Month: May 2015

Mayweather’s camp forces Pacquiao to get his cup checked before Las Vegas mega-bout

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Unbeaten US boxing champion Floyd Mayweather’s camp turned to mind games as they apparently took issue with the size of Manny Pacquiao’s cup before their much-anticipated ‘fight of the century’ bout on Saturday in Las Vegas.

It was alleged that Pacquiao’s cup was too big, which would protect the Filipino boxer from the American’s body blows if it were proven right.

Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe claimed there was a similar issue when the American fought Oscar De La Hoya in 2007 as the latter’s cup was well over his navel.

Kim K admits platinum blonde color damaged her hair

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Kim Kardashian has admitted that her platinum blonde color damaged her hair and, therefore, she will opt for extensions for 2015 Met Gala.

The American reality star E! Online’s Catt Sadler that she did love the blonde hair and she really wished she could have kept it a little longer but she really wanted to go to Armenia being a brunette.

The 34-year-old TV personality, who is married to rapper Kanye West, asserted that she wished she had kept it a couple months longer but she was going to have to wait now a couple years because it just damaged her hair.

IS militants open first five-star hotel for fighters in Iraq

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Islamic State (IS) militants have opened its first five-star hotel for fighters in need of rest and recreation in war-ravaged Iraq.

According to the Daily Star, the hotel apparently does not cater to booze, dancing, music, smoking or gambling, and women must dress head-to-toe in black including gloves.

The Ninawa Hotel’s 262 rooms have been reserved for visiting commanders but it will be opened for weddings so that jihadi brides can marry fighters.

IS had earlier closed down all hotels in its captured regions of Syria and Iraq . (ANI)

Ronnie Wood reveals early years: Stolen guitars, manager orgies, ‘bastard’ Pete Townshend

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Ronnie Wood has revealed it all about his early years in his new memoir ‘How Can It Be.’

50 years on from his first appearance in The Birds, the legendary Rolling Stones and Faces guitarist has unearthed just that a journal charting his emergence onto the mid-60s music scene.

His outrageous diary documents the early years that transformed him from weedy west London schoolboy to international music icon.

The 67-year-old musician reveals a tense early rivalry with fellow Londoners The Who, who he called ‘the bastards’, and with guitarist Pete Townshend in particular.

Fans poke fun at Lewis Hamilton`s `Fresh Prince of Bel-Air` look

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Lewis Hamilton recently shared a snap showing off his new look, but fans were quick to point and mock him for he looked just like the ‘ Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’

The 30-year-old F1 ace’s image showed him standing next to his swanky Shelby Cobra motor in Malibu, California, clad in a fluorescent vest, huge dangly chains, shades and a backwards baseball cap in the shoot, all of which resembled Will Smith’s character from the 1990s sitcom, the Daily Star reported.

BJP condemns Pakistan flag waving at Geelani’s Tral rally

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Leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party-People’s Democratic Party (BJP-PDP) coalition on Saturday hit back at Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, at whose rally Pakistani flags were waved in Tral and called for legal action against the latter.

BJP leader Hina Bhat said that such demonstrations would not have any effect and should not be paid heed to.

“This has been happening since 20 years and it is not going to have any effect. It will definitely have repercussions but this matter should not be given so much weightage,” Bhat said.

Classic 70s miniseries ‘Roots’ reboot in the works

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‘Roots,’ the classic 1977 miniseries is undergoing a remake.

AandE Networks declared that they would be rebooting the show, which traced black family’s history from slavery on to the end of the Civil War, and the 8-episode would be aired simultaneously on The History Channel, AandE, and Lifetime in 2016, the Verge reported.

The LeVar Burton starrer show had become a huge success and a cultural phenomenon ever since it was first aired on ABC.

Brazil completes stadium construction 10 months after SWC

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Some of the stadiums that were used during the Brazil Soccer World Cup have been finally completed, 10 months following the conclusion of the sport’s pinnacle tournament.

