Hyderabad, January 30: The Minister for Health and Medical Education, Dr D L Ravindra Reddy, on Saturday said that the administration in the State collapsed in the last six years and there was immediate need to restore it. He will also raise the reopening of CBI case on the murder of TDP leader Paritala Ravi in the light of new revelations coming to light in the recent times.
Tehran, January 30: The Dutch government froze official contacts with Iran on Saturday to protest the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman, the Foreign Ministry said.
Iranian Ambassador Gharib Abadi was informed of the sanctions after he confirmed reports that Zahra Bahrami, 45, was executed in Teheran Saturday.
Iranian state television reported Bahrami was hanged for possessing and selling drugs. The report said that initially Bahrami was arrested for committing ‘security crimes,’ but it did not say what became of that case.
New Delhi, January 30: Utsav Sharma, who had attacked people allegedly linked with high-profile cases, has astoundingly drawn support from netizens who have dubbed him as ”krantikari”, ”social activist” and ”boondock saint of India”.
The 30-year-old bipolar disorder patient has sparked a debate on social networking site Facebook and microblogging site Twitter after his attack on murdered Noida schoolgirl Aarushi”s father Rajesh Talwar.
Dubai, January 30: The public transport system in Dubai moved an average daily of 957,000 people in 2010, compared to the 800,000 figure in 2009, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said.
The number is likely to increase with the completion of the remaining Metro stations on the Red Line, and the operation of the Green Line, which will be completed on schedule in August.
New Delhi, January 30: In a significant move towards a slum-free city plan, the Centre will soon announce Rs 6,000 crore grant for construction of houses under the Rajiv Awas Yojna as a pilot project.
The pilot project envisages construction of over two lakh housing units, with all basic infrastructure across the country. Each unit, estimated to cost about Rs 3 lakh, will consist of two rooms — kitchen, bathroom and a lavatory, along with electricity and water facilities.
Washington, January 30: The United States told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday it was not enough to simply ‘reshuffle the deck’ with a shake-up of his government and pressed him to make good on his promise of genuine reform.
As thousands of angry protesters defied a curfew in Egyptian cities, Washington kept up pressure for Mubarak to heed President Barack Obama’s calls for change and take seriously a US threat to review massive aid to Cairo.
New Delhi, January 30: Even in their weirdest dreams, Manoj Sharma and Parshan Jeet could not have thought of owning airplanes.
But Delhi Police made these two men owners of aircraft when the youths were actually making rounds of police stations to recover their motorcycles stolen on December 30 last year.
ZIPNET, the official portal providing real-time information on crimes happening in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Chandigarh has the above given and other mistakes in the data provided for crimes.
Hyderabad, January 30: The City Police Commissioner, Mr A K Khan, has said that on the basis of credible information, the city police have arrested Manmohan Singh Bhadauria, Sulam Subbaiah, Boya Venkata Hari Babu and Avula Venkata Ramana, in connection with the murder of Anantapur factionist Maddelachervu Suri. Property disputes, acquisition of lands under benami name of the prime accused Bhanu Kiran and other personal differences were the motives behind the murder going by the revelations of the accused.
Mumbai, January 30: Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma reveals she was initially scared to shoot with veteran actor Rishi Kapoor with whom she shares the screen in her latest film “Patiala House”.”His (Rishi’s) demeanor was such that he was very intimidating. But I realised that actually he is a very cool person. He cracks lots of jokes and used to keep pulling my leg all the time,” Anushka told IANS in an interview.
“Later on, the ice was broken, but initially I was very scared because he comes across as a very strict person,” she added.
New Delhi, January 30: A team led by Pakistani scientists has discovered a three-million-year-old tusk, the longest in South Asia, which could provide clues about the evolution of elephants in the region.
The eight feet 11 inch long tusk of Anancus sivalensis, a distant cousin of the present day elephants, was found in Tatrot village in the Upper Siwaliks region of northern Pakistan.
Hyderabad, January 30: The Handlooms and Textiles Minister, Dr P Shankar Rao, has questioned the Police department as to why it promoted the former Vijayawada Police Commissioner, Mr P S R Anjaneyulu, who allegedly sent abusive SMSes to women.
Tehran, January 30: Iranian caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran is closely following events in the revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.
Salehi made the remarks late on Saturday, noting that the Islamic Republic has been monitoring developments in the Middle East and North Africa, IRNA reported.
