Month: June 2011

TDP leader among 7 dead in two accidents in AP

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Hyderabad, June 02: Seven persons, including a Telugu Desam party (TDP) leader from Kadapa district, were killed and five others injured in two separate accidents in different parts of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.

The TDP leader Venkata Swamy Reddy, along with four others, was travelling in an Innova car from Kadapa to Hyderabad when it collided with a truck on NH-18 between Nandyal-Panyam in Kurnool district at around 1.30 am on Wednesday.

Reddy and three others died on the spot, they said.

New scheme for Mothers and new born

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Mewat, June 02: Christmas came early for India’s women and newborn, with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi playing Santa Klaus busy distributing a big bag of goodies.

Gandhi along with Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday launched a unique Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (national reproductive and child health programme).

Kani busy playing do-gooder at Tihar

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Patna, June 02: Lodged in jail number 6 Kanimozhi, an under-trial in the 2G telecom scam, has become quite popular in the jail within a short span of time.NEW DELHI: DMK leader Kanimozhi, an under-trial in the 2G telecom scam, remains a die-hard politician even at Tihar Jail.

Lodged in jail number 6, along with 475 female inmates, she has become quite popular within a short span of time. She is keeping herself busy by playing a do-gooder to the hilt. She lends a patient hearing to her fellow prisoners’ problems, and also escalate them to jail authorities.

Balwa wants to depose before JPC

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New Delhi, June 02: In a new twist to the 2G spectrum allocation controversy, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa – a co-accused in the case- has expressed his desire to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the matter, reports claimed Wednesday.

Shahid Usman Balwa is said to have written a letter to the JPC seeking permission to depose before the panel and testify in connection with the high profile case.

Prison officer in sex with killer

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London, June 02: A British female prison officer has been suspended over allegations that she had an affair with a murderer at the prison where she works.

The officer faces accusations of having slept with Leigh Thornhill, who is jailed at Wakefield Prison for killing a mother-of-two and violently attacking another woman on a single night.

The 27-year-old ex-soldier was found guilty of killing 38-year-old Corinne Bailey with a piece of wood on August 16, 2003. Bailey’s body was discovered near Thornhill’s home with 68 separate injuries to her head, torso and limbs.

Ramlila Maidan turns into Ramdev Nagari

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New Delhi, June 02: The Ramlila Ground located in the heart of the national Capital is virtually turning into ‘Ramdev Nagari’ ahead of Baba Ramdev’s proposed satyagraha from June 4. Cut-outs of the Patanjali Yoga Peeth founder Ramdev and his preaching being played in the ground is creating an atmosphere in support of the fight against corruption, besides adding to the aura of yoga guru whose lakhs of followers would be attending the Ashtang Yoga Shivir starting Saturday.

Shruti falls for Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, June 02: The spirited chick of the Haasan household is no pushover. Her debut in B-town with Luck might not have struck gold, but her rockstar attitude has catapulted her to fame, across many states. And in Andhra Pradesh, her Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu with chocolate boy Siddharth garnered a lot of attention, thanks to the chemistry and sizzle factor of the lead pair both on-and off-screen. It was reported in sections of the press about her live-in relationship with Siddharth and her recent relocation to Hyderabad has only brought the couple back into focus.

Bollywood sex gets dirtier, grittier

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Mumbai, June 02: It all started with two tennis ball-sized dandelions nodding happily against the panoramic long shot of the blue sky as lovers inched closer for what was implied as an intimate moment.

In a land where sex is as personal a subject as religion for a generation exploring sensuality and personal awakening, the Indian film industry’s realization over the last 30 years that its audiences can stomach something as grisly as a peck on the lips has steadily made the cinematic experience richer.

Man booked on Cyber terrorism for sending terror mail

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Mumbai, June 02: The twenty-sevenyear-old Tushar Sawant , who had sent a terror email to the CBI warning them about terror strikes across the city , has not been booked for cyber terrorism . The reason being that cops fell that he was frustrated and not mentally stable at the time of sending the mail .

In 2009 , the Powai police had arrested a 34-year-old man who had sent a terror mailtoblowup a Hiranandani residential complex . Even though it was a case of a gay love triangle , the suspect was booked for cyber terrorism .

Gaddafi could be sponsoring anti-India terror group: Wikileaks

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New Delhi, June 02: A newly-released WikiLeaks cable has revealed that Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi could be financing a Pakistan-based anti-India terror group, Sipah-e-Sahaba, which has made common cause with Maulana Masood Azhar’s Jaish-e-Mohammed. The cable, which is based on information received from a Deobandi scholar and a “long-standing” contact of the US consulate in Lahore, said Sipah leader Mulana Ludhianvi travelled to Libya on a fundraising trip sponsored by the Libyan government.

Yemen hit by street clashes, ’39 killed’ in capital

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Sanaa: Gunbattles raged Wednesday on the streets of Yemen’s capital, killing 39 people, witnesses said as a truce between security forces and tribesmen collapsed, residents fled and embassies bolted their doors.

A medic at Jumhuriya hospital said 37 people, most of them combatants, were killed in overnight clashes in Sanaa, while a photographer said the bodies of two other tribesmen were taken to Al-Ulum hospital during the day.

Team Hazare backs Ramdev’s campaign

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New Delhi, June 02: Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday backed yoga guru Ramdev baba on his decision to go for fast against corruption.

“He (Ramdev) has our full support,” Hazare told a TV channel when asked whether he supports the yoga guru’s decision to go on hunger strike from June 4 on the issue of blackmoney.

Vaccination deaths: Shifting blame?

