Month: August 2014

Three people were arrested Sunday for allegedly drugging and raping a housewife in West Bengal, police said, adding the prime suspect is still on the run.

Opposition parties attacked the Trinamool Congress over the deteriorating crime scene, as the Bengal government asked police to file a report.

The incident happened in Maheshtala of South 24-Parganas district, some 12 km from here.

According to police, the woman was drugged and raped Thursday night while she was returning home in an auto.

Fresh spurt of violence in Eastern Ukraine forced an international investigation team to stop operations at the MH17 crash site. Alexander Hug, the deputy chief monitor with the Ukraine mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said that sounds of artillery being fired were heard at a distance of about two kilometers while the operations were going on and the team had to leave the site immediately as it was too close to continue, reported the BBC. Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 went down on July 17 killing all the 298 people onboard. (ANI)

A recounting of votes in the Afghan presidential elections, which was scheduled to begin on Saturday after several delays, has been put on hold again. According to the BBC, the decision came despite late night talks between United States Secretary of State John Kerry and the two presidential candidates, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. The current disagreement is over the process to deal with the ballot boxes that are found to contain invalid votes.

The Israeli offensive on Gaza will continue according to Israel’s security needs even after the tunnels built by Hamas have been destroyed, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to the BBC, Netanyahu said that Islamist militant group Hamas will pay an intolerable price for attacks on Israel. His reaction is being seen as a great setback to the peace process that was slated to begin in Egypt. Tensions soared in Gaza as Israel continued to hunt for a soldier, Hadar Goldin, who went missing on Friday, the report added.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday held a rally to press its demand that the assembly be dissolved and re-election be held in Delhi.

“We are gathered here to demand re-election in Delhi. The BJP and the Congress are running away from the election,” AAP leader Manish Sisodia said at the Jantar Mantar in the heart of the city.

While addressing thousands of people, Sosodia said both the parties are scared of losing the Delhi assembly elections.

Sisodia said we will continue to come here till the demands are met.

–IANS

A seminar will be held on problems of NRIs, on August 3, at Hotel Crystal Banjara. Not only Muslim intellectuals but non-resident Indian doctors, engineers, professors and will also participate.

Deputy Chief Minister Telangana State Mr. Mohammed Mahmood Ali will attend as chief guest. Eminent legal expert Shafeequzzaman, Dr. Fakhruddin Mohammed and others will speak on the occasion. The seminar will mull over a strong strategy to curb the injustices done towards Muslims since the NDA government came to power.

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Free Urdu coaching classes were held under the supervision of President Association of Urdu Development Mr. Mohammed Tameezuddin Ahmed on August 3, 12 noon, at office of Hajj and Umra Society, AC Guards.

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Corruption rife in Waqf Board due to paucity of staff and lack of monitoring in the minority institutions. Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao has held Minority Welfare portfolio with him which resulted in lack of accountability among minority institutions.

Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju today objected to a Supreme Court judge’s statement that Gita and Mahabharat should be taught in schools, saying this is against India’s secular feature and Constitution and will do it “great harm”.

Supreme Court judge Justice A R Dave had yesterday said Indians should revert to their ancient traditions and texts such as Mahabharat and Bhagavad Gita and they should be introduced to children at an early age.

Despite immense flak drawn by Israeli Army over attack on a UN-run school in Gaza last week, another UN school in southern Gaza is said to have been hit by a missile, killin seven and injuring dozens in the town of Rafah, the Reuters reported.

The Israeli military declined immediate comment.

A missile launched by an aircraft struck the entrance to the school in the town of Rafah, the witnesses and medics said.

Hundreds of Palestinians in the area, where the Israeli military has been battling militants, had been sheltering in the school.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday offered condolences after a landslide killed at least eight people in Nepal.

The disaster hurled huge amounts of mud and rocks blocking the Bhotekoshi river Saturday. A small village was buried and at least 150 people were reported missing.

After the landslide, the river formed a large lake in Sindhupalchowk district, about 60 km from Kathmandu.

Modi’s statement came shortly after his arrival here on a two-day visit, Nepal foreign ministry said.

A 29-year old Sikh man is in critical condition after he was hit by a pickup truck here and dragged nearly 30 feet following an argument between him and the driver who allegedly hurled racist slur at him and his friend.

Sandeep Singh, father of two, was with his friend Baldey Singh when he was hit by a pickup truck late Tuesday night. Sandeep is in critical condition at the hospital.

Rights group Sikh Coalition has called for a hate crime investigation into the incident.

Orlando Bloom and Nina Dobrev kissed at Comic-Con party where Dobrev sunk her teeth into the actor, according to reports.

An eyewitness told Us Magazine that the duo were making out for 20 minutes, whereas another observer revealed that Bloom and Dobrev grinded on the dance floor.

Insiders said that the duo could not peel their eyes or hands off each other at the bash. source spilled the beans to the publication that Dobrev had known the ‘Hobbit’ actor for a few years now she had been out with him in social settings with mutual friends. (ANI)

Prince Harry will inherit Princess Diana ‘s 10million pounds legacy when he will turn 30 in September, it has been revealed.

