Month: July 2014

Australia and Japan, becoming allies in a special relationship, will join up with the United States in a strong military alliance.

According to reports, the alliance is aimed at reducing China’s influence in the area.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to start a partnership in Canberra that would maintain the rule of law, peace and prosperity.

Prime Minister Abe said that Japan would work to build international order that would maintain the rule of law.

An employee of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust here was caught allegedly stealing gold and silver ornaments from the trust’s counting hall, police said Wednesday.

During a check yesterday, the Sansthan’s security guard found Dinkar Hanumant Dokhe (58) allegedly in possession of one gm gold coin, a 3 gm gold ornament and 36 gm of silver ornaments worth about Rs 12,000 while he was coming out from the counting hall where donations are kept, sub-inspector Sandeep Kahale said.

A couple was allegedly attacked and their car set on fire when they returned from Delhi, 10 years after eloping from here, police said Wednesday.

The incident took place yesterday when the couple Zahid (27) and Nazma (26) returned from Delhi in a car, following which the woman’s brother, along with others, attacked them and burnt the car, B N Prasher, Station House Officer (SHO) said.

Four others were also injured when they tried to save the couple, the SHO said.

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by four men in a moving car here, police said today.

“The woman was kidnapped by the four men on Monday night from Vasundhara Sector 16 in Ghaziabad, following which she was raped by them in a moving car. She was dumped near Noida Sector 62,” Rashid Ali, Station House Officer (SHO), Indirapuram Police station said.

The accused fled from the spot, he said, adding that one of the accused, Akhil Tomar, was allegedly in a relationship with the victim.

The Economic Survey 2013-14 states that in comparison to previous years, inflation is showing signs of receding, with the average wholesale price index (WPI) inflation falling to a three-year low of 5.98 per cent during 2013-14, compared to seven and nine per cent over the previous two years.

Researchers have discovered that water could have flowed on the surface of Mars with the help of salt present in the Martian soil that can melt ice.

The findings reveal that Martian salts can help liquid water form but only when the salts touche the ice.

“It takes ice to make liquid water on Mars,” said Nilton Renno, a planetary and atmospheric scientist at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Researchers found that the conditions that support salty water on the Red Planet can last for a few hours per day during late spring and early summer at the polar regions of Mars.

Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley will table the Economic Survey for 2013-14 in the Lok Sabha here today.

The Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes performance on major development programmes, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government

The general budget will be presented in the Parliament tomorrow. This will be the first budget of the Narendra Modi – led NDA government.

A new study has revealed that the same set of genes play major role in influencing the child’s reading and mathematics ability.

Professor Robert Plomin from King’s College London said that this was the first time that they estimated genetic influence on learning ability using DNA alone and the study does not pointed to specific genes linked to literacy or numeracy, but rather suggested that genetic influence on complex traits, like learning abilities, and common disorders, like learning disabilities, was caused by many genes of very small effect size.

If you think a tattoo on the nape of Arjun Kapoor’s neck is the only art job that he flaunts in ”Finding Fanny”, you are wrong! He will show off two more.

At an event Monday, Arjun revealed that he sports two more in Homi Adajania’s directorial venture.

“I have three tattoos in ‘Finding Fanny.’ In fact, there is a video also that we have uploaded. The one that Homi put out on Twitter is on my neck and that’s actually a picture he took,” the 29-year-old said here.

Arjun plays a Goan named Savio D’Gama in “Finding Fanny” and says that “I have a French beard in the film”.

Two persons were injured when three powerful bombs exploded in Kasom Khullen area near the Indo-Myanmar border in Ukhrul district of Manipur, officials said Wednesday.

The explosions occurred near the post of 44th battalion post of Assam Rifles yesterday.

The bombs were allegedly planted by suspected militants to attack the security personnel.

The victims were identified as S P Keneth (41), a farmer, and Laishram Kiran (45), a labourer.

Both were admitted to a government hospital at Imphal where their condition was described as serious.

Mahatma Gandhi, who led a mass struggle against the British Empire in India, will soon be honoured by the British Parliament with a statue in Parliament Square in London.

According to The Guardian, the announcement was made by Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne at Gandhi Smriti, a memorial built for the ‘Father of the Nation’ at the site of his assassination.

The statue will be erected at the north-west end of the Palace of Westminister along side the statues of other important leaders like, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincoln.

Emma Watson will now play United Nation’s Goodwill Ambassador for Women.

