Karnataka ministers caught watching obscene clips quit cabinet
Following directive issued by central leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three Karnataka BJP ministers resigned from the state cabinet after they were engulfed in a row over watching sleazy clippings during the Assembly proceedings.
A day after the incident caused huge embarrassment to the BJP government, all the three ministers were summoned to the party office and were asked to submit their resignation after a meeting of the senior leaders presided over by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda.
Minister for Cooperation Laxman Savadi, Minister for Women and Child Development C C Patil and Minister for Ports and Science and Technology Krishna Palemar announced after a meeting with top leaders that they have decided to quit.
According to Raj Bhavan sources, Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj has accepted the resignation of three tainted ministers, which were forwarded by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda earlier on Wednesday.
Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda told the mediapersons that the ministers had voluntarily submitted their resignations.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who also spoke on the issue, said the ministers decision to resign highlighted their dedication to the BJP.
“Today the important thing is that our three ministers, they have given their resignations and no other political party can take such type of decision because they have voluntarily given their resignations because this is the specialty of Bharatiya Janata Party and even our national leaders they have now demanded a resignation letter,” said Yeddyurappa.
Savadi and Patil were caught on Tuesday while they were allegedly viewing the porno video footage inside the state assembly, an incident that battered the image of the Sadananda Gowda Government and BJP.
The incident created controversy, across the country as local television channels showed Savadi watching the video clips on his phone.
The controversy led to an uproar, with political parties in the state demanding the sacking of the minister due to his inappropriate conduct.
6.8 earthquake shakes central Philippines, death toll reaches 14
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, killing 14 people and triggering a local tsunami alert.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the tsunami alert for the central Philippines, saying the quake could trigger a 3-foot (1-meter) wave. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a warning.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 44 miles (72 kilometers) north of Dumaguete city on Negros Island in the central Philippines. It hit at a depth of 29 miles (46 kilometers).
People rushed out of schools, malls and offices during the quake. Officials in some areas suspended work.
A child died when a concrete fence of a house collapsed in Taysan town in Negros Oriental province, said Benito Ramos, who heads the Office of Civil Defense.
A mall in San Carlos city in neighboring Negros Occidental province, also on Negros Island, was damaged when its windows were shattered by the shaking, he said.
The quake was also felt in central Cebu city, the country s second largest, where it lasted about 30 seconds
Syrian violence death toll reaches 37
At least 37 civilians were killed on Friday by Syrian forces, including the first reported fatalities in the northern commercial city of Aleppo, bringing the toll for two days to nearly 100, activists said.
Syrian forces killed at least 35 civilians across Syria, the watchdog said, including 12 in Nawa in the southern province of Daraa, five people in Aleppo, four in Homs, one person in nearby Hama and a child in Damascus province.
Separately, two attacks killed 12 members of the security forces, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Six were killed in a car bomb targetting a security checkpoint in the northwestern city of Idlib, the Observatory s Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, without providing any details on the identity of the assailants.
The other six were killed and five wounded in the southern province of Daraa by deserters who ambushed two buses transporting security personnel, the same source said.
Heidi Klum, Seal: A Look Back Photo Gallery – Jan. 24, 2012
TrendPK.com: Hollywood may not have been ready to hear that Heidi Klum and Seal were separating as they seemed like one of the few couples that would make it.
Now, as the two stars deal with their personal life and the current issues, Hollywood News is taking a look back at their appearances on the red carpet when times were better for the once seemingly perfect couple.
Enjoy the gallery!
Seal and Heidi Klum
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Heidi Klum and Seal started their relationship in 2004 while she was pregnant with her first child. She has been open about Seal being like the child’s real father as the biological father is reportedly not really in the picture.
The two then became engaged that same year and married in Mexico in 2005. They then went on to have three biological children together over the almost seven years of marriage. In 2009, Seal ended up adopting Klum’s oldest child.
Klum and Seal had renewed their wedding vows every year they were together. It is unknown at this time what may have caused the split.
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Beyonce’s alleged first post-baby interview is a fake
TrendPK.com: ‘Star U.K’ has reportedly released an interview that they claim is Beyonce’s first post-baby interview, but it sounds like it is a completely false claim.
Beyonce’s rep has confirmed that she has not done any interviews since having her daughter, Blue Ivy, with Jay-Z, states E! News.
The fake interview quoted Beyonce as saying, “Nothing can describe the feeling. You have the instant connection once you know your child is growing inside you, but when you hold it for the first time, the words can’t be found.”
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Babies lying on mom’s tummy prevent obesity
This helps strengthen the baby s neck and back muscle motor movement – vital for more complicated movements such as sitting, rolling over and crawling.
As part of the Healthy Beginnings Trial, 667 first-time mothers were visited by an early childhood health nurse at the antenatal period and then when the child was one, three, five, nine and 12 month-old.
Researchers from the University of Sydney and South Western Sydney Local Health Districts conducted this trial in 2007 to gather evidence of the effectiveness of early interventions on obesity in children, according to a Sydney statement.
“This is a very important finding considering 21 per cent of boys and 18 per cent of girls…aged two to three years are overweight or obese,” said University of Sydney s Li Ming Wen, who led the study.
“It looks as though if we intervene early we can actually make a difference in the long-term,” Wen added. Chris Rissel, also from the University of Sydney, said that mothers that received the home visits also increased the daily practice of tummy time from 76 per cent to 83 per cent and started tummy time with their infants much earlier.
The children in the Healthy Beginnings Trial will be followed up until the age of five.
Saudi Arabia, UAE funded jihadi networks in Pakistan: WikiLeaks
May 22, 2011 by Trend PK
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KARACHI: Islamic charities from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates financed a network in U.S. ally Pakistan that recruited children as young as eight to wage holy war, a local newspaper reported on Sunday, citing Wikileaks.
Gujranwala: 4 year old killed by drowning in the drain
Once again, a mother lost her child due to negligence of WASA in Gujranwala. Four-year old Daniyal, a student of nursery class, accidently fell into a drain and got killed. Daniyal was playing around in the street when after sometime he got missing. When the locals tried to find him, they searched a nearby drain and found Daniyal’s dead body in the drain. Asmat Ullah, a resident of Kaccha Aimanabad, says that he lost his four-year old son today due to Negligence of WASA workers.
Pope condemns ‘oppressors’ in Christmas message
December 25, 2010 by Trend PK
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI prayed for God to punish the world’s “oppressors” and bring about “true brotherhood” between peoples in his traditional Christmas message in Saint Peter’s basilica.
“Lord make your promise come finally true. Break the rods of the oppressors. Burn the tramping boots. Let the time of the garments rolled in blood come to an end,” Benedict said at the Christmas Eve mass in the basilica.
Referring to the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated by believers at Christmas, he added: “This child has ignited the light of goodness in men and has given them strength to overcome the tyranny of might.
“We thank you for your goodness, but we also ask you to show forth your power,” said the pope, who was speaking exactly one year after a mentally unstable Swiss-Italian woman dragged him to the ground at the same mass.
Kasur: Child killed after sexual abuse
Lahore trendpk.com: Another incident of human brutality took place in Kot Radha Kishan in Kasur where a 6-year-old child was killed after sexual abuse. It is the second incident of same kind in a year in the city.
Father of murdered child told that his son Usman went to take swings last evening and didnt come back. His dead body was found from nearby fields along with his shoes and cap. Usmans father is a worker in a railway carriage shop. Villagers told that this is the second incident of human brutality in a year. Police is still unable to find out the victim of last incident.
