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Railways to fill 1.7 lakh vacant posts

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New Delhi, July 10: Despite the slowdown that has seen job cuts across sectors, the Indian Railways will fill 1.7 lakh vacant posts after reviewing the recruitment process, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said Friday.

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) will review the hiring process and address regional aspirations and problems witnessed during recruitment in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Assam, Banerjee told the Rajya Sabha.

The vacancies will be filled once the review is over, she added.

The railways have a total sanctioned strength of nearly 15.67 lakh, the minister said.

Obama to visit India next year

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L’Aquila (Italy), July 10: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go to the US later this year while US President Barack Obama will visit India next year.

The invitations were exchanged and accepted by the two leaders at a brief “pull-aside” meeting during the G8-G5 summit meeting in this quake-hit Italian town Thursday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here.

No dates have been finalised for both visits.

No bilateral meeting between Obama and Manmohan Singh took place during the three-day (July 8-10) summit here.

Satyam Raju’s judicial remand extended till July 22

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Hyderabad, July 08: A city court Wednesday extended by two weeks the judicial remand of disgraced founder and former chairman of Satyam Computer Services B. Ramalinga Raju and other accused in the Rs.78 billion accounting fraud case.

The XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate extended the remand of Raju, his brother B. Rama Raju, former chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas and five other accused till July 22.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the massive fraud, produced all eight accused in the court as their remand ended Wednesday.

DGP SSP Yadav appears before Human Rights Commission

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Hyderabad, July 07:: The Director General of Police (DGP), Mr S S P Yadav, on Tuesday attended before the State Human Rights Commission following a complaint lodged by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) on Monday.

The DSP, Mr Madhava Reddy, a 1974 bath officer, has been in Vacancy Reserve (VR) – a term used for the police officials where they await posting – for the past 20 months. He was not even receiving his salary for the period, 20 months.

Undertrial criminal Habeeb Ahmed escapes from Nampally court premises

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Hyderabad, July 07: An undertrial escaped from Nampally court premises where he was to be produced in connection with an attempt to murder case, police
said.

The undertrial identified as Habib Ahmed was arrested in a case of attempt to murder by Mirchowk and Moghalpura police about three months ago and was lodged at Chanchalguda jail, they said.

Ahmed who was brought alongwith three other accused to the court this afternoon was to be produced before an Additional Metropolitan magistrate, but fled immediately after his handcuffs were removed, police said.

Three arrested for running “Hundi” Business in city

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Hyderabad, July 07: The sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force West Zone Team apprehended three persons at Troopbazar, Hyderabad today for carrying out illegal money transfer.They also Seized net cash of Rs.20, 60,900/- from their possession.
According to the official sources Bharath Bhai B. Suthar,Mukund Kumar Ganda Bhai, Chandu Bhai all hailing from Gujarat state arte working in Bhavani Express Couriers at Flat No. 103, Pride Residency, Hanuman Tekdi,Hyderabad.

Speeding Army Truck kills two in city

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Hyderabad, July 06: A speeding Army truck killed two teenagers at Trimulgherry on Monday. Deepak Chahal, 16, a class X student and Abhishek Chowhan, 17, a hotel management student, died on the spot when the truck rammed into their motorcycle. Deepak and Abhishek were on their way to Abhishek’s college, said the Trimulgherry sub-inspector, Mr S. Anand. The bodies have been shifted to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem.

Pakistan still owes India Rs 300 crore as pre-partition debt

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New Delhi, July 06: Pakistan is yet to clear a pre-partition debt of Rs 300 crore to India, which has been carrying forward year after year in its Budget
account as a “liability”.

The Budget books refer to this Rs 300 crore as “amount due from Pakistan on account of share of pre-partition debt.”

The amount was entered as a liability in the first Budget of independent India in 1950-51 and has been there ever since.

14-year-old girl killed in accident, residents torch buses

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Kolkata, July 06: At least five buses were torched and several others damaged by a mob in West Bengal’s Howrah district after a 14-year-old girl was killed when she came under the wheels of a speeding bus Monday, police said.

“Riya Das, a class-VII student of Darnagar St Thomas High School in the district, was run over by a bus at Domjur locality. Soon after the accident, local residents went on the rampage and started ransacking several buses on the streets,” a police officer said.

The angry locals also set afire five buses and ransacked several roadside shops in the locality.

Jackson wanted to quit music for filmmaking

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London, July 06: Pop legend Michael Jackson was desperate to quit music in the months leading to his death as he had picked up an interest in filmmaking, close friend Bryan Michael Stoller has revealed.

Stoller said the superstar, who was addicted to prescription drugs, was “like a bag of bones”, frail and tired, according to mirror.co.uk.

The revelations shatter the image that Jacko was 100 percent committed to his 50-date musical comeback at London’s O2 Arena.

Heavy security for Jackson’s funeral

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London, July 06: Michael Jackson fans who try to enter the venue of the King of Pop’s funeral in Los Angeles Tuesday without a ticket will be dealt with strictly, police said Monday.

Officials have warned fans to stay away from the star’s memorial service as they can face a hard response from police if found without a ticket, reports contactmusic.com.