The 24-year-old ‘Harry Potter’, who’s news about her new role crashed the organization’s, took to Twitter and shared that she was to work for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and was really excited to start work with the “amazing” people, the Hollywood Reporter reported.

New railway budget fueled criticism from various parties here on Wednesday.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Tariq Anwar condemned the budget saying that it did not indicate relief to people in terms of better facilities.

Communist party of India (CPI) leader Atul Anjan also ridiculed the budget saying that it has hit the common man like a bullet.

“The rail budget should fulfill the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said Anjan.

Meanwhile, Samjwadi Party (SP) leader Rajendra Chaudhary said that BJP policies never favour the common man.

Like there are ‘undesirable elements’ in all professions, a few head-load workers are indecent, but that does not mean all of them are bad, a union leader in Kerala said after a worker was arrested on charges of threatening a woman IAS officer.

“We do not agree with the indecent way the person who is now behind bars behaved with the young lady IAS officer. Please, not all are like that person,” A. Vijayan, a leader of a Left trade union, told IANS.

A new study has revealed that the same set of genes play major role in influencing the child’s reading and mathematics ability.

Professor Robert Plomin from King’s College London said that this was the first time that they estimated genetic influence on learning ability using DNA alone and the study does not pointed to specific genes linked to literacy or numeracy, but rather suggested that genetic influence on complex traits, like learning abilities, and common disorders, like learning disabilities, was caused by many genes of very small effect size.

July 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Bollywood actor Salman Khan in connection with the Blackbuck poaching case.

The order came after the Rajasthan Government filed a plea challenging the High Court’s order staying Khan’s conviction in the case.

The apex court has given four weeks time to Khan to file his reply with the court.

A complaint was filed against Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Bendre on charges of being involved in hunting of protected blackbucks.

An FIR has been filed for uploading a morphed photo of Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar in a pink swimsuit which went viral on Facebook last week.

“The FIR has been filed and the case has been transferred to the Cyber Cell,” Police official C.L. Patil told IANS Tuesday. The FIR, accusing Facebook users of uploading and circulating the morphed photo, was registered on Pradeep Bakhale’s complaint.

Sister ends life over brother’s death
(Siasat News): A sister, who was very upset over the death of her brother, ended her life. This incident occurred in Balanagar.

Police said that the deceased Eshwaramma, 28, resident of IDPL, Balanagar, was very upset since last six months after her brother’s death. She hanged herself to death last night.

Police Balanagar has sent the dead body to Gandhi Hospital mortuary and registered a case for further investigations.

The people who had played an important role in the big and medium irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been forgotten after Hyderabad merger. The important personalities of that era were deliberately removed form the pages of history. One of them was Mir Ahmed Ali better known as Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung. He is said to be the first chief engineer of the Hyderabad state.

वज़ीर फ़रोग़ इंसानी वसाइल हुकूमत आंध्र प्रदेश जी श्रीनिवास राव‌ ने कहा कि रियासत आंध्र प्रदेश की तक़सीम के पेशे नज़र कॉमन एडमीशन पालिसी (मुशतर्का दाख़िला पालिसी पर अमल आवरी होने के तनाज़ुर में एमसेट कौंसलिंग-ओ-फ़ीस रेिंबर्समेंट के

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A comprehensive report regarding multi-facet progress of minorities in Telangana state will be submitted by the department before the assembly budget session. The report will include proposals to the government to address the issues of minorities right from district to state level. Government’s attention will be called towards the eradication of backwardness of minorities and to ensure educational progress of minorities.

Starting a relationship means lot of love, happiness and an expanding waist line too, shows a research.

The research, conducted by UKMedix.com, has revealed the effect that a women’s frame of mind can have on her weight.

The study also found that the average woman will gain 7.2 pounds or 3.2 kg in the first year of a new relationship. However, just under half put blame on their partner’s poor diet as the reason for weight gain, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by four men in a moving car here, police said Wednesday.

“The woman was kidnapped by the four men on Monday night from Vasundhara Sector 16 in Ghaziabad, following which she was raped by them in a moving car. She was dumped near Noida Sector 62,” Rashid Ali, Station House Officer (SHO), Indirapuram Police station said.

The accused fled from the spot, he said, adding that one of the accused, Akhil Tomar, was allegedly in a relationship with the victim.

At least 55 species of herpetofauna, comprising 20 amphibian species and 35 reptile species, have been recorded in a recent survey conducted in the Greater Indo-Bhutan Manas landscape.

The Indo-Bhutan Manas landscape is one the world’s single largest protected area landscapes and is known for its diverse assemblage of flora and fauna.