Month: July 2014

You need to start your post Ramadan planning from NOW.The scholars agree that the sign of an accepted Ramadan is that you’re steadfast in action after Ramadan ends. As the prophet Mohammad (sala Allah ‘alihi wa salam) said:

“The most beloved deeds to Allah are those that are consistent even if they’re small.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

So choose a worship that you were blessed with doing in Ramadan, for example attending Fajr at the mosque, reading the Quran daily, or praying at least two Rakah during the night, and commit to doing it as a minimum every single day of the year.

Ingredients:

Chicken, cut into 2 inch pieces, 600 grams
Basmati rice, soaked, 1 1/2 cups
Oil, 2 tablespoons
Cloves, 4-5
Black cardamoms, 4
Star anise, 1
Green cardamoms, 4-5
Cinnamon, 2 one-inch sticks
Bay leaves, 4
Black peppercorns, 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
Deep fried onions, 1/2 cup
Ginger-garlic paste, 1 tablespoon
Coriander seeds, 2 tablespoons
Fennel seeds (saunf), 1 tablespoon
Cumin seeds, 1 teaspoon
Chicken stock cubes, 2
Yogurt, 1/2 cup
Salt, to taste

Procedure:

Heat oil in a deep non stick pan.

A new study has revealed that middle-aged adults with a history of problem drinking are more than twice as likely to suffer from severe memory impairment in later life.

The study by researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School highlights the hitherto largely unknown link between harmful patterns of alcohol consumption and problems with memory later in life – problems which may place people at a high risk of developing dementia.

Ahead of rolling out a major housing scheme under which around 26,000 flats will be on offer, Delhi Development Authority has proposed to approve ownership of flats only after five years of possession, primarily to keep away middlemen from the allotment process.

DDA Vice chairman Balvinder Kumar said the proposal has been mooted to discourage speculative investment and keep away the middlemen who often sell the flats at higher rates after getting possession.

The benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 61 points in early trade Wednesday on selling by funds and retail investors ahead of monthly expiry in the derivatives segment amidst lower-than expected corporate earnings by some firms.

The 30-share barometer, which had lost 280.62 points in the previous two sessions, moved down by another 61.40 points, or 0.29 percent, to 25,929.83 with capital goods, realty, metal and healthcare stocks leading the fall.

Also, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty shed 18.60 points, or 0.24 percent, to 7,730.10.

The Vibgyor High School in the city’s upscale eastern suburb was on Wednesday reopened for all classes from Class 1 with new security measures to ensure the safety of students.

On July 28, the school was reopened for students of Classes 5 to 10, almost two weeks after it shut following outrage over the alleged rape of a six-year-old student by the school’s staffers in a classroom.

Two more men were arrested on Tuesday in the case, which had caused public outrage and massive protests across the state.

Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s son B Y Raghavendra will contest from Shikaripur constituency, which the state BJP strongman had represented, in the August 21 by-elections being held for three seats.

Yeddyurappa had vacated Shikaripura seat after he made his Lok Sabha debut in the May elections from Shimoga constituency, which his son had represented earlier.

State BJP President Prahalad Joshi announced names of the party candidates. Mahantesh Kavatagimath (Chikkodi-Sadalga) and Oblesh (Bellary) are the other candidates.

All India Bar Association today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi objecting to the reported move to appoint former Supreme Court Chief Justice P Sathasivam as Governor of Karnataka maintaining that it would be a “deviation” from the Constitutional principles.

“The appointment of Justice P Sathasivam as Governor of Karnataka will be a deviation from the cherished principles enshrined in the Constitution,” Adish C Aggarwala, Chairman, AIBA said in the letter to Modi, a copy of which was released to the media.

Situation in the border district of Belgaum which witnessed violence over removal of a pro-Maharashtra sign board at Yellur village was peaceful and under control today, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said.

“The district administration has imposed prohibitory orders and the situation there now is peaceful,” he told reporters here.

Siddaramaiah said the government had taken action to remove the signboard on the basis of a high court order and it would not allow anyone to take law into their own hands.

A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually harassed by a man following which he was arrested, police said on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old man, a resident of Mysore and a computer repairer, lured the girl yesterday by giving her chocolate and harassed her sexually, police said.

The girl’s mother who saw the man misbehaving with her daughter immediately called police who took him into custody.

PTI

After making a comeback to “Comedy Nights With Kapil” as Kapil Sharma’s onscreen father-in-law, actor Sunil Grover will now be back in his drag act as the girl-next-door Gutthi.

The beloved character will return to the screen on the forthcoming weekend in the episode where Akshay Kumar would feature with his canine co-star Junior and actress Tammannaah Bhatia from the film “Entertainment”.

Add a substantial amount of fruits and vegetables in your diet – at least five portions – and live your life disease free.

According to a new study, higher consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of mortality from all causes, particularly from cardiovascular diseases.

“The results support current recommendations to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables to promote health and longevity,” researchers added.

To get this figure, the team from China and the US analysed results of 16 studies involving 833,234 participants and 56,423 deaths.

Keep leather shoes away from your sight, focus on grip and go for easy to maintain footwear when it is raining cats and dogs.

