Bettiah (Bihar), June 30: Taking cognizance of charges against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly inciting violence against aspirants from the state for Railway jobs in Mumbai, a Bihar court has asked him to appear before it next month to explain his position.
Chief Judicial Magistrate of West Champaran M K Dwivedi passed the order yesterday while hearing a criminal revision petition and asked Raj to appear on July 25.
Hyderabad, June 30: Congress Member of Parliament from Karimnagar Ponnam Prabhakar on Wednesday challenged Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief k Chandrasekhar Rao to provide proof of his statement that the Congress was responsible for the postponement of by-polls to the Sircilla and Vemulawada Assembly constituencies.
Talking to media persons on Wednesday, Mr Prabhakar said that he was willing to provide proof to his statement that the rift between Harish Rao and K Tarakarama Rao was the reason behind the postponement of voting in the two constituencies.
Hyderabad, June 30: “The most worrying factor for Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao is that the TRS will become obsolete once a separate Telangana State is announced. This is the reason why KCR is in favour of a United Andhra Pradesh,” said Congress MLA from Sangareddy, T Jayaprakash Reddy on Wednesday.
Talking to media persons, Mr Jayaprakash Reddy said that the frequent elections forced on the people by TRS MLAs resigning on the slightest pretext will be the reason for the party’s defeat in the forthcoming by-elections.
Johannesburg, June 30: Ghana will become the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup if they beat Uruguay at the Soccer City stadium Friday.
But they could be without up to four key players as they attempt to make history.
The 20-year-old Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew has been a revelation in midfield but is suspended along with central defender Jonathan Mensah.
And the Black Stars also look set to be without Kevin-Prince Boateng, who has a hamstring injury, and Germany-based left back Hans Adu-Sarpei, who has a calf problem.
Gaza, June 30: A Palestinian report says more than half of the children in the Gaza Strip suffer from malnutrition due to the ongoing Israeli siege of the impoverished region.
The Palestinian Medical Relief Association conducted the study on the situation of children in Gaza, saying that 52 percent of the young Palestinians suffer from malnutrition, and severe vitamin deficiency.
According to the study, a significant number of the children also suffer from infections in their respiratory systems, International Middle East Media Center reported.
Patna, June 30: Ignoring alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strong reservation on promoting madrassas in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to provide financial support to 2,700 unaided Islamic seminaries.
The 2,700 madrassas are affiliated to the Bihar State Madrasa Education Board but have not been getting any financial aid from the government till now.
Human Resource Development Principal Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh told IANS over telephone Wednesday that the state government has decided to provide financial aid to 2,700 madrassas.
Chennai, June 30: Describing as “mischievous” and “politically motivated” the probe ordered by Tamil Nadu Government into the reported “unauthorised” construction of a tea factory, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today said it would fail like other cases against her.
In a statement here, Jayalalithaa denied there was any unauthorised construction and said only renovation of a 122- year-old dilapidated factory had been undertaken after taking permission of the officials.
The present condition of the factory posed danger to the lives of the workers, she said.
New Delhi, June 30: A Sub-Inspector of Delhi Police today shot himself dead in a police station in the capital, police said.
The incident was reported from Kanjhawla police station and the victim has been identified as Rohtas, who hails from Haryana. He is in his forties.
Rohtas allegedly shot himself dead using the service revolver inside the police station premises, a senior police official said.
The reason for him taking the extreme step was not known immediately.
He was an ex-serviceman and inducted into Delhi Police as a Sub-Inspector.
Srinagar, June 30: Police today fired teargas shells to disperse stone-pelting mobs at a few places in Srinagar even as more violence-hit areas were brought under curfew in South Kashmir, where three youths have been killed in alleged CRPF firing.
Protestors, including women, took to the streets at Natipora and Batmaloo areas here and staged demonstrations against the killings that have rocked the valley for the past few days, police said.
New Delhi, June 30: Condemning the rape of a Brazilian woman in the city, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said police should step up efforts to ensure safety of the citizens, particularly women.
“This kind of incident should not happen…There should be a sense of safety and security for everybody, particularly women,” Dikshit said when asked about the incident.
A 27-year-old Brazilian woman, pursuing a Mass Communication course in Noida, was raped allegedly by her landlord in C R Park locality. Police have arrested the accused.
New Delhi, June 30: Country’s intelligence agencies, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Intelligence Bureau (IB), have refused to make public information related to any in-house case of sexual harassment in the last 10 years.
Both the agencies cited provisions under the RTI Act which exempt them from disclosure of information, provided they are not related to allegations of human rights violation or corruption.
London, June 30: Airport body scanners have a potentially greater risk of cancer than previously thought, a scientist has warned.
The devices emit radiation up to 20 times more powerful than it was believed.
Dr David Brenner, head of the centre for radiological research at Columbia University in New York, said that the concentration of the radiation on skin could pose a greater risk of cancer than expected.
The risk is due to inability of a body to repair X-ray damage to its cells.
Kabul, June 30: The Taliban has taken responsibility for an attack on a NATO airbase in which several militants were killed Wednesday.
