Ingredients
1. 1 tsp olive oil
2. 1 c baby spinach
3. 1/4 c sun-dried tomato pesto
4. 1/4 c low-fat yoghurt
5. 1 tsp vinegar
6. A pinch of salt
7. 4 slices of toasted brown whole-wheat bread
8. 4 eggs
9. Freshly ground black pepper
Method:
1. Put oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the spinach and cook until wilted.
2. Combine the yoghurt and pesto. Stir .. c into the spinach and remove from the heat. Cover to keep warm.
Haryana’s showpiece millennium city Gurgaon may have seen phenomenal urban development in the past two decades, but for the original residents of the area who live in adjoining villages, life continues to be in the slow lane.
Sonia Gandhi has sharply criticized the Narendra Modi government, which completes 100 days in power on Wednesday, on price rise.
“Why don’t you ask them?” the Congress president said, gesturing to a crowd of supporters in her constituency Rae Bareli, when reporters asked her to comment on the Modi government’s 100 days.
“Have prices come down? I agree with these people,” she added.
Other Congress leaders blamed the ruling BJP for instances of communal tension and questioned the Prime Minister’s “silence”.
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Aniston would be a party planner if her film career flops.
The ‘Friends’ actress said she loves organising get-togethers with her friends, reported Contactmusic.
“I like connecting people, I love my friends, I have a great group of friends. I really see that in myself that I would be a great party planner. I enjoy putting together gatherings. I’ve been paving the way. I’ve got my contacts in my back pocket,” she said.
Even as the political crisis in Pakistan remains at fever pitch with both the PML-N led government and the protesting Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek refusing to budge from their respective positions, a former deputy chief of Indian Army, Lt. Gen. Raj Kadyan (Retired), continues to maintain that there is no clarity on the current situation prevailing in that country, and does not the rule the role of the Pakistan Army in keeping the crisis alive for its own self interests.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began the fourth day of his five-day state visit to Japan by dropping in at Tokyo’s Sacred Heart University and meeting Natsuo Yamaguchi, the leader of the New Komeito, which is a junior coalition ally of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
The two leaders reportedly exchanged views on issues of bilateral, regional and global importance to the two countries.
Gold prices dropped further at the domestic bullion market in Mumbai on Monday due to reduced off-take from jewellery stockists and traders amid weak global sentiment.
Silver, on the other hand closed virtually steady in the absence of necessary buying support from industrial users.
Standard gold (99.5 purity) slipped by Rs 90 to end at Rs 27,770 per 10 grams against Saturday’s level of Rs 27,860.
Pure gold (99.9 purity) also shed similar margin to finish at Rs 27,920 per 10 grams from Rs 28,010.
A day after the murder of its leader KT Manoj in Kannur, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh will on Tuesday observe a dawn-to-dusk, state-wide shutdown.
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh leader was on Monday morning attacked by unknown assailants with bombs as he was going in a vehicle in Kathiroor in Kannur district and then run through with swords, according to the local police.
Soon after the murder took place, the RSS had called for a shutdown in Kannur district, but by evening, decided to extend it throughout the state.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday announced doubling of his country’s private and public investment in India to about $35 billion over the next five years. The two countries decided to enhance their defence and strategic cooperation and speed up negotiations on civil nuclear deal.
The official website of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Monday crashed following a massive online response from people soon after the launch of its flagship ‘Housing Scheme 2014’ that offers over 25,000 flats.
“Soon after the launch, we received over 5 lakh hits on our official website, following which it has crashed. Efforts are on to restore the service,” a senior DDA official said.
Falling for the fourth straight day, the rupee on Tuesday weakened by another 11 paise to 60.64 against the Greenback in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market due to dollar’s gains against other rivals overseas.
Forex dealers said besides dollar’s gains against other currencies, increased demand for the US currency from importers put pressure on the rupee, but a higher opening in the domestic equity market limited the losses.
Fire broke out on the second floor of a four-storied commercial building here in the Burrabazar area of the city early Tuesday morning but there was no causality, fire services
officials said.
Five engines were used to put out the fire which broke out at a godown-cum-store of home appliances on the second floor of a building on the Canning Street, fire services officer T K Poddar told PTI.
“There was no casualty in the fire which broke out at around 7.25am. We are suspecting short circuit responsible for the mishap,” Poddar added.
Vajubhai Vala, former Gujarat Assembly Speaker and an old trusted aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Monday sworn in as Governor of Karnataka.
