Month: June 2011

Cong MPs to push for T in Delhi from June 6

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Hyderabad, June 02: Rajya Sabha Member and senior Congress leader K Kesava Rao on Wednesday stated that the party MPs from Telangana region would visit New Delhi from June 6 to June 10 to build pressure on the Centre on the separate statehood issue.

Talking to media persons after emerging out of meeting with MPs at Komatireddy Rajgopalreddy residence in Jubilee Hills, Mr Kesava Rao stated that the MPs would meet again on June 5 to take stock of the latest political situation in Telangana and devise the strategy to be adopted to push for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

Solve farmers’ issue by June 13, or else..: YRS Cong

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Hyderabad, June 02: Setting the state government a deadline of June 13, the YSR Congress Party on Wednesday said that if concrete steps to solve the issues faced by the farmers are not taken by then, the party would intensify its struggle. The party also said that it would take a clear stand on the separate statehood demand after its maiden two-day plenary session.

UPA govt has betrayed people: Sushma

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New Delhi, June 02: Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) of betraying the people, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Wednesday said her party will bring out a people’s report card to highlight the failures of the government.

“The government has betrayed people of India… a report card from people will give its true account,” Sushma Swaraj said at a public meeting organised here by the party “on two years of failure of the UPA government”.

Headley was caught with a map of Copenhagen: FBI

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Chicago, June 02: When confessed Pakistani American terrorist David Coleman Headley was arrested at Chicago Airport, he had a map of Copenhagen, a copy of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and a Jewish prayer book, an FBI agent testified Wednesday.

US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Douglas Seccombe was one of the six witnesses, including four FBI agents, who testified Wednesday at the trial of Pakistani born Canadian Tahawwur Rana for providing material support to Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

AP CM holds meeting with ministers

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Hyderabad, June 02: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy tonight held a meeting with some of his state Ministers.

Various issues concerning the government and party were reportedly discussed in the meeting.

The election of Assembly Speaker and Chairman of Legislative Council was also discussed, officials said.

The election of Assembly Speaker has been pending ever since Reddy became Chief Minister.

——–PTI

Two including minor raped in Aurangabad

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Aurangabad, June 02: Two incidents of rape, including that of a minor, were reported in Vaijapur tehsil here creating shockwaves across the district, police said.

A married woman was raped by a neighbour identified as Vikram S Thorat in Kadamvasti locality while she was sleeping alone in her home late last night, they said.

The victim registered a case with the Veergaon police station today, police said, adding Thorat has been arrested.

In an other incident, a minor girl was abducted and raped by two persons in Jambergaon village.

Maoist ideologue demands AP Gov be booked in encounter case

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Hyderabad, June 02: Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao today demanded that Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan, state Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and former Director General of Police be booked on charges of criminal conspiracy in connection with alleged fake encounter killing of Maoist leader Azad and journalist Hemchandra Pandey.

TDP must clarify T stand for Centre to solve issue: Chidambaram

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New Delhi, June 02: Refuting the allegations leveled by Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu that the Centre was responsible for the Telangana crisis, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said a decision on Telangana would be announced soon.

Talking to media persons here, the Union Home Minister said the Telangana issue would be resolved with cooperation of all leaders.

Headley was caught with a map of Copenhagen: FBI

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Chicago, June 02: When confessed Pakistani American terrorist David Coleman Headley was arrested at Chicago Airport, he had a map of Copenhagen, a copy of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and a Jewish prayer book, an FBI agent testified Wednesday.

US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Douglas Seccombe was one of the six witnesses, including four FBI agents, who testified Wednesday at the trial of Pakistani born Canadian Tahawwur Rana for providing material support to Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

‘Israel, marionette manipulated by US’

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Tehran, June 02: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the United States uses the Zionist regime as a tool for furthering its interests in the Middle East region.

“The Zionists are the representatives of all salve-owners and colonialists in our region who have come to set the scene for plundering of [wealth by] arrogant powers,” Ahmadinejad was quoted by IRNA as saying on Wednesday.

Sonia concerned over AP Congress

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Hyderabad, June 02: The Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, is reportedly disturbed about the party’s prospects in Andhra Pradesh due to lack of coordinated efforts between the party and the government. Sources close to the AICC told this newspaper that very recently Mrs Gandhi had reportedly discussed the AP affairs at the party’s Core Committee meet. She was unhappy over the lack of coordination after the party’s poor performance in the Kadapa bypolls.

Is Kim Kardashian Pregnant?

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Mumbai, June 02: By now you may have seen the rumors swirling through the blogosphere: our E! buddy Kim Kardashian has a bun in the oven courtesy of newly minted fiancé Kris Humphries.

The shocker was delivered via OK! magazine—which blares on its new Kim-centric cover: “I’m Having a Baby!”—and features quotes from an unnamed “pal” saying, “Kim always thought she’d have at least one or two kids by now, so she’s absolutely in a hurry…Her friends are even taking bets on whether it will be a boy or a girl.”

Sania-Vesnina beat Huber-Raymond to enter French Open finals

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New Delhi, June 02: Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina beat Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to enter the women’s doubles finals in the French Open on Wednesday.

