Month: July 2014

The Cauvery Niravari Nigam Limited (irrigation corporation) on Saturday requested the farmers living in the river belt to end their protest and cooperate with the Water Resources Department by withdrawing their demand for release of available water into the Vishveswaraya Canal.

CNNL Managing Director K Jaiprakash told reporters that the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted a deficit monsoon and advised to use the available storages in the reservoirs judiciously to cater to the drinking water needs.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Saturday termed it unfortunate over Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje apparently seeking the repeal of National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (NREGA) and convert the same into a scheme. “I think that it is very unfortunate. That the only state in the country that has written to the government of India for repeal of this act. This has not come from any industrialised state like Gujarat or Maharashtra but mainly a agrarian rural state like Rajasthan,” Pilot told ANI. “This act has ensured livelihood for millions of people across the country.

Tripura was cut-off from the rest of the country, as a large portion of a road connecting the state to the National Highway has been damaged by heavy rains. Vehicular movement remained disturbed on the fourth day on National Highway 44 with the formation of big ditches, and more than two thousand loaded trucks and passengers vehicles stranded on both sides of the highway. Truck and taxi drivers, who were stranded without food and water, complained to mediapersons on Friday that the concerned authorities responsible were not taking any step to solve the problem. “We are stuck here for long.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu today assured that the government is inclined to discuss all issues of national importance during the forthcoming Budget Session, and sought the opposition”s help to maintain dignity of the house. “From the government”s side, we have assured our full co-operation. We have said that we have no problem in discussing any issue, and every issue, permitted by the chair. We also appealed to the opposition that the dignity and decorum of the house is maintained.

Ruling out any immediate hike in prices of LPG and kerosene, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said the new government will continue with the policy of subsidising commonly used cooking fuels.

“There will no increase in LPG and kerosene prices for now. We will continue with the extant pricing policy,” he said here.

Besides continuing to subsidise LPG and kerosene, the NDA government will also not disrupt the previous UPA government’s policy of up to 50 paise a litre increase in diesel price every month.

The Maharashtra government threatened to invoke the provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) against striking medicos if they failed to resume duties by Sunday.

Simultaneously Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan issued an appeal to the 12,000 striking doctors, affiliated to the Maharashtra Associaton of Gazetted Medical Officers (MAGMO), to return to work in the interests of the patients.

An ambitious “Mall of the World” project boasting of the world’s first temperature-controlled city was unveiled in the UAE Saturday, a Dubai Holding statement said.

The project will be developed by Dubai Holdings and would be located along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai.

With a total area of 48 million square foot, the complex will house the largest shopping mall in the world spread over 743,000 square metres.

The mall will take the form of an extended retail street network.

The project will be developed in multiple phases in alignment with the gradual growth in tourism in the city.

Wife: Where are you?

Husband: I’m at “Bank”

Wife: Wow that’s good. I need 20000 for new Cell Phone, 5000 for new dress, 6000 for new shoes, 4000 for new purse, 8000 for my new cosmetics

Husband: Sorry!

Wife: What!!!????

Husband: I mean, I am at Blood bank!

“KHOON Peeyegi KHOON ?”

Ek sharabi ne apni wife ko office party se sms kiya…

“Party khatam hone wali hai,
ye last peg hai,
main aadhe ghante me ghar pahuch jaunga….
Agar nahin pahucha to iss sms ko dubara padh lena…
your love.” 😛

Ingredients :

Chicken Wings 1-1/2 kg
White Chili ¼ tsp
Garlic 2 Cloves
Fresh Red Chili 1
Spring Onion 2
Soya Sauce 3 tbsp
Brown Sugar 4 tbsp
Five SpIce Powder 1 tbsp
Vinegar 1 tbsp
Chinese Sticky Chicken Wings Method / Tarika:

In a saucepan add 4 tbsp brown sugar and cook.

After this add 3 tbsp soya sauce, 1 tbsp vinegar, 1 tbsp five spice powder. Mix well.

Along with this add ¼ tsp white chili.

Now in a frying pan heat 1 tbsp oil and add 2 cloves of garlic and 2 spring onions.

Fry for 30 seconds and dish out.

Ingredients :

For Covering:
Refined flour 100 gms.
Rava (Semolina) 100 gms.
Baking soda ¼ tsp.
Ghee 2 tbsp.
Salt 1 tsp.
Water (to knead the dough)
Oil For frying
For Filling:
Split Green Gram (Moong daal) 225 gms.
Ginger 1″ piece
Coriander leaves 1 cup
Green chilies 5 nos.
Heeng ½ tsp.
Coriander-cumin powder ½ tsp.
Ghee 3 tbsp.
Raisins 50 gms.
Coconut ¼ cup.
Chili powder 1 ½ tsp.
Turmeric powder ¾ tsp.
Lime 2 nos.
Sugar 1 tsp.
Salt To taste
Crispy Kachori Method / Tarika:

Wash the split green gram and soak overnight.

Ingredients :

1 cup Gram flour(Besan)
7-9 big size green chilies (hari mirchain)
Potatoes-medium size-2
dahi wada/chat masala(Mangal/shaan/national/ahmed…any brand is fine) as needed
3/4 Tea spoon Salt
3/4 tsp crushed red chili flakes (kuTi hui lal mirch)
3/4 tsp whole Coriander(sabat dhania)
3/4 tsp Cumin seeds(sabat/safaid zeera)
1/3 tsp Carom seeds(ajwain)
Hari Mirchon Ke Pakoray & Aaloo Ke Qatlay Method / Tarika:

Coarsely crush coriander, cumin and carom seeds by hand in pestle and mortar.

