Month: June 2015

A city court on Tuesday granted bail to TDP legislator A Revanth Reddy, an accused in the cash-for-vote case.

ACB had arrested TDP MLA Revanth Reddy and two others on May 31 in connection the case.

ACB had arrested Reddy while he was handing over bribe of Rs 50 lakh to nominated legislator Elvis Stephenson to induce him to vote for TDP-BJP candidate in Telangana legislative council elections.

Revanth’s two aides were also arrested by the ACB in a trap laid on a complaint by Stephenson.

Legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday extended his greetings to new captain Ajinkya Rahane, hoping the youngster will do a good job during the upcoming Zimbabwe tour.

Rahane, 27, is first cricketer from Mumbai in 15 years to be handed the reins of the team since Tendulkar led the team in 2000.

The selectors announced a second-string team for the tour, resting most of the senior players such as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought legal assistance from Singapore and Mauritius to take forward its probe in the alleged financial irregularities in the Indian Premier League tournament (IPL) and its former chairman Lalit Modi.

Officials said the agency has initiated the “legal procedures” to obtain from a court two Letters Rogatories (overseas judicial requests) to be sent to the two countries as part of its probe in the alleged laundering of funds in awarding media rights of the money spinning cricket tournament in 2009.

In a bid to revive dwindling interest in Test cricket, Australia and New Zealand have joined forces to meet in the game’s first day-nighter later this year.

The trans-Tasman rivals will play a three-match Test series beginning November 27, with the final match to be played under lights in Adelaide.

A pink ball will be introduced in order to facilitate the game under floodlights while still allowing players to wear traditional whites.

Reflecting on this new format, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said he hopes the idea would increase interest in the game.

Asian shares have climbed up as the euro lagged behind in the early hours of trading on Tuesday, with Greece looking almost certain to default on a loan payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), stoking fears of the country’s exit from the eurozone.

While MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan went up 0.1 percent, Japan’s Nikkei stock index added 0.2 percent, reported The Guardian.

Australia’s Shane Watson shrugged off bouncer taunts from England fast bowler Mark Wood and retaliated by issuing his own Ashes warning to the Durham quick.

With just over a week until the first Test starts in Cardiff, Wood, in a BBC radio interview broadcast Sunday, recalled how he was instructed to bowl bouncers at Watson by the all-rounder’s then Australia team-mate Michael Hussey during a net session on the 2009 tour of England.

The Food and Drug Administration in U.S. have announced a final three-year timetable to eliminate artificial trans fats from the edible products.

According to the FDA, the reason behind the anticipated ban is that trans fats, which are usually added to processed foods via partially hydrogenated oils, are not recognised as safe for use in human food, reported Slate Magazine.

A new study has revealed that for type 2 diabetes risk, where you live matters.

The University of California San Francisco study found that living in a neighborhood with resources to support exercise and with access to healthy food was linked to a lower incidence of type 2 diabetes, Medpage Today reported.

Researchers found that 12 percent of the more than 5,000 people in the study developed diabetes within the average 8.9 years of follow-up, but patients who lived in areas that had access to more physical activity resources and healthy foods had a lower risk of developing diabetes.

Vacations are good, but for half of travellers, who jet off without saving enough in advance, they tend to come with a baggage: credit card debt, as per a new study.

Survey by credit data monitoring company Experian Consumer Services found that forty-six percent of people said they paid for a vacation by credit card when they didn’t have enough saved, the USA Today reported.

A new study has revealed that cranberry juice may help protect against heart disease and diabetes risk factors.

As per the study, drinking low-calorie cranberry juice cocktail may help lower the risk of chronic diseases that rank among the leading causes of death worldwide, including heart disease, diabetes and stroke.

The finding shows that cranberries provide a rich source of protective compounds, called polyphenols, which support our body’s natural defenses and help us achieve a balanced lifestyle to improve health.

Ashra is an Arabic word which means “ten.” In Islam, the 1st Ashra refers to the first 10 days of the Holy month of Ramadan. The second Ashra refers to the middle 10 days (11-20), and the third Ashra refers to the last 10 days (21-30).

The Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) has said:

“It (Ramadhan) is the month whose beginning is mercy, middle,forgiveness and its end emancipation from the fire (of hell)”

Snapping its five-day falling spree, the rupee rose 8 paise to 63.76 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday on fresh selling of the American currency by exporters and banks amid a higher opening in the domestic equity market.

Selling of the American currency by exporters and banks supported the rupee, but the dollar’s firmness against euro and other currencies overseas capped the gains, dealers said.

Besides, a higher opening in domestic equity market helped the rupee, they added.

Former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao on Tuesday alleged that the coalgate scam took place when the then-prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh was in charge of the Coal Ministry.

