New York, July 31: The nation’s leading Jewish civil rights group has come out against the planned mosque and Islamic community center near ground zero, saying more information is needed about funding for the project and the location is “counterproductive to the healing process.”
Hyderabad, July 31: The State BJP president, Mr G Kishen Reddy, has demanded that the UPA chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, to open her mouth on the Telangana issue understanding the feelings of the people of Telangana region. The results were a fitting lesson to the ruling party and the main Opposition Telugu Desam party, he added.
Rajahmundry, July 31: Stating that the by-election results reflected a death blow to the Congress, the party MLC, Ms Pulla Padmavathi, has said that the party should at least now realize its folly and give due prominence to Mr Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Medak, July 31: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi MP from Medak, Ms Vijayashanti, has said that the victory
of her party in the Assembly by-elections was the victory of the people of Telangana.
Talking to the media here on Friday, the MP said that she was saluting to the people for the verdict they had given. She said that the Congress had totally lost its address in the by-elections. She also sarcastically said that the Congress party leadership should now go on pilgrimages. She predicted that the Congress party would be wiped out in 2014.
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Hyderabad, July 31: The Congress MP from Vijayawada, Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal, has said that the party would pick up in the 2014 general elections.
Talking to the media here on Friday, Mr Lagadapati said that despite the defeat in the by elections in Telangana region, the Congress party remained strong in the State. He, however, admitted that the results had caused pain to the party leadership.
Hyderabad, July 31: The biggest jolt for the ruling Congress came in the form of the defeat of the state party chief Mr. D. Srinivas in the Nizamabad Urban constituency at the hands of the BJP nominee Mr. Laxminarayana. This is the second successive defeat for Mr. Srinivas at the hands of Mr. Laxminarayana who had humbled him earlier in 2009 elections.
Hyderabad, July 31: The demand for a separate Telangana State was amply vindicated by the electorate of the 12 Assembly Constituencies of the region by re-electing in the by-elections all the 12 candidates who had resigned their seats for the cause.
Washington, July 31: US President Barack Obama has called on the Iranian authorities to “immediately release” three US citizens currently held in Iran on suspicion of spying, saying they never worked for the US government.
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the hikers’ arrest on Saturday, Obama said the three committed no crime and were simply adventurous young people.
On Friday, the US Senate introduced a resolution marking one year since the hikers were detained and calling on Iran to “immediately and unconditionally release” them on humanitarian grounds, AFP reported.
Mumbai, July 31: Canada-based Lisa Ray is in no hurry to act and is instead keen to spread cancer awareness and write a book. ‘I am engaging with the world, but with a different quality now,’ says the model-actress who is leading a healthy life after fighting a rare cancer of plasma cells.
‘My disease, multiple myeloma, is in remission. We don’t take the attitude that it is ever gone completely, but we monitor regularly and now I’m leading a particularly healthy life,’ Lisa, 38, told IANS in an e-mail interview.
Washington, July 31: Though terror groups continue to strike in their country, a majority of Pakistanis still consider India as a major threat, view America as an enemy and are far less concerned about Taliban and al-Qaeda.
While Pakistanis express serious concerns about the US, they have also deep worries about neighbour and longtime rival India than extremist groups within Pakistan, according to the prestigious Pew Research Centre opinion poll carried out inside Pakistan.
Hyderabad, July 31: Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that victory on the Babli issue would be more important than winning the by-elections.
Talking to media persons at his residence, Mr Naidu said that the TDP had won partial victory over the Babli issue. He said that his party had chosen to work for the self respect of Telugu people rather than try to win the by-elections.
Gaza, July 31: Nine Palestinians were injured late Friday when Israeli warplanes struck three separate targets in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Islamic Hamas movement, medics and witnesses said.
The witnesses said they heard three successive explosions in western Gaza City in a strike aimed at a training compound belonging to Hamas security forces.
Medical sources said at least nine Palestinian police men were injured at the Hamas police training compound. They were taken by ambulances to the city’s main Hospital Shifa.
Washington, July 31: The Indian belief that the disclosures by WikiLeaks will finally persuade the Americans to read the riot act to Pakistan is misplaced.
As US President Barack Obama has said, the expose has revealed nothing new. As such, all that the US is likely to say is Pakistan should do “more” to check terrorism. In any event, Washington is apparently more concerned about shooting the messenger for divulging state secrets than in calling Pakistan to account.
Bhavnagar, July 31: Close on the heels of arrest of former minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said state has become an battleground for nationalists versus anti-nationalists forces.