76-year-old Vala was administered oath of office by Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court D H Waghela at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Union Ministers D V Sadananda Gowda and Ananth Kumar, state ministers, leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Jagadish Shettar, BJP Vice-President B S Yeddyurappa and senior bureaucrats were present at the event.
Vala took the oath in Hindi.
Two teenaged boy students drowned in a nearby lake today while trying to immerse a 12 foot idol of Lord Ganesha with a group of people, police said.
They were part of a group of about 35 people who immersed the idol in the Malakaranour lake. The students slipped in and drowned.
Their bodies were later fished out, police said.
–PTI
A community in Uttar Pradesh has imposed a ban on the use of mobile phones by school girls in order to save them from falling prey to ‘love jihad’.
In what is perhaps a first for an urban association with such reach and influence, the Akhil Bharitiya Vaishya Ekta Parishad (ABVEP), a committee of vaishyas (mostly traders by caste), has decided to ban the use of mobile phones by school-going girls and teenagers, staring with Agra.
Classes opened Monday at the Nalanda University, an ancient international centre for learning in Bihar, after a break of over 800 years with 15 students, its vice chancellor said.
“We have formally started the academic session of Nalanda University Monday morning in the International Convention Centre at the Buddhist pilgrim town of Rajgir,” Vice Chancellor Gopa Sabhrawal told IANS. Rajgir is about 100 km from Patna.
Sabhrawal said the ancient Nalanda University functioned from 413 AD to 1193 AD.
Eight core industries such as coal, electricity, crude oil, cement and steel, grew 2.7 percent in July this year, compared to 5.3 percent during the corresponding month of last year, official data showed Thursday.
The index of eight core industries having a combined weight of 37.90 percent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2004-05 stood at 163.9 in the month under review, the ministry of commerce and industry said in a statement.
The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia has appealed to all Indians living in the kingdom to get machine-readable passports issued as soon as possible, a media report said Monday.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will phase out non-machine-readable passports by Nov 24, 2015, Arab News quoted Indian embassy spokesperson Surinder Bhagat as saying.
“Foreign governments may deny visas or even entry on old passports,” he said.
“This is why Indian citizens living across the kingdom are advised to change their passports as soon as they can.”
General Motors India on Monday reported 36.58 percent decline in August sales at 4,232 units as against 6,673 units sold in the same month of last year.
The August 2014 sales include 1,305 units of Beat, 1,283 units of Tavera and 688 units of Chevrolet Enjoy, the company said in a statement.
General Motors India Vice President P Balendran said: “There is some positive movement in the market because of new entries. However, the buoyancy is still missing and we expect the market to improve only during the festival season.”
PTI
Pizzas spiked with chemicals that can get people high is becoming a trend among pizzerias across the UK and in the north of England in particular.
‘Legal high’, which mimic the effects of illegal narcotics such as cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy, are untested and unclassified drugs that could have serious and unpredictable effects on users, the Daily star reported.
Try including rice, cheese and potato in your diet to help you get a good night’s sleep.
There are a few food items which can improve your sleeping pattern, reports femalefirst.co.uk:
“Energy” drinks which are so popular during physical exercise and even otherwise among children and younger adults can cause heart problems, a research shows.
“People sometimes consume a number of these drinks one after the other. This situation can lead to a number of adverse conditions, including angina, cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) and even sudden death,” warned professor Milou-Daniel Drici from France.
At least eight people were killed and 24 missing Tuesday after heavy rains caused landslides in China’s Chongqing province.
Rescue teams, including fire-fighters and police, have evacuated over 7,000 residents to safe locations, Xinhua reported.
The missing include 11 coal miners in Yunyang county who were buried due to a landslide Monday.
Heavy rains started in Yunyang, Wuxi, Fengjie and Wushan in Chongqing since Sunday, disrupting traffic and cutting off power supply and communication lines.
—IANS
To expedite credit decision, the Reserve Bank Monday asked banks to set a timeline for disposal of loan proposals but did not ascribe a particular time frame for the same.
“Banks should clearly delineate the procedure for disposal of loan proposals, with appropriate timelines, and institute a suitable monitoring mechanism for reviewing applications pending beyond the specified period,” RBI said in a notification.
The state-owned airport operator Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to develop 50 new low-cost airports across the country to cope with the growing air traffic.
Announcing this at a conference on Communication, Navigation and Surveillance systems (CNS), AAI Member (Operations) G K Chaukiyal said that the low-cost airports would be built over 10 years in an effort to reduce the cost of operation.