Month: November 2010

Ketan Desai’s election to university body challenged

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Gandhinagar, November 29: The election of Ketan Desai, tainted former chief of the Medical Council of India (MCI), to the Gujarat University senate was Monday challenged in the Gujarat High Court.

Desai, facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe for corruption, was elected unopposed to the senate recently on the seat reserved for faculty of medicine.

The petition challenging his election was filed by Raghuvir Gadhiya, former senate member of the Gujarat University, through his lawyer Hitesh Dave.

Gold declines as stronger dollar reduces demand

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London, November 29: Gold today fell USD 3.19 to USD 1,360.65 an ounce after the dollar rebounded against the euro, curbing demand for the metal as an alternative investment.

The dollar traded near a two-month high against the euro as European governments handed Ireland an USD 113 billion aid package.

The US currency has gained as concern that military action on the Korean peninsula will escalate boosted demand for the dollar as a refuge.

Good governance has always been my goal: Mayawati

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Lucknow, November 29: Denying that she was trying to ape her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati asserted Monday that providing good governance was her goal right from day one.

“It is absolutely wrong to assume that taking the cue from Nitish Kumar, I have suddenly started devoting attention to issues related to good governance,” Mayawati told a hastily convened press conference here.

PRP not to join Congress government in Andhra

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Hyderabad, November 29: Amid the fast-paced political developments in Andhra Pradesh, the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of actor-turned-politician K.Chiranjeevi Monday decided not to join Congress government in the state.

Chiranjeevi Monday held consultations with party legislators and senior leaders ahead of his likely meeting with Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy. With divergent views emerging during the consultations, the party chief decided not to join the cabinet.

Fake faith healer held for raping seven girls

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Mumbai, November 29: A fake faith healer, who allegedly raped seven girls after promising their mothers health, wealth and prosperity by his actions, has been arrested and was Monday remanded to police custody by a court here.

Mehndi Kasim Sheikh, 36, alias Baba Bengali, had raped the seven girls during different periods, allegedly with the consent of their mothers, after assuring that they would be blessed with happiness and prosperity, public prosecutor Satish Patil told the court.

Israel appoints new head of Mossad

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Jerusalem, November 29: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint Tamir Pardo as head of the Mossad intelligence agency, replacing Meir Dagan, who steps down after eight years in the post.

A statement issued by Netanyahu’s office praised Pardo as “the right person to lead the Mossad in the coming years in light of the complex challenges facing the state of Israel”.

Pardo is a long-time Mossad official, and recently served as Dagan’s deputy, after holding senior and operational positions.

Sedition case registered against Arundhati, Geelani

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New Delhi, November 29: Writer Arundhati Roy, Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani and others were today booked on charges of sedition by Delhi Police for their “anti-India” speech at a seminar here last month.

The filing of the FIR came following a directive from a local court on Saturday on a petition filed by Sushil Pandit who alleged that Geelani and Roy made anti-India speeches at a conference on “Azadi-the Only Way” on October 21, a senior police official said.

Abhishek Singhvi reinstated as Congress spokesman

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New Delhi, November 29: Abhishek Singhvi has been reinstated as a Congress spokesperson after a gap of over one and half month since the party took him off as its public face following a controversy over his appearance in a lottery case in Kerala High Court.

AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said “he (Singhvi) has told the party leadership that it was an error of judgement on his part. He has now been called back as party spokesperson. He will hold a press conference tomorrow.”

In the first week of October, Singhvi was barred from holding media briefings.

Religious leader Nityananda, aides charged with rape

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Bangalore, November 29: Police in Karnataka have filed a chargesheet against controversial religious leader Nityananda and four associates for rape and unnatural sex.

The associates are Nithya Bhaktananda, Nithya Sachidananda, Nithya Sadananda and Maa Sachidananda alias Ragini, the Crime Investigation Department said in a statement here Monday.

The statement said the 430-page chargesheet was filed in a court in Ramanagara, near Bangalore, on Nov 27.

Nityananda, hailing from Tamil Nadu, has a sprawling ashram in Ramanagara district’s Bidadi area, about 30 km from Bangalore.

Jagan not to destabilise Andhra Pradesh govt : Cong MLAs

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Hyderabad, November 29: Congress leaders and MLAs close to Jaganmohan Reddy, who resigned from the Lok Sabha and announced his decision to quit the party, today said the former Kadapa MP has no intention to destabilise the Andhra Pradesh government as it was formed by his father YSR Reddy.

Congress MLAs P Srikanth Reddy, Konda Surekha and Jagan’s close confidante Ambati Rambabu told reporters that the former Kadapa MP has asked MLAs not to quit their posts.

“Jagan has told MLAs not to resign. The MLAs are not quitting”, Srikanth Reddy, MLA from Kadapa district said.

CBI files fresh status report in SC on 2G probe

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New Delhi, November 29: The CBI today filed in the Supreme Court a fresh status report on its ongoing investigation into the 2G spectrum scam allegedly involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, responding to posers by the judges and explaining in detail the nature of the probe.

Stay Young forever

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London, November 29:Scientists have found a way to reverse aging, unlocking the secret of eternal youth and paving the way for a drug to keep one “forever young”.

Lives could be longer and healthier, free from illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and heart disease, with skin and hair retaining their youthful lustre. Increasing the number of years of healthy life would greatly ease health service costs and reduce the burden on families of caring for frail relatives, the Daily Mail reported, citing the journal Nature.

Muslim ministers not likely to be more than one in the new cabinet

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Hyderabad, November 29: Government of Andhra Pradesh is geared up to form new cabinet on Wednesday. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has finalized the list of cabinet members after consulting Congress high command which will be announced on Wednesday. It is said that it has been tried to give representation to all the districts of the state.

