Month: July 2014

An eighteen-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth at gunpoint in Bhensaheri village here, following which a case has been registered against two persons, police said.

According to a complaint filed by the mother of the girl at Chapra Police Station, Rafik and Kalam entered the girl’s house yesterday. Kalam put the revolver on the girl’s head while Rafik allegedly raped her, SHO Arun Kumar Tyagi said.

The police has registered a case against the two in this connection, Tyagi said, adding, both the accused are absconding.

Punjab Police today seized 1.5 kg heroin worth Rs. 7.5 crore from the house of an alleged peddler in New Delhi.

The drug was recovered from the house of Raman Pandit, who was supplied the contraband by a Pakistan-based smuggler Akram Dayal, IGP (Border) Ishwar Chander said in Amritsar.

Mr Chander said the seizure has been made after the interrogation of Mr Pandit who was arrested on July 5 along with co-accused Bhajan Singh with 12 kg heroin valued at Rs. 60 crore, he said.

Mr Pandit, a resident of Delhi, was the “end-recipient” of the drugs supplied under the racket.

London is likely to become world’s top tourist city with the most international overnight visitors, according to a survey.

The MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index report found on Wednesday that the British capital is expected to welcome most number of international overnight visitors, an estimated 18.69 million, topping the list of most visited 132 destinations across the world, Xinhua reported.

The report witnessed tight contest between London and Bangkok in the past few years.

Like last week, this week too, a large number of Siasat readers produced 5-day coupons and collected the Alif products kit containing items worth Rs. 500/- at the cost of Rs. 250/-. Management Alif brands showed their happiness seeing the excellent response from Siasat readers.

Customers also expressed satisfaction over the products supplied by Alif brand and claimed that the products are not only cheap but are of good quality. The best part of it is none of the products contain haraam components.

Decks have been cleared for Maharashtra government to issue an ordinance to provide reservations to Marathas and Muslims with the Governor on Wednesday putting his stamp of approval on the proposal.

Official sources said Governor K Sankaranarayanan signed a notification paving the way for promulgating an ordinance to implement the Cabinet’s June 26, 2014 decision to provide 16 per cent reservation for Marathas and 5 per cent for Muslim communities in jobs and educational institutions.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Delhi Government over reports of mid-day meal poisoning at the Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Patparganj area of East Delhi.

The NHRC has taken a suo motu cognizance of a media report that 22 students, aged between 7 to 14 years, of the school had fallen ill after consuming mid-day meal. The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raised a serious issue of violation of human rights.

The 9-hour Rohtas district bandh, called by BJP and LJP to protest the police firing at Akbarpur in which two persons were killed on Tuesday, hit the normal life today.

Shops were closed and vehicles did not ply. The protesters blocked traffic in various places in Sasaram town and adjoining areas, police said.

Scores of BJP and LJP workers and their supporters moved in various places in the district enforcing the bandh and demanded Rs 10 lakh compensation for the families of the victims by the administration.

A new computer model by NASA has found that friction from tides could help some distant Earth-sized planets, traveling in dangerous orbits, to create habitable situations.

The findings were consistent with observations that Earth-sized planets appear to be very common in other star systems. Although heat could be a destructive force for some planets but the right amount of friction, and therefore heat, could be helpful in surviving.

A US court has denied a request made by a Sikh rights group to file an amended complaint against Congress party president Sonia Gandhi in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) had written to US District Judge Brian Cogan requesting “leave to further amend the complaint” against Gandhi was denied by the judge who said in his order that since the case against Gandhi was dismissed last month, there is no basis for SFJ to seek further amendment of the complaint.

An Indian youth, Shemshar Singh, died in a Sharjah hospital while returning home from war-torn Iraq.

Shemshar, 24, who belonged to Gurdaspur District of Punjab, was returning from Iraq with 11 other colleagues on June 22, when he fell seriously ill and was admitted to a Sharjah hospital in Dubai city.

Succha Singh, Shemshar’s father, said that his son was working in Iraq as a labourer as he had volunteered to provide financial assistance to the family.

A new study has shown the first snapshots of photosynthesis in action as it splits water into protons, electrons and oxygen, the process that maintains Earth’s oxygen atmosphere.

Petra Fromme, lead author of the research said that this study is the first step towards their ultimate goal of unraveling the secrets of water splitting and obtaining molecular movies of biomolecules.

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A 24-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped by a senior citizen here, following which the accused has been arrested, police said.

The incident took place on June 28, 2014 when 67-year-old Vellaiyan, a resident of Puducolony, raped the woman after taking her to a hut. However, a police complaint in this regard was lodged by the woman’s family on Wednesday, following which Vellaiyan was arrested.

He was produced before Additional District Mahila Court Judge Kalaivani who remanded him to 15 days judicial custody last evening, police said.PTI

MIT scientists have developed a new system that can protect your privacy by allowing you to pick and choose what data to share with websites and mobile apps.

