Kulgam encounter: Two militants, civilian killed

Srinagar: Two militants and a civilian were killed while two Army jawans were injured in an overnight encounter in Kulgam district of Kashmir, police said on Monday.

The death of the civilian triggered clashes between locals and security forces in the area.

A senior police officer said that both the militants have been killed in the encounter and their bodies recovered.

He said the identity and group affiliation of the slain militants was being ascertained.

However, sources identified the deceased as Javed Ahmad Kachroo and Idrees Nengroo, both affiliated with Hizbul Mujahideen.

Earlier in the day, a civilian died after he was hit by a bullet. Police said Asif Ahmad Tantray was hit by a "stray bullet" near the scene of the encounter but locals alleged that the youth was shot dead by security forces in "cold blood".

The sources said protests broke out in Redwani Bala area while the security forces were engaged with the two holed up militants. The youth also resorted to stone-pelting during the protests, they added.

Although the encounter is over, clashes between protestors and security forces were going on till last reports came in.

Vaishnodevi pilgrim dies of heart attack in Katra

Jammu: A 58-year-old man on a pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi died of a heart attack in Katra belt of Reasi district here, police said today.

Surya Narayan Yadav of New Delhi was returning to Katra along with his family members after paying obeisance to the Goddess at the cave shrine when the incident took place yesterday, they said.

The body was handed over to the family members after legal formalities, police added.

Five of family killed in Maharashtra wall collapse

Raigad: Five members of a family were crushed to death in their sleep when the wall of their home crashed on them in Maharashtra's Neral town early Monday, police said.

The incident occurred around 5.30 a.m. in Mohachiwadi village near Neral, which is the gateway to the hill station of Matheran.

The dead were identified as Kisan Dighe, his wife Sunanda, their children Swapnesh and Archana and aged mother Jaibai, said an official from Neral police station.

Torrential rains have lashed the coastal districts of Raigad and Ratnagiri in the past five days as well as Sindhudurg, Thane and Palghar and state capital Mumbai.

So far, there are an estimated 20 rain-related casualties across the state and the weather bureau has forecast more heavy rains in the state over the next two days.

Black money: India slips to 61st place on Swiss money list

: India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners' money in Swiss banks and it now accounts for a meagre 0.123 percent of the total global wealth worth USD 1.6 trillion in Switzerland's banking system.

While the UK and the US have retained their top two positions with the largest shares of the foreign clients' money with Swiss banks, Pakistan has inched up to 73rd place.

Interestingly, just two big banks -- UBS and Credit Suisse -- account for nearly two-third of the total money kept by foreigners in Swiss banks, while their share in case of Indians is even higher at about 82 per cent.

As per the latest data released by Switzerland's central banking authority SNB (Swiss National Bank),
Indians' money in Swiss banks declined by over 10 per cent to about 1.8 billion Swiss francs (USD 1.98 billion or Rs 12,615 crore) in 2014.

This accounts for just 0.123 per cent of the total funds kept in the Swiss banks by people from across the world.

This is the second lowest level of Indian money in Swiss banks -- after an increase of over 40 per cent in 2013 -- and the latest data comes amid an enhanced clampdown against the famed secrecy wall of Switzerland's banking system.

The funds, described by SNB as 'liabilities' of Swiss banks or "amounts due to the customers of banks in Switzerland" are official Swiss figures and do not indicate to the quantum of the much-debated alleged black money held by Indians in the safe havens of Switzerland.

Besides, SNB's official figures do not include the money that Indians or others might have in Swiss banks in the names of entities from different countries.

An analysis of the latest SNB data also showed that the big banks accounted for 1.48 billion Swiss francs of Indians' money, up from 1.36 billion Swiss francs a year ago.

At the end of 2014, there were 275 banks in Switzerland, but only two -- UBS and Credit Suisse -- were classified as 'big banks' by Zurich-based SNB at that time. There are also many foreign-controlled banks operating in the country.

The two big banks' share also rose in the case of the UK, the US and a number of other countries.
Their share almost doubled in case of Pakistan to 472 million Swiss francs, but still accounted for just 36 per cent of the total amount of 1.3 billion Swiss franc held in all Swiss banks by their clients from that country (up from just about one billion Swiss franc a year ago).

This pushed Pakistan one place higher to 73rd place on the overall list of the countries in terms of foreigners' money in Swiss banks. India has come down three places.

In the top-ten, the UK and the US are followed by West Indies, Guernsey, Germany, Bahamas, Luxembourg, France, Jersey and Hong Kong.

The UK alone accounts for 22 per cent of total global funds in Swiss banks. Just four top nations together account for over half of all foreigners' wealth in Swiss banks, which rose to 1.47 trillion Swiss franc (about Rs 102 lakh crore or USD 1.6 trillion) in 2014.

Chinese woman pays to rescue 100 dogs from Yulin meat festival

A Chinese woman has paid over $1,000 to save 100 canines from being eaten during a dog meat festival, media said today, as activists have lashed out at the event labelling it cruel.

Animal-loving Yang Xiaoyun paid about 7,000 yuan ($1,100) to save around 100 dogs in the southern city of Yulin on Saturday, web portal Netease reported.

The city holds an annual festival devoted to the animal's meat on the summer solstice, which has provoked an increasing backlash from animal protection activists.
Reports said that Yang, 65, plans to rehouse the dogs at her home nearly 2,000 kilometres away in Tianjin.


Activists, who say the festival is cruel, have in the past travelled to the city to hold demonstrations, sometimes buying dogs to save them from the cooking pots.

Locals have been quoted as saying that animals are killed in a humane way for the festival, where their meat is then served with lychees.