He said that the Egyptian people have relied on their rich culture and wisdom to determine their own destiny.
I always thought this a specifically Israeli trait: whenever a scandal of national proportions breaks out, we ignore the crucial issues and focus our attention on some secondary detail. This spares us having to face the real problems and making painful decisions.
Hyderabad, January 30: Senior Congress leader and MLC Gone Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy charged that Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao of trying to pull down the government so that more of his family members and relatives get elected to the state Assembly in the elections which would naturally follow.
Speaking to media persons at the CLP Office on the Assembly premises on Saturday, Mr Sudhakar Reddy said that there were still some members of KCR’s immediate and extended family who were not MLAs yet and the TRS chief was trying to get them elected.
Hyderabad, January 30: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has announced that the Engineering Agriculture and Medicine Common Entrance Test 2011 (EAMCET 2011) notification will be released on February 10. A decision to this effect was taken at the EAMCET Committee meeting held on Saturday. However, the exam will be held on May 8th. The applications will be received from February 14th to March 16th. The hall tickets will be issued from April 8th. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) will conduct EAMCET 2011.
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Mexico City, January 30: About 180 Mexican archaeological sites and 116 museums are being made available for virtual visits via the Google Earth platform from any part of the world, Mexican authorities and executives of Google Latin America said.
London, January 30: Women in Britain spend more cash on their looks than on their health and fitness.The average bill for hair products, make-up and fake tan, in a bid to look young, comes up to 336 pounds ($532) a year. But, just 228 pounds ($360) is spent on vitamins and gym membership, a survey by health group Benenden Healthcare Society has revealed.
The statistics emerged after 3,000 women between ages 18 to 65 were quizzed on attitudes when faced with choosing between image or health, the Daily Express reported.
Hyderabad, January 30: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday revealed that his party would push for the passing of the Lokpal Bill in the Budget Session of Parliament.
Speaking to media persons at his residence at Jubilee Hills, the former chief minister said that the TDP was keen to see that the Lokpal Bill being passed so that the citizens of the country can act against even against the high and mighty.
Hyderabad, January 30: Minister for Heavy Industries J Geetha Reddy on Saturday said that there was no dearth of funds to develop the Old City and make it a popular tourism destination.
Describing the Old City as the ‘heart’ of Hyderabad, Ms Geetha Reddy told media persons during her tour as part of the Racha Banda, that the government would give priority to its development.
The Minister also revealed that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy would tour the Old City on February 2.
Hyderabad, January 30: Strongly reacting to the comments made by the TRS Chief, Mr K Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR) against Seemandhra leaders, the Congress MLA, Mr Anam Vivekananda Reddy, has said that all Indians except KCR were good men like Lord Rama.
Hyderabad, January 30: Another illegal mining ‘scam’ rocks the district administration with law and order problem. The failure of the government to act on the tribals’ representations made at the launch of Racha Banda has now erupted in Seethampeta, the seat of the controversial granite mines, which witnessed riotous scenes between the angry Tribals and the police on Saturday.
Vietnam, January 30: A reporter at a Vietnamese newspaper has died after an intruder broke into his home, doused him with chemicals and set him on fire while he was sleeping.
The Laborer newspaper says 50-year-old Le Hoang Hung died Saturday at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City after 10 days of treatment for burns covering 20 percent of his body.
His colleague Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai says Hung covered the southern Mekong Delta for the newspaper for nearly 10 years. She says the attack could be revenge for his reporting.
Police are investigating the case.
——–Agencies
Jaipur, January 30: An SHO and a head constable
were suspended here today for allegedly attempting to sexually harass a girl in the name of interrogating her at Pratap Nagar police station, prompting her to make a failed bid to commit suicide.
The decision to suspend SHO Ramnivas Vishnoi and head constable Lal Chand Meena was taken at a high level meeting tonight chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, official sources said.
Jaipur, January 30: Mega Lok Adalats were organised in all the 34 districts across the state today by Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority in a bid to resolve disputes amicably and to bring an end to the multiplicity of litigation.
According to the figures supplied by RSLSA 51,262 cases of civil, revenue, matrimonial disputes and criminal nature were placed for the disposal before the Mega Lok Adalats.
Washington, January 30: Women trying to have a baby after 35 years are six times more likely to face complications than at 25 years, says a new study.
A major study from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, warning of serious complications for both mother and baby, said that by the age of 40, a woman is more likely to have a miscarriage than give birth, the Daily Mail reports.