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YSR Abhaya hastham pension for 2.7 lakh women in 15 days: CM

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Hyderabad, November 15:The Chief Minister, Mr K Rosaiah, on Sunday instructed officials of Rural Development and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to ensure that the Abhaya Hastham Pension should be in the hands of all eligible women by the first day of every month from December.

The Chief Minister reviewed the progress of the scheme, “Dr. YSR Abhaya Hastham” telephonically with the Minister for Rural Development, Mr. Vatti Vasantha Kumar and senior officials of the Department, Mr R. Subramaniam, Mr T. Vijaya Kumar and Mr. Rajasekhar at his residence.

Dr. JP takes a dig at Babu & Rosaiah

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Hyderabad, November 15:Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan today thanked TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu for being an unpaid PRO of the Lok Satta Party because he spoke more about the Lok Satta than about his own party during the GHMC election campaign.

Instead of seeking votes by presenting his party’s agenda to voters, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu is trying to dissuade them from voting for the Lok Satta Party.

Mr. Chandrababu Naidu is providing an excellent opportunity to the Lok Satta Party to explain its policies to the public, said Dr. JP.

Lok Satta seeks relaxation on polling agents’ appointment

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Hyderabad, November 15:The Lok Satta Party today requested the State Election Commission (SEC) to relax its mandate that a contestant’s agent in a polling station should be a registered voter in the same polling station area. It also sought permission to appoint men as polling agents in polling stations meant exclusively for women.

In a representation on behalf of the Lok Satta Party, Mr. Bheesetti Babji, Mr. V. Laxman Balaji brought to the SEC notice that its instruction that polling agents should belong to the same polling station area favors entrenched parties and candidates.

Aziz pasha for comprehensive debate on OBCS

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Hyderabad, November 15:Since there was a lack of consensus among various States in identifying the ‘creamy layer’ in backward castes, there was need for comprehensive debate on OBC issue, opined Mr Syed Azeez Pasha, CPI deputy floor leader of Rajya Sabha.

we will win many divisions, claims Bandaru

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Hyderabad, November 15:State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandaru Dattatreya on Sunday called upon voters of Greater Hyderabad to reject both the Congress Party and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), as they had indulged in vote bank politics in the ensuing GHMC elections. He was confident that his party would win in double digit divisions in the elections but refused to reveal exact number.

Police lift body from funeral pyre after murder complaint

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Agra, November 15:The body of a 24-year-old woman was lifted by police from the funeral pyre in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district Sunday after her parents filed a complaint that she was set on fire for not mdeeting the dowry demands of her in-laws.

The incident took place in the Rasoolpur village of Firozabad district Sunday afternoon.

World Snooker: Advani, Sethi clear first hurdle

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Hyderabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Title favourites Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi of India led a field of home players past the first hurdle in the league stage of the 35th ONGC-IBSF World snooker championship at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, here Sunday.

Advani, the 24-year-old National champion from Bangalore, got past Australia’s Daniel Thorp 4-0 with a high break of 71 clearance in the second frame in the men’s section, while Sethi, the eight times World billiards champion, easily beat Mostafa Aly of Egypt 3-0.

Anonymous ex-call girl blogger revealed to be British scientist

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London, November 15: The anonymous author of three bestselling autobiographical books on a student turning to prostitution – themselves the product of a notorious blog – has been revealed to be a British research scientist.

Dr Brooke Magnanti, a hospital researcher from Bristol, told the Sunday Times she is the pseudonymous blogger of “Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl”, which was chosen by the Guardian as its blog of the year in 2003.

Her blogs were made into three books, including “The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl”, and a television serial.

Delhi Metro totes up its record single-day earnings Saturday

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New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Delhi Metro raked in its highest ever earning for a day – Rs. 1.64 crore (Rs.16.4 million) – Saturday with the new Delhi-Noida link continuing to do brisk business since its opening Friday, officials said.

“Delhi Metro recorded the highest passenger earning till date on Nov 14 (Saturday) at Rs.1.64 crore,” its spokesman Anuj Dayal said.

The newly opened Noida link which opened to public Friday was also doing brisk business, he added.

1,200 Caribbean troopers to guard Commonwealth meet

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Port-of-Spain, November 15:About 1,200 Carribean troopers along with local security personnel will maintain a hawk-eye vigil during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in this Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29, a minister said, adding 9/11 has “changed the security landscape for heads of states”.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lead a strong delegation to the meeting. He will be joined by 51 other leaders from Commonwealth nations.

Nine booked for abetting realtor’s suicide in Bhopal

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Bhopal, November 15: Nine people were booked for abetment of suicide after the bodies of a property dealer and his five-year-old son were found Saturday in a farmhouse in this Madhya Pradesh capital, police said Sunday.

According to police, Jai Prakash Singh shot dead his son and then committed suicide in a farmhouse near Hataikheda.

“On the basis of the suicide note left by Singh, cases have been registered against nine people on Saturday under the charges of abetment to suicide,” Bhopal Superintendent of Police Jaideep Prasad told IANS.

Toll free answers to pregnancy or puberty queries

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New Delhi, November 15:Got questions about pregnancy, puberty or plain simple facts about the birds and bees? If you have such queries on your mind and are afraid to ask parents or share with friends — just dial a government-run toll free helpline.