The majority of "meat dogs" in the country are stolen pets and strays, according to an investigation published this month by Hong Kong-based charity Animals Asia, though eating dog is unusual in most parts of China.

10 things we didn't know last week

1. Bees contribute more to the British economy than the monarchy.

2. Oliver Cromwell supposedly called the Magna Carta the "Magna Farta" - he didn't like it.

3. Most kangaroos are left-handed.

4. The plot of Die Hard was hidden in the source code of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush's website.

5. Sunshine can boost the chances of pregnancy by up to a third.

6. Baboon troops democratically decide which direction to go in.

7. Rich people used the teeth of dead soldiers from the Battle of Waterloo as dentures in the 19th Century.

8. TV channels can be changed by mind-control when using a new remote headset.

9. Andy Murray loves Mock the Week but not Game of Thrones.

10. Moon jellyfish that lose their arms will rearrange the remaining ones to make them symmetrical again.

SECOND BIGGEST HUMAN-MADE HOLE IN THE WORLD

Mirny Diamond Mine, Eastern Siberia, Russia is the second biggest human-made hole in the world (525 metre deep and 1200 metres in diameter) , made for diamond extraction. This mine was permanently closed in 2011 when it became too difficult to continue digging this massive hole. As a result, this area became totally abandoned.

Facebook launches photo sharing app, Moments

WASHINGTON: Facebook has unveiled a new feature that allows smartphone users to privately share photos of friends, by sifting through images with facial recognition technology.

The stand alone app, called Moments, allows users to share photos with friends who are in them, and to get images of themselves.

"It's hard to get the photos your friends have taken of you, and everyone always insists on taking that same group shot with multiple phones to ensure they get a copy," product manager Will Ruben said in a blog post.

"When you go to a wedding, for example, there are many people taking great photos throughout the day. You all want a quick way to share your photos with the friends who are in them, and get photos that you're in back. The same is true for smaller events too, like a kayak trip or a night out."

Moments uses facial recognition technology to group photos based on the friends who are in them, similar to the "tagging" used by the Facebook social network.

The new app was launched on June 15 for users of Apple and Android handsets in the United States, and will be rolled out to other countries over time.

Why does M. S. Dhoni always take back a stump after winning a match?

When questioned about it in an interview to the BCCI.tv, Dhoni said: “That’s my retirement plan. The good thing is that I do collect a lot of stumps but the bad one is I don’t put a mark as to which match they were from. So, after I retire I’ll watch the videos of all my matches, look closely at the sponsors logos on the stumps and figure out which match a stump belongs to. It will be my post-cricket pass time!”

Mediterranean migrants: EU to discuss quota plan

EU interior ministers are to discuss how to deal with tens of thousands of migrants trying to enter Europe each year by crossing the Mediterranean.
A key issue at the talks in Luxembourg is a plan to distribute asylum seekers more evenly across all 28 EU states.
The crisis has put a huge strain on Italian, Greek and Maltese resources.
But some northern and eastern European nations argue that migrants should not be forced to move to countries where they do not want to settle.
More than 1,800 migrants have died in the Mediterranean so far this year - a 20-fold increase on the same period in 2014. The majority had set sail aboard rickety, overcrowded boats from strife-torn Libya.
In recent weeks, naval vessels have rescued thousands of people at risk of drowning, but plans to resettle illegal migrants across Europe and break up the smuggling networks have yet to be agreed.
Italy's 'Plan B'
Italy and Greece - which have already seen more than 100,000 boat people arrive on their shores this year - insist other EU nations must share some of the burden.
The Italian government says it wants a fair distribution of new arrivals around Europe and more enforced repatriations of those deemed "economic migrants".

EU quota proposals
About 24,000 migrants recently arrived in Italy and 16,000 in Greece to be relocated among other EU members
"Distribution key" criteria to include a country's population, GDP and unemployment, as well as the number of refugees already taken in
France and Germany are expected to received more than 30% of the relocated refugees
Separate proposal to resettle some 20,000 mainly Syrian refugees currently living in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey

Q. Why are Jammu and Kashmir not separate states today? What glues them together, and keeps them counted as one?

Being A JAMMUtie..
I think that I can explain this topic fully..




Jammu & Kashmir..

Whenever Any resident of Rest of India come to heard about this..
The only image is build up of Militants, Mountains, Extreme Winters etc.

But somehow.. This exist only for Kashmir region..


We JAMMUties always faced discrimination due to these anti nationalists.

The topic given by User is totally absurd..

There is just a minor difference in word Jammu & Kashmir..
Ideologically.. There's a major difference in between JAMMUties & Kashmiri anti Nationalists..



Just a few months ago..

When whole Kashmir was in condition of extinction..

PM Modi gave them shelter..
Yeah.. I know.. It was his responsibility as the Prime Minister of the country..

But.. What about Omar abdullah..
He didn't given even a penny..

But.. As we seen in Assembly elections..
Kashmir didn't given a single seat to BJP and 15 seats to anti incumbent NC..

This states that.. Kashmiri residents are culprits while JAMMUties are victims of discrimination...

China Hebei shooting leaves four dead

A statement by local authorities said the suspected gunman Liu Shuangrui was also killed at the scene.
It said he opened fire in a village in Suning county with a double-barrelled shotgun. One police officer was among the dead and two others were injured.
Mass shootings are rare in China, where firearms access is strictly controlled.
In December, an employee of China's central bank shot and killed two colleagues at the branch he was working at in the northeastern province of Liaoning.
The motive for the incident, which took place in early hours of Tuesday morning, was not clear.
The statement by local authorities said that Mr Liu, 55, had been suffering from "long-term schizophrenia".
It said the other victims and those injured were farmers.