“The war between nationalists and anti-nationalists demons has started in Gujarat. But remember this is Gujarat, where anti-nationalists forces will be defeated”, Modi said addressing a rally in Palitana town of this district.
Mumbai, July 31: First-of-its kind ‘gay’ condom to hit Indian markets soon, after NACO raises concern about rising HIV infections among homosexuals
It’s legal and now it can be safe as well. On July 2, homosexuals across the country celebrated a year of freedom – a year since the Delhi High Court struck down Sec 377 and decriminalised homosexuality. And soon they will have another reason to smile.
Mumbai, July 31: In the song Uai Maa from the album Uai Maa Uai Maa, which will release next month, model Survi Chatterjee will be seen travelling the world in search of a man who can ‘satisfy’ her.
Unsuccessful in her quest, she returns to India and romances Bhojpuri actor Raja Chaudhary but he too fails to give her the pleasure she wants. Finally, she is seen kissing a dog all over and then making love to it under the sheets.
‘Don’t do this’
Ahmedabad, July 31: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted its status report on the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case to the Supreme Court.
According to television reports, CBI in its status report has asked for the case to be shifted out of Gujarat as it feels that investigation cannot be carried out in an impartial manner in the State.
The CBI is also learnt to have said that it will investigate the fake encounter of Tulsiram Prajapati, the man who allegedly witnessed the killing of Sohrabuddin.
Bangalore, July 30: In a snub to his three ministerial colleagues and mining magnates, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today disapproved of their holding a padayatra to counter a similar ongoing protest by Congress on illegal mining issue.
Health Minister B Sreeramulu, Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy and his brother Revenue Minister G Karunakara Reddy yesterday launched a 12-km padayatra from Tekkalkote to Siruguppa in mine-rich Bellary District.
Bangalore, July 30: In signs of more trouble for the Reddy brothers facing Opposition heat over illegal mining issue, a group of about 13 ruling BJP MLAs today met Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and demanded action against them.
Led by Excise Minister Renukacharya, a dissident- turned Yeddyurappa loyalist, the legislators met Yeddyurappa and pledged their support to any possible action against the three ministers — Janardhana Reddy his brother Karunakara Reddy and their associate B Sriramulu.
New Delhi, July 30: The Department of History and Culture at Jamia Millia Islamia has been rated as a Centre of Excellence in a survey, an official said Friday.
A survey called ‘Arts and Humanities Research Mapping, India’ was conducted by India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore. The survey further listed 32 ‘centers of excellence’ from all over the country.
Jammu, July 30: Security forces tonight smashed a militant hideout and seized a cache of explosives and ammunition in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A team of Rashtriya Rifles and Jammu and Kashmir Police seized the cache from the hideout in Kumet forest belt in Bhartund area in Ramban, army officials said.
The recoveries included two Chinese hand-grenades, 35 rounds of ammunition of AK-47 rifle, three kg of explosive powder, an IED circuit and four detonators.
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Kolkata, July 30: Echoing ally Trinamool Congress, Congress today accused the Left Front government in West Bengal of using anti-Maoist operations in West Midnapore to serve interests of CPI(M) and defended TC chief Mamata Banerjee’s proposed visit to Lalgarh on August nine.
WBPCC President Manas Bhunia, though not in favour of withdrawal of joint forces from the troubled district, said 53 companies of CRPF sent by the Centre at the request of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee were being “misutilised”.
New Delhi, July 30: In an unprecedented move to defend market share, the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India will launch five cars in CNG version in a single day in the second week of next month.
The company, whose market share has come down below 50 per cent in the quarter ended June for the first time in its history, will unleash factory-fitted CNG options of its best selling Alto, compact cars Estilo and WagonR, multi-purpose vehicle Eeco and mid-sized sedan SX4.
“The CNG models will be very important in our portfolio.
Washington, July 30: A US soldier accused of leaking military video footage from Iraq has been transferred to a US military jail, the US Defense Department said on Friday.
He is also suspected in the release of thousands of classified documents about the war in Afghanistan.
Private First Class Bradley E. Manning arrived at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia on Thursday night, the Pentagon said, after his court martial proceedings were transferred from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
Chennai, July 30: A seven-year-old Japanese boy, son of a top official of a Japanese carmaker near here, drowned in a swimming pool at their bungalow today, police said.
Police said Yukinawa, son of Hideoniwa, a Director of carmaker Nissan (India) at Oragadam, drowned while swimming with his twin brother in the swimming pool at their bungalow at Panayur.
The boys were found in the deeper part of the swimming pool and were immediately taken to a private hospital where Yukiniwa was declared brought dead.