Two Maoists surrendered today after expressing their unhappiness over the apartheid nature of rebel policies.
Superintendent of Police K L Dhruv said both have been made aware of the rehabilitation programme and will be rewarded accordingly.
—ANI
Pope Francis recently asked everyone to be like children who pay attention to their traveling companion during his homily for the Feast of Holy Guardian Angels.
Pope said that the child was the symbol of docility and helplessness and advised to let go off a “careerist” mentality, and adopt a child’s view to things, CNA reported.
According to the tradition of the Church, Pope said that the guardian angel was real and each of them had one, who protected them and helped to make them aware of things.
Saudi Arabia’s top religious figure Grand Mufti of the Ka’aba Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh said in his annual Haj sermon that the extremist Islamic State militants were the enemies of humanity.
Grand Mufti said while addressing millions of Muslims from around the world in Makkah for the Haj that conspiracies were being plotted against Muslims and that some actions in the Muslim world were enemies of humanity.
According to Dawn, he urged Muslims around the world to avoid sectarianism which he believed was weakening the religion.
Indian-born scientist Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj and mathematics scholar Himanshu Asnani at Stanford University in the Silicon Valley have been awarded prizes by Marconi Society in Washington.
Paulraj, 69, was honoured with the prestigious award for his pioneering work on developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high speed.
Asnani, 27, received the Society’s Paul Baran young scholar award for contributing to point-to-point and multi-terminal channel coding and source coding problems.
All arrangements have been made in all major Eidgahs to offer prayer on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. Special Officer Waqf Board Mr. Jalaluddin Akber convened meeting with Waqf Board officials to take stock of the arrangements. The officials told that arrangements have been finalised at Eidgah Mir Aalam, Eidgah Qadeem (Madannapet), Eidgah Qutub Shahi Golconda besides historical Makkah Masjid and Shahi masjid.
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Sizzling beauty Hansika Motwani enjoys huge fan following and even Tamil Tambis constructed temple for her.
But recently Hansika who is active on twitter and facebook faced fans fury. Earlier there were rumours that she will be making her debut in Malayalam and enthrall Mollywood movie lovers. However, Hansika rubbished all those reports saying they were just hearsay and baseless.
A man was shot dead allegedly by his 15-year-old son, who was enraged over his extra-marital affair in Machroli village in Shamli district.
55-year-old Omvir Singh was sleeping in his house last night when his son allegedly killed him, police said on Saturday.
The teenager, who has been arrested, told police that he was upset over his father’s alleged affair.
–PTI
Hijab is that Islamic dress code whose importance and benefits are acknowledged even by the non Muslims. While the Hijab protects women’s modesty, it also protects them from skin diseases, climate impact, road romeos and thieves and chain snatchers. This is the reason that we find many non Muslim girls roaming around the city by covering their faces, heads and necks by scarves or stoles.
A 36 years old woman in Sweden gave birth to the world’s first ever healthy baby after she received a womb transplant.
Dr Mats Brannstrom, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Gothenburg and colleagues had transplanted wombs into nine other women over the last two years as part of a study, but complications forced removal of two of the organs and there arose many other medical anomalies, Stuff.co.nz reported.
The baby boy was born prematurely but healthy last month, and mother and child are now at home and doing well.
A California-based startup has created a yoga mat called SmartMat, which would help one track and adjust their postures.
According to Tomsguide.com, though the mat, which has been priced at 347 dollars, looks just like any other yoga mat, it consists of a Piezoresistive (electromagnetic) layer combined with SmartGrip Surface Technology that would give the users a layer of sensors for tracking their position.
People may soon have flying cars like the one Mr. Weasley had in ‘ Harry Potter’, as six institutes across Europe are trying to develop a personal air commutation vehicle.
The project called ‘MyCopter’ has been on for quite some time but would seemingly take more as challenges like air traffic systems, crash avoidance technology and accessibility were still unprecedented, the CNN reported.
If rumours are to believe, the sizzling beauty of Tollywood Kajal is demanding extra pay from her producers.
Kajal with plenty of projects in her kitty is demanding 1 crore according to her market values.
None is ready to pay excess of that. Heroines in South are paid the one third comparing to the Bollywood top heroines, confessed kajal further declaring that she has not forced anyone to pay the extra amount.
Terming the spread of the Ebola virus an “unprecedented situation”, a top United Nations (UN) official said that despite best efforts, the outbreak is “running” ahead of the world’s response to curtail it and funding for the international response is also lagging.
One cannot become a good engineer just by taking admission into engineering course. This is an important professional course which needs hard work. Students should work hard with diligence. Experts expressed these views while addressing a 1-day workshop held on Engineering and job opportunities at Indira Priya Darshini auditorium Public Garden.