Fifa corruption: Documents show details of Jack Warner 'bribes'

The money, sent on behalf of South Africa, was meant to be used for its Caribbean diaspora legacy programme.
But documents suggest Mr Warner used the payment for cash withdrawals, personal loans and to launder money.
The 72-year-old, who has been indicted by the US FBI for corruption, denies all claims of wrongdoing.
Fifa says it is co-operating with the investigation.
And South Africa's Football Association has issued a detailed statement denying any wrongdoing.
The papers seen by the BBC detail three wire transfers by Fifa.
In the three transactions - on 4 January, 1 February and 10 March 2008 - funds totalling $10m (£6.5m) from Fifa accounts were received into Concacaf accounts controlled by Jack Warner.
At the time, he was in charge of the body, which governs football in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Personal payouts
The money had been promised by South Africa's Football Association for its so-called diaspora legacy programme to develop football in the Caribbean.

The documents detail exactly how and when the money was transferred
The documents reveal how the money was spent and moved around.
JTA Supermarkets, a large chain in Trinidad, received $4,860,000 from the accounts.
The money was paid in instalments from January 2008 to March 2009. The largest payment was $1,350,000 paid in February 2008.
US prosecutors say the money was mostly paid back to Mr Warner in local currency.


Huge sums of money were used to pay off credit cards and personal loans
Jack Warner: The US charge sheet
Accused of racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, bribery
From the early 1990s, he allegedly "began to leverage his influence and exploit his official positions for personal gain"
Allegedly accepted a $10m bribe from South African officials in return for voting to award them the 2010 World Cup
Allegedly bribed officials with envelopes each containing $40,000 in cash; when one demurred, he allegedly said: "There are some people here who think they are more pious than thou. If you're pious, open a church, friends. Our business is our business"
Key questions answered
Jack Warner: Controversial ex-Fifa chief
Who are the indicted officials?
Fifa in crisis - Special Reports

The BBC gave details of its investigation to Brent Sancho, Trinidad and Tobago's sports minister and a former footballer.
He said: "He [Mr Warner] must face justice, he must answer all of these questions. Justice has to be served.
"He will have to account, with this investigation, he will have to answer for his actions."
The documents also show $360,000 of the Fifa money was withdrawn by people connected to Mr Warner.

Saudi court upholds blogger's 10 years and 1,000 lashes

Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years of imprisonment on blogger Raif Badawi, despite a foreign outcry.
In March, the kingdom expressed "surprise and dismay" at international criticism over the punishment.
At the time, the foreign ministry issued a statement saying it rejected interference in its internal affairs.
In 2012, Badawi was arrested and charged with "insulting Islam through electronic channels".
For four years he had been running the Liberal Saudi Network, which encouraged online debate on religious and political issues.
Saudi authorities sent his case for review as global pressure to free Badawi mounted.


Badawi received his first 50 lashes in January, but subsequent floggings have been postponed.
A shaky video taken on a mobile phone showed Badawi being lashed by a member of the security forces.
The footage prompted international protests which were repeated every Friday, the scheduled day for the beatings.
It is not clear why Badawi has not yet endured a second round though a medical report found he was not fit for the punishment.
Saudi Arabia enforces a strict version of Islamic law and does not tolerate political dissent. It has some of the highest social media usage rates in the region, and has cracked down on domestic online criticism.

Rahul takes on Modi, says PM 's calling for yoga instead of solving OROP

Kolkata: Rahul Gandhi today directed his fire on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of hopping from scheme to scheme and the focus on the yoga event later this month and "failure" to fulfill promises like job creation.

He repeated his jibe of "suit boot ki sarkar" to paint the NDA government as pro-rich and anti-poor and anti farmer.

The Congress vice president also slammed the NDA government over the land bill issue while referring to the agrarian and tribal agitations in Nandigram, Bhatta Parsaul and Niyamgri.

"One year ago a new government came in Delhi. It made a lot of promises like the ones made by Mamataji. It talked about employment, development, opening factories. Both (Modi and Mamata) said this. One year (of Modi government) has been completed now. Wherever I go to any meeting, I ask people to say whether even one person has got a job. But nobody raises his hand to say he got a job.

"He talked about sanitation. He said that you won't get employment and so hold a broom and start sweeping. When the talk of Swachchata is over, now he is saying that go and do yoga at the Rajpath.

"There is no word about employment. Every day something new is said. All these new things are
being said to cover up the unfulfilled promises," Gandhi said addressing Congress workers in Kolkata.

He also attacked the Modi government over the 'One Rank One Pension' issue.

"Money was given for the OROP for the ex-jawans of the Army during the UPA regime. Before the (Lok Sabha) elections, Modiji went to Punjab, Haryana, everywhere and promised that he will implement it within one year if his government came to power. Now the armymen are crying. They are holding agitation and demanding that a date should be given for implementing it.

"But Modi is saying ask us later as we are doing Yoga," the Congress vice president said.

Repeatedly attacking Modi government on the land issue, Gandhi said Modi had told the electorate that while the NDA overnment will give land to industrialists, jobs will not come to people.

He said the industrialists are not demanding land in some remote areas but in places like Gurgaon, Noida and Kolkata, where land prices are rising.

Gandhi said that while Congress wants that farmers, whose land is taken in these areas also benefit from appreciation in land prices, the NDA government will only give the land to industrialists without the benefit accruing to people.

Attacking Left parties, he said that when West Bengal was under their rule, "They used to hit West Bengal hard with the hammer. They had the organisation here. While the rest of the country moved forward, this state got stuck up."

He said that he thought that things will change when elections happened (in 2011) and the alliance government of Congress and Trinamool came to power.

Noting that the party symbol of Trinamool Congress is flower, Gandhi said that he had thought that the softness of flower will replace the blow of hammer and sickle (election symbol of CPM) when Banerjee came to power in the state.