Jagan group and YSR loyalists have also been taken into consideration while finalizing the list of cabinet members.

keep young forever

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London, November 29: Scientists have found a way to reverse aging, unlocking the secret of eternal youth and paving the way for a drug to keep one “forever young”.

Lives could be longer and healthier, free from illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and heart disease, with skin and hair retaining their youthful lustre. Increasing the number of years of healthy life would greatly ease health service costs and reduce the burden on families of caring for frail relatives, the Daily Mail reported, citing the journal Nature.

keep young forever

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London, November 29: Scientists have found a way to reverse aging, unlocking the secret of eternal youth and paving the way for a drug to keep one “forever young”.

Lives could be longer and healthier, free from illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and heart disease, with skin and hair retaining their youthful lustre. Increasing the number of years of healthy life would greatly ease health service costs and reduce the burden on families of caring for frail relatives, the Daily Mail reported, citing the journal Nature.

What is Sonia Gandhi’s religion?

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In what could turn out to be a landmark judgment on the right to privacy of Indian citizens and whether private information such as religion and belief of an individual can be provided to anybody under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the Punjab and Haryana High Court is scheduled to rule on Monday if the Registrar General, Census Operations, is bound to provide details of the religion and faith of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her children under the Act.

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10 yr old throttled to death

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Hyderabad, November 29: In an appalling incident occurred under Jedimetla police station limits mother’s lover throttled to death a 10 year old kid.

Police told that Balaji resident of Subhash Nagar Jedimetla had illicit relations with a woman named Bhagyamma for quite a few days and wanted to marry her. Bhagyamma’s elderly mother refused the proposal saying that Bhagyamma had a 10 year old son hence she could not marry him.

What is Sonia Gandhi’s religion?

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In what could turn out to be a landmark judgment on the right to privacy of Indian citizens and whether private information such as religion and belief of an individual can be provided to anybody under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the Punjab and Haryana High Court is scheduled to rule on Monday if the Registrar General, Census Operations, is bound to provide details of the religion and faith of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her children under the Act.

Farm widows want to attend lavish wedding of Gadkari’s son

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Nagpur, November 29: Thousands of Maharashtra’s farm widows have demanded that they should be invited to the four-day lavish wedding ceremonies of Nikhil Gadkari, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, starting here from Wednesday.

In an open letter to the BJP leader, the Vidarbha Farm Widows’ Association (VFWA) congratulated him for the proposed mega-wedding in which over 200,000 invitees are expected from all over India and abroad.

Bollywood doesn’t treat women like dolls: Freida Pinto

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Panaji, November 29: Indian actress Freida Pinto, who made it to Hollywood after the Oscar winning “Slumdog Millionaire”, says women are not treated like dolls in Bollywood and she is certainly game for a Hindi movie if a good one comes along.

“Women are not treated like dolls in Bollywood,” Freida said addressing a press conference on the sidelines of the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), where her film “You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger” directed by Woody Allen, is being screened.

Freida also accused the media of sensationalising her comments on Bollywood.

TDP corporator Raja Singh to join BJP

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Hyderabad, November 29: Raja Singh the TDP Corporator who found guilty in Hyderabad riots is seriously thinking to withdraw from the party. Reports have been received that Raja Singh is consulting other communal parties of the city in this connection. As he doesn’t win political support in TDP to continue his activities he is planning to join BJP leaving TDP.

It is said that after reprimanded by TDP president Mr. N Chandra Babu Naidu and other chief TDP leaders Raja Singh responsible for Hyderabad riots decided that he would withdraw from TDP and join BJP.

Gambling racket busted, 17 held

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Hyderabad, November 29: Task force police arrested 17 men for carrying out a gambling business at farm house and recovered Rs. 42 thousand cash.
As per the tip-off from the police on learning about a gambling business South Zone task force inspector Mr. Srinivas along with his team including sub inspector Sheikh Haseeb Ullah raided a farm house and arrested 17 men.
Police sources said that the arrested persons were identified as Faiz Ali Khan resident of Chanchalguda, Mohammad Rashid Ahmed Khan, Afroze Khan, Asrar Ahmed Khan.

Full text of Jaganmohan Reddy’s letter to Sonia Gandhi

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Hyderabad, November 29: The following is the text of an open letter written by Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday while resigning from the Congress party and parliament:

Respected Madam,

I am writing this letter to you with a very heavy heart and deep anguish. I have been suffering humiliation in silence during the last 14 months. A malicious campaign was being unleashed against me, my family and lastly, against my late father and a great leader of masses Dr.Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

Jaganmohan’s resignation will not affect us, says Congress MP

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New Delhi, November 29: Congress leader V. Hanumatha Rao Monday said the resignation of party MP Jaganmohan Reddy will have “no effect on the Congress” in Andhra Pradesh, adding that the party was “very strong”.

Rao, a Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh, said only a few people close to Jaganmohan may quit following his resignation, but that will not affect the party.

“In the Congress party, nobody will go against the Congress. Few close people (to Jaganmohan) may resign… no effect on the Congress party,” Rao told a TV channel.

“Congress is very strong,” he added.

A dangerous rowdy sheeter held

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Hyderabad, November 29: Commissioner’s Tast force South team has arrested a dangerous rowdy sheeter belonging to Chatrinaka police station and recovered a dagger from his possession.

It is said that B Ramchandar resident of Uppuguda was absconding for the past few days playing a trick on the police. The task force police arrested him and recovered a sharp dagger from his possession.

Sources say that Ramchandar’s rowdy sheet had been opened in 1985 and he was involved in two murder cases besides three incidents of fighting.