faheem Hyderabad, January 21: Aware of the inconvenience caused to students and parents, the unanimous opinion that emerged at the full-fledged meeting of the Telangana Joint Action Committee Telangana Joint Action Committee on Friday was to take up the next phase of agitation for separate Telangana statehood only after the completion of major examinations.
Mysore, January 21: Continuing its demolition drive against illegal structures, including places of worship appropriating public spaces, the Mysore City Corporation on Wednesday night pulled down a dargah on the D Devaraj Urs Road.
The operation was conducted amid tight security more than a thousand police personnel were present at the site after midnight, with top district officials overseeing the demolition.
Mumbai, January 21: ‘The Dirty Picture’ completes 50 days today and to celebrate the film’s success, the makers have reinstated it in a large number of screens across the country. The film has netted over 80 crores already and while the awards journey has already begun, Vidya too is more than thrilled with its success.
New Delhi, January 20: The Congress Friday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Sadbhavna mission fast at Godhra “lacked sincerity of purpose” and wondered if he was expiating for the 2002 communal riots in the state.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi accused Modi of speaking with “a forked tongue” and trying to gain cheap political mileage.
Hyderabad, January 20: Are you a foodie? Does learning and preparing new types of dishes appeal to you? If you are one of those who enjoy food shows on TV channels, NDTV Good Times is airing a new food reality show, Foodistan, from Monday.
Jaipur, January 20: Controversial author Salman Rushdie today cancelled his visit to India for the Jaipur Literature Festival citing threats to his life, ending days of speculation over his participation in the event.
In a statement read out to the press by festival producer Sanjoy K Roy, the Booker Prize winning author stated that he had been told by intelligence sources in Maharashtra and Rajasthan that “paid assassins” from the Mumbai underworld may be on their way to Jaipur to “eliminate” him.
A maintenance worker who this week pleaded guilty to molesting and killing a 7-year-old girl was found dead of an apparent suicide in his prison cell Thursday, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
20-yr-old Ryan Brunn was found unresponsive at 4:15 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson, said spokeswoman Kristen Stancil. Brunn was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:37 p.m., Stancil said in an email to The Associated Press.
New Delhi, January 20: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) star campaigner Uma Bharti on Friday clarified that she was not the party’s chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh while adding that she was working for the poor and had come to the state as the Ganga flows through it.
“I am in UP to ensure BJP’s performance. My heart belongs to the Ganga, the poor and the cow, wherever they are,” Uma Bharti said in an interview to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai.
Hyderabad, January 20: Osmania University, once the epicentre of the Telangana movement, is now seeing students ditch the agitating mode to prepare for various competitive examinations. The campus, the scene of many pitched battles between the police and students even a few months back, has completely changed in nature.
Godhra, January 20: As Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi began his day-long fast in Godhra on Friday, activist Shabnam Hashmi and five others were arrested on the outskirts of the city as they had planned to hold a parallel ‘sammelan’ to his fast.
“They have stopped and arrested us. We just want to go ahead with our convention. I don’t understand what are they afraid of? What are we saying?” asked Shabnam.
Hyderabad, January 20: The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, is before the state Assembly Budget Session in February.
The party leadership seems to have asked the CM to reexamine the proposals after a thorough scrutiny of the consequences that may follow a reshuffle.
Sources said the CM had discussed the Cabinet reshuffle with the central leaders for close to eight hours weighing the pros and cons, but was finally told to do some more analysis on the likely fallout of the changes that are going to be effected.
New Delhi, January 20: The Congress on Friday slammed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Godhra fast calling it a ‘political drama’. Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil also accused Modi of wasting public money in his fasts.
“This is a political drama. Modi is wasting public money. Why is he not visiting any riot victims,” Gohil questioned.
Reacting to the arrest of six activists protesting against Modi’s fast, Gohil said, “The arrest of activists outside Godhra shows Modi’s dictatorial approach.”
Hyderabad, January 20: The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Thursday inducted MLC Mr C. Ramachandraiah, and the Anakapalle MLA, Mr Ganta Srinivasa Rao, both belonging to the erstwhile Praja Rajyam, into the Cabinet taking the total strength to 38.
In a simple ceremony held in Raj Bhavan lawns, the Governor, Mr E.S.L. Narasimhan, administered the oath of office and secrecy to the two leaders who got Cabinet berths as part of the deal the Praja Rajyam struck with Congress for the merger.
Bhopal, January 20: A man was held here Tuesday after a non-resident Indian woman accused him of sexually harassing her on a Delhi-Bhopal flight, police said.
