Unfortunate Yakub Memon's Justice Or Vengeance? 'Born' On July 30 And 'Being Hanged' On Same Day!

By Newscop

This is very unfortunate that a person will be hanged on his birthday. India's worst terror-suspect criminal who funded the terror conspiracy which claimed several lives earlier...yes, he is Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon lodged in Nagpur jail and after trail he is being hanged on July 30, 2015.

Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon was once named as the best chartered accountant by the Memon community, who has been sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was once named as the best chartered accountant by the Memon community.

The brother of Ibrahim alias Tiger Memon, the chief conspirator of the 13 blasts which hit the country’s commercial capital, Yakub Memon, 53, is lodged in the Nagpur Central Jail and will be the first and only accused in the case to go the gallows.

Wanted: 'Pregnant Decoys' To Save The 'Girl Child' Project

SPECIAL REPORT: Ignoring societal pressures, a few brave women are helping activists nab doctors who assist in sex selection. Will their numbers increase?

Dr Sarawati Munde took less than five minutes to conduct a sonography and determine the sex of the foetus, recalls Prerana Bhilare of their meeting five years ago. When the doctor wrote “16” on the case papers, Bhilare asked her about her child’s sex. “Can’t you read the paper? It is good news. It is a boy,” came the reply.

“Where 'Being Human' Is A Mere T-Shirt Print”: From The Heart Of The Daughter Of A 'Hit-And-Run' Victim

I am the daughter of a hit-and-run victim. My father was on a motorbike on a highway in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh when someone hit his bike from the wrong side of the road. He was a marketing professional and was on his way to meet a client. When my father was hit, he fell off the bike in a way that the bike ended up on top of him, causing a deep gash on his leg. As my father lay injured on the road, whoever had hit him fled the scene immediately.

He was found unconscious on the road by some students of a nearby college who had the humanity to call the last dialled number on his phone.

Special Report: How An Indian Tradition Is Destroying The Lives Of Young Girls In The Name Of Marriage?

“I was married at 12, I didn’t know much back then. A lot of my time was spent doing what my mother and father said I should, and after my marriage, what my husband expected of me. It was so scary. 

For a whole year after my marriage, I was always in pain, falling sick all the time. But that was a different time, and now you girls have seen more world than us. You will make better choices.” Little did my grandmother know that what she suffered nearly 65 years ago is the dogged fate of nearly one third of the young girls in our country even today.

Jharkhand Education Minister Thinks 'APJ Kalam' Is Dead?

By Likha Veer in Ranchi

In what has turned out to be a major embarrassment for the BJP-led Jharkhand government, the state education minister Neera Yadav was spotted paying shraddhanjali - floral tributes to former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who is well, alive and kicking.

The local vernacular daily newspaper has carried a picture of the minister at the event in a school in the state's Hazaribagh district where Yadav was the chief guest. The photograph in the newspaper that says "Education Minister offers last rites to President Kalam" shows the minister garlanding the former President and paying floral tributes to him.

'Bin Roye' Film: Pakistan Throws A Challenge To Bollywood

A new Pakistani film could finally revive the country’s long-dormant industry. Bin Roye—a romantic drama adapted from the Pakistani novel, Bin Roye Aansoo—is one of the country’s first films to release worldwide on the same day.

In addition, it is one of the country’s most expensive films—made on a budget of 35 million Pakistani rupees ($345,541). It also received a West End premiere on July 19, something unheard of in a movie industry that was until recently in deep water. West End is London’s glamorous centre for red carpet movie premieres, generally packed with Hollywood stars.

Why Do We Cry? Let Us Know The Science Behind Tears

Let us know the science behind the tears - ‘Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots,’ says Elizabeth Gilbert in her book Eat, Pray, Love.

Anything from moist eyes to full-scale sobbing is crying. Women seem to be more susceptible to tears than men, with statistics revealing that women cry 5.3 times a month, while men cry about 1.3 times a month on an average. Why? Biologically speaking, men have more testosterone, which inhibits tears. On the other hand, women have more prolactin, which stimulates tears.

Is Indian Real Estate Heading For A 50% Crash In Prices?

By M H Ahssan - Editor in Chief

PERSPECTIVE: We all know that real estate in India is terribly expensive and is now selling at prices making it practically unaffordable for almost everybody who wants to buy a home to live in. But how expensive is expensive? This is an important question that needs to be answered.

One way of looking at this problem is through the rental yield available on houses at any point of time. Rental yield is the annual return that can be earned by renting out a house. The number is obtained by dividing the annual rent of the house by its market price.

And what is the rental yield in India? As Ashwinder Raj Singh is CEO – Residential Services of JLL India points out: "Rental yields vary across the globe, but an average of 2 per cent of rental yield is considered a good deal for residential properties in India."