Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 2: Titan Eye Plus which claims to be India’s biggest eyewear retail chain makes a splash in the New Year with the launch of Trends 2013 Collection. It caters to value conscious consumers who seek affordable yet stylish eyewear products.
While Introducing the Trendz 2013 Omraj Sharma, Area Manager Titan Eye said “Eyewear is fast becoming an indispensable fashion accessory. We have always been committed to bringing the latest global fashion trends to Indian consumer at affordable prices and launched the Trendz collection of frames in August 2012 which received a fabulous response. This has encouraged us to introduce new styles under Trendz 2013 to offer even more choice for consumers to select from.”
He said the Eye Plus being a leader in the eyewear segment is focused on creating awareness for the need of vision correction. To support this cause further they have launched a free online vision correction test which will help in tracking vision problems in your eyesight. To take the free online test, participants have to visit the Titan Eye Plus website at www.titaneyeplus.com.
He said all Titan Eye plus frames and lenses go through stringent checks to ensure unparalleled standards of comfort and quality. In addition to striking form, the consumer gets perfect functionality as well. All products come with a minimum warranty of six months he added.
He said the hall mark of the project is that it consists of frames of both the single vision as well as the older customer with a need for a bifocal/ progressive lens. Spread over more then 100 styles, one can choose from not only bold colors like red, blue, purple but also colors like gold, silver, black and brown for those with a subtle taste.
Titan Eye Plus introduces Trendz 2013
Boy given poison by friends, dies
Excelsior Correspondent
MENDHAR, Feb 2: A 21-year-old youth died after he was given some poisonous stuff by mixing in some drink by his own friends at a local tea stall here today.
Reports said one Basharat Hussain, son of Abdul Khaliq, resident of Bera village in tehsil Mendhar became serious after he was offered some poisonous pills cleverly by mixing with some drink by his three friends. The boy while moving on the road after some time, could not balance and fell down with the impact of drugs. He was rushed to hospital by locals. The police was informed and the boy in his statement told police that his three friends offered him some drink at a local tea stall. Thereafter, he started feeling giddy and fell down on the road. He also revealed the names of the boys who offered him this stuff.
The local doctors provided him preliminary treatment and then referred to GMC hospital, Jammu. He died near Sunderbani late this evening. A case has been registered in this connection. The police has started search for the boys identified by the victim.
6 soldiers among 30 killed in Taliban attack on Pak check post
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2:
Dozens of heavily-armed Taliban militants attacked a security forces’ check post in Pakistan’s restive northwest today, triggering fierce fighting that killed 30 people, including six paramilitary personnel and 12 civilians.
Security forces foiled the raid on the isolated check post, located at Serai Norang area in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, after an intense gun battle that continued for over three hours rpt hours.
The militants, who were armed with rocket-propelled grenades, launched the assault shortly before 4 AM.
“Twelve terrorists were killed. The bodies of four terrorists, of whom two were wearing suicide jackets, are in the custody of the security forces,” said a security official who did not want to be named.
Six personnel of the Frontier Constabulary were killed and eight more were injured.
The injured personnel were taken to military hospitals in Bannu and Peshawar, the official said.
Ten members of the same family were killed when a rocket fired by the militants hit a house near the check post, police officials told the media.
The militants also stormed into the home of a ‘patwari’ and killed two persons, they said.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan claimed responsibility for the attack. He claimed four suicide bombers were involved in the assault.
Ihsan said the attack was carried out in retaliation for the death of two Taliban commanders in recent US drone strikes.
In phone calls to reporters in the northwest, Ihsan accused the Pakistan Army of helping in the drone strikes.
Media reports said the Taliban militants used heavy weapons to target the check post.
About 40 militants carried out the attack, reports said.
Sounds of explosions and firing were heard in the area for several hours, local residents said.
The attack came a day after a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque at Hangu town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, killing 29 people and injuring over 50.
