Soon after being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed courted a controversy by thanking the separatists, militants and even Pakistan for the support that the state received during the assembly elections.
The controversy drowned the fact that after many years the state has a truly representative government, with Jammu region having a real say in the affairs of the state.
Congress leader Renuka Chaudhary on Monday said that she looks forward to working with newly appointed Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Uttam Kumar Reddy.
“We are happy to have Uttam Reddy as our new PCC chief. We look forward to working with him,” said Chaudhary.
The Congress party had earlier in the day appointed five new PCC chiefs and one regional Congress Committee President.
Apart from Uttam Reddy from Telangana, the other new PCC chiefs are: Ashok Chavan in Maharashtra, Ghulam Ahmed Mir in Jammu and Kashmir Bharatsinh Solanki in Gujarat and Ajay Maken in Delhi.
The human retina is built backwards, with the neurons in front of the photoreceptors rather than behind them, a new study has confirmed.
From a practical standpoint, the wiring of the human eye – a product of our evolutionary baggage – does not make a lot of sense.
In vertebrates, photoreceptors are located behind the neurons in the back of the eye – resulting in light scattering by the nervous fibres and blurring of our vision.
Recently, researchers at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have confirmed the biological purpose for this seemingly counterintuitive setup.
Is Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba Mufti trying to force the BJP to break their alliance, wondered former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday.
“Has Mufti decided the Modi-Mufti accord was a mistake? Are the father-daughter duo trying to force BJP to break off the alliance?,” tweeted Omar after Sayeed credited peaceful polls in the state to Pakistan, separatist Hurriyat leaders and militants.
Congress today accused the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh of failing to curb violence against the minority community and announced to hold sit-in tomorrow in the city over the issue.
Coordinator of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee minority cell Mohammad Saleem and its spokesman SM Saud Hasan told reporters said that at least 945 communal riots have taken place between 2005 and 2013 after the BJP came to power in Madhya Pradesh.
A 39-year-old woman died of swine flu at government hospital here, hospital sources said Monday.
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The woman, a resident of Saravanampatti in the city, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital for the last few days due to fever and throat pain, they said.
As the fever continued, she was shifted to the Government Hospital yesterday morning, where she tested positive for H1N1 virus.
She succumbed to the virus last night, the sources said.
Terming Yoga India’s gift to the world, Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma today said that the identity of Rishikesh will continue to be preserved as the Yoga capital. The minister, who was speaking during the inauguration of the International Yoga Festival, which continues till March 7 at Rishikesh, said there are unlimited opportunities for tourism in the Himalayan state.
Pakistani actor Ali Zafar has revealed he has named his seven-day-old daughter Alyza.
The 34-year-old ‘Kill Dil’ star and wife Ayesha Fazli welcomed Alyza, their second child, on February 23.
The couple has an elder son Azaan, who is four-year-old.
The moniker has been decided by Azaan.
“4 yr old Azaan named her Alyza,” Zafar tweeted.
Land and air traffic was badly affected in Jammu and Kashmir as snowfall and rainfall continued for the second day, Monday.
The Kashmir valley and the hilly regions of the state witnessed fresh snowfall today. Srinagar received 2-3 inches of snow overnight.
In Jammu region, overnight rains paralysed normal life even as the Met Dept has predicted similar conditions for the next 24 hours in the state.
The arterial Jammu-Srinagar highway has been closed due to heavy snowfall and landslides.
Fast bowler Mitchell Starc might have proven himself as the World Cup’s most crucial bowler, but he doesn’t believe that he is Australia’s pace `spearhead` yet and insists that Mitch Johnson is definitely the leader. The left-arm paceman has dominated with the white-ball all summer but Starc is adamant namesake Johnson is still the undisputed leader of the one-day attack.
Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Monday he was delighted with the discussions between India and Bangladesh on SAARC and other bilateral issues.
“I am delighted to be here. This is my first visit to Bangladesh as a part of the SAARC yatra. We had very good discussions. I look forward to my further meetings today. We discussed SAARC issues and bilateral issues,” said Jaishankar.
Earlier on Sunday, Jaishankar began his four-nation SAARC Yatra with Bhutan, holding discussions on regional cooperation and bilateral ties.
For Bhumi Pednekar, putting on oodles of weight for her debut film “Dum Laga Ke Haisha” was not a problem as the actress says being a plump girl almost all her life she has always been comfortable in her skin.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Monday lambasted the media for the ongoing controversy surrounding his remark crediting Pakistan for peaceful elections in the state and said that he stands by his comment.
“The media did not talk about all the positive things I said but instead made a mountain of a molehill out of my statement. I also talked about the kind of democratic rights and freedom that Jammu and Kashmir has within the Constitution of India,” said Sayeed.
Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Monday said they are looking for some absconding people in the espionage case and added that no CEO has been questioned so far.
“We have received information about involvement of some other people from the arrested ones. Some of them are absconding and we are looking for them. Some have been summoned for questioning but we haven’t questioned any CEOs yet,” said Bassi.
“Mr Rajbeer Singh from GMR Energy has been called in for interrogation,” he added.
Actress Uma Thurman says she would have found it “intolerable” if her children didn’t have a sense of humour.
The 44-year-old actress has two kids — Maya, 15, and Levon, 12, with her ex-husband Ethan Hawke, reported Femalefirst.
“They’re much smarter than I am and better behaved. And, thank God, they’re funny, too. It would be intolerable to me to have a humourless, boring child – I’d have to send it back,” she said.
Admitting that communalism is a problem faced by the nation, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday, however, said accusations will not solve it.
Scientists have for the first time found that an abnormal protein whose accumulation in the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease starts building up inside neurons of people as young as 20.
It has long been known that amyloid accumulates and forms clumps of plaque outside neurons in ageing adults and in Alzheimer’s but this is the first time amyloid accumulation has been shown in such young human brains, researchers said.
Security forces have arrested at least 167 terrorists and linkmen allegedly involved in the serial attacks on Adivasi people in many districts across Assam in the last two months.
“The intensive operations by security forces in the aftermath of this gruesome killing has resulted in arrest of over 167 members and linkmen of the terrorist outfits,” Assam Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya said in his written speech on the first day of the Budget Session of the Assembly.
A documentary highlighting China’s air pollution woes with claims that annually over half a million people die prematurely due to burning of coal has won praise after it went viral evoking mixed reactions.
The video by former China Central Television presenter Chai Jing went viral after it was released online, with critics questioning the scientific basis of her claims and supporters applauding her for shining a light on the issue.
Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni slipped down the ladder to be fourth and 10th respectively, while Shikhar Dhawan retained his seventh spot in the latest ICC ODI batsmen’s rankings released here today.
In the ODI bowlers’ chart, however, Indian pacer Mohammad Shami and Ravichandaran Ashwin made upward movements. While Shami gained as many as 14 places to be at 11th now, Ashwin’s eight wickets in the ongoing cricket World Cup so far helped him climb six spots to 16th.
Indian team’s irregular sessions may have surprised many but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that it is better to do three days of “high intensity” training rather than six days of “mediocre” workout to keep fresh in a marathon tournament like the cricket World Cup.
The Indian team practiced two out four days days (travelling day is used for training) in between their matches against South Africa and UAE. The same two-training-days out of the available five days is being used by Dhoni and Co for their match against West Indies at the WACA on Friday.
Taylor Swift has opened up about Katy Perry insisting that she won’t be talking about her feud with the singer in any of her interview.
The ‘Blank Space’ hitmaker, whose 1989 song, ‘Bad Blood’ fueled the reports of bad blood between the pop stars, said in an interview with Telegraph that she won’t be giving any type of content for people to write, People Magazine reported.
Stressing that the ruling BJP has not gone back on the Ram temple issue, Union minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Hansraj Gangaram Ahir today said the temple would come up in Ayodhya and “it will be built through other means”.
“BJP government has not gone back on the Ram Temple issue… Though it is not in our manifesto but it is the matter of our honour and dignity,” Ahir who was here to take part in programme at Duha Bihra village told newspersons.
A 14-year-old Alabama girl was killed after two men fired into a group of girls who decided to settle down the brawl in the park, in the state capital Birmingham, over an argument they had on Facebook.
News reports stated the girls planned to videotape their fight and post the recording online, but after the fight began, two teenage males arrived and started shooting at them, Stuff.co.nz reported.
The shots killed 14-year-old Kierra’onna Rice and wounded two others.
After a win early in the season at Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold, top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap will now look to chase their dream at the prestigious All England Championship that gets underway with the qualifiers here tomorrow.
After a good season in 2014 where she scooped three titles — India Open, Australian Open and China Open, Saina began the new season with a bang clinching the Syed Modi title at Lucknow and she will look to continue her good run.
The World No. 3 Indian reached the semifinals in 2010 and 2013 but could not cross the last-four hurdle.