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Bangalore-based physicist designs a calendar showing dates from time immemorial to eternity

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Today is Prophet’s Birthday according to solar Calendar, Prophet being historical figure, now you can easily relate the major events in his life, with exact date, without any ambiguity.

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The way we think about human history is limited. Over the eons, different cultures and people have held different beliefs about history and most of it is somewhat skewed. In other words, historians are still trying to reach a consensus over the earliest known documented event in human history.

Dr. Mazharul Ameen, a Bangalore-based Physicist, who obtained his Doctoral Degree in Physics from The International University, California, USA, has designed a unique calendar, which shows the exact dates from time immemorial to eternity.

calender book cover page

Dr. Ameen says the present Gregorian calendar, which came into effect in 1582 AD, fails to provide the exact dates for the previous centuries. Instead, it provides the approximate ones.

In a quest to fill this scientific void, Dr. Ameen took up the research work, wherein he has rectified all the discrepancies and formulated his ‘World’s Eternal Ameen Calendar’ or ‘Ameen Calendar’, in short.

The calendar shows the exact dates from 01/01/0001 AD till date and extends till eternity.

The authenticity and collateral proof of ‘Ameen Calendar’ are evident from the famous American Mathematician Steve Dinh, who has proved 01/01/0001 AD as Monday by mathematical calculations. His calendar bears testimony with his calculation of days between 01.01.0001 CE and 31.12.2015 C E as 7,35,963. Similarly, the other dates can be proved, Dr. Ameen asserts.

Source of Inspiration

It was the inability to find the exact date of birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and dates of other historical figures and significant events that led to the formulation of ‘Ameen Calendar’.

The ‘Numeric Biography’ of the Prophet is an extract of this calendar between the years 571 CE and 632 CE, which corresponds to 53 BH (Before Hijri) and 11 AH (After Hijri). In this book, every alternate page represents a Hijri year and the events that took place in that year is recorded in its consecutive page.

Based on his research, Dr. Ameen says he has found the Prophet’s exact date of birth as Monday the 22nd April 571 CE and his date of passing away as Monday 11th June 632 CE.

‘Ameen Calendar’ is concised to 400 pages for convenience, where each page represents a number of years of both BC and AD era.

Mumbai Indians thrash Bangalore by six wickets in IPL

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Cricket

Mumbai: Leading from the front, skipper Rohit Sharma smashed 62 off just 44 balls to guide Mumbai Indians to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday.

Batting first, Bangalore managed 170/7 in 20 overs. Travis Head (37) was the top scorer for the side.

In reply, riding on Rohit’s innings and Kieron Pollard’s quick-fire unbeaten 19-ball 39, defending champions Mumbai chased down the total easily as they posted 171/4 in 18 overs to bag their second win of the season.

Iqbal Abdulla (3-40) was the pick of the bowlers for Bangalore.

Chasing a challenging target of 171, Mumbai got off to a poor start, losing opener Parthiv Patel (5) in the second over itself.

But his opening partner Rohit Sharma and incoming Ambati Rayudu (31) held on to score at a good pace without losing any further wickets to score 51/1 after the completion of the powerplay.

As Rayudu was looking set after striking five boundaries, off-spinner Iqbal Abdulla scripted the much-needed breakthrough for the visitors, removing the right-handed batsman to put Mumbai at 82/2 in the 11th over.

The duo struck a 76-run partnership for the second wicket.

Despite the fall of wicket at the other end, skipper Rohit used his experience to best effect to bring up his half century in 38 balls and keep the hosts on course towards the run chase.

But Abdulla struck for the second time to dismiss Rohit in the 13th over to put Bangalore back into the game. Mumbai were 109/3 at his point of the game.

New batsmen Kieron Pollard and Jos Buttler (13) held on for a couple of overs before the latter gave his wicket away in the 16th over.

But Pollard, who failed to impress in earlier matches, came up with a quick-fire knock, smashing four boundaries and three sixes to steer his team to second victory in the IPL-9.

Earlier put into bat, the visitors got off to a flying start, scoring 49 for the loss of one wicket after the completion of powerplay.

K.L. Rahul took the initiative at the start, smashing two fours and two sixes for his 14-ball 23, but the right-handed batsman fell in the fourth over to the bowling of Mitchell McClenaghan to give Mumbai their first breakthrough.

