Month: January 2015

Sri Lanka says military ‘sabotaging’ post-war reconciliation

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Sri Lanka’s new government today accused the military of trying to sow unrest to sabotage its efforts to bring about ethnic reconciliation in the war-ravaged north of the country.

Sri Lanka has promised to give greater autonomy to the mainly Tamil northern peninsula, which was worst hit by the decades-long civil war, and remained heavily militarised under the former administration.

The government said it was investigating allegations that two senior military officers were training 400 troops to provoke unrest in Jaffna, capital of the northern province.

11 child labourers from Bihar, Odisha rescued in TN

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Eleven child labourers from Odisha and Bihar were today rescued from a spinning mill here by anti-child labour project officials.

The children, including six girls, were aged under 14 and were found working in the PKPN Spinning mill during a surprise check carried out by the officials led by Inspector of Factories Anita Rosalin Mary, officials said.

Three of the girls belonged to Odisha and the others were from Bihar, they said, adding arrangements were made for sending back the children to their home towns under the directions of District Collector V Dakshinamurthy.

Women rally against Egyptian police after shooting

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Dozens of women protested today against Egypt’s police in the central Cairo square where a female demonstrator was shot dead on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising.

Shaima al-Sabbagh was killed during a leftist march Saturday in which participants were to place wreaths at a memorial in honour of protesters killed during the past four years.

The government and police have said they are investigating the shooting, which happened ahead of the January 25 anniversary of the 2011 revolt that toppled veteran leader Hosni Mubarak.

UK government: Data from police killings probes lost in mail

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The British government says files from three judge-led inquiries two of them into killings by police have been lost in the mail.

The Justice Ministry said today that two discs containing documents were reported missing January 8 “having been dispatched by post.” It said “intensive searches” had failed to find them.

The ministry says lawyers are reviewing the documents to determine whether they contain sensitive material.

Airbus shake up to get A400M military plane back on track

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Airbus announced today a shakeup in the management of its A400M programme as it sought to bring an end to repetitive delays hitting the military transport aircraft.

The company announced Fernando Alonso would take over as head of military aircraft at the Airbus Defence and Space unit, replacing Domingo Urena-Raso.

Airbus delivered the first of the turboprop aircraft to France in September 2013, four years late and 6.2 billion euros (USD 7.0 billion) over budget.

Temporary bank staff held for ATM heist;Rs 21.6 lakh recovered

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Cracking the ATM heist near here within a day, police today arrested a 23-year-old bank employee for allegedly looting the money and recovered Rs 21.6 lakh stolen cash.

Rajendran, working with the Canara Bank as a temporary staff on daily wage basis, was arrested after intense interrogation during which he admitted to having stolen the cash from the ATM using its password and a key to open the main chamber without damaging the machine, police said.

Hijama Camp for ladies at Abid Ali Khan Eye Hospital

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Siasat daily is organizing free Hijama camp for ladies on Sunday, February 8, from 9 am to 2 pm at Abid Ali Khan Eye Hospital, Darushifa. Hakeem Syed Ghousuddin coordinator camp told that Hijama specialist of Hyderabad Dr. Yusra Fatima along with her team of doctors would carry out free checkup.

Must give importance to mobile governance: Modi

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To successfully implement e-governance, the country must think about ‘mobiles first’ and give importance to mobile governance, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday.

Addressing the 18th National Conference on e-Governance through Twitter, Modi said: “I urge you to explore ways to provide as many services as possible through mobiles. Let us bring the world into our mobile phones!”

“While we look at e-Governance, let us think about ‘mobile first’ and thus give importance to m-Governance (mobile governance),” he added in another tweet.

Father of Asif, victim of sexual assault, seeks justice

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12-year-old Asif Jamal of Banaras died at Govt. Special Home for Boys Sayeedabad. During the interrogation 16-year old boy, confessed the crime that he strangled Mohammed Asif Jamal Ansari on latter’s refusal to sodomy. On July 30, 2013 Asif Jamal ran away from his house located at Banaras and reached Hyderabad. Police shifted him to Juvenile Home at Sayeedabad.

Shocking: Ranbir stopped from meeting Katrina!

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Ranbir Kapoor, the young Kapoor of the prominent Kapoor clan has been reportedly barred from meeting his ladylove Katrina on the sets of her upcoming movie ‘Fitoor’.

Grapevine has it that filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who is directing ‘Fitoor’, wants his heroine Katrina Kaif to focus solely on her role in the film and nothing else.

As such, the director has made it clear to Ranbir that he cannot meet his girlfriend on the sets while she is shooting for the film.

The filmmaker has already wrapped up the first schedule of the film with Rekha and Aditya Roy Kapoor.

Films don’t need controversies to get mileage: Kay Kay Menon

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Versatile actor Kay Kay Menon, whose next movie “Rahasya” is in the eye of storm for reportedly being based on the infamous Aarushi Talwar murder case, says movies do not need the push of a controversy to get an audience.

Asked if pre-release controversies help a film in any way, on this, Kay Kay told IANS: “I think that’s a very wrong thought. I don’t think a film needs controversy to get mileage. A film should run on its own merit.”

“If your film is genuinely good, then it will be liked by the audience,” he added.

I exercise six days a week: Anil Kapoor

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Actor-filmmaker Anil Kapoor says he exercises six days a week and recalls the time when he travelled to the location shooting of his 2005 film “My Wife’s Murder” on his bicycle.

