Sajid Nadiadwala’s directorial debut “Kick”, starring Salman Khan collected a total of Rs.178.28 crore in its first week.
The film, which was the awaited release for Eid this year, minted over Rs.80 crore in just three days, and it touched the Rs.100 crore mark even before the festival July 29.
“Kick” is also said to have pulled in audiences in Pakistan, registering approximately Rs.2 crore.
A new study has revealed that pepper reduces the risk of colorectal tumors.
According to the study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, the active ingredient in chili peppers – produces chronic activation of a receptor on cells lining the intestines of mice, triggering a reaction that ultimately reduces the risk of colorectal tumors.
The receptor or ion channel, called TRPV1, was originally discovered in sensory neurons, where it acts as a sentinel for heat, acidity and spicy chemicals in the environment.
A Delhi court today allowed NIA’s plea seeking extension of time by three months to complete its probe against suspected two top Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror activities across the country.
Indian selectors reposed faith in Leander Paes as the 40-year-old veteran was today included in the Asian Games squad along with established stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna.
The selection committee announced a 12-member team, which also has last edition’s gold medal winners Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh. Somdev had won the men’s singles gold as well as the men’s doubles gold with Sanam.
Tall and big-serving Saketh Myneni and Yuki Bhambri will make their debut at the prestigious quadrennial event, to be held in Incheon, Korea from September 19-October 4.
Researchers have developed a new test kit that can help predict and treat kidney cancer in a better way.
Researchers and doctors at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have co-developed this first molecular test kit, which would be a breakthrough in the field.
Professor Jackie Y. Ying, IBN Executive Director, said that by combining their expertise in molecular diagnostics and cancer
Parupalli Kashyap and the pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa assured India’s presence on the last day of the Commonwealth Games by reaching the finals of their respective badminton categories at the Emirates Arena here Saturday.
However, their compatriots P.V. Sindhu and R.M.V. Gurusaidutt had to endure shocking semi-final losses and will be playing the bronze medal play-offs later in the day.
Students led by All India Students’ Association (AISA) Saturday blocked railway tracks in Bihar’s Bhojpur and Darbhanga districts demanding scrapping of the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) from the UPSC entrance examination, police said.
“Students protesting against the CSAT format, stopped long route trains and sat on tracks at Ara railway station in Bhojpur and Darbhanga railway station,” a police officer said.
The CSAT is a conspiracy to sideline the Hindi-speaking students of north Indian states from the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, the students said.
President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said India’s growth story was only unfolding and the private sector, including overseas investors, had much to look forward to in areas like infrastructure that need billions of dollars of investment.
“The Planning Commission had earlier estimated that investments in infrastructure will have to expand to as much as $1 trillion in the 12th Plan period (2012-2017) to enhance connectivity and commerce within the country,” the president said.
Seeking long-term extension of her residence permit, controversial author Taslima Nasreen Saturday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Nasreen had expressed her anguish after the government Wednesday refused her a one-year visa giving instead a temporary permission to stay in India for two months.
“I met Singh today (Saturday) and he assured me that my stay in India will be extended. I gave him my book ‘Wo Andhere Din’ (Those Dark Days) and in return he said my dark days are over,” Nasreen told IANS.
Passengers of an Air India plane from Jeddah had a narrow escape after one of the plane’s rear tyres burst during landing at nearby Karipur International Airport today.
All the 369 passengers and the crew on board Jeddah-Calicut AI 962 flight are safe, an Air India official said, after the plane landed at 8.30 AM.
The incident occurred at the turning pad area of the runway, the official said. The same plane is supposed to fly back to Jeddah in the evening.
The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israeli offensive jumped to 1,654 Saturday, most of them civilians, a health ministry spokesman said.
More than 8,900 others have been injured in Israel’s military campaign which entered the 25th day, Xinhua reported.
Two-thirds of the dead and wounded were civilians, including women, children and the elderly, said Ashraf al-Qedra, the health ministry spokesman in Gaza.
The toll in Taiwan’s underground gas explosions has risen to 27, the island’s emergency operation authority said Saturday.
The blasts, that hit Kaohsiung city at about midnight Thursday, left another 284 injured, 56 of them critically, Xinhua reported.
With rain starting early morning Saturday, it added to the difficulty of the rescuers.
Kaohsiung government has resettled more than 900 residents, while electricity supply to 12,000 households and gas supply to about 23,000 houses has been cut.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Saturday said that an Egyptian truce plan provided a “real chance” to end the 25-day Gaza conflict that has killed 1,654 Palestinians in the coastal enclave and urged both Israel and the Palestinians to implement it.
“The Egyptian proposal is the real chance to find a solution to the crisis in Gaza and to end the bloodshed,” Xinhua reported citing Sisi as saying in a joint conference with visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Indian powerlifter Sakina Khatun won the bronze in the women’s lightweight (up to 61kg) category to give the country its first medal of day 10 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games here Saturday.
