Month: July 2014

A suicide bomber targeted a bus of Afghan armed forces in the fortified capital city Kabul, leaving at least eight people dead and over a dozen others injured Wednesday.

Defence ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi confirmed the incident, saying eight personnel of the national army lost their lives in the attack and 13 others sustained injuries, according to Xinhua.

The ill-fated bus, according to eyewitnesses at the site of the blast, belonged to the air force of the militancy-plagued country.

A new study has found that fear and worry about skin cancer has a bigger influence on people’s use of sunscreen than information about the statistical likelihood of developing the disease. Marc Kiviniemi, lead researcher and assistant professor of community health and health behavior said that the study is important because most of the people in public health communications focus on spreading knowledge and information. By not addressing emotions, they are potentially missing a rich influence on behavior when interventions don’t address feelings.

Marredpally police arrested two offenders on Tuesday evening hours namely (A1) Repen Sambha Shiva Reddy (22) an Student (Degree final year in Wesley college, Resident of Balaji nagar of Shamirpet (M), RR Dist and (A2) Ambadidasu Ravi Kumar @ Ravi (19) an Student ( Degree second year in SP College) Resident of Employees Colony, Yapral of Ranga Reddy District and recovered 19 two wheelers and 1 four wheeler (India Car) from their instance.

South Zone Task Force Team Hyderabad on credible information apprehended one accused person by name Mohd Amjad Hussain (44) an Auto garage, Resident of Edibazar, Madannapet, Hyderabad. who found indulged in doing finance business illegally, since two years without any valid license/permit from the competent authorities and collecting excess interest amounts from the borrowers i.e. auto drivers at Edibazar, Madannapet area and seized net cash of Rs 1,600 and two pocket size daily collection diaries from him.

Jubilee Hills police detected the case of “attempt to murder, voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty & running a brothel house and living on the earnings of prostitution”, committed by the accused person Palle Sudhakar Reddy (28) an Organizer of brothel house R/o Flat No. 103, G. Durgalamma Residence of Rahmath Nagar, Yousufguda, Hyderabad, Native of Brahmanpally (V), Bibi Nagar (M), Nalgonda Dist.

The Nampally Police have apprehended one person Neeraj Kumar Chaturvedi (29) an Un-employed R/o. Gomiya, Bokaro District, Jharkand State who is posing himself as an IAS officer working as Joint Commissioner, Central vigilance Commission, West Central Region and cheated several people and Seized fake ID card, visiting cards and several debit and credit cards of various banks.

Executive Engineer Office of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWS&S), Karimnagar Division, Karimnagar District was caught red handed by the ACB officials on wednesday at 10.30 AM in his office, when he demanded and accepted an amount of Rs.10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand only) as bribe from the complainant, for doing an official favor i.e. “ to forward the bills of Rs. 7,00,000 pertaining to the construction of water tank at Nancherla (V) of Karimnagar District. ”.

TRS MLC Swamy Goud was elected as the Chairman of Telangana State Legislative Council here on Wednesday.

Actor Sidharth Malhotra said he was elated with superstar Salman Khan’s attendance at the success bash of ‘Ek Villain’.

The 29-year-old actor had hosted a party last weekend at his home to celebrate ‘Ek Villain’s’ success, where Salman arrived with his ‘Kick’ co-star Jacqueline Fernandez.

Impressed with Sidharth’s acting in the film, the ‘Dabangg’ star gifted him a designer watch on the occasion, as a token of appreciation.

Sidharth said he had invited Khan, but he said he would be unable to attend it due to shooting.

Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy on Wednesday accused the Congress party of sending a wrong message among the people over the election of Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council.

GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar along with Central Zone Commissioner D Ronal Rose and other officials of GHMC and HMWS&SB inspected the ongoing works of water stagnation points at Lake View Guest House and proposed baffle wall in nala at Lake View Guest House. The Commissioner directed the Zonal Commissioner and Superintending Engineer to expedite the works on priority.

Malarial parasites resistant to existing drugs may have a difficult time soon, as researchers have now developed a compound that blocks the action of a key ‘gatekeeper’ enzyme essential for malaria parasite survival.

The compound, called WEHI-916, is the first step toward a new class of anti-malarial drugs that could cure and prevent malaria infections caused by all species of the parasite, including those resistant to existing drugs.

Researchers developed WEHI-916 to block the critical malaria enzyme Plasmepsin V.

TDP floor leader in Telangana Legislative Council A Narsa Reddy accused the Telangana Rashtra Samithi of encouraging unethical politics in the State.

Speaking on the floor of the House on Wednesday, Narsa Reddy said that the TRS has failed to maintain the dignity of the House and the election of Chairman was an example for the same. He said that the TRS has been using unethical means to divide the opposition parties. He strongly condemned the defection of some TDP members into the TRS a few days before the election of Chairman.