The 29-year-old Prince will also face a tax bill of up to 4million pounds, the Mirror reported.

A royal insider said that there was no way the royal Prince would avoid the tax.

The insider asserted that there were few similarities between the average person and Harry and William but when it came to tax, they also have to pay their way.

According to the experts say he could limit it to 3.6million pounds if he gives cash to charities. (ANI)

Researchers have discovered a fossil, which provided the proof that ‘colossal penguins’ existed around 37 to 40 million years ago, on a small island near Antarctica.

The discovery disclosed about the penguin species, known as ‘Palaeeudyptes Klekowskii’, which was 6ft 6ins high and weighed around 115 kilos, Metro.co.uk reported.

A wing bone of the giant extinct penguin along with a 9.1 centimetre long tarsometatarsus, which would have been formed by the fusion of ankle and foot bones, were discovered by Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche from the La Plata Museum in Argentina.

A hybrid baby goat-sheep; geep, named ‘Butterfly’ for her large black spot, has recently taken birth with the feet and face of a goat, but the wool and tail of a sheep.

Butterfly, whose mother was a sheep and whose father was a pygmy goat, was born at My Petting Zoo in Scottsdale, Metro.co.uk reported.

Priscilla Motola, the owner of the zoo, said that she and her children went to feed the animals, when her son found what he believed was a newborn goat, even though all the expecting female goats had already given birth.

The producer and director of “Lateef – The King of Crime”, a film based on the Gujarat mafia of the late 1980s, are upset that the Central Board of Film Certification has objected to their promoting the movie on TV due to a specific dialogue related to Gujarat.

The movie has released but its makers faced trouble in getting their 20-second trailer passed, and they can’t promote it on TV due to the objection.

India’s biggest realty firm DLF is expecting Rs 200 crore rental income per year from its large luxury shopping mall in Noida to be launched early next year.

‘DLF Mall of India’ with 2 million sq ft of leasable area is being developed in Noida in the National Capital Region at an investment of Rs 1,100 crore and touted as one of the biggest in the country.

DLF has leased about 90 percent of the area and the mall is expected to be launched in February-March 2015, sources said, adding that more than 200 brands have signed so far.

Shoppers in Delhi are more e-commerce savvy compared to peers in other metros including Mumbai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad, according to a survey.

As per the Assocham survey, Delhiites recorded 67 percent rise in online trends over the regular shopping than last year — the highest compared to all other cities in India. Delhi is followed by Mumbai (60 percent), Ahmedabad (52 percent) and Bangalore (50 percent) in their preference for online shopping.

Interestingly, the survey found that most respondents are working and shopping at the same time between 12 pm and 4 pm on a working day.

Citing strong job growth in the last six months, US President Barack Obama has said that the American economy is getting better and recovering faster from the recession.

“The good news is the economy clearly is getting stronger. Things are getting better. Our engines are revving a little bit louder. And the decisions that we make right now can sustain and keep that growth and momentum going,” Obama told reporters at the White House.

Even as predominantly cotton-based textile industry has performed well during 2013-14, there was sluggishness in the market in the first quarter of this fiscal due to decline in yarn exports to China and also fall in the demand for fabrics and made-up exports to European Countries.

This has resulted in over supply and making yarn prices decrease to the tune of Rs.10 to Rs. 25 per kg, depending on the counts.

Reality TV star Kristin Cavallari says she’s turned into a ”freak” about food because she’s determined to lose her baby weight.

The 27-year-old credits her strict eating plan for helping her bounce back into shape just 12 weeks after giving birth to her second child Jaxon, reports contactmusic.com.

“I’m a freak about what I put in my mouth. I’m constantly reading labels and I don’t eat any toxic chemicals, so I think that plays a huge role (in the weight loss),” she said.

A total of 22 candidates have filed nominations for the August 21 by-elections to three assembly seats in Karnataka.

Four persons have filed their nominations for by-elections to Bellary, five for Chikkodi-Sadalga and 13 for Shikaripura, Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha told.

Today was the last day for the filing of nominations where by-elections are being held after sitting MLAs B S Yeddyurappa (Shikaripura), Prakash Hukkeri (Chikkodi-Sadalga) and B Sriramulu (Bellary) vacated them, consequent to their election to Lok Sabha.

The chief of engineering and construction giant L&T yesterday advised students to come back to the country after studying abroad as there are ample professional opportunities available for them here.

“Go and study abroad but do come back. There are many opportunities in this country. You will have careers and dreams to pursue here.

You must remember your alma mater and also that you have a debt to pay to this country,” L&T Chief Executive and MD Krishnamurthy Venkataramanan said.

18 children reportedly suffered adverse reactions after they were given injections by the staff nurse at Indira Gandhi Memorial hospital in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra.

According to the father of one of the children, “My daughter was recovering from illness and was fine till the injection was administered by the sister at 10 pm in the night. About half an hour after the injection was given, her body turned cold, she became restless and her limbs became stiff. We informed the doctor about this, the medical staff gave some medicine after which my child became normal.”