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Hyderabad, January 12: The CBI Special Court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, his brother-in-law and Obulapuram Mining Corporation managing director B V Srinivasa Reddy and former mines director V D Rajagopal to January 25 in the Obulapuram Mining Corporation’s illegal mining scam.

The court issued these orders when they were produced before the Nampally court after the expiry of their remand on Thursday. Following the court directions, the police have again shifted them to the Chanchalguda Central Jail.

Hyderabad, Jan 12: Veteran film director V Madhusudhan Rao passed away after prolonged illness. He is survived by his wife Saroja and two sons.

Madhusudhana Rao provided great hits from Rata Sambandham to Bhakta Tukaram and directed all the top heroes. Known as a director for family films, he also has to his credit mythological and period films.

He won the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award and also started Madhu Film Institute, which has been the breeding ground for many actors and directors who tasted success in filmland.

New Delhi, January 12: The Election Commission today asked the government to put on hold its decision on 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in five poll-bound states till election process ends there as a controversy raged over the issue.

“It has been brought to the notice of the Commission that the Central Government has carved out 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities from within 27 per cent quota for OBCs in violation of the Model Code of Conduct and should be stopped by the Commission,” the EC said in a statement.

Hyderabad, Jan 11 (INN): Telangana Freedom Fighters Association president Konda Laxman Bapuji on Wednesday suspected the commitment of Telugu Desam and Y S R Congress parties on farmers’ cause in the Telangana region.

Talking to media persons at Prakasam Hall in Gandhi Bhavan, the veteran freedom fighter said that both TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy were taking up padayatra and deeksha only to strengthen their party position eyeing on the upcoming by-elections in the region.

Bhubaneswar, January 10: After a public outcry, the Odisha government Tuesday asked police to probe the alleged gangrape of a woman in Puri district nearly a month and a half ago. A criminal case was registered against four people and one of them was arrested.

The action came a day after the state human rights commission took suo motu cognizance of the matter and directed police to register a case and submit an action taken report within three days.

Mumbai, January 10: Bipasha Basu’s crazy birthday party is out there on the internet for all to see. But the leaked video has left the actress miffed as she feels her privacy has been invaded.

“I’m still in shock that my privacy has been invaded! These were private moments from my birthday that were leaked and I am very upset,” tweeted Bipasha.

New Delhi, January 10: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan will urge people not to vote for candidates with criminal background in upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

The National Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms said Tuesday: “Aamir’s recorded message will be sent through automated calls to lakhs of voters till elections in the five states are over.”

Besides English and Hindi, the message will go out in regional languages too, ADR said. The actor has already recorded a one-minute video clip.

New Delhi, January 10: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has topped the list of chief ministers in the five election-bound states with maximum assets: worth Rs.87 crore, according to the National Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms.

“RTI responses from five states showed Mayawati has the highest assets at Rs.87 crore,” said the study. “Chief Minister of Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh has the lowest assets worth — just Rs.6 lakh.”

Hyderabad, January 10: The police on Tuesday arrested Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who was on a padayatra from NTR Trust Office to Vidyut Soudha, protesting the government proposal to increase power tariff and unscheduled power cuts in the state.

Talking to media persons after his arrest at Road No 3, Banjara Hills in the city, the TDP chief stated that the government cannot burden the common man, who is already struggling with skyrocketing prices of essential commodities. He said that the government should bear the additional tariff burden of Rs 16,000 crores.

Tehran, January 10: An American ex-Marine, who also holds Iranian citizenship, has been sentenced to death by an Iran judge for spying for the CIA, the Fars news agency reported on Monday.

Amir Mirzai Hekmati, 28, was “sentenced to death for cooperating with a hostile nation, membership of the CIA and trying to implicate Iran in terrorism,” the verdict said, according to Fars.

Lucknow, January 09: Mausam Sard hai, Jazbat Garm Hai– with this punch line national general secretary of Samajwadi Party (SP) Mohd Azam Khan set the tone for the first election rally of the party along with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at Barabanki on Sunday.

Known for his oratory skill, Azam Khan handled the situation deftly. Lashing out at the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati, he remarked: “With your hard earned money, they have constructed the statues. Remember the statues of dictators in Iraq were also first draped then pulled down.”

Islamabad, January 09: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has questioned the judiciary’s inaction against his predecessor Pervez Musharraf despite an email Benazir Bhutto sent before her assassination holding him responsible for anything happening to her on returning to Pakistan.

Former prime minister Bhutto, Zardari’s wife, was assassinated Dec 27, 2007, while leaving Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh after addressing an election rally.

Zardari, in an interview with Geo TV, also said Interior Minister Rehman Malik was not responsible for Bhutto’s security during the Liaquat Bagh rally.

