Ali Khan

The Bombay High Court today allowed Nestle India to export Maggi noodles after Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it had no objection to the company selling the product abroad though it stood by its decision to ban nine variants of the food snack in the country for being hazardous to public health.

“Why blame us…If the company claims that its product is safe and follows the safety standards then let them export it instead of destroying,” FSSAI counsel Mahmood Pracha argued before a bench of Justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawala.

A student of Sri Chaitanya College hanged himself to death at his residence in Bachupally under Dundigal police station limits, on Monday.

According to police, 18-year-old Ch Om Prakash, R/O Bachupally committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his residence.

Deceased’s father says the reason behind suicide could be depression. The body has been shifted to Gandhi mortuary for postmortem.

Siasat news

The government has not returned airport user charges as promised to the Hajj aspirants of the year 2013. It must be recalled that Kiran Kumar Reddy government had announced to pay 50% user charges by the government and had sanctioned 74 lakh rupees in this connection. However the amount was not released by the finance department. But the present government didn’t bother to fulfill the promise.

Central government is pondering over the names of 3 academicians for appointment of new Vice chancellor in Maulana Azad National Urdu University. According to reliable sources search committee constituted by Human Resource development Ministry has nominated 3 names including Prof. Siraj ul Hasan Director Institute of Human Resource Development Bangalore, Prof. Faizan Mustafa Vice Chancellor Nalsar University of Law Hyderabad and Dr. Aslam Parvez Principal Zakir Husain Delhi College.

Short-term computer course will begin from July 1, at Mahboob Husain Jigar Career Guidance Centre, Siasat premises. Hundreds of students have learned various courses so far and getting employment in the city and abroad. Over 500 students have learned AutoCAD and are serving in Dubai, Saudi Arab and Qatar. Courses like AutoCAD, 3D mix, accounting packages (Tally, Wings, Focus, Page tree) DTP and MS Office are offered under the supervision of expert teachers. Candidates interested to avail the course can register their names by reaching Computer Institute, Siasat office. Age no bar.

All India level competitive exam is held for recruitment on more than 6000 clerical cadre posts in the central government offices under Staff Selection Commission. Intermediate pass (any subject/group) are eligible. Monthly salary will be more than Rs. 32000. Inter pass boys and girls can reach Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat premises, Abids from 12 noon to 5 pm.

Siasat news

Meeting of Minorities Development Forum will be held on Thursday, July 2, at 4:30 pm, at MDF office, Siasat. Mr. Abid Siddiqui president MDF will preside over. Proposed 43rd Du Ba Du programme to be held on Sunday, July 5, at Khaja Mansion function will be finalised at the meeting. Date of General Body Meeting and campaign to expedite membership will be finalised. MDF will be reconstituted at General Body Meeting.

‘Career Guidance’ a very informative and helpful book compiled by Mr. Syed Mohammed Iftekhar Musharraf, which guides regarding colleges and employment has been released. Its discounted rate is Rs. 200. Interested persons can obtain it directly from MDF office, Siasat premises Abids. Further details can be had from phone no 9959663334.

Siasat news

Congress MLC Mr. Mohammed Farooq Husain said that Muslims would not go to Pakistan instead those who advise Muslims to go to Pakistan would be sent to graveyard. He told this while addressing a Congress meeting held at Rajendranagar assembly constituency. Opposition leader Mr. K Jana Reddy, Congress MP Mr. V Hanumanth Rao, ex-Home Minister Mrs. Sabita Indira Reddy and others were present on the occasion.

The Hyderabad High Court today rejected a public interest petition seeking a direction to the Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to exercise special powers under a section of the Reoganisation Act that has become a bone of contention between the two States.

The Section 8 of Andhra Pradesh Reoganisation Act gives powers to the Governor on maintaining law and order in Hyderabad, the common capital of the two states for 10 years starting June 2, 2014.

The Commerce Ministry will take a host of measures in the coming days to further improve ease of doing business and make international trading paperless.

Also, Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher today launched two mobile applications which provide access to most of the services of Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

The DGFT is focusing on steps to simplify procedures for traders, Kher said while launching the mobile apps.

The US Supreme Court today upheld the use of a controversial drug that has been implicated in several botched executions.

Meanwhile, two of the justices said for first time that death penalty itself probably is unconstitutional.

The justices voted 5-4 in a case from the state of Oklahoma that the sedative midazolam can be used in executions without violating a constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

States like Mizoram have done well in taking ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ forward by respecting the task of cleaning, NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar said today.