Detailed story to follow. (ANI)

Expressing serious concern over the issue of farmers’ suicide, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bijoy Sonkar Shastri on Tuesday said it should not be looked upon as pertaining to one particular state.

“The issue of farmer suicide is a critical one. It should not be looked at in context of a state but we should think of better policies which would solve their issues. They do not have any other means besides farming. The Central Government is thinking of better policies and programme to address their issues,” said Shastri to ANI.

Detailed story to follow. (ANI)

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key member of Naga insurgent group NSCN-K for allegedly being a part of conspiracy to carry out the June 4 ambush that killed 18 army men in Manipur, in the first breakthrough in the probe into the incident.

Khumlo Abi Anal, 40, the self-styled ‘Regional Commander’ of NSCN-K, is alleged to be a part of the conspiracy that was hatched to carry out the attack on army men at Chandel area of Manipur on June four, NIA said.
The accused has been produced before Special Judge, NIA, who remanded him to the agency’s custody till July seven.

Expressing deep concern over the acquittal of eight of the 10 men jailed for attack on Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, two top US lawmakers have asked Pakistan to bring the attackers to justice.

“We urge the government of Pakistan to re-double its efforts in a transparent and public manner to bring those responsible for this brutal attack to justice,” Senators Marco Rubio and Barbara Boxer said in a letter to Pakistan Ambassador to the US Jalil Abbas Jilani.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that it was wrong to ‘taint’ Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde on the basis of allegations over irregularities in a contract awarded by him.

“You cannot taint people just on the basis of allegations. You need to show proof for that,” said BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli.

Tawde is facing allegations of irregularities in a contract awarded by him.

The finance department has sought a detailed probe into allegations of irregularities in a Rs 191 crore contract awarded by Tawde’s School Education Department without e-tendering.

The 10 lakh-strong paramilitary forces of the country have been asked by the Centre to include Yoga in their daily physical drills.

The Union Home Ministry has asked the forces to implement these directions on a “priority” and ensure Yoga is practised even at active duty areas like border posts and those in the Left Wing Extremism affected states of the country.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Tuesday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not understand anything about polls in Bihar, adding that the party did not even have manifestos and ideas for the same.

“BJP does not understand anything about Bihar elections. They don’t have manifestos and ideas; they have a negative campaign and you cannot win public’s trust by this,” RJD leader Manoj Jha said.

The assembly polls in Bihar would be held most likely in September or October this year.

Delhi University on monday announced the second cut-off list for admission to its undergraduate programmes, with a marginal drop in its percentages even as various colleges closed the enrollment to popular courses such as BCom Honours and Economics Honours for various categories.

College of Vocational Studies and Indraprastha College for Women which had kept the percentage requirement of perfect 100 for admission to BSc Computer Science (Hons) in the first list, revised it to 93-99.5 per cent and 95.5-100 per cent respectively.

The IT corridor is now a step forward in terms of women employees’ safety, thanks to ‘She Shuttles’. In a unique but creditable initiative, two all-women buses will run through the IT corridor covering all the important junctions in Madhapur, Gachibowli and surrounding areas from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

‘She Shuttles’, an exclusive bus service for women employees in the Cyberabad area was launched on Monday morning by Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao and Transport Minister Mahender Reddy.

It seems even death sentence has failed to infuse fear in the perverted minds of rapists.

In a grim reminder of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and ‘Gudiya’ rape case, yet another horrific incident of a 14-year-old girl being gang-raped by three youths from Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district has come to light.

The incident happened when the minor girl had gone to a nearby shop to purchase something. She was lured by one of the accused, who lives in the neighbourhood, on the pretext that somebody was waiting for her around the corner.

TV actor Manish Vishwakarma popular for essaying the character of

Mendhak Prasad in comedy show ‘Chidiya Ghar’ met with an accident on Saturday while he was on his way to the studio to shoot for the show.

Reports suggest that the actor was on his bike in Aarey Colony in Geregain, Mumbai, when car rammed his vehicle and fled the spot.

Manish, who was wearing a helmet sustain severe head injuries because of the massive jolt.

The local people and police rushed him to a hospital immediately.

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will not star in Salman Khan-starrer Sultan.

Gossip mills are abuzz that Nawazuddin will be a part of YRF’s upcoming film. But the officials at Yash Raj Films denied having approached Nawazuddin.

“It is not true. He is not doing Sultan. We will make the full cast announcements soon,” a spokesperson from YRF told PTI.

There were reports that Nawazuddin will play a commentator in the film. In Sultan Salman plays a boxer.

Actor-turned Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal was on monday granted bail by a Nadia district court in connection with his alleged “shoot and rape” remarks against opposition party supporters and women last year, which had created a nationwide outrage.

Acting chief judicial magistrate Shubhajit Basu granted him bail on two surety bonds of Rs. 2500 each.

CID submitted the charge sheet in the case on May 26.