Month: July 2011

Jeddah, July 7: A woman belonging to Andhra Pradesh has been allegedly abducted at Sharjah. A woman named K Maryamma who hails from Peenukonda mandal of Godavari district has been abducted by some unidentified men on Friday. President Migrants Rights Council Mr. P Narayan Swami lodged a complaint at Indian embassy Dubai regarding her abduction.

She was abducted while she was coming out of a church at Sharjah. It is suspected that she has been shifted to flesh trading centre. Mr. Narayan Swami said that he talked to M P Singh at Indian embassy at Dubai and informed him about the incident.

Riyadh, July 7: Association of Electrical Engineers established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has appointed engineer Mohammad Iqbalur Rahman as the president of the association. The chief patron of the association is Dr. Sardar Ali, and Ilyas Ahmed engineer and Mohammad Rafui Ali are chief advisors.

The association renders services through Seminars and training programmes and settles various issues of electrical engineering community.

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Hyderabad, July 7: The Congress high command on Wednesday sent Telangana MPs home with yet more promises of talks, consultations, dialogue — and a decision soon on the separate state question. The only specific indication of the day came from Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who ruled out President’s rule in AP.

Hyderabad, July 7: Bringing in a new dimension to Telangana issue, Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) chief Manda Krishna Madiga on Wednesday attributed a motive behind the demand that deputy chief minister Damodar Rajanarasimha, a madiga, should resign. He also saw a malefic intention in the demand that all dalit people’s representatives in Telangana region should resign.

Vijaywada, July 7: The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) is planning to promote tourism in coastal Andhra starting from Krishna district, in a big way. As part of the plan, the APTDC has started constructing cottages and hotels at the places of tourist attraction along the seacoast.

Tirupati, July 7: Though the Constitutional rights and legislative measures have helped women make remarkable contributions in many fields, a large number of women are yet to emerge from their limiting circumstances to achieve their full potential, said President Pratibha Patil addressing a seminar on ‘Women’s Empowerment’, here on Wednesday. The seminar was organised by Rashtriya Seva Samithi, a Tirupati-based NGO, to mark its 30 years.

Hyderabad, July 7: In a strategic move aimed at keeping a safe distance from the raging Telangana storm, YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to throw the ball back into the Congress court. Having mulled over it for months, he has decided that the best way out is to fix the responsibility for the Telangana mess on the Congress.

Hyderabad, July 7: After a two-day shutdown, Telangana is now bracing for a two-day rail blockade which threatens to cut off rail links between south and north India.
A major disruption of trains is feared as the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) will block rail traffic Friday and Saturday demanding the central government initiate the process for formation of a separate state of Telangana.
The movement of trains across the region, comprising 10 districts including Hyderabad, may come to a halt.

Kirpalpur, July 07: Firing a fresh salvo at the Mayawati Government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said “dalals” were running Uttar Pradesh as people of the state are “divided“.

“You are not together. Uttar Pradesh is divided and that is why dalals (touts) are running the state,” Mr. Gandhi said, addressing people in this village on the third day of his padayatra to Aligarh.

Attempt to sell antique idols foiled

Hyderabad, July 7 (Siasat News): The city police on Tuesday apprehended four persons while they were trying to sell an antique bronze idol of goddess Laxmi which is reportedly a century old, in Moosarambagh in Malakpet.

The accused are M Bhaskar, S Peddi Raju alias Raju, M Kamalanath Reddy alias Kamal and B Jaganmohan Reddy. Their associate Madhu Charry, 32, a resident of Bhadrachalam in Khammam district, is absconding.

The accused and the seized property were handed over to the Malakpet police for further action.

Riyadh, July 07: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has been operated on by US doctors in a New York hospital, according to a Saudi envoy.

“He is in New York; he has been operated on,” said an official with the Kingdom’s general consulate in the major US city on Wednesday without elaborating, AFP reported.

The nature of Prince Sultan’s illness has never been revealed, but analysts and diplomats widely suspect it to be cancer.

In his eighties, the crown prince has served as Saudi Arabia’s defense minister for the past five decades.

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Hyderabad, July 07: Another MP from Telangana resigned Thursday, the 15th parliamentarian to do so in a bid to further the demand for separate statehood for the region.

Telugu Desam Party’s (TDP) Rajya Sabha MP Gundu Sudha Rani declared that she would be sending her resignation to Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari.

Nine Lok Sabha members of Congress party and two members each of TDP and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have already signed while one Rajya Sabha member of Congress party has also quit.

