Month: October 2014

A 29-year-old Indian-origin man has been attacked at a Singapore nightclub and a suspect was today charged for slashing his neck, media reported today.

Mohamed Asrafd Peer Mohamed (22) is accused of grievously hurting part-time bouncer Prakash Jagajeevan by attacking him with a glass fragment outside Infinity Club at Sentosa on September 28, the Strait Times reported.

Asrafd will be back in court on October 29.

The suspect was arrested yesterday, police said.

The Home Ministry has served notices to more than 10,000 NGOs receiving foreign funds for failing to submit their mandatory annual returns for three consecutive years from 2009 to 2012.

On scrutiny of records, it has been found that the mandatory annual returns for the years 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 have not been received from these associations. Notices are being sent to these associations, the Home Ministry said in its notice.

A new study has found that women who smoke during pregnancy or breast feeding may harm the fertility of their sons.

While it was known that smoking during pregnancy could have a number of harmful effects on the developing foetus, the study, led by the researchers of University of Newcastle, is the first comprehensive animal model to show the mechanism by which smoking can affect the fertility of male offspring.

In a new study, scientists have found compounds in the Camelina sativa seed, also known as Gold of Pleasure, that boost liver detoxification enzymes by almost five times.

According to the researchers from the University of Illinois, the bioactive compounds in the seed, were a mixture of phytochemicals that work together synergistically far better than they do alone. The seed meal was a promising nutritional supplement because its bioactive ingredients increase the liver’s ability to clear foreign chemicals and oxidative products, which gives it potential anti-cancer benefit.

Maharashtra will witness many politicians battling it out against their relatives who are contesting as candidates of rival parties to enter the Assembly.

Ashish Deshmukh, nephew of NCP leader and Food and Civil Supplies minister Anil Deshmukh, is pitted against his uncle in Katol, which Anil has been representing since 1995.

Ashish, who is a BJP candidate, is the son of former State Congress Chief Ranjit Deshmukh while his elder brother Amol is the NCP candidate from Ramtek for the October 15 polls.

A senior Bangladeshi minister, who accompanied Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the UN, may be sacked for allegedly making anti-Islam comments, triggering widespread protests in the country.

Newspapers quoting anonymous officials said a process was initiated to remove Telecom Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui for allegedly making the comments at a rally of Bangladeshis in New York two days ago.

“The prime minister is very annoyed with his comments and ordered initiatives for his removal,” a senior official said.

Anne Hathaway has opened up about her struggles in adjusting to Hollywood fame and stardom.

The actress, who was at the receiving end of criticism during her Oscar campaign for ‘Les Miserables’, says the whole thing messed her up for a long time. The Oscar-winner even took a break to get away from the ridicule that followed her at that time.

“I didn’t know how to do it; I didn’t know how to engage with it; it stressed me out. And people would say, ‘You just have to be yourself,’ and I was like, ‘But I don’t know who that is yet!’,” Hathaway told Elle magazine.

AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa will have to remain in jail for at least six more days as she failed to get any immediate relief from the Karnataka High Court which deferred till October seven hearing on her pleas for immediate bail in the disproportionate assets case and suspension of the four-year sentence.

Ramping up efforts to combat climate change, India and US have concluded an MoU providing for up to USD one billion in helping India’s transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient energy economy.

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama, during their summit-level talks, welcomed the firming up of the pact between the Export-Import Bank and the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency which will also pave way for boosting US renewable energy exports to India.

Mothers who smoke while they are pregnant or breast feeding may be damaging the fertility of their sons, a new research has warned.

It is already known that smoking during pregnancy can have a number of harmful effects on the developing foetus, but, until now, the effects on the fertility of male offspring and the mechanisms involved have been unclear.

Researchers used a mouse animal model, which directly mimics human smoking, to look at what effects the mother’s smoking during pregnancy and breast feeding has on the fertility of her male pups.

Calling her “a true champion” and a “role model”, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan Priyanka Chopra and Shabana Azmi today congratulated boxer Mary Kom for winning the gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games in South Korea.

Priyanka, who depicted the boxer’s life story in a recent biopic, said having portrayed her on screen, she understood the hard work and sacrifices that Kom went through for the game.

“I feel almost as if I have won… What an achievement, what a role model! She has proved yet again that she is unstoppable.

West Indies coach Stuart Williams today said mystery spinner Sunil Narine, who has been reported for suspect bowling action during an Oppo Champions League Twenty20 match, will get over the episode in a positive manner.

