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ALBIR SINGH of
Hoshiarpur, Punjab
is honored as Chef
of
the
month
by
Restaurant Guide hitting
the market late January
2015.For
we'll
over
20years in the food industry, BALBIR SINGH is well
known in the Bay Area for
kitchen expertise and passion for Indian/Pakistani
cuisine.
He began his career
with then Silver Spoon
restaurant. He has been
the hallmark ever since he
joined a most famous
CHANDNI RESTAURANT
on Mowry School Rd.,
Newark. Here he leads a
group of dedicated assistants and kitchen staff to
provide a wide variety of
dishes for every day buffet
lunches and dinners and
for huge wedding and
India news
Pak boat carrying explosives
blows up off Gujarat coast
A
birthday parties.
What brings back thousands of customers back
to CHANDNI is the food
quality, consistency in
taste and appeal for which
BALBIR is directly responsible.
Restaurant Guide is
proud to declare him asu
he Chef of the month.
Pakistan news
Pak offsets Lakhvi detention suspension, arrests him for abduction
ISLAMABAD: Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) terrorist and 26/11 plotter
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was
arrested on Tuesday in an unrelated case a day after a local
court suspended his preventive
detention. Pakistan had been
forced to put Lakhvi under
detention after an anti-terrorism
court granted him bail in the
Mumbai attacks case on
December 18.
Lakhvi (54) was arrested in an
abduction case and shifted to an
Islamabad police station from
Rawalpindi's Adiala jail, where
he has been lodged since he
was booked for his role in the
Mumbai carnage in 2008. A
fresh First Information Report
was registered against him for
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he owner/operator of
less than 1500 copies
US FIJI TIMES is
reported to be on one year
restraining order when
counter sued by the party
Buksh sought to prosecute.
According to some
reports, the newspaper
operator cried before the
court complaining that his
defendant professed to be a
CHP Officer. Rocky produced an old copy of Fiji
Sun to make his point. Court
ignored his cry on the
issue.
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papers did not mention any
witness named SNEH
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was not even present at the
first hearing date. But all of a
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he Fiji Retailers
Association has
welcomed the latest
government
announcement in the significant drop in fuel
prices. The Association
President Himmat Lodhia
says this is a great relief
for all Fijians as the spiraling effect will have a
net positive impact on all
sectors. Retailers and
businesses will greatly
benefit as there will be a
surplus in liquidity by significant net savings on
peoples personal fuel
expenditure.
The
Association adds that the
Fiji Electricity Authority
will now be in a better
position considering the
huge amount spent on
fossil fuels. It has also
requested the government that fuel price drops
should be announced on
a more regular basis.
However, the Finance
Minister Aiyaz SayedKhaiyum says the new
Fiji Airways
surpasses 1 million international
passenger mark
template of reviewing
fuel price has come early
following an agreement
with fuel companies that
a review will be conducted every three months.
Should there be any significant decrease that is
15 cents a litre, then a
review can be done
much earlier than the
quarter itself. Those of
you following the price of
agency reported.
Fiji's permanent mission to the UN led the passage of the resolution,
which invites entities of the
UN development system
with the collaboration of
national and international
stakeholders to support
efforts
to
strengthen
capacity of nations for
evaluation of development
activities."With the adoption of the resolution, the
chair of UN Evaluation
nent representative to UN
Peter Thompson said:
"This resolution is
aimed at strengthening
the role the international
system can play in providing the necessary support.
"As the global community
moves into the Post-2015
Development Agenda, for
lasting success to be
achieved it is essential
that countries have appropriate capacity for evaluation," he said.
OUSEWIFE
Loraini Qiokata
could never be
more happy to learn of
the drop in fuel prices.
To her, it means she
can
spend
more
money on buying other
stuff they need this
Christmas.
She described the
announcement by the
Government as a huge
relief, especially on
kerosene, which her
family
needs.
Yesterday, The Fiji
Times team met her
nine-year-old
son
Sefanaia Vakacegu on
his way to the shop to
buy a litre kerosene, a
two days supply for their
family.
When they heard of the
drop in prices, Mrs Qiokata
smiled and said: "Sa dua
na vakacegu levu (This is a
huge
relief)."
She
explained any drop in the
price of kerosene was
always welcome by their
family.
The 31-year-old mother
of two of Wailea settlement
in Vatuwaqa said even
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NFP calls
for inquiry
into Fiji TV
sackings
The chief executive
and the head of content were both dismissed this week.
The Chairman of
Fiji TV has said the
sackings were done to
ensure the company
had a better chance of
getting its six-monthly
licence renewed.
The NFP leader
Biman Prasad says
the implication is concerning.
