Month: February 2015

Delhi vote this week will be two-horse race

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After a 49-day AAP government and President’s rule for nearly a year, Delhi will vote later this week to elect a new administration whose control has virtually become a two-horse contest between the BJP and the AAP.

The Congress, which governed Delhi for 15 years and whose tally tumbled from 43 seats to 8 in the 2013 assembly polls, has arguably been out of the running for the 70 assembly seats since the beginning of the poll campaign. A total of 673 candidates from various political parties are in the fray for the Feb 7 (Saturday) polls. The results will be out Feb 10.

I couldn’t be overconfident about myself: Pritam Singh

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Radio jockey Pritam Singh, who exited the popular reality show “Bigg Boss Halla Bol” by taking Rs.25 lakh, says it was a wise step for him to leave the show on the grand finale as he was confidant about his defeat.

His co-contestant Gautam Gulati was declared the winner of the spin-off of “Bigg Boss 8” Sunday with Karishma Tanna finishing as the first runner-up. Pritam stood third in the competition.

Set up SIT for Sikh ‘genocide’, Badal asks Modi

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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday sought the personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe all cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

In a letter to Modi, Badal said the “genocide” of Sikhs was a “pre-planned” incident at the behest of Congress leaders.

JNTU disaffiliates 803 B.Tech, 7 B.Pharmacy courses

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In a major blow to private engineering and pharmacy colleges in Telangana, The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad on Saturday disaffiliated 807 BTech courses of the 143 engineering colleges for 2014-2015 academic years.

Similarly, out of the eight B Pharmacy programmes offered in integrated campuses, seven programmes have been disaffiliated for 2014-2015 academic year. The courses were disaffiliated by the University failing to meet essential requirements like qualified faculty and adequate infrastructure.

Family of jailed doctor credited with helping U.S. find Bin Laden living in hiding in Pak

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Friends and supporters of the jailed Pakistani doctor who is credited with having helped the United States find Osama bin Laden have revealed that the doctor’s wife and children are living in hiding due to increasing fear for their lives and said that they should be immediately evacuated from Pakistan.

According to Fox News, Shakeel Afridi, aged 51, is considered a traitor in Pakistan while a hero in the U.S. after the May 2011 SEAL Team 6 raid that killed al Qaeda leader Bin Laden.

Toyota becomes world’s biggest selling carmaker for 2014

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Toyota has become the biggest selling carmaker in the world for 2014 with a sale of 10.23 million vehicles around the globe.

According to Stuff.co.in, Volkswagen was ranked second with 10.14 million units sold in 2014.

General Motors that has held the first position for decades occupied the third place with 9.92 million sales in 2014.

It is likely that Volkswagen occupies top spot this year. However, the German maker has no new product coming up for the U.S. until its new seven-passenger SUV arrives in 2017. (ANI)

Dropcam CEO leaves Google’s Nest, VP joins Twitter

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Vice President of technology of Google’s Nest Yoky Matsuoka and dropcam co-founder Greg Duffy have left the company and Matsuoka joined Twitter.

Matsuoka was previously the head of innovation at Google, as well as a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, reported the Verge.

Duffy joined Nest when Dropcam was acquired for 555 million dollars last year in June.

It is not yet clear what Matsuoka’s role at Twitter will be. (ANI)

Justin Timberlake confirms wife Jessica Biel’s pregnancy on Instagram

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Justin Timberlake has now officially confirmed that his wife Jessica Biel is pregnant and the couple is expecting a cute baby.

The ‘Sexy Back’ singer posted a picture of him kissing his wife’s baby bump on Instagram and where he thanked his fans for his birthday wishes, but this time he claimed that he’ll going to have the best gift ever by his wife, E! Online reported.

An insider informed that the ‘Total Recall’ star, daily gets deliveries of fresh veggies from local farms, as being healthy was really important to her, and she wants to have the best pregnancy possible.

Geoff Marsh advises Oz on handling expectations of hosting WC

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Former Australian opener Geoff Marsh, who has been a World Cup winner both as a player and a coach, has been called into Australia’s camp to advise the squad on handling the expectations that comes with hosting the tournament and believes that they can handle the pressure.

Geoff, who is the father of squad member Mitchell Marsh, joined the Australians in camp in Perth before Sunday’s tri-series final against England. He assisted with training and was also asked to speak to the team about the last World Cup there in 1992, when Australia bombed out before the knockout stage.

Paul welcomes new partnerships between Indian and UK varsities

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NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has welcomed new agreements forging close partnerships between the UK-based University of Wolverhampton and six Indian varsities.

A delegation from the University of Wolverhampton, of which Lord Paul is Chancellor, visited Rajasthan between January 23 and 26 to build relations with the state.

During the four-day visit, University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Geoff Layer met the state Governor, ministers, business and academic leaders.

Modi is a master communicator at work, says Shashi Tharoor

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Shashi Tharoor praises PM Narendra Modi for coming up with slogans, sound bites, photo ops in an unparalleled way.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who only recently earned the party’s wrath for praising Narendra Modi, says in the Prime Minister “we are all seeing a master communicator at work” but hit out at BJP for “promoting a nakedly bigoted Hindutva agenda”.

Manisha Koirala hails Bollywood

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Actress Manisha Koirala says the film industry is a “great” one.

