Month: September 2014

Indian men paddlers advanced to the doubles pre-quarterfinals after winning their respective matches of the 17th Asian Games at the Suwon Gymnasium here Tuesday.

First up, the pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj dropped the first game before winning 3-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10) over the Nepalese duo of Purshottam Bajracharya and Amarlal Malla in 20 minutes.

In their next match Wednesday, Sharath-Amalraj will play Japan’s Koki Niwa and Kenta Matsudaira, who beat Saudi Arabian combine M. Ali Noor Alkhadrawi and A. Saeed Akram Alghamdi 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-7).

The Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical organisation has published a third video of British journalist and hostage John Cantlie in which he criticizes US President President Barack Obama’s strategy against the militants.

Cantlie, in the five-and-half-minute-long recording, introduces himself as “the British citizen that was abandoned by his government and a long-term prisoner of the Islamic State”.

The Gandhi Statue situated in front of the Indian Embassy saw a long queue of fans this morning where Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his floral tribute at the statue of the ‘Father of the Nation’.

A long queue of Indian Americans could be seen smiling brightly, holding and waving tri-colour flags while greeting the Prime Minister.

Many resident Indians who came from different parts of the US were seen attending this event to catch a glimpse of Prime Minister Modi.

An enthusiastic fan waiting to see Prime Minister said, “We are feeling very great.”

Sachin Tendulkar launched the anthem and jersey of his co-owned football team Kerala Blaster, for upcoming India Super League (ISL), which is slated to kick-off next month.

The ISL was officially launched in Mumbai, on August 28, by billionaire, in which eight franchises will take part.

While unveiling his team jersey in Kerala, Tendulkar said yellow represents faith, adding that the league will bring sporting culture in India, especially at the grass root level.

The Karnataka High Court will hear Wednesday the criminal review petition of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa for suspension of sentence and bail.

The court registrar has posted the revision petition before the special bench Wednesday on the directive of the state chief justice after the state government declared holiday Oct 6 for the Eid-ul-Azha festival, the date on which the case hearing was adjourned to by the vacation bench earlier in the day.

Telangana BJP’s Chief Spokesperson M Ramchander Rao on Tuesday strongly opposed the Telangana Government’s decision to remove statues of Andhra personalities from Tank Bund.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), as part of ‘Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan’ will be undertaking a special ‘Clean and Green Delhi’ drive from October 2 onwards to work towards cleanliness and a better environment of all its installations and nearby surroundings.

During this drive, the DMRC will involve its entire staff and stakeholders like Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), housekeeping agencies, parking contractors, facilitation staff, etc in working towards a clean and green Delhi.

Apparently upset over the conviction of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa in an illegal asstes case, a police constable today allegedly attempted self-immolation here, police said.

Velmurugan, attached to a police station in Theni District, tried to douse himself with kerosene after raising some slogans in support of Jayalalithaa near the state police headquarters but was overpowered and taken for inquiry, police said.

Jayalalithaa was convicted and sentenced to four years’ prison term in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case by a Bangalore special court on September 27.

Dozens of Jewish settlers, escorted by heavy police force, took over at least seven empty buildings in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem Tuesday.

The buildings are located in the Wadi Hilweh neighbourhood of Silwan, only some 300 metres across from the volatile area of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound and the Jewish Western Wall, Xinhua reported.

A few Palestinian youths hurled stones at the force.

One of them attempted to enter one of the seized buildings, but failed.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly committing a triple murder three years ago with the help of his four associates, police said Tuesday.

Jaswant Dagar was arrested Sunday from Najafgarh in west Delhi on a tip-off.

Jaswant, along with his associates, had killed three people – Sudhir, Kuldeep and Amit – all resident of Sonepat in Haryana, over business rivalry.

Pakistan cricket team’s head coach Waqar Younis is not happy with the crackdown on bowling actions being carried out by ICC, saying this will affect preparations of teams for the World Cup.

“This crackdown is going to affect the preparations of teams for the World Cup especially those teams whose bowlers are being reported,” Waqar told PTI today from Lahore.

“I am not sure about the timing of these new laws being enforced by the ICC. The new protocols and technology to test bowling actions could have been done after the World Cup,” he said.

The Indian women’s volleyball team lost their 5th-8th position playoff contest to Kazakhstan in the 17th Asian Games at the Ansan Sangroksu Gymnasium here Tuesday.

India lost 0-3 in an hour and nine minutes, bowing out 20-25, 19-25, 20-25. Indian blocker Raju Tiji was the match’s joint best scorer along with Yelena Gordeyeva with 11 points but that was not enough to secure a win.

