Month: May 2014

Al-Ameen rep visits Ramanagaram Muslim school

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Mr. Fazal Mubeen Siddiqui, head of Al-Ameen Educational

Institutions, Nagpur, Maharashtra, visited a Muslim Government residential school in Ramanagaram recently.

Mr. Mubeen congratulated Ms. Shaheena Banu, headmistress of the residential school for securing 100 percent results in SSLC examination.

Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed, president of Bazm-e-Urooj-e-Adab, Tumkur and Mr. Aslam Yusuf were also present on the occasion.Courtesy:Karnataka Muslims

http://karnatakamuslims.com/portal/al-ameen-rep-visits-ramanagaram-muslim-school/

Chrissy can’t keep up with Legend-ary hubby

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Model Christine Teigen, known as Chrissy Teigen, is exhausted of listening how talented her husband and singer John Legend is.

The model married Legend in Italy last September and said she is already getting tired of his achievements, reports contactmusic.com.

“Of course, I’m proud. But how often can you be proud of listening the same things again? I actually told him (John) this the other day – ‘You come to me every single day with some high honor, another number one…’ like ‘Oh, we’ve reached number one in this country now’,” said Teigen.

HC declines to entertain plea seeking ban on Kejriwal’s letter

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The Delhi High Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking a ban on publication and circulation of Arvind Kejriwal’s letter questioning orders sending him to judicial custody and also levelling allegations against BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.

A bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini did not go into the issues raised in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which had also sought blocking of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) website till the letter was withdrawn from it.

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.

‘Spectrophilia’ the art of having sex with a spirit is not that uncommon but some clients are scared to talk about it because they are often mocked and that is the reason she shared her story as it puts them at ease, she added.

I want to be full package like Hrithik: Tiger Shroff

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Tiger Shroff, the latest stunt hero in tinsel town, finds a perfect example to follow in Hrithik Roshan, who he believes is a great dancer, fighter and actor simultaneously.

After the release of “Heropanti”, the actor spoke about being an action hero, rumours surrounding him and his future projects.

Excerpts:

Q. How would you rate yourself as an action hero?

Uma Bharti vows to clean up Ganga

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Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti today vowed to clean up river Ganga, one of the key priorities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has won the election from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

“Efforts will be made to make it clean, as pious as it was in the past with the theme ‘aviral Ganga, nirmal Ganga’,” she told reporters here after taking over as the Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

New dating show ‘Stand By Your Man’ blends ‘Take Me Out’, ‘Geordie Shore’

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A new dating show would be coming soon that will be a blend of hit shows like ‘Geordie Shore’ and ‘Take Me Out’.

The show, which will be airing on Channel 5, will be hosted by former Westlifer Brian McFadden and Laura Jackson, the Daily Star.

The hosts have said that all the contestants are “completely sex mad”, which will feature four guys competing to win a date with one of 40 man-hungry girls from the studio audience.

Bangladesh flagged off Teesta water sharing, boundary issues with India

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Bangladesh has raised the issue of two pacts which are in anticipation of with India, the Teesta waters agreement and the Land Boundary Agreement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hopes he will be able to deliver on them.

The Speaker of the Bangladesh Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Parliament in an interview to a newspaper on Tuesday said, “We have walked-the-talk with regard to Teesta waters and the Land Boundary pact. These are pending issues and we’re hopeful that these will be resolved in the near future.”

Jung visits home for mentally challenged

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In a step towards improving the conditions of rehab homes across the city, Delhi’s Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today visited Asha Kiran Home for mentally challenged in Rohini.

After the visit, Jung said he was tremendously moved at the fate of the mentally handicapped and that Delhi government will do everything to improve facilities in all such homes.

“While man and state can never make up for the injustices of fate, we can do all we can to make such people comfortable. The state owes them this,” said Jung.

Indian goes on trial in UAE for possessing drugs

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An Indian expatriate has been facing trial for smuggling in and possessing drugs in the UAE, media reported Tuesday.

The Indian driver, 28, identified only as A.S., was arrested with Tramadol drug tablets on his arrival at the Dubai airport following an arrest warrant by Ajman police anti-narcotics department March 28, Emirates 24/7 reported.

A.S. denied smuggling drugs at the Dubai Criminal Court and contended that they were bought against medical prescription.

Police recovered 36 Tramadol tablets, in addition to 39 buprenorphine tablets and other types of medicines from him.

Sussex players, coach ‘sickened and disgusted’ at ‘alleged’ fixing by Vincent, Arif

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The coach and the players of English county side Sussex have reportedly been left ‘sickened’ and ‘disgusted’ with their former teammate and former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent’s alleged match fixing while playing for the team.

Vincent was charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) with 14 offences, relating to two county cricket matches he played for Sussex in 2011, while another former player Naveed Arif was charged with six offences.

Is Sep 19 your date with iPhone 6?

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If we believe a German phone firm Deutsche Telekom, your date with Apple’s iPhone 6 is Sep 19 this year.

“The date is consistent with Apple’s recent launches, making it likely an educated guess,” a report on apfelpage.de website claimed.

Apple generally launches its new iPhone models Fridays, and Sep 19 does fall on a Friday this year.

Apple made the iPhone 5 available Sep 21, 2012.

The new handset is believed to have a larger 4.7 inch screen, with a second version boasting a 5.5inch screen.

Diet beverages to help shed extra kilos?