"Now it comes to fore that the flower is making a harder blow than the hammer. Mamata ji had done it all the more efficiently and deeply what they (CPM) had done," he said in remarks laced with sarcasm as he alleged the "suppression" of people that happened during the Left rule has all the more increased now.

Alleging that Mamata is doing what the Left had done earlier, Gandhi said,"One crore youths are unemployed as per the state government records. She said I will bring industry, where is the industry? Has any industry come?

"She said she will stop atrocities committed during Left Front rule. She has doubled such atrocities," he said.

JKNPP demands judicial probe into killing of Sikh youth

 The Jammu and Kashmir National PanthersParty (JKNPP) today demanded a judicial probe into the clashesbetween police and Sikh youth here, in which one person waskilled.

"The probe should be held by high power judicial committeeheaded by a sitting judge of the High Court so that truth isknown to everybody about the conspiracy and killing of JagjeetSingh yesterday in police firing," JKNPP President, BalwantSingh Mankotia told reporters here today.

He accused the state government of "trying to play hideand seek with the people of Jammu by holding the so-calledinquiry by a government servant".

He congratulated the people of Jammu and particularly theyouth for maintaining unity among the people.

Mankotia also appealed to the political, social groups andNGOs to work jointly to maintain communal harmony so that theconspirators who "intend to disturb peace in Jammu are exposedbefore the people".

Jammu: Curfew imposed after one death in Sikh-police clash over removal of Bhindrawale’s poster

Indefinite curfew was imposed in areas around Airport in Jammu after one person died and over a dozen others including cops got injured in violent clashes between police and a mob of unruly Sikh youth at Gaddigarh near Jammu on Thursday.
Trouble erupted after police resorted firing to quell violence by Sikh youth who were protesting over the removal of a hoarding displaying the photograph of Jarnail Singh Bhjindrawale by local cops on Wednesday. The firing came after police repeated lathicharge and teargassing failed to disperse stone pelting mob in which many were brandishing sharp edged weapons.
Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Simrandeep Singh, said that curfew has been imposed in areas from Satwari to Miran Sahib.
Bhindrawale, who spearheaded anti-India militancy in Punjab during 1980s, was killed in Op Blue Star by the troops. A hoarding informing people about the holding of Gurmat Samagam (religious congregation) at Simbal Camp on June 6 was removed from near the Jammu airport by local police on Wednesday as it carried the photograph of Bhindrawale.
Angry over the police action, Sikh youth assembled on the road and started holding demonstration demanding suspension of Station House Officer of Satwari police station, Kulvir Singh. They claimed that there was nothing objectionable written on the hoarding and it carried the photograph of Bhindrawale every year.
A police sub inspector was allegedly stabbed by some miscreants and vehicular traffic on the busy road from Jammu Airport to border R S Pura town remained disrupted throughout the day following demonstrations by local Sikh youth. While the injured police sub inspector was hospitalized, the demonstrators lifted their blockade late in the evening following persuation by senior civil and police officers.
However, the trouble erupted again on Thursday morning when a group of Sikh youth reassembled near the airport and started demanding re-erection of the same hoarding despite opposition from local police. As situation escalated with crowd swelling, more reinforcements of police were rushed to the spot.
By afternoon, as passion ran high, some people in the crowd started pelting stones at the police making the later to resort to lathicharge and even lob teargas shells. As the stone pelters continued to regroup, it also fired some shots in the air to disperse them.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said that some cops also ran amuck and entered the nearby houses on the roadside, breaking the window panes and even wind screens of vehicles parked there.

Fifa crisis: England 'ready' to host World Cup in 2022 - Whittingdale

England would be ready and able to host the Fifa World Cup in 2022 if it is stripped from Qatar, according to a British government minister.

Swiss and US authorities are looking at corruption claims around the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 events.

UK Sport Secretary John Whittingdale says England has the facilities but added it is unlikely to happen as Russia is staging the 2018 tournament.

Under Fifa rules the Cup cannot be held on the same continent twice in a row.

The shock resignation of Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Tuesday has intensified calls for the 2022 bidding process to be re-run, if that process is proved to have been corrupt.

Prime Minister David Cameron has backed Whittingdale's comments but said his priority is "cleaning up" Fifa.

Australia, who lost out to Qatar in the bidding process, has also indicated it could step in.

However, Australian sports minister Sussan Ley has made it clear the country would not make another bid to host a World Cup until there are major changes at Fifa.

2018 and 2022 World Cup bidders and winners
2018: Russia, England, Belgium and Netherlands, Portugal and Spain
2022: Qatar, Australia, Japan, South Korea, United States
The bidding process for the 2018 World Cup, which England unsuccessfully contested, is also under scrutiny.

Swiss authorities revealed last week they were looking into how the 2018 and 2022 tournaments were allocated, while America's FBI has also announced it has launched an investigation.

However, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko insisted there was "no risk" of his country being stripped of its rights.

BSNL TO OFFER FREE NATIONAL ROAMING FROM JUNE 15

NEW DELHI: Union telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that state-owned operator BSNL will provide nationwide free roaming service starting June 15.

He also said that the government will ensure that Wi-Fi spots powered by BSNL are operational in major tourist spots in the next two years.

The government plans to set up 2,500 Wi-Fi spots this year alone.

2500 Wifi hotspots planned in present year: @rsprasad #SaalEkShuruaatAnek pic.twitter.com/utZOsjQqlF
— PIB India (@PIB_India) June 2, 2015

The NDA government is taking many steps to make BSNL, as well as MTNL, profitable again. In this regard, Prasad also announced that BSNL has registered a 2.1% increase in revenue in the last financial year.

