Four Pakistani Taliban militants were today sentenced to 25 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court for their role in the 2012 attack on Malala Yousafzai, the teenage child rights activist who last year won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants had claimed the responsibility of the attack on Malala in October 2012 as she was returning from her school in the Mingora town of Swat district.
Public vehicles remained off the roads in Tripura in support of the 24-hour nationwide strike called by the Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU).
Claiming that Centre’s new bill on road safety would help the private operators take over public undertakings, the CITU declared a nationwide transport strike.
The operators of buses, trucks, autos and taxis attached to various unions and federations associated with CITU participated in the day-long strike here in protest against the Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015.
Very few vehicles were seen on the roads even during the busy hours.
If you are willing to shell out 817 dollars, you may be the one of the privileged ones to eat one scoop of world’s most expensive ice cream.
Dubai based ice cream shop Scoopi Cafe is serving the “world’s most expensive ice cream” named Balck Diamond, which though has a simple Madagascar vanilla bean ice-cream base, the toppings include Italian truffles and rare ambrosial Iranian saffron, which can retail for as much as 100 dollars per ounce, Fox News reported.
Pamela Anderson’s divorce with former husband Rick Salomon has now been settled and the actress received 1 million dollars as alimony.
The sources have informed that the ‘Baywatch’ actress wasn’t the only one to be rewarded as her poker husband was also happy not to return his Nevada residency that was claimed by the star as he was a California resident, TMZ.com reported.
The 47-year-old American actress also hostage poker player’s dog for a week that the player has now received back.
Notably, Salomon filed for an annulment whereas Anderson wanted a divorce . (ANI)
Former Premier League striker Delroy Facey has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of match fixing allegations.
Facey, who played for Bolton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion and Hull City, was convicted of conspiring to bribe non-league players in a match-fixing plot.
A plastic surgeon, who calls himself “The Real Dr. Miami,” Meet Dr. Miami, SnapChats his operations in real time.
As per Vice.com, the “social media freak” Michael Salzhauer, a board-certified plastic surgeon at Bal Harbour Plastic Surgery in Florida, seems to take his phone wherever he goes, creating a trail of tweets, Instagrams, and SnapChats that chronicle his entire workday, surgery included.
Scientists have explained why we have feelings of spite towards certain people.
Psychology, biology, and mathematics have come together to show that the occurrence of altruism and spite – helping or harming others at a cost to oneself – depends on similarity not just between two interacting individuals but also to the rest of their neighbours.
Filipino boxer-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao has warned unbeaten US boxing champion Floyd Mayweather to be wary of his rediscovered ‘killer instinct’ in the much-anticipated ‘fight of the century’ bout on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao would go head-to-head against Mayweather in the richest fight in history at the MGM Grand Arena in his bid to defeat the undefeated five-weight world champion.
Pacquiao said that he is happy as that feeling of the killer instinct – the focus he had from 10 or 11 years ago- is back, the Mirror reported.
Scientists have developed ultra-sensitive, wearable sensors that help human-like robots to read people’s expressions.
Nae-Eung Lee and colleagues note that one way to make interactions between people and robots more intuitive would be to endow machines with the ability to read their users’ emotions and respond with a computer version of empathy. Most current efforts toward this goal analyze a person’s feelings using visual sensors that can tell a smile from a frown, for example.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer ‘s 2014 compensation increased 69 percent to 42.1 million dollars.
According to Deadline.com, Mayer took over in July 2012 when Yahoo shares were depressed.
Mayer’s package, detailed in a proxy filed at the SEC, includes 1 million dollars in salary, 11.8 million dollars in stock awards, 28.2 million dollars in option awards, 1.1 million dollars in non-equity incentives, and 28,065 for other compensation.
Paul Walker’s brother Cody Walker has talked about ‘ Fast and Furious’ legacy.
The 26-year-old and his other brother, Caleb Walker, 37, worked as stand-ins and body doubles for the actor in the movie, which was still in production when the actor died at age 40 in a car crash on Nov. 30, 2013, E! Online reported.
The actor said in the interview that the ‘Brick Mansion’ star would have been proud of his final film ‘Furious 7,’ adding that it’s the best one yet and there’s no doubt.
Michelle Obama will appear on the ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ for the last time, before the host takes his leave from the CBS late-night program on May 20.
This would be the fifth appearance of the First Lady, who’s also presented the show’s “Top Ten Reasons to Watch the Democratic National Convention,” on September 5, 2012, and the “Top Ten Fun Facts about Gardening,” on June 5, 2012, Deadline.com reported.
The visit will happen just five days after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Bahujan Samajwadi Party ( BSP ) supremo Mayawati on Thursday asked the relevant higher authorities to probe the Moga molestation case as she feels the Punjab Government will not be able to investigate the case properly.
