Hyderabad, June 30: Taking a serious note of the spurt in contract marriages, the government on Wednesday suspended Ali Abdullah Rafai alias Abid, the qazi, who had reportedly forced a minor girl to marry an Arab on Sunday night.
Hyderabad, June 30: Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday warned Telangana would burn if the Centre chose to constitute an autonomous regional development council.
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Hyderabad ,June 30:Blasphemous remarks on Prophet (PBUH) by policemen erupt Violence arount Shalibanda Area. The report spreads all over the city .
When some Muslim youths who came for prayers on the eve of Shabe Mehraj started protesting aganist the police for Making Blasphemous remarks on Prophet (PBUH),Police restore lathi charge to disperse them.In this police action number of innocent Muslim were injured .
The situation brought under control and Rapid Action forces have been deployed.
Hyderabad, June 29: As their plans of shifting out did not materialise, the authorities have now decided to turn the Osmania University campus police station into a fortress with a compound wall with fencing and a watch tower similar to the police stations in Naxal-affected areas.
The police is anticipating that the anti-establishment movement will flare up again soon. To this effect, six platoons of AP special police have also been deployed for the protection of the OU police station.
Hyderabad, June 29: Cutting across party lines, legislators from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Wednesday gave notice for a privilege motion against Congress MP L Rajagaopal for allegedly belittling the house through his remarks.
Angry over the Vijayawada MP’s remark that clause 14F that treats Hyderabad a free zone for police recruitment cannot be deleted from the Presidential Order, the legislators met Assembly Speaker N Manohar and gave him the breach of privilege motion notice.
Mumbai, June 29: Mamta Jha (36) was aware of her husband’s ‘innumerable’ extra-marital affairs and his habit of bringing his paramours home after work.
But yesterday morning she woke up to her nightmare she caught her man in a compromising position with another woman at their home.
Unable to cope with her husband’s infidelity, Mamta, mother of a 15-year-old boy, jumped off the 19th floor of Crimson Tower in Lokhandwala, Kandivali (east).
Riyadh, June 29: A Saudi activist says at least five women have been taken into custody accused of defying the men-only driving rule in the ultraconservative Arab kingdom.
The detentions mark the first major backlash by Saudi authorities since a campaign was launched nearly two weeks ago to challenge the driving restrictions.
Dozens of women have since driven through the capital Riyadh and other cities.
New Delhi, June 29: Hyderabad will host the first ODI of the five-match series between India and England at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Uppal on October 14. All the five ODIs will be day-night affairs.
The second and third ODI of the series will be played in New Delhi and Mohali on October 17 and 20 respectively.
The fourth ODI will be held at the renovated Wankhede Stadium while Eden Gardens which was denied hosting rights for the England one dayer during World Cup will get a chance to compensate on October 26. The Eden will also host the lone Twenty20 International on October 29.
Yangon, June 29: Myanmar’s state media warned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday that her plans to travel outside Yangon to meet supporters could trigger riots.
A commentary in the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper also drew attention to the status of her National League for Democracy, which was deregistered as a party last year by the government but still operates as a nationwide organization.
Washington, June 29: The government’s labor dispute with Boeing Co. is turning into a political headache for President Barack Obama, giving his Republican rivals a fresh opening to bash the administration’s economic policies.
From congressional hearings to presidential debates, outraged Republicans are keeping up a steady drumbeat of criticism over the National Labor Relations Board’s lawsuit against the aerospace giant.
Hyderabad, June 29: Four persons who were preparing fake documents for securing different kinds of visas at foreign consulates were nabbed by Task Force sleuths on Sunday. The arrested include N Vishnu Kumar, who runs the M/s Universal Consultancy Services at Padmarao Nagar and his partner, K Narayana Venugopal. According to police, the duo started the consultancy company in 2007 based on their experience of visiting US during 2003-2004. “The duo initially used to prepare genuine documents like property valuation reports and notary affidavits for those who visit foreign countries.
Chennai, June 29: A woman was arrested for allegedly murdering her six day old baby boy, at Tambaram on Tuesday. Sources said, D Revathi, of Bhajanai Koil Street in Red Hills, gave birth to a baby boy six days ago. Her husband was a daily wage labourer. Revathi was said to be suffering from depression for the past few months. On Monday, she was asleep in the house with the baby, her motherinlaw Rani and other relatives. Around 11 pm, Rani woke up and found the infant missing. The infant’s body was then founf inside a plastic water container.