But the wicket did not stop incoming batsman AB de Villiers (29) and opener Virat Kohli (33) from playing their natural game.

The duo, who in the previous season smashed an unbeaten 215-run partnership at this venue against the same opposition, made batting look simple, piling on boundaries and sneaking in with twos at regular intervals to bring up a 50-run partnership for the second wicket in just 35 balls and help the team post 89/1 in 10 overs.

But the 11th over of the Bangalore innings saw a big twist in the game as off-spinner Krunal Pandya dismissed in-form Kohli (caught at long-off) followed by De Villiers (stumped) to bring Mumbai back into the game.

Bangalore, after the two quick blows, were reduced to 93/3.

Incoming batsman Shane Watson (5) too didn’t last long. Trying to guide an outside off stump delivery to third man, he eventually got a thin edge which was grabbed well by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.

Young Sarfaraz Khan (28) and Head held on to guide the team to 112/4 after the completion of 15 overs.

The right- and left-handed batting duo played sensibly to put up a much needed 50-run partnership for the fifth wicket in just 30 balls.

Jasprit Bumrah (3-31) and Krunal Pandya (2-27) were the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai.

(IANS)

Fresh claims on Bachchan in ‘Panama Papers’, equally fresh denial

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Bachchan Panama Papers

New Delhi: Even as a fresh report on the “Panama Papers” alleged Amitabh Bachchan “participated” in board meetings of two off-shore companies “by telephone conference”, the actor himself has said his name was “misused” and that nothing illegal has been attributed to him.

The Indian Express reported on Thursday that Sea Bulk Shipping and Tramp Shipping had passed a resolution each on December 12, 1994, in connection with a loan of $1.75 million from Dallah Albaraka Investment Company.

The loan was for Constellation Ship Management for the purchase of all the shares issued by Tramp Shipping and held by Sea Bulk Shipping. Besides Tramp and Sea Bulk, the paper had said Bachchan was managing director for two other offshore entities — Lady Shipping and Treasure Shipping.

“Both resolutions recorded Bachchan’s participation in board meetings ‘by telephone conference’. In their certificate of incumbency issued the same day, both companies also recorded Bachchan as director. The companies had the same directors, including Bachchan, and officers,” it said.

In response, Bachchan’s office sent a rejoinder, which was also posted on his twitter account.

“On Panama disclosures, I wish to state that queries continue to be sent to me by the media. I would humbly request them to kindly direct these to the GOI (Government of India) where I, as a law abiding citizen, have already sent, and shall continue to send, my responses,” the post said.

“I stand by my earlier statement on the ‘misuse of my name’ in the matter and in any event the press reports do not disclose any illegal act committed by me.”

The Indian Express, based on Mossack Fonseca records, said Umesh Sahai of Jersey-based corporate service provider City Management (now Minerva Trust) was one of the founder-directors of the four shipping companies and that he had appointed Bachchan as director and managing director in 1993.

“He (Sahai) also signed the board resolutions that recorded Bachchan’s participation in the December 12, 1994, meetings. Sahai did not respond to emails and phone calls seeking his comment on Bachchan’s statement denying any knowledge of the companies,” the newspaper said.

Bachchan’s name cropped up in the reports as part of a global expose of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and over 100 global media organisations, based on millions of leaked documents of the Panama law firm Mossak Fonseca.

A high-level probe team has been constituted, with members drawn from the various agencies of the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) based on the orders issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Indian authorities have already said not all off-shore funds need be illegitimate.

(Agencies)

High Court quashes President’s rule in Uttarakhand; floor test on April 29

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Uttarakhand

Nainital: In a big setback for the Centre, the Uttarakhand high court on Thursday set aside President’s rule that was imposed in the state on March 27.

The court added that the material considered for the imposition of President’s rule is ‘wanting.’ It has called for a floor test in the Assembly on April 29.

The HC’s order came on a plea by ousted chief minister Harish Rawat, who had challenged this imposition.

The high court had earlier criticized the Centre for imposing President’s Rule a day before a floor test was to be held in the assembly.

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday said that the president of India is not infallible and he, too, can go wrong. Therefore, the President’s decision is open to judicial scrutiny.

“Absolute power can spoil anybody’s mind. Even the president can go wrong and in such cases his decisions can be subjected to scrutiny. Indian courts have the power to scrutinize all orders,” the court said.