Makkah, July 07: The city of Makkah is the center of attraction for Muslims from all over the world. Indeed, Makkah is the heart of Islam.

Pilgrims arrive from all parts of the globe to visit the Grand Mosque. The most precious human treasures are in Makkah and its surroundings since the times of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him). The Saudi government is spending billions of riyals to upgrade infrastructure facilities in the holy city.

New Delhi, July 07: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials busted a fake flying school in Delhi. One person has been arrested and a case has been filed.

The DGCA took the action following a complaint from a victim last week. The fake commercial pilot training institute was running from Palam extension area near Dwarka, Delhi.

—Agencies

Islamabad, July 07: The Pakistani government was striving to provide security and protection to the journalists’ community, a minister has said.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday told PTV that setting up a judicial commision to probe the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad was a step in that direction.

Shahzad, 40, was kidnapped in Islamabad May 29 and his body, bearing marks of severe torture, was found dumped in a canal in Punjab province two days later.

Hyderabad, July 07: After a two-day shutdown, Telangana is now bracing for a two-day rail blockade which threatens to cut off rail links between south and north India.

A major disruption of trains is feared as the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) will block rail traffic Friday and Saturday demanding the central government initiate the process for formation of a separate state of Telangana.

The movement of trains across the region, comprising 10 districts including Hyderabad, may come to a halt.

Hyderabad, July 07: Mr. Syed Asghar Ali, a resident of Suryanagar Colony in Toli Chowki, through a letter addressed to Editor Siasat invited the attention of the authorities to put an end to the step-motherly treatment for Urdu and arrange to get the RTC bus boards in Urdu.

He also suggested the signboards of various Govt. Offices should also be written in Urdu as Urdu has been declared as the second official language of A.P.

——–Siasat News

Hyderabad, July 07: Mr. Nayeemullah Shareef of Mehdipatnam has written a letter to Editor, Siasat complaining about the delay in supply of school level textbooks.

Schools have reopened two weeks back but textbooks are not available. Govt. announced ‘Education fortnight’ but the ground realities are that many schools do not have buildings, furniture and teachers. Basic amenities like drinking water and toilets are not available in many schools.

——–Siasat News

Moradabad, July 07: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Congress MP Mohammad Azharuddin were on Thursday detained by Uttar Pradesh police while they were on their way to a violence-hit village in Moradabad where restrictions are in force.

While Yadav was detained near Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border by Ghaziabad police, Azharuddin, the Moradabad MP, was picked up by police in Moradabad when he was proceeding towards Asatalpur village where an irate mob indulged in arson and brick-batting, injuring a Deputy Inspector General on Wednesday.

Hyderabad, July 07: 19 Public Sector banks have decided to conduct a combined competitive test fore recruiting Probationary Officers and Management trainees.

Application fees could be arranged online from 8th July to 30th July. Registration will start on 9th July. The last date of registration is 1st August 2011. The written test will be held on 18th September. Fur further details, the candidates may see the website http://www.ibps.in/

——Siasat News

Mumbai, July 07: Actor Hrithik Roshan is clearly one of the hottest men in Bollywood. He has the looks to die for and is often addressed as the greek god of the industry.

Through his career he has played many romantic roles. He has played the onscreen lover boy umpteen number of times right from the start of his career with ‘Kaho na pyaar hai’.

But when it comes to real life situation he just cannot flirt.

London, July 07: A lottery, which would give prospective parents the chance to “win a baby”, is to be soon launched in Britain, if media reports are to be believed.

The UK’s Gambling Commission has granted a licence to charity To Hatch, which offers fertility advice to couples who need in vitro fertilisation (IVF), to conduct the lottery, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ reported.

Tickets for the controversial game will go on sale online later in July, costing 20 pounds each, said the report.

Mumbai, July 07: Bollywood’s enfant terrible Salman Khan is in no mood to kiss and make up with his rival Shah Rukh Khan.

Apparently, ever since Katrina’s birthday party in 2008, Salman and SRK have become swear enemies.

Recently, while talking to media about best actor in Bollywood, Salman took a dig at SRK as he said, “Shah Rukh is an amazingly talented actor. He could come into the industry at any time and still be accepted and successful. But I am particularly fond of Ajay Devgn.”

Mumbai, July 07: The Past three decades have been the worst as far as negative projection of Islam is concerned. In order to dominate West Asia’s oil, the United States designed mechanisms to demonise Islam as a cover for political control.