Month: June 2015

Clarifying on Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan’s recent remarks, the RBI has said a section of the media “mis-characterised” the governor as saying that the world is at risk of a Great Depression.

“What Governor Rajan did say, in his remarks made off the attached written text, was that the policies followed by major central banks around the world were in danger of slipping into the kind of beggar-thy-neighbour strategies that were followed in the 1930s,” the RBI said in a statement late on Sunday.

Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, who made his acting debut with Bhatt’s ‘Footpath’, recently took to Twitter to mark eight years of his 2007 released film ‘Awarapan’.

The ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani star tweeted, “Awarapan is a film that’s very close to my heart. Can’t believe it’s been 8 years !”

Fans of the ‘Gangster’ star too flooded the micro blogging site with their warm wishes for the actor.

Congratulating the actor, one fan made a collage of the 36-year-old actor, reviving all his memories and tweeted “Tera mera rishta , one of my favorite song.”

A 26-year-old woman has approached the special TADA court here seeking permission to marry gangster Abu Salem who is facing trial in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and is lodged in a jail.

“The woman has filed an application in the TADA court seeking permission to marry Salem,” said her lawyer, advocate Farhana Shah.

Shah said that in her application the woman has said that police made enquiries about her after a city-based tabloid published a report of Salem having married her.

The preview of OnePlus’ latest smartphone One Plus 2 has been leaked on the internet.

According to the in.techradar.com, a @KJuma on Weibo has released a sketch of what the phone’s going to look like.

He also said that the OnePlus 2 will feature a screen between 5.5 and 5.7 inches, which is slightly larger than the 5.5 inches OnePlus One released last year.

OnePlus has already said that the phone is going to feature a USB Type-C connector and will have the Snapdragon 810 processor.

OnePlus 2 is going to be unveiled on July 27. (ANI)

The Australian mother-in-law of a notorious Islamic State group fighter said today she was “devastated” that police had refused to help bring her five grandchildren home from Syria.

Karen Nettleton’s daughter Tara is married to Khaled Sharrouf, who gained global infamy last year when he posted pictures of himself and his seven-year-old son on Twitter holding up the severed heads of soldiers.

Energy-starved Pakistan is likely to sign a USD 2 billion deal with Russia for laying a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline from Karachi to Lahore, a sign of increasing ties between the Cold War-era adversaries.

The deal is expected to be signed next month during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Moscow to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

Facebook has launched its Lite app for Android users in India and the Philippines.

According to thenextweb.com, the app is designed to provide the social network’s core experience reliably on spotty and slow mobile connections.

The app was in testing since January and was soft-launched earlier this month in selected countries.

Facebook says that over 2G network, its Lite app is quicker than its main mobile app because its servers take on the burden of optimizing content.

The app size is 430 KB only, which helps the users to quickly download it.

Gulf authorities say the Saudi man who blew himself up in a Kuwaiti mosque last week arrived on a flight from the island nation of Bahrain and had no background suggesting he planned to carry out a terrorist attack.

The details released by Saudi and Bahraini authorities paint a fuller picture of the bomber in Friday’s attack that killed 27 Shiite worshippers. Kuwaiti officials have identified him as Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Gabbaa.

Karnataka Forests Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge B Ramanath Rai today reprimanded officials of the Public Works Department for their ‘passive’ approach in the upgradation of Charmadi Ghat road.

Charmadi Ghat is now being used as the alternate route between Mangaluru and Bengaluru since the closure of Shiradi Ghat stretch of the road on the national highway 75 in January this year for repair and development. Since then, the Charmadi Ghat had been witnessing frequent road blocks as the narrow road was in a poor condition.

Sri Lanka overcame a looming threat of rain and a brief batting stutter to claim a seven-wicket win over Pakistan and level the series on the final day of the second Test in Colombo.

Chasing a paltry target of 153, Sri Lanka pushed stroke-player Kithuruwan Vithanage ahead to open the innings as he made a brisk 34 off 23 balls to give the hosts an initial thrust before his dismissal.

Veteran batsman Kumar Sangakkara then fell prey to a Yasir Shah’s delivery for a duck, which gave the Misbah-ul-Haq side a slender hope of fending off their opponents.

President Pranab Mukherjee arrived here today for a 10-day southern sojourn during which he will also visit Sri Kapileswara Swamy temple in Tirupati.

During the sojourn, he will stay at the ‘Rashtrapati Nilayam’ in Secunderabad here, one of the Presidential Retreats.

He will visit Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on July 1, a press release issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said yesterday.

On July 3, the President will receive first copy of a book ‘Uniki’ written by Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Telangana.

Scores of Congress party workers were detained by Delhi Police while staging a protest outside Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani’s official residence here on Monday.

The protesters demanded Irani’s resignation as the minister for providing false information to the Election Commission of India about her educational qualification.

The Congress workers raised slogans and held placards asking the minister to resign from the post.

Members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) also participated in the protest.

Tying a scarf is simple, but using it as an accessory can add to your style. Wear it as a belt or wind it around your flip-flops to look trendy, says an expert.

Bhuvan Ahuja, fashion expert of shawls, stoles and scarf retailer Ahujasons, has doled out some tips on how to use scarves as an accessory:

* Scarves make a colourful belt alternative. Tie it in a bow at your waist or wrap it around twice for a wider obi (a broad sash worn with a Japanese kimono) look.

A disturbing video of ‘ Frankenstein meat’ is creating buzz on social media as it is turning large number of non-vegetarian Facebook users into vegetarians.

A woman in China’s Shandong Province captured a video and of a slab of raw beef beating like a heart and after making a stir, a Chinese news outlet CCTV uploaded it on their Facebook page, the Mirror reported.

The video with a caption “Understandably horrified at the situation, [the woman] chose to record the event, rather than eat it” soon got million of hits and was further circulated.

Keeping up the heat on the Lalitgate issue, Congress today accused Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje of “forcible, illegal occupation” of the Dholpur Palace along with Lalit Modi through a private company.

Senior party leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that Hemant Singh, the estranged husband of Raje, had admitted before a court that the palace was the property of the Rajasthan government.

Cristiano Ronaldo must have passed his footie skills to his 5-year-old son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. as the youngster showcased his football skills.

The Real Madrid star was recently spotted playing football with his little son on a beach in the Bahamas, where the junior Ronaldo displayed his talent and all the tricks of football just like his father, the Mirror reported.

The 30-year-old Portuguese football star was captured looking proud of his son when he attempted to do a bicycle kick on the sand. (ANI)

Expelled RJD leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav today hit back at Lalu Prasad for calling him “Mir Jafar and Jai Chand” and said his former mentor acted like “Duryodhan” and “Kansh” for the Yadav caste.

“Lalu Prasad acted as ‘Duryodhan’ and ‘Kansh’ for his own caste Yadav and also minority Muslims who made him a powerful leader,” Pappu Yadav who founded the Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) after his expulsion from RJD told reporters reacting to Lalu Prasad’s remarks against him.

Disney World is no longer allowing the use of selfie sticks in the theme parks.

Though they had initially tried to accommodate the sticks, and had only forbidden the users from taking them out on rides, after failing to control the smartphone accessory epidemic at Disney World, the company is now changing the rules.

Starting this week, Disney’s employees will start looking for selfie sticks during bag checks and visitors who attempt to carry one in will either have to leave it at the entrance gate, or keep it in their cars.

Bollywood actor Manjot Singh feels honoured to play the role of former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu in the forthcoming biopic “Azhar”.

Manjot Singh is best known for his role in films like “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!”, “Student Of The Year”, “Fukrey”.

The 22-year-old actor will be seen in biopic – “Azhar”, which is based on life of the former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin.

Over 1.5 lakh students taking coaching classes at various centres in the city, known for its numerous engineering and medical entrance exam coaching institutes, are served non-nutritious food cooked in unhygienic conditions in the canteens.

According to Food and Safety Cell of the district, the food served in the 228 registered messes and food centres here, was found to be of poor quality, low in quantity and cooked in unhygienic condition.

The Hyderabad High court today dismissed an application moved by Telangana’s nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson seeking the judge to recuse himself from hearing a petition filed by J Muthaiah, an accused in the cash-for-vote case.

In another development, a local court today extended the judicial remand of TDP MLA Revanth Reddy and two others till July 13 in connection with the case.

Known for his hits like “Golmaal” series and “All the Best: Fun Begins”, actor Sanjay Mishra says he does not like the tag of a “comedian” as he is an actor first.

The 51-year-old actor, who first gained popularity in the role of Shukla, a corrupt paan-loving employee in TV serial “Office Office”, said even though he is known for his comic-timing, there is more to him as an actor.

“I am known only as a ‘comedian’ in Hindi films, a tag which I disagree with. I believe I am an actor first. I wanted to be an actor since I was a child,” Mishra told PTI, during a visit here.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded that the Congress Party should come clean on National Herald ‘ scam’ rather than making allegations against private individuals and their private property.

Reacting to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s accusation, earlier in the day, that former IPL chairman Lalit Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje conspired to convert the Dholpur Palace, a government property, into a luxury hotel, BJP leader Narsimha Rao said that the Rajasthan Government had no role to play in this entire issue.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that the Samajwadi Party, led by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, is committed to solving the nation’s problems.

“It is the Samajwadi Party’s ideology to ensure that all problems of this country are solved. The people earlier used to say that women should be given saris and suits, but we put the money straight into their accounts,” Akhilesh said, during the birthday celebrations of senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that an informed decision making system based on robust statistics on social sectors like health, education, poverty, employment, social backwardness, housing and environment, will pave the way for holistic development of India.

President Mukherjee expressed his delight to note that the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is celebrating the ninth Statistics Day on June 29, 2015, commemorating the birth anniversary of Late Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis