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Businessman assaulted, looted
Three persons assaulted a businessman and his two employees and looted about Rs 1.50 lakh from them in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said today. The incident occurred near Singhpur bazaar under Binjharpur police station limits last night after the three attackers waylaid the mini truck of the businessman who was returning after selling grocery items from a weekly market. Police said the three, posing as policemen, forced businessman Sachidananda Rout to come out of the vehicle with papers for verification. When Rout enquired why they were not in uniform, he was beaten up and when his employees tried to save him, they were also assaulted. The three the took away a bag containing around Rs 1.50 lakh in cash from the mini truck and sped away in their vehicle, police said. The three were hospitalised.
Man held for not letting med team in for daughter-in-law's
A man was arrested in this district after he and his family allegedly prevented a medical team from doing their duty as his daughter-in-law delivered a baby at home, police said today. Dhanushkodi, his wife Alagammal and son Kannan (27) along with other family members had refused to allow a medical team and police personnel, who were waiting outside the house at Kottangipatti, to extend any assistance and also threatened them during an argument, they said. After learning that the family had opted for a domiciliary delivery, the medical team and police personnel went to the place on Thursday night and pleaded with Dhanushkodi and others to let them do their duty, they said. Despite arguing with the family for a few hours, the medical team was not allowed entry. The family was also warned about the dangers of performing delivery at home. Police said Dhanushkodi and other members of the family insisted that only practitioners of Siddha medicine would be allowed to give ...
Man jailed for breaking into Buckingham Palace
A homeless man who trespassed into the grounds of Buckingham Palace before damaging a glass display cabinet and falling asleep on it has been jailed.
LeT's Naveed Jatt emerges at militant's funeral in Shopian
Wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Naveed Jatt, who fled from police custody early this year, today made an appearance at the funeral of a militant killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. Photographs of Jatt offering a gun salute to Waqar Ahmad Sheikh at his funeral in Shopian's Malikgund village have surfaced on social media. Jatt escaped from police custody on February 6 while he was being taken to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital here for a medical examination. Two policemen were killed in a shootout at the hospital. He is also an accused in the murder case of journalist Shujaat Bukhari, who was shot dead outside his office at Press Enclave here on June 14.
Kapil yet to get formal invite, says will attend Imran's swearing-in if he gets one
Former India captain Kapil Dev today said he is yet to get a formal invite from Pakistan Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan to attend his swearing-in ceremony though he has been informally communicated to be present at the event. "I have been invited, but not in writing. I got a call from his team, but I haven't received any mail yet. I am waiting for a formal invite," Kapil told reporters on the sidelines of Lousi Phillepe Celebrity Pro Am, an international Professional Golf tournament, here. "If I get a formal invite, I will go and attend the ceremony," he added. Kapil said he congratulated Imran over phone on his becoming Prime-Minister-in-waiting. "I said well done young man," said Kapil, who is considered as one of the greatest all-rounders of all time along with Imran. He said it was wonderful to see a cricketer like Imran reaching up to the post of prime minister of Pakistan. "Imran has worked very hard for 20-odd years and he selflessly worked for his country and today he ...
Baby talk builds infants' language skills
Infants who are exposed to more 'baby talk' words are quicker at grasping language, a study has found. Assessments of nine-month-old children suggest that those who hear words such as bunny or choo-choo more frequently are faster at picking up new words between nine and 21 months. The findings suggest some types of baby talk words - more than other words - can help infants develop their vocabulary more quickly. The team says words that end in 'y' - such as tummy, mummy and doggy - or words that repeat sounds - such as choo-choo and night-night - could help infants identify words in speech. Linguists at the University of Edinburgh in the UK recorded samples of speech addressed to 47 infants learning English. They checked the speech addressed to each infant for features that characterise baby talk words. As well as analysing so-called diminutives ending in 'y' and reduplication - which contains repeated syllables - they checked for onomatopoeic words that sound like their meaning, such .
I don't make too many friends: Mallika Dua
Comedienne Mallika Dua says she doesn't make too many friends, and is very particular when she forms a bond with someone.
