Lindsay Lohan recently called the cops, after an obsessed fan decided to ‘camp’ outside a restaurant waiting for her. The crazy fan kept sending marriage license applications for the star at the celebrity hotspot Chiltern Firehouse, which was attached to the hotel where the 28-year-old actress was staying, the Mirror reported.
England were comfortably placed at 247 for two in the first innings after the first day’s play against India in the third cricket Test at The Rose Bowl here Sunday.
Alastair Cook fell for 95 while Gary Ballance was batting on 104. Ian Bell was also unbeaten on 16 when the stumps were drawn.
A 50-year-old Labourer killed after he was hit by a train while trying to cross the railway track.
According to Kacgiguda Railway Police, the deceased Ch Chennaiah (50) an Labourer Resident of Chowlapally village Mahaboobnagar district, deceased while trying to cross the railway tracks on Saturday evening hours between Falaknuma and Budvel railway stations suddenly one speeding train hit due to which he was died on the spot.
A-26-year old Housewife died after committed suicide by hanging at her residence in Shankarnagar of Amberpet.
According to Amberpet police, the deceased T Prathyusha (26) an Housewife W/o Narender Reddy Resident of Shankarnagar Golnaka of Amberpet, deceased taking extreme step of suicide by hanging herself at her residence on Saturday, after a petty quarreled with her husband taking a extreme step of suicide by ended her life over it.
Deceased Prathyusha married with Narender Reddy in the year 2009, and they had one daughter and she was residing her sister house for last six months.
Around 100 Indians have committed suicide in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) every year since 2011, India’s ambassador here said, calling on the expatriate community to help people in distress, particularly those with
financial problems.
These suicides form part of about 1,300 recorded deaths within the Indian community each year, ambassador T P
Seetharam told a local newspaper.
There are roughly a 100 cases of suicide out of 1,300 deaths in a year within the community of 2.5 million people.
Indian sprinter Narayana Sharadha failed to qualify for the women’s 100 metre semi-final after finishing fifth out of eight competitors in the heat at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday.
Jamaica’s Schillonie Calvert, Sheniqua Ferguson of Bahamas and Canadian Crystal Carly-Kristen Emmanuel qualified for the semis to be run at the Hampden Park Stadium Monday.
While Schillonie topped the heat clocking 11.29 seconds, the 27-year-old Chennai woman finished the race in 11.81 seconds.
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A 35-year-old man was injured Sunday evening when he jumped onto a Delhi Metro rail track here in an attempt to commit suicide, police said.
Kapil Grover, a resident of Hapur in Uttar Pradesh, jumped from platform No.2 at the Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar Metro station in north Delhi around 6.30 p.m.
He received injuries to his head and elbow on being slightly hit by the Metro train running between Jahangirpuri and Huda City Centre on the Yellow Line.
An unbeaten 131-run stand between captain Alastair Cook and Gary Ballance gave England the initiative and took them to 186 for one at tea on day one of the third Test against India at The Rose Bowl here Sunday.
The hosts, who were 78 for one at lunch, scored 108 runs in the second session without losing any wicket.
Cook, who has been woefully out of form and his captaincy credentials questioned, sought to answer his critics with a gritty unbeaten 82 off 188 balls.
Indian shot putter Om Parkash Singh Karhana failed to reach the men’s finals after he finished fifth in his Group B qualification at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday.
Jamaica’s O’Dayne Richards and South Africa’s Orazio Cremona qualified from the group for the finals, to be played Monday, with throws of 20.24m and 20.03m at the Hampden Park Stadium.
Karhana, who hails from Gurgaon, threw a best of 18.98m on his third and final attempt. His first two throws went for 17.67m and 18.54m, respectively.
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Three persons including two women were killed and another woman suffered burns today when lightning struck them at Gauradih in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district.
The police said the incident happened at Swaroopchak village in Gauradih police station in the district when all of
them were planting paddy in their agriculture fields.
It was raining heavily but they kept working in the fields when thunderbolt struck them.
The deceased have been identified as Sundari Devi, Usha Devi and Uday Yadav.
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Stung by criticisms from Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Alastair Cook on the Ravindra Jadeja-James Anderson row, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has requested both the Indian and England skippers to show restraint and have respect in the judicial process that went into the alleged altercation during the first Test in Nottingham.
Dhoni has slammed ICC’s decision to fine Jadeja 50 percent of his match fee for the all-rounder’s getting into an altercation with Anderson. Dhoni slammed the ICC saying “a lot of things were neglected in judging the case”.
Activists of various Sikh organisations including the Sikh Students Federation (SSF) today protested against the Uttar Pradesh government for its alleged failure in containing violence in Saharanpur.
Protesters raised slogans against the UP government and demanded immediate dismissal of the Akhilesh Yadav-led
government.
SSF city president Gurvinder Singh and a prominent Sikh youth leader Gurdip Singh Gosha also demanded a high level
enquiry into the clashes that took place yesterday in Saharanpur leading to the death of three persons.
A city court today sent all four persons accused in the alleged gangrape of a woman working along with them in the Railways to seven days’ police remand.
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) of Sealdah Court granted police custody of all the four accused on a plea by the prosecution for their interrogation till August two.
