Hyderabad, June 30: Senior Congress and TRS leaders held a marathon five-hour meeting at the residence of Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Minister K Jana Reddy here on Wednesday night to assess the current situation in the wake of deployment of large-scale security forces in Telangana hotspots.
New Delhi, June 30: Former al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden shared a very complex relationship with his children and taught his sons to survive in extreme terrain, perhaps preparing them early on for a life on the run.
According to American writer Jean Sasson who interviewed Laden’s first wife Najwa and her son Omar for a biography, although “Osama deeply loved his children, yet his ideas of making his children (particularly his sons) tough, was a true hardship for the boys.”
Hyderabad, June 30: Chairman EAMCET, D N Reddy said that deputy chief minister Damodar Raj Narsimha will release final ranks of EAMCET on July 1 at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University campus.
Talking to the press reporters here Prof. D N Reddy told that after the receipt of advanced supplementary results from the Board of Intermediate Education, the EAMCET ranks will be announced on July 1.
He informed that 25 percent weightage will be given for intermediate marks.
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New York, June 30: Computer hackers have disrupted al Qaeda’s ability to communicate via internet by interrupting the flow of videos and messages of the outfit, an anti-terror expert said. The attack was reportedly carried out by unknown hackers in the past few days.
“Al Qaeda’s online communications have been temporarily crippled, and it does not have a single trusted distribution channel available on the Internet,” Evan Kohlmann of Flashpoint Global Partners, which monitors the outfit’s communication, was quoted as saying by the NBC News.
Tokyo, June 30: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Nagano Prefecture and its vicinity in central Japan on Thursday morning, leaving at least seven people injured, the Japan Meteorological Agency and local media said.
The 8:16 a.m. quake, measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in Matsumoto in the prefecture, injured seven people in their 40s to 70s, according to Kyodo News, quoting firefighters in Matsumoto.
No tsunami warning was issued after the quake.
Hyderabad, June 30: State government has approved construction of 4 new ports in the state. The 4 new ports would come up at Bhimili in Visakhapatnam, Bhavanapadu and Kalingapatnam in Srikakulam and Narsapur in West Godavari district.
Since longer routes are available in the state, Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has set a target to earn a revenue of Rs. 700 to 1,000 crore every year.
Government is also drafting a new law for allotment of land for the construction of ports.
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Mumbai, June 30: Actress Katrina Kaif is nursing a foot injury after accidentally hurting herself on the sets of a film. However, that isn’t why the actress’s looking rather relaxed, with her feet propped up on a chair nearby as she enjoys watching the rain outside.
Hyderabad, June 30: (Siasat News) On the eve of Shab-e-Meraj efforts were made to disturb the peace of the Old city of Hyderabad in Syed Ali Chabootra of Shah Ali Banda area. A young man turning his personal animosity by it a religious misunderstanding tried to create troubles. The cable operator disconnected the T.V. connection of one Mr. Habeeb’s house. He entered into heated arguments with the cable operator. After sometime, he approached Shah Ali Banda police station to enquire if the cable operator had lodged any compliant against him.
Hyderabad, June 30: After a four-month lull, the movement for statehood to the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh is set to enter a crucial phase with the major players, hopeful of achieving their goal, gearing up to pressurise the central government.
The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), which spearheads the statehood movement, plans to block roads and rail lines and call for a general strike in the coming days.
Mumbai, June 30: She is reportedly chosen for the Kamal Hassan’s dream project Vishwaroopam. Isha will romance Kamal Hassan in the film along with Dabangg Girl Sonakshi Sinha.
On the other hand, there is another buzz in the tinsel town. No awards for guessig. Yes, the beautiful actress Isha Sharvani, who is dating Indian star pacer Zaheer Khan, is planning wedding this year.According to the sources, Zaheer Khan and Isha has made mind to enter the wedlock by the year end. If reports are true, the good looking couple will get engaged by the ned on 2011.
Mumbai, June 30: The latest buzz that hits the gossip column is that Bollywood actress Lara Dutta is pregnant. It is rumored that Lara Dutta is in the family way. But the actress vehemently denied the report saying that she is not expecting.
It was also reported that Lara has just finished the shooting of ‘Don 2’ and is working on her next production. Lara and Mahesh feel that it is the right time to start a family. It was also rumored that the couple does not want to divulge the good news now as Lara has not completed three months.
Hyderabad, June 30:Two Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officers were grilled for about eight hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Wednesday in connection with the alleged fake encounter killing of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and journalist Hemchandra Pandey in the jungles of Adilabad in July last.
Joint director CBI, Hyderabad Zone, V V Laxminarayana summoned Adilabad superintendent of police P Pramod Kumar and the then OSD Adilabad Sarvashresth Tripathi to the agency’s headquarter in Sultan Bazar.
