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Blow to Modi, Centre returns Gujrat’s anti terror bill

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New Delhi, June 19: The Union Cabinet decided to return the tough anti-terror bill passed by the Gujarat Assembly back to the state government for making amendments in line with central law.

Briefing reporters, Home Minister P Chidambaram said the Cabinet decided to recommend to the President that the GUJCOCA (Gujarat Control of Organised Crime) Bill be returned to the state government for making three amendments.

One of the amendments being suggested to the state government is that the provision that confession before a police officer will be admissible should be dropped.

Pregnant woman thrown out of running train

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Lucknow, June 19: A pregnant woman and her three-year-old daughter were allegedly thrown out of a running train in Lakhimpur Kheri district by two constables
of the railway police, official sources said in Lucknow on Friday.

While the woman died, her daughter escaped with minor injuries.

The incident took place on Thursday when Dinesh Kumar boarded the Mailani-Gonda passenger train along with his wife Kavita and the child.

Rains Suspends U.S. Open for the Day

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Farmingdale, June 18: The first round will resume 7:30 a.m. Friday and may push the tournament’s final round into Monday, although a definitive schedule has not been released. Friday’s forecast contains a chance of rain; it will otherwise be cloudy with temperatures in the mid-70s. Saturday brings another chance of rain.

United States Golf Association officials said that roughly an inch of rain had fallen on the course Thursday morning and early afternoon and that workers were no longer able to clear water off the greens fast enough to make them playable.

Polls find rising concern with Obama on key issues

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Washington, June 18: President Barack Obama faces growing concerns among voters over government spending, the auto industry bailout and other economic policies, according to two opinion polls released on Wednesday.

Obama, who took office in January, remains popular with Americans, although his overall job approval rating slipped to 56 percent, down 5 points from April, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

FIR against Shah Rukh for comments against Islam

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Mumbai, June 18: A complaint was on Thursday lodged against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for allegedly making statements against Islam in a magazine.

“We have registered an FIR against Shah Rukh Khan after we received an application from an advocate who alleged
that the actor made some statements hurting the sentiments of Muslims,” senior police inspector of Bandra police station, Prakash George, told PTI.

The complaint was registered against Shah Rukh and the publisher of the magazine and the writer, he said.

Clinton vows ‘dramatic expansion’ of India-US ties

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Washington,June 18: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has vowed to usher in a new era of relations with India with a ”dramatic expansion” in ties in fields ranging from trade to global security to science and technology.

Calling India one of the few nations the new Obama administration saw as a global partner, Clinton confirmed she would go to India next month to build what she called the “US-India 3.0” relationship representing the next stage in their evolving ties.

Thousands mourn Iranians killed in protests

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Tehran, June 18: Tens of thousands of Iranians, wearing black and carrying candles, marched on Thursday to mourn those killed in mass protests against a presidential election they and defeated candidate Mirhossein Mousavi say was rigged.

Chanting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest), they massed in downtown Imam Khomeini Square, responding to Mousavi’s call for people to gather in mosques or at peaceful rallies to show solidarity with the victims and their families.

Khameini to lead Friday prayers with Islamic militia

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Khameini to lead Friday prayers with Islamic militia Tehran, June 18: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead Friday prayers in Tehran in the presence of the Basji volunteer Islamic militia, the Mehr news agency said on Thursday.

“Alert Basijis… with their epic presence, will take part in Friday’s prayers to be led by Ayatollah Khamenei,” the agency quoted a statement issued by the militia.

Special fellowship for minority students started

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New Delhi, June 18: To attract more students from minority communities to pursue research, the government has announced a fellowship programme for them.

The National Fellowship for Students from Minorities Communities has been instituted by Ministry of Minorities Affairs (MOMA) and will be implemented by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Fellowships will be provided in the range of Rs 12,000 to Rs 14,000 per month to students from minority communities to help them pursue M.Phil and Ph.D, the UGC said today.

Woman raped by former employers

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New Delhi, June 18: A 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two of her former employers in outer Delhi, police said today.

The victim was called to the factory where she was earlier working by her employers — Pintu Kumar (28) and Hari Ram (35) — on Sunday on the pretext of settling her salary dues and she was then allegedly raped by the duo, they said.

She had left the job after she faced harassment at the work place.

Zardari drops out of NAM summit after PM’s blunt comment

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Islamabad, June 18: President Asif Ali Zardari has decided to drop out of a proposed meeting with prime minister Manmohan Singh, apparently unhappy over his blunt public comments telling him that Pakistan’s soil should not be used for terrorist activities against India.

However, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit told the weekly news briefing today that prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would lead the Pakistani delegation to next month’s NAM summit to be held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Pilot dies at controls of US-bound passenger jet

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Washington, June 18: A Continental airlines pilot died at the controls of a plane en route from Brussels to Newark, New Jersey, Thursday, according to media reports.

CNN quoted a statement from Continental that the 61-year-old captain of the flight died of natural causes while piloting the plane carrying 247 passengers.

The two first officers onboard who have extensive experience flying the Boeing 777, were preparing to land the plane in Newark, WABC-TV reported.

–Agencies

OU post-graduate entrance results out

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Hyderabad, June 18: Osmania University has released the post graduate courses entrance test results here on Wednesday. Admissions to PG courses of three other universities — Telangana University at Nizamabad, Palamuru University at Mahbubnagar and Mahatma Gandhi University at Nalgonda — will be done through these ranks.

