The meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and India’s Premier Narendra Modi hints “at the prospects for peace and the likelihood of trouble in the months ahead”, said a Pakistani daily Wednesday.
The editorial “A new page?” appeared in the News International a day after Sharif and Modi met at New Delhi. Sharif along with other SAARC leaders attended the swearing-in ceremony of Modi Monday.
Researchers have said that older people who undertake at least 25 minutes of moderate or vigorous exercise everyday need fewer prescriptions and are less likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency.
The findings reinforce the need for exercise programmes to help older people stay active. It could also reduce reliance on NHS services and potentially lead to cost savings.
In the first study of its kind looking at this age group, researchers from the University of Bristol looked at data from 213 people whose average age was 78.
Literally thousands upon thousands of people have applied to go on a trip to Mars. Imagine if in the future you were one of those few people chosen to go on that journey. It would be a once in a lifetime experience!
Researchers have said that using your brain – particularly during adolescence – may help brain cells survive and could impact how the brain functions after puberty.
Rutgers behavioral and systems neuroscientist Tracey Shors, who co-authored the study, found that the newborn brain cells in young rats that were successful at learning survived while the same brain cells in animals that didn’t master the task died quickly.
Researchers have linked food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG) to obesity and disorders associated with the metabolic syndrome including progressive liver disease.
A new study that identifies MSG as a critical factor in the initiation of obesity and shows that a restrictive diet cannot counteract this effect but can slow the progression of related liver disease is published in.
The toll in two trains’ collision in Uttar Pradesh’s Sant Kabir Nagar district has risen to 28 and a probe into the accident will begin Thursday.
Chief Commissioner of Safety (Railways) Prabhat Kumar Bajpayi would be arriving at the site of Gorakhdham Express-goods train collision in Sant Kabir Nagar Thursday and begin investigating the reasons that led to it.
The toll in the accident rose to 28 with the discovery of the badly mauled body of the assistant driver of the train.
The BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit has upped its ante on power outages in the state and decided to hold a string of protests against the Samajwadi Party government.
The party, in the first phase, has begun holding protests across 75 districts of the state Wednesday.
The protests would continue Friday also against the grim power scenario in the state.
The statewide protests are being led by district BJP presidents and will demand an end to unscheduled power rostering and improvement of power generation and transmission.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday met with leaders of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS).
According to a Times Now television channel report, this was Singh’s first meeting with the RSS leadership after assuming charge of the Union Home Ministry.
According to the channel report, it is not known as yet as to what transpired between Singh and the RSS leadership, which included RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, at the RSS headquarters here.
Singh is also the president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Further details are awaited. (ANI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday paid tributes to freedom fighter Veer Savarkar on his 131st birth anniversary.
“Tributes to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary. We remember and salute his tireless efforts towards the regeneration of our motherland,” Modi said in a tweet.
Modi added: “Veer Savarkar is remembered as a prolific writer, thinker, poet and a social reformer. Leaving for parliament to pay tributes to Veer Savarkar.”
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People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti criticized Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Dr. Jitendra Singh over his recent statement calling for a debate on the contentious Article 370.
“Well I think it is very unfortunate of a minister who belongs to Jammu and Kashmir and has seen the bloodshed and suffering of the people to make such a statement. He (Jitendra Singh) has no better thing to do on the very first day of his ministry and rakes up an issue where he has no control,” said Mufti.
The inclusion of Sanjeev Baliyan, an accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots case, in Narendra Modi’s Cabinet has raised eyebrows.
Baliyan is the new Union Minister of State for Agriculture.
Hitting out at the NDA, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday asked if the allotment of a portfolio to the Muzaffarnagar riots accused meant anything.
AG Office will be bifurcated as a consequence of division of A.P. State into two offices of Principal Accountant General (General and Social Sector Audit) and Accountant General (Economic and Revenue Sector Audit). These two offices will function separately for Telangana and A.P.
Human Welfare Foundation distributed Asbestos sheets, doors and cement bags to help the victims construct their houses. Mr. Abdul Jabbar Siddiqui, Secretary of the Foundation that all the human beings to one family and hence they can lead successful life together.
Human Welfare Foundation distributed Asbestos sheets, doors and cement bags to help the victims construct their houses. Mr. Abdul Jabbar Siddiqui, Secretary of the Foundation that all the human beings to one family and hence they can lead successful life together.
