New Delhi, June 02: In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI gave a virtual clean chit to the Tata Group, saying that it did not in any way gain from the colossal 2G spectrum scam, reports claimed Thursday.
Deposing before a court here, the investigating agency said that no irregularities have been found in issuing licenses to Tata and it was done as per Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) norms.
Mumbai, June 02: A court here Thursday extended till June 7 the judicial custody of Hasan Ali, allgedly the country’s top tax evader and money launderer.
“Principal Sessions Judge Sapna Joshi extended his custody till June 7 and will hear his bail plea also on the same day,” Khan’s lawyer I.P. Bagaria told IANS.
Khan was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) March 17 after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail granted by a trial court.
Hyderabad, June 02: In the light of the CIB registering cases against certain police officials on the charge of criminal conspiracy in the encounter killing of Maoist leader Azad, revolutionary writer Varavara Rao has urged the agency to also book Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram for the same guilt.
Hubli, June 02: Asif Ali Qamar, a student of Chetana PU College here has achieved the second rank in the CET medical/dental stream. Rashmi Yadwad of the same college secured the 9th rank in CET architecture stream. Asif is the son of Dr. K F Qamar, the head of the department of physiology in the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS).
Hyderabad, June 02: Rajinikanth fans, the world over, are immersed in prayer. Ever since the Tamil superstar and one of Asia’s most famous actors landed himself in a Singapore hospital with a kidney ailment, the South industry is deeply concerned.
Rubbishing rumours of a kidney transplant, the superstar’s son-in-law and this year’s National Award winning actor Dhanush told media persons that, “The superstar is fine. He will be out of hospital in a week or in 10 days. And, he will start shooting for Rana.”
Beijing, June 02: In a bizzare incident, a 62-year old male Chinese nurse has been held on the suspicion of abusing patients and forcing them to drink urine , Police said.
Zheng Huanming, the nurse at the Changleyuan Seniors Home in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, allegedly woke up elderly people at 4 a.m. every day and forced some of them to drink “yellow liquid” from plastic bags, which a witness claimed was urine, the Yangtze Evening News reported.
Hyderabad, June 02: Prof. Akhtar-ul-Wasey, Head of the Dept. of Islamic studies Jamia Millia, New Delhi told that Allah, the Lord of the universe, by making the angels worship Adam, has clearly given a message that those who do not have knowledge have to bow down before those who possess knowledge. So long as Muslim Ummah was in possession of knowledge the other nations were subservient to it. When the Muslims became devoid of knowledge they had to bow down before other nations.
Hyderabad, June 02: The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh Thursday decided to move no-confidence motion against the state’s Congress government.
TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu told reporters that the party would give notice for the no-confidence motion to Deputy Speaker N. Manohar.
Stating that the motion is being moved on problems faced by farmers, Naidu said his party is ready for any situation, including elections to the state assembly.
The former chief minister said the government has lost the confidence of people.
Hyderabad, June 02: Through a press note issued on 27th May, the Central Haj Committee has agreed to give relaxation to N.R.I Haj Pilgrims to deposit their passports at a later date with a condition that their relatives in Hyderabad should submit copies of residence / work permit, P.I.O. card and a letter from the foreign employer showing the details of employment. Mr. Mahboob Peeran, Seceretary, State Haj Committee, A.P. requested the relatives of such foreign Haj Pilgrims to deposit these documents as early as possible in the office of Haj Committee in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad, June 02: Minorities Development Forum, under the patronage of Siasat is making an effort to creates an awareness of the Govt. schemes among the people irrespective of caste and religion. It is also trying to remove the hurdles of students, household ladies and elderly persons in availing of these facilities. Addressing the meeting organized for the distribution of Aasra Cards to senior citizens, Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor Siasat said. He assured that the Minorities Development Forum will extend all possible help to the senior citizens to take the benefits of the Govt.
Hyderabad, June 02: Chief Minister Kirankumar Reddy who maintains stoic silence on the Telangana issue, has expressed his opinion in an interview to a newspaper.
He said consensus was not possible among all the people of AP on Telangana. Stating that he was of the opinion that the issue should be resolved one way or the other quickly, he said this was the opinion of people of all the regions of the state.
He said even if the TDP does not attend the All Party meeting being called by the Centre on the issue, the government would do what it should.
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New Delhi, June 02: Saba Anjum will lead the Indian team for the FIH Champions Challenge-I tournament June 18-26 in Dublin, Ireland.
India have been drawn in Pool B with Spain, Azerbaijan and hosts Ireland. Japan, South Africa, the United States and Scotland comprise Pool A.
The Indian team qualified for this tournament after winning the FIH Champions Challenge-II at Kazan, Russia, in 2009.
India will begin their campaign against Irelend June 18.
Team:
Goalkeepers: Yogita Bali, Savita
Defenders: Joydeep Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur, Preeti Sunila Kiro
Hyderabad, June 02: Professor Ramakrishna Ramaswamy assumed charge as the new vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Wednesday. He is a professor in the School of Physical Sciences and the Centre for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He succeeds Syed Hasnain, whose term ended on April 1.
