eight member-team from Germany.
Sumant Kumar, a farmer in Darveshpura village in Nalanda district, had created a record in 2011 by producing 224 quintals of paddy per hectare using the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method.
A man reportedly had sex with a goat multiple times and claims that he first sought its permission.
Malam Kamisu Baranda, from a village near Dutse, has stunned the police in Nigeria by his claims, the Daily Star reported.
The 20-year-old told Jigawa State Police officials that it was his goat and he shouldn’t be charged as he had asked the goat the permission to have sex with it.
Baranda, who was given two week prison sentence, added that animals “satisfied his demands” and he has taken other animals into bushes to avoid any embarrassment. (ANI)
A woman from UK – dubbed hot convict after her image surfaced on internet – has filed a lawsuit against a background check website, saying that the company used her arrest booking photo for commercial and advertising purposes, without compensating or even getting her permission.
Meagan Simmons, of Zephyrhills, Florida, filed the lawsuit in Hillsborough County Court against InstantCheckmate.com, CBS reported.
In her lawsuit, she said that all the exposure has disturbed her peace of mind, and invaded her privacy, causing her mental anguish.
New York-based fashion duo The Blonds – David Blond and Phillipe Blond – new costumes have been inspired by Catwoman in comics, movies, and the iconic TV show “Batman,”
Designer David Blond told Billboard that this is a collection we wanted to do for some time now, asserting that Selina Kyle is a strong powerful woman who was both sexy and smart.
The black slinky dresses featuring cathead shoulder pads were the highlight of The Blonds’ fashion show at Milk Studios.
Mary-Kate Olsen is all set to walk down the aisle with her much older beau Olivier Sarkozy , who happens to be former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s half-brother.
According to Us Magazine, the former child star, 27, and her 44-year-old banker fiance have been dating for almost two years and love attending basketball games together.
The couple shares a 6.25 million dollar townhouse in New York City.
While this will be Olsen’s first marriage, Sarkozy was previously married to Charlotte Bernard and has two kids with her. (ANI)
Dejected over divorce demand by wife following a row, the man committed suicide. The couple got married on 9th January 2014. According to Ghatkesar police 37-year-old Fazlur Rahman consumed unknown poison mixed in cool drink. Fazlur Rahman was the son of Noor Baig R/O Jedimetla and was a driver by occupation. The couple had quarrels over minor issues since few days after marriage.
Mohammed Khurshid Husain, broke the record of a UAE girl by typing the sentence ‘Guinness World Records have challenged me to type this sentence using my nose in the fastest time’ with his nose in 54 seconds. The girl named Neeta had typed the sentence in 1 minute and 33 seconds.
On Friday, Petrol price was hiked by 60 paise a litre, the second increase this year whereas diesel gets dearer by 50 paise a litre making it the 14th hike since January 2013.
The hikes, effective from Friday midnight, are with the exception of local sales tax or VAT and actual increase will be higher and will differ from city to city.
Petrol price, which was last hiked on January 4, will cost Rs 80.18 from Rs 79.38 in Bangalore. It will be Rs 73.16 a litre from Rs 72.43 at present in Delhi.
Actor and Housing Minister M H Ambareesh will be shifted to Singapore for further treatment early on Saturday, doctors said on Friday.
The actor is stable and his family has decided to take him to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.
He will leave in an air ambulance around 3.30am, as said by a spokesperson of Vikram Hospital where the actor is being treated.
It seems that the land grabbers will surely encroach upon 13 acre 17 gunta land of Bam Rukn-ud Daula as illegal occupants have barricaded the precious land of 244-year-old water body despite the fact that the social activists and locals proved with various historical documents that the land belongs to the lake. However GHMC, HUMDA, Revenue Department all have maintained silence over the issue.