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Krishna water pipeline damaged accidently

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Hyderabad, August 18: Areas around the Uppal Crossroads near Survey of India Junction were inundated after a lorry damaged a pipeline supplying water to Moula Ali and Tarnaka areas from the river Krishna.

According to HMWSSB officials, the pipeline carries around 33 million gallons of water for the needs of people of Moula Ali and Tarnaka. It was damaged when the driver of a water tanker lost control over his vehicle and rammed it into the pipeline on Wednesday.

The water gushed onto the roads and has inundated the surrounding areas, to the extent that it has entered some houses.

Cpi Blasts Cong, Govt For ‘Failures’

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Hyderabad, August 18: The State unit of the CPI on Wednesday
mounted a frontal attack on the Congress Government for becoming a
slave to Private companies, and its inability to take action against
those indulging in corruption and irregularities. The CPI state
Secretary Dr K Narayana, speaking to the media here, said that they
would obstruct the lorries carrying the iron ore illegally from OMC,
on August 21.

He alleged that the Government, which had failed to arrange

Cpi To Launch State-Wide Stir Against Liquor Mafia

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Hyderabad, August 18: The Communist Party of India (CPI) has
announced its decision to launch a state-wide agitation against the
‘Liquor Mafia’ in the State from August 20 to October 2.

Party State Secretary Dr K Narayana, speaking to the media here today, said there are 1.50 lakh belt shops in the State, and their income has exceeded the State Budget. The Liquor Mafia is running a parallel Government in the State, he regretted.(NSS)

India to answer Pakistan’s questions on Headley

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New Delhi, August 18: India will soon send answers to the 51 questions posed by Pakistan about 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused David Coleman Headley, now in custody in the United States, a home ministry official said Wednesday.

“The Pakistani questions appear to be an attempt to divert attention and to delay the legal proceedings against Headley’s associate (and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba founder) Hafiz Saeed in the Mumbai terror trial (that is currently underway in Pakistan),” the official, who declined to be identified, told IANS.

Satyam’s Ramalinga Raju secures bail

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Hyderabad, August 18: Satyam Computer’s tainted founder B Ramalinga Raju today secured bail from the Andhra Pradesh High Court, over 17 months after his arrest on charges of allegedly fudging the IT company’s accounts.

Raju, who was arrested on January 7 last year and is currently undergoing treatment in a city hospital, was granted bail on the condition he stay in Hyderabad and on provision of two sureties of Rs 20 lakhs each.

Bihar minister plans to invite Modi for campaign

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Patna, August 18: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister in Bihar’s Nitish Kumar-led government plans to invite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for campaigning in his constituency if he contests in the upcoming assembly elections.

Ten days after Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav said no to Narendra Modi campaigning in the state for the assembly elections, Bihar Cooperative Minister Giriraj Singh, a vocal supporter of Hindutva, told reporters Wednesday he would invite Modi.

Cop helps woman in delivery

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Moscow, August 18: A policeman in Russia turned a doctor when he helped a woman give birth at a checkpoint, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday.

A pregnant woman from the village of Kornilovka in Russia’s Far East was on her way to a hospital when labour pains began prematurely and she was not able to reach the destination on time. Her friend, who was driving the car, stopped at a police checkpoint where the policeman, himself a father of two, immediately began helping the pregnant woman.

No-Ball row: Dilshan is the main villain

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Sri Lanka, August 18: In a shocking development in the no- ball controversy, the Sri Lanka media on Wednesday asserted that it was the opening batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan, who directed Suraj Randhiv to bowl a no-ball to deny Sehwag his ton.

A Sri Lanka newspaper ‘The Island’ has reported that Dilshan, who was fielding at the cover point instructed Randhiv to bowl a no- ball (oney nam, no-ball ekak danna puluwan).

The Sri Lanka Captain Kumar Sangakkara can breathe a sigh of relief as till Tuesday evening, he was being called the main culprit in the whole controversy.