As many as 68,704 candidates (69 per cent) have qualified for the 52 PG courses, K. Pratap Reddy, Director, Directorate of Admissions, Osmania University, said.

TVS to be launched today in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, June 18:Even before the dust has settled down following the turmoil in Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), a new outfit, which has come forward to fight for the cause of separate Telangana in the name of Telangana Vimochana Samiti (TVS) will be launched at a public meeting at Hari Hara Kala Bhavan here on Thursday.

Leader of TRS group in Legislative Council K. Dilip Kumar who had distanced himself from the party after elections is the backbone of the organisation, but he denied that he would head it.

Hike in licence fee for bars from July 1

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Hyderabad, June 18: The State government has hiked the annual licence fee for bars selling Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in major cities and towns by 15 per cent and in smaller municipalities by 20 per cent from July 1.

The global hatchback arrives in city

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Hdyerabad, June 18: The sleek, sporty machine with aerodynamic exteriors, ‘Jazz’, the latest from the Honda stable was launched in city on Wednesday.

Durability

Pegged as the car below Honda City but built on the same platform the global hatchback car, sold in 130 countries and tuned to Indian market, comes with Honda’s trademark of durability, quality and reliability, said Tatsuya Natsume, Director Marketing, Honda Siel Cars India Ltd.

Fuel economy

Diwakar adds fuel to TRS crisis

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Hyderabadf, June 18: Former Minister J. C. Diwakar Reddy literally added fuel to the ongoing crisis in the Telangana Rashtra Samiti by stating that as a Minister in the previous regime, he had insisted that the government should resume the land allotted to the party office if there was trouble.

In an informal chat with reporters here on Wednesday, Mr. Diwakar Reddy pooh-poohed the conspiracy theory about Congress leaders planning to harm Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Disgruntled forces

Major construction firms under scanner

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Hyderabad, June 18: Major infrastructure and construction firms in the State will soon face the heat from the government which has decided to crack the whip against them for engaging ‘gumpu mestris’ (labourer contractors) to hire rural people to work as labourers on contract basis violating the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act.

Death of 11 migrant labourers from Mahabubnagar district under a mound of earth while working at a construction site in Adilabad district prompted the government to initiate action against the labour contractors first.

Software Engineer commits suicide in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, June 17: A software engineer from Bangalore ended his life allegedly after consuming some poisonous substance at the premises of a famous temple
in Kachiguda on Wednesday, police said.

Gondkar Pradeep (26), working for IBM in Bangalore had flown into city at about 07.15 am today and went to Sri Shyam Mandir in Kachiguda here and after offering prayers suddenly collapsed inside the temple premises, Kachiguda police said.

Cops rescue Girl from kidnapper

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The Dabeerpura police today rescued the one and a half year old girl syeda Rabbab Madani from the maid servant who kidnapped her yesterday.

Inspector Dabeerpura Mr. Prassana Kumar told that the maid servant Parveen
after kidnapping the girl Rabbab Madani from her residence yerterday evening was hiding at her relatives place at shamshabad.

Rivals come to understanding

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Hyderabad, June 17: Staunch rivals – Telugu Desam MLA from Nagarkurnool, Nagam Janardhan Reddy and former Congress Minister G. Chinna Reddy have decided to bury the hatchet for the present and decided to withdraw the defamation cases they filed against each other.

On Tuesday, the duo filed petitions before the District First Sessions Court.

Admitting both the petitions, the Judge, Ashok Kumar advised

RTC to issue free passes in colleges

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Hyderabad, June 17: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is making arrangements to issue free bus passes to students on the doorstep of colleges. Passes will be issued in colleges located in the town on June 18, 19, 20 and 22, and in Cheepurupalli and Gajapathingaram regions on June 23, 24 and 25. Special teams were drafted for the purpose, said T.V.S. Sudhakar, Vizianagaram Depot Manager, at a press conference on Tuesday.

Boy dies as goal post collapses

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Chennai, June 17: A playful Class VIII student died when a movable goal post fell on his head in the playground of a private school at Washermenpet here early on Tuesday.

According to police sources, S. Karthik (13) of New Washermenpet had gone to the K.C. Sankaralinga Nadar Higher Secondary School on G.A. Road around 6 a.m. with some of his friends to play.

Enquiries revealed that when Karthik was trying to swing from one of the bars of the goal post, the entire metal frame came down on him.

He bled profusely and lost consciousness almost instantly.

Ghaziabad’s green lungs dying in face of garbage onslaught

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Ghaziabad, June 17: Green activists call it mass murder. Thousands of trees in a forest patch that serves as the green lungs of Ghaziabad are dying a slow death because of negligence of the very civic agency that had once helped create it painstakingly.

Unauthorised dumping of garbage, sewage water, unabated fodder collection and forest fires have led to this mass murder of trees in the Sai Upvan of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, say green activists and residents alike.

One and a half year old girl kidnapped from Old city

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Hyderabad, June 17: A one and a half year old girl was kidnapped by a maid servant in the Dabeerpura area of OLd city. The police sources told that Syeda Rabab Madani who is the daughter of Syed Shaukath Hussain Madani was allegedly kidnapped by the maid servant Parveen this evening.