While three of the accused – Jeet, Manish and Gajendra – were arrested during the day yesterday, the fourth one Raju was arrested late last night, the police said.
Andhra Pradesh could emerge as a hub in solar power generation in the near future with the pro-active approach of the state government, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said here today.
I think, on solar power generation in your state, some fresh thinking and new ideas have been brought to the
table today. I am fairly confident and very soon in the days to come, Andhra Pradesh will become a solar hub.
I am confident that with the pro-active approach that I have found with Chandrababu garu (Chief Minister N
The 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, meaning the two Koreas remain technically at war.
But in North Korea, the anniversary of the agreement ending the hostilities is commemorated as “Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War,” a major national holiday.
Today’s 61st anniversary was low-key. There were no large-scale military parades or public appearances by leader
Kim Jong Un, who privately paid his respects just after midnight at the mausoleum where his father and grandfather lie in state.
Ahead of the Muslim holy festival of Eid, Hamas today agreed to a 24-hour UN-brokered humanitarian truce after initially rejecting it as the 20-day Gaza conflict killed 1,060 Palestinians and 46 Israelis, including an Indian-origin soldier.
As a preparation for the end of Ramadan and in response to the UN mediation and also regarding our people’s living
circumstances, we have agreed with all Palestinian factions to give a 24-hour humanitarian ceasefire starting from 14:00 on Sunday,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.
Four persons belonging to a family were killed today and three children seriously injured when the vehicle they were traveling in dashed against a stationary container carrier in East Champaran district of Bihar.
Police officials said the accident happened near Wattganj village under Piprakothi police station of the
district.
Piprakothi Station House Officer Sanjeev Kumar said that the family was going to Kotwa in East Champaran from
Muzaffarpur when it lost control and dashed into the container carrier.
All the deceased are in twenties and early thirties.
Indian boxer Manoj Kumar entered the quarterfinals of the men’s 64 kg event at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday.
The 27-year-old defeated Canadian Arthur Biyarslanov 2:1 in the Round of 16 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.
Manoj won the first two rounds with the exact score line of 29 points to Biyarslanov’s 28. Though the Canadian came back to win the third and final round with reversed scores, it was too late for him as the judges ruled in favour of the Indian.
In the last eight, Manoj will take on England’s Samuel Maxwell Tuesday.
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Three house surgeons were killed and two of their colleagues seriously injured when their car rammed a stationary mini lorry and fell into a nearby pit at nearby Chinnayan Chathiram today, police said.
All of them were house surgeons at the Siddha medical college in Salem.
While two of them died on the spot, another succumbed to injuries at Chengalpattu medical college Hospital. The
seriously injured were rushed to the Government General Hospital in Chennai, police said.
The lorry driver was not injured.
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The Arab Parliament (AP) Sunday condemned the escalation of violence in Libya, warning that the situation threatens Arab national security.
AP President Ahmed Mohammed Al Jarwan demanded that all the involved parties exert joint efforts to preserve territorial integrity and unity of Libya and realise political and security stability.
Al Jarwan affirmed AP’s support for Arab diplomatic efforts aimed at preserving unity of Libya and reconcile warring factions.
He called for immediate halt to fighting between armed groups that shed Arab blood.
Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was adjudged the world’s fourth most beautiful lady, today reiterated the importance of stem cell banking by mothers and the situation that led to her decision to go in
for stem cell banking for her daughter.
The decision to bank umbilical cord cell had to be taken at a time when taking baby steps to parenthood. And on our
part, we did some research, spoke to friends and our families, of course. We were informed about it,” said Bachchan, a young mother herself.
A 57-year-old man man died Sunday morning in a clash with four neighbours over a parking issue, police here said.
Rajender Bhatia got into a fight with his neighbours – Dharmender, 50, Kartik, 28, Ashok, 57, and his son Mohit, 28 – around 11.30 a.m. near his house in Patel Nagar area in central Delhi.
Police said that Bhatia suddenly fell on the ground during the scuffle.
“Bhatia was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar told IANS.
Body of a man was today found hanging from a tree in the premises of the government quarters allotted to senior BJD leader and former Odisha Minister Pramila Mallik here, police said.
The deceased, identified as Surendra Routray (35) of Binjharpur area in Jajpur district was found hanging from a
tree inside the compound of the quarters, Inspector In-Charge of Capital Police Station, Manas Gadnayak said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem and a case of unnatural death registered by police, he said, adding
investigation was in progress.
The threat posed by terrorist outfits in Iraq and Syria which are recruiting several western citizens to their organization, is something that the United States will have to deal with for the next decade, said U.S’s House Homeland Security Committee. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the head of the House Homeland Security Committee, told reporters attending the Aspen Institute”s annual national security forum yesterday that it is the biggest threat to the homeland because the new western recruits are passport-holders and can therefore blend in easily, ABC News reported.
Thirteen people including two children were killed today in fierce clashes in the key insurgent holdout of Gorlivka in east Ukraine where government troops are battling rebel fighters, local authorities said.
“As a result of military actions in Gorlivka 13 people have died, among them two children of one and five,” the
Donetsk regional administration said in a statement, adding that operations by medical teams in the crucial insurgent
base, a city of some 250,000 around 45 kilometres north of Donetsk, were hampered by “constant shooting”.
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