Mayawati now blames centre for farmers’ trouble

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Lucknow, August 18: Virtually driven to the wall on the issue of compensation for lands acquired for her ambitious 165-km Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has now sought to pass the buck to the Congress-led central government.

“It was really regrettable that successive Congress governments, including the present UPA regime at the centre, had not cared to amend the archaic land acquisition law that was framed by the British, way back in 1894,” Mayawati said in a statement here Wednesday.

Mayawati now blames centre for farmers’ trouble

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Lucknow, August 18: Virtually driven to the wall on the issue of compensation for lands acquired for her ambitious 165-km Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has now sought to pass the buck to the Congress-led central government.

“It was really regrettable that successive Congress governments, including the present UPA regime at the centre, had not cared to amend the archaic land acquisition law that was framed by the British, way back in 1894,” Mayawati said in a statement here Wednesday.

A rare experience of offering Namaz at Masjid-e-Mustafa Khan

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Hyderabad, August 18 (Siasat News): Majid-e-Mustafa, situated at Naya Quila, Golconda fort, is 400 year old mosque built in Turkish architecture using Sang-e-moosa.

This was a landmark Qutub Shahi mosque that was abandoned due to the reasons best known to the local people. However, of late, it was revealed that the officials related to the proposed golf course coming up here, are denying permission to reach the mosque.

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I want to open my own hotels: Paris Hilton

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London, August 18: Socialite Paris Hilton now wants to launch her own chain of hotels.

“I’ve pretty much done all you can do, but my next project that I’d like to do is get more involved in real estate. It’s always something I’ve been interested in. And right now that I’ve done everything I’ve wanted to do, that would definitely be the next step, to open my own hotels,” contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.

Hilton is the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton who founded the international Hilton Hotels brand.
–IANS

Madani remanded in police custody till August 26

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Bangalore, August 18: PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani has been remanded in police custody till August 26 by a magistrate here in connection with the 2008 Bangalore serial blast case.

After his arrest in Kollam by Karnataka Police, Madani was flown in here Tuesday night and produced before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh R Hulagi at his residence.

The court granted custody on conditions that he be allowed to perform all religious rituals during Ramzan and avail all medical facilities any time he so desires.

China raises Bruce Lee to rival NY’s Liberty

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Beijing, August 18: Chinese artists are creating a 30-metre-tall sculpture of Bruce Lee which they hope will one day become a landmark on the scale of the Statue of Liberty in New York.

The red-painted ceramic statue being made by sculptors in Foshan city in Guangdong province that bills itself as the home of Chinese kung fu, depicts an eight-legged Bruce Lee, known as Li Xiaolong in Chinese, balancing world famous monuments on each foot, China Daily reported Wednesday.

UN secures half of funds required for flooded Pakistan

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Islamabad, August 18: The UN said Wednesday that it has secured almost half of the $460 million it requires in emergency assistance for flood victims in Pakistan.

“We have received $208 million and that makes 42.5 percent of the funds initially required,” Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Pakistan, told DPA.

“In addition to that we have some pledges and that makes the total funds secured at 54.5 percent,” added Giuliano. “It is definitely an improvement in the situation.”

Irregularities in sale of tickets in TTD: TDP

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Hyderabad, August 18: TDP leaders have alleged irregularities in sale of tickets for paid rituals at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.

Telugu Desam Chief N Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that TTD Board Chairman D K Adikesavulu Naidu is a liquor baron and an “atheist” and demanded that the government constituted a new board comprising those with a spiritual bent of mind.

Pakistan’s highest award for Shams-ur-Rahman Farooqui

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Hyderabad, August 18 (Siasat News): As per the information forwarded by Mr. Mujtaba Hussein, the eminent Urdu author, critic, research scholar and poet Mr. Shamsu-ur-Rahman Farooqui is selected for the second highest civilian award of Pakistan ‘Sitara-e-Imtiaz’ in recognition of his dedicated work for the Urdu language.