Chandigarh, June 30: A woman has been arrested for forcing her 13-year-old daughter into prostitution. A beauty parlour owner, who was party to the whole act, has also been taken into police custody.
Police sources said the case came to light when the girl left her home on Wednesday morning after a quarrel with her mother, and the woman sent her driver to bring her daughter back.
Karachi, June 30: Terrorist organisations are “real cancer” within Pakistan and the nation has a challenge to eradicate terror forces within its borders, a top White House official said.
“My view is that there is a real cancer within Pakistan, from the standpoint of militant organisations,” John Brennan, Assistant to the US President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said in his speech at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.
Washington, June 30: To destroy the Al Qaeda “evil”, the US needs to dismantle its core in the tribal regions of Pakistan and prevent its ability to re-establish a safe haven in the Pakistan-Afghanistan region, a senior US official has said.
“We aim to render the heart of Al Qaeda incapable of launching attacks against our homeland, our citizens, or our allies, as well as preventing the group from inspiring its affiliates and adherents to do so,” John Brennan, assistant to the president for Homeland Security, said Wednesday.
Islamabad, June 30: Pakistani court on Wednesday charged six members of a paramilitary force with murder for the killing of an unarmed man, in a rare move in the face of the country’s powerful security establishment in Karachi.
Security forces shot dead Sarfaraz Shah, 22, in Karachi, accusing him of theft, but his family has demanded justice, stressing that he called for innocent people pass the time of the day.
London, June 30: Roger Federer’s dreams of a seventh Wimbledon title were shattered by an extraordinary comeback from Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who won an epic quarter-final 3-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 yesterday.
It was the first time the third seed has lost a grand slam match having been two sets up and it condemned the 16-times major champion to a second Wimbledon quarter-final exit in a row.
London, June 30: Sania Mirza reached the Wimbledon doubles semifinal for the first time in her career after she and Elena Vesnina came from behind to beat Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja, here yesterday.
The fourth seed Indo-Russian pair recorded a 3-6 6-4 7-5 win over the unseeded Spanish pair in the quarter-final. Reaching the quarterfinals with American partner Bathanie Mattek in 2008 was her best performance till yesterday’s match.
New Delhi, June 30: Bangladesh will allow billions of dollars of untaxed money to be invested in shares under a new tax amnesty designed to prop up the volatile Dhaka Stock Exchange, an official said on Wednesday.
Taka: Bangladesh’s currency
The new legislation, which was approved by parliament late Tuesday, offers an amnesty on so-called black money “if it is invested in local stocks and shares, tax authority chairman Nasiruddin Ahmed Chowdhury said.
Mumbai, June 30: A 13-year-old tribal girl from Virar was allegedly raped by her uncle with whom she had been staying for the last eight years after the death of her parents. The crime came to light after the girl attempted suicide last week.
The victim lost her parents when she was five. She and her younger brother moved in with their uncle, Sanjay Vaye (30), who was their mother’s first cousin.
London, June 30: Charles McQuillan wanted to be kept in the picture during his vital heart op. So the dad-of-two decided to capture the life-saving surgery on camera.
McQuillan, 41, filmed each stage of September 16, 2010 – from leaving home in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to his operation at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital before returning to his children.
He discussed the plan with the surgical team who gave their consent, and he visited the operation theatre to set up three cameras in advance.
Mumbai, June 30: Indian cricket’s fieriest character is all set for domesticity. Your diarist learns that the cricketer, or rather his parents, have decided that he must put his slap-happy days behind and settle with a suitable Nair or Namboothiri girl (Sreesanth’s dad is a Nair while his mum is a Namboothiri Brahmin).
His Cochin-based parents spread the word in both the communities a month ago and have since been flooded with many proposals.
New Delhi, June 30: New Delhi Dismissing talk that he is a “lame duck” Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the perception was a clever propaganda by the Opposition “to which some sections of the media had lent ear”.
During an interaction with editors at his official residence, a relaxed-looking Dr Singh fielded questions on a range of issues. He said he had not heard “any contrary view” from the Congress party which had entrusted him the job. He spoke of “maximum possible cooperation” from Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
On Rahul as PM
Washington, June 30: Noting that the United States and its NATO allies have been successful in its mission in Libya, the United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday said that the Muammar-al Gaddafi needs to step down.
“I would accept him stepping down so that he is not directing armed forces against the Libyan people. He needs to step down. He needs to go,” Obama said.
Washington, June 30: The US could end up spending nearly $4.4 trillion on the war on terror in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, new research says.
Nearly 10 years after the declaration of a war on terror, the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan have cost the US between $2.3 trillion to $2.7 trillion, according to the report by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies.