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Emergency meeting of All India Minorities Welfare Association

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(Siasat News)According to a press note issued by Mr. Zubair bin Saleem Al-Umoodi, General Secretary of All India Minorities Welfare Asscoation, an emergency meeting of the Association will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday 11th September at the office of the Association near Happy Home Dairy, Rajender Nagar Road opposite pillar number 216 under the chairmanship of Mr. Shamshad Quadri, President of the Association. Various issues including fees reimbursement scheme etc. will be discussed in the meeting.

Deccan Studies Center inauguration in Urdu University today -Dr. Remple’s lecture

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(Siasat News)Maulana Azad National Urdu University has established “Deccan Studies Center” and named it after the famous historian of Deccan, Prof. Haroon Khan Sherwani. Its inaugral function will be held today at 11 a.m. at Urdu University campus, Gachi Bowli, Hyderabad.

Prof. Mohammed Miyan, Vice Chancellor of Urdu University will inaugurate the Center.

Dr. Mohammed Suleman Siddiqui, Maulana Azad professor of Urdu University will highlight the aims and objectives of the establishment of Deccan Studies Center.

Mr. Farooq Hussain represents to Azad for Sub-Plan for Muslims

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(Siasat News)Congress MLC, Mr. Farooq Hussain made a representation to Union Health Minister and in charge of A.P. affairs, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad about the need to allocate a sub-plan for the Muslims in the State budget. He told that such a move is necessary for the development and welfare of the Muslims.

Mr. Azad gave an assurance to Mr. Farooq Hussain that this matter would be considered.

No guidelines to regulate media reporting of sub-judice matters: SC

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The Supreme Court Tuesday said that there can be no blanket guidelines to regulate media reporting of sub-judice matters but restrictions could be sought in specific cases.

“No guidelines can be framed across the board to regulate media reporting of sub-judice matters,” Chief Justice S.H Kapadia, heading a consitution bench, said while pronouncing the verdict.

However, “any aggrieved person apprehending prejudice can move the competent court seeking to restrain the media from reporting the proceedings in his/her case”, Kapadia added.

Four die in Brazil plane crash

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Four people were killed when a single-engine airplane crashed during a sightseeing flight over the central Brazilian state of Goias, authorities said.

The accident took place around 4.30 p.m. Sunday in the municipality of Acreuna, about 155 km from Goiania, the state capital.

The dead were the pilot and three passengers: sisters Franciele and Andressa Alves Freitas, aged 19 and 14, respectively; and Nivia Maria Gomes Barros, 24.

The aircraft fell from the sky and hit the ground about 500 m from the runway at the Acreuna flying club.

—-IANS

Indians look at US favourably; want Obama to win: Pew survey

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While a majority of Indians is favourably disposed toward the United States, only a third of urban Indians approve of China and just 13 percent have a positive view of Pakistan, according to a new survey.

A 58 percent-majority is favourably disposed toward the US and they see America in a more favourable light than they view other major world powers, such as Russia (48 percent) or the EU (38 percent), according to the survey by the Pew Research Centre’s Global Attitudes Project.

Forced disappearances negate humanity, says Pakistani daily

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Forced disappearances negate the very essence of humanity and cannot and should not be tolerated or justified, a Pakistani daily said Tuesday as a UN panel arrived here on an information gathering mission.

An editorial in the News International said the country’s missing persons’ cases have finally caught the imagination of the international community and a United Nations working group on enforced and involuntary disappearances has arrived on an information-gathering mission on the invitation of the Pakistan government.

Over 9 million follow Dalai Lama in cyberspace

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has over nine million fans following him in cyberspace.

Although not tech-savvy, the Dalai Lama, revered as a demi-god by his people and followers the world over, is quite a hit on social media sites Twitter and Facebook.

The phenomenal fan following is all the more significant as his private office, based in this northern Indian town, believes extensive use of social media helps in reaching out to the netizens worldwide.

India takes up case of child in foster care in US

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Indian missions in the US have taken up with authorities the case of an Indian couple who have been denied custody of their child after he suffered head injuries in a fall.

US authorities took the one-year-old boy, Indrashish, under their care after the accident at the New Jersey home of an Indian engineer Debasish Saha, 28 on Aug 9. The child is currently in Children’s Specialised Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, according to the Consulate General of India in New York. Prior to this, he had undergone treatment at Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey.

Taliban issues ‘kill notice’ for Britain’s Prince Harry

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Taliban on Monday threatened to kill Britain’s Prince Harry, who is serving a fresh deployment in Afghanistan as an Apache attack helicopter pilot, four years after his previous battle stint in the war-torn country was cut short over similar threats.

Describing 27-year-old Prince Harry as a “high-value target”, a militia spokesman said they will “make their best efforts to arrest or kill” him, the Sky news reported.

I trained with rats for ‘Life of Pi’: DU student Suraj Sharma

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Training, training and training! Delhi University student Suraj Sharma swam for hours, worked on his body and his dialect and even had rats run all over him to prepare for his role in Oscar-winning director Ang Lee’s adventure film “Life of Pi”.

For the 19-year-old second year student of Philosophy (Hons) at St Stephen’s College, working in the film, based on Yann Martel’s Booker Prize winning book, has been life-changing.

Herrera sketches `very flirty’ woman in new collection

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Venezuelan designer Carolina Herrera paid tribute to the “very flirty, feminine” woman in her new spring and summer collection for 2013 unveiled during the New York Fashion Week.

“The woman we’re going to see next spring and summer is very flirty, very feminine, the kind that likes to have some clothes that are very soft, light and never heavy,” the designer told EFE.