Mysore, June 29: The inflow in the brimming Kabini reservoir in H D Kote taluk has gone up substantially following heavy rains in its catchment areas, in Wayanad in Kerala and Kakanakote forest area in Karnataka. Due to this, around 10,000 cusecs of water was discharged on Tuesday from the reservoir and the dam, receiving 10,150 cusecs inflow from Kerala and Karnataka.
The level stood at 2,281.50 feet as against a maximum of 2,284 feet.
Chennai, June 29: A total ban on the sale of kites, manja thread and kite flying alone would be the solution to wipe out the ‘kite menace’, City Police Commissioner J K Tripathy said in his counter affidavit filed in the Madras High Court on Tuesday.
Responding to a public interest writ petition seeking to regulate kite flying by identifying open spaces and playgrounds in the city, the CoP said that the suggestions given by the petitioner could not be enforced even on an experimental basis. Only a total ban would be the permanent remedy to put an end to this menace, he said.
Chennai, June 29: The body of Suresh, the prime suspect in the murder of a 25 year old woman in Saidapet, was found on a railway track in Mumbai.
When Sivanandan, a contractor and resident of Dharmaraja Koil Street, arrived home on the evening of June 24, he found his wife, S Ashwini murdered.
The former small time actress, a native of Mumbai, was found lying on the bed with her throat slashed. The couple also had a fouryearold son.
The police suspected that the woman was raped and murdered.
Belgaum, June 29: Lack of co-ordination between various Panchayat Raj bodies at taluk and district levels and between the officials of these bodies has been the main reason for delay in implementation of various schemes and development programmes, opined the state-level special meeting of presidents and vice-presidents of Zilla Panchayats, here on Tuesday. Some of those who spoke at the meeting demanded powers equivalent to those of a State Minister to ZP chiefs.
Hyderabad, June 29: Mayor Banda Karthika Reddy and GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu on Tuesday did a Uturn on the proposed blanket ban on the usage of plastic carry bags under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits from July 1.
However, till the receipt of government orders, the ban will be imposed on manufacture, sale, usage of plastic carry bags up to 40 microns thickness.
The final notification issued by the government of India in Plastics (Manufacture, usage and waste management) Rules 2009 will be implemented in GHMC limits.
Hyderabad, June 29: A day after apprehending two gold and diamond merchants carrying nearly 2.5 kilo of diamonds, Abids police on Tuesday caught another merchant from Maharashtra with nearly 2.46 kilo diamonds and jewellery flouting security guidelines and without proper documents.
Hyderabad, June 29: Former prime minister late PV Narasimha Rao was a person with many talents, who took the Telugu pride to national level, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said while paying tributes to the late leader on his 91st birth anniversary at PV Gnana Bhumi here on Tuesday.
Former chief minister K Rosaiah said PV Narasimha Rao was the first south Indian to become the Prime Minister and brought several financial reforms in the country.
Bangalore, June 29: The veterinary department have set a target to vaccinate over 160 lakh sheep and goats against the dreaded disease of PDR and another 150 lakh cattle to prevent foot and month disease before August this year, Minister for Animal Husbandry Revu Naik Belamagi informed here on Tuesday.
The minister said that state would take up the entire cost of vaccination which is supported by the Centre.
While about 70 lakh sheep and goats were administered vaccines against PDR disease, the mass vaccination programme for cattle would begin from August this year, he added.
Hyderabad, June 29: Nineteen years ago Boppidi Sravan Kumar Reddy joined the Board of Secondary Education as a junior assistant for a modest salary. He rose to become an assistant section officer at the Home department at the Secretariat by 2006 and was working there since.
Thiruvanthapuram, June 29: The Kerala Vigilance Department has provided some relief to former Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan’s son-in-law PV Sreenijin, who was facing charges of disproportionate assets.
Five months after an enquiry was ordered, the Kerala Vigilance Department has written to the government recommending closure of corruption case against former CJI, KG Balakrishnan’s son-in-law.
The Vigilance Department, probing the corruption allegations against PV Sreenijin, has said no complaint received links him to any public servant.
Hyderabad, June 29: Plastic manufacturers and retailers in the city seem to be getting ready for the impending ban by GHMC on plastic of thickness less than 40 microns. With July 1, the enforcement date of the ban, fast approaching, the sale of low thickness plastic carry bags seem to have dropped and many small manufacturers of these bags have shut shop.
Hyderabad, June 29: An employee of a private cash management services firm was arrested on Tuesday by police for misappropriating Rs 18 lakh that belongs to the firm.
Police seized a flat and more than 23 tola gold ornaments purchased by the accused with the stolen amount.
The misappropriation of funds took place in the Securitrans India Private Limited’s branch at Sikh Village.
The cash management services firm also maintains ATMs and cash pick-up and delivery services for several banks in the city.