The attack occurred at an airfield outside Jalalabad near the border with Pakistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.
ISAF and Afghan forces repelled a number of insurgents when they attacked the airfield.
The militants set off a car bomb and fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms, the statement said.
Hyderabad, June 30: Revolutionary poet and Maoist sympathiser Varavara Rao on Wednesday met Chief Minister K Rosaiah and urged him to abandon the ongoing ‘Operation Green Hunt’ against the Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr Varavara Rao also urged Mr Rosaiah to use his good offices with the Centre and bring a halt to action against the Moaists in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.
The revolutionary poet also sought an amnesty for Naxals serving their time with ‘good conduct’ in various state prisons and urged Mr Rosaiah to order their release on Independence Day.
Mumbai, June 30: Shocking: A crazy female fan bites Imran Khan Imran Khan was in for a rude shock when he was promoting his film I Hate Luv Storys in Dubai on Saturday. A female fan burst through the crowd to meet Imran.
When she got close enough, she caught his hands and started shaking them. Imran reciprocated with a smile, but the fan just refused to let go of his hands.
Kabul, June 30: Eight militants were killed today in a gun battle after a suicide car bombing at the entrance to an Afghan airport, authorities said.
After the car bombing, a group of militants, using light weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, battled international forces for 30 minutes, according to information provided by the media office at the airport outside the eastern city of Jalalabad.
Pietermaritzburg, June 30: Amidst the hysteria of World Cup football, the historical railway station of Pietermaritzburg, from where Mahatma Gandhi began his journey towards immortality, lies desolate and virtually forgotten.
When the whole of South Africa is drowned in the euphoric madness of the World Cup, even its ripples are not felt in Pietermaritzburg, the capital of Kwazulu Natal province, that lies just 80 km from Durban, one of the nine World Cup venues.
Sialkot (Pakistan), June 30: The replica of the ball of the World Cup in South Africa and most of the 40 million footballs that the big brands sell every year are from the Pakistani industrial city of Sialkot where thousands of workers struggle to make them.
Located in the northeast of Pakistan and with nearly half a million inhabitants, Sialkot is one of the most important economic centres of the country and is known for an industry dedicated to the export of surgical instruments and sports equipment, such as gloves and backpacks, but the football is its mark of identity.
Mumbai, June 30: Yes! CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Awards has crowned the pretty and bubbly actress, Genelia D’Souza, as the Brand Ambassador of the year. Last year, it was the Bollywood’s badshah who won the title.
Genelia, currently appears in ad’s for nine brands including Cadbury’s Perk, Fanta, Spinz, Dabur Vatika, LG Cookie, Virgin, Margo, Garnier and Fasttrack.
Mumbai, June 30: With Sonam Kapoor heading for Mumbai for the promotion and release of her new film “I Hate Luv Storys”, shooting for “Mausam” in Edinburgh slackened up a bit.
The hero Shahid Kapoor, who also happens to be the director’s son, decided to take off for a three-day visit to nearby London. Only father Pankaj Kapoor knew about Shahid’s whereabouts while the rest of the unit was kept in the dark about his visit.
New Delhi, June 30: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt says his films “Arth”, “Zakhm” and “Daddy” were inspired from his personal experiences of cheating on his wife, being an illegitimate child and that of being an alcoholic.
“What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story… I was ashamed of cheating on my wife, of being a child born out of wedlock, of being an alcoholic. These emotions created ‘Arth’, ‘Zakhm’ and ‘Daddy’,” Bhatt posted on micro-blogging website Twitter.
Hyderabad, June 30: For 55-year-old Abdul Khadir, the sight of a foreign tourist losing and falling in front of his shop, was one of the most embarrassing moments of his life.
Abdul Khadir, who owns a shop selling lace and embroidered pieces of cloth at one of the most important tourist destinations in Hyderabad, the ‘Laad Bazaar’, still feels sad about the incident which occurred about two-and-a-half years ago.
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-All eyes are set on ‘I Hate Luv Storys’ which sees Imran Khan returning to (a comfortable) romcom genre after ‘Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai’. The release holds a great significance for him since his contemporary Ranbir Kapoor has just delivered a blockbuster in the form of ‘Raajneeti’.
New Delhi, June 30: Congress is “not a factor” in Assembly polls in Bihar as the situation in the state is vastly different from that in Uttar Pradesh, which had seen the revival of the ruling party at the Centre, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav claimed today.
Yadav, who is also the NDA convenor, was upbeat over the prospects of the JD(U)-BJP alliance, which was shaken by the recent row between Bihar Chief Nitish Kumar and his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi over flood relief advertisements.
He said the RJD-LJP combine was its main rival in Bihar.
London, June 30: Venus Williams insists she has no intention of turning her back on tennis after the American’s shock defeat to Tsvetana Pironkova at Wimbledon raised questions about her appetite for the sport.
Venus failed to make the final at the All England Club for the first time since 2006 as Pironkova, an unseeded Bulgarian ranked 82nd in the world, stormed to a remarkable 6-2, 6-3 victory over the five-time champion.