Three employees of Chhattisgarh Electricity Board, including an assistant engineer, were on Saturday booked by police for alleged negligence in connection with the death of a trainee lineman in 2012.

“Assistant Engineer Yogesh Patel, Assistant A Dharmadas and Line Assistant SS Akhtar have been booked under sections 304 (A) (causing death by negligence), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of Indian Penal Code in connection with the death of a trainee Lineman Vikas Bharadwaj,” Raigadh SP (City) Satyendra Pandeya told reporters here.

A 50-year-old man was on Saturday killed allegedly by his brother over a property dispute in Nawabganj area of Gonda district, police said.

Tulsi Ram Yadav was allegedly attacked by his brother Swaminath Yadav with an iron rod in Kazipur village today morning while the former was asleep, they said.

A property dispute was said to be the reason behind the attack, police said, adding Tulsi was admitted to a hospital where he died.

A case has been lodged against Swaminath and efforts were being made to arrest him, the police added.

PTI

As many as 29 people were wounded, including 24 severely, when a bus caught fire in Hangzhou in eastern China.

The fire broke out at around 5 p.m. Saturday when the bus was on the Qingchun road in the central part of Hangzhou, a capital of coastal Zhejiang Province, Xinhua reported.

Twenty-four of them were in serious condition, said the Hangzhou Health Bureau.

Bus passengers had to smash window glass to flee.

All the injured were rushed to three hospitals for treatment.

The cause of the blaze is being investigated.

The Telangana government will file an appeal in the Supreme Court on Monday for extending the date of completion of admissions in professional courses till the end of October.

The court had earlier directed the government to complete the process of admissions in engineering and medicine courses based on EAMCET by Aug 1.

The decision to file an appeal was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao Saturday on grounds of delay in fee reimbursements.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday called on union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here and sought special assistance for the state, especially in developing the rail network.

The chief minister demanded that the Bilaspur-Leh via Manali, Jogindernagar-Pathankot and Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri rail lines should be declared as national projects.

He also sought revival of the special industrial package to the state as it was necessary to accelerate the pace of development in the state.

Thousands of Brazilian fans flocked to the streets here to celebrate their country’s 2-1 win over Colombia in the quarterfinals, taking them into the last four of the World Cup.

After the victory, the fans celebrated with loud music and fireworks across Brazil except Belo Horizonte as residents there are mourning the overpass collapse that killed two people and injured more than 20, reports EFE.

This is Brazil’s first semifinal in the World Cup since 2002. They will take on Germany, who beat France 1-0 in the other quarterfinal.
(IANS/EFE)

A group of 78 Indian workers including 76 nurses stranded in war-ravaged Iraq landed here Saturday.

The group arrived here by a special aircraft at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad on the outskirts of the city.

Officials are making arrangements to send the workers to their respective hometowns in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states.

They were among 183 Indians who arrived by a special Air India flight from Erbil, capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The flight reached here via Kochi, where 46 nurses from Kerala disembarked.

Brazil midfielder Luiz Gustavo has said that his side knows Germany very well, ahead of their semifinal clash in the World Cup.

Gustavo added that he will be ready if coach Luiz Felipe Scolari needed him, reports EFE.
(IANS/EFE)

Ending days of tension and uncertainty, 183 Indians stranded in strife-torn Iraq, including the 46 nurses from Kerala who were freed by Iraqi insurgents, arrived home Saturday to a grand welcome while 200 more were on their way.

A special Air India flight from Erbil, capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, carrying the 183 landed in Kochi close to noon with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his cabinet colleagues, legislators, Lok Sabha members and state government officials waiting to receive them.

Former Brazil president Luiz Lula da Silva says hosting the FIFA World Cup will affect the presidential elections in October.

Da Silva denounced what he called media “terrorism” against hosting the tournament, saying that Brazilians did not approve the protests against the mega-event, reports EFE.

Lula explained that Brazil is “proud of hosting the 2014 World Cup”.

Uruguay’s National Institution for Human Rights said that FIFA violated the human rights of their football player Luis Suarez after suspending him for four months from any football-related activity.

The institution said Friday that FIFA’s sanctions against Suarez violate the Uruguayan constitution and the international laws relating to work and personal freedom. The statement also added that the sanctions were cruel and hasty, reports EFE.

Along with the suspension, Suarez was also handed a nine-match ban after biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup Group D match.

India is expected to announce a major economic assistance package for Nepal during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to the country.

India’s Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae today met Nepal’s Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat when the matters related to the visit were discussed.

“India is likely to announce a huge economic package during the proposed visit of Modi,” Ambassador Rae was quoted as saying in a statement issued by Nepal’s Finance Ministry.

Actor Ronit Roy needs time to “rediscover” himself, and so he has decided to switch off from social networking for a while.

“Actors go senile at times. Such a time for me. So off social networking and into my shell. Will be back when I’ve rediscovered myself. Luv ya,” the intense and versatile actor posted on his Twitter page.

Last seen in the role of a father in “2 States”, the actor will next be seen in “Ugly” and “Guddu Rangeela”.

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