The Itaquerao stadium in Sao Paulo and the Arena De Baixada in Curitiba have been just completed to the original designs they were supposed to be.

The Brazilian government had spent about 3 billion dollars on the improvement of the stadiums to host the matches of the tournament in June. They had hoped that these improvements would in turn help the stadiums to become a heritage for the country, the BBC reported.

‘Arrogance has surpassed basic tenets of humanity in BJP-Akali Dal government: Congress

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The Congress on Saturday condemned Punjab Education Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra’s statement on the Moga molestation incident, wherein the latter termed the case as ‘god’s will’, and said this reflected the arrogance of power of the BJP-Akai Dal state government.

“Ministers of the BJP-Akai Dal Government are making such insensitive statements. This is inhuman and completely cruel, and reflects that arrogance of power has surpassed the basic tenets of humanity,” said party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.

AAP protests over Moga molestation incident

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday protested against the Moga incident, wherein, a 13-year-old girl was thrown off a moving bus after being molested.

“We are protesting here by burning Sukhbir Singh Badal’s effigy. This family is not being given justice. The FIR is not being registered against the company.

The permit of the bus company should be cancelled,” Jassi Jasraj ( AAP), a protestor told ANI here.

The protestors also targeted Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal, demanding that an FIR be lodged against her.

May 9 is the last date for Payment of Haj first installment

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The Haj Committee of India has extended the date for the payment of the first installment of the Haj expenses from April 30 to May 9.

Prof SA Shukoor special officer, Telangana State Haj Committee has asked those of the provisionally selected Haj pilgrims who failed to deposit the first instalment and the pilgrims selected under Waiting List to avail of the opportunity and deposit the first instalment on or before May 9.

11-year-old visually challenged boy becomes news anchor of Tamil channel

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Close on the heels of introducing a transgender as a new anchor, city-headquartered Tamil channel Lotus News today presented a visually challenged boy as a news reader, claiming it was the first in the world.

Eleven-year-old Sriramanujam, born blind at birth, read the special news live with the help of Braille for 22 minutes, while his anxious teary-eyed parents watched.

The news he read included the follow up of the Nepal earthquake and the Mahinda Rajapaksa trial.

CNR Rao conferred with Japan’s highest civilian award

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Eminent scientist CNR Rao was conferred with Japan’s highest civilian award for his outstanding contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science coperation.

The Emperor of Japan conferred the country’s highest award, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, on the Bharat Ratna awardee, a release by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research said.

Rao is also the only Indian to be elected as a foreign member of the Japan Academy.

Maldives police arrests opposition leader after clashes

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An injured police officer is taken for treatment during an opposition protest demanding Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom resign and jailed ex-president Mohamed Nasheed be freed, in Male`, Maldives, Friday, May 1, 2015 PTI
Maldives police have arrested an opposition leader and 192 others after clashes erupted between police and protesters demanding the resignation of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom and the release of a jailed ex-president.

Mallya-USL row: ICAI seeks details from Sebi on auditors’ role

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Accounting regulator ICAI has sought details from markets watchdog Sebi on role of auditors in the alleged financial irregularities at United Spirits, where Chairman Vijay Mallya is locked in a boardroom battle to retain his position.

The board of United Spirits Ltd (USL), where UK-based Diageo has acquired controlling stake from Mallya’s UB Group, has asked the Indian businessman to step down as Chairman and Director after a probe showed financial irregularities in fund transfer to Kingfisher and other group firms between 2010 and 2013.

AAP leaders protest, burn effigies of Badal over Moga bus case

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AAP activists today took out a march and burnt effigies of Punjab Chief Minister Badal protesting against the death of a teenage girl who was molested and thrown off a moving bus belonging to his family.

AAP leader Jasraj Jassi, who contested the last Lok Sabha elections from Bathinda against Union Minister and ruling SAD leader Harsimrat Badal, led the protest march along with Moga District AAP Convener Ajay Sharma.

