Month: June 2015

His death in 1994 may have left the Indian music industry in grief, but even after over two decades, R.D. Burman’s soulful melodies continue to inspire musicians, as a result of which fans are celebrating his 76th anniversary today.

To mark the legend’s birth anniversary, fans have trended “#HappyBirthdayRDBurman” on social networking site Twitter.

Remembering the ‘Tere Bina Zindagi Se’ hit-maker, Abhishek Bachchan too shared his song ‘Hoga Tumse Pyara Kaun’ as the song of the day along with the trending hashtag to mark his birthday.

Hollywood celebs wasted no time after the US Supreme Court declared gay marriages were now allowed across the country, and celebrated the historic decision.

‘Cabaret’ star Liza Minnelli, 69, issued a statement saying that she has always believed in everyone’s equal right to love and was extremely happy that the country was now “the law of the land.”

Meanwhile, stars also took to Twitter to share their happiness over the ruling, reported Fox News.

British police has reportedly urged citizens to attend the Armed Forces Day events as normal after an alleged plot to explode a pressure cooker bomb at a parade in South London was foiled.

The attack, planned by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was revealed after one of its leaders in Syria unwittingly recruited an undercover investigator from The Sun newspaper to carry it out, reported The Guardian.

The intended bombing would have targeted soldiers from the same unit as soldier Lee Rigby, who was murdered by Islamist extremists in 2013. (ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) tomorrow in Varanasi.

The IPDS is one of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Power and will be at the core attempt to ensure 24×7 power for all.

The scheme which was announced in the Union Budget 2014-15, aims at strengthening of sub-transmission network, metering, IT application, customer care services, provisioning of solar panels and the completion of the ongoing works of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and completion of the Reforms Programme (RAPDRP).

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje reached Jaipur after attending the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday.

Raje who was earlier in the national capital was mobbed by a horde of reporters upon her arrival at the Palam airport.

The Rajasthan Chief Minister had yesterday rebutted reports of personally calling MLAs to seek their support and loyalty, rubbishing the news as ‘baseless’.

Politicians leave no stone unturned to woo the Muslim voters across the country. With by-election for Warangal Lok Sabha seat is around the corner the politicians are throwing Iftar parties to please the Muslim voters.

Iftar parties, once a tradition to meet people of the community to understand them in a better way, have now become strategic poll planks for the politicos to appease the Muslim voters in the country especially when the elections are round the corner.

In an appalling incident occurred at Charkaman a boy fell from height and died. According to Charminar police, 2-year-old Sandeep Malik, S/O Sudheer Malik, R/O of Char Kaman was playing on 2nd floor of the building when he fell from the height and sustained serious injuries. He died while undergoing treatment.

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Special Officer Telangana State Hajj Committee Prof. S A Shukoor in a press note told that central Hajj Committee selected 23 women from Telangana state and 2 from Andhra Pradesh under Mahram quota through drawing of lots. Selected aspirants are requested to deposit amount of Hajj expenditure according to the category of their Mahram on or before July 6. They are also requested to submit their original passport, a colour photo, challan copy of amount deposited, at State Hajj committee office so that it can be sent to Central Hajj Committee for further proceedings.

The last date for submitting application for admission into PGDM programmes recognised by Institute of Public Enterprises (AICTE) has been extended till June 30. Interested candidates can step in for interviews during June 24 to 30. Further details can be had on phone nos 9391932129 or 9949507969.

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Old city residents are happy that their children now stay at home during the night time. ‘We are happy that our children stay at home during Ramadan. We had not imagined that our children would spend time before Saher at home,’ this was told by old city residents who were recently called by the police for counselling. On the condition of anonymity they praised police and told that they felt hurt when police called them for counselling however now they feel very happy that their children are arriving home on time and paying attention to home affairs.

A 35-year-old cloth merchant from Mumbai was shot dead by three unidentified miscreants near a private college here, police said today.

Police said Mohammed Shahid, a resident of Bandra in Mumbai, had came here on Thursday for business purpose. He was staying at a hotel near Suraj Kund.

After finishing his work, Shahid was on his way to airport, when he was shot dead by the assailants last mid-night, they said.

Allah Says:

2:21 “O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allah), Who created you and those who were before you so that you may acquire Taqwa.

2:22 Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down water (rain) from the sky and brought forth therewith fruits as a provision for you. Then do not set up rivals unto Allah (in worship) while you know (that He alone has the right to be worshipped).”

Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Devendra Kumar Pathak has said BSF is doing a commendable job in effectively guarding the international border.

