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Exhibition raises concerns over gender inequality

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A girl in class 10 writes “it feels really sad to know you all feel that women are inferior and not capable of doing anything”. Another girl writes “… but this world seems to suppress girls and dominate us, which is stupid”. Letters like these are part of an exhibition that aims to introduce visitors to what concerns these young girls.

The title of the exhibition comes from American author and poet Maya Angelou’s collection of poems “And Still I Rise” as it goes with its central theme: raising awareness of gender discrimination and its impact on limiting opportunities for women

Bihar to skill up one crore youth by 2020: Nitish

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The Bihar government is planning to skill up one crore youth in the state in a time span of five years to make them compete globally for industries requiring skilled workforce, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Saturday.

“We need to make them employable by imparting skills through various skill development initiatives,” he said at an event organised by industry chamber CII here.

Nitish Kumar said Bihar has the largest pool of youth in India aged under 25 and his government has already employed about 100,000 young men and women through employment fairs across the state.

Goa’s women taxi drivers allege harassment

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Three women taxi drivers formerly employed with Goa’s first all women radio taxi service have alleged violation of labour laws by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), a state government-run corporation, which has outsourced taxi operations to a private firm.

The women taxi drivers have alleged that at the time of recruitment last year they were informed that they had been employed by the corporation, but once the taxi service started in October last year they realised that their employer was actually a private firm.

Facebook tests laser drones in British skies

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If Facebook has its way, there would soon be huge solar-powered drones — with the wingspan of a commercial airliner — beaming down internet in the remotest of areas.

Facebook has been testing such drones in the skies over England, according to its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The drones use lasers to beam internet access down to the ground, designed to provide connections to rural and internet-free zones, reported The Guardian.

Multi-object tracking radar ready for trials

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he indigenously designed Rs.245 crore multi-object tracking radar (MOTR) is ready to undergo trials, said a senior space scientist here on Saturday.

“The multi-object tracking radar has been installed. It has to undergo trials. Once the trials are satisfactory then it will be ready for use,” M.Y.S. Prasad, director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, told reporters.

According to him, the radar can track around 10 objects simultaneously.

He said the radar can track space debris so that a satellite’s direction could be altered to avoid collision.

Unbelievable to be World No.1: Saina

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(IANS) After being assured of the World No.1 spot, Olympic bronze medal winning shuttler Saina Nehwal said on Saturday that she can’t believe she has reached the summit.

“It is still unbelievable. Let me pinch myself! It will probably sink in only when I see my name on the top of the ranking list,” an overjoyed Saina said here.

Come Thursday when Badminton World Federation (BWF) revises its rankings, the Hyderabadi will become the first Indian woman to be ranked No.1.

Three-nation visit to focus on economic agenda, job creation: Modi (

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his tour to France, Germany and Canada from April 10-16 would be focused on supporting India’s national economic agenda through programmes like Make in India in order to create jobs for the youth.

In a series of tweets, linked to his Facebook post, Modi spoke about his upcoming three-nation tour – his second overseas visit this year after to the Indian Ocean countries of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka earlier in March.

Czechs kidnapped in Pakistan freed

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Two Czech tourists who were abducted by gunmen two years ago as they were traveling on a bus through southwestern Pakistan have been released, the Czech government said on Saturday.

“I am really glad to confirm that Hana Humpalova and Antonie Chrastecka … returned back to the Czech Republic today in the morning,” Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said in a statement.

Sobotka said their release was negotiated by Turkish non-governmental humanitarian organization IHH.

BCCI headache ‘Mauka Mauka’ :Phone line disconnected after hundereds of calls

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) bore the brunt of Star Sport’s ‘Mauka Mauka’ advertisement as Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket fans called them as many as ‘200 times’ to poke fun at India’s exit and sing the now famous jingle India crashed out of the World Cup as Australia secured an emphatic 95-run victory over them at the semifinals.

High school seniors increasingly getting hooked onto ‘Hookahs’

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(ANI): Though there may be a decline in cigarette smoking, a new study had claimed that now hookah has become a popular trend amongst high school seniors.

The study by University of Waterloo found that almost one in four high school seniors try smoking hookah, and as per the estimates, over 78,200 youth are current water pipe users.

Leia Minaker, who conducted the study, said that while we can celebrate a continued slow decline in cigarette use across the country, water pipes are bucking the trend.

Land disputes hitting poor badly: SC Judge

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Hyderabad, March 28 (NSS): Supreme Court judge Anil Ramesh Dhawe has stated that the poor and tribal people were meeting huge losses due to land disputes across the nation.

Speaking at a national seminar held at NALSAR Law University here on Saturday, Dhawe bemoaned that the land laws were very complex resulting in piling up of cases like a mountain.

State High Court Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothy Sen Guptha opined that the common man was facing severe problems with land, water and family disputes. “Their lives will improve only when they get quick justice in this regard”. He also

CPI urges Centre to implement AP Reorganization Act for development of Telangana

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(NSS): The 22nd Congress of Communist Party of India (CPI) being held since March 25 adopted the following resolution proposed by CPI Telangana State secretary Chada Venkat Reddy.

The resolution states, “The promises made in the AP Re-organisation Act, 2014 for development of newly carved Telangana State have not been fulfilled so far. While, forming the Telangana State, everybody expected that Telangana State would face serious power crisis. To overcome the crisis, the Government of India has promised to establish an Ultra Mega Power Project in the State.

Telangana will be power surplus State by 2017: KCR

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INN): Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday reiterated that Telangana

would be a power surplus State by the year 2017.