Mr. A Raju CEO highlighted the problems faced by engineering students and their lack of interest.
Eleven people were killed and 30 others were injured when a mini truck carrying around 50 members of a ‘tribal opera group’ rammed into a tree on Chandahandi Ghat in Nabarangpur district, police said on Saturday.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Umerkote Gopinath Manipatro said all the people belonged to Dabugam area.
They were going to Chandahandi for a performance on the occasion of the Dussehra festival when their mini truck dashed against a tree at around 9.30 PM last night.
Among the 30 injured, eight of them are in serious condition, the officer said.
A man was shot dead allegedly by his 15-year-old son, who was enraged over his extra-marital affair in Machroli village, Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh.
55-year-old Omvir Singh was asleep in his home Friday night when his son allegedly killed him, police said on Saturday.
In a statement made to the police, the accused stated he was upset over his father’s alleged affair. The teenager has been arrested.
—-PTI
A study has questioned the accepted wisdom that aggressive treatment with high-drug dosages over long duration is the best way to stem the emergence and spread of resistant pathogens.
The logic behind aggressive treatment is to kill off as many microbes as you can, so that few will be around to evolve into resistant forms.
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However, the new study reveals the lack of evidence behind the practice of aggressive treatment in many cases.
Twitter will provide the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with $10 million over the next five years to analyse every tweet that has gone out since the network was launched in 2006. The MIT Media Lab will use the money to establish and operate a Laboratory for Social Machines.
“As part of the new programme, Twitter will also provide full access to its real-time, public stream of tweets, as well as the archive of every tweet dating back to the first, the MIT Media Lab said in a statement announcing the initiative.
During interrogation, the modus operandi of the syndicate emerged and it was learnt that they had leaked the question papers of several recruitment examinations which included the Constable recruitment paper.
“It was discovered that the ‘Procurers’ of the question papers have their sources in the printing presses. After the question papers are procured from the printing press, it is analyzed by the ‘Analyzers’ as to which exam the question paper is being printed for,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand.
6000 pilgrims belonging to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana performed Hajj pilgrimage by staying at Arafat plain and left for Muzdalifa. Special Officer Hajj committee Prof. S a Shukoor contacted Hajj committee staff and khadimul Hujjaj and congratulated Hajj pilgrims.
Ingredients
1. 2 multigrain atta rotis
2. 1 cup diced potatoes, boiled and sauteed lightly
3. 1tbsp tamarind pulp
4. 1tsp garlic paste
5. 1tbsp tomato ketchup
6. 1 green chilli, chopped
7. 1/2tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
8. Salt to taste
9. 2tsp honey mixed with vinegar
10.1tsp oregano or herb of your choice
11.1tbsp refined oil
Method:
1. In a pan, heat oil till it gives off smoke.
2. Add the jeera and as they splutter, toss in the potatoes. Saute for about a minute.
3. Then add the rest of the ingredients, except oregano, and toss till they are well combined.
Ingredients
1. 2 multigrain atta rotis
2. 1/2 cucumber, chopped
3. 1 tomato, diced
4. 1/2 carrot, parboiled & chopped
5. 1/2 beetroot, parboiled & chopped
6. 1/2 cabbage, julienned
7. 1 cup kabuli chana
8. 7tsp lemon juice
9. 7 cloves garlic
10.4tsp til (sesame seeds), roasted
11.6tsp olive oil
12.Salt to taste
13.Pinch of kali mirch (pepper)
Method:
1. Prepare the hummus in advance . soak kabuli chana overnight. In the morning, boil the chana with salt. Then drain . remember to keep some water for blending the mix later.
Falling for the fourth week in a row, India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.415 billion to $314.181 billion in the week to September 26 on account of a hefty drop in non-US currency assets.
In the previous week, the reserves had fallen by $101.3 million to $315.596 billion. During the week to July 25, the reserves had touched $320.56 billion, a shade away from the life-time high of $320.79 billion recorded on September 2, 2011.
City of palaces Mysore is celebrating its famous 10-day Dasara festival in the absence of scion Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, who passed away last December in Bangalore.
For the first time in many years, the royal family was forced to place the royal sword on the golden throne on which the scion used to sit and conduct the festival rituals in the Amba Vilas Palace durbar since he succeeded his father and last Mysore Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar in 1974.
US President Barack Obama on Saturday sent best wishes to Muslims around the world, who are celebrating Eid al-Adha and those performing the Hajj pilgrimage this year.
“As our Muslim neighbours and friends gather for Eid celebrations, Muslim Americans are among the millions of pilgrims joining one of the world’s largest and most diverse gatherings,” Obama said.
Hajj brings together Muslims from around the world Sunni and Shiite to share in reverent prayer, side by side.