Asian News International On Monday, Education minister G. Jagadish Reddy and excise minister T. Padma Rao Goud assumed office at the Secretariat.
Mr Jagadish Reddy maintained that the TRS government will implement free education from KG to PG as vowed in the election manifesto whereas Mr Padma Rao said the present excise policy will continue for the time being and changes will be implemented after discussions in the Cabinet.
When you catch a new Hollywood flick the next time; you need not to surprise to see a slew of Indian names listed as producers as the credits roll at the end of the movie.
Indus Media Entertainment, a Singapore-based firm is set to launch a first-of-its-kind Rs.300-crore offshore fund called Indus Media Capital, which will invest in South Indian films and Hollywood.
This five-year fund which will be soon launched in September will be based in Mauritius and target 20-30 investors, including HNIs (high net-worth individuals) and Indians with media business interests.
David Cameron, British Prime Minister on Monday authorized no-notice raids in schools to deal with the threats of extremism after a plot by Islamist extremists to take over the running of some schools across Birmingham was confirmed.
A query in 21 schools in the city revealed that five did not do enough to protect students from extremism and put on “shows of cultural inclusivity “during inspections. The country’s schools inspectorate, the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), confirmed the so-called `Operation Trojan Horse’.
Those are who responsible for posting morphed photos of Shivaji and Bal Thackeray on social media were identified by the Maharashtra government.
R R Patil, State home minister on Monday said that the case had been cracked but did not reveal the identity of those responsible. The state government had sent teams to arrest them, he said.
Attacking Congress for its 65 years of “misrule”, ruling BJP on Tuesday said it was unthinkable that a national party has to be welcomed as a “regional party” in Lok Sabha but promised to take the opposition party along in the decision-making process.
“We never imagined that we will have to welcome a national party as a regional party in this House … What prompted this to happen? Why this mandate? … People have punished you for your misrule for 65 years,” BJP member Rajiv Pratap Rudy said, initiating a debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address.
The Old City has been reeling under impromptu power cuts at night for about a week. In spite of several complaints to officials of the Central Power Distribution Company (CPDCL), inhabitants have had no relief so far.
Mohammed Ghouse from Shah Gunj said, “There has been no power supply for around two hours between 10 pm and 12 am for the past eight to 10 days. There was a power cut last night from 11 pm to 12 am. Residents of the area registered several complaints at the Charminar office, but after some time, the CPDCL officials are locking the doors. We are fed up.”
Telangana govt proposes to set up country’s largest incubator, may fully wi-fi Hyderabad State’s IT minister said that the Telangana government intends to formulate infotech and industry policies with inputs from industry Incubator in collaboration with institutes like IIIT and ISB, besides technology partners from the industry Minister said that investment climate had slowed down in the recent years Single window clearance cell attached to the chief minister’s office.
Yet another girl, a 13-year-old, was gang raped and killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district, police said Tuesday.
Two accused have been arrested and are being interrogated. The incident took place Monday in Sabdalpur Rehra village. The girl was strangulated to death after being raped by the assailants. Her body was found in a sugarcane field, said police.
The US decided not to inform Pakistan about its top-secret mission to kill Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad as it knew that elements in spy agency ISI maintained close ties with the al-Qaeda and the Taliban, according to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In her memoir ‘Hard Choices’, which hit the book stores today, Clinton says that top US officials, including President Barack Obama and the then Defense Secretary Robert Gates, had detailed discussions on the issue including the possibility of Pakistan using the occasion to launch an attack on India.
The market’s initial record-setting spree came to a halt, with Sensex losing 140.94 points in late morning trade after most of the key sector stocks witnessed intense profit-booking.
Barring IT, tech and health-care sectors, rest all the counters including realty, metal, power, oil & gas, banking, auto, consumer durables and FMCG saw profit-booking.
The market opened with sharp gain at 25,706.35 and reached an all-time new high of 25,711.11 before succumbing to profit-booking.
Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday demanded imposition of president’s rule in Uttar Pradesh on the claim that the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party Government has consistently failed to improve law and order in the state.
Mayawati brought up this demand in the Rajya Sabha, even as BSP members raised slogans against the Uttar Pradesh Government.
Attention was drawn to the Badaun rape case and other incidents of atrocities committed against women.
The ensuing ruckus forced the presiding officer to adjourn proceedings.
Asaram’s former aide and key witness in the rape case against him, Amrit Prajapati, passed away in an Ahmedabad hospital on Monday.
Prajapati had been in a critical condition since May 23, when he was shot at by an unidentified man in his Rajkot clinic. He had slipped into a coma after the fatal shooting.
Prajapati was a former associate of Asaram and was apparently privy to many details regarding the self-styled godman. (ANI)
Ace southern cinematographer Ashok Kumar Agarwal is battling for life in the intensive care unit of a private hospital here for over a month with health-related issues, his son Akash Ashok Kumar said.
