Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has lauded his bowling attack for its performance in the first Test versus England, which fizzled out to a tame draw on an unresponsive pitch here today.
The visitors scored 457 and 391/9d in their two innings while the hosts were bowled out for 496 in their only essay.
“We cannot control the pitch. We have to make do of what we have and there have been a lot of positives in this match,” said Dhoni.
Baba Ramdev’s close aide Ved Pratap Vaidik on Sunday courted a controversy after his picture with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed was released.
He, however, said that the photograph was released by him.
“Yes this photograph was released by me. I have my photo with Nawaz Shareef and other politicians too. I was there for 20 days and met several people there,” said Vaidik.
He said that he met Saeed on July 2 in Lahore and had an hour long chat with him.
‘Vanilla Sky’ star Cameron Diaz has revealed she would love to explore space because she feels it is the next frontier for humans.
The 41-year-old actress said human beings are explorers and hence should think about travelling to other planets, reported Contactmusic.
“I would love to go to space – it really is the next frontier. Humans have to move off this planet at some point. We’re explorers, that’s what we do,” she said.
Two persons, including a 29- year- old Indian- origin man, have been sentenced to jail for raping a 12- year- old girl in the United Kingdom.
Vinayak Rama and Reynold Carvalho have been jailed for raping the girl in a forest area in Leicester on October 1 last year.
Rama has been sentenced to 10 years and six months after admitting two counts of rape.
Carvalho has been jailed for eight years and three months after pleading guilty to one offence of rape, the Leicester Mercury reported.
A case was booked against BJP’s Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh and 20 others here on Sunday after they allegedly tried to build a wall around a religious place near a roadside in Mangalhat area, even as three police platoons reached the area to maintain law and order.
The MLA and 20 others forcibly tried to “illegally” construct a wall near the roadside religious structure where prohibitory orders are already in place. The mob has been dispersed by police personnel, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) V Satyanarayana told PTI late Sunday night.
A man allegedly tried to slit his wife’s throat and also injured himself following an argument in south Delhi’s Munirka this evening, police said.
The couple, identified as Kripa and her husband Ram Kumar, hail from Darjeeling in West Bengal. Both of them have been admitted to hospital.
“The incident happened when the couple had an argument over some matter. In a fit of rage, Kumar tried to slit his wife’s throat with a sharp-edged weapon before injuring himself,” police said.
MNS chief Raj Thackeray today rejected reports claiming he had mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he was only pointing at the “changing trend” of social media in recent comments made to his party’s supporters.
“I have never mocked Prime Minister Modi. I was only speaking about the changing trends of social media. If I want to oppose someone, I will do so openly, but the media should not put words in my mouth about something I haven’t spoken at all,” Thackeray said on the sidelines of a function at Vile Parle in suburban Mumbai.
At least eight persons including a security officer were killed and several others injured in two successive explosions in the provincial capital of El-Arish in North Sinai, the interior ministry said.
A mortar shell, supposed to be fired by terrorists, struck a residential area near a security compound, killed seven and injured 25 in the city, according to a statement by the Ministry of Interior.
The explosion took place late yesterday night in a residential area located near the North Sinai Security Directorate.
Kerala PDP Chairman and 2008 Bangalore serial blasts prime accused Abdul Nasser Madani would be released from jail today on health grounds.
Madani was, on July 11, granted one-month bail by the Supreme Court while taking note that he is an under-trial prisoner who was already behind the bars for the last four years and was suffering from various ailments, including diabetes and vision-threatening ailment in both eyes.
The Karnataka government had opposed the bail and said that it was ready to make all arrangements required for his treatment inside the jail premises.
Colombian pop star Shakira, who performed at this year’s FIFA World Cup closing ceremony, said the tournament changed her life as she met her husband on the 2010 closer.
The ‘She Wolf’ singer, 37, who has an 18-month-old son Milan, with Spanish player Gerard Pique, 27, said they never would have met if she hadn’t signed up to sing the 2010 World Cup anthem ‘Waka Waka (Time for Africa)’, reported Contactmusic.
“I will never forget that I met the love of my life at the World Cup. If it wasn’t for the World Cup my son Milan would not be here,” she said.
‘Poison’ hitmaker Nicole Scherzinger has revealed she was teased at school because her mother did not let shave her legs.
The 36-year-old singer said she felt traumatised because she was very hairy while growing up, reported Contactmusic.
“All I know is I’m traumatised, because my mum would never let me shave my legs. She was very strict till a later age, and I was very hairy growing up, so everyone made fun of me for having hairy legs,” she said.
Scherzinger said, though the taunts hurt her, she got over them quickly.
The Terrorist groups have come up with a new tactic that will help their recruits evade harsh punishment if captured in India.
“ Declare your age below 18 years if you are caught by security personnel” — this is a new diktat from Pakistan- based Lashkar- e- Tayyeba terror outfit sent to its cadre in Jammu and Kashmir.
‘Game of Thrones’ star Sophie Turner is reportedly seeing Vamps guitarist James McVey.
The pair, who recently went for a trip to the beach, really liked each other, reported Contactmusic.
