Hyderabad, January 1: The Minister for Primary Education, Dr Sailajanath, on Friday announced that the last date for admissions into Intermediate of Open School system has been extended to January 29, 2011.
Hyderabad, January 1: The Minister for Forests and Environment, Mr Satrucharla Vijayaramaraju, on Friday exuded confidence that there was no danger to the Congress government till 2014.
Islamabad, January 01: Businesses shut down and buses stayed off the streets in many parts of Pakistan on Friday as thousands rallied against changing the country’s controversial laws against blasphemy. In one major city, police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who pelted them with stones.
Pakistan’s long-standing law against blasphemy gained new attention this year when a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, was sentenced to death in November for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Hyderabad, January 1: The Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy once again appealed to the people, employees, officials, party workers and well wishers not to bring bouquets, sweets, shawls, cakes, mementoes, garlands, khanduwas etc. on the New Year Day today while coming to greet him. The Chief Minister said that instead they may contribute to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
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Sangareddy (Medak), January 1: The Telangana Political JAC convenor, Prof. Kodandaram, has said that an action plan regarding achievement of the decades-long dream of Telangana State would begin tonight. He said that they would organise massive rallies in all villages of the region by lighting candles and welcome the New Year by declaring as the Year of Telangana.
Hyderabad, January 1: Two persons were killed on the spot when a Scorpio proceeding towards ECIL on high speed dashed against a tree near Kushaiguda Friday morning.
While two persons were killed on the spot, four others suffered grievous injuries. They were rushed to the Gandhi Hospital at Secunderabad.
The accident-hit Scorpio is believed to be belonging to an MLA of Guntur district. The police have confirmed that one of the deceased Gandhi has been working as a driver for the MLA.
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Hyderabad, January 1: The Telugu Desam party president, Mr N Chandrababu Naidu, who organised “Rythu Kosam” meet here on Thursday, was aghast over his party senior leader and former minister, Mr Makineni Peda Rathaiah, announcing his resignation to the party on Friday and switching loyalty to the former Kadapa MP, Mr Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Hyderabad, January 1: The Telangana Political Joint Action Committee convener, Prof. Kodandaram, on Friday requested all political parties to exert pressure on the Centre for carving out Telangana State at the proposed all-party meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on January 6.
Mumbai, January 01: A.R. Rahman is a meticulous person.But he sure likes to keep his thoughts to himself.
So when someone asked him about his plans for 2011, he quipped that the best way to plan is to have no plans.
If rumours are to be believed, the music maestro will take a break in 2011 to replenish his creative juices.
New Delhi, January 01: Sachin Tendulkar, an inspiration for millions of Indians because of his feats in cricket, can now be seen in IAF fatigues along with the Sukhoi fighter aircraft in the force’s 2011 calendar.
The cricket icon, who was recently conferred the honorary rank of Group Captain, features in the calendar wearing a green flying suit with helmet tucked under his left arm.
New Delhi, January 01: A fortnight after Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi, the ruling party MLA from Naraini in Banda district, got a Dalit minor Neelu Nishad (name changed) jailed allegedly on a cooked up charge of theft, the BSP sacked him from the post of party coordinator on Friday. The Banda police, which had sent Neelu to jail when she approached them with a complaint that she had been raped by the legislator, also swung into action getting the girl medically examined.
New Delhi, January 01: The marriage between a Hindu and a non-Hindu solemnised as per the Hindu rites is neither valid nor the parties can claim any benefits under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), the Delhi High Court has ruled.
The High Court also held that “mere theoretical allegiance” to Hinduism would not make one a Hindu unless he or she had actually converted to the religion.
New Delhi, January 01: Seeking a “new beginning” in the year ahead, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday night asked people to believe in the resilience of democracy and its capacity to deal with infirmities through course correction.
“Let us make a new beginning to the year. Let us dispel the air of despondency and cynicism,” Singh said in his New Year message, assuring people that he and his government would work with renewed resolve for their welfare.
New Delhi: The sensational Aarushi murder case took a new twist on Friday with CBI raising doubts over the role of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar alleging they had tried to influence the doctor who conducted the post mortem on their 14-year-old daughter in 2008, a charge rubbished by the dentist couple.
