Month: January 2011

Digvijaya Singh blasts RSS for ‘sanghi terror’

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New Delhi, January 29: Mocking the BJP’s Ekta Yatra , Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday said the saffron party should instead ask the RSS to hoist the national flag at its headquarters in Nagpur.

He said the real intention of the party in hoisting the Tricolour is to stoke trouble in disturbed areas under the garb of patriotism.

Singh also came down hard on the Sangh Parivar and even coined a new term for Hindutva terror. He said the bomb blasts at Malegaon, Mecca Masjid and Ajmer should be cited as instances of ” sanghi” terrorism.

‘I don’t like to go on a diet plan’: Singer Katy Perry

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London, January 29: Singer Katy Perry has admitted she doesn’t like to go on a diet plan.

The “Firework” singer is currently on a strict eating regime in preparation for her album “Teenage Dreams Tour”, but revealed that she occasionally lets herself have “cheat days” where she allows herself a burger, femalefirst.co.uk reports.

“I am on a meal plan, which absolutely sucks – but on Sundays I get to have a cheat day where I go wild and eat a burger,” she said.

Dhaka artiste sings non-stop for 5 hours

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Dhaka, January 29: Renowned Bangladeshi exponent of Hindustani classical music Dada Tapan Kanti Baidya has sung non-stop for five hours, hoping to set a world record.

At the solo musical soiree last Wednesday, Baidya performed well past midnight to the accompaniment of seveal instrumentalists – Tapan Sarkar (pakhawaj); Devbrata Chowdhury and Dilip Chakroborty (tabla); Dilruba Aktar, Mozaffor Hossain, Tapasi Ghosh and Prodip Sarkar (tanpura) and Mintu Krishna Paul, Mohammad Sakur and Shantanu (harmonium).

Baidya is the initiator of dhrupad-dhamar in Bangladesh, The Daily Star reported.

‘Lashkar a tool of ISI, ally of al Qaeda’

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Washington, January 29: Pakistan, a key US ally in the war against terrorism, is a supporter of jihadist terror as seen in the close links between the suspected mastermind of the Mumbai terrorist attacks and the ISI, according to fresh independent probes by a media group into the 26/11 attacks.

Farmer immolates self to protest land acquisition

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Lucknow, January 29: A farmer in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district set himself on fire, protesting the acquisition of his agricultural land for an irrigation project and demanding higher compensation for the same, officials said on Saturday.

Babbu Kushwaha, a resident of Jhir village, set himself ablaze on Friday and was rushed to the Jhansi Medical College. He succumbed to his burn injuries Saturday.

Kat at Ranbir’s house during I-T raids

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Mumbai, January 29: According to the latest grapevine, when I-T officials raid Katrina Kaif’s house in Mumbai, she was not in the house. It was later known that she was in Ranbir Kapoor’s house spending quality time with the actor. Kat and Ranbir are couple as well as neighbour.

Whenever, Kat’s get time from her shooting, she moves to Ranbir’s house to spend time with him. During the unfortunate day also, Kat was in the company of Ranbir

Protests continue in central Cairo

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Cairo, January 29: Protest demonstrations continued Saturday in central Cairo after the government-ordered overnight curfew expired, with the military taking charge of security after Friday’s violence.

While the atmosphere was still described as tense, the streets were calm as the Egyptian military were seen taking a non-aggressive posture as they kept watch, eyewitnesses said.

The riot police – who had borne the brunt in the violent clashes the day before – had been consigned to side streets, away from the main Tahir Square.

1/2 kg gold won by a 4yr old Indian girl

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Dubai, January 29: 4-year-old Indian girl has won half a kg of gold at a promotional draw lined up for the Dubai Shopping Festival.Jase Elma Mathew won the prize in the ongoing ‘Bag of Fortune’ campaign launched by Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group during the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF).Her father, Saju Mathew, entered Jase’s name on several raffle coupons that he received on purchase of gold jewellery.

TRS threatens to launch non-cooperation movement

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Hyderabad, January 29: Asserting that a separate state alone is acceptable to people of Telangana region, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao said a’non cooperation movement’will be launched as part of the ongoing agitation to achieve statehood.

“Separate Telangana is the only solution to all our problems. We will not accept anything else,”Rao said, addressing a gathering of commercial taxes department employees, who were holding a relay fast here in support of the demand for a separate Telangana.

Injured Australian fast bowler Bracken calls it a day

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Sydney, January 29:Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken Saturday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket due to a persistent knee injury.

Bracken represented Australia in 116 One-day Internationals (ODI), taking 174 wickets at an impressive average of 24.36. Bracken also played five Tests but was never able to cement his place in the side. The left-arm seamer shouldered New South Wales attack in his successful first-class career.

The highlight of his career came when he was ranked the No.1 ODI bowler in 2008.

India are Hot Favourites for World Cup: Laxman

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New Delhi, January 29: Home conditions, crowd support and consistent performance of the past one and a half year make India the hot favourites in next month’s cricket World Cup in the sub-continent, feels stylish Test batsman VVS Laxman.

“India have the best chance to win the World Cup. I don’t want to put undue pressure on the players by predicting the favourites. But I think the team can repeat the 1983 feat. They have the potential and talent to lift the trophy. The team has been performing consistently over the last year and a half,” Laxman said.

Time for US to Recognize Democratic Islam

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Washington, January 29: As political unrest rolls across North Africa and the Middle East, two things have become painfully clear.

First, the US foreign policy approach to this region has for too long focused on short-term security instead of long-term development, and second, that our support for friendly, yet wholly undemocratic governments has undermined the stability of our diplomatic position vis-ˆ-vis the Muslim world.

