faheem Integrated Common Entrance Test-2012 convener Prof K Om Prakash on Friday released the key of ICET at Kakatiya University premises.
Prof Prakash appealed to the candidates to visit the website www.icetku2012.net to get further details. He said that the candidates can file any objections over the key before May 31. Stating that the final key of ICET would be released on June 2, he said the results of ICET would be released in the second week of June. (INN)
Rajya Sabha member K Chiranjeevi on Friday stated that Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkataramana has become scapegoat for the ‘unilateral’ decisions taken by former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s Cabinet.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayan on Friday denied allegations that the ruling party was trying to defer the by-elections by arresting Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy in disproportionate assets case.
Talking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan, Botsa said that Jagan has been trying to mislead the people by leveling baseless allegations against the Congress party accusing it of trying to defer the polls. He said that the Congress party was sure of its victory in by-elections and would never play dirty politics to counter a political opponent.
Amid tight security, YSR Congress party president and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation to face questions in connection with the disproportionate assets case against him.
Jagan reached the Dilkusha Guest House, CBI’s temporary office, at around 10.30 am in a heavily guarded convoy. Security personnel in large numbers were deployed on the entire 7-km stretch from Jagan’s residence Lotus Pond in Banjara Hills to Dilkusha Guest House on Raj Bhavan Road.
The YSR Congress party on Friday appealed to its cadre to maintain restraint and not to fall prey to any provocative measures from any quarters and also took objection to the way in which a section of media has been trying to subvert the investigation process.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu today demanded the arrest of Kadapa MP and YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with the disproportionate assets case.
Naidu said this while addressing a public rally during his one-day election tour at Ramachandrapuram constituency in East Godavari district ahead of the by-polls to 18 assembly segments and one Lok Sabha constituency.
The former chief minister said people should neither trust the Congress nor the YSR Congress, as both were “responsible for rampant corruption and had indulged in shady deals.”
Congress leader N D Tiwari was today asked by the Delhi High Court to appear in person on May 26 before it to give blood sample for a DNA test to decide the paternity suit of a man claiming to be his son.
“Defendent number 1 (Tiwari) is directed to appear on May 26 at 12 noon along with his two photographs,” Joint Registrar of Delhi High Court, Deepak Garg, said, adding that the court should not rush to take police assistance for enforcing its order.
Vishay Handa, director of a city-based hotel where a rave party was held last night in which two IPL players were present, was on Monday arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
“Handa, organiser of the rave party and director of Oakwood Premier Hotel, has been arrested under NDPS Act… as charas and cocaine were found at the venue. He has been booked under the Act,” said a police officer.
Police had said last night that two IPL players from the Pune Warriors team, one of them a foreigner, were among the 96 persons who were detained following a raid.
Deal with Pakistan in limbo strains NATO summit Chicago: As a NATO summit opened here amid protests, the US failed to strike a deal with Pakistan to reopen supply lines to Afghanistan casting a long shadow over talks to end the alliance’s combat role in the Afghan war.
US President Barack “Obama remained at loggerheads with President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, refusing even to meet with him without an agreement on the supply routes,” the New York Times reported. It also cited officials in both countries as saying a deal would not be coming soon.
Mamata Banerjee’s car still stops at all traffic signals, she still lives in a single-storey house in a dingy lane, and wears her trademark cotton saris and rubber slippers. But professors get arrested for circulating her cartoons and for supporting slum dwellers, she loses her cool over uncomfortable questions and sees a conspiracy if there is any criticism of her.
West Bengal’s maverick chief minister, who completed one year in office Sunday, is a study in contrast.
While Lara Dutta was pretty open about her pregnancy and post-pregnancy days, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan kept herself miles away from the shutterbugs. What’s more, Dutta has bounced back and is all set to sign new films. At the same time, Ash dearest is still struggling with her bulges.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Myanmarese rebels to end violence and join a government-led peace process.
About 50,000 have been displaced in the violence in Kachin state since June 2011 after the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) ended a 16-year truce with the government.
The decades-old conflict has created a major humanitarian crisis, as people continue to flee from their homes to avoid the violence. The group is fighting for an independent homeland.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday asked policemen to pull up their socks and warned them that his government wanted a peaceful state with a spruced-up law and order scenario.