“We need to give the task of cleaning dignity. States like Mizoram are good examples of this effort.

“The regulations will be implemented by local bodies but eventually each one of us will bring the change,” Khullar was quoted as saying in a tweet posted by NITI Aayog.

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In tune with its efforts to ensure uniformity in Value Added Tax with neighbouring states, Delhi government today tabled an amendment bill in the Assembly for bringing flexibility in fixing VAT on liquor, tobacco, aerated drinks and certain other items.

The government said the bill will make enabling provisions for levy of VAT in respect of goods enlisted in the Fourth Schedule such as liquor, tobacco, aerated drinks and others – at flexible rates instead of a flat slab of 20 per cent.

Maharashtra State Information Commission (SIC) does not have information on its own orders that were challenged in courts, an RTI query revealed.

The RTI was filed by city-based activist Anil Galgali seeking details of the orders it had passed that were challenged in courts.

However, desk officer and Public Information Officer of the Commission M Kamble informed Galgali recently that no compiled information was available with the office in this regard.

The Commission also informed him that no special lawyers were appointed to represent it in the court.

A 42-year-old man, who was declared brain dead at a private hospital here, has become the ninth cadaver donor at AIIMS.

According to hospital authorities, the man’s heart, liver and two kidneys have been transplanted, while his corneas have been preserved.

“The patient was admitted to Rockland Hospital in Qutab institutional area with complaints of severe headache and pain in the right side of the body on June 23 morning.

Negotiators trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme have decided not to set a new target date to conclude talks, France’s foreign minister said today, and he warned that if an agreement isn’t “very robust” other countries in the Middle East will seek to develop nuclear weapons.

“We have made some progress, but still it is not the end of the process,” Laurent Fabius told a group of reporters, stressing that all parties have adopted the principle that “nothing is agreed until the moment when everything is agreed.”

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and is believed to have discussed with him the security situation in the Northeast where militants killed 18 soldiers on June 4.

Parrikar and Singh met for nearly 20 minutes and discussed various issues, including security situation in the country, official sources said.

Parrikar, however, told reporters that he, being a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh, discussed about developmental issues with Singh, a former Chief Minister of the state.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today questioned the “stalling of answers” by the External Affairs Ministry headed by Sushma Swaraj to the questions posed by him on the Lalitgate issue.

“Seven questions I asked on #LalitModi have become RTI application, MEA stalls answers, Why?” he tweeted

“Also, is Minister Swaraj aware that the MEA has stalled answers to the RTI questions?”, the former Finance Minister said in another tweet.

Police have seized 53 illegal weapons, 17 fake firearms licenses besides several documents including duplicate NOCs for purchasing weapons and 17 fake stamps of District Magistrates of various districts in Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

Addressing the media here, Paramraj Singh Umranangal Inspector General (Bhatinda Zone) today said police had busted an inter-state arms smuggling racket in March during which Arwinder Singh, Manager of Bhajan Gun House, Guruharsahai was arrested along with illegal arms and ammunition.

Senior AAP leader Kumar Vishwas today lodged a complaint with the Patel Nagar police demanding action against a private TV news channel for “damaging” his reputation.

Vishwas has also demanded action against the owner, editor and anchor of the channel for relay of “fake news and defamatory content by words, signs, visible representation intending to harm, knowingly and willingly at the instance of rival political party, the BJP.”

A murder convict today escaped police custody as he was being transported for a court hearing in Khurja town in connection with another case after throwing chili powder into the eyes of escorting policemen.

Vineet (35), jailed in connection with a 2010 murder case, was being taken from the district jail here for a hearing in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate in Khurja, Police Circle Officer, Khurja, R L Niranjan said.

He threw chili powder into the eyes of policemen escorting him and and escaped. A hunt has been launched to arrest him, he said.

Seven more airports, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi and Ahmedabad in his home state, will soon be declared as entry points along with the existing nine where citizens from eligible countries can land with an e-tourist visa.

Besides these two, Jaipur, Amritsar, Gaya, Lucknow and Trichy will be declared as entry points as government is expecting rush of Chinese tourists to India when the e-tourist visa facility will be finally rolled out to the citizens of the neighbouring country.

At least 16 people, including four cops, were today injured when slum dwellers clashed with police during their protest against administration’s proposed drive to demolish an alleged illegal colony on the outskirts of the city.

The clash occurred outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here when some residents of Dhanas village refused to leave the premises after submitting their memorandum against the demolition plan, police said.