The government of Pakistan has announced this recently. Mr. Farooqui is the second Indian who would receive this award after legendry Indian film personality Mr. Dilip Kumar.

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Trial in Babri demolition to begin from Monday

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Lucknow, August 18: Eighteen years after the 16th century Babri Mosque was pulled down by violent Hindu mobs in the ancient temple town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, a special court here will commence the formal trial in the case from Monday.

This follows framing of charges against 23 accused by special court judge V.K. Tyagi Tuesday, a court official said.

Anwar loses bid to strike out sodomy charges

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Kuala Lumpur, August 18: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday lost a bid to have sodomy charges against him struck out over claims of an affair between his young accuser and a female prosecutor.

High Court Judge Mohamad Zabidin Diah refused the request, saying there was no proof of the defence argument that 25-year-old Saiful Bukhari Azlan could have been passed confidential trial information by the junior prosecutor.

Ex-US Gov. convicted of lying to FBI

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Washington, August 18: A former Illinois governor has been convicted of lying to US federal agents in a case involving his attempt to sell Barack Obama’s vacated senate seat after winning the 2008 presidential election.

After two weeks of deliberations, jurors in Chicago found Rod Blagojevich guilty on Tuesday of a single criminal offense of making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The verdict carries a maximum five-year jail sentence and is considered one of the least severe offenses among the original 24 criminal counts filed against him.

Anti-corruption efforts ‘a key test’ for Afghan: Kerry

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Kabul, August 18: Afghanistan’s government must show progress on eradicating rampant corruption or risk losing the support of the United States, which helps it stay in power, a senior US politician told.

Senator John Kerry described corruption as “one of the most significant challenges facing Afghanistan and facing the allies who are supporting Afghanistan,” as a war against Taliban insurgents drags towards its tenth year.

Controversies stain Tirupati temple board

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Tirupati, August 18: Hopping from one controversy to another, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam is facing serious allegations over irregularities in sale of tickets for paid rituals and ‘missing’ antique jewelry, offered to Lord Venkateshwara, the presiding deity of the famous temple.

Though the Andhra Pradesh government did take action over the allegations against TTD (the body that administers the highly-revered shrine), the sentiments of the devotees apparently remain unassuaged and opposition parties are up in arms against the temple administration.

Dilshan asked Randiv to bowl no-ball

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Dambulla, August 18: In a dramatic turn of events, it has now been revealed that it was Sri Lankan batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan and not skipper Kumar Sangakkara who instigated off-spinner Suraj Randiv to bowl a no-ball that denied Virender Sehwag his 13th century in the third one-day international (ODI) of the ongoing triseries.

Media reports here Wednesday claimed that it was Sehwag’s Delhi Daredevils teammate Dilshan, fielding at cover point, who shouted in Sinhalese saying “oney nam, no-ball ekak danna puluwan”, which in English means ‘if you want, you can bowl a no-ball’.

Carcasses, garbage make abandoned Taj corridor an eyesore

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Agra, August 18: With the blatant dumping of civic garbage and carcasses, the land once earmarked for the controversial 80-acre Taj Corridor has now been reduced to an eyesore even as different government agencies blame one another for the mess.

Perched between two World Heritage monuments of the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort, it now contains stinking carcasses, graves of children and mounds of rubble that invite mosquitoes, dogs, snakes, crows and vultures – an eyesore that refuses to go away even though Agra is expected to draw a host of Commonwealth Games tourists.

Behind bars but JD-U legislator still enjoys minister status

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Patna, August 18: A legislator from Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U), sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a minister, enjoys the status of minister as head of the assembly housing committee, officials said.

Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, currently in jail, is chairman of the Bihar Vidhansabha Awas Samiti, a post accorded the status of a minister, an official in the state assembly told IANS.

A local court had last year sentenced Shukla to life imprisonment in the sensational murder case of former Bihar minister Brij Bihari Prasad June 13, 1998.