Five policemen protecting the mosque were among the dead.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the suicide attack too. Schools, offices and markets in Hangu, which has a sizeable Shia population, remained closed today to protest the suicide attack. (PTI)
Neanderthal cloning chatter highlights scientific Illiteracy
BOSTON, Feb 2: After spending the weekend reading blog posts claiming that he was seeking an “extremely adventurous female human” to bear a cloned Neanderthal baby – which was news to him – Harvard geneticist George Church said it may be time for society to give some thought to scientific literacy. Church became the subject of dozens of posts and tabloid newspaper articles calling him a “mad scientist” after giving an interview to the German magazine Der Spiegel.
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Iran launches monkey into space, showing missile progress
DUBAI, Feb 2: Iran said on Monday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile systems that have alarmed the West because the technology could potentially be used to deliver a nuclear warhead. The Defense Ministry announced the launch as world powers sought to agree a date and venue with Iran for resuming talks to resolve a standoff with the West over Tehran’s contested nuclear program before it degenerates into a new Middle East war. (agencies)
Scientists find genetic clue to severe flu among Chinese
LONDON, Feb 2: British and Chinese scientists have found a genetic variant which explains why Chinese populations may be more vulnerable to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The discovery of the variant could help doctors find those people at high risk of severe flu and prioritize them for treatment, researchers said. (agencies)
Dung beetles look to the stars
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 2: A species of South African dung beetle has been shown to use the Milky Way to navigate, making it the only known animal that turns to the galactic spray of stars across the night sky for direction. Researchers have known for several years that the inch-long insects use the sun or moon as fixed points to ensure they keep rolling dung balls in a straight line – the quickest way of getting away from other beetles at the dung heap. (agencies)
Cong owes an explanation on 2G prosecutor issue: BJP
NEW DELHI, Feb 12: BJP today demanded a thorough probe into the issue of CBI prosecutor in 2G case allegedly being caught on tape sharing prosecution strategy with an accused, claiming that it was yet another “proof” of the agency’s “misuse”.
Asserting that Congress owed an explanation on the “serious revelation”, the opposition party said the incident had vindicated its demand that the appointment of counsel on the panel of prosecution wing of CBI be cleared by the proposed Lokpal.
“The revelation in 2G case that the prosecution was sharing the judicial strategy with people involved in the scam. This is absolutely atrocious. The cat is out of the bag.
“This is a very serious revelation. There should be a probe into this whole affair. Congress owes an explanation on the revelation,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
He said the BJP has been maintaining that “this is yet another proof of how the CBI is being used, abused and misused by the Congress government. Where they cannot impact and use the investigation wing, they use the prosecution wing.”
Javadekar said the party has been demanding that the appointment of advocates on panel of CBI’s prosecution should be cleared by the Lokpal and this demand has been put forth by the BJP before Parliament’s Select Committee on Lokpal.
“But government wants to retain that power to manipulate when needed. Congress owes an explanation on the revelations. Why they are so silent now. They must speak up,” he said.
CBI has removed public prosecutor A K Singh from the 2G spectrum case after he was allegedly caught in a taped conversation discussing prosecution strategy with one of the high-profile accused Sanjay Chandra, Managing Director of Unitech. (PTI)
Science cafes offer a sip of learning
ORLANDO, Florida, Feb 2: Americans may be turning away from the hard sciences at universities, but they are increasingly showing up at “science cafes” in local bars and restaurants to listen to scientific talks over a drink or a meal. Want a beer with that biology? Or perhaps a burger with the works to complement the theory of everything? (agencies)
Rocket blasts off with new NASA communications satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Feb 2: An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off on Wednesday to put the first of a new generation of NASA communications satellites into orbit, where it will support the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and other spacecraft. The 191-foot (58-metre) rocket lifted off at 8:48 pm (0718 IST Thursday), the first of 13 planned launches in 2013 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station just south of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. (agencies)