Qayam Ali

Infant death: Lok Ayukta gives deadline to SP

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The vicious act of a contractor, which claimed the life of an infant in Medak district, compelled the Lok Ayukta to come into action on Monday.

The bizarre incident, which took place at Turkala Khanapur village of Hathnoora Mandal on January 7, came to light only on Sunday.

According to sources the contractor hired the labourers from Kakarlapadu village of Nawabpet mandal to work in a chemical factory. Among the labourers was Malleswari, the mother of the six-month-old baby boy.

GHMC poll: T Govt told to respond to writ plea

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A bench of Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sen Gupta and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar from High Court on Monday granted a week’s time to the Telangana government to respond to a plea filed by Forum for Better Hyderabad seeking immediate conduct of election to the GHMC. Earlier the bench had called upon the government to come up with its schedule.

Love failure, Techie Jumps to Death

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Supriya 23 year old software engineer, working at Accenture committed suicide by jumping off her office building in the wee hours of Saturday at Cyber Pearl, Madhapur.

Supriya was Daughter of an Ex-Serviceman, hails from Yapral and had been associated with Accenture for last one-and-half years.

According to police Supriya has been in a relationship for more than a year with her colleague Sai Kiran but due some personal reasons at home, Sai was ignoring Supriya for past few days.

AAP government stops termination of contractual employees Read more

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Delivering on its poll promise, the AAP government today put a restriction on termination of services of any contractual employee till a thorough review of the issue was completed, a move which will benefit around one lakh employees.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Around one lakh employees, including doctors, nurses, teachers, sanitation staff are working under contractual scheme in various Delhi government departments and agencies.

PM Modi to inaugurate ‘Aero India-2015’

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the 10th international edition of the aerospace and aviation exhibition Aero India-2015 in Bangalore on February 18.

As per sources, the Prime Minister will also visit the Institute for Stem Cell Biology, as well as interact with scientists at the Indian Institute of Sciences.

He is also scheduled to deliver the Convocation Address at NIMHANS – the National Institute for Mental Health and Neuro Sciences.

ANI

Contractor locked classroom, faultless students are in flounder

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In a shocking incident, a civil contractor locked up a classroom forcing the little children to study in a verandah of a government primary school at Repaka village in Karimnagar district. The contractor took the extreme step as he was not paid for his work.

According to sources Itukuri Balaiah bagged the contract for Rs 2 lakh for construction of additional classroom on the school premises as part of National Programme for Education of Girls for Elementary Level (NPEGEL) in 2009, but he did not get paid after completion of the work.

Yet Another Big Storm Hits US East Coast

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Yet another big storm has hitthe snow-weary eastern and central United States, piling more white stuff on people enduring a merciless winter.

As many as 50 million people were in the path of the glacial weather, which will see temperatures far more frigid than normal, the National Weather Service warned, adding that the misery was forecast to last through much of the week for the eastern US.

“Incredibly, another arctic front will arrive to the East Coast by tonight, and this will bring some truly frigid conditions with it,” it said. ”

Indians Have Got What it Takes to Beat South Africa: VVS Laxman

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Notwithstanding India’s winless streak against South Africa in World Cups, VVS Laxman feels the ‘Men in Blue’ can beat the Proteas as confidence levels are high after the victory against Pakistan and the batting line-up has enough depth to take on Dale Steyn and company.

kidney trade busted; doctor and 3 others arrested

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Hyderabad police on Monday arrested four persons including a doctor, claimed to have busted a racket of kidney transplants for Indian patients at hospitals in Sri Lanka or Iran.

The officers of Commissioner’s Task Force (West Zone) today arrested Dr Hirdesh Saxena alias Kumar (60), a resident of Shirdi in Maharashtra, and city-residents K Raghavender, a businessman; A Ashok, a student; and Sanjay Kumar Jain, a passport agent.

Doordarshan to Continue Telecasting Cricket WC Matches

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Cricket fans across the country will continue to view the World Cup matches involving India on public broadcaster Doordarshan’s national channel as the Supreme Court Tuesday extended its interim order for telecast of the matches on the channel.

The court also asked Prasar Bharati to respond to Star TV’s suggestion to create a separate channel to carry the live feed of cricket matches provided by it.

The court earlier stayed the Delhi High Court order that barred Doordarshan from sharing the live feed of the Cup matches with the cable operators, provided to it by Star TV, Feb 10.

Three Killed in Blast in Lahore

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At least three people were killed and several injured in a blast in Pakistan’s Lahore city Tuesday, a media report said.

It occurred near the main gate of Police Lines in the city’s Gujjar Singh area, Dawn reported. Several vehicles parked near the blast site caught fire and window panes in nearby buildings were also shattered.

Witnesses said gunshots were heard from inside the Police Lines. However, security personnel said that the shots were only fired by members of the law enforcement agencies after the blast.

—IANS

One Engg professor among 27 held for Eve-teasing

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The Cyberabad She Teams arrested 27 including a 40-year-old Physics professor and degree students for teasing women at public places on specific complaints from the victims.

According to police the accused professor, who teaches in a private engineering college, was uttering obscene words while vexing a woman in Hayathnagar. Basing on the call recieves from ‘Dial 100’, the she team caught degree student of a private college on the basis of a recording of offence in a spy camera.

Anna to protest against Land Acquisition Bill on Feb. 24

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Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said that he would stage a protest in the national capital on February 24 against the Land Acquisition Bill and request the government to withdraw the ordinance.

The protest would be organized by the farmer unions.

‘Single’ Hailey Baldwin is ‘not’ dating Justin Bieber

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Hailey Baldwin has denied the rumours that she was dating Justin Bieber, saying that he is very much single.

While talking about her Valentine’s Day plans at the Fendi New York flagship store launch on Madison Avenue, the 18-year-old model said that she won’t be celebrating since she didn’t have guy, but was fine with it, People Magazine reported.

The daughter of Stephen Baldwin, who’s been spotted with Bieber, 20, on several occasions, not only has same common crowd as the singer but also goes to the same church.

Iraqi troops in Anbar may ‘collapse within hours,’ says tribal leader

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The Iraqi army is likely to lose ground in Anbar province and ‘collapse within hours’ as the Islamic State (IS) militants try to fight their way in, said an Iraqi tribal leader.

According to CNN, Sheikh Naim al-Gaoud, a Sunni Muslim leader of the Albu Nimr tribe, called for more US intervention-including ground troops, arming tribes directly or at least pressuring the Iraqi government to give the tribes more firepower.

He said that the thousands of families were trapped in the town of Jubbat al-Shamiya until they received help Friday from US-led coalition airstrikes and Iraqi forces.

Government aims to double renewable energy share in overall basket

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Eyeing investments of up to USD 200 billion, the government is looking to more than double the share of renewable sources to over 15 per cent in the country’s overall energy basket in about a decade, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today.

At present, renewable energy has a 6 per cent share. “What we inherited is a mere six per cent share of renewable energy in the India energy basket…and we are looking to expand the frontiers of renewable energy in the energy basket of India to over the World, he said.

India beat Pakistan by 76 runs

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India opened their World Cup title defence on a winning note by defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by 76 runs in their Pool B match at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday.

With this fabulous victory, India continued their winning run against Pakistan. In front of a packed stadium, Virat Kohli (107) and Mohammand Shami (4 for 35) grabbed the limelight.

This was India’s sixth straight World Cup win over their arch-rivals, after skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Mohammed Shami took 4 for 35 to send Pakistan crashing.

Hizb ut-Tahrir may become dangerous than ISIS

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Radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which cleverly avoided global scrutiny while spreading its ideology, may become a more dangerous terrorist group than the ISIS and its presence in South Asia should be a cause for concern for India, according to a report.

Dawood’s man involved in 1993 Mumbai blasts arrested

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A “D Company” sharpshooter wanted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts that killed more than 250 people has been arrested in Goa, police said Sunday.

Superintendent of Police Karthik Kashyap said Sham Kishor Garikapatti alias `Black Scorpion`, 50, worked for the Dawood Ibrahim gang and was jailed for harbouring terrorists.

“We arrested him from Saligao, a village 10 km north of Panaji, where he was living in a rented room for nearly eight years,” Kashyap said, adding the arrest followed a tip off from an informant.

JD (U) protests against PM Modi in Patna

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The Janata Dal (United) workers staged a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday and blamed him for the political instability in Bihar.

The protestors raised slogans against Prime Minister Modi and also burnt his effigy.

“India is a democratic country, and anyone who attacks democracy will meet the same end [burnt down like effigy],” said Ghulam Rasool Balyavi of the JD (U).

“There is no place in Bihar for the murderers of democracy,” he added.

Sri Lanka Prez leaves for India to make ‘new beginning’

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Seeking a ‘new beginning’ in bilateral ties, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today left for a four-day state visit to India, his maiden foreign trip after he assumed charge last month.

During the visit, the 63-year-old leader is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee besides holding talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on key issues, including peace and reconciliation process in his country.

PTI

Shah Rukh Khan wishes luck to Indian cricket team

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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is busy in shooting his film and TV commitments, has extended his best wishes to the Indian cricket team for the ongoing World Cup 2015 tournament.

India, who won the last World Cup in 2011, are playing arch-rival Pakistan today in their first match of the tournament in Australia.

The 49-year-old ‘Happy New Year’ star recorded a video message for the Indian team.

—PTI

Protest outside Kejriwal’s house over jhuggi demolition

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A group of people today staged a demonstration in front of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Kaushambi house over demolition of few jhuggis in Shahdara area yesterday.

Eight jhuggis were yesterday demolished at Chhota Nagar near Ghuggi Pahalwan area in Shahdara exactly at the time when Kejriwal was taking oath at Ramlila Maidan as the new chief minister of Delhi.

“Just see the brutality of the officers.

——-PTI