Court are exceeding their constitutional mandate with such grave observations on the president and are setting dangerous precedents.
Mahendra Varma

Uttarakhand plunged into a political crisis when nine Congress legislators, including former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, whom Rawat replaced, revolted against the chief minister and turned to the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for support.

In the 70-member assembly, the Congress has 36 legislators, including the nine rebels. The BJP has 28. The other six members, from smaller parties, are said to support the Congress.

(Agencies)

Hoax bomb threat in Jet Airways flight: one passenger detained

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Jet Airways

Ahmedabad: A Jet Airways Mumbai-Ahmedabad -Mumbai flight carrying 125 passengers and six crew members was today delayed after a bomb scare, which later turned out to be a hoax even as one person was detained after a chit with “bomb” written on it was recovered from under his seat.

The flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad was taken to the isolation bay immediately after it landed here this morning due to the bomb scare.

According to police, one of the cleaning staff while preparing the flight for the next trip found a “chit” with “bomb” scribbled on it under one of the seats after which authorities were informed. The aircraft was then taken to an isolation bay where it was throughly checked by police and bomb disposal squad.

“When the cleaning staffers were making the flight ready for the next trip, one of them found a chit beneath a passenger seat,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police, ‘G’ division, J N Parmar, who along with other policemen, Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and dog squad rushed to the spot.

“The word ‘bomb’ was written on the chit. As passengers had already alighted, it was difficult for us to trace as to who left it. Hence, we have detained one passenger for questioning under whose seat the chit was found,” he said.

“Bomb squad as well as dog squad inspected the entire aircraft. Nothing suspicious was found,” the officer added. Meanwhile, police have started questioning of the passenger, who has been detained. “We have zeroed in on one passenger and started his questioning,” DCP, Zone 4, S K Gadhvi said without revealing the name of the accused.

The flight had to carry 125 passengers and six crew members from Ahmedabad to Mumbai for the next trip which was delayed by two hours after a bomb scare here.

Earlier, a Jet Airways spokesperson said the search yielded nothing and the aircraft has been cleared for further journey. “Jet Airways flight S2 4738 Ahmedabad to Mumbai had received a security alert. The aircraft was thoroughly inspected by the security agencies and the flight with 125 guests and six crew on-board has now been cleared for its onward operations,” the spokesperson said.

(Agencies)

 

Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din is a rollercoaster ride of fun & frolic

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Director duo Harish Kotian & Sandeep Chaudhary’s upcoming film Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din has been in the news and raising quite a few eyebrows because of the double entendre sounding title of the film. So much so that the film’s maker had to add a tagline to the title so now the film’s title stands as Love Day – Pyaar Ka Din. But one of the directors Harish Kotian avers, “I wonder why the film’s title is raising quite a few eyebrows whenever it is mentioned. But in reality, Love day is a fun film about 3 friends and the naughty and hilarious situations they face. It is a comic oriented rollercoaster ride which will be quite entertaining for the cine goers. And the Hindi sounding tagline was always there. We never added it to camouflage the erotic sounding English title.”

Be that as it may be Shaheen Raaj recently had a telephonic encounter with the two wannabe actors Harsh Naagar & Sahil Anand and the most talked about actor namely Ajaz Khan.

Ajaz Khan: I have done many films in my career till this date but my role in Rajlaxmi Entertainment’s Love Day – Pyaar Ka Din is quite an entertaining one although I pay a baddie once again after my baddie’s role in Shubbir Mukherjee’s Club Dancer. This is a hilarious fun ride about 3 friends but with quite a comic twist seeing which the cine goers will die laughing. And it is for the 1st time that I am working with director Jodi namely Harish Kotian & Sandeep Choudhary. And yeah I have also displayed my assets by wearing undies on the silver screen celluloid for the 1st time along with my 2 co – actor’s Harsh Naagar & Sahil Anand. The movie largely centres around my bad boy character and how the bad boy image lands me & my friends into trouble. Besides I play a total womaniser in this one. My antics bring upon me & my friends some dire consequences.