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Hyderabad, June 02: The state health department has recorded an alarming 13 deaths in the 0-5 age group in the first five months of 2011, the highest in the corresponding period in last three years. The deaths were reported within 24 hours of the children being vaccinated, mostly after an oral polio vaccine was administered.

No Arab Spring

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The torture and murder of leading Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad throws into sharp relief an ironic twist in the politics of the Muslim world. As the populations of one Middle Eastern country after the other revolt against authoritarianism in favour of democracy, Pakistan is headed the other way. Shahzad’s death follows two other high-profile murders. Earlier, the minister for minority affairs Shahbaz Bhatti was apparently slain for supporting Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman jailed for blasphemy. Also killed was the governor of the Punjab, Salman Taseer, by his own bodyguard.

PM directs upgradation at nuke plants

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New Delhi, June 02: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reviewed India’s disaster preparedness and directed government agencies to upgrade safety measures at all nuclear installations in the backdrop of Japan’s nuclear plant leak following a tsunami and earthquake in March.

Manmohan Singh, who met government officials, nuclear scientists and disaster management authorities at his residence here, also took stock of earthquake and tsunami preparedness issues.

3rd NAR convention in city from July 23

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Hyderabad, June 02: The National Realtors Association, India (NAR) along with the Andhra Pradesh Realtors Association (APRA) will be organising its third annual convention on July 23 and 24 in the city. The meet, expected to be the biggest NAR convention so far, will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre and will have close to 1,000 property consultants from across the globe participate in the event. Besides brokers from Bangalore, Chennai, Vijaywada, New Delhi, Pune and Mumbai, realtors from USA and Europe are also expected to attend the convention.

8 Telangana MPs to intensify the agitation

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Hyderabad, June 02: Eight Telangana MPs on Wednesday decided to intensify the agitation for the separate Telangana state from July beginning with a hunger strike from the first week of the month and to be followed by their resignations from Parliament.

The MPs led by Rajya Sabha member and former Congress Working Committee member K Keshava Rao decided to have an extended meeting with the region’s MLAs and ministers on June 5 to finalise an action plan for the next phase of the agitation.

Ramdev refuses to call off fast against corruption

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New Delhi, June 02: Yoga guru Ramdev Wednesday vowed to go ahead with his planned hunger strike to demand urgent steps to curb corruption and bring back black money stashed abroad, ignoring desperate appeals from the government to abandon his plan.

Civil society activists headed by Gandhian Anna Hazare meanwhile voiced his support to Ramdev. And his colleague Shanti Bhushan invited the government to a debate June 5 to discuss the six issues related to the proposed Lokpal bill that have led to differences between the government and the civil society.

No decision yet on joining lawsuit in US on 26/11 attack: PC

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New Delhi, June 02: Government today said no decision has been taken on its joining a lawsuit in New York filed by victims of 26/11 terror attack suing Pakistan’s spy agency ISI and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed for their involvement in the incident.

“No decision has been taken. I think there are advantages and disadvantages…No decision has been taken on that,” Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters while noting that recently the Home Secretary G K Pillai had indicated that a decision to join a lawsuit would be a “political call”.

Mubarak, sons to stand trial

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Cairo, June 02: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been scheduled for trial on August 3, on charges of being responsible for the death of protesters and fraud.

According to a Wednesday statement, Mubarak along with his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, and businessman Hussein Salem are set to go on trial.

Mubarak is charged with the intentional killing of protesters during the 18-day long revolution beginning in January, the illegal acquisition of wealth, selling the Egyptian natural gas to Israel at extremely low prices, and squandering state funds, a Media correspondent reported.

Libyan oil minister joins revolution

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Tripoli, June 02: It has been confirmed that Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem has defected to the opposition, joining a slew of other high-ranking officials who have jumped ship.

“I can’t work in this situation. So I have left my country and my job to join the choice made by young Libyans to fight for a democratic country,” Shukri Ghanem was quoted as saying by AFP on Wednesday after he fled to Italy.

He added that he lost hope in the possibility of reform in Libya when he saw the country’s people being killed.

Krishnaiah demands 25 pc quota in corporate colleges

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Hyderabad, June 02: AP State Backward Classes Welfare Association president R Krishnaiah on Wednesday came down heavily on the N Kiran Kumar Reddy government over the plight of the weaker sections students.

Stating that they were not in a position to pursue higher studies due to the exorbitant fees being charged by the corporate colleges, particularly the Sri Chaitanya and Narayana Colleges, Mr Krishanaiah said that these institutions were fleecing even the students coming from the middle classes.

Ramdev and Ravi Shanker got together

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The involvement of two personalities who invoke the spiritual and the divine in the India Against Corruption (IAC) coalition was seen by many within as something that provided a moral compass to the movement. Indeed, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Jain gurus, too, figure as founder-members on the IAC’s website but they remain more or less silent.

Grant 5 grace marks for failed SSC, Inter students!

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Hyderabad, June 02: Stating that inability to complete the syllabus in Telangana region due to the separate statehood agitation was the reason behind many students’ adverse performance, a group of Congress leaders on Wednesday requested Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to accord five grace marks to students who had failed in this year’s SSC and Intermediate public examinations.

Did not recommend any one for PCC chief post: Rosaiah

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Hyderabad, June 02: Former chief minister K Rosaiah on Wednesday stated that he did not recommend any particular person to success incumbent Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas during his meeting with All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi.

Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party Office, Mr Rosaiah said that he had however appealed to her to appoint an able and efficient candidate for the PCC chief’s post.