They will play Hong Kong in the 7th-8th place classification match Thursday. Hong Kong lost 0-3 (18-25, 14-25, 9-25) to Chinese Taipei in an hour and two minutes earlier in the day.

(IANS)

ANTHE 2014 will select 1000 students (500 top ranking for Engineering Stream and 500 top ranking for Medical Stream) from class X to give them this once in a lifetime opportunity. These students will get free coaching from Aakash worth 19 crores. The examination will be held at various centres spread across the country.

Demanding a white paper on the 100 day term of TDP Government, YSR Congress has said that the State is laying more focus on excise revenue despite its poll promise of closing down the belt shops and waiver of agriculture and DWACRA loans.

“The Chief Minister has been replaying his old tunes of Janmabhoomi and other such schemes while the Finance Minister has been unhappy with the officials as they did not get the targeted revenue through excise for the period ending September 30,” party spokesperson Tammineni Sitaram told reporters here on Tuesday.

Former Industries Minister Narayan Rane took potshots at the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, claiming that it will not get more than 20-22 seats in the October 10 state Assembly elections.

“So Uddhav Thackeray is now dreaming to be the CM of Maharashtra.. But can he become the CM by only giving big talks? Shiv Sena can never come to power in Maharashtra because they will not be able to win more than 20-22 seats on their own strength,” Rane said today.

Responding to Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu’s call to participate in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has dismissed the cleanliness drive as being merely “symbolic” and not enough to make the country clean.

In a Sep 23 letter addressed to Kejriwal, Naidu had appealed to the Aam Aadmi Party to “actively contribute in this Clean India drive and ensure people’s participation in full.”

In response to Naidu’s call, the AAP chief said that while his party workers were already involved in cleanliness activities, “we cannot make India clean by such actions.”

Gurgaon has emerged as the place with the most health-conscious populace, according to a survey conducted by an online food ordering platform.

Gurgaon emerged as the most health-conscious with 20 percent of the respondents ordering food from outlets that focus on dishing out meals with low calorific values, on a regular basis via Foodpanda.in.

The survey was carried out among customers falling under the age group of 20 to 35 years with the ratio of male versus female respondents being 75:25.

Work is on to develop a vaccine to contain prevalence of cervical cancer among women, especially in rural and tribal areas, former President APJ Abdul Kalam said today.

“The vaccine will cost around Rs 100,” he said at a conference organised here by the Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH).

Kalam said effective immunisation could go a long way in containing cancer.

He said vaccines were being developed for communicable diseases.

The former President said scientists world over have developed vaccines to prevent malaria and TB.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio sported a casual look during an outing with friends in West Hollywood.

The actor wore a collared white T-shirt, cargo shorts, tweed cap and slip-on trainers Monday, reports dailymail.co.uk.

DiCaprio completed the look with a pair of sunglasses and sported a thick beard.

It’s believed the Oscar nominee is growing his facial hair for his upcoming role in “The Revenant” where he plays Hugh Glass, a 19th century fur trapper who is mauled by a bear.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will connect with the people through national broadcaster All India Radio on Oct 3.

The speech, which will be exclusive to AIR, will also be telecast on all news channels of Doordarshan, AIR Director General (News) Archana Dutta told IANS.

The speech will begin at 11 a.m.

Modi had announced in the beginning of September on the website mygov.in that he will be sharing his ideas through radio, and also said in a tweet that he has received many ideas and suggestions for it.

This is likely to be the first in a series.

Women’s football may not be India’s forte in sports but two referees – Maria Rebello Piedade and Uvena Fernandes – scripted Indian football history when they officiated in the Asian Games women’s semifinal match between World champions Japan and Vietnam in Incheon Tuesday.

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Businessman Gautam Khaitan, arrested for graft in the AgustaWestland chopper deal, was remanded to five days custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) by a court here Tuesday after it was told that he needs to be confronted with documents received from Italy.

Metropolitan Magistrate Sunil Kumar Sharma extended Khaitan’s custody till Oct 5 after the ED told him that the accused is required to trace the proceeds of crime.

Reliance Communications targets to bring its debt to under Rs.20,000 crore in the next 24 months, its chairman Anil Ambani told shareholders at the annual general meeting here Tuesday.

The company had a debt of Rs.35,500 crore as of Aug 14.

Ambani also said the company would participate in the spectrum auctions due next year to be able to launch 4G (fourth generation) telecommunications services in the country.

Reliance Communications shares closed Rs.98.90 per share, down 0.80 percent in the Bombay Stock Exchange at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

(IANS)