Addressing senior police officials from all over the state at the Tilak Hall Secretariat, Yadav said his government will not compromise on law and order in the state.
With the Rajya Sabha passing an amendment to improve the rights of composers and writers, B-Town biggies Sonu Niigaam, Kailash Kher, Shabana Azmi and Rohit Roy have hailed veteran writer Javed Akhtar for his efforts in getting the measure through.
Akhtar has been pushing for an amendment in the copyright laws to give music directors and lyricists a share of the profits earned on their work. The amendment to the copyright act was passed by the Rajya Sabha Thursday and will now go to the Lok Sabha.
Akhtar’s wife Shabana was ecstatic.
The US has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington’s envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a round of nuclear talks with Tehran.
Dan Shapiro told the Israel Bar Association the US hopes it will not have to resort to military force. “But that doesn’t mean that option is not fully available,” he said. “The necessary planning has been done to ensure that it’s ready.”
Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, such as energy production. The US and Israel suspect Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons.
The UN nuclear agency chief will visit Tehran tomorrow to sign a deal allowing his organisation to resume probing Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.
Diplomats said the visit by Yukiya Amano would allow both sides to agree an accord outlining access to sites, information and officials it seeks for the International Atomic Energy Agency’s investigation.
Actor Freida Pinto, who has just been chosen the most beautiful woman by India’s People magazine, says that she is not averse to the idea of working in a Bollywood film and is just waiting for a good script.
Freida, who is at 65th Cannes Film Festival to represent cosmetic giant L’Oreal, spoke to CNN-IBN about walking on the red carpet, her movies selection and her Bollywood dreams.
Sleuths of the city’s cyber cell have arrested a 19-year-old student from Delhi for creating a fake Facebook profile of Police Commissioner Meeran Borwankar.
Identified as Anubhav Bipinkumar Yadav, the accused hails from Dhanao in Uttar Pradesh. The police said Yadav was pursuing his Bachelor of Business Administration.
During the investigation, it was also learnt that Yadav had earlier created a community called ‘Save Girls-Safe Nation’, and another account calling himself ‘Madam’ to promote the initiative.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday threatened to enforce discipline if the party’s top leaders of the party in Chhattisgarh did not come together immediately.
Addressing Youth Congress activists and later members of the National Students Union of India, Gandhi dropped a clear hint that youths would be given prominence in the next elections in the state.
The Congress, he said, would not allow Chhattisgarh to go the way of Uttar Pradesh where the Congress was routed this year mainly due to factionalism and a weak party structure.
BJP members on Friday obstructed speech of senior Congress member V Hanumanta Rao when he sought to explain the plight of Telangana people in the Rajya Sabha.
A woman worker of the Congress has climbed a mobile tower in the district Collectorate and created tension for over two hours on Friday morning.
Police turned jittery when she refused to come down until they promised action against the ruling party’s MLA.
Two groups of the Shia community fought pitched battles outside Lucknow’s famous Bada Imambara, exchanged blows and set on fire a vehicle Friday.
The violence broke out after the weekly Friday prayers when a group of supporters of Waseem Rizvi, the president of the Shia Waqf Board, made some snide comments against Shia cleric and member of the All-India Mulsim Personal law Board Kalbe Jawwad.
This ignited sentiments and Jawwad’s supporters starting pelting stones and attacked Rizvi’s vehicle.
Ridiculing the YSR Congress party leaders for threatening that consequences will be severe if the CBI takes Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy into custody, PCC Chief Botcha Satyanarayana has said that it would be no wrong if Jagan was arrested as he was facing several criminal charges.
A notorious rowdy-sheet of Old city, Nayeem alias Maruti Nayeem, was murdered on Thursday night. According to the information, Nayeem was chased and lynched by his opponents with boulders in the NRD Colony in Yakutpura last night.
Nayeem was principal accused in 13 murder cases. Besides, hundreds of cases were registered against him under Cyberabad and Hyderabad police commissionerates. As the deceased had lifted a large number of Maruti cars, he was nicknamed as Maruti Nayeem.
The summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations opened Friday in Maryland, US.
The two-day summit groups together leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US. The event will discuss issues, including the eurozone crisis, Iran nuclear standoff, Syria, global energy and food security, among others.
However, despite its wide-ranging agenda, many analysts expected no major outcomes from the gathering, Xinhua reported.