Asian Cup transforms Holger into an Australian hero

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Sydney, January 29: The fans were dumbfounded when Football Federation Australia (FFA) named German nobody Holger Osieck the new national coach six months ago.

His career as head coach – Turkey, Japan, Canada – looked as unimpressive as his time as a player. Despite being on the books of FC Muelheim, Osieck did not play a Bundesliga game for them.

Billionaire FFA boss Frank Lowy had promised a world-class coach would follow on from Dutch maestro Guus Hiddink and his understudy Pim Verbeek and said he was ready to write the cheque big enough to pull one.

CBI files chargesheet in Adarsh case

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Mumbai, January 29: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday lodged a first information report in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society scam, an official said.

The FIR has named certain promoters of the society besides retired defence officials and members of the society. However, the official declined to reveal the details.

The development comes in the wake of the Bombay High Court seeking to know what action the CBI had taken in the matter without registering a FIR into the case.

Crime In Hyderabad (29.1.2011)

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Financial stress led to suicide

Hyderabad, January 29 (Siasat News): A 26-year-old youth committed suicide as he was financially burdened. He was married to one Shanthi just three years back.

Krishna, as his name, was financially upset since last few days, which also resulted into family feuds.

He was so disgusted with the development that he took the extreme step of ending his life when he entered a mini bus stationed near a school and hanged himself in the bus.

Police Chilkalguda has registered a case and further investigation is going on.

Board politics behind Eden Gardens’ loss of WC match: Modi

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New Delhi, January 29: Training his guns at BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, former IPL chairman Lalit Modi today blamed dirty Cricket Board politics for Eden Gardens’loss of India-England World Cup match on February 27.

“This tweet is my protest at shifting of Ind-Eng match from the Eden Gardens,”Modi said.

“Sorry to see politics again -take away matches from Kolkata. I had restored them when I chaired the tours and fixtures committee. Thou secretary opposed it. Once again dirty tricks department wants to alienate the Fans,”wrote the former BCCI vice-president on his’Twitter’page.

Sehwag, Gambhir key to India’s World Cup glory: Laxman

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New Delhi, January 29: Senior batsman VVS Laxman today said that openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will be key to India’s campaign at the Cricket World Cup starting next month and the duo will have to fire if the co-host wants to lift the coveted trophy.

Laxman tipped India the hot favourites to win the World Cup given the favourable home conditions and the crowd support.

9-year-old girl raped

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Azamgarh, January 29: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager in Kotwali area, police sources said here today.

The girl was forcibly dragged into a field by one Pawan Chauhan (16) in Hafizpur village last evening, they said adding the incident occurred when the victim was on her way to attend a house warming function.

Chauhan was later caught by local residents and was handed over to the police, they said, adding the girl, who hails from Bihar, was initially admitted to the district hospital from where she was referred to Varanasi in a serious condition.
–PTI

Chocolaty Boy and Sheila spotted together

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New Delhi, January 29: Known as for Chocolaty Boy Ranbir and Katrina Kaif, who are known to have sorted out their differences recently, seem to be back together and very much a couple.What proof? Well, only recently, the two were spotted in Ranbir’s red, spectacular sportscar, the Audi R8.

I consider in happy endings: Katrina

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Mumbai, January 29: “Though I am not an avid reader I like romantic books. Love is a good thing. At times in love, there are disappointments, one must not keep expectations. I like to be positive in love. I believe in happy endings,” Katrina said on the sidelines of a book release by author-filmmaker Pritish Nandy last evening.

I go via what my heart: Asin

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Mumbai, January 29: Asin arrived in Kollywood with a bang and then moved up in popularity with amazing deftness. She then announced her decision to shift to Bollywood at a time when she was the No. 1 actress in the South. After making waves in Hindi, she chose to return to return to Kollywood for the Vijay starrer ‘Kaavalan’.

College security supervisor booked for molesting student

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Mohali (Punjab), January 29: The security supervisor of a law college here has been booked for molesting a first year student, police said Saturday.

Amandeep Singh, in his late 30s, is the security supervisor of Army Institute of Law. The victim, a resident of Gurgaon, was staying at the college’s hostel.

“The girl says she had gone to a beauty parlour on Jan 23. She came back at 8 p.m., missing the 7.30 p.m. deadline to enter the hostel,” police officer Harbans Lal told IANS.

Nine killed in Kabul attack

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Kabul, January 29: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Western-style grocery store on Friday in Kabul, killing at least nine people in what was the deadliest attack in the capital against a location frequented by foreigners in just over a year.

Three foreign women and one child, whose nationality was not known, were among the dead, Kabul police chief Mohammad Ayub Salangi told reporters at the scene. Six others were wounded, including two who suffered critical injuries, he said.

The Taleban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was against a US-based security contractor.

18 acquitted in Kandhamal riot cases

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Bhubaneswar, January 29: A fast track court in Orissa acquitted 18 people in two cases of rioting in the Kandhamal district in 2008, a lawyer said on Saturday.

While 10 people were booked for burning the house of Sramika Digal, eight people were booked for torching John Nayak’s house. Both the incidents took place at Pipudidei village Aug 26.

Judge Sobhan Kumar Das delivered the verdict Friday in both the cases at the district headquarters of Phulbani, some 200 km from here, defence lawyer Ajit Patnaik told a news agency.

KU students boycott PG exams

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Hyderabad, January 29: Demanding introduction of Telangana Bill, thousands of students from city PG colleges and university campus came out on the road after boycotting their PG exams on Friday.

Due to mass boycott, only 5.68 per cent of students i.e. 864 students out of 15,206 registered students appeared on the first day of KU PG first semester exam.

The PG third semester is scheduled on Saturday.