Sakina lifted a total weight of 88.2 kg to finish third.
Esther Oyema (136kg) of Nigeria took home the gold while England’s Natalie Blake took home the silver with a 100.2kg lift.
India with the latest addidtion of medal take their tally to 52, including 13 golds, 23 silvers and 16 bronzes. The Games conclude Sunday.
Amid a continuing row with Andhra Pradesh over admissions to professional courses, the Telangana government Saturday constituted the Telangana State Council for Higher Education (TSCHE).
The government issued an order adapting the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) Act, 1988. It argued that under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, it is empowered to make adaptations and modifications of any law made in united Andhra Pradesh.
Two people including a police constable were killed and a sub-inspector injured in an exchange of gunfire between gangsters and police near Hyderabad, police said here Saturday.
One of the gangsters was killed in the firing that took place late Friday night while three others managed to escape.
The incident took place around midnight at Majidpur village in Shamirpet area of Ranga Reddy district.
Continuing its rising streak for the third straight day, gold prices advanced by Rs. 150 to Rs. 28,400 per ten gram in the national capital on Saturday. It rose on account of sustained buying by jewellers and retailers, driven by upcoming festive season demand amidst a firming trend overseas.
Silver recovered by Rs. 50 to Rs. 44,900 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
Traders said increased buying by jewellers and retailers to meet ensuing festive season demand mainly kept gold prices up for the third straight day.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex snapped its last two-week gaining spree, tumbling 646 points to end below 26,000 level at almost three-week low of 25,480.94 on cautious approach adopted by operators and retail investors ahead of the RBI’s monetary policy next week.
Offloading long positions from operators in view of expiry of July-contract on Thursday, weak global cues, continuing geo-political tensions also affected the sentiment.
Weakness in the rupee against the dollar, as the domestic unit touched 61-mark after three months, was also the factor behind fall in share values.
In college and cannot manage stress owing to studies or frequent relationship troubles? Take heart.
A new research shows that many college students are stressed out and are not coping well.
“This is despite the fact that there are simple ways for students to relieve stress and feel happier,” said Keith King, professor and coordinator of University of Cincinnati’s health promotion and education programme.
Stop, pause and breathe, contact your buddy to express yourself, eat healthy, maintain an exercise regime and do not miss on daily “Me Time”.
“Harry Potter” star Emma Watson has joined a campaign by Turkish women to rebel against a politician who recently branded females “indecent” for laughing in public.
Watson is an ambassador for United Nations Women. She joined the rebellion and shared a photograph of herself having a giggle at an outdoor restaurant. It has been reposted more than 15,000 times, reports contactmusic.com.
Earlier this week, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc insisted honest women should not laugh in public because it is disgusting.
Rumours are abuzz that Kangana Ranaut, who is riding high on the success of her last hit “Queen”, has hiked her fee by 50 percent. The actress says she chose to hike her fees as she believes she deserves it.
The 27-year-old was present at the launch of the cover of Grazia magazine that features her. Here, on being asked about the reason to hike her fees, she said: “There is no particular reason. I have been working for the last seven years and analysing whatever I have earned till date in this profession, I think I deserve and so I am demanding money.
Rajasthan viewed an out of the ordinary incident of robbery which took place in the Sabzi Mandi of Dausa district.
A group of burglars decamped with nearly 80 kg of tomatoes from various vegetables shops in Sabzi Mandi. The strange thing about the robbery is the thieves didn’t touch the cash inside counters of the shops.
The incident took place on Wednesday night, according to police.
On Thursday morning, when vendors and shopkeepers opened there shops, they were surprised to found broken weighing machines and tomatoes on the floor.
Less than 10 percent Indians living in Libya have expressed a desire to leave the country and that demonstrates there is “no serious threat to their safety,” Libya’s ambassador to India Ali Al-Isawi said Friday.
He said that the North African country was “committed” to provide “any kind of help” to Indian nationals, as weeks of inter-militia fighting in Libya’s capital Tripoli and Benghazi spiral alarmingly, leaving more than a hundred dead.
“Regarding the state of Indians in Libya, I can assure you that they are safe,” Al-Isawi said in an interview to IANS here.
Supreme Court judge Justice A R Dave today said that Indians should revert to their ancient traditions, and texts such as Mahabharata and Bhagwad Gita should be introduced to children at an early age.
“Our old tradition such as `Guru Shishya parampara’ is lost, if it had been there, we would not have had all these problems (violence and terrorism) in our country,” Justice Dave said, speaking at an international conference on `contemporary issues and challenges of human rights in the era of globalisation’ here.
Opposition leaders today criticised the Shiv Sena over its controversial editorial on rape cases in its mouthpiece ‘Saamna’.
Expressing shock over the article, Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi demanded an apology from the Shiv Sena, saying that nothing can be more wrong than going against a woman’s dignity.