The 44-year-old, who has successfully battled cancer, attended the 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards ceremony here Saturday. And Manisha got emotional.

“Last night at film fare was nostalgic, as I remembered my first few awards…how things have evolved into…but mostly what remains closest to my heart is what a great industry it is!” Manisha tweeted Sunday.

She bagged the Filmfare for her performance in films like “Bombay” (1995) and “Khamoshi: The Musical” (1996).

Work comes second, says Bipasha Basu

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Actress Bipasha Basu says though she is in a demanding profession, her work is not her top priority.

Bipasha, who has completed over a decade in the Hindi film industry, is one of the few actresses among her contemporaries who is busy even now. How does she review her career?

“I have done over 60 films and in the last six years, I have done one film at a time. I would like to lead my life … that is my priority,” Bipasha told IANS.

Kim Sears sports ‘Parental Advisory’ T-shirt

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Scottish tennis ace Andy Murray’s fiancé Kim Sears answered her critics for her foul-mouthed rant in an innovative way by sporting a T-shirt which read “Parental Advisory. Explicit Content” at the Australian open final here Sunday.

Sears had used obscene language in Murray’s semi-final against Czech Tomas Berdych where the former prevailed 6-7(6), 6-0, 6-3, 7-5.

When I’m lucky for you, then why to vote those who are unlucky: Modi

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Addressing a massive crowd in East Delhi on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised poll pitch at Dwarka ahead of Assembly polls, Modi says that Delhi needs people who have an experience of running government.

“Bedi knows Delhi like back of her hand, she is strong and determined, Delhi needs a CM like her, he added.

Critisizing Aam Aadmi Party, he said, “AAP gave you hopes a year back, have back-stabbed you.

IS executes second Japanese hostage

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The Islamic State (IS) militants claimed in a video to have beheaded a second Japanese hostage, according to media reports Sunday. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the purported killing as “a despicable terrorist act”.

Freelance journalist and film-maker Kenji Goto, 47, was believed to have been executed by the IS, after his compatriot Haruna Yukawa was killed only a few days back. Goto was known to have gone to Syria in October to secure Yukawa’s release.

Did Shakespeare actually address his sonnets to William Holme?

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A new research has found the identity of Mr. WH, the person on whom Shakespeare’s poem are being dedicated.

The research includes the identity of the mysterious man and explained that he was not, as had been thought to be a contemporary English nobleman, instead he was an associate of the Sonnets’ publisher, Thomas Thorpe, the Guardian reported.

Geoffrey Caveney, an American researcher, has revealed the possible evidence to link the initials with William Holme, who had both personal and professional connections to Thorpe.

Top chef to teach India how to cook curries

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A top British chef has been invited to India to teach his secret recipes of curries to Indians.

Syed Ahmed, director of the ‘Taste of Britain Curry Festival’ will host a food festival in Chennai in March after wowing locals of east London with his team’s Indian-inspired dishes, and will teach Indians how to make their own national dish better, the Daily Star reported.

The 53-year-old chef shared his secret of success and said that he always take care of not overdoing spices in the dishes, but actually Indians are tend to do so.

Bill Maher asks Obama not to respect Saudi’s ‘medieval bullshit’

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TV host Bill Maher has criticized Barack Obama for respecting Saudi Arabian medieval values while his latest visit to the country with wife for King Abdullah ‘s funeral.

The ‘Real Time’ host wondered in his last show that why Obama showed that much of respect to a culture that didn’t even shook hands with Michael Obama because she wasn’t covered as per their country’s requirements, Deadline.com reported.

Mandy Moore shocked how easily Ryan Adams is handling split

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Mandy Moore has admitted that she is in complete shock on how easily his husband Ryan Adams is handling the duo’s split.

A source informed that ‘A Walk to Remember’ actress tried to smooth out her relation with singer husband, but now after no such hope she is just hoping that things doesn’t get dirty and stay civil, Us Magazine reported.

Ronaldo-less Real thrash Sociedad 4-1 to move four points clear at top of La Liga

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A Cristiano Ronaldo less Real Madrid thrashed Real Sociedad 4-1 on Saturday after recovering from an awful start to move four points clear at the top of the La Liga table.

With the World Player of the Year missing through suspension, Madrid were stunned in the first minute when Aritz Elustondo headed the visitors into a shock lead, but they leveled almost instantly when James Rodriguez nodded home.

Court issues arrest warrant against SP leader in murder case

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A local court has issued a non-bailable warrant against a Samajwadi Party leader in connection with a murder case.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Narender Kumar yesterday issued non-bailable warrant against former Samajwadi Party district President Mehrajuddin and has directed the police to produce him before the court in connection with murder of one Aleem.

According to prosecution, Aleem was shot dead at Tewra village under Kakroli police station in the district on January 28, 2013.

Tiger Woods falls out of top 50 in world rankings for first time in three years

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Former world number one Tiger Woods fell out of the top 50 in the world rankings for the first time in three years, and would become ineligible for a World Golf Championship for only the second time if he fails to turn his game around quickly.

Woods, who had been number one in the world last May, missed out most of last year recovering from back surgery and arrived at the Phoenix Open at number 47 and missed the cut by 12 shots, Sport24 reported.