"That's a very serious admission. That is
what we are saying,
that it suggests interference in the way in
which the management and the board of
Fiji TV has been able
to operate. No commercial enterprise
should be dictated to
by government on the
basis of them withholding a licence to
operate." Biman
Prasad says the Prime
Minister must take
decisive and swift
action. Last year,
FijiTV sacked a veteran reporter after the
regime leader reportedly told the station to
choose between keeping the reporter or
keeping its licence.
he National Fire
Authority is now working with the Fiji Police
Force to try and establish the
cause of the fire which led to
12 buses of S. Nair Transport
Limited sustaining major damages. National Fire Authority,
CEO, John OConnor said
that they have already started
with their initial investigation
but they are now working with
police to determine several
other issues. The 12 buses
were involved in a fire at the
Nair Transport Ltd garage at
Wainibuku at 3am yesterday.
The estimated cost of damage is more than $1 million.
Buses burnt
out in Fiji
Senior citizens of
Pearce Home hosted T
to Christmas lunch
AGRICULTURE SUPPORTS
NEW POULTRY FARM IN BA
The Fijian Government is
committed to ensuring food
security for the nation, raising
rural income levels and creating more employment to
combat poverty.
The
Minister
for
Agriculture,
Rural
and
Maritime Development and
National
Disaster
Management, Honourable
Inia B. Seruiratu made the
statement during the launching of the Vueti Au CoOperative Poultry Farm at
Waiwai, Ba. The Minister said
the occasion marks the new
Poultry project owned by
Vueti Au Cooperative in partnership with Government and
Rooster Poultry. These initiatives with government and
the private sector are workable and beneficial to the
Band
with
their
Christmas carols earlier
today. The Suva based
Pearce Home is a retirement residence for long
and short term stayers.
ICHELE
Archay
won a trip to Fiji
yesterday after her
one entry was plucked out
of a hat of 200. The helloworld Gladstone competition gave the lucky winner a
return flight from Brisbane
to Fiji, three nights' accommodation and daily breakfast for two adults. Michele
was looking forward to
relaxing by the pool. "I can
just swim up to the bar and
try this cocktail and that
cocktail," she said. "I'm just
going to relax and enjoy the
friendly, smiling happy
faces." It was the first time
she had won anything
major in her life. "Only thing
have ever really won is
$14.55 on lotto which is just
Carmen Ward from helloworld Gladstone presenting Michele Archay with her free holiday to Fiji.
enough to go again," she
said. "This is about a $2000
holiday for free," Helloworld
Gladstone's Carmen Ward
said Michele should look
forward to a good time. "It's
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INDIA
January-2015
1. Journey to Mars to
return of Red menace
The Indian democracy
witnessed several watersheds in 2014. While some
of them marked opportunities for a new beginning,
others pointed a finger at
the challenges India was
faced with. Here are the
achievements that held our
head high and also the
challenges that cry for
quick solutions.
1) Mangalyaan
India scripted history on
September 24 by becoming the first country to succeed on its first Mars mission
when
Isros
Mangalyaan slipped into
Martian orbit after a few
nail-biting moments. The
country joined the United
States, European Space
Agency and the former
Soviet Union in the elite
club of Martian explorers
with the Mars Orbiter
Mission,
affectionately
called MOM. Mangalyaan,
which relies on homegrown technology, is a
remarkably
low-budget
mission of about $75 million.
Nasas
Mars
Atmosphere and Volatile
Evolution mission, or
Maven, which reached its
position around the Red
Planet has a price tag of
$671 million nearly nine
times that of MOMs.
Mangalyaans
scientific
goals include using five
solar-powered instruments
to gather data that will help
determine how Martian
weather systems work and
what happened to the
water that is believed to
have once existed on Mars
in large quantities. It will
also search Mars for
methane, a key chemical
in life processes on Earth
that could also come from
geological processes.
Mars
India year in
Review
lakh crore in current
exchange rates) in overseas tax havens between
1948 and 2008.
Kashmir
The court, however, clarified its verdict pertained
only to eunuchs and not
other sections of the society such as gays, lesbians
and bisexuals, who are
also considered under the
umbrella term, transgender.
3) Third gender
Transgenders, ridiculed
for their different sexual
identity and orientation,
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In October-end, the
government submitted a
list of 627 Indians holding
accounts in HSBC Bank,
Geneva, to the Supreme
Court, which directed its
special investigating team
(SIT) to examine them and
take appropriate action.
Earlier, the Centre had disclosed eight names in an
affidavit - including those
of Dabur India promoter
Pradip Burman, a bullion
trader and the directors of
a Goa mining company, all
facing prosecution. Prime
Minister Narendra Modis
government had set up the
SIT comprising regulators
and ex-judges to identify
illicit fund-holders and
repatriate money on the
first day in office, as part of
a wider clampdown on corruption that he promised
during his election campaign.