Newly downloaded cell phone apps routinely ask to access your location information, your address book, or other apps, and even websites like Amazon or Netflix track your browsing history in the interest of making personalised recommendations.

Recent studies have shown that it’s shockingly easy to identify unnamed individuals in supposedly “anonymised” data sets, even ones containing millions of records.

Alia Bhatt has been going all out with her co-star Varun Dhawan to spread the right buzz for their forthcoming movie “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania”. The actress equates promotions to a “polite way of begging”.

In an interview, the actress, who has featured in “Student Of The Year”, “Highway” and “2 States”, has spoken about her hopes from “Humpty…”, the team’s promotional spree for the movie, and her camaraderie with Varun.

Excerpts from the interview:

Q. Are you looking forward to a fourth hit with “Humpty…”?

Apple iPhone 6 is rumored to get a sapphire crystal display cover glass, which is currently used for small surface parts only.

At present the sapphire crystal cover glass has only been used selectively, the iPhone 5S home button uses a sapphire cover.

Sonny Dickson, a source of past Apple rumors, was one of the first to post a video showing a 4.7-inch flexible sapphire crystal display cover glass, CNET reported.

A new smartphone app being tested at St Louis Children’s Hospital in the US is turning out to be a life-saving experience for children with heart conditions.

Named AliveCor, it is a smartphone cover with two metal plates on the back.

It can be used with an app on the phone to conduct an electrocardiogram (ECG) wirelessly which can be sent from the smartphone to the doctor.

The device, however, is not a substitute for a full ECG because it only tests the heart’s rhythm and rate.

At least four people were killed Thursday in a Taliban attack on a mine clearance agency convoy in Afghanistan’s Herat province.

According to officials, the victims were working with HALO Trust, a non-governmental agency in charge of clearing mines and explosive remnants of war in the province, 640 km west of Afghan capital Kabul, Xinhua reported.

Thursday’s attack is the second attack on mine clearing agencies this year.

On June 10, Taliban attacked a de-mining site in eastern Logar province, killing eight people and injuring three.IANS

Financier’s harassment led to suicide
(Siasat News): An IT employee  committed suicide by alleged harassment of a financier.

This incident occurred in Meerpet police station limits where B Sandeep, 20, hanged himself to death.

The deceased was being harassed by a financier. He was the son of one Balraj of New Brindavan colony. He had taken a loan from a financier but was not in a position to repay the same on time.

Researchers have discovered a variety of factors like impulsivity, hopelessness, sensation-seeking traits, lack of conscientiousness, with 70 percent accuracy that determines that kids will become binge drinkers.

Patricia Conrod of the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Centre said that the personality dimensions that were shown to be highly predictive of behaviour were assessed using a scale that was currently being used in schools across Montreal to provide targeted prevention to youth at risk of substance misuse.

The popular spice cinnamon can slow down the progression of Parkinson’s disease, a study shows.

The discovery can herald a remarkable advance in the treatment of this devastating neurodegenerative disease.

“Cinnamon has been used widely as a spice throughout the world for centuries. The spice can reverse the biomechanical, cellular and anatomical changes that occur in the brains of mice with Parkinson’s disease,” said Kalipada Pahan, a Floyd A Davis professor of neurology at Illinois-based Rush University.

Sri Lanka defeated South Africa by 87 runs in their second ODI clash on Wednesday to level the three-match series at 1-1.

Sri Lankan all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan starred with both the bat and the ball scoring 86 off 90 balls and claiming three wickets for 40 runs to set the stage for his side’s victory in the day-night match at the Pallekele International Stadium.

Paceman Lasith Malinga chipped in for Sri Lanka’s victory with a valuable 4-24 as South Africa were bowled out for 180 off 38.1 overs while chasing Sri Lanka’s 267 all out, Sport24 reported.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to host Iftar party on July 12. However the party will be held in Vijayawada instead of Hyderabad. Minority Welfare Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh has been directed to begin arrangements for the proposed party. It must be noted that despite state bifurcation, Hyderabad will be the joint capital for both the states for next 10 years. However Chandrababu Naidu has preferred to host the party at Vijayawada instead of Hyderabad.

Vasectomy, a surgical procedure for male sterilisation, may help you prevent pregnancy permanently, but it poses increased risk of prostate cancer, and a stronger risk for advanced or lethal prostate cancer, says a study.

The effect appeared to be stronger among men who had a vasectomy at a younger age, according to the study.

“The results support the hypothesis that vasectomy is associated with an increased risk of advanced or lethal prostate cancer,” said Lorelei Mucci, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) in the US.

Armed militants killed five security personnel in Pakistan’s southwestern province, Balochistan, said officials.

Gunmen attacked a check post of the Frontier Corps paramilitary force in resource-rich Dukki area of Balochistan. The gunmen were armed with automatic weapons, said a security official.

The official said that an FC soldier sustained serious bullet wounds during the incident. The attackers immediately escaped from the spot in their vehicles, he added.

The injured soldier was hospitalized within minutes, reports the Dawn.