The United Nations has estimated that Islamic State militants now control as much as 40 percent of Iraq’s annual production of wheat which is one of the staple foods in the country along with barley and rice.

The militant group is depriving the Yazidi and Christian minorities of food supplies in order to tighten their grip in the captured areas, reported News.com.au.

In northern Iraq and neighbouring Syria, IS militants have recruited silo operators to help run their production.

A new study has revealed that Olive oil could help reverse a patient’s heart failure.

According to researchers at the University of Illinois, Oleate – the fat found in the golden liquid – could help a diseased heart pump blood more effectively and use body fat as fuel, however, the study also found that animal fats, found in butter made make heart disease worse.

To honour Indian Space Research Organisation scientists for their achievement of the Mars Orbiter Mission, TABcab, city’s fleet of radio cabs, will display on its 200 vehicles their photos and messages congratulating the space agency.

The messages would felicitate ISRO and also display photographs of scientists and ‘Mangalyaan’, the spacecraft, TABcab said.

This exercise is being undertaken to celebrate the great achievement and pay respect to the scientists who have created a history in Space studies, the release said.

In a shocking incident from Bihar, a state minister had to run for his life from an angry mob. The incident occurred at the Tara Chandi temple in Rohtas district of Sasaram, where state Culture Minister Vinay Bihari was chief guest at a programme.

The poor sound quality and sitting arrangements had infuriated the gathering which started pelting stones at the dais forcing the minister and officials to run for cover.

Avunu,s second part has finished its shooting and expected to release soon. Ravi Babu’s thriller is under post production state.

Purna can be seen playing female lead in the movie.

-Siasat News

Actor Robert Downey Jr., who is awaiting the birth of his daughter with wife Susan, is confident that the experience will be “great”.

“It should be great. I wonder (what) a little girl Downey will be like. I’m sure she’ll let us know,” accesshollywood.com quoted Robert as saying.

The child, who is due in November, will be Robert and Susan’s second child after their two-year-old son Exton.

Robert has found fatherhood to be “easy” so far, but not so much with Exton’s adventurous ways.

Govindudu Andare Vaadale to hit the theaters today. Super star Ram Charan to woo his fans today with his movie directed by Krishna Vamshi.

More than 2000 theaters across Telangana and AP set to screen the much awaited movie. Kajal Agarwal can be seen as female lead in the movie produced by B. Ganesh. Y. Shanker Raja composed the music.

-Siasat News

Puri Jagannath to bring Shruthi Haasan for item number for his forthcoming romantic film with Jr. NTR.

There were speculations that the director may call Sunny Leone for the item number, however, later the South Indian hotty Shruthi Haasan confirmed.

-Siasat News

A 109-year-old Indian man is among the two centenarians from the country in Saudi Arabia, who will perform Haj this year.

Injil Hossain Biswas from Murshidabad in West Bengal, is the oldest Indian Haj pilgrim at the age of 109.

100-year-old Abdur Rahim from Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, is the second centenarian among India’s Haj pilgrims.

A third pilgrim named Fida Husain from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, is also among one of the oldest pilgrims from India performing Haj this year. He is 98 years old.

All of them have come through India’s Haj Committee.

The Cyberabad Cyber Crime police, Sakkari Rajesh (23) a real estate employee from Attapur arrested for creating a fake Facebook account of his former girlfriend after she dumped him, ending their three-year relationship.

The victim, a 19-year-old Intermediate student, approached police alleging that several people had been calling her at night and disturbing her.

The Telangana Government is contemplating a hike in price as well as quantity of rice given on subsidy to white ration card holders through the public distribution system. The proposal, if approved, can have “severe political implications” on the ruling TRS government.

At present, rice is supplied for just Rs 1 per kg under the Mana Biyyam (Our Rice) scheme that was announced by former chief minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy in January 2013.

India may seek US’ help for extradition of Dawood Ibrahim, the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai blasts, as they vowed to make “joint and concerted efforts” to dismantle safe havens for terror and criminal networks like LeT, JeM, D-company, Al-Qaeda and Haqqani network.

A joint US-India Joint Statement expressing this resolve after the summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama at the White House yesterday came on a day the US Treasury Department slapped sanctions against individuals and networks linked to two militant groups based in Pakistan.

Looking for data on past tsunamis for a better understanding of the natural phenomenon, a team of researchers has come upon evidence which suggests that the Indian coast was hit by a sea surge some 1,000 years back, before the tsunami of 2004 which caused massive destruction in the country.

The team from the Centre for Earth Sciences (CEaS) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) made its finding while pursuing studies in tsunami geology.