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Drinking diet beverages could help you lose weight faster than just plain water, a controversial study has claimed.

People who drank diet beverages, including diet sodas and diet teas, lost an average of 13 pounds (approximately six kg) as compared to nine pounds (approximately four kg) on average who drank only water in the same programme, the study showed.

“I was surprised that diet beverages performed better than water,” John C. Peters from Colorado University’s Anschutz health and wellness center was quoted as saying.

No chargesheet handed to Sharif: Aziz

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not hand over a chargesheet to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif during their bilateral meeting in New Delhi Tuesday, Sharif’s National Security and Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz said here.

Aziz told a press conference here Wednesday that the meeting between Sharif and Modi in New Delhi was not just a photo op and its outcome proved better than anyone’s expectations.

Aziz said India and Pakistan have held discussions on terrorism and the 26/11 Mumbai attacks for the last five years, Geo News reported.

KCR may challenge PM on Polavaram

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K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Telangana Chief Minister-to-be designated said the Centre was contemplating to bring in an ordinance to amalgamate the villages which were deferred by the Manmohan Singh Government.

“When I got the information, I spoke to a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and informed him that this was not the right step. It (Ordinance) cannot be Okayed in the present form and in this manner. Such an anti-constitution decision should not be taken at the first Cabinet,” he remarked.

Two more attempts for IAS aspitants

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Good news for Civil Services aspirants as they will get two more additional attempts from this year onwards to write the prestigious exam, but there will be no change in its format and syllabus, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said on Tuesday.

“The aspirants should note that the government has decided to allow two additional attempts with consequential age relaxations to all categories of candidates with effect from Civil Service Examination, 2014.

World’s fattest man dies at 48

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Manuel Uribe, the world’s heaviest man, has died at the age of 48 in Mexico.

According to the New York Post, the Mexican man was taken to hospital recently due to heart problems.

He had trimmed down to 867 pounds, Contactmusic reported.

Officials used a crane to move him.

In 2006, Uribe earned his place in the Guinness Book of World Records by pointing the weight scale at whooping 1,230 pounds. (ANI)

Britain has 15,000 vampires, claims psychologist

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Psychologist Dr Emyr Williams has been investigating the ‘underground network’ of real-life vampires and has found that Britain apparently has 15,000 vampires.

Williams claims that there are group of people in almost every sub culture who drink blood and drain energy from human beings but their deep-rooted laws only allows them to drink from certain body parts of the willing donors and not drinking too much, Metro.co.uk reported.

New constitution within a year, Koirala assures Modi

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Nepal’s Premier Sushil Koirala said during his meeting with new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he had allayed India’s concerns over Nepal’s delayed constitution making process.

During their meeting, Modi expressed concern over Nepal’s constitution drafting process, and in response, Koirala assured him that the new constitution would be ready within a year, The Himalayan Times reported.

Koirala attended Modi’s swearing-in ceremony Monday and the two leaders held talks Tuesday. Koirala returned to Kathmandu Wednesday.

Indo-Pak should bridge the gap on Tea table

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While the bonhomie between Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif continues, Indian tea faces stiff competition from Kenya in Pakistan.

The bordering nation is buying more tea from Kenya in the current season and going by this vogue, it will be difficult for India to achieve 50 million kg of tea exports to Pakistan by 2015.

Price is the key factor for Pakistan for not buying first flush teas from India.

Current year, Kenyan production has been on the higher side and the African nation has off-loaded tea in the Pakistan market at a much cheaper price.

Use ‘healthy’ parts of food that get discarded

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Parts of fruits and vegetables like broccoli leaves and onion skin are often discarded though they contain health benefits — and we can easily include them in our diet, say nutritionists.

Laurence Beeken, food information executive at WeightLossResources.co.uk, shares information about parts of common fruits and vegetables we often discard and the ways we can easily include them in our diet, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Elle Fanning ‘related’ to Duchess Kate

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It turns out that Elle Fanning, who’s playing Princess Aurora in Disney’s ‘Maleficent’, is not only a real-life princess but is also a cousin of Kate Middleton.

According to the historians from Ancestry.com, the 16-year-old actress is the 22nd great-granddaughter of King Edward III, who reigned England from 1330 to 1376, People Magazine reported.

L&T Minister glims a sigh of relief to Vodafone on tax disputes

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On Tuesday, the new law and telecom minister hinted that his government may avoid retrospective taxation and provide stable policies so that there are no qualms for foreign investors.

The comment offers a glimmer of hope on sorting out the long drawn tax dispute with British mobile operator Vodafone.

Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters on assuming charge of the law ministry at Shastri Bhavan that, “Retrospectivity in law should normally be avoided, as it is very evident that India needs foreign investment.”

Indian doctor awarded gold medal by Aus Medical Association

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A prominent Indian-origin doctor has been awarded the Australian Medical Association’s highest honour for his outstanding service to the medical profession and the community.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) honoured Mukesh Haikerwal, who is a former president of the association, with the AMA Gold Medal.

Kings XI elect to field in IPL Qualifier 1

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Kings XI Punjab captain George Bailey won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens here Wednesday.

The game was pushed to Wednesday after heavy downpour lashed the ground Tuesday.

While the Punjab outfit fielded an unchanged XI, KKR made one change bringing in leggie Piyush Chawla in place of pacer Vinay Kumar.

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