Gali Nagaraja

On the occasion of formation of Telangana State, Hyderabad National Rowing Federation is organizing Water Sport Regatta at 7 p.m. on 5th June at Husain Sagar. President of Yatch Club of Hyderabad Mr. S. Shaik told that Govt. of Telangana is making an attempt to conduct Water Sports Regatta. He further told that 5-6 teams are likely to participate in this program. Govt. is taking precautions to check pollution and foul smell in the water of Husain Sagar. Dept. of Tourism is also extending its cooperation. Mr. B.P. Acharya, Principal Secretary, Dept.

Govt. of Telangana is facing the wrath of Osmania University students. They have decided to celebrate 2nd June as the dark day by boycotting Telangana’s first anniversary. OU students have started campaign against the decision of the Govt. of Telangana for acquiring 11 acres of OU land for the construction of houses for weaker section. These students have the support of Congress and BJP. The announcement of boycott by the students is creating problems for the Govt. Intelligence Agencies are vigilant about any disturbances which the students might do.

AP Labour Minister K Achchen Naidu today lashed out at the YSR Congress party for extending support to TRS in the Monday’s MLC elections.
Talking to mediapersons here on Sunday, Achchen Naidu said YSRCP’s move exposes the nexus between YSRCP chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. This is clear that the Leader of the Opposition in AP Assembly has some secret understanding with TRS, he alleged. The YSRCP is aligning with Congress in Andhra Pradesh and TRS in Telangana to target the Telugu Desam, he charged.

The Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, which is determined to achieve world class infrastructure development, now decided to develop Tirupati and Vijayawada Airports as International Airports paving the way for rapid economic development and enhancement of the image of the State at global level.

On the occasion of the first anniversary of formation of separate Telangana State, Govt. has announced two State level awards to veteran journalists namely Mr. Husain Ali Khan (formerly Chander Srivastav) and Mr. Naseem Arifi (Eitamad). Official sources indicated that Mr. KCR will give this award at the function to be held tomorrow at Parade Ground, Secunderabad. This award consists of Rs. 1,00,116.

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An Islamic State fighter who appeared in an online video calling for jihad was trained in counter-terrorism tactics on American soil under a State Department programme before defecting to the dreaded terror group, according to US officials.

Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, a former police commander from Tajikistan, features in the video in black Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) garb with a sniper rifle and a bandolier of ammunition.

Pakistan’s acquisition of nuclear power “smashed India’s dreams” for regional hegemony, a top advisor to Islamabad said on Sunday.

Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs and security advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, told the Nazaria Pakistan Council in Lahore that Pakistan would never allow India’s desire for regional hegemony and its acquisition of nuclear power in 1998 “smashed India’s dreams”, reports Dawn.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will return to the US on Sunday after fracturing his leg in a cycling accident in France earlier in the day, the State Department said.

Kerry broke his right femur in the accident and, given the injury is near the site of his prior hip surgery, he will return to Boston to seek treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital with his doctor who did the prior surgery, his spokesman John Kirby said.

India’s objections to the 3,000 km-long Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) notwithstanding, Islamabad was firmly committed to the $46 billion project and would not permit any attempt to sabotage it, a key advisor to the prime minister said.

Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs and national security advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that Pakistan’s “enemies” would not succeed in sabotaging the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (PCEC).

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that her “only regret” in her year in office has been the failure so far to bring back the 39 abducted Indians from Iraq, which she hoped to do soon.

“My only regret is that while we have evacuated thousands of our nationals from Iraq, Ukraine, Yemen, Libya, but the 39 Indians remain in Iraq. I feel my wait will end very soon and we will be successful in bringing them back,” she said at a press conference.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday dismissed any perception of being overshadowed in her work by a “proactive prime minister”, saying she views it as a “support”.

Taking questions on all issues, including on the perception that she has been keeping a low profile after becoming minister or on being sidelined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been following an active diplomatic engagement, she said the prime minister has not put any restrictions on her.

“A proactive PM is a support, not a challenge. I take it as a support,” she said.

Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna crashed out in the men’s doubles pre-quarterfinals, while Sania Mirza partnering Swiss Martina Hingis entered the quarter-finals of the French Open here on Sunday.

Paes partnering Canadian Daniel Nestor who were seeded 10th lost to the sixth seed Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 2-6, 4-6 in straight sets.

Ninth seed Bopanna along with Romanian Florin Mergea went down fighting 3-6, 7-6, 3-6 to fifth seed Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Romanian Horia Tecau.

In order to appease the Muslims, Narendra Modi may visit India’s oldest mosque, Cheraman Juma Masjid, in Kerala during his tour in July/August.

PM is visiting Kerala to inaugurate the completion of the first phase of Muziris heritage project which is being funded Tourism Department of Kerala State.

