Hyderabad, August 03: Counselling for engineering admissions is likely to be delayed further as the All India Technical Education Council (AICTE) is yet to communicate the final list of affiliated engineering colleges in the state to AP State Higher Education Council (APSCHE). Of the about 650 colleges that applied for renewal of affiliation, only 70 got clearance so far.
Hyderabad, August 03: Legislative Assembly Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy administered the oath of office to the re-elected eleven Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs at his chambers in the Assembly today.
Before taking the oath the new MLAs paid rich floral tributes to Telangana martyrs at Gun Park opposite the Assembly. All of them, sporting pink kanduvas, reached the Assembly on foot from the Gun Park amid shouts of ‘Jai Telangana’ raised by their followers.
Hyderabad, August 03: Tension prevailed for a while at Somajiguda Press Club here today, during the book release of ‘My Telugu Roots’ (Telugu version) by Nalamotu Chakravarthy, when a Telangana supporter hurled footwear at ABK Prasad, a veteran journalist who was the chief guest at the event.
Hyderabad, August 03: The officials alleged to have been responsible for the Bholakpur water pollution case might go scot-free. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS SB) Engineers Association today urged minister for municipal administration urban development Anam Ramnarayana Reddy to take up action for dropping of criminal cases registered against the Water Board officials.
Hyderabad, August 03: A traffic head constable of Cyberabad police today ended his life, reportedly due to family problems. Police said he had a tiff with his wife for coming home drunken, after attending the Bonalu festival on Sunday night.
The deceased, P Venkatesh (45) was working as a head constable in Uppal traffic police station.
He resided at Venkat Reddy Nagar in Ramanthapur along with his wife Vijaya Lakshmi and two daughters.
Venkatesh had gone to his relative’s house at Chilkalguda. He later attended the Mahankali Jatara and returned home in an inebriated condition.
Hyderabad, August 03: “Scientists of research and development (R D) departments in pharmaceutical and drug manufacturing companies should strive to discover new medicines for all kinds of diseases for the benefit of the common man,” said Prof Oliver Reiser, a German scientist involved in chemical technology research.
He was a guest at an international symposium entitled ‘Organic synthesis and human wellbeing: emerging opportunities and challenges’, organised by the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT).
Hyderabad, August 03: A seven-year-old girl, who ventured out of the house to purchase a packet of gutka for her mother, was raped by an auto driver at Bhojagutta yesterday night.
Hyderabad, August 03: DO you want to save yourself the hassle of visiting the corporation to get a new birth or death certificate? Then look no further than your nearby e-Seva centre. The issuing of birth and death certificates by e-Seva centres is getting good response from people.
Hyderabad, August 03: Several BC organisations, including employees’ associations, in the state have decided to hold demonstrations in front of the Parliament on August 17 and 18 demanding 50 percent reservation for BCs in central and state legislatures. They would also demand reservation for BC employees in departmental promotions.
The decision was taken at a meeting held at BC Bhavan here today. Representatives of nearly 42 BC associations attended the meeting.
Illicit relations led to murder
Hyderabad, August 3 (Siasat News): In bizarre incident, a father with the help of his two sons killed her own daughter at S R Nagar’s Subhash Nagar that created sensation in the locality.
According to the details, Bhagyalaxmi, 26, was residing in a flat at Subhash Nagar along with her two daughters.
Hyderabad, August 03: For devotees of Bacchus, here is some good news. The number of bars in Hyderabad is going up by about 100. As it is, there are already 400!
The new development will be the result of a new policy the state government unveiled here on Monday. Babus claim it is intended to bring down the number of bars. Maybe it is true in respect of other parts of the state but not in Hyderabad. Even in the rest of the State, their number might increase by about 50 to 60.
Hyderabad, August 03: Students of the Vasavi College of Engineering on Monday staged a protest near the college demanding action against the principal, holding him responsible for the death of a civil engineering student. The student had been electrocuted while performing survey practicals a few days back.
Hyderabad, August 03: “Tere ku nai maloom main kaun hoon?” is his `favourite’ oneliner and his demands inside the Cherlapally prison would remind one of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.
From demands for steaming hot mutton biryani, chicken curry to TV and other comforts, Syed Viqaruddin, the jihadi accused of killing four policemen, has become a nightmare of sorts for the staff with his tantrums at the Cherlapally prison.