Full mobile portability will be given from July, the Ravi Shankar Prasad said, while announcing the achievements of his ministry as part of the programmes to mark the Narendra Modi government's first year in office.

Full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) from July this year.
— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) June 2, 2015

In May, BSNL had slashed roaming tariff by up to 40% for its prepaid and postpaid mobile connection following a telecom tariff order issued by the Trai. It has also made the night calling free from landline phones.

San Andreas Movie Reviewo

Story: Ray (Dwayne Johnson) is a rescue pilot who is on the brink of a divorce with his wife Emma (Carla Gugino). Emma and their daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) moved out of Ray's to live with Emma's rich boyfriend. When the massive earthquake strikes, the family comes closer to keep each other safe.



Review : San Andreas delivers on what it promises. Undeniably it is low on powerhouse performances but visually it's a spectacle. The CG work brilliantly builds the story's menace factor. As the epic catastrophe looms large over America's most iconic cities, the film shifts between a family torn because of a certain tragedy and cities crumbling down due to another.

Its story is rather shaky and often makes for a few unintentional laughs. The measly plot is strewn together with slick CGI that adds drama to the climactic twists in the movie. Though the narrative comes with the bane of predictability, it is sharply edited leaving zero scope for boredom.

The story is brimful with every cliche in the book that this genre might have chronicled. One can fault the film for lacking inventiveness, but in terms of its entertainment quotient, it's an enthralling treat for those who have the appetite to digest mass-destruction in movies.

Dwayne Johnson's 'Rock' solid performance minimizes the risk of the movie turning into a debacle, which was a strong possibility given its unexciting story. But Johnson delivers cheesy punch lines with his trademark panache that gives his character the charisma and the film its ardour.

It is possible that the formulaic fare can easily be branded insensitive coming so soon after the disaster in Nepal that turned ancient monuments to rubble. The after-feeling that prevails is of fear and the persistent visuals of buildings falling and people dying might have a haunting impact.

It's advisable you view this one with minimal hopes, keeping intact a neutral approach. San Andreas despite its weak plot and improper timing, has its exhilarating moments and is definitely worth a watch.

Inside job, but motive not robbery

NEW DELHI: A day after the wife and children of an excise officer were found murdered at home in Uttam Nagar in west Delhi, police have ruled out robbery to be a motive behind the killings but say that someone who bore feelings of extreme hatred towards the family had done them and that this person was aware of its daily routine.

Deepmala (34) was found lying on the bed with a dupatta wrapped around her throat while her children, Saksham (9) and Vaishnavi (2), lay with their throats slit on the bathroom floor. Police have picked up a laptop and the woman's mobile phones that were lying beside her for investigations. The role of the husband, Amit Kumar, is ruled out for now as his mobile shows his location was away during the time of crime.

Locals said Amit had moved to the second floor two-room apartment at J-14 a year ago. He had taken it on a rent from a property dealer at B-block of Mohan Nagar after he was posted at the excise office in ITO. He had earlier been inspector at Indira Gandhi International Airport. Amit's brother is a chartered accountant and lives in Noida.

Neighbour Deepak Arora, who lives in the third floor flat, says Amit arrived around 7pm looking for his wife. "His daughter often came to play with my children. Amit looked worried as Deepmala was not reachable over phone," said Arora. Amit said they were supposed to go to a wedding party and he had asked Deepmala to be ready with the kids to leave.

When Arora went downstairs, the wooden door behind the grill gate was partially open but the gate, itself, was padlocked. He peeped inside and saw a part of Deepmala's body. It seemed she was prone on the ground. He told Amit and together they broke open the door. "Amit went inside and shrieked. The door of the bathroom was open and I saw the children lying on top of each other in a pool of blood," said Arora. He then called police.

Police say the incident is likely to have taken place between 5.30pm and 6pm. Preliminary investigations suggest that there was a scuffle between the woman and the killer. A part of her salwar was torn. Once she was dead, the killer took the children to the bathroom and slit their throats. The weapon of murder has not been found. Investigators say that the assailant had probably taken the padlock and keys from the house and used them to lock it from outside.

Neighbours claim they did not hear any sounds coming from the apartment. The area do not have a CCTV camera. The three bodies were handed over to the family members on Tuesday. They were taken to hometown Saharanpur for cremation.

Hyundais SUV Creta to take on Duster, Eco Sport

NEW DELHI: Hyundai is set to fire competition in the mini SUV segment with the launch of a sub-Rs 10 lakh SUV Creta. The SUV will be pitted against vehicles such as Renault Duster and Ford Eco Sport. Creta has been developed on the ix25 SUV platform, which is sold in China. This will be the first low-cost SUV from the Korean manufacturer for Indian market. A highly aggressive pricing is expected to make Creta a formidable model in the category, Rakesh Srivastava, senior VP (sales & marketing) at Hyundai India, said. The SUV will be launched in July and Hyundai plans to carry a high degree of localization to keep the costs under control. The mini SUV segment has been a fast-seller in the market as more and more Indians ride the growing road network to commute between cities. Refinement in vehicle quality and relatively-younger buyers are also prompting people to buy mini SUVs. Creta will come in petrol and diesel versions and will have engine options of 1,400cc and 1,600 cc. Hyundai will also launch an automatic variant. Hyundai is not the only company to look at the mini SUV segment. Domestic heavyweights such as Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors are also lining up compact SUVs and so are Maruti Suzuki, General Motors and Nissan. Srivastava said Creta will be manufactured at the companys Chennai factory and sources said Hyundai also plans to export the vehicle.