“My father, cinematographer-director Ashok Kumar Agarwal, has been suffering from health related issues for the past one month and is currently recuperating in ICU at SRM Hospital,” Akash said in a statement.
While reasons for his illness are unknown, hospital sources claim that his condition is not stable.
Researchers have claimed that angry expressions seem to boost the effectiveness of threats without actual aggression.
The research findings show that angry expressions lend additional weight to a negotiator’s threat to walk away from the table if his or her demands aren’t met, leading the other party in the negotiation to offer more money than they otherwise would have.
The Saturdays band member Rochelle Humes is extremely proud of her maiden fashion range.
Humes has unveiled her new collection for online store very.co.uk. She believes it has come at the perfect time in her career, reports contactmusic.com.
She told the Daily Star newspaper: “Creating my first fashion line has been a dream come true. I’ve always loved fashion but now just felt like the right time for me to create easy-to-wear pieces and include something for everyone.
“And I think, that working with Very.co.uk, I’ve achieved that.”IANS
Backed by positive market sentiment, soaring temperature and new product launches, consumer durables companies expect to clock good sales growth this summer.
“Sales are expected to be much better this year. There is a lot of positivity in the market. We expect to grow by about 35 per cent this calender year,” Haier India President Eric Braganza told PTI.
Haier had introduced over 65 products in four categories washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners and television panels this year. It plans to launch seven more products by next month.
Herbal health and personal case firm the Himalaya Drug Company today announced its entry into the men’s grooming segment with the launch of face wash.
The company said men’s personal care market in India is pegged at Rs 3,800 crore and growing at 21 per cent annually.
“With the men’s range, we aim to replicate our success in the face washes category … we are also looking to expand the men’s range soon,” the Himalaya Drug Company Business Head – Consumer Products Division Rajesh Krishnamurthy said.
Filmmaker A.R Murugadoss, who is basking in the success of his latest Hindi directorial “Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty”, is all set to direct actress Sonakshi Sinha in a woman-centric action flick in the language. The project is expected to go on floors in November.
This will be the second time Sonakshi will be teaming up with him after “Holiday…”.
“It’s official! My next is a woman-oriented action film directed by the genius behind Ghajini & Holiday @ARMurugadoss! We start in November,” Sonakshi posted on her Twitter page Tuesday.
Singer Rihanna has shared her joy upon becoming an aunt by publishing a series of candid photographs in which she can be seen cradling her newborn niece.
The “Umbrella” hitmaker published a photograph on micro-blogging site Twitter showing herself holding the little girl in what appears to be a hospital unit Sunday night, reports contactmusic.com.
She captioned it: “My everything”
Rihanna even added a succession of shots which showed her lying on a bed, holding the baby to her chest, adding: “My auntie rule$ (sic)…I can’t get enough, I’m so in love.”
Domestic passenger car sales grew by 3.08 per cent to 1,48,577 units last month as compared with 1,44,132 units in May 2013.
According to the data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), motorcycle sales in May this year grew by 11.71 per cent to 9,84,469 units as against 8,81,288 units in the year-ago period.
Total two-wheeler sales during the month grew by 16.3 per cent to 14,02,830 units from 12,06,173 units in the same period of the previous year.
The Man in the Moon appeared when meteoroids struck the Earth-facing side of the Moon creating large flat seas of basalt that we see as dark areas called maria.
But no “face” exists on farside of the Moon and now, Penn State astrophysicists think they know why.
This mystery is called the Lunar Farside Highlands Problem and dates back to 1959, when the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 transmitted the first images of the “dark” side of the Moon back to Earth.
A 15-month old girl was recently sacrificed with a desire to unearth hidden treasure at the nearby Firozabad fort, and seven persons including her father have been arrested in connection with the crime, a top police official today said.
“Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the case, father of the girl is one among them, they are said to have committed the crime with a desire to unearth treasure in the fort, about 34 km from here, but did not find anything”, Gulbarga SP Amit Singh told PTI.
A woman IT professional from Jharkhand was allegedly raped on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in Electronics City police station limits here.
“Yes. We have received a complaint. A Jharkhand IT employee was raped at her PG (paying guest accommodation) on the intervening night between Thursday and Friday at about 3 am,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Kamal Panth told a news agency.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday opposed the formation of Cauvery Management Board (CMB) as sought by his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa when she met Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week.
Siddaramaiah said civil appeals against the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal filed by riparian Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are still pending in the Supreme Court and as such no move should be made to form CMB.
The National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) is offering new housing projects across the country in the coming months besides working on plans to redevelop as “green complexes” three government colonies in the Capital.
The NBCC also announced a net profit of Rs 257 crore for 2013-14, an increase of 24 percent over that of 2012-13.
Addressing a press Conference here on Friday, CMD of NBCC Anoop Kumar Mittal said that housing projects for general public are underway in Gurgaon, Khekra (near Delhi), Patna and Kochi.