The helpline (1800-11-6555 or 011-6666-5555), run by the Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) or the National Population Stabilisation Fund of the health ministry, receives over 300 calls per day.

UAE to build oil refinery on Pakistan coast

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Islamabad, November 15:The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to go ahead with the construction of a $5 billion oil refinery in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistani officials said Sunday.

The refinery with an output of 250,000 barrels per day was postponed in January, due to the global recession and a row over management issues with Islamabad.

“The major contentious issues have been resolved and the project will soon be kicked off,” a senior official of Pakistan’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources said.

11th Dubai Air Show begins amid much fanfare

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Dubai, November 15:The 11th Dubai Air Show started Sunday in the presence of delegates from around the world amid mutual regional and international interests providing impetus to the show, a media report said here.

India, Sri Lanka to battle for No.1 Test spot

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Ahmedabad, November 15:With the hysteria around Sachin Tendulkar’s 20 years in international cricket slowly abating, it’s time to get the focus back on some serious cricket.

India have to put behind the disappointment of the ODI series loss to Australia when they take on Sri Lanka in the first Test here Monday.

A 2-4 loss in the seven-match ODI series at home was not what the fans expected from the World No.2 team. India lost the battle for the No.1 spot and slipped to No.3.

Bon Jovi was in school marching band

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London, November 15:Rockstar Jon Bon Jovi has stunned his bandmates with a recent confession on a chat show that he was a part of a “marching band” in school.

“I played a little trumpet in high school and (I was) in a marching band… sexiest rock star in the world right there,” said Bon Jovi.

The fact was not known to even his longtime songwriting partner Richie Sambora and he was shocked to hear it, reports newstin.com.

“I’ve known the guy for 27 years… I didn’t know he was in a marching band,” said Sambora.

Never wanted to join Mulayam’s party, Kalyan snaps back

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Lucknow, November 15:A day after being openly snubbed by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh said he had no intention of joining the party.

“Neither did I ever accept Mulayam Singh’s offer to join his party, nor will I ever do so for all times to come,” he told media persons here.

Lohan lands another fashion job

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London, November 15:Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan’s debut fashion line might have been panned by critics as a “disaster”, but the singer has landed another fashion job. Jeweller Pascal Mouawad has signed her up as a new style partner.

“Pascal and I are actually working together, we’re doing something with a friend who owns bebe. We’re doing a collection for them and we’re also going to be doing some other things,” Imdb.com quoted Lohan as saying.

Police station in Goa inaugurated with belly dance

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Panaji,November 14:The entire Goa Police top brass was treated to a belly dance performed by a scantily clad Russian dance troupe at a newly inaugurated police station in the state.

The belly dance was held at a function to celebrate the inauguration of the new premises of the Anjuna police station, 15 km from Panaji, late Thursday evening.

Officials at the Anjuna police station said that the dance had to be called off after the crowd comprising of police officials and civilians got unruly, and tried to climb onto the stage on which the belly dancers were performing.

AMU to have 250-acre branch in Bihar

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Aligarh, November 14:The centre of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Bihar would come up in 250 acres, instead of 100 acres now, as the Bihar government has allotted an additional 150 acres of land free to the varsity.

“We have received an official communique from the Bihar government over the free of cost allotment of the additional land,” AMU spokesperson Rahat Abrar told reporters in this Utar Pradesh town, some 300 km from state capital Lucknow.

“In the letter, the Bihar government has also emphasised on early opening of the varsity’s centre,” he added.

40-year-old kills parents, wife in Tripura

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Agartala, November 14:A 40-year-old man killed his parents and wife in presence of his five-year-old daughter following a domestic quarrel in Tripura, police said Saturday.

Arjun Biswas killed his 70-year-old father, 60-year-old mother and 35-year-old wife at their residence in Maubazar township, about 130 km south of here, late Friday.

“Biswas killed his father Niranjan Biswas, mother Subha Biswas, and wife Kana Biswas, following heated squabbles,” south Tripura district police chief Krishnendu Chakraborty said.

Biswas was arrested immediately after the incident

India works on to-do list to revamp homeland security (One year after 26/11)

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New Delhi,November 14:Armoured vehicles, surveillance radars, handheld imagers, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), biometrics and software solutions… those are the buzzwords as India revamps its homeland security to make sure that there is never another 26/11.

The Mumbai terror strike last November that exposed India’s lack of preparedness was the tipping point for the government to prepare a to-do list of how to tackle new-age terror and secure the country.

Troop Morale Continues to Drop in Afghanistan

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Kabul,November 14:Given the state of the war in Afghanistan: entering its ninth year with record violence, worsening conditions, and increasing numbers of American soldiers accomplishing less and less, it should hardly come as a surprise that morale among the soldiers there is falling.

A survey taken by the Army shows morale at the platoon level markedly lower than in either 2005 or the 2007 surveys, though they said that suicide prevention training was improved.

NIMS to be coordinating body

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Hyderabad,November 11:The state government has nominated the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) as the coordinating body in the name of Cadaver Transplantation Coordination Authority (CTCA), as they have the basic infrastructure for organ transplantation besides eminent doctors in

related specialities like urology, nephrology, CT surgery, gastro-enterology and so on. The NIMS will be required to establish a separate unit with complementary staff to play an effective role as the designated authority. Necessary budget support for this will be provided by the government. (NSS)