Sahil Anand: I am from Chandigarh and was a part of the reality show MTV Roadies and started my career from there. I have done around 35 TV commercials. My 1st movie was Student Of The year then I did Babloo Happy Hai and now my next upcoming movie is Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din. It’s a story about real friendship between 3 friends which I think doesn’t exist nowadays, away from materialism and any purpose. Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din will revive the concept of friendship which we used to have when we were in school. In fact Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din is a journey from childhood to older age showing the various stages of friendship & togetherness. I loved & enjoyed working with Harsh Naagar & Ajaz Khan who were superb. I also had great fun while shooting with both of them and besides we all went so much deep in the character that now we are all thick & fast friends, that apart Ajaz Khan also helped us to be more comfortable while doing some of the bold & daring scenes in Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din and hats off to our director Harish Kotian & Sandeep Chaudhary for making a superb film and due credit also goes to our cinematographer Amit and above all our producer Baldev Singh Bedi.

Harsh Naagar: Originally I hail from a theatre background. I had made my debut with Alway Kabhie Kabhie. Then I had done a film called The Wedding Gift. And now my upcoming movie is Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din which was originally scheduled to be released on Valentine’s Day (14th Feb, 2016) but due to unavoidable circumstances it is scheduled to release very soon. In Love Day – Pyaar ke Din I have enacted the role of one of the two friends namely Ajaz Khan & Saahil Anand. All three of us get involved in pranks and mischievous bouts and as a result all three of us have to face dire consequences. A lot of hoo haa was raised when the 3 of us had to perform a brief undy scene which was an essential part of the script of Love Day – Pyaar Ke Din. It was a real enriching experience while working with Ajaz Khan and also Saahil Anand and I would also like to extend my humble thanks to my director duo Harish Kotian & Sandeepm Chaudhary, to the entire cast & crew, and above all to our producer Baldev Singh Bedi.

Warner powers Hyderabad to stunning win over Mumbai in IPL

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Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner plays a shot during the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on April 18, 2016. AFP / Noah SEELAM

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner plays a shot during the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on April 18, 2016. AFP / Noah SEELAM

Hyderabad: Leading from the front, skipper David Warner smashed an unbeaten 90 to single-handedly steer Sunrisers Hyderabad to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Monday.

Batting first, Mumbai lost wickets at regular intervals and could manage only 142/6 in 20 overs. Ambati Rayudu (54) was the top scorer for the visitors.

In reply, Warner struck seven boundaries and four sixes, as the home side comfortably chased down the total, posting 145/3 in 17.3 overs.

Chasing 143, the home side got off to a disappointing start losing opener Shikhar Dhawan (2) in the very first over. The poor form for the left-handed batsman continued as he was cleaned up after failing to read an inswinging yorker from pacer Tim Southee.

But his opening partner and skipper David Warner used his experience to good effect to hold on and score runs at a good pace to keep his team well in course towards a win.

He was well supported at the other end by Moises Henriques (20) as the duo struck an important 62-run partnership for the second wicket before Henriques was dismissed in the 11th over to hand Mumbai some hope of getting back into the game. Hyderabad were then 66/2.

But Warner held on to take his team over the line in style.

Southee (3-24) was the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai.

Earlier put in to bat, the defending champions got off to disastrous start, losing debutant hard-hitting batsman Martin Guptill (2) in the first over itself to have the team on the backfoot.

His opening partner Parthiv Patel (10) also departed in the fourth over after striking two boundaries to leave the team struggling at 23/2.

From there on, Ambati Rayudu (54) and skipper Rohit Sharma (5) held on for a couple of overs to help the team reach 40/2 in the powerplay.

But a big confusion between the two saw the skipper being run out in the eighth over to leave the team in a spot of bother at 43/3.

Despite the wicket, Rayudu played positively along with Jos Buttler (11) to take the team to a stable position. But as the Englishman was looking set and ready for a good partnership with Rayudu, Sran removed Buttler to pile on more trouble for the visitors.

Next up, all-rounder Krunal Pandya (49 not out), who was promoted up the batting order, played positively with a couple of boundaries and sixes to help the team cross the 100-run mark.

But the much needed 63-run partnership for the fifth wicket came to an end as Rayudu was dismissed in the 18th over to put a halt to Mumbai’s scoring rate.

Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 142/6 in 20 overs (Ambati Rayudu 54, Barinder Sran 3/28) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad 145/3 in 17.3 overs (David Warner 90 not out; Tim Southee 2-24)

(IANS)

US sex abuse survivor to sue Indian priest, diocese

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Joseph Jeyapaul

Washington: A 26-year-old American woman will file a lawsuit against a Catholic Indian priest and his church in India for allegedly sexually abusing her during his posting in the US between 2004 and 2005.