In its 30-page closure report submitted to a Ghaziabad court on December 29, the CBI said that Rajesh and Nupur had Aarushi’s room washed up after asking the UP Police to rush to the railway station to nab their domestic help — Hemraj — on May 16th morning.
Guwahati, January 01: Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), released from the Guwahati Central Jail to facilitate peace talks between the Government and top ULFA cadres.
Rajkhowa, who was on Thursday granted bail by a special TADA court, said unconditional peace talks but wants the outfit to stay united.
Rajkhowa, 54, was captured from Dhaka by sleuths of the Rapid Action Battalion and then handed over to Indian authorities December last year. He was at the Guwahati Central Jail for the past one year.
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New Delhi,January 01:In a bizzare case, a 23-year-old Delhi University graduate who wanted to impress his girlfriend has been arrested for stealing a car his father had sold, police said Friday.
According to police, accused Gaurav Arora, stole the car his father had sold to another person. He was arrested from Vasant Vihar in south Delhi on Dec 25.
“Arora needed the car to impress his girlfriend, so he stole the car with the help of a duplicate which was with him,” a senior police officer said.
The arrest came following a complaint by the new owner of the car.
Bangalore/Chennai,January 01:India will analyse the flight data of its heavy rockets, including the geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-F06) that broke up on Christmas Day, to find out reasons for its failure and take corrective measures, the space agency said Friday.
“A failure analysis committee has been constituted to analyse the flight data of the GSLV-F06 and that of the previous six similar flights to establish reasons for its failure and recommend corrective action,” the state-run Indian Space Research Organsiation (ISRO) said in a statement here.
New Delhi,January 01:Even as union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily, National Commission for Women chairperson Girija Vyas and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Friday sought a review of the unsolved Aarushi Talwar murder case, her parents lashed out at the CBI for naming the father as the sole suspect in its closure report.
HyderabadJanuary 01: As part of 100-day action plan, the Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, will inspect all areas in the Greater Hyderabad and announce the developmental programmes to be taken up. During this period, the Chief Minister would cover all the 24 Assembly segments in the twin cities.
London, January 01:Former Spice Girl Mel B says she is worried married people think she’s “a pervert” because she talks about her sex life a lot.
“We have lots of sex, we raise our kids very well and Stephen cooks dinner every night for the whole family – life’s good,” contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.
“Everybody has sex, especially if you’re married. I don’t know if married people will be inspired by me though – they might just think I’m a pervert.”
London, January 01: After conquering the ramp, supermodel Kate Moss is reportedly planning to venture into the world of music by recording her own album.
She is said to be recording an album with boyfriend “The Kills” guitarist Jamie Hince, reports okmagazine.com.
Moss has previously written songs for her ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty’s band Babyshambles and even sang with him once.
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Kabul,Janaury 01:The Taliban fired two rockets into the main U.S. base north of the Afghan capital early Thursday, while a NATO airstrike near the Pakistan border killed an insurgent commander and several other militants, the coalition said.
Master Sgt. Jason Haag, a NATO spokesman in Kabul, said “two rounds of indirect fire” hit Bagram Air Field before dawn, but had no additional details. Sher Mohammed Maldani, police chief for the Parwan province where the base is located, said there were no casualties reported. He said the insurgents fired and fled the scene.
Dubai,January 01:UAE’s Emirates NBD has been ranked the largest bank in the Middle East in a latest ranking by the US-based Global Finance magazine.
Besides the Middle East region, the Emirates NBD also has a significant presence globally at a time when emerging markets continue to drive the global economy out of recession, the monthly magazine said.
A study examining the causes of a dramatic spike in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Falluja has for the first time concluded that genetic damage could have been caused by weaponry used in US assaults that took place six years ago.
Washington,January 01:The US military is investigating the leadership of an army brigade whose soldiers are accused of running a “kill team” that murdered Afghan civilians, as further evidence emerges of widespread complicity in the deaths.
A brigadier general is conducting a “top to bottom” review of the 5th Stryker brigade after five of its soldiers were committed for trial early next year charged with involvement in the murders of three Afghans and other alleged crimes including mutilating their bodies, and collecting fingers and skulls from corpses as trophies.