Month: May 2014

Former Union minister Basangouda Patil Yatnal arrested in riot case

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Former Union minister and state BJP leader Basangouda Patil Yatnal, booked in a rioting case in connection with a communal clash here on May 26, was arrested on Wednesday, a top police officer said.

“We have arrested Yatnal for his alleged involvement in a communal clash which took place here a couple of days back,” IGP (Northern Range) Bhaskar Rao told PTI here.

A case of rioting was registered against Yatnal and 29 others in connection with a communal incident, he said.

Chiropractic registration begins from today

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The 26-member Chiropractic doctors’ team of Palmer Chiropractic University America under the supervision of Prof. Moin Ansari and Mrs. Shaheda Ansari is visiting Hyderabad in the 3rd week of June. The team of doctors after visiting various places of the city will undertake free checkup at the 3-day Chiropractic Medical camp to be conducted by Siasat daily and Anwar Charitable Trust. The camp will be conducted from Sunday, June 22 to June 24 at Abid Ali Khan Eye Hospital, Darushifa.

Must have trouser shapes for summer

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Trousers are the staple in summer and this season is all about choosing the right pair and fit. There are joggers cut, wide legs, culottes to skinny legs – take your pick.

Femalefirst.co.uk enlists the four shapes you need to invest in and suggest some stylish options that you can shop now.

* Joggers: Joggers will help you perfect the sports luxe trend we saw on the runways at Victoria Beckham, Alexander Wang and many more shows. Dress them up with a silky camisole top, ‘barely there’ heels and a box clutch and wear them during the day with espadrilles and a loose-fit t-shirt.

M A Shabbir slams Najma Heptulla for her anti-reservation remarks

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Former minister and MLC Mohammed Ali Shabbir claimed that Modi’s anti-Muslim secret agenda has come to light. Najma Heptulla by terming Muslim reservations as unnecessary has insulted the sentiments of Muslims.

Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhawan Mr. Shabbir said in Andhra Pradesh Muslims were not given reservations in the name of religion but on the basis of poverty and social and economic backwardness; while the Supreme Court also okayed reservations on the basis of occupation.

Telangana shutdown hits normal life.

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The day-long shutdown called by TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday protesting the Centre’s ordinance to hand over 200 villages of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh for Polavaram irrigation project, affected normal life.

Buses of state-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) went off the roads in all 10 districts including Hyderabad. Shops, hotels and business establishments were also shutdown in many parts of Telangana.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders sat in protest outside the RTC depots since early Thursday to prevent buses from coming out.

PEARLS OF WISDOM!

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Islamic Quotes/Poems

“Allah likes that person the most who gets saddened by the slightest misfortune of another.”

“Allah loves the one who loves His creation.”

“Gain the pleasure of Allah through worship.

Gain the pleasure of Allah’s Messenger through following his sunnah.

Gain the pleasure of his creation by serving them.”

“The heart of a Muslim can only be washed with the water of tears.”

“Regardless of whether you are right and true, stay away from arguments and consider them harmful for you.”

“3 signs of a darkened heart:
1. Conceit

Hyundai-Kia surpasses Honda as ‘greenest’ automaker

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The Union of Concerned Scientists has named Hyundai-Kia as the greenest automaker, which has beat Honda.

The scientists’ group has ranked the eight top-selling automakers based on carbon and smog-forming emissions of their fleets, who they say have reduced pollution for the first time, Fox News reported.

Hyundai-Kia beat Honda by equipping many models with smaller turbocharged engines and the researchers said that the automaker introduced gas-electric hybrid versions of its two top-selling models, the Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima.

Top food retailers accumulate Rs 13,000 cr loss in FY14: Crisil

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Top 10 food retailers, including Reliance Fresh, Aditya Birla Retail, Wal-Mart India and Bharti Retail, have registered accumulated losses of over Rs 13,000 crore in the last fiscal, ratings agency Crisil said on Wednesday.

“Accumulated losses of food retailers are estimated to have crossed Rs 13,000 crore in the last fiscal, an analysis by CRISIL Ratings of top 10 food retailers that are in gestation phase showed,” a Crisil statement said.

Environment clearance to Aranmula airport project cancelled

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The National Green Tribunal today set aside the Centre’s Environmental Clearance to the controversial Rs 2,000 crore private airport project at Aranmula in Kerala and directed the promoters to stop the construction work at the site.

The Southern Bench of the Tribunal comprising Justice M Chokkalingam and Expert Member R Nagendran passed the order on a petition by Aranmula Heritage Village Protection Action Council which opposed the project, meant to provide airlink to famous hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala, contending that it would cause damage to environment.

Meet the beer-making robot called Bar Mixvah

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A new robot has been designed which uses a complex technology to mix and pour drinks.

Yu Jiang Tham, who works for Apple, had built the robot named Bar Mixvah as a means of teaching himself to use new software and he added that it is great fun to use the robot at parties, Metro.co.uk reported.

The robot has been printed entirely from a 3D printer and can take drinks requests via iPad. (ANI)

Cabinet to finalise Parliament session schedule today

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The Union Cabinet will meet here today to decide on the date of inaugural session of the 16th Lok Sabha.

The session expected to commence from next month, will also discuss the process of election of speaker and other formalities for the constitution of new Lok Sabha.

The first session will witness election of the new speaker and the joint address by the President to the two houses. (ANI)

Oz papers publish Duchess Kate’s ‘infamous’ bare bottom snap

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Some Australian papers have published the Duchess of Cambridge’s infamous bare bottom photograph.

