Hyderabad,July 06:After a brief lull, violence returned to the Osmania University (OU) campus on Tuesday, the first day of the 48-hour bandh call given by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC). Several students and a few policemen sustained minor injuries in pitched battles fought all through the day on the campus.
Concerned over the mass resignations by Telangana leaders, Union Minister and incharge of Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi and conveyed to them the sentiments of the lawmakers from the region.
New Delhi, July 06: A shocked Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a man, who along with his son, repeatedly raped his 14-year-old daughter till her mother found her pregnant and lodged a complaint with police. Now, both the accused Syed Isaq and his son, the girl’s elder brother — will cool their heels in jail for life. A bench comprising Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan said the trial court was correct in awarding life sentence to the father-son duo for their inhuman conduct.
New Zealand, July 06: More education on Islamic culture is being recommended in New Zealand, following the case of a woman who was denied entry to a bus because she was wearing a burqa.
Afifia Chida from the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand told TV ONE’s Breakfast the incident could act as a spark for more integration.
“I think the silver lining in the cloud is that we can now bring it out into the open and educate the public,” she said.
“It could be a lack of education about the burqa, or the veil may have led to their reaction.”
Hyderabad, July 06: So far, the grooms were largely from Gulf countries such as Oman or Saudi Arabia, usually middle-aged and always rich. They would sign a “contract” for marriage with a Muslim teenager in Hyderabad, paying her needy family between Rs 50,000 and Rs 2 lakh, and then dump her after a short honeymoon and fly home.
Mumbai, July 06: Yes, this is the hot news that is presently doing the rounds when the actress was spotted with a diamond ring on her left ring finger. The ‘Band Baaja Baraat’ actress Anushka Sharma was spotted with a diamond ring on her engagement finger. Now whether it is a co-incidence or the Anushka is really engaged is yet to be confirmed but the actress was seen flaunting her diamond ring which she has docked in her finger.
Hyderabad, July 06: If the other parts of the twin cities remained shut on Tuesday, Old City, MIM stronghold, people went about their business oblivious of the bandh. That it wasn’t a normal weekday was only evident from the dip in tourist footfall in this part of Hyderabad. The otherwise crowded Charminar and Lad Bazaar, which are forever bustling with tourists, remained deserted with only few locals venturing out to make some purchases.
New Delhi, July 06: Homosexuality is not a disease but a personal sexual orientation, UNAIDS said today, disagreeing with Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s remarks on the subject.
“Consistent with WHO’s disease classification, UNAIDS does not regard homosexuality as a disease. There is no place for stigma and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,” UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe said in a statement here.
Mumbai, July 06: As the monsoons have ushered in, the celebrated B-town actress Katrina Kaif, like any other common Mumbaikar, is reportedly having a difficult time putting up with a leaking house.
Apparently, the tinsel town diva lives in the topmost floor of a seven-storied building and thus, water easily seeps in through the walls of her flat, spoiling her furniture and other items in the house during the rainy days.
Islamabad, July 06: Pakistan has kept 12,000-14,000 fully trained Kashmiri militants in reserve and would use them, if needed, in a war with India, according to a former militant commander.
The unidentified commander, who enjoyed military patronage, said Pakistan’s military is still training militants to carry out proxy wars in Kashmir and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported.
Paris, July 06: France plans to invite Palestinian and Israeli leaders for peace talks scheduled for September in Paris, a media report said.
France is eager to generate a concrete alternative to stop the long deadly conflict in the Middle East, Xinhua reported citing Europe 1 radio.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said he hoped Palestine and Israel could return to the dialogue with more effort from the Middle East Quartet – the European Union, UN, US and Russia.
London, July 6: A man in Britain, who raped a teenaged girl, walked free from a court Monday after convincing the jury that he was actually suffering from ’sexsomnia’, a sleeping disorder.
Stephen Lee Davies, 43, told the jury he could not remember having intercourse with the teenage college student despite speaking to her at the time, and then leaving his bedroom to make a hot drink afterwards.
The court heard that he even sent a text message to the girl the following day to inquire whether they had been intimate, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Mumbai, July 06: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Amitabh Bachchan and Sony Television in response to a PIL which says the promos of Kaun Banega Crorepati insulted Subhash Chandra Bose’s slogan “Tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe azadi doonga”.