Mumbai, August 03: Sonam Kapoor and her sister Rhea who produces Aisha offered the male lead to Sonam’s pal Imran Khan. At that time Imran and Sonam were already doing I Hate Luv Storys and had become great buddies. Naturally Sonam presumed Imran would happily do her home production.
But the Kapoor family was in for a shock when Imran declined the offer pleading there was not much for him to do.
Anil admits Imran was indeed the first choice for Abhay Deol’s role.
Mumbai, August 03: Vidya Balan has lost out on the solo heroine role in Sanjay Dutt Productions’ (SDP) first film Rascals directed by David Dhawan, the reason being she had walked out of Dhamaal 2 opposite Sanjay Dutt because she didn’t want to be part of a set up where there were two heroines and four heroes.
Vidya agreed to do Dhamaal 2 with Dutt and then quoted a fee of Rs 1.5 crore which the producers (Inder Kumar and Ashok Thakeria) felt too inflated. They refused to pay it and the actress used that to walk out of the film. Now Mallika Sherawat has been signed for the same part.
Seoul, August 03: Tensions between North and South Korea are boiling over as Pyongyang vows to retaliate against Seoul over its planned naval drills near a disputed sea border.
North Korea’s military said on Tuesday it would mount a “physical counterattack” in response to South Korea’s naval exercises, slated to begin on Thursday this week off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Mumbai, August 03: The stage is being set for Bollywood stars to fight for eyeballs on the Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs).
Bollywood hunk Salman Khan is taking over as the host of Bigg Boss season 4 on Colors. Sony recently announced it would have Amitabh Bachchan to host Kaun Banega Crorepati, the game show that had changed the fortunes of Star Plus.
Madurai, August 03: The Madras High Court bench today dismissed a petition filed by a policewoman, seeking action against three of her colleagues for alleged sexual harassment.
Justice M Jeyapaul, before whom the petition by the lady sub-inspector came up today, noted that the SP had ordered an enquiry, based on a complaint by her father against a constable, whom she had accused of behaving indecently with her. During the enquiry she had admitted that no sexual favours were demanded from her.
Coimbatore, August 03: The Tamil Nadu government may be by the “minority” DMK but it is for the minorities, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday said.
“We are not ashamed of being called as a minority government. I am happy to hear my government being called as minority government. Ours is the only government that fights for the rights of minorities – Christians and Muslims. We will raise our voice in their support in all the forums,” Karunanidhi said, addressing a public rally here.
Bhopal, August 03 (Pervez Bari): Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan, Editor, The Milli Gazette, while expressing deep anguish at the deteriorating situation in Kashmir has said that the Valley today is a Kosovo-in-waiting. He warned the Central Government to act now before foreign forces land in Srinagar and then it would be too late.
Amman, August 03: A young Iranian girl has received the top award at the 5th international Holy Quran competition for women held in the Jordanian capital of Amman.
Fatemeh Abduli was ranked first for memorizing 20 chapters of the Holy Quran in the 5th edition of Hashimiya International Quran Competition, IRNA reported on Monday.
The four-day contest which officially began on July 22 brought together women contestants from 30 countries.
London, August 03: Pop singer Lady Gaga has admitted that she is still an “occasional” cocaine user.
“I won’t lie; it’s occasional. And when I say occasional, I mean maybe a couple of times a year,” torontosun.com quoted her as saying.
Gaga has previously admitted to battling a drug addiction when she was a struggling artist. However, now she has warned her fans to avoid taking the path to “disaster”.
New Delhi, August 03: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that elements instigating violence in Jammu and Kashmir must be identified and brought to book and the state government should continue to push the development agenda as this would bring jobs and livelihood opportunities.
In her letter to Congresspersons in the latest issue of Sandesh, the mouthpiece of the party, Gandhi said the party was pained by the upsurge in violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mumbai, August 03: Sonal Sehgal, who was once upon a time a famous television actress, will now bee seen in Aashayein, a Nagesh Kukunoor film. The pretty actress has had quite a long journey in her acting career.
Before getting into the glam world, she was assisting director, Pradeep Sarkar, who recently directed Lafangey Parindey, which will be out on release soon.
Dhaka, August 03: The Dhaka University is initiating steps to revoke an expulsion order issued 62 years ago against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the man who later led the country’s freedom movement.
Then a student of the law faculty, Mujib led the strike by Class IV employees of the university for better pay and service conditions.
He was expelled May 19, 1948, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the official news agency reported.