French Open 2011

This is for the first time that Sania Mirza has reached the women’s doubles finals in a Grand Slam event.

The quarterfinal appearances in the 2007 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon were her best performances so far at the big stage.

It’s Time to Take Telangana

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Hyderabad, June 02: It is time for the Congress to take the plunge and carve the state of Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh. There are many reasons to do so, not least the fact that historically, state boundaries get drawn and redrawn many times. When it became a republic, India was composed of 14 states. Now, at 28, it has double the number. Many states like Andhra Pradesh itself, were carved out of bigger entities after linguistic or ethnic movements.

Afridi ready to face disciplinary actions

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Karachi, June 02: Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi on Wednesday accepted that he has violated the PCB’s code of conduct but expressed willingness to face disciplinary actions.

“Yes I have sent my reply to the board and I have accepted that I had violated the terms of my contract with them,” Afridi said from London.

“I am ready to face any questioning from the board in response to my reply to them,” he added.

SRK upset over Chammak Challo leak

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Mumbai, June 02: Ra.One More PicsJust a day prior to the unveiling of the theatrical trailer of Ra.One, the much talked about song Chammak Challo was leaked on the internet.

Many thought that leaking the song, which stars Kareena Kapoor and is rendered by Akon, was just another publicity funda to get maximum attention for Ra.One. However, Shah Rukh denied any such intention.

Syria seeks ‘national dialogue’, frees prisoners

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday launched a “national dialogue” while freeing hundreds of political prisoners in an amnesty opposition groups and Washington say does not go far enough.

State television said Assad had set up a committee and charged it with “formulating general principles of dialogue that will open the way for the creation of an appropriate climate in which the different elements can express themselves and present their proposals.”

Headley was caught with a map of Copenhagen: FBI

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Chicago, June 02: When confessed Pakistani American terrorist David Coleman Headley was arrested at Chicago Airport, he had a map of Copenhagen, a copy of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and a Jewish prayer book, an FBI agent testified Wednesday.

US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Douglas Seccombe was one of the six witnesses, including four FBI agents, who testified Wednesday at the trial of Pakistani born Canadian Tahawwur Rana for providing material support to Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Pakistan identifies Osama’s couriers

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Martung (Pakistan), June 02: Pakistan has identified the Kuwait-born brothers who were al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden”s main links to the outside world during his stay at Abbottabad.

Bin Laden, who had evaded capture for a decade, was killed on May 2 along with these two men in a top-secret US unilateral military operation in Pakistan’s Abbottabad city.

Pakistani officials told The Wall Street Journal that they had identified the brothers as Abrar and Ibrahim Said Ahmad.

Saudi woman ‘raped by driver

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Riyadh, June 02: A woman in Saudi Arabia has claimed she was raped at gunpoint by a male chauffeur she had been forced to hire.

The unnamed woman, who had hired the driver due to strict Saudi laws banning women from driving, claimed she was raped when the chauffeur pulled over in an industrialised part of Medina.

The alleged attack was reported by Suadi Arabian daily Okaz as a campaign intensified to allow woman driving licences and to drive legally.

Attack: The unnamed woman claimed she was raped in the Saudi Arabian western holy city of Medina (file picture)

Woman kills self as hubby refuse to buy new sari

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Bhuwaneswar, June 01: A 27-year-old woman, Mamina Behera, has allegedly committed suicide after her husband, a carpenter, refused to buy her a saree for the Sabitri festival.

Police inquiry on Tuesday revealed that Mamina had a tiff with her husband, Susanta Behera, on Monday over buying the saree. After he went out for work that day, she allegedly committed suicide. She has a two-year old daughter, whom the neighbours found crying inside their rented house at Khandagiri. Police have registered an unnatural death case.

SRK’s kids want to watch Salman’s Ready

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Mumbai, June 01: Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan may have not buried the hatchet as yet, but the two Khans don’t mind complimenting and saying good things about each other’s work.

Recently at an event to unveil the theatrical trailer of his superhero flick Ra.One, SRK was asked if he has seen the promos of Salman Khan’s Ready. To this SRK replied, “Yes, of course. I think the two songs in the film are very nice and catchy. My kids like them too and they have been waiting for the film to release. They’ll watch it on Friday.”

Animal killing done mercifully in Islam

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Sydney, June 01: IN ISLAM, eating becomes a form of spiritual nourishment. Like all acts of a Muslim, it is considered a way to worship God. Allah is invoked at the start of a meal and praised at the end, but Islamic law also governs what can be eaten, how it is to be prepared and even how it can be obtained.

”The Koran says eat and drink but do not waste,” said Sheik Mohamadu Saleem of Australian National Imams Council, who said the religious laws were drawn from the holy text and in the example set by the Prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah.

Anti-Islam lawmaker demands his acquittal

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Netherland, June 01: Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders on Wednesday demanded an acquittal on charges of racial hate and discrimination, saying he was “defending freedom” in the Netherlands.

“Acquit me. I do not encourage hatred, I do not encourage discrimination,” Wilders, 47, told judges before the Amsterdam regional court, broadcast on Dutch public television.

The court will give a judgment on June 23 at 9:00am (0700 GMT) Amsterdam court spokeswoman Yndra Poel told AFP.