Speaking after laying the foundation stone of Bhadradri Thermal Power Generation Project at Manugur

here, the Chief Minister said that efforts were being made to make Telangana State free from power

crisis. He said that the Bhadradri project, being constructed at a cost of Rs 5,144 crore, would generate

1080 MW power in the next three years. He said that the government was ensuring generation of nearly

MDS topper Ahmed Ashfaq felicitated by College management

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Dr. Ahmed Ashfaq, student of MNR Dental College, Sangareddy secured first rank in MDS entrance examination held recently .He secured 91 % in MDS entrance exam . He stood first in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States.seen in the picture with Parents and college principle.

MNR college bagged the state rank for the first time.

Mr. Ahmed Ashfaq was congratulated by the college management and principal on Tuesday.

Justice For Hashimpura

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Today, on 24th March 2015, the families of Mohalla Hashimpura whose men were shot dead; and the five survivors, of the worst custodial communal killings in independent India expressed their anguish, suffering and outrage at the judgment of the Delhi Trial Court that acquitted all the accused Policemen of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC). 28 years later, they remembered every detail of that fateful day when about 50 men of Mohalla Hashimpura were abducted by a Unit of the 41st Battalion of PAC in a yellow coloured PAC truck by 19 members of this Unit.

What happened in Hashimpura 27 years ago?

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By Vibhuti Narain Rai,(The writer was then Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad. The article first appeared at IndiaResists.com )

There are some experiences that stick with you throughout your life. They always stay with you like a nightmare and sometimes are like debts on your shoulders. The experience at Hashimpura Massacre was such an experience for me, says Vibhuti Narayan Rai, then Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad, UP. On 22 May 1987, in Hashimpura, a locality in the Meerut City, 42 innocent Muslims were killed in cold blood by the personnel of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC).

165 convicted for drunken driving in one week

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Hyderabad, March 23 (NSS): In the enforcement drive against drunken driving this week from March 14 to 20, a total of 165 cases were booked and the offenders were charge-sheeted.

The courts concerned examined the offenders and imposed fines. The fine amount collected was Rs 3,86,100 and 10 persons were imprisoned. From January 1 to March 20, 2015, the number of total cases was 2,219. An amount Rs 34,54,200 was collected as fines and 142 accused were sent to jail. (NSS)

257 speeding drivers booked on ORR in one week

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(NSS): As a part of enforcement drive on Outer Ring Road from Pedda Amberpet to Shamirpet through Shamshabad from March 14 to 20, a total of 257 cases were booked.

Out of these, 46 were of wrong parking, 211 were of driving on wrong side / entry from wrong side/Dangerous Driving/Lane Violation. An amount of Rs 2,02,600 was collected as fine from January 1, to March 20, 2015. The total

Traders should pay TOT if turnover exceeds Rs 7.5 lakh: CT Commissioner

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NSS): Telangana State Commercial Taxes Commissioner V. Anil Kumar has said under Section 4(2) of VAT Act 2005, whose taxable turnover in a period of 12 consecutive months exceeding Rs 7.5 lakh but does not exceed Rs 50 lakh are liable to be registered for Turnover Tax (TOT), and shall pay tax @ one percent on the taxable turnover. Further all traders, purchasing goods for business from other States (CST purchases) should be registered as a “dealer” under the provisions of State VAT Act.

Setting up of BC sub-plan under active consideration

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(NSS): Minister for Backward Classes Jogu Ramanna informed in the Telangana Assembly that the TRS Government was actively considering to constitute a Backward Classes Sub-Plan.

Replying to a question in this regard, the BC Minister, during question hour, pointed out that the government would thoroughly study all aspects connected with it and take an appropriate decision. He reminded that there

Readymade garments affecting livelihood of tailors

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NSS): The untold suffering and hardships being faced by small-time traditional tailors following the readymade garments and branded apparels flooding the markers was echoed in the Telangana State Assembly on Members cutting across party lines during question hour, highlighted the plight of tailors, who belong to the Chippolu or Meru community of Backward Classes, and stressed the imperative and urgent need on the part of the State government to come to their rescue and provide them the needed financial minister for Backward Classes Jogu Ramanna, replying to main question by A.

Law admissions at GITAM

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Hyderabad, March 23 (NSS): GITAM School of Law is offering admission into 5 year Integrated BBA-LLB / BA-LLB Honors and 3 year LLB programs for the academic year 2015-16.

Prof. Y.Satyanarayana, Director, SoL informed in a press released on Monday. The programs are approved by the Bar Council of For five year integrated programs, the candidates should have passed Intermediate examination (10+2) or its equivalent. For 3 year LLB program, the
candidates should have passed any degree from a recognized university for Those who were interested can visit www.gitam.edu or call 0891-

ICOMOS to help MANUU set up heritage documentation centre

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INN): The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) India has set up a working group to formulate a strategy document for the H.K. Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies, a research institution of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, for establishing a Documentation Centre and Conservation Studio for heritage management.

During the annual general body meeting of ICOMOS, India held at MANUU it was decided that the working group will work under the chairmanship of Prof. Arun Menon, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.

HAL pays Rs 3.97 Cr Property Tax

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The Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) on Monday paid Rs 3,97,86,441/- to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) towards the Property Tax for the year 2014-15.

HAL Officiating General Manager K Nirmala Babu, , Additional GM (HR) Alok Varma and Chief Manager (HR) SMR Shasthri handed over the cheque GHMC Commissioner and Special Officer Somesh Kumar at his chambers at GHMC Head Office here on Monday.

Zonal Commissioner (West Zone) CN Raghu Prasad and other senior officials were also present on the occasion. (INN)