Seeing baby animals may reduce women's appetite for meat
Pictures of baby animals reduces people's appetite for meat, say scientists who found that the effect is much stronger for women than for men. Animal rights groups often use images of lambs and calves but there has been little evidence for their effectiveness in their campaigns. Researchers from the Lancaster University and University College London in the UK exposed men and women to images of calves, baby "joey" kangaroos, piglets and lambs and tested whether this affected their desire for meat. "We found that both men and women find baby farmed animals to be cute and vulnerable, and experience feelings of tenderness and warmth towards them," said Jared Piazza, from the Lancaster University. However, these positive feelings affect men and women differently, with men experiencing much less reduction in their appetite for meat as a result. "Feeling tenderness towards a baby animal appears to be an oppositional force on appetite for meat for many people, especially women," said ...
How Snapchat filters are leading to body dysmorphia
Do you love Snapchat's face filters and wonder if you could get the same flawless skin and big eyes in real? You are not alone.Researchers have discovered that a lot of people, especially teenagers, are impacted by the social media and want to undergo plastic surgery to look like their virtual self, leading to what the doctors label as Snapchat dysmorphia, Mashable reported.Earlier people would take the reference of celebrities, but now they are using their own filtered selfies as reference to alter their appearance.
Tim Cook writes to employees on Apple's $1 trillion valuation
While congratulating his 123,000 employees over the achievement of Apple becoming the first American company to be valued over 1 trillion USD, CEO Tim Cook, through a letter, asked his employees to stay focused on their mission."While we have much to be proud of in this achievement, it's not the most important measure of our success," a spokesperson confirmed Cook to have written in the letter, with the latter asserting that the innovation and principles made Apple what it is today, reported CNN."It's you, our team, that makes Apple great and our success is due to your hard work, dedication, and passion. I am deeply humbled by what you do, and it's the privilege of a lifetime to work alongside you," Cook added.He also expressed his gratitude to the staff for working late hours and every time they "refuse to settle for anything less than excellence."He further gave credited Apple co-founder Steve Jobs for the company's fortunes today."Steve founded Apple on the belief that the power of
Prithviraj Chavan pitches for honouring late Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav with Padma awards
Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan on Friday urged the Centre to honour Olympic wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav with Padma Bhushan posthumously.Chavan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh requesting them to consider the same.Jadhav bagged India's first individual Olympic Bronze Medal in bantamweight freestyle wrestling at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952.In the letter, Chavan wrote, in spite of winning India its first ever Olympics medal, Jadhav's "achievement was unsurpassed for 44 years.
Scoreboard of 1st Test between India and England
Scoreboard at stumps on day three of the first cricket Test between India and England at Edgbaston, here today. England 1st innings: 287 India 1st innings: 274 England 2nd Innings: (Overnight 9/1) A Cook b Ashwin 0 K Jennings c Rahul b Ashwin 8 J Root c Rahul b Ashwin 14 D Malan c Rahane b Sharma 20 J Bairstow c Dhawan b Sharma 28 B Stokes c Kohli b Sharma 6 J Buttler c Karthik b Sharma 1 S Curran c Karthik b Yadav 63 A Rashid b Yadav 16 S Broad c Dhawan b Sharma 11 J Anderson not out 0 Extras (B-10, LB-2, NB-1) 13 Total (all out in 53 overs) 180 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-18, 3-39, 4-70, 5-85, 6-86, 7-87, 8-135, 9-176. Bowling: Mohammed Shami 12-2-38-0, R Ashwin 21-4-59-3, I Sharma 13-0-51-5, U Yadav 7-1-20-2. India 2nd innings: M Vijay lbw b Broad 6 S Dhawan c Bairstow b Broad 13 K Rahul c Bairsrtow b Stokes 13 V Kohli batting 43 A Rahane c Bairstow b Curran 2 R Ashwin c Bairstow b Anderson 13 D Karthik batting 18 Extras: (B-1, LB-1) 2 Total (For 5 wickets in 36 overs) 110 Fall of ..
