Month: November 2010

Siasat Talent Search Examination held at 40 centres across the state

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Hyderabad, November 29: 13th annual Siasat Talent Search Examination was held successfully yesterday at 40 centres across the state. Nearly 1300 students of SSC, CBSC and ICSC appeared for the exam. Students had a great excitement for the exam.

Examination authorities were heartily thankful to the Siasat daily and MS Education Centre and its staff for extending their cooperation in conducting the exam across the state.

Director MS Education centre Mohammad Moazzam Hussain expressed his hearty thanks to the Saisat daily and its reporters.

Siasat news

Sachin Tendulkar worth Rs 1.84 crore

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New Delhi, November 29: Around 62 Indian cricketers will be up for auction for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in the top-bracket of cricketers valued at Rs 1.84 crore.

Cutlery shop burned to ashes at Afzal Gunj

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Hyderabad, November 29: In a fire mishap a cutlery shop burned to ashes in the busy area of the city. The accident took place at 10 o’clock at night when the locals sighting smoke coming out of Royal Cutlery shop located at Afzal Gung informed fire brigade staff.

Soon after that three fire engines reached the site and put off the fire in about two hours.

Afzal gunj police told that the shop might have caught fire due to short circuit. Police has registered a case in this connection.

Siasat news

Wedding night turns tragic as groom dies in bridal chamber

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Hyderabad, November 29: Imagine the plight of a bride who awaits union but has to suffer bereavement of her groom on the wedding night.

A wedding house in Toli chowki turned into a house of mourning when the second son of the house died in a heart attack soon after he finished prayers, even before he could start his married life with his newly wed bride. Before he could meet his beloved he went to meet his Creater.

Self-empowerment a must for Muslims

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New Delhi, November 29: The Millat Bedari Muhim Committee [MBMC], Aligarh, The Aligarh Movement Magazine and Jamia Urdu Aligarh have jointly held a National Seminar on Minoritie’s Educational Rights: New Challenges which was presided over by the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha , Dr. K. Rahman Khan, Union Minority Affairs Minister Shri Salman Khursheed declared Key Note Address, Director of NCPUL, Government of India, Dr. M. Hamidullah Bhat and Eminent Social Worker Nafisa Ali were Guests of Honour.

Saudi king fine, starting post-op therapy: Health minister

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Riyadh, November 29: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah is in good shape and has begun physical therapy following his operation for a herniated disc, Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah has said.

“I would like to assure all the people of Saudi Arabia that the (king’s) health is very reassuring,” Rabeeah told the state news agency SPA.

“He has begun a programme of physical therapy and rehabilitation as recommended by his doctors,” he said.

Water Board MD makes surprise visits to Old City

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Hyderabad, November 29: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board managing director M Jagadeeshwar made surprise inspections in different localities of the Old City and checked the residual chlorine levels in the municipal water being supplied there.

At the Balapur Section, he verified water supply timings and sewerage plans. He instructed the officials there to immediately provide daily water supply to 2,500 connections in the section.

Babri masjid is the pride of Panipat

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Mumbai, November 29: While the demolished Babri Masjid at Ayodhya is at the centre of India’s longest-drawn legal row, an older one built by Babar survives in a forgotten battlezone, Panipat.

The first mosque built by the Mughal ruler on his arrival in India is a modest, beautiful structure named Kabuli Bagh that comes nowhere close to the majesty of later Mughal architecture.

Sex baba preys on mums, daughters

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Mumbai, November 29: He told five women from the same household he would cure them of all their ailments, promised to purge their woes with a red “magic” potion, “hypnotised” them, had sex with them, threatened them into keeping mum, got two of them pregnant, and then forced them to undergo abortion.

And these were not his only victims there had been three others, minors, and these are just the ones the police know of.

Jagan Resigns, Launches ‘YSR Congress’

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Hyderabad, November 29: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Congress MP and son of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekhar Reddy, has resigned as party MP. Jagan’s mother Vijayalakshmi has also resigned from Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

Jagan has sent his resignation letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. His four-page resignation letter claimed that there was politics against him from his own party.

China to select new site for moon rocket launch

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Beijing, November 29: China is considering launching rockets from a new site for the next phase of the country’s lunar exploration programme because of transportation problems, the programme’s top scientist has said.

China had launched its second unmanned lunar probe, Chang’e-2, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province Oct 1.

Now, authorities are considering a launch from the Hainan Island province, the Shanghai Daily reported Monday citing the Beijing Times.

Pakistani woman’s nose cut-off by in-laws

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Islamabad, November 29: A Pakistani woman’s nose was cut off and her head tonsured by her in-laws who then locked her up for three days because they suspected her of having an affair with a neighbour, police said.

The incident took place in Gujranwala in Punjab province.

Aasiya Bibi’s brother-in-law Anwar, his wife Kalsoom and sons Waqas and Awais caught hold of her and cut off her nose and shaved off her head, alleging that she had an illicit relationship with a local man.

WikiLeaks expose: Saudi Arabia urges US attack on Iran

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London, November 29: Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region urged US to attack Iran and destroy its nuclear facilities, The Guardian reported citing the secret US diplomatic communications leaked Sunday by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.

The revelations of secret memos from US embassies across the Middle East expose behind-the-scenes pressures in the scramble to contain the Islamic Republic, which the US, Arab states and Israel suspect is close to acquiring nuclear weapons.