Virgin-born' sawfish are a first in the wild

Seven sawfish in Florida have become the first virgin-born animals ever found in the wild from a sexually reproducing species.
The discovery suggests that such births may be a natural response to dwindling numbers, rather than a freak occurrence largely seen in captivity.
It was made by ecologists studying genetic diversity in a critically endangered species of ray.
They say that births of this kind may be more common than previously thought.
The findings appear in the journal Current Biology.
Surprisingly common?
There are many species, particularly invertebrates, that naturally reproduce alone; some types of whiptail lizard, meanwhile, are bizarrely all-female.
But for an animal that normally reproduces by mating, a virgin birth is an oddity.
And yet a number of captive animals have produced virgin births. This roster of surprise arrivals includes sharks, snakes, Komodo dragons and turkeys - all species that normally use sexual reproduction.
And in 2012 a US research group reported two pregnant pit vipers, caught in the wild, each gestating baby snakes (inside eggs) that appeared to be fatherless.
But the smalltooth sawfish, a strange-looking beast that grows up to four metres long, is the first sexually reproducing species whose virgin-born babies have been found roaming free and healthy in their native habitat.
Andrew Fields, a PhD student at Stony Brook University in New York and the study's first author, said the find was entirely unexpected. It came during a survey of the sawfish population in the estuaries of southwest Florida.
"We were conducting routine DNA fingerprinting of the sawfish found in this area in order to see if relatives were often reproducing with relatives due to their small population size," Mr Fields said.
"What the DNA fingerprints told us was altogether more surprising: female sawfish are sometimes reproducing without even mating."

Of the 190 individual sawfish that Mr Fields and his colleagues surveyed, seven had DNA that indicated they only had one parent. Specifically, these seven historic fish had identical copies of at least 14 of the 16 genes that the scientists looked at; if they had arisen from normal sexual reproduction, the team calculated that the chance of the animals being "homozygous" for all those genes was less than one-in-100 billion.
So they concluded that the seven sawfish - all of them female, five of them sisters - were produced by "parthenogenesis": a process by which an unfertilised egg develops into an embryo. Researchers believe this takes place in vertebrates when the egg absorbs an identical sister cell.
Because the resulting offspring have much less genetic diversity than normal sexual offspring, their chances of survival are usually thought to be very low. But the seven fish in Mr Fields' study were up to one year old, normal in size and apparently getting on fine.
No miraculous recovery
"Occasional parthenogenesis may be much more routine in wild animal populations than we ever thought," said Dr Kevin Feldheim of the Field Museum of Chicago, a co-author of the study.
The researchers suggest it might be a last-ditch evolutionary strategy that takes hold when a population goes through an extremely lean patch - such as that presently faced by the smalltooth sawfish, whose numbers have plummeted to less than 5% of what they were a century ago.
But for this to make sense, the "parthenogens" themselves would have to be fertile, so that they could help the species to bounce back. It is too early to know whether that is the case for the seven sawfish.


Dr David Jacoby is a behavioural ecologist and marine biologist at the ZSL Institute of Zoology. He told the BBC that the Florida findings were "interesting and groundbreaking", particularly with regard to the question of whether virgin births are a natural adaptation.
"We kind of associate par

Terror police shoot man dead in Boston

Anti-terror police have shot and killed a man who was under surveillance in a car park in Boston.
Police say he attacked officers with a large knife after being approached by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent.
The shooting took place early on Tuesday morning outside a CVS pharmacy in the residential Roslindale neighbourhood of Boston.
Officials have not yet released the man's identity or the reason he was under surveillance.
"Our officers tried their best to get him to put down the knife,'' Boston Police Commissioner William B Evans told the Boston Globe newspaper.
"Unfortunately, they had to take a life.''
Officials say the man refused multiple orders to drop his weapon before charging at the officers.

At a rainy press conference near the crime scene, Commissioner Evans described the man as in "mid 20s", travelling on foot, and carrying a black "military-style knife".
Some US media have reported the weapon as a machete.
The suspect was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The two officers are in hospital to be examined for stress, but did not suffer physical injuries, police said.

Sepp Blatter to resign as Fifa president amid corruption scandal

Sepp Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal.

In announcing his exit, the 79-year-old Swiss has called an extraordinary Fifa congress "as soon as possible" to elect a new president.

Blatter was re-elected last week, despite seven top Fifa officials being arrested two days before the vote as part of a US prosecution.

But he said: "My mandate does not appear to be supported by everybody."

Blatter, who has been Fifa president since 1998, added: "The next ordinary Fifa congress will take place on 13 May, 2016 in Mexico City.


Sepp Blatter's controversial career

"This would create unnecessary delay and I will urge the executive committee to organise an extraordinary congress for the election of my successor at the earliest opportunity.

"This will need to be done in line with Fifa's statutes and we must allow enough time for the best candidates to present themselves and to campaign."

The extraordinary congress is expected to take place between December 2015 and March 2016.

Fifa was rocked last week by the arrests on charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering as part of a US prosecution that also indicted 14 people.

The latest allegations of corruption to emerge on Tuesday involved reports claiming Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke was responsible for an alleged $10m (£6m) payment of bribes over South Africa's bid to host the 2010 World Cup.

A separate criminal investigation by Swiss authorities into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were allocated is also under way.


I am very much linked to Fifa and its interests. Those interests are dear to me and this is why I am taking this decision," said Blatter.

"What counts most to me is the institute of Fifa and football around the world.

"I have thoroughly considered and thought about my presidency and the last 40 years in my life.

"These years were closely related to Fifa and the wonderful sport of football. I appreciate and love Fifa more than anything else.

"I only want to do the best for Fifa and my institution. I decided to stand again as the best option for football. The elections are closed but the challenges we face haven't come to an end."

Michel Platini, the president of European football's governing body Uefa, urged Blatter not to stand for re-election and to quit following the arrests in Switzerland.

