Hyderabad, June 06: Central Haj Committee has made preparations to burden the Haj Pilgrims to the tune of Re 1 crore by imposing the condition to buy luggage baggage. In order to resolve the complaints of extra luggage, this proposal is under consideration. Final decision will be taken on the occasion of national Haj conference scheduled to be held on 13th June.
Hyderabad, June 06: Under the stewardship of Dr. Niyaz Ahmed Khan, President Nizamia Tibbi College Old Boys’ Association and Dr. A. A. Khan, President, Unani Medical Organization alongwith Dr. Asad Husain, Dr. M.A. Faheem, Dr. Mohammed Mukarram, Dr. Mohammed Quader, Dr. Munawar, Dr. Zainulabedeen Khan, Dr. Turab Ali Khan, Dr. Qudrath & Dr. Aqeel Quadri met Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister of A.P. and thanked him for sanctioning Rs 4 crore for the construction of a new building for Nizamia Tibbi College.
Hyderabad, June 06: A seminar was conducted to mark the 22nd death anniversary of Imam Ayatullah Khomeni at Medina Education Centre under the auspices of Consulate General of Republic of Iran at Hyderabad. It was presided over by former Home Minister Mr. Prabhakar Reddy Consul General of Iran, His Excellency Mr. Mahmood Safari, Peer Shabbeer Ahmed MLC, Mr. Abid Rasool Khan, General Secretary, A.P. Congress & Dr. M. M. Taqi Khan were present as guests of honour. In his preliminary remarks, Mr.
Hyderabad, June 06: Hazrath Asaad Bin Zarara was the first among the Ansars of Medina who embraced Islam. Earlier he was loitering-in the dark and he was in search of truth.
He had heard a lot about Prophet Mohammed (SAWS) from the Jews of Medina. He came to Mecca and embraced Islam. There are many traditions which testify to the fact that the honour of fixing Friday prayer goes to Hazrath Zarara.
Dubai, June 06: Indians dominated incoming phone calls to the Gulf in 2010 while it was among three countries that accounted for more than half the outgoing international calls in 2010, official figures showed on Monday.
The figures by the UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), which oversees the telecom sector in the second largest Arab economy, showed mobile phone users spent 21.6 billion minutes on calls and 3.2 billion minutes on mobile phone text messages (SMS) in 2010.
Hyderabad, June 06: Ms. Sonia Gandhi is inviting the actors who entertain the public for 2-3 hours on the silver screen of the film but she is not inviting Muslim leaders to know their grievances.
Does the congress think that there is dearth of Muslim candidates or do they lack in experience? Does it consider that there is scarcity of political awareness? When the journey to reach the realms of power comes, the Congress remembers the Muslims. It is most unfortunate of the district of Adilabad that no unimportant post is given to its leaders.
Hyderabad, June 06: According to a statement issued by Dr. Syed Shujauddin Aziz, convener of the seminar, the two day national seminar scheduled to be held on 9th June has been postponed due to certain unavoidable circumstances.
It will now be held on 13th June at Jubilee Hall. It will be inaugurated by Ms. Purandeshwari, Union State Minister for Human Resource Development. The inconvenience caused is regretted.
——–Siasat News
Dubai, June 06: Dubai plans to introduce a new residence visa system for property owners, reported ‘Al Bayan’ newspaper.
A government official was quoted as saying “authorities are discussing ways of granting owners of properties in the emirate, residence visas based on transparent rules and legislation”.
Shahina Fatima has received the President’s Award in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements during four years of stay in Niles West High School and for scoring high rank in the State Exam.
The Accolades Award function was organized by the Niles West High School to commemorate the high ranking senior students. Shahina Fatima received High Honor Award in all four years of her academic studies. In addition, she is the recipient of Principle Medallion Award for exhibiting unique qualities in four dimensions of life, which are character, leadership, services and scholarship.
Wellington, June 06: A shallow 5.0-magnitude aftershock rocked the quake-hit New Zealand city of Christchurch on Monday, shaking items off shelves but not generating any reports of serious damage, officials said.
New Zealand’s second largest city was devastated by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in February which claimed 181 lives, and followed a stronger, but less destructive 7.0 quake last September.
The latest quake hit at 9:09 am (2109 Sunday GMT) and was centred 22 kilometres (14 miles) west of the city at a depth of just three kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.
Islamabad, June 06: U.S. drones targeted a madrassa and a house in South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 14 suspected militants, security sources said.
The drones fired four missiles at the seminary and house near Wana, one of the main towns of South Waziristan Agency, early this morning.
Sources said five foreign militants were among the dead.
A journalist in Wana said the other slain militants were from Punjab province and locals.
Hyderabad, June 06: An infant was reportedly stolen from a private hospital at Nacharam on Sunday by a woman leading to tension at the hospital.
According to police, a woman from Tadbund in the Old City, Shameema, got admitted to the hospital and delivered a male baby on Saturday.