Mumbai, January 09: Very few dare to take panga with mercurial Salman Khan since he is known for not sparing those who rub him the wrong way.

Hyderabad, January 08: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today said the state continued to be one of the best investment destinations in the country.

”Andhra Pradesh today stands at the top, thanks to the pro-active policies of the state government,” an official statement quoting Mr Reddy said, on the eve of the three-day Global Partnership Summit which would begin from January 11.

The release said in order to make Andhra Pradesh the investment magnet of the country, the Chief Minister had been striving to make the state one of the best investment destinations.

Hyderabad, January 08: In a major breakthrough, the city-based National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted a Pakistan-based Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested a gang of 11 persons, including the kingpin, involved in smuggling of fake Indian currency from Pakistan, here last evening.

As many as Rs 27,000 fake currency notes were seized from the gang, who had already managed to circulate fake notes worth a crore of rupees, according to NIA sources here.

Vijayawada, January 8 (INN): TDP seems to have shifted to election mode. After the party chief N Chandrababu Naidu stormed the Telangana bastion, it’s now the turn of N Balakrishna to drum up support in coastal region.

After unveiling his father NTR’s statue at Pamarru in Krishna district he gave a clarion call sounded the election drums for the 2014 general elections. “It is the sole responsibility of party workers to work for achieving victory in 2014 general elections for TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu,” he told reporters after the function on Sunday.

London: An Indian-origin UK police constable has been accused of using his force’s database to target vulnerable women for sex while on duty.

Police constable Jasbir Singh Dhanda, 52, is accused of misusing the database while he was a serving officer with Derbyshire Police over a seven-year period, The Daily Mail reported.

The officer allegedly had sex with two women while he was working after tracking them down on the police systems.

Dhanda has denied all charges.

Chennai, January 07: Madras High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former disciple of controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda and another person, who apprehended arrest in connection with a blackmail complaint.

The complaint by one Nithya Atma Prabhananda had accused the duo – Lenin alias Dithya Dharmanantha and K Kumar – of having blackmailed Nithayananda using a video film showing the godman in a compromising position with an actress.

Pune, January 07 The mortal remains of 23-year-old engineering student Anuj Bidve, who was shot dead in Greater Manchester in the UK in an ‘unprovoked attack’ ten days ago, was brought back to India here today.

The body of Anuj arrived at Mumbai airport this afternoon and it was brought to Pune by ambulance late this afternoon.

The Bidve family had travelled to United Kingdom to collect Anuj’s body on Wednesday.

Hyderabad, January 07: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today flayed the Congress government for its ”nonchalant” attitude towards the problems of farmers in the state.

Addressing a press conference after a politburo meeting chaired by its president N Chandrababu Naidu here, senior TDP leader Yerran Naidu said concerned over the plight of the farmers, Mr Chandrababu Naidu had undertaken ”Rythu Porubata” programme.

Hyderabad, January 07: The opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh today said it would bring in an effective Lokayukta if it was voted back to power in the next assembly elections.

”We will bring a Lokayukta Act for which the system should be effective,” TDP senior leader K Yerran Naidu told reporters at a press conference after a politburo meeting chaired by its President N Chandrababu Naidu here.

Jaipur, January 07: A woman was arrested in Rajasthan on the charge of killing her one-year-old daughter by throwing her into a well, police said Saturday.

The incident took place Friday in a village near Guda Engla town of Pali district, some 300 km from here.

The woman, identified as Kuldeep Kaur, was arrested Saturday after her husband Jagtar Singh registered a first information report (FIR) against her implicating her in the murder.

Mumbai, January 07: National Investigating Agency today opposed the bail plea of a key accused in the Malegaon 2008 blast, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, in the special MCOCA court, saying she aided and abetted the other accused with the full knowledge of the strike and had offered all support.

On November 18, Thakur had filed a bail application in the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court for the third time saying that she was falsely implicated in the case.

Bangalore, January 06: The Karnataka High Court Friday served notice to the Bangalore police commissioner for not registering an FIR against former cricketer Anil Kumble in an impersonation and forgery case.

Serving the notice, Justice S. Abdul Naseer directed the police commissioner to explain by next week why a First Information Report (FIR) was not registered against Kumble, who had been accused of forging the signature of petitioner Kumar V. Jahgirdar in an application for renewing the passport of the latter’s minor daughter Aaruni Kumar Jahgirdar in April 2011.

New Delhi, January 06: Every fifth murder in the capital is sexually motivated, Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta said Friday.

Addressing the annual press conference of the Delhi Police, Gupta said: “According to the latest data, 18 percent of murders in Delhi are sex-related. Other prominent reasons for murders are sudden provocation and crime-related.”

According to Gupta, family disputes were found to be behind only nine percent of murders. Enmity and disputes were the other chief motives during 2011.