While there are no official estimates, Global
Financial Integrity (GFI), a
Washington-based thinktank, has estimated that
Indians had salted away
$462 billion (about Rs. 28
7) Red rage
At least 14 Central
Reserve Police Force
Shadow of terror
(CRPF) personnel were
killed and about a dozen
wounded in an encounter
with
Maoists
near
Chintagufa
in
Chhattisgarhs Sukma district on December 1,
resulting in the biggest
loss of lives in anti-Maoist
operations after the NDA
government
assumed
charge in May.
Earlier in March, a large
group of Maoist rebels
ambushed a team of security forces in Sukma, leaving 11 CRPF jawans, four
district policemen and a
civilian dead. During the
Lok Sabha elections,
Maoists ambushed a
Cobra squad, killing three
of its personnel in Sukma.
Despite being on the back
foot, Maoists gave a tough
time to security forces in
Bihar and Jharkhand as
well.
In April, three polling
officials and five policemen
returning from election
duty were killed by suspected
Maoists
in
Jharkhand. Security personnel have fallen prey to
Maoist ambush in Bihar as
well.
8) Crimes against
women
A 25-year-old woman
was allegedly raped by an
Uber cab driver in north
Delhis Sarai Rohilla in the
first week of December,
underlining the Capital is
not a safe place for women
despite tough anti-rape
laws that came into being
after the 16/12 gang rape
of a woman on a moving
bus.
India reported several
shocking sex crimes in
2014. Protests gripped
Bangalore in December
after the alleged rape of a
nursery student in a city
school. The incident was a
grim reminder of the
alleged rape of a six-yearold girl in an upscale city
school in July and cast a
shadow
on
security
arrangements in such institutions in the Karnataka
capital.
In August, reports of an
eight year-old girl being
allegedly sexually assaulted by her 63-year-old
teacher inside her school
premises again in
Bangalore had triggered
a flutter as well.
9) Racist India
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An 18-year-old college
student died in Januaryend after being allegedly
beaten up mercilessly at a
marketplace in Delhi, triggering
widespread
protests in the Capital.
Nido Tania, the son of
Arunachal
Pradesh
Congress legislator Nido
Pavitra, was attacked after
an altercation broke out
between him and a shopkeeper over his hair colour.
The
incident
pronounced the fears of the
30,000-odd students from
the northeast in Delhi who
face harassment almost
every
day.
Tanias death underlined
breaking out of certain
stereotypes was proving
next to impossible for a
section of India. In
October, Bengaluru police
arrested three men who
reportedly assaulted a
Manipuri student with
rocks for not speaking the
local language. The incident once again triggered
a storm across the country.
But, in an indication that
no lesson was learnt, the
34-year-old daughter of
former police commissioner of Bengaluru and ex-MP
HT Sangliana was allegedly racially abused in
December by two women
who told her to go back to
China at a mall in
Bangalore in December.
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January-2015
09
ferguson unresT
narendra modi
Proving
his
mettle
against the opposition from
both outside and inside his
party, Narendra Modi delivered BJP's best results ever
in the Lok Sabha election
2014, giving it more than the
272 seats needed to form a
government. The stunning
numbers provided undeniable evidence of the "Modi
wave" that the country was
experiencing for months.
His core team carefully constructed a presidential-style
campaign powered with
social media and technology
ensuring his victory. In a
first, he invited the leaders
of SAARC countries to his
swearing-in ceremony for
taking office as Prime
Minister, to strengthen
India's diplomatic and business ties.
India year in
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Terminal 2 (T2)
The swanky Terminal 2 at
Mumbai International Airport
was opened for operations
on January 10. The terminal
is spread over 1400 acres
and has been constructed
using over 18000 metric
tonnes of steel. It will cater
to an estimated 40 million
passengers annually and
double aircraft parking
stands to more than 100,
besides having 188 check-in
counters, 60 departure
immigration desks (up from
38), 72 arrival immigration
desks (up from 40), 52
boarding gates (up from 20),
10,900 seats, 102 toilets. It
has 161 elevators, escalators and travelators, 16
lounges, a day hotel, a transit hotel, and 10 baggage
carrousels.
india's TallesT
aTc Tower
India's tallest Air Traffic
Control tower, the height of
a 30-storey skyscraper, was
commissioned at Mumbai's
Chhatrapati
Shivaji
International Airport on
January 1st. The tower
stands at 83.8 metres, over
20 metres higher than the
existing structure and was
built at a cost of around Rs
125 crore. It gives an uninterrupted five-mile 360degrees view of the surroundings for better navigation
and
surveillance.