Bikinis cannot be banned on beaches, but there could be a crack-down on drinking in public in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Wednesday.

Addressing a press conference after the cabinet meeting in Panaji, Parrikar also said he did not find anything objectionable with the point of view put forth by Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Sudin Dhavalikar following a private conversation with him.

Dhavalikar’s comments about banning bikinis and short skirts to “protect Goan culture” created a national sensation.

Pop star Madonna’s latest boyfriend, 26-year-old dancer Timon Steffens gels well with her teenager son Rocco.

Madonna, 55, is said to be delighted with the camaraderie that Steffens shares with her 13-year-old son, who doesn’t get to spend a lot of time with his father Guy Ritchie, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I’m sure Madonna loves that Timor has taken Rocco under his wing. He’s not a father figure, more like a big brother, which Madonna feels is important – especially as Guy can’t always be around,” said a source.

Light to moderate rain in and around Gurgaon Wednesday brought much-needed relief to the people but it also hit traffic in various parts of the city.

The rain that started Wednesday noon brought cheer to the faces of people but it also caused traffic bottlenecks in old and new parts of the city besides on the expressway.

The Hero Honda Chowk on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway once again faced the problem of waterlogging though the rain in the area was only light.

Vehicles going from Delhi to Jaipur and vice versa moved at a snail’s pace.

Costa Rican goalkeeper, Keylor Navas, has avoided speaking about rumours linking him with a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid, saying that he was only focussed on his duties with the national team in Brazil.

”I handle things with confidence. Some things are more important at this time, as the honour for the country and do great things for Costa Rica,” said Navas in a press conference Tuesday, reports EFE.

Concerned over non-availability of modern health facilities to “all sections of people in all parts of the country”, leading doctors of the city Wednesday appealed to increase the health sector allocation from the current 0.9 percent to 3 percent.

Addressing the media here, the doctors said India’s neighbour Sri Lanka spends about 6 to 7 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health.

Global networking products major Cisco Systems Inc would soon turn the electronics city in south Bangalore into a smart city and develop Asia’s first Internet of Things (IoT) innovation hub, a top official said Wednesday.

“The smart city will be built in the electronics city industrial township as a pilot project in partnership with the Electronics City Industries Association (ELCIA) to provide smart parking, smart CCTV surveillance, smart street lighting, smart water management and community messaging,” Cisco president for smart and connected communities Anil Menon told reporters here.

(Kuldip Nayar) Democracy and personal liberty should never be taken for granted. This is a warning that the imposition of the Emergency gave 39 years ago when the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, furtively extinguished the lights of freedom on the night of 25-26 June to save her skin.

The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report that said incidents of crimes against women have dipped in West Bengal came as a respite for the state government facing flak over Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul’s rape remarks.

According to the NCRB report for 2013, West Bengal, which topped the list in 2012 and made headlines for a spate of rapes recently, is now placed third with 29,826 reported cases last year.

The Trinamool Congress-ruled state is behind undivided Andhra Pradesh 32,809 and Uttar Pradesh 32,546.

NASA today successfully launched a satellite designed to track atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading human-produced greenhouse gas responsible for global warming.

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite is now in orbit after launching from Vandenberg Air Force Station, California, NASA said.

Liftoff was on scheduled following the replacement of a defective solenoid valve that prevented water flow into the sound suppression system that caused the scrub minutes ahead of launch yesterday.

Brazil’s midfielder Ramires says the five-time World Champions need to be wary of Colombia’s key man James Rodriguez during their World Cup quarterfinal face-off in Fortaleza, Friday.

“I have never played against him before, but I had seen him since he was in Porto, I watch the Portuguese channels and I had seen him play. He is having an excellent World Cup. We’ll have to give him special attention so he doesn’t surprise us,” said the Chelsea midfielder, reports EFE.

Brazil’s substitute goalkeeper Victor also hailed Rodriguez, describing him as a “different” player.

Mexican Football Federation (FMF) officials have said that Miguel Herrera’s continuance as coach of the national team will be decided in the coming days.

The federation was most likely to let the national coach stay in charge until the 2018 World Cup in Russia, reports EFE.

Herrera met with the national team officials in the FMF, Hector Gonzalez Inarritu, and Ricardo Pelaez, the sporting director of the Mexican team after returning to the country following their ouster from the FIFA 2014 World Cup round of 16 at the hands of the Netherlands.

A court in Malaysia has acquitted an Indian national of a drug trafficking charge, media reported Wednesday.

Justice Rhodzariah Bujang cleared Ramasamy Mahendran, 43, of the charge framed against him, the Borneo Post reported.

The judge ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case.

Ramasamy was charged with allegedly possessing 6.073 gm of ketamine.

He was arrested at the Kuching International Airport arrival hall Feb 22 last year.

Drug trafficking in Malaysia may attract up to death penalty.