The Sydney Daily Telegraph made no heed to the calls for royal privacy and published the images under the headline ‘My bare lady: Derri-heir to the throne is fair game,’ Daily Star reported.

Germany’s best-selling tabloid Bild was also one of the papers which printed the embarrassing photograph in their publication.

The 32-year-old royal’s bottom was left exposed after a blast of air from helicopter blades blew her dress up during last month’s royal tour of Australia. (ANI)

Water in moon rocks key to understanding lunar history

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A new review of hundreds of chemical analyses of Moon rocks indicates that the amount of water in the Moon’s interior varies regionally – revealing clues about how water originated and was redistributed in the Moon.

These discoveries provide a new tool to unravel the processes involved in the formation of the Moon, how the lunar crust cooled, and its impact history.

This is not liquid water, but water trapped in volcanic glasses or chemically bound in mineral grains inside lunar rocks.

Rupee up 7 paise against dollar in early trade

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The rupee strengthened by seven paise to 58.86 against the dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on increased selling of the US currency by exporters.

The local currency had gained 11 paise to close at 58.93 per dollar yesterday following late selling of the American currency by exporters amid stable local equities.

Forex dealers said besides increased dollar selling by exporters, strength in other currencies against the American currency overseas also supported the rupee but a lower opening of the domestic equity market capped the gains.

Sensex down 78 points in early trade; Infosys tanks 6%

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The benchmark BSE Sensex declined by nearly 78 points in early trade today as several stocks suffered losses on selling by funds and retail investors ahead of monthly expiry in the derivatives segment.

The 30-share barometer, which had gained 6.58 points in yesterday’s choppy trade, moved down by 77.78 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 24,478.31 with IT, auto, PSUs, metal and banking stocks leading the fall.

Also, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty shed 13.25 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 7,316.40.

‘Judge me by my work’, says Smriti Irani

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Responding to Congress leader Ajay Maken’s comments on her qualification, Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday requested people to judge her for her work.

“Extraneous circumstances have been created to ensure that my attention is deviated from the body of work I have been entrusted with. I have been judged by my organisation on the capacity to deliver on assignments,” she said.

“Humbly request all to do that. Judge me by my work, I would only say this,” she added.

Maken had stated that HRD Minister Smriti Irani was ‘not even a graduate’.

Tai Chi may help slow aging process

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Researchers have claimed that Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese martial art and sport, was found to be beneficial in increasing the numbers of an important type of cell when three groups of young people were tested to discover the benefits of Tai Chi, brisk walking or no exercise.

The group performing Tai Chi saw a rise in their cluster of differentiation 34 expressing (CD34+) cells, a stem cell important to a number of the body’s functions and structures.

TRS calls for bandh today

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TRS MLC Mohammed Mahmood Ali has appealed the people to make the Telangana bandh on May 29 successful. He appealed the people of Telangana region in general and people of twin cities Hyderabad and Secunderabad in particular to take part in the bandh being organized against discrepancy towards Telangana and express anger against Central government. He appealed educational and business institutions to take part in bandh as appealed by KCR.

Prof. S A Shukoor given additional charge of MD AP Christian Minority Finance Corporation

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The government has given Prof S A Shukoor, Managing Director Minority Finance Corporation the additional charge of Managing Director Andhra Pradesh Christian Minority Finance Corporation. Special Secretary Minority Welfare Syed Omer Jaleel issued orders in this connection. It is said that the present Managing Director Mr. Nicholas is on the vacation hence during his absence Prof S A Shukoor has been given the additional charge.

`Stressed` five-year-old wishes to be `four again` after three girlfriends

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A 5-year-old boy was so stressed out with his ‘3 girlfriends’ that he wished to be “4 again”.

A Youtube video released online shows the troubled kid batting his dilemma as he’s thinking out loud which one of his three ladies he should ditch, Metro.co.uk reported.

The mother of the little Casanova filmed the entire conversation where he’s certain that he can only have two girls in his life but cannot decide as “they’re all pretty”. (ANI)

Meet woman who had `steamy sex` with 250-year-old ghost

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A psychic has revealed that she had raunchy sex sessions with a 250-year-old ghost. Kinky Adrien Blackwell said that her first sex experience was not at all scary but in fact it was like being on another planet, something much more than anything humanly possible, the Daily Star reported.

Wearing `miracle` vest for just 8 hrs a day helps you lose inches without moving a muscle

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A new “miracle” vest claims to help slimmers lose inches without moving a muscle, all you need to do is wear a vest for eight hours a day.

The Caffeine Infused Slimming Tank Top is said to help wearers lose an inch around the hips and trim 1.25 inches from the waist, the Daily Star reported.

American makers Hammacher Schlemmer claim that the green coffee and brown algae infused fabric will whittle down love handles.

But hopeful slimmers will have to commit to wearing the garment for eight hours every day for three weeks to see a difference.

65pc women regret after having cosmetic surgery

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A new research suggests that two thirds of Brits who’ve had cosmetic surgery regret the procedure, with the majority complaining they didn’t look how they imagined after the op.

The poll of 2,638 people, by a firm of medical negligence solicitors, found that 83 percent of people who’ve had plastic surgery would never consider having a cosmetic procedure again, the Daily Star reported.

The research by medicalaccidentgroup.co.uk was conducted as part of an ongoing study into how Brits feel about any cosmetic surgery that they’ve had.