Spread over a 2,800 square
metre area and equipped
with the latest technology in
communications, navigation
and surveillance (CNS) systems, it includes electronic
flight strips which will lessen
the workload of the con-
godman rampal
Godman Rampal was
arrested on Nov 19 from his
Satlok Ashram near Barwala
in Hisar district of Haryana
after a stand-off and clashes
between his supporters and
security forces. Police
investigations
have
revealed a multi-million
rupee empire of the sect
leader spread in Haryana
and other states and investments worth millions made
by Rampal, his key aides
and his sect in real estate,
transport business and
other areas in recent years.
Police have recovered arms
and ammunition which were
used by his private commandos and supporters to
give a stiff resistance to
security forces to prevent
them from entering the
ashram complex. Inside
Rampal's luxury world,
authorities also found bulletproof enclosures, SUVs,
devyani khobragade
incidenT
Devyani Khobragade,
then the Deputy Consul
General
of
Consulate
General of India in New York
City, was charged by U.S.
authorities on December 11,
2013 with committing visa
fraud and providing false
statements in order to gain
entry to the United States
for Sangeeta Richard for
employment as a domestic
worker for Khobragade in
New York. Khobragade was
arrested the next day, subjected to a "strip search",
presented to a judge and
released the same day. Her
arrest
and
treatment
received a lot of media
attention, particularly in
India, and led to a major
diplomatic standoff between
the two countries. A week
later, Khobragade was
transferred by the Indian
government to the UN mission in New York to entitle
her to full diplomatic immunity. On January 8, 2014,
the U.S. issued Khobragade
the G-1 visa that granted
her full diplomatic immunity.
As per standard procedure,
the US requested her departure and the next day she
left for India. That same day
she was indicted with visa
fraud and making false
statements. On March 12,
2014,
Judge
Shira
Scheindlin ordered that all
charges
against
Khobragade be dismissed
because she had diplomatic
immunity. Two days later,
Khobragade was re-indicted
on the same charges.
Michael
Brown,
an
unarmed
18-year-old
African-American teenager,
was shot to death on August
9 after an altercation with
Darren Wilson, a white
police officer in Ferguson, a
suburb of St. Louis,
Missouri, US. Brown was a
suspect in a strong-arm robbery committed minutes
before the shooting. The
shooting prompted protests
that roiled the area for
weeks. On November 24,
the St. Louis County prosecutor announced that a
grand jury decided not to
indict police officer Wilson.
The announcement set off
another wave of protests.
Along
with
peaceful
protests, there was looting
and violent unrest in the
vicinity of the original shooting. According to media
reports, there was police
militarization when dealing
with protests in Ferguson.
vladimir puTin
The TIME Person of the
Year 2014 Runner-Up,
Russian President Vladimir
Putin has been striving to
restore his countrys lost
prestige. His decision in
March to invade and then
annex the region of Crimea
from Ukraine saw his
approval ratings in Russia
skyrocket, reaching a peak
of 88% in October. The 62year-old wants to position
Russia as a superpower and
is using the outpouring of
nationalistic pride to fuel this
mission. Putin hopes his
deals with Turkey, China
and India will keep Russia at
the heart of global trade. It
remains to be seen if he
succeeds in this mission.
sunanda
pushkar deaTh case
Sunanda Pushkar, wife
of Congress leader Shashi
Tharoor, was found dead in
the Leela Palace hotel in
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi,
on January 17. However,
the cause of death was
unclear. While initial reports
said that Sunanda was suspected to have committed
suicide, later reports stated
that the cause of death was
unnatural. The autopsy at All
India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) indicated
that she died of drug overdose, most likely a combination of sedatives, other
rohiT sharma's
hisToric 264
Indian batsman from
Mumbai created headlines in
the cricket world as he
smashed a record-breaking
264 runs against Sri Lanka in
the fourth ODI at Eden
Gardens. Rohit Sharma, thus,
carved his name in the history
books to post the highest individual score ever in an ODI,
eclipsing Virender Sehwag.
He also became the only
cricketer in history to score
two double centuries in ODIs.
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police said.
Abhishek Shukla, 40,
and his mother Urmila, 62,
were seriously injured
when their car rammed
into the truck on Monday
night due to fog near
Daroga Khera, they said.
They were rushed to a
hospital where doctors
declared them dead, police
said.
Another man was killed
and six others were injured
when a SUV hit a car due
to dense fog at Yamuna
Expressway in Mathura.
The incident took place on
Monday night when the
driver of the SUV, on his
way to Agra, dashed into
the car after colliding
head-on with a roadways
bus. The SUV driver could
not see the bus coming
from opposite direction
due to dense fog and hit
the car, police said. In the
mishap,
SUV
driver
Rajesh, a resident of a
Kanpur village, died and
six persons from both the
vehicles were seriously
injured. The Met Office has
said the cold wave condition would continue in the
coming days.
Gurbani row :
Akal Takht
receives apology
from Navjot Sidhu
Cricketer-turned-politician
and former BJP MP Navjot
Singh Sidhu on Monday tendered a written apology to Akal
Takht, the top Sikh temporal
seat, over the Gurbani row,
saying his religion was the most
sacred to him. Confirming the
receipt of the apology, Akal
Takhts head Gurbachan Singh
said, We have the receipt of
apology sent by Sidhu through
one of his supporters. Sidhu
in his apology said, If he had
committed any blasphemously
act knowingly or unknowingly
hurting the sentiments of anyone, he felt apology with folded
hands not even one time, but
even repeatedly. Singh said,
the fate of his written apology
is to be decided in the next
meeting of Sikh High priests
which is yet to be fixed. Few
days ago Sidhus cavalcade
was attacked by a mob in
Jammu during an election drive
while he was campaigning in
favour of Gandhi Nagar
Assembly candidate Kavinder
Gupta at Bhor camp area.
Window panes of vehicle were
broken while Sidhu escaped
unhurt.
Express,
New
DelhiJalpaiguri Express, KotaPatna
Express,
Sadbhavna
Express,
Kumbh Express, Vaishali
Express, besides others,
were delayed by 10-12
hours, a railway official told
IANS. A state government
spokesperson told IANS
that all government aided
and private schools in the
state have been asked to
remain shut till December
28. Delhi experienced a
chilly and foggy Tuesday
morning that affected at
least 65 trains, arriving and
departing from the city.
An official of the
Northern Railway said at
least 54 trains coming to
the city were running late,
while 11 trains departing
from Delhi were rescheduled due to dense fog.
According to the Met
Office, the visibility at
head of Delhi
Assembly polls,
government
on
Tuesday set up a committee to examine the
possibility of constitution
of a Special Investigation
Team (SIT) for reinvestigation of the 1984 antiSikh riot cases.
The Committee, headed by former Supreme
Court Judge Justice
(retired) G.P. Mathur, will
submit its report within
three months, a Home
Ministry official said. BJP
had earlier demanded
reinvestigation into all
cases related to the 1984
riots which had broken
out after the assassination of the then Prime
Minister Indra Gandhi.
The Justice Nanavati
Commission had recommended reopening of
only four of 241 cases
closed by police but BJP
wanted the reinvestiga-
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PAKISTAN NEWS
January-2015
11
n eerie silence
hung over the
shattered, bloodspattered corridors and
classrooms of the Army
Public
School
on
Wednesday the silence
of 132 dead Pakistani children, their lives cut short
by Taliban gunmen.
Instead of the shouts of
excited teenagers echoing
down the schools hallways and in the crisp winter air of its manicured
grounds, only the crunch
of soldiers boots could be
heard.
As the death toll from
Pakistans deadliest ever
terror attack rose to 148,
the full horrifying aftermath
of Tuesdays eight-hour
was revealed.
In the schools plush
auditorium, which saw
some of the worst of the
carnage, were pools of
blood on the floor.
Books, ties, sweaters,
notepads, spectacles
the normal trappings of a
day at school lay scattered, drenched in the
blood of children who will
never use them again,
never go to school again,
never laugh or cry again.
They had assembled for
a lecture, preparing them
for a future that more than
100 of them would never
see as they were cut down
in a hail of bullets fired by
the .
It was in this hall that
16-year-old saved his own
life by playing dead after
being shot in both legs
stuffing his tie into his
mouth to stifle his screams
of pain.
My body was shivering.
I saw death so close and I
will never forget the black
boots approaching me I
felt as though it was death
that was approaching me,
he told AFP. Total devastation. Around the modern,
well-built school, desks lay
upended in classrooms,
walls were sprayed with
blood and pockmarked
with bullet holes.
The schools administration block was a scene
of total devastation.
It was here that the
some Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP) militants
holed up for their last stand
against the commandos
sent to end their rampage.
Once-tidy office rooms
were buried under a chaotic mess of broken glass,
bullet casings, plaster,
masonry and smashed-up
computers.
The names on a wooden honours board were
illegible under the spray of
blood,
shrapnel
and
debris.
In one room the smell of
burning lingered, the acrid
aftermath of the killing of
the
school
principal.
Principal Tahira Qazis
body
was
retrieved
overnight from the debris.
Qazi was inside her office
when the militants made
their way into the administration building, some 20
meters (yards) from the
where splatters of
blood. In a corner lay a pile
of trophies and medals, a
poignant reminder of the
achievements of young
lives now gone.
On a billboard, an indicator of the schools military connections: photographs of students with the
inscription: We love our
brave soldiers.
The
,
starting
Wednesday. Some of the
critically wounded adults members of the school
staff - died overnight, and
authorities raised the overall death toll to 148.
Another 121 students and
three staff members were
wounded in the assault.
n an email on
Wednesday,
Pakistani Taliban
spokesperson
Mohammad Khurasani
claimed the attack on
a school in Peshawar
that killed 148 people,
mostly children, was
justified because the
Pakistani army has
allegedly long been
killing innocent children and families of
their fighters. He
vowed more such militant attacks and told
Pakistani civilians to
detach themselves
from all military institution. The Pakistani
Taliban also posted
photographs of six
Islamic fighters they
said took part in the
Peshawar assault. In
one photo, the militants are seen wearing
army fatigues, standing with a local Taliban
leader in what the
statement claimed one
of the Pakistani tribal
regions.
ball
Slim.
His real name is Umar
Mansoor and the Pakistani
Taliban say he masterminded
this weeks massacre of 132
children and nine staff at a
school in Peshawar - the deadliest militant attack in Pakistans
history. A video posted on
Thursday on a website used by
the Taliban shows a man with a
luxuriant chest-length beard,
holding an admonishing finger
aloft as he seeks to justify the
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Baluchistan,
Pakistani
security forces killed a
senior Pakistani Taliban
leader along with seven of
his associates in three
separate pre-dawn raids,
said a tribal police officer,
Ali Ahmed. The Pakistani
army chief late Thursday
signed the death warrants
of six hard core terrorists
convicted and sentenced
Al-Qaedas
regional
branch on Sunday said its
hearts were bursting with
pain over the Talibans
massacre at a Pakistan
school and urged the militants to target only security
forces.
The attack on Tuesday
killed 149 people mostly
children in the northwestern Pakistani city of
Peshawar.
Our hearts are bursting
with pain and grief over this
incident,
Osama
Mehmood, spokesman for
Al-Qaeda South Asia chapter said in a four-page
emailed statement.
There is no doubt that
the list of crimes and atrocities of the Pakistani army
has crossed the limit and it
is true that this army is
ahead of everyone in
Americas slavery and
genocide of Muslims... but
it does not mean that we
should seek revenge from
oppressed
Muslims,
Mehmood said.
akistan government on
Tuesday again failed to
file a plea challenging the
bail to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi,
the key planner of 2008 Mumbai
attacks, on the last working day
for courts ahead of a two-week
winter break, citing that the judge
has not released the copy of the
order.
The prosecution, which was
supposed
to
challenge
Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Courts
decision to grant bail to Lashkare-Taiba operations commander
Lakhvi in the high court, could
not do so as it failed to get a copy
of the ATCs order for the second
day.
The winter holidays of courts
mean the government may not
file the plea against Lakhvis bail
till January 8, a court official told
PTI.
The court, however, may take
up cases of very important
nature, he said.
Tuesday was the last working
day of the high courts and the
apex court. The high courts and
the Supreme Court of Pakistan
will observe winter holidays till
January 8.
The official expressed surprise over the Islamabad anti-terrorism courts reluctance to
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Cine stars had their share of bloopers
this year when they didnt think twice
before putting their thoughts across
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Varun Dhawan
Prior to the release of his Humpty
Sharma Ki Dulhania, the young actor
was rumoured to be dating his co-star
Alia Bhatt. And even if it were true,
havent you heard love is blind? At
times, it is dumb too. And when
Varun heaped a loaded praise on Alia,
comparing her to a Hollywood legend, we couldnt help but cringe.
QUOTE UNQUOTE: Alia is the
Robert
De
Niro
of
our generation.
Anil Kapoor
A daughter is generally the apple of
her fathers eye but that doesnt mean
the latter should lose sight of the happenings around him. Unfortunately,
this veteran star did.
QUOTE UNQUOTE: Fawad was
already
a
star
before
Khoobsurat. Now hes a
superstar. Sonam is very lucky for her
heroes; Ranbir Kapoor became a star
after Saawariya. Dhanush and
Farhan Akhtar went to the
next level in their careers
after Raanjhanaa and
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Now its Fawad.
Arjun Kapoor
this Bong beauty, who has been struggling to make a comeback, took it a
Known as one of the little too far by giving herself a
most mischievous young grand title.
