Patna, November 04: The opposition RJD today accused the Bihar government of diluting the RTI provisions in the state and strongly objected to the reported move to hike the fee charged for every information.
“The NDA government is proposing to amend the Bihar RTI rule and increase the fee to Rs ten for every information. The RJD will oppose it tooth and nail,” RJD spokesman Shakeel Ahmed Khan told PTI.
Mumbai, November 04: A 51-year-old passenger on a Jet Airways flight from Dubai has been arrested on arrival at the Mumbai airport on the charge of molesting an airhostess, police said today.
The accused identified as Selvaraj Pillai, a supervisor with an electrical company in Dubai, had boarded the Mumbai- bound flight last evening and allegedly misbehaved with the hostess.
Srinagar, November 04: National Conference President Farooq Abdullah today said the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir was serious about addressing the issue of unemployment.
“The NC-led government in the state is serious about addressing the unemployment problem and in this connection the government is doing its best to expand tourism, agriculture, horticulture and handicraft sectors,” Abdullah said here.
Patna, November 04: Ten persons were injured here as police resorted to lathicharge and burst teargas shells to disperse agitating employees of fair price dealers’ shops today.
Hundreds of employees of the fair price dealers from across the state, brought out a procession on Bailey Road, led by their association leader Srikant Labh and later blocked the busy Dak Bungalow Road, official sources said.
As the agitators refused to budge despite requests by the security men, baton-wielding policemen swung into action.
Wana, November 04: At least 11 militants were killed during the operation of security forces in tehsil and Kanogoram Ladha in the tribal region of South Waziristan.
The forces have also destroyed a center for militants in the area.The troops engaged in search operation in the strategic village of Nawazkot along with a search and clearance operation in the Taliban stronghold Sararogha.
New Delhi, November 04: BJP today sought apology from Home Minister P Chidambaram as it was not satisfied by his clarification that he was not aware of Deoband resolution against recitation of Vande Mataram.
BJP, which condemned Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind’s resolution yesterday and attacked Chidambaram for being part of the function where it was adopted, took a dig at him, saying he ought to know such things in advance.
New Delhi, November 04: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today contended that he was not present when the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind adopted a resolution at its 30th general session in Deoband yesterday asking Muslims not to recite ‘Vande Mataram’.
“Home Minister P Chidambaram was at the JUH conference at Deoband on November 3 between 10 am and 12 noon. No resolution was passed during that period. When he spoke, he was not aware of any resolution relating to Vande Mataram or women’s reservation and television,” a statement issued by his office said.
New Delhi, November 04: The country’s telecom subscriber base has crossed the 500 million-mark and the growth milestone has been achieved 15 months ahead of target.
The country had targeted reaching this number by end of 2010, but actually crossed this mark in September this year.
The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 509.03 million at the end of September from 494.07 million in August, registering a growth rate of 3.03 per cent. The set target of 500 million telephones by the end of 2010 has been achieved by September 2009, telecom regulator TRAI said today.
Kabul, November 04: Five British soldiers have been killed by an Afghan policeman at a checkpoint in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
“An Afghan national policeman from the checkpoint started firing without warning before anyone could really respond,” an Afghan defense ministry statement said Wednesday.
“The soldiers were all killed as a result of gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in the Nad-e’Ali district of Helmand Province during the afternoon of November 3, 2009,” the statement said.
Kabul, November 04: Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday sharply criticized the decision of the country’s election commission to declare incumbent Hamid Karzai the winner of Afghanistan’s disputed presidential elections.
Abdullah, who pulled out of a scheduled November 7 runoff with Karzai on Sunday, said there was “no legal basis” for the decision of the Independent Election Commission (IEC).
However, the former foreign minister refrained from calling for protests and asked his supporters to remain calm.
Sydney, November 04: Brett Lee, who was forced to return home mid-way through the ongoing one-day series against India, underwent a scan on his elbow joint and is expected to resume bowling from next week.
”Brett has seen a specialist and CA medical staff in Melbourne.
Hyderabad, November 04: Suspended Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Kovvur MLA N Prasanna Kumar Reddy, who had raised the banner of revolt, dashing off open letters to party president N Chandrababu Naidu, today called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah.
Later, Mr Reddy told mediapersons that he called on Mr Rosaiah to plead for construction of a barrage in his constituency. He had earlier taken up the matter with late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and wanted Mr Rosaiah to ensure early launch of the project.
Mumbai, November 04: Katrina Kaif and comedy movies might have been a long way but Katz has never done a comic role herself.
Although she has worked earlier in comedy movies like ‘Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya’, ‘Welcome’ and ‘Partner’ but it’s for the first time that the gorgeous Katrina Kaif will not be just a part of a comic flick, but will also make her audience laugh with her dialogues, acts and expressions.
Katrina, who extremely enjoys the comedy genre, finally got an opportunity to play an out an out comic role in Rajkumar Santoshi’s ‘Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani’.