On Sunday morning, a woman, aged between 25-30 years, clad in a yellow saree approached Shameema and told the latter that her sister was also being treated in the same hospital. Later, the woman, though resisted by Shameema, took the baby and played with him for a few minutes, police said.
New Delhi, June 06: About 70 people, including three women, were injured in the police action at Baba Ramdev’s satyagrah camp at the Ramlila Maidan here in the early hours of Sunday. An elderly woman and a young man are said to have suffered serious injuries.
New Delhi, June 06: From the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi to his yagyashala in Patanjali Peeth in Haridwar, in his home turf Uttarakhand, yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s movement against corruption was cruelly cut short. But the feisty new age yoga guru is undeterred.
The midnight crackdown by the government may have broken up the massive crowd, but not his spirit. Baba Ramdev is in no mood to back off and has promised to continue his agitation.
Mumbai, June 06: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Sunday appealed people to protest eviction of Baba Ramdev from Ramlila Maidan and subsequent lathi-charge by hoisting black flags on their houses.
“The time has come to dislodge the Congress from the seat of power. The way the police caned peaceful protesters there was highly condemnable,” Thackeray said in a press release.
“I do not want to jump in the debate whether the fast launched by Baba Ramdev was justified or not. But the way the Congress tried to crush the agitation was deplorable,” he said.
New Delhi, June 06: Yet another top police officer in Gujarat has gone public, raising questions over the conduct of the Gujarat police force in controlling the communal riots in 2002. Retired Gujarat Director General of Police RN Bhattacharya has said that there was a feeling among officers that the lower rank officials had failed to safeguard the rights of the citizens.
Chennai, June 06: Targeting Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in particular, senior BJP leader LK Advani, addressing the media here on Sunday, said that the Congress was making the DMK a scapegoat in corruption.
Criticising the Government’s “inability” to reign in corruption, Advani at one point mentions that “a former Minister now in jail” (A Raja) had said that he had done everything with Prime Minister’s knowledge and one could not make the DMK “scapegoat” for everything.
Banaskantha, June 06: Describing the crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his followers as an “attack on Hinduism”, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s international general secretary, Pravin Togadiya on Sunday demanded resignation of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Speaking to mediapersons in Siddhpur town of Patan district near here, Togadiya said, “It is an attack on Hinduism — it needs suitable action by the people.”
“It was not a swoop on Baba Ramdev and his supporters, but a direct attack on the faith of millions of Hindus living across the glob,” he said.
Karachi, June 06: Pakistan’s flamboyant all—rounder Shahid Afridi has started generating political support to win his fight against the Pakistan Cricket Board which has initiated disciplinary proceedings against him after he announced his retirement from international cricket and blamed the authorities for disrespecting him.
According to information received, Afridi who returns from London later tonight has met with Bilawal Zardari and also held talks with the head of the main opposition party, Nawaz Sharif regarding his case.
London, June 06: Ilyas Kashmiri, who had a pathological hatred for India and a long history of launching cross-border terror attacks, had in recent years become obsessed with the idea of provoking a war between India and Pakistan in order to distract Pakistan’s attention from its campaign against al-Qaeda, according to a new book Inside al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Beyond Bin Laden and 9/11 by the murdered Pakistani investigative reporter Syed Saleem Shahzad, the only journalist to have interviewed Kashmiri.
Golan Heights, June 06: Israeli troops on Sunday battled hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to burst across Syria’s frontier with the Golan Heights, killing a reported 20 people and wounding scores more in the second outbreak of deadly violence in the border area in less than a month.
London, June 06: The cost of nine weeks of war in Libya is equal to what the UK government had planned to save by imposing cuts to housing benefits that would force11,000 disabled people into homelessness, SWC claims.
Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg have continually been telling the British nationals that the country’s financial crisis has resulted in the government’s benefit cuts for the most deprived and vulnerable British citizens.
Islamabad, June 06: Footage on television showed the mangled parts of the vehicle hit by the blast lying at the bus stop, which is frequented by residents of Peshawar, Kohat and the nearby Khyber tribal region.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks. A militant spokesman told TV news channels that the vehicle in the bus stop was targeted because members of an anti-Taliban militia were in it.
Tehran, June 06: Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says the Islamic Republic will counter any act of aggression against the country with its missiles.
“Iran has turned into an independent, influential and inspiring country in the region, and the enmity of our enemies is not because of issues such as [Tehran’s] nuclear program,” Larijani said on Sunday.
Larijani added that the hostility of Iran’s enemies stemmed from the country’s influence in the region, Fars News Agency reported.
Tehran, June 06: Iran’s minister of culture and Islamic guidance has urged Muslims not pay attention to Western media hype as it aims to sow the seeds of discord.
Mohammad Hosseini said on Sunday Western media are constantly seeking to drive a wedge between Muslim communities, calling on Muslims to turn a blind eye to their propaganda campaigns and settle issues through cooperation and rapport.
He said Muslims across the world can have a better situation if they maintain unity and not allow foreign countries to interfere in their affairs, reported IRNA.