INDIA VS ENGLAND SCOREBOARD AT TEA , DAY 3
Scoreboard at tea on day three of the first cricket Test between India and England at Edgbaston, here today. England 1st innings: 287 India 1st innings: 274 England 2nd Innings: A Cook b Ashwin 0 K Jennings c Rahul b Ashwin 8 J Root c Rahul b Ashwin 14 D Malan c Rahane b Sharma 20 J Bairstow c Dhawan b Sharma 28 B Stokes c Kohli b Sharma 6 J Buttler c Karthik b Sharma 1 S Curran c Karthik b Yadav 63 A Rashid b Yadav 16 S Broad c Dhawan b Sharma 11 J Anderson not out 0 Extras (B-10, LB-2, NB-1) 13 Total (all out in 53 overs) 180 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-18, 3-39, 4-70, 5-85, 6-86, 7-87, 8-135, 9-176. Bowling: Mohammed Shami 12-2-38-0, R Ashwin 21-4-59-3, I Sharma 13-0-51-5, U Yadav 7-1-20-2.
Indian-origin man in UK grows world's longest cucumber; says prayer is his secret to success
A 75-year-old Indian-origin Sikh in the English city of Derby has grown a giant cucumber and says praying to it daily has helped the ribbed vegetable grow to a potential world-record size, British media reported. Raghbir Singh Sanghera, who worked as a farmer in India before coming to the UK in 1991, grew the 129.54 cm (51 inch) cucumber in his greenhouse. Sanghera, a priest at a local Gurdwara and keen gardener, said the cucumber - whose species has not yet been determined - continues to grow in girth and length. The current Guinness World Record for the longest cucumber, which was grown in Wales in 2011, is 42.13 inches (107 cm), the BBC reported. "I have made a seat to sit next to it and where I can see it and watch it," he said. "I pray that it grows, that it keeps us all healthy and that everybody stays well and happy - it makes me happy seeing it." Sanghera feeds the plant with water and fertiliser in the morning, lunchtime and evening, and sits next to it for three hours a ...
Satyajit Mohanty takes charge as Police Commissioner in Odisha
Senior IPS Officer Satyajit Mohanty took charge as Police Commissioner of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on Friday.
Shafaq Naaz to do cameo in 'Kullfi Kumarr...'
Actress Shafaq Naaz will do an "important cameo" in the show "Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala".
6 killed in road accident in Pak
Six people, including five members of a family, died when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a deep ravine in northwest Pakistan, police said today. The incident occurred at Thandyani, a hill station located at Abbotabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, they said. The ill-fated family was going to Thandyani from Rawalpindi to attend a condolence meet. On the way, the driver lost control over the vehicle near Thandyani top due to poor condition of the road and it fell into the ravine, police said. All the five members of the family and the driver lost their lives in the mishap, they said.
Police will take action if people continue #KikiChallenge: K'taka Dy CM
Taking a firm stand against the viral 'In My Feelings' challenge - also known as the 'Kiki' challenge - Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara said police will take strict actions against those people, who will continue the "dangerous" stint in the state.The challenge requires people to jump out of their cars and dance on the streets to singer Drake's hit 'In My Feelings' song. The bizarre social media sensation has been causing numerous accidents, which has got the authorities worried."It's very dangerous. We would not like to see young people dying on streets. That's why we want to discourage this. It is not in conformity with the law. So, we have advised them not to do this, but if they continue, police will take action," Parameshwara said on Thursday.His statement came after the Bengaluru Police, just like other state authorities, issued a warning against the challenge and urged people not to do it.The Bengaluru City Police's official Twitter handle posted the warning, ...
Spoil your best friend with quirky gift options
There are friends and then, there are best friends Such friends are hard to come by , and If you have found one, then let them know how much you care for them by pampering them with all that they deserve.
Fake News, not press, the enemy of the people: Trump clarifies
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday said that his daughter, Ivanka Trump was correct in her remark that media is not the enemy of the people.Taking to his Twitter handle, Trump clarified that fake news is the real enemy of people."They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!" he tweeted.This comes in light of Ivanka being asked at an event in Washington if "the media is the enemy of the people," to which she replied by saying, "No, I do not," reported CNN."I've certainly received my fair share of reporting on me personally that I know not to be fully accurate, so I have some sensitivity around why people have concerns and gripe, especially when they're sort of targeted. But no, I do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people," she added.Earlier it was reported that such a reply from Ivanka put her at odds ...