Month: May 2014

Surprised my comments on KJo’s show caused controversy: Sonam

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Sonam Kapoor’s comments on the actresses during her appearance on filmmaker Karan Johar’s chat show raised many eyebrows, but the star does not think she said anything inappropriate.

The 28-year-old actress, known for her outspoken nature, did not spare anyone – be it her contemporaries like Deepika Padukone or newcomers Parineeti Chopra and Alia Bhatt. She went a notch higher and said how bad looking people are considered good actors in Bollywood.

However, the ‘Ranjhanaa’ star says what she said on ‘Koffee With Karan’ was all in good humour and not malicious at all.

India, Saudi work on modalities for hiring domestic workers

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India and Saudi Arabia will discuss a legal framework for over 5,00,000 Indian domestic workers in the gulf kingdom to solve any disputes between them and their employers.

An Indian delegation headed by Ruolkhumlien Buhril, protector general of emigrants, has arrived in Jeddah to discuss the legal formalities of the contractual mode for Indian domestic workers, the Arab News reported.

Indian’s body lying in UAE morgue for two years

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The body of an expatriate Indian has been lying in a morgue in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the last two years as his family members refused to claim his body, media reported Wednesday.

Bharat Kumar Behra, 37, from the Indian state of Odisha, died reportedly due to a cardiac arrest in June 2012 and his body has been lying in the morgue of Shaikh Khalifa Hospital in Abu Dhabi ever since, Gulf News reported Wednesday.

Behra was initially reported missing by his family, and his body was identified by an Indian embassy official in October 2013.

NIA team reaches Chennai blast site

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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has reached the site of the twin blasts in a train in Chennai and is investigating the case, a home ministry official said Thursday.

He said that the ministry has sought a report from the state government on the incident.

One passenger was killed and 14 were injured Thursday when twin blasts occured in two coaches of an express train that had entered the Chennai railway station.

Over 400 India-bound passengers stranded in Saudi Arabia

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Over 400 India-bound passengers were stranded for many hours at a Saudi Arabian airport since early Wednesday morning as an Air India flight could not take off due to a technical glitch, a news report said.

Air India Flight AI962 was scheduled to leave the Saudi port city of Jeddah for Kozhikode in the south Indian state of Kerala at 12.15 a.m. Wednesday, but got delayed due to a technical fault that led to passengers waiting for long hours at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Gazette reported Thursday.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma fined $20,000

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Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was fined $20,000 for maintaining a slow over rate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Wednesday.

Since it was his first offence of the season under the IPL Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Sharma was fined $20,000, said a statement.

The Indians lost their fifth successive match in the seventh edition of the IPL to the Sunrisers by 15 runs.

CSK look to continue winning run as IPL arrives in India

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As the IPL action shifts to India after a rendezvous in the UAE, formidable Chennai Super Kings will seek to continue their winning momentum when they lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders, who will be hoping for a reversal in fortunes, here tomorrow.

Since being out-slugged by table-toppers Kings XI Punjab in their high-scoring opening game, two-time champions CSK brought their A game into play, which saw them winning the next four matches with ease.

New govt in India provides opportunity for collaboration: US

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A new government in India provides an ideal opportunity to turn areas of contention into areas of collaboration, according to a top US trade official, who underlined that America has made its intentions clear that it does not favour a confrontist approach.

Security heightened at Hyderabad rly stns after Chennai bomb blasts

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Security was today intensified at major railway stations across Andhra Pradesh in the wake of bomb explosions in a train at Chennai Railway station, Government Railway Police (GRP) said.

“We routinely conduct checks and searches at railway stations, however, following the bomb explosions at Chennai railway station, we have intensified the checking at Secunderabad and Nampally railway stations here besides at Warangal and Kazipet and other railway stations,” Superintendent of Police (Secunderabad Railway Police) Chandrasekhar Reddy said.

Bus turns turtle, 30 injured

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Over 30 passengers were injured when a hi-tech luxury bus of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) turned turtle at Dharmasthala. The mishap occurred last evening when the driver lost control over the vehicle while passing through Madyala Chadavu near Dharmasthala.

The fateful passengers were on a tour from Kolar which was sponsored by department of women and child welfare.

A case has been registered against the bus driver at Beltangady police station.

Chennai blasts: Police detain a suspect

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Two minor-intensity bomb blasts today rocked the Guwahati-Bangalore Express at the Central Railway station here claiming a woman’s life and leaving 13 others injured, as police detained a suspect in this connection.

A 22-year-old woman passenger, identified as Swathi, bound for Guntur via Vijaywada, was killed in the explosions that occurred in the S4 and S5 coaches in quick succession.
The injured, including two grievously hurt, have been rushed to the state-run Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, where doctors said the injured were “out of danger”.

Woman burns self at Narsingi

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A woman committed suicide at Narsingi area. It is said that 60 year old Shushma W/O Ramulu R/O Khanapura was dejected due to illness. She resorted to the extreme step and poured kerosene over her body on April 15 before setting herself ablaze. She died yesterday night. Narsingi police is investigating the case.

Siasat news

Complaint filed against ND Tiwari’s security personnel

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A police complaint was lodged against senior Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari’s security personnel by Ujjwala Sharma, the mother of his son Rohit Shekhar, for trying to create a wedge between them for property.