The 58-year-old was here along with Vijay Sampla, union minister of state for social justice and empowerment, to inaugurate the International Bicycle and Fitness Expo (IBFE) organised at Pragati Maidan Thursday.

Anil, who apparently spends more time cycling than travelling in his car, elaborated on his passion for cycling and fitness.

Masala Eggs

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Ingredients:

1. 5 eggs, hard boiled
2. Half cup onion paste
3. 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
4. 4 tsp cashew paste
5. 1 tomato grated
6. 1 tsp tamarind paste
7. 1 tsp black pepper powder
8. 1 tsp cumin powder
9. 1 tsp sugar
10. Half cup oil
11. Salt and red chilly powder to taste.

Method:

1. Carefully pierce the eggs with fork, without breaking them.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add onions and cook till pinkish.
3. Now add ginger garlic paste and after five minutes add all other ingredients.
4. Saute till oil starts separating from the mixture.
5. Add the eggs and mix well.

Gulgule

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Ingredients

1. 21/2 cups multigrain atta
2. 11/4 cup gur (jaggery)
3. 1tbsp saunf (fennel)
4. 3tbsp ghee
5. Salt to taste
6. 1.2 tsp baking powder
7. Oil to fry

Method:
1. In a bowl, dissolve shredded gur in hot water, stirring continuously.
2. In another bowl, mix together atta, ghee, salt and baking powder.
3. Add dissolved gur to atta mixture and mix to form batter of dropping consistency. If batter is too thick, add more water. Then, add saunf.
4. Now, heat oil in a wide pan on high flame.

How much am I worth?

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Son: Say, mother, how much am I worth?
Mother: You’re worth more than crores to me, dear. But why are you asking?
Son: Well, then, could you advance me 100 bucks?

Uber rape survivor files lawsuit in US court against company

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A 25-year-old Indian woman, raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi last month, has filed a lawsuit against the taxi service company in a US court arguing that it does not adequately screen its drivers and its “negligence and fraud” lead to her being sexually assaulted and humiliated.

The woman has not been named in the 36-page lawsuit filed in the California federal court against the San Francisco- based firm and has been identified only as ‘Jane Doe’.

ICC reinstates ‘Super Over’ in finals to determine WC champion in case of tie

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that a Super Over will be reinstated to determine the winner of the upcoming World Cup in the event of a tie result.

The ICC said in a statement that the board reinstated the use of a Super Over in the event of a tie in the World Cup final, Sport24 reported.

The tiebreaker allows a team to nominate three batsmen to face six deliveries from a rival bowler.

Jayanthi Natarajan quits Congress, attacking Rahul Gandhi

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Senior party leader Jayanthi quit Congress on Friday after launching a fierce attack on Rahul Gandhi.

In a letter to the Congress President Sonia Gandhi she said after she was unceremoniously removed as Minister of Environment in December 2013, Rahul Gandhi’s office planted negative stories about her.

Becks ’embarrassed’ with his Super Bowl underwear ad

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David Beckham has recently revealed that he is “embarrassed” with his Super Bowl underwear ad, while appearing at the Jimmy Kimmel Live show.

The 39-year-old said that the commercial was obviously embarrassing because he was in his underwear and it came on the screen in the box, E! Online reported.

There was about 15 people in there so he decided to then go outside because he thought he don’t really wanted to see people’s reactions to him running around in his underwear, but apparently, it went down well, he further added.

Why men think ‘sex’ when women just want to be ‘friends’

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A new study has recently revealed that men and women misinterpret the signals regarding sexual interests a lot while having the conversation, it has been reported.

Researchers at the Department of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), stated that women reported that men often misinterpret their signals of friendliness as sexual interest. Conversely, the men in the study reported that women often misinterpret their signals of sexual interest as friendliness.

Johnny Depp set to wed Amber Heard on his private island in Bahamas

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Johnny Depp is all set to wed Amber Heard on his private island in Bahamas , it has been revealed.

Sources have revealed that the ‘Mortdecai’ star, and his 28-year-old actress fiancee, , will marry in an intimate ceremony at his Little Hall’s Pond Cay island home, the New York Post reported.

It has also been mentioned that the guest list will include just 50 people, including Heard’s family and Depp’s children with former love Vanessa Paradis, Lily-Rose and Jack.

Heard and Depp chose the Feb. 7-8 weekend after working around their various schedules.

Britain summons Russian ambassador after two bombers flew over English Channel

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Britain has urged for a meeting with the Russian ambassador after two Russian bombers flew over the English Channel as RAF typhoons were scrambled.

According to Sky News, a Foreign Office spokesperson said that the incident was part of an “increasing pattern of out of area operations by Russian aircraft”.

A spokesperson said that the Russian Ambassador was summoned today to account for the incident as the Russian planes caused disruption to civil aviation.

‘Rotten eggs’ gas can help lower heart rate, blood pressure, blood vessel stiffness

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A new research has revealed that hydrogen sulfide, a gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, can lower heart rate, blood pressure and blood vessel stiffness.

Research at University of Exeter Medical School has indicated that a new compound, called AP39, which generates minute quantities of the gas hydrogen sulfide inside cells, could be beneficial in cases of high blood pressure and diseases of the blood vessels that occur with ageing and diabetes.