‘ISRO should become economically viable, earn more revenue’

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Claiming that commercial wings of space research organisations around the world were growing at a rapid speed, ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar on Friday said ISRO should become more economically viable and earn more revenue by exploiting its space programmes commercially.

He was addressing a national level seminar on “Space Organisations and Research programmes” at the Liquid Propulsion Systems centre at Mahendragiri near Tirunelveli.

Urdu University established on Waqf land has no masjid

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Majority of staff and students of the Urdu University build on Waqf land are Muslims but the university has no masjid to offer Namaz. Even after two decades of its foundation, there is not a single masjid on the campus sprawled over 214 acres of Waqf land. Friday prayer is offered in sports complex. Restlessness prevails among 2 thousand students as there is no masjid in the campus to offer Namaz.

Inteqal (2.5.2015)

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Death in Indonesia

Janab Mohd. Ghouse s/o late Mohd. Hussain, resident of Shaheed Nagar, Asifnagar died in Jakarta, Indonesia.

He was the part of a ‘Tableeghi Jamaat’ but his health deteriorated on April 30 that caused his death. Burial took place at Jakarta, Indonesia itself.

Further information can be had on 9849482380 & 9700765242.

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Death in Canada

Shocking! Dawood wanted to surrender, CBI did not go-ahead: Ex-CBI DIG

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In an absolute shocker, India’s most wanted gangster Dawood Ibrahim, the main accused in the 1993 blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people and more than 700 injured wanted to surrender fifteen months after serial blast, former CBI DIG Neeraj Kumar has revealed.

According to reports, the gangster talked to the then CBI DIG Neeraj Kumar thrice about his willingness to surrender. However, the CBI had not accepted his offer for some reason.

Kumar was leading the CBI probe into the 13 blasts that rocked India’s financial capital on March 12, 1993.

Congress sides with Shourie, calls BJP Govt. ‘unilateral, autocratic’

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The Congress Party on Saturday sided with former NDA minister Arun Shourie over his remarks about the functioning of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and said the present government was furthering ‘unilateralism, autocracy and subjugation of institutional mechanism of governance at the hands of a chosen few’.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala suggested an alternative career of an ‘event manager’ for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Book ‘What is Islam?’ released

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Book ‘What is Islam?’ was released by Siasat editor, Mr. Nawab Zahed Ali Khan. On the occasion he said today our young generation is facing psychological distress. Our young generation is impressed with westernization. Their thoughts are influenced with irreligiosity, it’s high time that religious teachings are inculcated among them.

Mr. Ghulam Nabi Shah Naqshbandi, Dr. Mohammed Siraj-ur-Rahman Farooqui and others addressed on the occasion. Book can be obtained from Dr. Siraj Vila adjacent Jama Masjid Azizia, Humayun Nagar.

Siasat news

Kabul-backed peace council to hold conference with Afghan Taliban in Qatar

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Members of the Kabul-backed peace council is set to hold a conference with an eight member team of the Afghan Taliban discuss a possible solution to the Afghan conflict.

According to the Express Tribune, a Taliban spokesperson said that they will not participate in any peace talks.

Taliban’s leaders Sher Muhamamd Abbas Stanekzai, Maulvi Jan Muhammad Hanafi, Maulvi Syed Rasool Halim, Maulvi Shahbuddin Dilawar, Qari Din Muhamamd Hanif, Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi, Muhamamd Suhail Shaheen and Hafiz Azizur Rehman are most likely to attend the meeting.

Crime In Hyderabad (2.5.2015)

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Housewife robbed
(Siasat News): A chain snatcher snatched a gold chain from a woman near her residence at Venkateshwara colony in Saroornagar in the wee hours of Friday.

The victim Yadamma, 55, was plucking flowers when this incident occurred as he suddenly came near to her and ran away with the gold chain.

A case is registered and further investigation is on to nab the culprit.

Gold stolen from trader’s house