Interacting with BSF jawans and officers posted in the Mizoram and Cachar Frontier yesterday, Pathak appreciated the hard work done by the troops and said they were doing a commendable job in keeping a vigil on the international border.

Embattled Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today attended a NITI Aayog deliberation here but left the capital without meeting either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or BJP chief Amit Shah.

Raje, who has been under pressure to quit in connection with ‘Lalitgate’, arrived at around 9:30 am and left the city after nearly four hours.

Party sources were tight-lipped on whether the Rajasthan Chief Minister had sought any appointment to meet either the Prime Minister or the party President.

Kuwait is to hold a mass funeral today for 26 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

The interior ministry said in a statement early today that 26 people and the bomber were killed and 227 others wounded in one of the country’s worst bombings and its first ever on a mosque.

The attack targeted Al-Imam Al-Sadeq mosque in the capital Kuwait City during Friday noon prayers.

In a bid to restore the balance between bat and ball, the ICC today decided to scrap the batting Powerplays and allow five fielders outside the 30-yard circle in the last ten overs of an innings in one-dayers.

It has also decided to do away with the mandatory requirement of having two fielders in catching position in the first

Ten overs in ODIs and said that all “no balls” and not just over stepping by the bowlers will result in a free hit in both ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals.

Amidst controversy engulfing the BJP government in Maharashtra over allegations against its ministers, its ally Shiv Sena has said it needs to be explored why such such issues were emerging within a year of the new government coming to power.

Sena further said that accusations against the ministers shows that “politics is being played to put a halt to their ambitions”. “BJP is in trouble at the Centre and in the state. The problems it is facing at the central level can be kept aside as there are two leaders like Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to take care of them.

Just days after the first blunder by a Tesco store, a branch of Morrisons in west London has been criticised for the “disappointing gaffe” over selling pork products beside a sticker celebrating Ramadan.

Shoaib Khan, practicing Muslim and human rights lawyer was left stunned after he noticed Morrisons were selling pork next to a sticker celebrating Ramadan.

Mr Khan attacked the store for the “disappointing gaffe” after he spotted the sticker on a freezer.

The Indian unit of fast food chain KFC, owned by Yum Brands Inc , on Friday challenged the results of a test showing the presence of bacteria linked to food poisoning in a sample of its fried chicken, dismissing them as “false allegations”.

Food safety has hit headlines in India after government food safety inspectors found excess lead in packets of Nestle’s Maggi instant noodles.

The company disputes the test results and a subsequent recall order, but it has become India’s worst safety scare involving packaged food in a decade.

Wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan have claimed the lives of at least 149,000 people between 2001 and 2014, a report released by a U.S.-based think tank said.

Those killed included U.S. military members, contractors, Afghan and Pakistani national police and security forces, members of opposition forces like, the Taliban, as well as at least 26,270 civilians in Afghanistan, and 21,500 in Pakistan, reported the Dawn.

With the U.S. Supreme Court giving a nod to President Barack Obama’s healthcare law and same sex marriages across the country in the last two days, the president has made testimonials to the power of keeping faith in the last few days.

Celebrations! Arjun Kapoor turned 30 yesterday and it seems like the whole Hindi film industry went online to wish the ‘2 States’ star.

Reliving her childhood memory, sister Sonam Kapoor posted a throwback picture on Twitter captioning it, “Happy birthday @arjunkapoor my lovely lovely brother.. Love you a lot!”

Meanwhile, giving his bestie birthday wishes, actor Ranveer Singh posted a collage, which showed the ‘Gunday’ co-stars hugging each other on one side with two cats on the other.

Tennis stars seem to be gearing up before hitting Wimbledon as Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic were recently spotted toasting one another at the roof gardens in Kensington.

The Women’s Tennis Association ( WTA) hosted a pre-party for the upcoming Tennis tournament, which was graced by all women tennis players, the Vogue reported.

The stars were also joined by Brits Holly, Sam Branson and their father Sir Richard Branson besides Eugenie Bouchard, Heather Watson, and Laura Robson.

A children rights group on Saturday approached the state Lokayukta to order Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governments for the shutdown of KFC outlets following the results of a test showing the presence of bacteria linked to food poisoning.

The lokayukta has issued notices to the health ministry of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh asking them to submit a report by August 5.

The food chain, however, denied all allegations. (ANI)

NASA has explained that June 30, 2015 will officially be a bit longer than usual because an extra second or “leap” second will be added.

Daniel MacMillan of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt said that Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down a bit, so leap seconds are a way to account for that.

A day lasts 86,400 seconds. That is the case, according to the time standard that people use in their daily lives, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is “atomic time,” the duration of one second is based on extremely predictable electromagnetic transitions in atoms of cesium.