“This is a very painful incident. As per the information received, the bus (involved in the incident) belonged to some company of Punjab Government chief’s family member. In such a situation, I don’t think the state government will be able to provide any help to the sufferers,” Mayawati said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday dubbed Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s ‘kisan padyatra’ as
‘repentance yatra’, saying that he should repent for the failure of the policies which were not implemented during his party’s regime in
Maharashtra.
“The yatra of Rahul Gandhi should be named as repentance yatra. He should repent for the failure of the policies which were not
implemented during the Congress regime in Maharashtra,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told ANI here.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday extended his greetings and felicitations to the government and people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the eve of their Constitution Day.
In his message to the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Christopher Jorebon Loeak, the President has said, “On behalf of the government, the people of India and on my own behalf, I extend warm greetings and felicitations to you and the Government and people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the occasion of your Constitution Day .”
An infant died due to alleged negligence of doctor. It is said that 22-days-old infant, S/O Mohammed Akram, R/O Prashant Nagar was circumcised on Tuesday. According to Langar Houz police the doctor allegedly overdosed the child. The child was taken home in the evening where his condition deteriorated and he died later. Langar Houz police registered a case and investigations are on.
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For an on-the-spot insurance drive in the city, the Cyberabad police and insurance officials armed with a database of uninsured vehicles are going to hit the roads between May 1 and 15.
According to an official about 100 counters will be set up in Cyberabad limits, where vehicle owners can get their vehicle insured instantly.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) and Insurance Information Bureau (IIB) are teaming up with the Cyberabad police for the motor vehicles insurance awareness campaign launched in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Public Gardens Walker’s Association is holding monthly Health Lecture on Sunday, May 3, from 7 am at Indira Priya Darshini Auditorium, Public Gardens. Lecture will be held entitled ‘Fatty liver_ a new scientific colour’. Dr.Naveen Polavarap, consultant, medical gynaecologist and hepatologist, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills will deliver lecture.
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1st batch of intermediate of Hyderabad Institute of Excellence, Viqarabad attained a new milestone when two of its students Master Mohammed Imran S/O Mohammed Ibrahim and Master Mohammed Israr Husain S/O Mohammed Altaf Husain, JEE Mains. The one of a kind educational institution established under the auspices of Mr. Ghayasuddin Babu Khan 112 students of Telangana, Andhra and Rayalseema were selected of which 77 got more than 90 percent while 9 students got more than 97 percent. Hyderabad Institute of Excellence engaged experienced IIT faculty to make IIT programme successful.
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A major fire broke out at a rubber godown in Jeedimetla, around 5.15 pm on Wednesday evening, resulting in loss of property worth lakhs of rupees. Four fire tenders from Jeedimetla, Secunderabad, Kukatpally and Assembly were rushed to the spot and doused the flames after four hours of hard work.
Thick smoke billowed from the godown and it continued to erupt from the godown for about two hours.The cause and extent of the damage is yet to be ascertained, fire officials maintained
Pope Francis has added his voice to the feminist anthem of equal pay and has said that it’s “scandalous” that women earn less than men for the same job.
The Pope of the Catholic Church also lambasted the attitude of some who blame the crisis in families on women getting out of the house to work, Fox News reported.
The 78-year-old Pope asserted that husband and wife must be complementary and they should support with decisiveness the right to equal pay for equal work.
Pope added that such attitudes were a form of “machismo” that shows how men wanted to dominate women. (ANI)
A Canadian consular service point has been established at the “Phora Durbar” American Club, located at in Central Kathmandu (near the Thamel neighborhood).
The assistance that is provided to Canadians in Kathmandu includes:
Assistance in connecting families and friends
Help in identifying local assistance including shelters and medical assistance
Issuing emergency travel documentation
Help in identifying available commercial flights
Liaising with family or insurance providers to facilitate flights home
Providing emergency financial assistance if necessary
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has reportedly said that it has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State (IS) and thwarted several plots.
The official Saudi Press Agency said that the arrests had been taking place since December and all but five of the suspects were Saudi nationals, reported the BBC.
It added that the terror group was operating training camps in a remote area of the Al Qassim region and had planned suicide attacks.
One of the alleged targets was the United States embassy in the capital of Riyadh .
Expressing concern over the tragedy which their nation suffered due to the devastating earthquake, the locals in Kathmandu hoped not to witness such a large-scale destruction in the future.
“I prayed to God that may we never get to witness such a tragedy again,” said a local.
“If the earthquake comes again, nothing will be left in Nepal,” added another local.
The death toll due to the earthquake in Nepal has now climbed over 5,200. The aid has begun reaching the country’s far-flung areas.
The locals in Kolkata faced a lot of problems this morning due to the 24-hour shutdown call by the Left Party and its central trade unions to protest against violence and vote loot by activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the recently concluded Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections.