Qayam Ali

Private carrier Jet Airways on Wednesday put 1-million economy class seats up for sale, with a flat 25 per cent discount for a limited period, on its domestic network.

The four-day mega fare offer will be available for sale from May 27 to 30 and valid for travel from June 15 to October 15, the airlines said in a release.

The four-day booking period offer is valid for economy class travel on the airline’s domestic network, it said.

Senior CPI-M leader P. Jayarajan has been summoned by the CBI to appear before investigators on June 2 in connection with an RSS activist’s murder last year, CBI sources said. Jayarajan is the Communist Party of India-Marxist’s Kannur district secretary. (Read: CBI to respond to Supreme Court: Rape of MBA student in Haryana varsity)

A homeguard was among three people arrested by the police here for allegedly stealing bikes, from whom 30 stolen two wheelers were seized, it was officially announced here today.

According to a release issued here by the Panjagutta police officials, accused S Bikshapathi Raju, who is a homeguard attached to the Karimnagar Headquarters in Telangana, R Anjaiah who is an autoricksahw driver and S Devender who is a private employee were arrested yesterday and 19 cases filed at different police stations in the city were detected.

The Telangana government announced that it has decided to celebrate the state’s formation day on June 2 on a “grand scale”.

Speaking on video conference on Wednesday, Telangana chief secretary Rajiv Sharma has directed all the district collector and principal secretaries of various departments to make necessary arrangements to make Telangana Formation Day a big bang.

The first anniversary of the state’s Formation Day will be celebrated on June 2 at Parade Ground Secunderabad in a grand manner from June 2 to 7.

The Telangana government’s proposal to take over the 11 acres land of the Osmania University for the purpose of building housing for the weaker section has provoked a political controversy, making university to turn into agitation hub.

Established in 1918, the Osmania University is spread over a sprawling area of nearly 1,600 acres. The opposition parties and the OUJAC students came out strongly against the govt proposal. None is opposed to the idea of providing poor with permanent housing facility. But, the contention is university lands.

A beekeeper in China has a set a new Guinness World record after covering his body with almost 1.1 million crawling bees weighing a massive 109 kg.

Gao Bingguo, a 55-year-old beekeeper from Tai’an City, took the challenge on Monday by having beekeepers pour the insects onto his body. He was stung over 2,000 times and his body temperature rose to over 60 degrees Celsius, but he survived the ordeal and set a new record, smashing the previous one of over 85kg of bees, metro.co.uk reported.

Hinting at opening up of more sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said areas with high employment potential and strong local talent will be the focus to woo foreign investment and expressed confidence that reforms measures like GST and land acquisition bills will be passed in “a matter of time”.

On the land bill, which the government wants to push early but has now been referred to a parliamentary committee, he said the government will accept any suggestions that benefit “Gaon, Garib, Kisan (village, poor and farmer)”.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said he was “misquoted” while commenting on a statement of ministerial colleague Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on meat-eating habits of people.

In a statement issued here, Rijiju said he was “misquoted” when representatives of civil societies and the press asked him if one has to go to Pakistan if he or she was in a habit of eating beef.

SURAT/NEW DELHI: In a no holds barred counter-attack on Manmohan Singh, BJP on Wednesday branded the former Prime Minister a “puppet” and accused him of “lying with a straight face” after he charged the Modi government with harping on corruption to divert the people’s attention to non-issues.

Leading the charge was BJP President Amit Shah who told reporters in Gujarat that “scams” involving Rs 12 lakh crore had been perpetrated during Singh’s 10-year rule and he “cannot run away from its responsibility” by merely saying that he had not “enriched” himself.

Sending a clear message to Pakistan to stop meddling in India’s affairs, home minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the neighbouring country must stop its nefarious activities if it wants its “own welfare”.

“If Pakistan wants its own welfare, then it must stop meddling in the affairs of other countries. It must stop all its nefarious activities aimed towards India,” Rajnath said addressing a Jan Kalyan Parv in Jammu.

Giving a strong warning to those who want to harm India’s pride, integrity and sovereignty, he said that the country would give a befitting reply to such people.

If your daily drive to office lasts more than 20 minutes, you may be at increased risk of burnout, says a new study.

“Stressful commute is linked to three dimensions of burnout: emotional burnout, cynicism and professional efficacy,” said researcher Annie Barreck from the University of Montreal in Canada.

She, however, noted that the “effects of the duration of a commute on a person’s mental health vary according to the type of transport used and the profile of the area where the person works”.

A middle-aged woman working as a domestic help was burnt to death when a fire broke out at her employer’s house in south Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, a fire official said.

“Around 1 p.m., we got a call regarding the fire at a house in Green Park. We immediately rushed three fire tenders to the spot. We extinguished the fire but the woman later died of burn injuries,” the fire official said.

Police identified the maid as Mamta (50).

“Mamta was badly burnt in the fire. She was immediately taken to Safdarjang hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead,” police said.

Three mild tremors jolted Nepal on Wednesday, a month after the devastating earthquake ravaged the country killing nearly 9,000 people.

A 4.6 magnitude tremor was felt at 1.16 pm with epicenter at Sindhupalchowk district, 75 km north-east of Kathmandu.

Another 4.5 magnitude tremor was felt at 1.15 pm with Sindhupalchowk epicenter.

Earlier, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 12.03 pm with epicenter at Dolakha district situated in the east of Kathmandu, according to National Seismological Centre, Kathmandu.

Paying full attention on strengthening the party in Hyderabad city particularly in view of the ensuing GHMC elections, the State govt approved Housing policy for successful implementation of its flagship 2-bedroom houses for weaker sections.

The constructions would be taken up under Open Bidding method. The Government decided to construct houses on a big scale for urban poor in Hyderabad and Warangal cities.

In the first phase, 1,000 houses will be constructed with each unit costing Rs. 7.5 lakh. This will have all basic amenities.

On the occasion of state formation day celebrations, the State govt has taken a filmy route to strike a chord with the youth. ‘Salaam Telangana’ a short film, photography competition and themes related to Telangana culture and history will be held at the State Gallery of Art here from June 2 to 7.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his parents in connivance with his relatives in Shamli district, police said on Wednesday.

As per the complaint filed by the victims’ daughter, Ratiram (80) and Sona (75) were strangled to death in their sleep by Rameshwar with the help of his father-in-law and brother-in-law in Datheda village on Tuesday night after the couple refused to sell a piece of land as demanded by the accused, SP Vijai Bhushan said.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dubbed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government as ‘suited-booted thieves’, and accused them of looting the people of the country in broad daylight.

“Land is the farmer’s mother and so is the sea, and they want to take away your mother from you and give it to somebody else. I used to believe that thieves come at night; they come through the window

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, who has time and again courted controversy with his statements, on Tuesday said a Ram temple will come up in Ayodhya and that the work to give it a “grand look” will be completed “by 2019, before Lok Sabha polls”.

“There was a Ram temple in Ayodhya and it will exist there in the future, too, and with a grand look.

“The work to give it a grand look will be completed by 2019, before Lok Sabha polls,” Sakshi Maharaj told reporters here.

Replying to a question, the Unnao MP said that the Ram temple was not an issue concerning BJP, but saints like him.

In an incident of religious discrimination, a 25-year-old Muslim woman has claimed that she was denied a flat in Mumbai because she is a Muslim.

This incident comes to light days after a young MBA graduate was declined employment in a leading diamond export company allegedly on the grounds that he was a Muslim.

The company replied to him saying that they hire only non-Muslim candidates, according to Khan, who shared the details on his Facebook page.

et another book has come out damming the previous UPA government with former TRAI Chairman Pradip Baijal alleging that the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had warned him of harm if he did not cooperate on 2G telecom licenses.

Indian American children’s domination of the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee could be put down to their perseverance, the competition’s director has said while slamming the racist backlash against the winners of Indian-origin.

In a bizarre incident a Saudi woman wearing a burka but she has not cover her hands was not allowed in a shopping mall in Saudi Arabia after a police officer branded her exposed hands as ‘indecent’.

Video footage of the incident, which took place in northwestern city of Hail, shows a bearded police men wearing a red headdress shouting at the woman and demanding her to leave. ‘Walk away… don’t say a word… Put on some gloves,’ he demands, as he refuses to let the woman enter into the shop.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi- led government marks its first year in office on Tuesday, American media has taken a critical view of his accomplishments, saying his flagship ‘Make in India’ drive is “so far mostly hype”, job growth remains sluggish amid “outsize expectations”.

“India’s Modi at One Year: ‘Euphoria Phase’ Is Over, Challenges Loom,” reads a headline in the Wall Street Journal of an article on Modi’s first year as Prime Minister.

Australia today announced it will amend the law to strip dual nationals linked to terrorism of their citizenship for “betraying the country”, but insisted no one would be left stateless.Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the new powers would apply to dual nationals who fight with or support jihadists such as Islamic State group or so-called lone wolves who pose a threat on home soil.

Saudi Arabia is planning to build the world’s largest hotel with 10,000 rooms at a whopping USD 3.5 billion in the holiest city of Mecca.

Designed by Dar Al Handasah group, the project has a total built area of 1.4 million square meter and will be set in the Manafia area in Mecca’s central zone, DesignMENA reported.
The 45 stories tall Abraj Kudai hotel will be a spectacular structure comprising 10,000 rooms in 12 towers besides 70 restaurants and four helipads once completed in 2017.