“It’s still early days. She has just broken into the big time through ‘Game of Thrones’ and James and his band are constantly travelling to gigs. So they’re taking it pretty slowly but they do really like each other,” a source said.
The two stars started chatting on Twitter, before meeting up on a number of occasions.
David Beckham’s eldest son Brooklyn was spotted getting dropped off at filmmaker Guy Ritchie’s home by the former soccer star.
Brooklyn, 15, spent four days at the filmmaker’s office in London, reported Daily Mirror.
Brooklyn was dressed casually, carrying a backpack, but did have notepad in hand.
“After arriving at the director’s Grade I listed home, he was then walked to the office, where he was spent five hours before being picked up by a member of the Beckham’s housekeeping staff,” an onlooker said.
An Indian-origin woman was found dead in a swimming pool of a house, where she was attending a party, and local police are investigating the drowning incident.
The body of the victim, identified as Rajkumari Motwani, 55, was found at the bottom of the swimming pool when residents of a home in Long Island were cleaning up their backyard following a party on Saturday night.
They noticed a body in the deep end of the backyard pool.
A former gang member who’s recently converted to Islam has had his passport cancelled because he is deemed to be a security risk by the Government.
Do you often give memory boosting ‘smart’ pills to your children to increase attention span and memory to stay awake and score high in exams? Stop this as such drugs pose special risks to the developing brain of young adults, researchers warn.
Such “smart” drugs are getting more and more popular owing to peer pressure, stricter academic requirements and the tough job market.
“But young people who misuse them risk long-term impairments to brain function,” said Kimberly Urban at University of Delaware and Wen-Jun Gao at Drexel University College of Medicine in the US.
Tata Power, which is pursuing “aggressive growth plans”, has sought shareholders’ nod to raise up to Rs 7,000 crore through issue of non-convertible debentures.
“Approval has been sought for raising up to Rs 7,000 crore through issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on private placement basis,” according to notice sent out to shareholders for company’s annual general meeting to be held on August 13.
The approval would be valid for a period of one year and the amount would be within the overall borrowing limits.
A new study has revealed that the warming planet might pose a serious threat in increasing kidney stone.
As mean daily temperature rose above 50 F (10 C), the risk of kidney stone presentation increased in all the cities except Los Angeles. The delay between high daily temperatures and kidney stone presentation was short, peaking within three days of exposure to hot days.
“The society cannot be strengthened only with formal education. In the current scenario, the educated class who are the fruits of this formal education themselves are involved in crimes such as murder, sexual harassment, vandalism, fraud. These things are reflected in the media daily. Hence, the need of the hour is moral and value based education along with formal education,” said, President of Shanti Education Trust, Ullal, Mr. K.M Shareef, on the occasion of inaugurating a new building of Salihath English Medium School, here recently.
Karnataka Health Minister U.T. Khader on last Sunday came to the aid of an old couple, involved in an accident, sending them to a hospital in his official car and himself taking an auto to reach his destination.
The minister was going for ‘namaaz’ prior to the breaking of the Ramadan fastwhen he saw an old couple hit by an auto rickshaw at Mekri Circle. He immediately got down and asked his driver to take them to K.G. Hospital at Malleshwaram (in western suburbs) according to IANS recently.
Ingredients
1 Tbsp oil
1 bay leaf
5 green cardamom
2 tsp zeera
2 cloves
3 medium sized onions, chopped
1 Tbsp garlic, chopped
1 Tbsp ginger, chopped
1 Tbsp butter (for cooking) + 1 Tbsp butter (to garnish)
1 green chilli, finely chopped (for cooking) + 1 green chilli, split (to garnish)
1/2 capsicum, chopped
1 1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp zeera powder
2 tsp dhaniya powder
Salt, to taste
Hing, a pinch
1/2 kg boneless mutton, minced
Richard Nixon has claimed in the newly-released series of White House recordings that none of the smart girls swear.
The former 37th U.S. President believed that men swearing showed “masculinity” while women dropping the F-bombs lose “all femininity,” the New York Post reported.
Nixon mentioned in the tapes that people would tolerate a drunken man who swears and would see it as a sign of masculinity or some other damn thing, in fact everybody does it.
He further added that women who used foul languages were an “awful unattractive people”, as they lose their femininity.
According to a study, choosing mobile phone cases and customizing phones with charms and decorations may reveal a lot about a person’s culture, as well as increase attachment to the devices.
Researchers claim that people from the Eastern cultures tend to be more motivated to change the look and sound of their mobile phones, than their counterparts hailing from the Western nations, Eureka reported.
Ingredients:
1 kg chicken wings
1 Tbsp chilli garlic paste
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp tamarind puree
2 Tbsp ginger minced
1/2 cup vinegar
1 Tbsp black pepper
1 Tbsp jaggery or honey
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 cup flour
1 cup corn starch
3 Tbsp oil ( to bake) or fry
Method:
First wash and pat dry the chicken wings.
Make a marinade using soy sauce, tamarind puree, garlic pasta, some ginger, vinegar, lemon juice, flour and corn starch.
Pour over the chicken wings and marinate for 2 hours.