"It was a difficult decision, a brave decision, and the right decision," said Platini after Blatter stated his intention to step down.

The English Football Association has been vociferous in its criticism of Blatter.

"This is great news for football. It should have happened years ago," FA chairman Greg Dyke told the BBC.


Cloud of corruption now over - Dyke

"The timetable doesn't matter. There has to be a root and branch investigation of Fifa. It has all got to be transparent in the future."

England lost out to Russia in the bidding for the 2018 World Cup.

And Simon Johnson, who led England's 2018 bid, told BBC 5 live: "I want the full facts around the bidding to be known and published. I want there to be openness and transparency.

"If everybody won it because of a fair fight and everything was fair and objective and transparent then good, well done.

"If it wasn't, if it was found there was improper behaviour in any way by any of the winning bidders then Fifa must have a look at whether they should re-open the process.

"I think 2018 will go ahead. The preliminary draw for the Russia World Cup is a few weeks away and it's too late to change that, but 2022 is another matter."

Is eating Maggi really bad for health?

Of course it's bad for health. Even keeping aside the current controversy about MSG being over permissible limits, I'm surprised anyone thought Maggi was even remotely healthy. Not just Maggi, but also Top Ramen, Sunfeast Pasta, Knorr soups, and any instant foods.

It is processed food. It's packaged, which means it has preservatives. It's made of maida and has high amounts of refined carbs. It has high fructose corn syrup (which is staple of most processed foods). It has high amounts of sugar, salt, and fat -- the three addictive ingredients foods that keep us wanting to eat more of it even if not hungry. The noodles especially contain trans fats. It contains a gazillion artificial chemicals like colorants and flavoring chemicals (in the masala) and texturants (in the noodles) because processed foods do not really retain their natural flavors. The foods have to be recreated to resemble natural food, and that's done all artificially. To extend its shelf life, the components of Maggi are refined and isolated, and are stripped of essential nutrients and fibers. This not only extends the amount of time you can keep sealed Maggi at home, it also makes you less full after consumption and you end up eating more and more. Removing essential nutrients fills you with empty calories: you need less energy to chew and swallow it, and you burn less afterward during digestion because the foods are almost already broken down when they enter your system. If left aside after cooking, it coagulates into a lump. Maggi could actually be a leading factor in causing obesity.

Plus, like someone tweeted, it's ridiculously inexpensive and can be made in four minutes. How could this possibly be healthy?

Tributes paid to former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy

Colleagues, friends and political adversaries have paid tribute to former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy after his sudden death aged 55.
David Cameron said politics had lost a man of "immense ability", while Nick Clegg said his opposition to the Iraq war had been "enormously courageous".
Mr Kennedy, who led his party for over six years, took it to its best election result in 2005 but battled alcoholism.
No cause of death has been given but police said it was not suspicious.
Mr Kennedy, who lost his seat in last month's election, died at his home in Fort William on Monday. His family said they were devastated to lose a "fine man and loving father".
Under Mr Kennedy's leadership, the Lib Dems won a record 62 seats in 2005 but he resigned eight months after the election after revealing he had been receiving treatment for a long-standing drink problem.

'He left his mark on politics'
By Nick Robinson, BBC political editor
Charles Kennedy left a mark on British politics. The man who took his party to its electoral peak, he was the only UK party leader to warn the country of the perils of invading Iraq when Labour and the Conservatives were uniting to support it.
He was also the only Liberal Democrat MP who could not bring himself to vote to form a coalition with the Conservatives.
But British politics also left its mark on him. Elected at the age of just 23, politics and the House of Commons became his life whilst alcohol was his friend, his prop and his curse.
Read Nick's thoughts
Read Norman Smith's reflections
Kennedy's life in pictures
Charles Kennedy in his own words

Mr Clegg, who will step down as Lib Dem leader next month, said that on a good day Mr Kennedy had "more political talent in his little finger than the rest of us put together".
"Charles devoted his life to public service, yet he had an unusual gift for speaking about politics with humour and humility which touched people well beyond the world of politics," he said.
"He was one of the most gentle and unflappable politicians I have ever known, yet he was immensely courageous too not least when he spoke for the country against the invasion of Iraq."

Charles Kennedy in 2001 celebrating the best general election result for any third party at the time since 1923

He also opposed Nick Clegg's decision to go into coalition with the Conservatives
Mr Kennedy's family said in a statement: "It is with great sadness, and an enormous sense of shock, that we announce the death of Charles Kennedy.
"We are obviously devastated at the loss. Charles was a fine man, a talented politician, and a loving father to his young son."
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police officers attended an address at Fort William on Monday, June 1 to reports of the sudden death of a 55-year-old man. Police were notified by ambulance service personnel. There are no suspicious circumstances."
Mr Kennedy's political career began in the Social Democratic Party and he became the youngest MP of the time at the age of 23 when he won the Ross, Cromarty and Skye seat in 1983.
At first he was SDP spokesman on social security, Scotland and health and when most of his party merged with the Liberals to form the Lib Dems in 1988, he continued to hold a series of frontbench posts.
He took over the Liberal Democrat leadership from Paddy Ashdown in 1999.
'Chatshow Charlie'
During the 1990s, Mr Kennedy had built up his profile through a series of TV appearances, earning him the nickname, which he hated, of "Chatshow Charlie".