Of the six scenes from the game show promo, five are derogatory to Netaji’s slogan, the PIL said, adding some scenes show that people were unaware about the slogan and Netaji’s role in freedom struggle.
Washington, July 06: An Oregon man has been detained for a mental health evaluation after appearing in federal court to face charges that he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the president’s family.
The Secret Service arrested Darryl James Swanson, of Portland, on Friday (Saturday, NZ time). Prosecutors say Swanson made threats in numerous phone calls to federal prosecutors’ offices in Oregon and Washington, a county government office in Florida, and The Associated Press.
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Washington, July 06: US President Barack Obama has asked the Republicans and Democrats to come to a “tough” compromise over budget deficit, opposing a short-term deal to raise the nation’s debt limit.
Obama told the reporters in the White House on Tuesday that a short-term debt-limit increase to avoid defaulting on the $14.3 trillion debt would amount to an effort to ”kick the can down the road,” Reuters reported.
Hyderabad, July 06: Dabeerpura Police on Tuesday said that they have nabbed two absconding persons on Monday who had been extorting money by impersonating as Task Force sleuths.
Identifying the arrested persons as Fazal (25) and Anwar Khan (45), the police said that the accused extorted money from one Mahender Singh, a bootlegger.
Hyderabad, July 06: Demanding that the Centre convene the all-party meeting to discuss the separate statehood demand, Bharatiya Janata Party state unit president G Kishen Reddy on Tuesday said that the meeting should not take the Justice Srikrishna Committee Report into consideration at the conclave.
Talking to media persons at Assembly Media Point after submitting his resignation to Assembly Secretary Raja Sadaram, Mr Kishen Reddy demanded that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram convene an all-party meeting soon to discuss the separate Telangana statehood demand.
Hyderabad, July 06: Thanking all leaders who extended their solidarity with his two-day ‘Ekta Deeksha’ at Indira Park, suspended Telugu Desam Party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Tuesday described the resignation of Telangana leaders for statehood as `historic’.
Hyderabad, July 06: Expressing its anger over the developments in Osmania University, the State Human Rights Commission on Tuesday directed Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy to submit a comprehensive report before it by July 6.
Admitting a petition filed by lawyers from Telangana seeking the SHRC to direct the state government to withdraw police forces from the campus, the SHRC directed the DGP to submit a comprehensive report on developments in the Osmania University.
Hyderabad, July 06: Communist Party of India Floor Leader in the House Gunda Mallesh on Tuesday slammed the Centre for not responding on the resignation of Telangana leaders for the cause of separate statehood.
Talking to media persons after submitting his resignation along with his party MLAs Chandravathi, U Yadagiri and K Sambhasiva Rao to Assembly Secretary Raja Sadaram at his office, Mr Mallesh said that the Telangana agitation was increasingly resembling a ‘second freedom struggle.’
Lucknow, July 06: Dal, roti and vegetable with no chillies. This simple fare was Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s dinner at a farmer’s house in Rampur Badli village in Greater Noida at the end of the first day of his padyatra in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday.
A weary-looking Gandhi opted for rotis over puris, when his host Vijaypal Sharma, a local farmer and Congress supporter, started serving the dinner.
Hyderabad, July 06: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will receive the President of India Pratibha Patil at Tirupati and will participate in all the programmes at Tirupati and Tirumala along with her on July 6 and 7, his Office said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the Chief Minister’s Office said that Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy will reach the Renigunta Airport from Hyderabad by normal flight at 1.50 PM and leave for Padmavathi Guest House.
He will return to the Renigunta Airport at 6.15 PM and receive the President of India.
Hyderabad, July 06: Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Tuesday revealed that the main opposition party would organize an eight-day bus yatra from July 7 in Medchal in Rangareddy district to create awareness among the people of Telangana over the importance of achieving the a separate state.
Talking to media persons at Telugu Desam Legislature Party Office, Mr Dayakar Rao said the bus yatra would be flagged off from Medchal in Ranga Reddy district at 3 PM on July 7.
Hyderabad, July 06: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is expected to release the Loan Eligibility Cards to the tenant farmers on July 10 following a formal inaugural function to be held on that day.
So far six lakh applications have been received from all districts. West Godavari district tops in the number of applications received from tenant farmers.