Emma named web’s Most Dangerous Celebrity in 2012

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“Harry Potter” star Emma Watson has landed atop McAfee’s annual list of Most Dangerous Celebrity in Cyberspace.

The 22-year-old actress replaces last year’s No 1 champ Heidi Klum on the yearly list released by the internet security firm, reported Ace Showbiz.

“Searching for the latest Emma Watson pictures and downloads yields more than a 12.6 per cent chance of landing on a website that has tested positive for online threats, such as spyware, adware, spam, phishing, viruses and other malware,” said McAfee.

28 die in Himachal bus accident

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At least 28 people were killed and five injured when a state roadways bus skidded off the road and fell into a 500-foot-deep gorge Monday night in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district, an official said.

Twenty-eight bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the bus, while five injured have been hospitalised, Deputy Commissioner K.R. Bharti told IANS Tuesday.

The 42-seater bus, ferrying passengers from Palampur to Asha Puri, a village known for a hilltop shrine, had been overcrowded, one of the survivors told police.

Jilted lover shot himself after killing his lover

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(Siasat News)A Jilted lover committed suicide after killing his 22 year old lover with his illegal weapon.

Pinki Kumari who was a student of Master of Science (MSc) had an affair with Naresh Acharya who was working at a petrol pump.

As she got engaged to someone else Naresh decided to kill her, he went to Pinki’s house on Sunday night and shot her in the head and escaped.

After the murder he called Pinki’s brother and told him that he had killed Pinki. When her brother found her body on the rooftop, he informed police.

However after killing her, he shot himself on the head.

Turkey military killed 25 militants in Iraq

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Turkish military carried out cross border military operations into Iraq and staged against 14 targets of the banned Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) this past week, killing 25 militants of the outfit, an official statement from Turkey said.

The military operations were carried out between Sep 5 and 9, killing at least 25 PKK militants, Xinhua quoted a statement released by the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces as saying.

I’m yet to play a role better than ‘Ghajini’: Asin

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South import Asin, who has appeared in a number of Bollywood films after making her debut with ‘Ghajini’, says she is yet to come across a role which allows her to perform even better than her first Hindi film.

The 26-year-old actress played the love interest of Aamir Khan in the 2008 thriller and grabbed the Best Female Debut Filmfare award that year. “I do hope that something like that comes my way. As an artist even you need some creative satisfaction. You too crave for a platform where you can get a chance to perform by digging your teeth into a fleshy character.

14 Pakistanis sign up for Hockey India League auction

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The vastly experienced Sohail Abbas is among 14 Pakistan hockey stars who have signed up for the inaugural Hockey India League to be held from Jan 5 to Feb 3 next year.

Rated among the world’s best drag-flick exponents, Abbas has scored the most international goals in the history of hockey. He has scored 349 goals.

The exciting 19-year-old forward Ali Shan, who was among the final 20 probables for the Olympic Games, joins 13 players from the Pakistan squad that finished seventh in the London Games earlier this year.

Zardari has taken Sarabjit’s case very seriously: Krishna

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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has taken “very seriously” the case of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who has been in a jail for two decades, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said.

Mr Krishna raised 49-year-old Sarabjit’s case with Zardari during a meeting in Islamabad on Friday.

“The President has taken it very seriously and he instructed his office to look into the details,” Mr Krishna told Indian reporters during an interaction here on Saturday evening.

Rajasthan has a plan for minorities

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Despite the Sachar Committee Report of 2006 that showed that the literacy rate among Muslims being far lower than national average, and their representation in managerial and professional classes poor, little has been done to facilitate their greater integration with the mainstream. The Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, however, is set to change that.

The Rajasthan government has now formed a separate department to address minority affairs to encourage smoother integration of minority groups, especially their youth and women.

‘A democracy must debate, parliament disruptions no option’

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Parliamentary debate is the only option in a democracy but this can happen only if the house is allowed to function, political leaders across the spectrum – barring one – say after 13 of the monsoon session’s 20 days were washed out due to BJP’s raucous protests over alleged irregularities in sale of coal mining blocks.

IANS spoke to a dozen political leaders who slammed the disruptions that hurt the legislative business most with only four key bills being passed out of the 32 listed for the session.

Micro-financing empowers women in Jammu and Kashmir

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Microfinance is empowering women, especially the poor and widows, in Jammu and Kashmir, thanks to NGO Kashmir Women’s Credit Cooperative Ltd (KWCCL) that is providing loans to the needy to set up self-employment ventures like weaving and embroidery units, beauty parlours and boutiques. It is also giving loans for children’s education.

“Needy women desirous of starting their business have just to give photographs, a witness and an affidavit for getting a loan ranging from Rs.10,000 to Rs.30,000,” KWCCL chairperson Nighat Pandit told IANS.

Energy crisis in State-Restrictions on major units

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(Siasat News)Central Power Distribution Corporation of A.P. has made a proposal through to all the four power distribution corporations to A.P. Electricity Regulatory Authority of A.P. Electricity to impose restrictions on major units under the Electricity Act of 2003. The demand for electricity in the State has increased. At present 202 million-unit powers is being supplied as against the demand of 276 million units. In this way, there is a shortage of 72 million units per day.

Generation of electricity is being hampered due to the slow flow of water in reservoirs.

YSR Congress rules out merger with any party

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(Siasat News)YSR Congress Party ruled out its merger with any other political party in the future. It challenged TDP to move ‘No Confidence Motion’ in Assembly against the Congress Govt. If it does so, YSR Congress Party will extend its support.