In his early days, Mr Kennedy was Social Democratic Party spokesman on social security, Scotland and health

The former Lib Dem leader appeared as a regular guest on satirical news programme Have I Got News for You
His 2002 marriage to Camelot public relations executive Sarah Gurling was seen by many in the party as a sign he was settling down.
The birth of his son in 2005 was seen as a further sign that the hard-partying Kennedy - one commentator had dubbed him "Jock the lad" - was be

Iraq coalition winning against IS, says US

Iraq and its allies are pursuing "the winning strategy" to combat Islamic State in Iraq, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
Mr Blinken said air strikes and supporting Iraqi forces was the right way to tackle the IS threat.
Ministers from 20 countries debated the issue in Paris - though Russia, Iran and Syria were absent.
Iraq's prime minister said other countries had a duty to support it in its struggle against IS.
Haider al-Abadi earlier called the advance of IS a "failure" of the world.
But at a news conference with Mr Blinken and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius following the talks, Mr Abadi said he had received fresh commitments of help from allies.
IS has recently made gains in Iraq despite US-led coalition air strikes.
Last month, IS militants seized Ramadi in Anbar, Iraq's largest province, as well as the strategically important Syrian town of Tadmur and the neighbouring ancient ruins of Palmyra.

Iraq's prime minister says his forces do not have enough weapons to take on IS
Weapons pledge
Mr Blinken - who represented the US at the meeting in the absence of Secretary of State John Kerry, who broke his leg in a cycling accident - hailed Mr Abadi's plan to tackle IS advances in Iraq's western Anbar province.
He said that included training and equipping local tribes to join the fight, improving weapons provision, expanding and improving army and police forces, and supporting a new "development fund for stabilisation" to get immediate assistance to areas won back.
He said IS controlled 25% less Iraqi territory than it did when the coalition came together nine months ago.

"This will be," he said, "a long campaign, but we will succeed if we remain united, determined and focused."
Mr Abadi earlier complained that sanctions against Russia and Iran had made it difficult for Iraq to buy more weapons, saying the country had received "almost none".
Mr Blinken said the US would ship anti-tank rockets to Iraq for use against suicide vehicles.
Mr Abadi also said he had received commitments that foreign countries would help stop the flow of foreign fighters into IS as well as tackling the illegal trade in petrol and antiquities - "the means by which Daesh [IS] has been financing itself".
"Each drop of petroleum which crosses the border is also a drop of blood," Mr Abadi said.
Sensitive situation
Iraq has become increasingly reliant on Iranian-backed Shia militias to take on IS in recent months, raising fears of worsening sectarian tensions as they seek to drive the jihadist group out of predominantly Sunni areas like Anbar.
The role of the militias is adding to what France has called "an especially fragile" situation, reports the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Paris.
The meeting comes a day after an IS suicide attack on a police base in Anbar province killed at least 45 people.
Those who died were initially thought to all be federal police officers but a source later told the BBC that 15 Iranian military advisers were among them.
A senior security source in Anbar meanwhile told the BBC that the "final touches" were being put to plans to drive IS out of Ramadi.
The source said six Iranian-made rocket launchers had been transported to the frontline and that 3,000 fighters had completed basic training near Habbaniya military base, east of Ramadi, in preparation for the assault on the city.

Kerala: 12-year-old takes Rs one lakh to buy laptop, leaves home

Thiruvananthapuram: Angered over his father's refusal to buy him a laptop, a 12-year-old boy from Kondotty inKozhikodedistrict in northKeralabroke open the family safe and left home with Rs one lakh to buy a portable personal computer he had so much desired.The boy, a Class VII student, purchased the laptop for Rs 30,000 from a shop at Kondotty and hid it in his school bag as heembarked on a journey with the remainingRs 70,000 on May 30, police said.Not happy with the stance of his father, a PWD engineer, that he was too young to operate a laptop, the boy decided to break open the almirah at home and left with Rs one lakh cash after telling his mother that he was going for a football match.Hoping to visit Kochi, the boy got into a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus from Kozhikode. However, he overslept and reached Thiruvananthapuram early morning the next day.Police said the boy on May 31 took a KSRTC bus to Kochi from here. When the bus had hardly reached Kollam, he called the lady conductor asking if the bus had reached Kochi.Sensing something amiss, the lady conductor started talking to the boy and asked him from where he hailed. The boy replied that he was from Kochi. To her question that where he wanted to get down at Kochi, the boy said at 'Lulu Mall'.When she asked if his mother would be waiting for him at the stop to pick him up, tears welled up and he broke down.On learning that he had run away from home, the boy was taken to the nearest police station at Karungapally in the neighbouring Kollam district, from where his parents were contacted and the boy was handed over to them, police said.

Different Russian fuel for third, fourth KNPP units.

Outrage after United Airlines refuses Muslim woman Diet Coke - because can 'could be used as a WEAPON

A Muslim chaplain and director of interfaith engagement at Northwestern University, Ahmad, 31, was traveling Friday from Chicago to Washington for a conference promoting dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian youths. She was wearing a headscarf, or hijab. For hygienic reasons, she asked for an unopened can of soda, she said. The flight attendant told her that she could not give her one but then handed an unopened can of beer to a man seated nearby. Ahmad questioned the flight attendant. "We are unauthorized to give unopened cans to people because they may use it as a weapon on the plane," she recalled the flight attendant telling her. I am sitting on a United airlines flight in the air 30,000ft above and I am in tears of humiliation from discrimination.... United spokesman Charles Hobart said a flight attendant had tried several times to accommodate Ahmad's beverage request but that there was a "misunderstanding." Hobart did not elaborate on the so-called misunderstanding but said United officials spoke to the chaplain Saturday afternoon to "get a better understanding" of what happened and to apologize for "for not delivering the service our customers expect when traveling with us." On Facebook, Ahmad wrote that she was "truly disappointed" with the airline's response, which she said "disregarded and trivialized" the discrimination she experienced. "I have not received a written sincere apology for the pain and hurt I experienced as a result of the discrimination and hateful words towards me," she wrote. "This is not about a can of soda."