The move comes in protest against the recent Vatican decision which announced Diocese of Ootacamund located in Mylapore is reinstating Joseph Jeyapaul to ministry.

Minnesota attorney Jeff Anderson will file suit on behalf of the victim in federal court that claims the Diocese of Ootacamund endangered children by reinstating Jeyapaul.

Jeyapaul who served as a priest in Crookston township of Minnesota in 2004 and 2005 was arrested in India in 2012 and extradited to the US on charges of sexually abusing two girls in a congregation.

He was later deported to India last year, after serving his sentence of one year and one day. In a statement, advocacy group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) announced that one of the sexual abuse survivors would sue the priest and the diocese.

“It may be the most irresponsible Vatican move we’ve ever seen: Catholic officials in Rome have lifted the suspension of a recently convicted predator priest. We are stunned and saddened by such blatant recklessness and callousness,” Barbara Dorris of St Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, said in a statement today.

A letter sent to Anderson and Roseau County Attorney Lisa Hanson and signed by over 500 Jeyapaul supporters in India will also be released as evidence of the public danger (nuisance) permitted by Indian Bishop and Vatican, it said.

“On January 16, 2016, with the permission of Pope Francis, Bishop Amalraj lifted the suspension of Father Joseph Jeyapaul,” the firm said, adding that in 2015, after his extradition from India, Jeyapaul plead guilty to criminal sexual conduct involving the sexual abuse of a minor girl while he worked in the Diocese of Crookston in 2005.

“Catholic officials refuse to keep this admitted sex offender away from kids, so our only hope of stopping him is to get him charged and convicted again,” Dorris said.

Over the weekend, Barbara and the victim were seen distributing leaflets outside the church in Crookston to find another sex abuse survivor.

“Our goal is to find just one more victim who might be able to file criminal charges and get this proven predator behind bars,” the victim told local ‘Grand Forks Herald’.

The lawsuit would charge Catholic officials with creating “public nuisances” by hiding and helping predator priests.

“It was the first victim’s courage that brought forward a second victim of Fr Jeyapaul. It was the second victim’s courage that prodded Fr Jeyapaul to plead guilty. And we hope the courage of a third victim will get Fr Jeyapaul extradited, convicted and jailed again, so that no more innocent lives are shattered,” SNAP said.

“Until he’s charged and convicted again, Jeyapaul should be put in a remote, secure, independently-run treatment center far from families who have learned to trust him,” it said.

(PTI)

PF withdrawal allowed for housing, medical, education as govt backtracks on curbs

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PF

New Delhi: The provident fund withdrawal issue, which has been in the spotlight since the Union Budget in February, has found some support from the government. On Monday, the labour ministry curbed the planned restriction and said withdrawal can be allowed for housing, major medical treatment for self and family members, medical, dental and engineering education of children, and for their marriage.

The changed were made after labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya received representations from trade unions.

The relaxation has also been extended to members who have joined an establishment belonging to or under the central or state government, and become a member of contributory provident fund or old age pension. These norms will come into effect from August, a Times of India report said.

A government release said the ministry had decided to pay the full accumulations to the credit of a member, including interest up to the date of payment, if he or she fulfils any of the above-mentioned conditions, the ToI report said.

Earlier this month, retirement fund body EPFO had deferred till 30 April implementation of new norms that restrict 100 percent withdrawal of provident fund by members after unemployment of more than two months, among others.

In February, the EPFO amended the EPF Scheme 1952 to tighten the various norms for withdrawal of provident fund including increasing age limit for filing such claims by retiring employees to 58 years from 54 years.

Besides, the retirement fund body also restricted withdrawal of PF to own contribution of subscribers and interest earned on that, if the claimant has remained unemployed for more than two months. The member would be able to withdraw employers contribution on maturity.

It was stipulated that the requirement of two months unemployment will not apply in cases of women members resigning from the services for the purpose of getting married, on account of pregnancy or child birth.

According to the new norms, subscribers will not be able to claim withdrawal of PF after attaining 54 years of age. They would have to wait till attaining the age 57 years.

(Agencies)

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