Hyderabad, June 2: TDP MLAs had to face the wrath of Osmania University Joint Action Committee students on Wednesday. Students of Osmania University gheraoed TDP members E Dayakar Rao, Ms Seethakka and Mr Mothkupalli Narasimhulu at the Bhoiguda Railway Court in Secunderabad and raised Jai Telangana slogans.
TDP MLAs had come to the Court in connection with a case registered against them.
Interestingly, the students left the estranged TDP senior legislator, Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, who was suspended by the party recently on the charge of rebellious.
Hyderabad, June 2: State governor Mr E S L Narsimhan accepted the resignation letter submitted by Mr. J Krishna Rao who resigned from the post of Endowment ministry. Following the acceptance of minister’s resignation the Governor handed over the additional responsibility of the Endowments Department to Minister for Information Technology Ponnala Lakshmaiah.
State governor sources informed this on Wednesday night and said that Mr Krishna Rao had on Tuesday met the Governor and submitted his resignation.
Brothel raided
Hyderabad, June 2 (Siasat News): The north zone team of commissioner’s task force raided Sitara Paradise Hotel at Ameerpet and arrested a pimp and released the two sex workers from his clutches.
According to the details, a youth Mohan Jadhav, 26, who hailed from Bangalore and was residing at Borabanda’s Allapur area. He is a mobile engineering diploma holder but working as a driver with Amit and Rohit.
Top US officials’ gmail hit by Chinese phishing
Google sued over mobile ‘wallet’Google says hundreds of personal gmail accounts, including those of some senior US government officials and military personnel, were hacked as a result of a massive phishing originating from China.
The account hijackings were a result of stolen passwords, likely by malware installed on victims’ computers or through victims’ responses to e-mails from malicious hackers posing as trusted sources, or what is known as phishing.
Gmail’s security systems themselves were not compromised, Google said.
Jeddah, June 02: A Saudi businesswoman, forced by law to hire a male driver, has accused her chauffeur of raping her, a newspaper reported amid a growing campaign to allow women to drive themselves.
The daily Okaz said the driver stopped the car in an industrial part of the holy western city of Medina and raped her while threatening to shoot her with his pistol.
The woman, who was not named, reported the attack and the driver, whose nationality was not given, was arrested.
Cairo, June 02: Egyptian activists are demanding an investigation into ‘virginity tests’ conducted on women protesters arrested by the country’s military rulers.
A senior military official has admitted that women arrested at a peaceful protest were strip searched on camera and subjected to a degrading examination by soldiers. But he tried to defend the process, to condemnation from the youth protest movement, which has heavily criticised military control of the country since president Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down in February.
Trinidad, June 02: The controversial Umpire Decision Review System will not be in place in the forthcoming series between India and the West Indies after the BCCI has convinced its Caribbean counterparts against the use of technology during the entire tour.
Dubai, June 02: A Filipina was sold twice for Dh2,000 the first time and for Dh5,000 the second time for prostitution, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.
Six Indians who were involved in the case and identified as SKF, 36, jobless, ARN, 39, driver, DKF, 29, cook, AMA, 31, jobless, SPT, 26, visitor, NMQ, 28, partner, were accused of human trafficking by exploiting circumstances that RSV, 31, maid, was passing through and selling her to others.
Peshawar, June 02: Police say militants from Afghanistan have killed at least 23 Pakistani security troops in a clash that is still going on a day after the incursion.
The attack began Wednesday in Shaltalo town in Upper Dir district, after some 200 militants crossed the leaky border.
Police official Johar Khan says three security forces have also been wounded. Khan said on Thursday that the militants are believed to have suffered significant casualties as well.
Hyderabad, June 2: According to secretary board of intermediate education AP, intermediate advanced supplementary exams for I and II years were conducted on June 1.
During the exams 102 students of I year and 22 students of II year were booked for malpractices.
It is said that printing mistakes were found in Physics paper I.
Siasat news
Bangalore, June 02: Two actresses from the city were arrested by the narcotics wing of the Central Crime Branch for soliciting customers for prostitution.
Suma (29), a resident of Nagarabhavi, who has appeared in several Kannada movies and serials, was arrested along with cine actress Lakshmi, who ran the racket.
Based on a tip off, a police team raided a hotel on West of Chord Road and arrested the duo and two other pimps red-handed. Suma has worked in movies like Sandalwood and Arbhata in supporting roles, and was being paid Rs 20,000 by Lakshmi every day to entertain clients.
Hyderabad, June 02: The South Central Railways is running eight special trains to Jaipur for pilgrims attending annual Urs-e-Shareef of Hazrat Khaza Moinuddin Chisti at Ajmer from Hyderabad, Ongole and Machilipatnam. ?
Hyderabad-Jaipur Special Train will depart from Hyderabad at 8.30 pm on June 3. In the return direction the train which will originate from Ajmer will depart from Ajmer at 6.15 pm on June 10.