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Five more swine flu cases in Lucknow

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Five more cases of swine flue were reported in the Uttar Pradesh capital Thursday, a day after an elderly person died of the virus here.

Samples of five people, brought to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) with symptoms of the dreaded H1N1 virus, were found positive, doctors said.

T.N. Dhole, head of SGPGI’s microbiology department, confirmed the swine flu cases.

Three of the infected people were SGPGI staffers, two of them technicians. The other two are from the city’s Telibagh area.

Dubai demolishes 40 ugly buildings, more to follow

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At least 40 abandoned buildings have been demolished in Dubai this year by the municipality because they posed a health threat, security risk and distortion of the aesthetic view of the emirate.

Currently, there are at least 368 more buildings to be demolished.

Jabir Ahmed Abdullah, head of the building inspection section at the municipality, said some of the buildings were being used for committing different types of crimes, delinquencies and for harbouring infiltrators and fugitives.

Egyptian president to visit China

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will pay a state visit to China from Aug 28 to 30 at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei Wednesday.

This visit will be Morsi’s first visit to China since taking office. China attaches great importance to the visit, Xinhua quoted Hong as saying.

The spokesperson noted that the Chinese leaders will hold talks and meetings with the Egyptian president to exchange views on bilateral ties, international and regional issues of common concern.

Small plane crash in Russia kills two

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Two people were killed in a small plane crash near Russian city of St. Petersburg, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said Wednesday.

The light plane crashed at 3.21 p.m. The two victims onboard the Cessna-421 light plane were identified as residents of the St. Petersburg city and the Krasnodar region, Xinhua quoted the ministry as saying in a statement.

The plane, belonging to a small airline Intertransavia, crashed into the ground near a children’s day-care facility shortly after takeoff, the ministry cited local police as saying.

—-IANS

Govt making efforts to discuss CAG report on coal with Opposition

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Attacking BJP for disrupting Parliament proceedings, Government today said it was making all efforts to persuade the main opposition party to discuss the CAG report on coal block allocation.

“We are making all efforts to persuade opposition to come for discussion,” Law Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters after Parliament was paralysed for the second day running with the BJP pressing for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the issue.

—-PTI

Santa Interview Joke

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In an interview,
Interviewer: How does an electric motor run?
Santa: dhuurrrrrrrrrr..
Interviewer shouts: stop it !
Santa: dhurr dhup dup dup dup..

India prepare to start life without Dravid, Laxman

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A reality check awaits the Indian cricket team as it gears up to begin life without the famed batting duo of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman when they take on a lowly New Zealand in the first Test of the two-match series in Hydrabad on Thursday.

Sachin Tendulkar is the only player left of the ‘Fabulous Five’ brigade after Sourav Ganguly, followed by Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, and most recently, VVS Laxman bid adieu to international cricket.

Businessman to pay Rs 10K maintenance to wife and daughter

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A government bank official has been asked by a Delhi court to pay Rs 10,000 a month to his estranged wife and daughter to take care of themselves.

The mahila court ordered the bank official to pay maintenance to his wife, observing that “it is a settled law that an able bodied man is legally and morally bound to maintain his wife and children.”

Govt working with social media to prevent misuse of

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Admitting to difficulties in identifying people using websites to spread communal hatred, government today said it was working with social networking sites to create an institutional mechanism to prevent misuse of technology.

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said some social networking websites have agreed to share user information with the government but there were some procedural issues involved.

Amitabh Bachchan apologises for coming late

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is known to be punctual for all events, today apologised for being late for a promotional event of his upcoming game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.

Bachchan, who is always on time for press conferences, marriage or other events, was late by almost an hour-and-half.

“I am extremely sorry for coming late. I started from home by 10 AM but I got stuck in traffic for one-and-half-hour.

—-PTI

C.M. promises interest free loans to Muslim women

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(Siasat News)Chief Minister of A.P. Mr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy assured that some more steps have to be taken for the welfare and development of the Muslim Community. He gave an assurance that he would appoint one counselor for every 100 Muslim houses to guide them for eradication of poverty and illiteracy by facilitating to arrange interest free loans to the Muslim families.

Instead of providing basic amenities GHMC is interested in hoardings of Eid greetings

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(Siasat News)By extending the greetings on the occasion of Eid, the city of Hyderabad does not become prosperous.

GHMC can offer Eid greetings to the citizens of Hyderabad but the culture of offering greetings has restricted the GHMC from providing the basic civic amenities to the citizen of Hyderabad.

Many roads of Hyderabad have pits, which hinder the traffic. If these pits were covered by the GHMC, the citizen of Hyderabad would congratulate the Municipal authorities. The condition of GHMC is so bad that it could only be cleaned through a broomstick.

Mohammed Yousuf and Niyaz Mohammed Khan got new cycle rickshaws

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(Siasat News)“There is not a single road on which we haven’t put our feet”. These were the words spoken by two rickshaw pullers while talking to the staff reporter of Siasat. These comments of Mr. Mohammed Yousuf(65) and Mr. Niyaz Mohammed Khan (70) were published in Siasat Urdu Daily on 10th August.

Impressed by the touchy tale of these rickshaw pullers, the philanthropists of Muslim Ummah offered money to buy new cycle rickshaws for them. Mr. Hameed Iqbal, Engineer, resident of Mehdipatnam came forward to buy cycle rickshaw for both of them.

Many Ministers are worried about their future

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(Siasat News)In connection with the involvement in Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy’s disproportionate assets care, many ministers of A.P are worried about their future. Mr. Dharmana Prasada Rao, Minister for Roads and Buildings was implicated by C.B.I in VANPIC land allotment case.

Obtain birth certificates early- Abdul Hameed

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(Siasat News)Mr. Abdul Hameed, President and Mr. Mohammed Mahmood, Secretary of Muslim Association, Kosgi appealed to the Muslim parents to get the names of their children registered in Gram Panchayath within a month of the birth of a child and obtain the birth certificate as early as possible. The birth certificate would be helpful in admission to educational institutions later. It can also be produced as a proof of date of birth for obtaining passport.

If the entries of births are not made on time, the candidates have to face difficulties later.

—-Siasat News

IITian from Andhra Pradesh committed suicide in Chennai

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(Siasat News)Barely two weeks after she joined college, Manasa Merugu (21), a first-year M.Tech student of IIT Madras, from Andhra Pradesh committed suicide in her hostel room on campus on Tuesday afternoon.

Chennai police said that family problems led her to take the extreme step and she had already married to Srinivasa Minisala, who is a software Engineer in Hyderabad without her parent knowledge. When informed this to her uncle, he got shocked. Police said that this information is also given to her husband who is on the way to Chennai.

Militants explode two powerful grenades in Imphal

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Militants exploded two powerful bombs near the office of an NGO in Imphal East district of Manipur but no casualty was reported, officials said today.

The bombs exploded at around 10.30 PM last night at Napet Palli area under Heingang police station, about 15 kms from here but no one was injured, they said.

A militant group had demanded extortion of Rs 10 lakh from the NGO, Educated Farmers Association (EFA).

—PTI

Call for Congressional hearing on hate crime

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In the aftermath of the shooting inside a Gurdwara in Wisconsin, a group of more than 150 organisations have called for a Congressional hearing on hate crimes.

Six Sikh worshipers, including four Indian nationals, died when an ex-army man went on a shooting spree inside the Gurdwara in Oak Creek city in Wisconsin on August 5.

While the police is yet to determine the reason for the shooting, Sikh advocacy groups have termed it a hate crime.

Respect internet freedom, US tells India

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Voicing its support for full freedom of the internet, US has urged India to maintain respect for fundamental freedoms, while probing rumours that have caused an exodus of northeastern Indians from southern cities.

The US “have seen these reports that northeastern Indians are returning to the northeast from cities in southern India, and these media reports that the returns are due to concerns about personal safety”, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters Tuesday when asked about India blocking some websites for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of hatred.

Colombian caught trying to board plane with grenade

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A man was arrested when a grenade was found in his carry-on luggage as he tried to board a commercial flight in the southwestern Colombian city of Guapi, authorities said.

Authorities have yet to determine whether the suspect is part of an armed group, where he obtained the grenade or what he intended to do with it, sources told EFE.

The man was trying to board a flight to Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, Caracol Television said.

Rani Mukherjee hopes for end to Shirdi land dispute

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Actress Rani Mukherjee on Tueday said she was anxiously awaiting the end to the dispute over her land here and wanted to construct a bungalow at Saibaba’s abode.

“I am a citizen of Shirdi. I am eagerly awaiting the dispute to end soon. As soon as I am through, I will have my own bungalow in Shirdi,” she told reporters after taking a darshan of Saibaba at the famous shrine.

Geetika’s Case: Police Once Again Fail to Get Aruna’s Custody

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A Delhi court today once again rejected the plea of investigators to get the custody of Aruna Chaddha to confront her with former Haryana Minister and key accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case saying they failed to give fresh and cogent reasons for her custodial interrogation.

“The Investigating Officer has failed to disclose any fresh and cogent reason for grant of further police custody remand of accused Aruna Chaddha.

Love joke

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A Santa Doctor falls in Love with a Nurse.
He writes a love letter to the Nurse

“I Love U sister….”

AFC extends suspension against former president

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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has extended its suspension of Mohamed Bin Hammam, amid investigation into possible corruption indulged in by its former president.

The governing body of Asian football Sunday said in a statement that the chairman of the AFC Disciplinary Committee, Lim Kia Tong Aug 15 extended the provisional suspension of Bin Hammam by 20 days, reports Xinhua.

Bin Hammam was banned from taking part in any kind of football activities for 30 days last month, after an outside audit found that he was involved in possible corruption during his tenure as AFC president.

Train bombing attempt foiled in Pakistan

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Hundreds of lives were saved when an attempt to blow up a passenger train in Pakistan was foiled after the train engineer spotted some suspicious material on the rail track, news reports said Monday.

The Jaffer Express was stopped Sunday near Kolpur railway station in Bolan district of Balochistan, Geo News reported.

The train, on its way to Rawalpindi from Quetta, was about to reach Kolpur, when the engineer spotted the suspicious material.