The woman, who lives in Singapore, complained first to the Central Industrial Security Force and then to the local police that she was sleeping when a co-passenger, Rajul Agrawal, molested her.
The man, an officer with the Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd, was arrested and then let off on bail, police officer G.D. Sharma told IANS.
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New Delhi, January 20: A 20-year-old girl from Manipur was raped allegedly by an unidentified man who gave her a lift while she was returning home from office, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place in south-west Delhi’s Dwarka on Wednesday night and a case has been registered.
The victim claimed she was waiting for public transport after she finished her office work around 8:45 pm in Gurgaon.
A man offered her lift to her residence in Mahipalpur but instead of driving her there, he forcefully took her to Dwarka, she claimed.
New Delhi, January 20: Having failed in his attempts last year, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is making a fresh bid to get into the country’s illegal mining and coal business, specially in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Bihar where the illicit trade is estimated to be worth over Rs 1,000 crores.
Dawood’s associates are trying to influence top Maoist leaders in Nepal to pressure their compatriots in India to help him establish a presence.
This starling revelation in a highly classified report has been circulating in New Delhi’s security/intelligence community.
New York, January 20: After days of silence, India-born author Salman Rushdie is back on Twitter but has not posted a single word on his appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival which remains in limbo.
In his latest post on the microblogging site today, he said, “Simi said the only Salman she liked worked in Bollywood. So all that smarming up to me last time I was in Bombay was fake? Such a surprise.”
Minutes later, there was another post that read “Yes, I know it was a satirical news report about Simi. Couldn’t resist joining in the fun.”
Hyderabad, January 19: For almost 20 years, superstar Balakrishna and megastar Chiranjeevi were undeclared rivals competing to rule the Telugu cineworld. With the two in rival parties now, the political arena has become their new battlefield. Balakrishna has declared that he will contest the Assembly Elections in 2014 and hopes to bring back to power Telugu Desam, the party his father NT Rama Rao established.
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday questioned the central government on its plans for rehabilitating Kashmiri Hindus.
“Twenty-two years before, on 19th Jan, 1990, an entire segment of Indians was forced to leave their home and hearth in Kashmir Valley by barbaric Islamic terrorists and secessionists,” BJP national spokesperson Tarun Vijay said in a statement.
London, January 19: A married British police officer has been sacked after he had sex with women in police stations, The Telegraph reported Thursday.
An internal investigation found Troy Van-Eda, 44, a constable for Greater Manchester Police, had sex at two stations and also at the women’s homes.
In one instance, he had intercourse with one woman in a station’s boiler room in April 2004, less than 24 hours after she was stopped for failing to wear a seat belt.
London, January 19: Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani has been banned from returning to her homeland after appearing naked in a photoshoot.
Government officials have reportedly told Farahani she is no longer welcome in Iran after posing naked in French news magazine Madame Le Figarom, reports contactmusic.com.
“I was told by a Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guide official that … you may offer your artistic services somewhere else,” contactmusic.com quoted the 28-year-old as saying.
Banglore, January 18: The city ground to a halt, thanks to a flash protest by advocates at the busy State Bank of Mysore Circle on KG Road, throwing life out of gear in the heart of the metropolis for over eight hours on Tuesday, and causing misery and pain to thousands who were stuck in the resulting traffic gridlock that extended miles around the central business district.
Chandigarh, January 18: Reacting sharply to the criticism for roping in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during campaigning in poll-bound Punjab, the BJP today said those opposing him were against development in the state.
“Modi has earned national and international accolades. Even Congress leaders have showered words of praise on him. His name is synonymous to development and the opposition is unfounded,” Rajya Sabha MP and former state president, Avinash Rai Khanna said.
Port Blair, January 18: The controversial video showing semi-naked Jarawa tribe women dancing before tourists was shot sometime in September-October 2008 and the police sought the help of the Defence establishment in ascertaining the identity of the man shown in the film in Army fatigue.
According to sources privy to the probe, the police sought the help of Adim Janjati Vikas Samiti (AAJVS), the interface between the local administration and tribals, which helped identify the dancing women and children.
New Delhi, January 18: The Centre today asked the Rajasthan and Delhi Police to take all possible steps to deal with any law and order situation arising out of a possible visit of controversial writer Salman Rushdie to take part in the Jaipur Literature Festival.
The Home Ministry advisory asked the two police forces to remain alert and deploy adequate forces in all sensitive locations to deal with any situation and protests that may be staged if Rushdie turns up in the country in the next few days, official sources said.