Los Angeles Police Department Assistant chief Jim McDonnell insisted Jackson fans will get no sympathy from officers, who fear the crowds could turn violent.

Federer Wins Record 15 Grand Slam Titles

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Wimbledon, July 06: Federer claimed outright record of 15 grand slam titles with victory at Wimbledon here as Pete Sampras watched on from stands.

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Sampras watches Federer in finalBut the Swiss second seed was given a huge fright by the American sixth seed who led by a set, had four set points in the second and didn’t drop serve until the final, heartbreaking game of the match.

In an extraordinary conclusion, the last set was the longest ever played in a men’s Wimbledon final.

Victory for gays gets three cheers from Bollywood

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Mumbai, July 04: Bollywood can`t stop talking about the Delhi High Court`s landmark judgement that has decriminalised gay sex. From Shatrughan Sinha to Sushmita Sen, all say the verdict was long due and celebrates an individual`s right to choose. And they all feel lesbians, gays and transgenders can finally live freely without fear.

Needed to be a bit more attacking: Gayle

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Gros Islet, July 04: West Indies skipper Chris Gayle praised the captain`s innings played by Mahendra Singh Dhoni but felt a bit more aggressiveness on the part of his bowlers could have helped the team win the third One-dayer at the Beausejour Stadium.

Frequent rain interruptions affected the West Indies momentum but Ramnaresh Sarwan ensured they registered a competitive 185 for seven from 27 overs.

India doesn’t have God-given right to high growth: CEA

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New Delhi, July 04: Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Virmani today said India does not have a “god-given right” to get back to high growth automatically without addressing the problems thrown up by the economic slowdown on the fiscal, financial, energy and investment front.

Iran could bring unity to G8 divided over economy

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Washington, July 04: US President Barack Obama has been squabbling with West European leaders over how to handle issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change, and those differences appeared to hang over the upcoming G8 summit in Italy.

Liberhan report will hurt Advani the most

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New Delhi, July 04: The M.S. Liberhan report on the Babri Masjid demolition could not have come at a worse time for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

First, the party is still reeling from the shock of two successive defeats in general elections because they have set off an internal debate on the correctness of its political line. The report will make the discussions all the more bitter.

Satyam set to fire another 800

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Hyderabad: With little resistance coming for the laying off process, particularly from the government, Mahindra Satyam is now gearing up for yet another round of lay-offs. This time, the axe is likely to fall on senior employees at the mid-management level.

According to sources, the company has already informed the employees about its plan to shave off a ‘significant number’ of jobs.

Neglect fired up tribals in Kandhamal: report

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Bhubaneshwar, July 04: People’s anger at a district administration that was indifferent to their plight caused the riots in Orissa’s Kandhamal district last year, a judicial commission investigating the violence has said. The report was submitted on Wednesday.

The Orissa government ordered the probe after violence erupted after the murder of the VHP senior leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati on August 23, 2008 by suspected Maoists. Former Lok Pal Justice SC Mohapatra was heading the panel.

Imperious Federer too good for Haas

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London, July 04: It is intricate plot development and stunning twists that often make for great sports stories, ones that are celebrated and retold time and again.

Unpredictability is the very soul of sport. You don’t know what comes next; you don’t know whether this great feat or that is possible or not. And the suspense makes it all special.

Amazingly, one of the greatest stories in the history of sport — Roger Federer’s climb up Mount Improbable — has always seemed utterly predictable.

Swine flu ”unstoppable”: WHO chief

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Cancun (Mexico), July 04: World Health Organization head Margaret Chan has warned a forum in Mexico that the swine flu virus worldwide is now unstoppable.

The WHO says most H1N1 cases are mild, with many people recovering unaided.

As the summit opened, the UK alone was projecting more than 100,000 new cases of H1N1 a day by the end of the summer.

“As we see today, with well over 100 countries reporting cases, once a fully fit pandemic virus emerges, its further international spread is unstoppable,” The BBC quoted Dr. Chan, as saying in her opening remarks.

“War on terror” used to target minorities: report

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London, July 04: Countries on the front line in the “war on terror” are using the battle against extremists as a smokescreen to crack down on minority groups, an international human rights group said on Thursday.

For the fourth straight year, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan topped an annual index compiled by Minority Rights Group International (MRG) of countries where minorities are most at risk of genocide, mass killings or violent repression.

NSG commandos jogging on old airport road

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Hyderabad, July 04: Guess where the elite National Security Guard (NSG) commandos are conducting their daily morning exercises?

The perimeter abutting the 2-km long Begumpet airport runway near Bowenpally side has now turned out to be a suitable place for them to conduct jogging and other exercises. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has already accorded permission to the NSG in this regard.

Software engineer held for abusive e-mails

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Hyderabad, July 04: A software analyst landed behind the bars for allegedly sending abusive and obscene e-mails to his former lover, who is also a software professional.

Cyber Crime cell officials of the Hyderabad Detective Department arrested the accused, Ravichandra Vaidya, in Bangalore on Friday and brought him to the city. The 27-year-old software professional was remanded in judicial custody.