A few days back, Sharma was stopped by security personnel from accompanying the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister following which she lodged a police complaint against the officer on special duty (OSD) Bhawani Bhatt.

The 70-year-old retired lecturer of the Daulat Ram College in New Delhi told a news agency that all she wanted was to look after Tiwari in old age.

Rohit fined $20,000 for slow over rate

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Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their Indian Premier League match against Sunrisers Hyderabad here.

Since it was his first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Rohit was fined USD 20,000.

“This was Rohit’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, so he has been fined USD 20,000,” an official release stated in the IPL’s official website.

NIA team reaches Chennai blasts site

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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has reached the site of the twin blasts in a train in Chennai and is investigating the case, a Home Ministry official said on Thursday.

He said that the ministry has sought a report from the state government on the incident.

One passenger was killed and 14 were injured on Thursday when twin blasts occurred in two coaches of an express train that had entered the Chennai railway station.

–IANS

Narendra Modi represents RSS ideology: Rahul Gandhi

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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi represents the ideology of the RSS, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday.

Referring to MS Golwalkar, the second “Sarsanghchalak” (Supreme Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Gandhi said Golwalkar believed India made a huge mistake by giving voting rights to women.

He also slammed Modi over his alleged links with the Adani industrial group and questioned how the business house grew to Rs 40,000 crore during his tenure as the Gujarat chief minister.

Antibiotic resistance worldwide threat to public health

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A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO – its first to globally look at antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance – reveals that this serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future but is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country.

Antibiotic resistance – when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections – is now a major threat to public health.

Heat wave scorches North India, 30 dead in Odisha

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Away from the election heat, it’s the summer heat which is gripping all of North India, with temperatures continuing to soar.

Delhi faced its hottest day of the season on Wednesday, recording a maximum of 42 degrees. That is three degrees above normal.

Temperatures have already been reaching the mid-40s in several parts of the north, Uttar Pradesh in particular.

Thirty people have reportedly died in Odisha in the past week. Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda are the worst-hit.

Jayalalithaa, Rosaiah condemn twin bomb blast on train

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa, Governor K.Rosaiah, and other political leaders Thursday condoled the death of a young woman in the twin bomb blasts on a train.

Strongly condemning the bomb blasts, Jayalalithaa expressed her grief at the death of 22-year-old Swathi and injuries to 14 others.

In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa said she was grieved on hearing the death of one person and injuries to 14 others in the twin bomb blasts on Bangalore-Guwahati train stationed at Chennai Central Station here.

UN chief condemns car bombing in Syria

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday condemned a car bombing in Syrian city of Homs, which left killed 36 people and injured many more.

“These are horrendous acts of terror against innocent civilians,” Xinhua quoted a statement issued by Ban’s spokesperson as saying.

“The secretary-general deeply regrets that the attack in Homs comes in the midst of ongoing cease-fire negotiations over the Old City of Homs and calls on the government and opposition groups to resist provocative attempts at undermining any peace efforts.”

Complaint filed against N.D Tiwari’s security personnel

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A police complaint was lodged against senior Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari’s security personnel by Ujjwala Sharma, the mother of his son Rohit Shekhar, for trying to create a wedge between them for property.

A few days back, Sharma was stopped by security personnel from accompanying the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister following which she lodged a police complaint against the officer on special duty (OSD) Bhawani Bhatt.

The 70-year-old retired lecturer of the Daulat Ram College in New Delhi told IANS that all she wanted was to look after Tiwari in old age.

Alert sounded in Kerala after Chennai bomb blasts

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An alert has been sounded across Kerala after the twin blasts aboard a train at Chennai railway station Thursday morning, a state minister said.

State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said there was no need for any anxiety or panic in the state.

“We have sounded an alert in the state and the police are doing their job. Also, the security has been beefed up at all places,” said Chennithala.

One passenger was killed and 14 were injured Thursday morning in two bomb blasts in two coaches of the Guwahati-Bangalore train, minutes after it entered the Chennai railway station.

–IANS

Modi represents RSS ideology: Rahul Gandhi

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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi represents the ideology of the RSS, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday.

Referring to M.S. Golwalkar, the second “Sarsanghchalak” (Supreme Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Gandhi said Golwalkar believed India made a huge mistake by giving voting rights to women.

He also slammed Modi over his alleged links with the Adani industrial group and questioned how the business house grew to Rs.40,000 crore during his tenure as the Gujarat chief minister.

Group Discussions for admission into IPE PG diploma courses

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According to the Director Institute of Public Enterprise, Group Discussions and Personal interviews will be held on May 3, for admission into various PG courses like, Post Graduate Diploma in Management, (PGDM), Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Retail & Marketing) PGDM (RM), Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Banking, Insurance & Financial Services) (PGMD (BIF), Post Graduate Diploma in Management (International Business) (PGDM (IB), Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Human Resource Management (PGDM (HRM), Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Executive) (PGDM (Ex).

Men in ‘healthy’ countries have eyes for beauty!

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All the pretty women out there, if wooing a man is what is in your mind, move on to a country where conditions are not that harsh as feminine charm sweeps men living in countries with ‘healthy’ conditions.

A study has found that men living in unhealthy conditions are less attracted to pretty faces than their counterparts living in healthy conditions.

For example, a man living in Nepal or Nigeria finds a woman with large eyes, full lips and a soft jaw not as appealing as a man in Japan or Australia may find her.