Month: September 2014

A 24-year-old woman software engineer, who was apparently suffering from depression, allegedly committed suicide at her house in Indore, police said today.

Deepa Radariya, originally from Mumbai and working at a software firm here for the last six months, yesterday hanged herself at her apartment in Ahinsa tower on MG Road, Tukoganj police station in-charge Dilip Singh Choudhary said.

The woman used to live in the apartment along with her colleague Sneha, he said.

Deepa used to get depressed even over small issues, the police officer said quoting her friend.

A new research has revealed that household air pollution, sourced by the use of plant-based or coal fuel for cooking, heating, and lightingaround, could cause 3 million people to suffer from health risks and early death worldwide.

A third of the world’s population use plant-based solid fuels such as wood or charcoal, or coal, to cook, heat, and light their homes, primarily in Asia and Africa. These smoky, dirty fuels are often used in an open fire or simple stove, resulting in high levels of household air pollution in poorly ventilated homes.

A new study has revealed that Popeye’s energy source, spinach, increases weight loss with 43 percent as it decreases hedonic hunger with up to 95 percent.

The study from Lund University in Sweden showed that taking thylakoids, the green leaf membranes in spinach extract, reinforces the body’s production of satiety hormones and suppresses hedonic hunger, which leads to better appetite control, healthier eating habits and increased weight loss.

A new study has revealed that men with a handsome face have a lower quality of semen.

According to the study, increased levels of testosterone have been demonstrated to impair sperm production and the finding may indicate a trade-off between investments in secondary sexual signaling (i.e. facial masculinity) and fertility.

The study also revealed that males estimated facial images generally more attractive than females did, suggesting that males may generally overestimate the attractiveness of other men to females.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by three youths in Falawada area here.

The incident took place on Friday when the girl was at her home, following which the three youths forced her to inhale sedatives and took her to their house. Thereafter, the accused took turns to rape her, Azad Singh, Station House Officer (SHO), Falawada police station said today.

When the girl’s condition deteriorated, they deserted her near her house yesterday. The youths also threatened to defame the girl if she lodged a complaint with the police, he said.

The FBI and Apple are investigating the hacking into the phones of Jennifer Lawrence and several other celebrities after nude photographs of the Oscar-winner were posted online.

Images of the 24-year-old actress began appearing on some websites on Sunday after her iPhone was apparently hacked, said the Hollywood Reporter.

“The FBI is aware of the allegations concerning computer intrusions and the unlawful release of material involving high profile individuals, and is addressing the matter,” a statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by self-styled godman Nithyananda against conducting potency test on him in a 2010 rape case.

Nithyananda had approached the apex court against a Karnataka High Court`s order directing him to undergo potency test.

During the trial, the apex court had questioned controversial godman for his reluctance to undergo the test saying such examinations were necessary in view of growing number of rape cases.

For the convenience and guidance of intending Hajj pilgrims, Dr. Muhammad Aslam Farooqui, HoD Dept. of Urdu, Giriraj College, Nizamabad has launched one of its kind website in Urdu named ‘Hajj ka Safar’.

The website can be visited by typing hajjkasafar.blogspot.in in Google search engine. The website explains Hajj rituals, etiquettes of visiting Prophet’s (pbuh) shrine etc. with the help of videos and over 500 photos of holy places. Latest news and updates of Hajj Committee of India and Telangana Hajj Committee and their fresh guidelines are also displayed on the website.

Secretary AICC and member Rajya Sabha Hanumanth Rao said that dream of Telangana was incomplete without the prosperity of Muslims. Addressing press conference here at Gandhi Bhawan he said, in its manifesto TRS had promised to remove illegal occupation from Waqf properties including Manikonda and hand over that to Muslims. Besides that High Court also maintained that Waqf land was given for IT Park not for construction of residential complex.

State Hajj Committee is organising 3-day vaccination camp for the selected Hajj aspirants of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh which began on Tuesday at Hajj House. On the first day of the camp 910 Hajj aspirants were administered vaccination while 1100 Hajj aspirants belonging to Hyderabad had to avail the camp services. However those who have not availed the services can get vaccinated on remaining two days of the camp.

Director Minority Welfare department and Special Officer Waqf Board, Prof. S A Shukoor Special Officer Hajj Committee and other officials were present on the occasion.

Plucky geckos, which were sent into space to reveal the effects of microgravity on sex, were found dead after returning to Earth in capsule.

The lizards, which were originally sent into the cosmos on the Russian Foton-M4 capsule, turned up alive after space agency officials had lost contact with them for a time, Metro.co.uk reported.

Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives Abdul Subhan and his nephew Asahbuddin, arrested for their alleged roles in conspiring to carry out terror strikes in Delhi and adjoining areas, were on Tuesday remanded to police custody till August 12 by a court here.