QUOTE UNQUOTE: I have been
actors around, he made
acting in films since the past 14
more news for the broyears and I have a large filmogmance with his friend
and co-star, Ranveer raphy. Yes, I have done a huge
Singh, than for his number of horror films and people
chemistry with actress- call me the Horror Queen Of Hindi
Film Industry rightfully.
es this year.
QUOTE UNQUOTE:
Me and Ranveer
will get married
when
the
law Dont we know of a particular kind of
changes (sic).
carpenters which always blames his
tools? This actor, who has had a notso-successful career in films, decided
to blame it on some wrong choices he
Self-praise is a good has made.
QUOTE UNQUOTE: My films
way to keep oneself
didnt justify my talent.
motivated.
But,
Arjun Kapoor
WHO doesnt know the feeling of saying the wrong thing at the wrong
time? Well, everyone including
Bollywood stars, who so fluently and
impeccably deliver elaborate lines onscreen. But the fact that every word
and action of theirs is documented,
given the constant media scrutiny,
makes it only worse. Be it during film
promotions, at public appearances or
chat shows, a few actors found themselves way off the mark while putting
their thoughts into words. hitlist
gives you a lowdown on some of the
weirdest statements made by B-Town
folk this year.
Zayed Khan
Anil Kapoor
Bipasha Basu
Sonam Kapoor
She is famously known as Bollywoods
fashion icon and infamously as
Bollywoods motor mouth. On many
occasions, Sonam tried injecting
humour into her comments or be
too concerned but it often backfired. The statement below takes
the cake.
QUOTE UNQUOTE:
People (who) make socalled art films,
why do you have
to take like notnice-looking
people? Like
why? Doesnt
make sense,
and just that
they
dont
look good does not
mean they are
good actors!
Sonam Kapoor
Zayed Khan
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heir friendship
had suffered a
major blow on July
16, 2008 when they had a
public fall-out at Salman's
ex-flame, Katrina Kaif's
birthday party. But Arpita
Khan's pre-wedding ceremony set the stage for
one of the most epic filmi
reunions when Shah Rukh
dropped by at her residence to bless her. The
two warring Khans
hugged each other, chatted the night away and
got emotional while talking to each other. Will
2015 pave way for their
growing friendship?
Gauahar
Khan's slapgate incident
Apartments in Bandra.
In a shocking act of
moral policing, a 24year-old man slapped
actor and anchor
Gauahar Khan threefour times during the
shooting of the finale of
'India's Raw Star'
allegedly because he
felt her clothing was
indecent. The accused,
identified as Akil Malik,
said in his statement
that he had slapped
Gauahar to teach her a
lesson so that she
would never wear short
skirts in her life again.
Gauahar said she was
'hurt and shocked' by
the attack but the incident has made her
stronger.
LUNGI DANCE
Hollywood star
Kevin Spacey did
the lungi dance
with Shahid
Kapoor and
Deepika
Padukone at the
2014 IIFA
Awards held in
Tampa, Florida.
Earlier in the
year, the social
media went crazy
over what were
apparently pics of
Sunny Leones
strip dance at a
private party at a
venue on the
MumbaiPune
highway. Rumours floating around suggested Sunny got
richer by Rs 40 lakh after the event. The expornstar took
to Twitter to deny being present at any private party and
rubbished the pictures as being fake.
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Bollywood had its share of surprise hits and obvious misses at the box
office in 2014. we take you through the films that were a roaring success and the ones that put up a disastrous show this year
Holiday
kshay Kumar jumped, ran and fought goons with such ease
that everything seemed utterly believable. The action
sequences will make you forget about the popcorn in your
hand and blow your mind away. The smart and suave baddie,
Freddy Daruwala, matched shoulder to shoulder and bicep to
bicep with Akshay Kumar. If only AR Murugadoss had cut down
on those unnecessary songs which served no purpose except
showing Sonakshi Sinhas existence and her outfits.
kick
ek Villain
nspired from the Korean film I Saw The Devil, the films
first half kept the curiosity alive but the second half
digressed into a no-win kind of a mess. What stood out
was the top-notch performance from its leads. Riteish
played a middle class man with a dark side brilliantly.
Sidharth, as the new-age angry young man, captured your
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Director: Mohit Suri Cast: Sidharth Malhotra,
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islam:
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Bengal
Chief Minister
M a m a t a
Benerjee is likely to visit
Bangladesh in February
next year, reports UNB
from Kolkata. President
Abdul Hamid invited
Mamata to visit Dhaka
and the CM has reportedly accepted the invitation, reports The Times
of India quoting unidentified sources and mentioned that she is likely to
visit Dhaka in February.
