Month: July 2014

The home ministry Monday denied the reported bugging at union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence, and ruled out any probe.

Asked about the bugging, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said: “There is no contradiction, Gadkari has denied it himself.”

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju too refused to comment.

“The minister himself has said the reports are speculative… How can we comment on it?” Rijiju said when he was asked if the home ministry would probe the bugging reports.

A relative calm prevailed in Gaza today after Israel reduced its assaults in the coastal strip and rocket fire from Hamas also declined considerably even as both the US and the UN called for a durable ceasefire to end the deadly 20-day conflict.

The UN Security Council late last night called for an “immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” between Israel and Palestine, asking the parties to implement the truce beyond the Muslim holiday of Eid and allow delivery of urgently needed assistance in Gaza with the raging conflict having killed 1,030 Palestinians and 46 Israelis.

In the era of unprecedented quantities of information via web, mobile and other internet-based operations, here comes a new device that can help neuroscientists make sense of the “big data”.

Called Thunder – a library of tools developed at the Maryland-based nonprofit Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus – it speeds the analysis of data sets that are so large and complex they would take days or weeks to analyze on a single workstation, if a single workstation could do it at all.

The Shiv Sena today termed the “assault” on Marathi-speaking populace in Karnataka by the police there as “Kannada terrorism” and asked the Narendra Modi government to intervene.

“In Mumbai, the Karnataka Bhawan and Karnataka Sangh buildings stand tall. However, a ‘Maharashtra state’ board in Karnataka is not tolerated and prompts such brutal assault which even puts Hafiz Saeed to shame,” an editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said.

In what could lead to new treatment for Parkinson’s disease, scientists have identified 24 genetic risk factors involved in the disease, including six that had not been previously identified.

The more variants a person has, the greater the risk, up to three times higher, for developing the disorder in some cases, the study suggested.

The school where a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped reopened today, 10 days after it was shut over the outrageous incident that led to severe public protests and prompted police to issue tough guidelines for children’s safety.

High-profile Vibgyor High School reopened after groups of parents visited the institution to take stock of the safety measures initiated by the management, which faced allegations of trying to hush up the July 2 incident before it came to light only after a police complaint was lodged 12 days later.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Monday denied any probe into the reported bugging at union minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence.

“The minister himself has said the reports are speculative… How can we comment on it,” Rijiju said when he was asked if the home ministry would probe the bugging reports.

“There is nothing concrete in it,” the minister said. Media reports Sunday said bugging devices were found at Gadkari’s Delhi residence. This was however denied by Gadkari and those close to him.

From succulent dates to popular sheer kurma, from delicious shahi tukda to mouth-watering paneer jalebi – these traditional sweets attract people from all walks to the walled city in the Indian capital during the holy month of Ramadan.

As Eid-ul-Fitr nears, the lanes and bylanes of the Jama Masjid are packed with people who go around from stall to stall tasting their offerings.

IANS interacted with a few sweet shop owners and makers and Muslim housewives to share their recipes of traditional sweets to celebrate the festivities in the comfort of one’s home.

Pakistani actor Fawad Khan’s experience of working in India was very good and he credits his “Khoobsurat” co-star Sonam Kapoor for it.

“She is a great person and I enjoyed working with her. The environment on the sets was very homely and I didn’t face any problem at any stage,” Fawad said here Sunday on the sets of “Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega”.

“I didn’t face any problem in communicating with the people on the sets and a lot of credit goes to her (Sonam) for that,” he added.

Bharti Airtel has crossed 300 million customers mark across its operations globally, the company said in a statement here Monday.

“Today, telecom is at the cusp of transformation, which, going forward, will be driven as much by the force of technology as by the changing demographics in emerging markets across Asia and Africa,” said Gopal Vittal, managing director and chief executive officer (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel.

“Accelerated data consumption by the youth is going to be the underlying story,” Vittal said.

While there have been reports that actor Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh’s daughter Sara Khan is planning to get into films, Kareena Kapoor says that “she is not interested in films.”

Saif who got married to Kareena in 2012, was previously married to Amrita – and has two children with her – Sara and Ibrahim.

“Sarah is not interested in films. She is in Columbia studying there. She has five more years to go. There are no such plans at all. I don’t know where these rumours are coming from,” Kareena told IANS.

Mohtarma Syeda Shahnaz Azmath (teacher) w/o Syed Azmath Ali Rizvi died.

Funeral will take place on July 28 at 4 pm from the residence of Syed Chirag Ali Rizvi situated at Darush Shifa.

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Janab Fasihuddin Ahmed s/o Janab Imaduddin Ahmed died on July 26.

Experts have revealed that intense workout regime for only 2 minutes twice a week over a month and a half would help people aged over 60 stay fit and lowered their chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke.

It doesn’t require seven days a week exercise that the current Government guidelines promote. People should do muscle-strengthening activities on two or more days a week that work all major muscle groups such as legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders and arms, the Daily Express reported.

Iran warned the U.S. that they would use donkeys to deliver nuclear bombs amid claims that the U.S is ready to allow Tehran to get hold of nuclear technology.

However, the U.S. demands Iran’s support in return for defeating the ISIS terror group.

The deployment of donkeys came out in a House of Commons foreign Affairs Committee reports.

According to the Daily Star, there were reports that if Iran managed to make nuclear weapons, it would not require missiles to deliver them.

Hamas militants had sent a donkey loaded with explosives to Israel , said reports. (ANI)

More than 25,000 9/11 terrorist attack rescuers have been diagnosed with cancer, reveal reports.

The figures have doubled since the last year as new cases are coming to the fore.

There had been 1,140 cases until last year, reports the Daily Mirror.

According to the World Trade Centre Health program, 1,655 had been diagnosed with cancer out of 37,000 police, rescuers and volunteers at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital.

Many of these people are looking out for compensation to fight their illness.

An Indian humanist is among the pre-finalists of a humanitarian award worth $1 million to be handed over by Gonzaga University of northwestern United States in October.

The award is given on behalf of The Opus Prize Foundation that recognises faith-based humanitarian work.

The Opus Prize Foundation partners with Catholic universities to recognise people and organisations doing “very difficult work in very difficult places,” said Michael Herzog, an English professor of Gonzaga.

Indian billionaire Ravi Jaipuria is planning to set up his South Indian restaurant chain Vaango in Singapore next year.

“A lot of Indian companies are making their base here,” said the chairman of RJ Corp which holds the Indian franchise of the Western fast foods, Pizza Hut and KFC, and is one of Pepsi’s top three bottlers in the world.

“A lot of Indian companies are making their base here,” said the chairman of RJ Corp which holds the Indian franchise of the Western fast foods, Pizza Hut and KFC, and is one of Pepsi’s top three bottlers in the world.

Man injured in attempt to murder, dies
(Siasat News) A cable technician, who got injured in an attempt to murder, dies during the treatment. It is said that T Kranthi Kumar, 22, resident of colony, was attacked b y one Vijay on July 19 in which the former was severely injured.

He was shifted to the hospital where he died during the treatment. Musheerabad police has registered a murder case against Vijay and further investigations are on.

Failed love affair led to suicide