According to Dr. Yousuf Hamidi, Secretary, Study Circle of Tameer-e-Millath a symposium on “Expectations and Inhibitions with the new Govt.” at Gulshan -e-Khaleel , Masab Tank, opposite Garden Tower at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, 1st June under the chairmanship of Dr. Mohammed Mateen uddin Quadri, Secretary of Tameer-e-Millat. Various dignitaries and intellectuals will address the meeting. All are invited.
A 26 members delegation of Chiropractic doctors of Palmer University of America will visit Hyderabad under the supervision of Dr. Moin Ansari and Ms. Shahida Ansari in the third week of June. They will participate in free medical camp to be organized by Siasat Urdu Daily and Anwar Charitable Trust from 22nd June to 24th June at Abid Ali Khan Eye Hospital Darushifa. Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, Managing Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily, Chairman of the camp and Hakeem Syed Ghousuddin, Coordinator of the camp have requested the patients to register their names from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
President of Mahajan Socialist Party, Mr. Manda Krishna Madiga while addressing the press conference at Kama Reddy in Nizamabad told the Newsmen that Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao had announced that the first C.M. of Telangana would be a dalit but he did not fulfill his promise. It amounts to cheating. He demanded the Central Govt. to award Bharat Ratna to Ms. M. Purna and Mr. Anand Kumar who hoisted the National Flag at Mount Everest. He also demanded to give award to their coach Mr. Shakhar.
The issue of fixing the seniority of Telangana employees is still to be resolved. It is reported that important documents such as GOs etc are not available with the Govt. which is causing inconvenience to the officials of General Administration Dept. (Personnel). The officials of GAD express their inability to resolve this issue. They have left it to Union leaders. Principal Secretary of Finance, Dr. B.V. Ramesh negotiated with the Union leaders. The Union leaders told that they will not tolerate any injustice.
The tragic part of the communal riots of Kishan Bagh is that the persons killed by BSF are the Muslims, the houses looted were of the Muslims and the persons arrested by the Police later are also Muslims. If anyone asks the patriot and a peace loving citizen, the reply would be that it is not the protection of Law and Order but it is playing with the law.
Mr. Syed Aliuddin Quadri, son of Dr. Syed Mohiuddin Quadri Zore, founder of Idara-e- Adabiyath-e-Urdu passed away yesterday. He was Head of the Department of Economics, Giriraj Govt. Degree College, Nizamabad and Joint Secretary of Examinations of Idara-e- Adabiyath-e-Urdu.
The Obama Administration is looking forward to welcoming the new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
Mr. Kerry conveyed this message for the new Indian Prime Minister during his meeting with the Indian Ambassador to the U.S. S. Jaishankar, who also met the Deputy Secretary of State William Burns for a wide range of discussion on bilateral and regional issues.
This was Mr. Kerry’s first meeting with the top Indian diplomat after Mr. Modi was sworn in as the 15th Indian Prime Minister in New Delhi on Monday.
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh Tuesday stirred up controversy after declaring the new government has started the process for repealing Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. He later said he was misquoted by the media.
“The process of repealing article 370 has started. We are speaking to the stakeholders,” Jitendra Singh told TV news channel CNN-IBN.
There was praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic initiative of inviting the South Asian neighbours, especially Pakistan, to his swearing-in ceremony.
“Modi meeting Nawaz on his first day in office is one of the nicest surprises Indian politics has offered for decades,” tweeted British historian and well known author William Dalrymple.
Prime Minister Modi invited the leaders of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations to his swearing-in ceremony Monday, and on Tuesday he held short bilateral talks with all leaders.
US President Barack Obama Tuesday called Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko, pledging “full support” for his efforts to resolve the crisis facing the Eastern European nation.
Obama congratulated Poroshenko on his victory in the presidential election Sunday, seen by the West as vital to stabilising the country, and offered “full support of the United States as he seeks to unify and move his country forward,” Xinhua quoted the White House as saying in a readout of the phone conversation.
The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that more than 70,000 South Sudanese have fled to safety in three weeks after a truce was signed in Addis Ababa May 9.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), recent arrivals say they fled violence in Jonglei and Upper Nile states, particularly the area around Mathiang in Longechuk county of Upper Nile state, Xinhua reported.
“Ethiopia currently hosts the largest South Sudanese refugee population at 131,051 people, mostly women and children,” UNHCR said in a statement.