Love for the Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) is a measure of one’s iman (faith and inner conviction) and our iman is completed and perfected only when our love for the Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) exceeds our love for everything else in this world, including our own lives. The Holy Qur’an says:

“The Prophet is preferable for the believers even to their own selves…”
(33:6)

Indo-Kuwait Friendship Society (IKFS), a socio-cultural friendship NRI Association, Kuwait will be conducting a seminar on “college ragging and potential loss to parents” on October 31, here at IKFS Training Institute.

Ragging is a loss of self- control in search of fun. It is a serious violation of human rights or as an act that violates or is perceived to violate an individual student’s dignity, defined the organization in a press release.

Against the backdrop of Kingfisher case, the Finance Ministry has asked the Reserve Bank to tighten lending norms to prevent borrowers from opening multiple current account outside their consortium banks.

There are a few instances where defaulting borrowers indulged in diversion of funds have taken place by opening of multiple current account outside the members of the consortium, sources said. Therefore, sources said, the Finance Ministry has urged RBI to tighten the norms and monitoring system so that such activities could be prevented.

A Muslim scrap dealer was arrested by the Koramangala police on theft charges, died under mysterious circumstances at the Victoria Hospital here on August 31.

Mubarak Pasha (37) a resident of Lakshman Rao (LR) Nagar was taken into custody from his residence by the Koramangala police on August 19. Though his family managed to get his bail on August 30, he was not released because KR market police was also looking for him in another case.

US President Barack Obama arrived in Estonia aboard Air Force One early Wednesday to meet Baltic leaders and reaffirm Washington`s commitment to the security of ex-Soviet NATO members.

The talks in Tallinn come ahead of the key alliance summit in Wales focused on the crisis in Ukraine.

Russia on Tuesday declared NATO a major “threat” after the Western military alliance announced plans to reinforce defences in eastern Europe because of the Kremlin`s perceived stoking of war in Ukraine.

Calling his Japan trip as ‘successful’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up the five-day tour and left for New Delhi on Wednesday.

The five-day tour of Japan by Modi, which felt like a special odyssey steeped in culture and bonhomie, started on Saturday when Japanese PM Shinzo Abe flew from Tokyo to Kyoto, to specially receive him, which was unprecedented.

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Jitender Singh Shunty was shot at by an unknown assailant early this morning at his Vivek Vihar residence in New Delhi. The attacker fired three-four times at Shunty but the MLA managed to escape unhurt.

Shunty told reporters that a proper recce must have been done before he was fired at because the attacker knew that Shunty would be alone early in the morning and that would be the best time to attack him.

Over 2,20,000 Indians, mostly domestic helpers and labourers, have been granted visas by Saudi Arabia in one month, officials said.

“Since we resumed bringing in Indian workers at the end of Ramadan, the number of visas has reached 2,20,000,” Ahmad Al Fuhaid, the labour ministry undersecretary for international affairs, was quoted as saying by the Gulf News.

“Around 44,000 visas were for domestic helpers while the others were for workers in the public and private sectors,” he said.

Achieving a perfect body a la celebrities is not difficult if one follows the right workout regime and eating habits, says fitness trainer Romana Braganza.

Braganza, who worked with celebrities such as Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes and Anne Hathaway, says one should follow five tips to get a perfect body, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Bigg Boss 7 fame Ajaz Khan is back in news after his recent controversial spat with comedian Kapil Sharma. This time, it is a buzz around his upcoming film, ‘I Luv dubai.’

And it’s none other than the sizzling adult-film-star Shanti Dynamite who will be seen accomanying the actor in the film.

Ajaz Khan, who was seen on the silver screen in the film ‘Ya Rab’, will now be seen with the hot lady in ‘I Luv Dubai’.

This film, directed by Ikram Akhtar marks the Bollywood debut of Shanti. The project was launched Sunday in Mumbai and there, Ajaz spoke about the film and his character.

Continuing its rising streak for the ninth straight session, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 129 points to hit a new high of 27,148.90 in opening trade on Wednesday on sustained foreign capital inflows coupled with a firming trend on other Asian bourses.

The 30-share index, which had gained over 705 points in the previous eight sessions, gathered another 129.51 points, or 0.47 percent, to trade at a new peak of 27,148.90, surpassing its earlier record of 27,082.85 touched on Tuesday (intra-day).

Actress Kirsten Dunst has hit out at Apple after nude images of her were allegedly leaked online.

The 32-year-old took to Twitter to criticise the American multinational corporation after it emerged that a flaw in its iCloud service may have allowed an unidentified hacker to steal explicit images of her and “100 other celebrities” and publish them on the image-sharing forum 4chan, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

She tweeted: “Thank you iCloud,” along with a picture icon of a slice of pizza and a piece of poop.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HCL Technologies and HDFC Bank are among the 50 best public companies in Asia-Pacific according to a compilation by Forbes, which ranked India second behind China as home to the “world’s next growth engines”.

The Forbes 2014 ‘honour roll of the Fabulous 50’ lists best of Asia-Pacific’s biggest publicly traded companies.