It may be noted that Cheraman Juma Masjid is the oldest mosque of India built in 629 A.D. by Malik Bin Dinar, a contemporary of Cheraman Perumal, the ruler of Kodungalur and Malabar, who embraced Islam subsequently.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the declaration of June 21st as ‘International Yoga Day’ by the United Nations General Assembly is a matter of honour for India.

“I put forth a proposal of ‘International Yoga Day’ before the United Nations , which was passed in 100 days through support of 177 nations. It’s a matter of honour for our nation; did anyone think that yoga can also be used as a toll to connect different nations?” said Prime Minister Modi while addressing the nation in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme.

Tabassum, 36, mother

It’s mid-afternoon and I am almost dead. My 18-year-old son, Sulem, needs to pee, but can’t take off his trousers. As I help him, I look away from his private parts. I have no choice… or else, he’ll soil his trousers and I will have to clean the bed.

The Congress Party on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must listen to the people of the country instead of delivering his ‘Mann Ki Baat’.

“The Prime Minister can do his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ with his ministers, the BJP and his advisors, but he must listen to ‘dil ki baat’ of the awaam [citizens]. It is important that he listens to the people of India,” Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan told ANI.

Thanks to a 55-year-old German national, a 16-year-old Kerala girl suffering from an advanced stage of leukaemia or bone marrow cancer has got a new lease of life after she was transfused healthy stem cells donated by him.

She surely is lucky: Even though doctors treating her could not find matching stem cells among more than 70,000 donors registered in India, they finally could locate with the help of an international agency the only one donor whose stem cells matched perfectly with those of the girl patient.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured the ex-servicemen that his government would soon resolve the One Rank, One Pension issue.

“To our brave army personnel and ex-servicemen… I am not talking as a PM. For 40 years the question of One Rank, One Pension has been persisting,” Prime Minister Modi said while addressing the nation on his eighth edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme,

“Not much has happened so far. I assure you that this government and I repeat, this government will give the solution to One Rank, One Pension,” he added.

Gatimaan Express, the first semi high-speed train service between Delhi and Agra which would touch speeds of up to 160kmph, is likely to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the second week of June.

The trials of the semi-high speed train have already been conducted twice on the 200-km-long tracks between the two destinations and awaited now is the mandatory clearance from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS).

“The clearance from CRS is expected any time and we are gearing up to launch the train by June 9,” said a senior rail ministry official.

A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped by two employees of a hospital here, police said on Sunday. Both atatckers were arrested.

The incident happened on late Friday at RG Kar Hospital.

The woman, a resident of Murshidabad district’s Bahrampur, came to the hospital to visit a relative admitted there when the two accused – employed as liftman – pounced on her, police said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government was taking steps to empower the poor of the country as he always wanted to work for the poor people.

“I have always wanted to work for the poor. We think of new initiatives, we take feedback on initiatives,” Modi said in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio address.

He said various steps are being taken to ensure that the poor are empowered.

Talking about the recently-launched DD Kisan channel, the prime minister said it gave him a “lot of joy”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that World No Tobacco Day reminds of the harms associated with tobacco consumption and a day to reaffirm our commitment to reduce this menace.

Prime Minister Modi took to Twitter to share his thoughts.

“World No Tobacco Day reminds us of the harms associated with tobacco consumption and a day to reaffirm our commitment to reduce this menace,” he tweeted

“The @WHO’s focus on stopping illicit trade of tobacco products is a laudatory effort that will help in minimising tobacco consumption,” he added.

People with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive impairment (CI) may be more sensitive to pain, says a study.

“It appears that those with widespread brain atrophy or neural degeneration…all show increased pain responses and/or greater pain sensitivity,” said one of the researchers Ruth Defrin from University of Tel Aviv, Israel.

The researchers analysed previous studies on pain responses in cognitively impaired patients.

Most studies suggest that the experience of pain is elevated in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.

Faridabad court pronounced the judgment that the mosque situated at Atali village of Ballabhgarh of Haryana State is a Muslim property. The Court observed that Hindu petitioners had utterly failed to establish that the land belongs to Village Panchayat. It may be noted that communal violence erupted on 26th May in Atali Village. 2,000 heavily armed men set ablaze many Muslim houses and business establishment within a span of one 1 hour. In this communal violence 15 persons were injured. More than 150 Muslim are taking shelter in Ballabhgarh police Station since then.

Odisha state-run dairy co-operative Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (OMFED) launched a dedicated Facebook page on Sunday in an effort to use the social media to promote its products.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Pradeep Maharathy launched the page – www.facebook.com/theomfed – at a function here.

“The Facebook page will not only help the OMFED in brand building, it will also provide a platform where the customers can discuss products,” the minister said.