Saudi slashes number of Hajj pilgrims by 20%
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has slashed the number of Hajj pilgrims, including from India, by 20 per cent this year, citing massive ongoing construction work aimed at expanding grand Mecca mosque as a reason behind the decision. “The decision to reduce the numbers of pilgrims at home by 50 per cent and abroad by 20 per cent is exceptional and temporary until the completion of the expansionist projects at the Holy Sites,” Saudi Minister of Hajj Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar was on Sunday quoted as saying by Saudi news agency SPA.
judges’ detention: Mush formally indicted
Islamabad: Former President Pervez Musharraf has been indicted by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court over the detention of dozens of judges during the emergency rule he imposed in 2007.Musharraf, 69, was indicted during a hearing of the case held at his farmhouse in Chak Shahzad yesterday by anti-terrorism court Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi. He was indicted under provision of the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Pakistan Panel Code.
Strike affects normal life in Nepal
Kathmandu: Normal life was thrown out of gear across Nepal on Sunday as 44 different parties, including CPN-Maoist, imposed a general strike to protest the announcement of the date of new Constituent Assembly polls.Private and public vehicles have remained off the roads, and the market areas are closed. Schools, colleges and other businesses also have been affected due to the bandh. Some 30 political parties including CPN-Maoist led by Mohan Vaidya and Federal Socialist Party led by Ashok Rai launched the strike as part of their move to oust the Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi led Government and dissolution of the four party political mechanism formed to guide and direct the election Government led by Regmi.
Women suffer 20 years of bad hair days in a lifetime
london: Women spend a staggering 20 years of their lives worrying over ‘bad hair days’, a UK poll has found.The poll found the average woman in UK will spend 7,332 days of her life being miserable about the state of her tresses.Eight out of 10 women said their feelings of self-worth, confidence and beauty depend on how their hair is looking. If it is messy and unruly it can make them moody and depressed for more than four hours during the day.Travelodge, which quizzed 2,000 British women, found that more than half said their ‘inner strength’ was dictated by their hairdo, the ‘Daily Express’ reported.”
Paris jackson fought with brother before suicide bid
los Angeles: Days leading to her suicide attempt, Paris Jackson, 15, reportedly had a huge fight with her brother Prince Jackson, 16.The siblings were said to be very close with each other, especially after their father Michael Jackson died in 2009. But they allegedly grew apart after Paris reconnected with their mother Debbie Rowe, who gave them up in a multi-million-dollar divorce settlement with MJ years ago, reported Aceshowbiz.
“Paris and Prince were always so insanely close until Debbie came back in the picture, and Paris wanted to get close with her. Paris wanted her mom in her life, but Paris was younger and Prince remembers all of the awful things Michael told them about Debbie.