Lucknow, November 04: Former Indian cricket team captain and Congress MP Mohammad Azharuddin and union Minister for Road Transport and Highways R. P. N. Singh have been charged with violating the election code of conduct ahead of by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
Singh and Azharuddin — who is the Congress MP from Moradabad — addressed public meetings in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district Tuesday, some 300 km fromLucknow, without taking the mandatory permission from the district administration, police said.
Lucknow, November 04: A teacher of a private school in an Uttar Pradesh village has been accused of forcibly stripping a 10-year-old girl student and photographing her on his mobile phone, police said Wednesday.
Rajesh Shukla Tuesday allegedly molested the Class 5 student of Swamy Harihar School in Mahmoodpur village of Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district, some 250 km from Lucknow. He was absconding.
“We are carrying out raids to nab Shukla. We have detained the managerial staff of the school to know the whereabouts of the teacher,” police Inspector F. A. Pundir told reporters in Kannauj.
Mumbai, November 04: Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor feels that he is selfish and ambitious towards his work. The young generation of 75-year-old Bollywood’s Kapoor family says that he is till new comer and learner.
Ranbir worked in three movies so far. They are ‘Saawariya’, ‘Bachna Ae Hasino’ and ‘Wake Up Sid’.
Ranbir don’t want to limit himself within acting criteria. He wants to follow the foot steps of his grandfather late Raj Kapoor.
“I want to learn all technicalities related to film direction and production like my grandpa Raj Kapoor.” Ranbir says.
Riyadh, November 04: A cross-border attack by Yemeni fighters kills a Saudi soldier and injures 11 others as Riyadh faces mounting hatred over its involvement in Sana’a offensive in the north.
The attack took place early on Tuesday near the kingdom’s southern border area of Jebel Doukhan, across from an area where Yemeni forces have been fighting Houthi fighters, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday.
Bangalore, November 04: The national selectors have decided to retain the same Indian squad for the last three matches of the on-going 7 match series with Australia.
The series is evenly balanced at 2-2 after the first four matches, and the selectors have retained faith in the team that has played so far. The unchanged squad is good news for Indian fans, since it means that the injuries to key players Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are not serious, and they are likely to be fit soon.
New Delhi, November 04: Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday clarified that he was not aware that a resolution had been passed against the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ by Muslim clerics at a gathering at Deoband attended by him.
“The minister was at the Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind conference at Deoband Nov 3 between 10 a.m. and 12 noon. No resolution was passed during that period. When he spoke, he was not aware of any resolution relating to Vande Mataram or women’s reservation or cinema and television,” Chidambaram’s personal secretary M.A. Siddique said in a statement.
Hyderabad, November 04: A 19-year-old woman boxer allegedly committed suicide at Lal Bahadur stadium here early today.
Police said S Amravati, undergoing training at the Centre for Excellence for over four years, took the extreme step after she was reportedly chided by her coach for her below par performance. The clues team arrived to gather evidence at the scene of offence.
The body was being sent for post-mortem, police added.
Ahmedabad, November 04 (Spl. Correspondent): The congress government always used the communal riots card to economically destroy the Muslim community but Chief Minister Gujarat Narendra Modi had taken many steps forward and planned in such a manner where Muslim community would never be able to emerge.
Blaming the Muslims for Godhra train incident, Modi government has continued to harass the Muslim community with some or the other tricks by dragging them into one or the other controversy.
Los Angeles, November 04: Pop singer Rihanna is due to speak on the first night he was beaten by her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, said in a television interview that this could happen to anyone.
R & B singer Brown, 20, was sentenced to five years probation and community service in August to attack Rihanna, 21, on the eve of the Grammy Awards in February. He has since apologized for the assault but has remained largely on the media attention.
Mumbai, November 04: Priyanka Chopra is a frequent visitor to the Dargah Sharif of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer.
And when she went to the dargah on Monday with some of her family members she chose to offer a chaddar just as any other devotee would, sans any security cover. The actress in fact asked her security personnel to stay outside and then stood in a long queue waiting her turn to offer a chaddar. “However, it was clearly visible from the actress’s face how hassled she was feeling standing amidst the crowd.
Abu Dhabi, November 04: After Pakistan’s comprehensive victory over New Zealand in the first ODI here, skipper Younis Khan praised talismanic all-rounder Shahid Afridi for his match-winning effort.
Afridi blasted 70 from 50 balls to help set up Pakistan’s 287 for 9 and then grabbed two wickets to help his team achieve a huge 138-run win here last night.
New Delhi, November 04: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar has adviced opener Virender Sehwag to bat the way he does in Tests, which would open a bright chance for him to make a double century in the one-dayers. Sehwag has been giving blazing starts to India at the top but hasn’t been able to convert those starts to big scores.
In the fourth match against Australia at Mohali, Sehwag began in his usual fashion and raced to a 19-ball 30 but could not continue for long before he departed.