Payal Bathija, COO, Heel & Buckle Pvt. Ltd., says that while buying footwear for the monsoon season, you need to make sure that your footwear selection has a good grip.

“It is important that your feet are held in place so that you don’t slip if your shoes get wet,” she told IANS.

She also suggests to avoid leather footwear as much as possible as it tends to spoil if your shoes get wet.

An engineering student has been arrested for allegedly raping and blackmailing a 23-year-old woman software engineer by making an obscene video clip of her, police said on Monday.

Rishabh Katodia (25), a civil engineering student who belongs to Bhavnagar in Gujarat, was arrested on Sunday after a written complaint was filed by the woman alleging that he raped and blackmailed her for the last many months, a sub-inspector at Bhanwar Kuan police station said.

A 21-year-old youth was sentenced to seven-year rigorous imprisonment by a local court yesterday for raping a four-year-old daughter of his neighbour in 2012.

Sessions judge A S Vanani handed down the sentence to Pintu alias Kishan Bheel who had already been convicted for the crime.

Actor Jamie Foxx will reportedly be transformed into Mike Tyson for a new biopic.

Foxx, 46, would be transformed by the CGI technology that changed Brad Pitt from an old man to a baby in “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button”, reports mirror.co.uk.

The boxer, 48, who was the youngest heavyweight champion at 20, also said “Raging Bull” director Martin Scorsese, would be involved.

Tyson said: ”Me and Jamie Foxx are in discussion, and we gonna do it.

A musical night titled “Musafir Hoon Yaaron” is being organised here Friday to commemorate the 75th birth anniversary of composer R.D. Burman, fondly known as Pancham Da.

A galaxy of playback singers such as Babul Supriyo, Vinod Rathore, Anuradha Paudwal, Mohammad Aziz, Mamta Sharma, Kavita Seth, Hema Sardesai and Sapna Awasthi will perform and pay tribute to the musician, known for his experiments and innovativeness, at the Talkatora Stadium.

It is an initiative of PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Claiming that minorities in West Bengal were living in fear in the wake of “violence unleashed by the ruling Trinamool Congress”, the BJP Tuesday urged the union home ministry to seek a report from the Mamata Banerjee government.

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by party vice president Balbir Punj that had visited Birbhum district where a party worker was killed in June, submitted its report to party president Amit Shah during the day.

Snapping its two-day gaining streak, gold prices declined by Rs 20 to Rs 28,350 per ten gram in the national capital Yesterday owing to slackened demand at existing levels amid a weak global trend. Silver also lacked necessary buying support from industrial units and eased by Rs 400 at Rs 44,400 per kg.

On a day when Haryana Power Minister Ajay Yadav quit the Hooda government, senior party leader from the state Birender Singh today held a closed-door meeting with BJP President Amit Shah here, amid speculation that he may join the ruling party ahead of Assembly elections.

The meeting was brief and was held at a local hotel after Shah chaired a meeting of state party leaders at Gujarat Bhawan.

Birender Singh is keen to join the BJP after he openly revolted against Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and refused to contest the upcoming state Assembly elections under his leadership.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that he was hurt by former industry minister Narayan Rane’s personal comments against him.

“Yes, I was hurt when Narayan Rane made personal comments against me but the interest of my party was my priority,” Chavan said in an interview with a news channel.

He also said a public spat would have confused the party workers and helped the opposition, so he requested Rane to meet the party high command and talk to them.

Chavan clarified that he hasn’t accepted Rane’s resignation as he was hopeful of an amicable solution.

Forty per cent of college and higher secondary school boys in Goa watch rape porn and statistically end up watching 86,000 rape videos per day, according to a survey.

The survey was conducted by Rescue, a Karnataka-based organisation promoting cyber-ethics.

Abhishek Clifford, CEO of Rescue, said Thursday 47 percent degree and under-graduate students watch child porn in the state.

Clifford said: “Eighty percent college and higher secondary school boys watch porn and 40 percent of them watch rape porn regularly. On an average they watch 28 rape porn videos a week.”

Curfew in the communal violence-hit Saharanpur will be relaxed for five hours today, a senior district official said.

Curfew will be eased from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM in the new city, Saharanpur District Magistrate Sandhya Tiwari said, adding that it will be from 2 PM to 7 PM in old city areas.

Yesterday the curfew was relaxed for four hours and the relaxation period passed off peacefully.

She further said that if the situation remains calm then the curfew might be released from 7 AM to 5 PM on Thursday.

A British designer has created a new type of furniture, which feels and smells like real human flesh.

Gigi Barker has created the skin chair and skin stool set from a pheromone-impregnated silicone base that helped her with the creation of human skin replica, Metro.co.uk reported.

In this project, called ‘A Body of Skin’, Barker had to study about the texture of skin and shape of bodies in order to re-create the varieties of skin surfaces and volume of flesh.

A priest from Jaroslaw has reportedly claimed that a demon is sending him ‘hateful texts’ because he exorcised it from a young girl.

Father Marian Rajchel is convinced that the evil spirit was irked that the priest had got the better of him, so started a harassment campaign by phone, Metro.co.uk reported.

One of the messages he received was “Shut up, preacher. You cannot save yourself. Idiot. You pathetic old preacher”. And another one included the message “She will not come out of this hell. She’s mine. Anyone who prays for her will die”.