Mamata had skipped her
visit to Bangladesh in
September 2011 with
then
Indian
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh. Governor Keshari
Nath Tripathi on Monday
hosted a dinner for
Bangladesh President
Abdul Hamid at Raj
Bhavan, the TOM report
Aminul
Islam
of
Chalkshamnagar village, was
taken to Meherpur General
Hospital where he died. Our
Mymensingh correspondent
adds: A man was killed and 30
others were injured in two
separate road accidents on
the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Bhaluka upazila yesterday. Police sources said a
Dhaka-bound truck ran over
Bachchu Miah, 32, a mill
worker, as he was crossing
the road in Seed Store area.
In another accident at
Mehrabari, at least 30 people
were injured when two buses
collided around 8am yesterday, police sources said. Five
of the injured were admitted
to Mymensingh Medical
College Hospital in critical
condition, while the others
were treated at Bhaluka
Upazila Health Complex, the
sources added.
In a stern warning to
prison authorities against
illegal activities by criminal
from jails, Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina yesterday
said if anyone of them is
found assisting militants,
terrorists and drug peddlers, he or she will face
harsh punishment as her
government does not want
to see any indiscipline in
jails, reports UNB.
I would like to warn
you, if anyone of you is
found assisting militants,
terrorists and drug peddlers, he or she will face
tough punishment, she
told the inaugural programme of Jail Week in
Kashimpur.
The Prime Minister said
every member of jail
authorities must perform
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uring the year's 1st quarter, professionals can anticipate for job
switch over, as the period is quite
opportune for introducing any type of
change at the career front. In case you
stick with your current job profile and
employment, even then you shall witness
substantial increase in your income. New
assignments shall come quite comfortably for those who are fresh pass outs and have just completed their college
education. Nonetheless, you shall have
to put in hard work to prove your ability
and establish a good rapport with your
higher ups and colleagues. During the
period of June to July 2015, you shall
experience a huge amount of work pressure and at times, you shall feel that
dealing with your higher ups is a difficult
task. However, the period from
September-mid looks less stressful on
the career front, feels Ganesha.
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otwithstanding an Aquarians
natural ability to succeed, they
need to brace themselves for
difficult times lying ahead. Yes, in
2015, they will have to keep up the
hard work to ensure a brighter future
as there is no alternative to hard
work! If you are trying for a job
change or considering a new offer, the
first six months of the year appear to
be very suitable in this matter. You
must be ready to undertake new challenges and accept higher responsibilities. But if you plan to stick to your
existing job, you will receive satisfactory rewards. Nevertheless, Ganesha
suggests that you will have to shoulder extra responsibilities. The third
quarter in 2015 will be important for
such changes. You will be in harmony
with your colleagues for most part of
2015. However, in the third quarter,
you need to be diplomatic and cautious in your interactions with your
seniors. Avoid careless and ambiguous replies in your communication
with your superiors.
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isharmonious relations with your
immediate superior shall lead to
constant discontentment at your
workplace. As a result, you may
remain unhappy throughout the year.
Moreover, you shall feel depressed.
However, you shall control yourself
and take care that this feeling of dissatisfaction does not have a negative
impact on your performance. Besides,
you shall also try to maintain your efficiency. You may feel like changing
your job, however do not get lured by
a better paying job. Ganesha suggests that although you are upset, it is
better to carry on with your current
job, as the planetary positions are
unfavourable. Just keep in mind that it
is advisable to continue the existing
job till you get a better one. Further,
you shall have to work very hard since
the North Node (Rahu) is transiting in
the 10th House from your Sign.
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errorism and logistical assistance. At their peak in 2011, international forces numbered close
to 150,000. The international
coalitions biggest achievement
has been to help build a 350,000strong security force in
Afghanistan from scratch. But
they are still ill-equipped, particularly when it comes to air support
and intelligence gathering. In the
future, US troops will continue to
provide air support in what they
nomads.
The reason the coalition forces fired on them is
that they were heavily
armed, Amiri said. Of
course it was a mistake by
the coalition forces, but at
the same time I blame the
villagers for carrying the
heavy weapons. He said
Afghan security forces had
been deployed to Ab Josh
two days ago to mediate a
clash between the villagers
and Kuchi nomads, who
have a reputation for violence and are often armed
with machine guns and
heavier weapons.
Security in Logar has
deteriorated in recent
months as the insurgents
have spread across the
country and taken control
of some remote regions.
But the war has also provided cover for local feuds,
violent property disputes
and organised crime. The
13-year US-led combat
mission in Afghanistan will
officially end on New
Years Eve. Around 13,000
US and Nato troops will
remain to provide training
and battlefield support.
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pleased with him)
formed a number of
auxiliary organizations
to promote the spirit of
moral excellence of
members of
Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community. These
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established to provide
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KhalifatulMasih II (may
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words (Al-Fazl, October
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We have to reform
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