Jagan cancels visit to Delhi, may quit as MP

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Hyderabad, November 29: Unhappy with the appointment of Kiran Kumar Reddy as the Andhra Pradesh chief minister and subsequent attempts to split his camp, Jaganmohan Reddy, son of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has decided to quit as member of parliament, media reports said Monday.

Tata may move SC against leakage of Radia tapes

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New Delhi, Novmeber 29: Critical of the “unauthorised” release of tapes of his conversation with PR consultant Niira Radia, the USD 73 billion Tata group chief Ratan Tata may move the Supreme Court tomorrow to seek action against those behind the leakage.

Tata may invoke Article 32 of the Constitution, claiming that his Right to Life, which includes right to privacy, has been breached by the leakage of these tapes.

Under Article 32, any person who feels that his fundamental rights are violated can straightaway move the highest court of the country seeking redressal of the grievance.

‘STL turns blind eye to murderous Israel’

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Gaza, November 29: Hezbollah has accused the US-backed UN tribunal, investigating the assassination of the country’s former premier, of disregard for Israel’s role in the murder.

On Sunday, the Lebanese resistance movement’s Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech, accusing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon of using faulty procedures, including issuing convictions in absentia and hiding witness identities.

US referred to Putin as alpha dog: WikiLeaks

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Washington, November 29: US State Department documents released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks provided candid views of foreign leaders and sensitive information on terrorism and nuclear proliferation, ‘The New York Times’ reported on Sunday.

The documents showed that how Washington is running a secret intelligence campaign targeting the UN leadership. The cables also showed name calling of top world leaders like Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.

Didn’t take any tips from cousin Vivek: Newcomer Akshay Oberoi

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Mumbai, November 29: Newbie Akshay Oberoi, who is making his debut with Rajshri Productions’ ‘Isi Life Mein’, has a filmy link, his actor cousin Vivek Oberoi, but he clarifies that he got into the industry on his own and did not take any tips from his relative.

‘Vivek is my uncle’s son. While growing up, we were both travelling and were at different places and so couldn’t spend too much time together. So unfortunately the relation is not such that I ask him for any tips,’ Akshay told IANS.

‘Firm sold Israel torture instruments’

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Jerusalem, November 29: A Danish-British security company has sold torture instruments to the Israeli prisons, holding Palestinians inmates, a Danish newspaper has written.

The firm, named G4s, sells the devices to the detention facilities in the occupied West Bank, which provide the necessary means for torture of the Palestinian prisoners, Berlingske Tidende reported on Nov. 23.

‘US threat of war on Iran, a joke’

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Tehran, November 29: A senior Iranian commander describes the remarks of US joint chief of staff about the possibility of military action against the Islamic Republic as a joke.

“We’ve actually been thinking about military options for a significant period of time,” Admiral Mike Mullen said in an interview with CNN.

“This is a joke… For 30 years they have been dreaming, hopefully they will wake up,” Commander of Iran’s Basij Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi said in an interview with Press TV on Sunday.

I am still young: Lalu

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Patna, November 29: Unfazed by the electoral reverses his party faced in the recently concluded Assembly elections in Bihar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today said he was still young enough to espouse the cause of poor. “Log yeh na samjhe ki main Budha ho gaya houn.

Main abhi bhi jawan houn (people should not think that I have become old. I am still young enough to struggle for the cause of the poor and other weaker section of the society,” he told reporters.

Israel ‘consulted’ with Egypt, Fatah before Gaza offensive

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Tel Aviv, November 29: Israel consulted with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party prior to launching its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip at the end of 2008, classified US diplomatic cables unveiled Sunday have revealed.

According to a cable sent from Tel Aviv and dated June 2, 2009, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told a visiting US Congressional delegation that Israel had asked whether Egypt or Fatah would be willing to assume control of the Gaza Strip once Hamas was defeated.

Will PRP be part of Kiran Kumar Ministry in Andhra?

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Hyderabad, November 29: A late night telephone call from Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to Praja Rajyam Party president K Chiranjeevi has led to wide-spread speculation that his party legislators might be inducted into the Congress ministry to checkmate to rebel MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

The call from Chief Minister, who is currently camping in New Delhi, to the PRP president assumes significance with clear signals that the high command was in no mood to be accommodative towards Jagan and his loyalist MLAs in the constitution of the state Cabinet.

Israel ‘consulted’ with Egypt, Fatah before Gaza offensive

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Tel Aviv, November 29: Israel consulted with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party prior to launching its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip at the end of 2008, classified US diplomatic cables unveiled Sunday have revealed.

According to a cable sent from Tel Aviv and dated June 2, 2009, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told a visiting US Congressional delegation that Israel had asked whether Egypt or Fatah would be willing to assume control of the Gaza Strip once Hamas was defeated.

Hacker attack crashes Wikileaks website

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Berlin, November 29: An apparent hacker attack crashed the Wikileaks website Sunday, just as 250,000 leaked US diplomatic despatches were being made public, but news media sites carrying edited versions of the cables remained operational.

The www.wikileaks.org domain was brought down by a method known as distributed denial of service (DDoS), in which a huge number of computers repeatedly demand web pages from the server, shutting out ordinary human users and causing the server to jam.

There was no indication Sunday who might have mounted the attack.