Month: July 2011

Sanaa, July 01: At least 18 protesters have been injured during clashes between policemen and thousands of anti-government protesters in western Yemen, witnesses say.

The violence broke out in al-Hudaydah province on Thursday, Xinhua reported.

Police fired into the air to disperse protesters demanding the establishment of a transitional council to rule the country in downtown al-Hudaydah city.

Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh was seriously injured in a rocket attack on his compound on June 3 and travelled to Saudi Arabia to receive medical treatment.

Mumbai, July 01:‘Our son is missing’

May 7, 2008, Kanpur: Neelam Grover tries to call her 25-year-old son, Neeraj, an executive with TV production house Synergy Adlabs. When her son doesn’t answer she and her husband Amarnath, call his friends to ask if all’s well. No one is able to reach Neeraj. The couple book a morning flight to Mumbai.

May 8, Mumbai: Neeraj’s parents file a missing persons complaint at Malad police station.

May 9: The Grovers meet Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria at the Bandra office of the Crime Branch

New Delhi, July 01: In Bridgetown The debate about the use of technology in umpiring decisions has revolved largely around human error: one side says it wants to eliminate it, while the other says the charm of cricket is to be tolerant of mistakes that balance out over time.

Fitting then, that two days after the ICC finally cleared a modified version of UDRS, a new aspect – human error in technology – has further muddied waters.

Washington, July 01: A US man who spent 18 years in jail for slaying six people he did not commit Thursday received $1.4 million in compensation, Xinhua reported.

Anthony Graves received the money during a private meeting with Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.

Graves was convicted of helping Robert Earl Carter kill a grandmother and five children in 1992. The two men were sentenced to death for the killings.

However, Carter, the only man who tied Graves to the case, admitted before his lethal injection in 1998 that Graves did not play a role in the killings.

Hyderabad, July 01: Describing Panchayat Raj Minister Jana Reddy as a ‘power hungry’ leader, Telugu Desam Party politburo member Kadiam Srihari on Thursday launched a vitriolic attack on Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao for ‘appeasing’ Congress leaders by seeking their cooperation in the fight for Telangana.

Mumbai, July 01: The commencement of work on the ambitious Worli-Haji Ali Sea Link here is likely to miss its July deadline as Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has refused to start construction unless the state government fulfills certain pre-requisites.

Baghdad, July 01: Four more members of the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) have fled Camp Ashraf and defected to the Iraqi forces, a senior Iraqi official says.

Iraq’s Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammed al-Askari said in a news conference on Thursday that the MKO defectors have escaped from the camp in Diyala province 60km north of Baghdad, a Media correspondent reported.

Sanaa, July 01: Yemeni anti-government protesters have once again held demonstrations, condemning Saudi Arabia’s interference in the country’s internal affairs.

“Al Saud, listen to millions of people: Saleh will not come back,” the public chanted, according to video footage aired on Media.

The rallies came as Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh continues to receive treatment in Saudi Arabia for the injuries he received in an attack on the presidential palace on June 3.

Barbados, July 01: Speedster Ishant Sharma grabbed his career-best six for 55 as India took a slender 11-run first innings lead over West Indies by dismissing the home side for 190 at the post-lunch session on the third day of the second cricket Test here today. Ishant picked up the last two wickets off successive balls to wrap up the West Indies innings as he added three more wickets today to the three he scalped yesterday to grab his second career five-wicket haul in an innings.

Hyderabad, July 01: The Telugu Desam Party on Thursday alleged that the state government’s Industrial Policy was skewed in favour of YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy to the extent that other entrepreneurs were preferring to establish their units in other states.

TDP state general secretary Varla Ramaiah told media persons at the NTR Trust Bhavan that the “state government’s Industrial Policy is not encouraging entrepreneurs to establish their units in the state, since it is targeting at encouraging Mr Jaganmohan Reddy’s businesses.”

Hyderabad, July 01: Reminding him that the matter was pending before the Courts, Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Thursday publicly snubbed Telangana Backward Class Forum president E Anjaneya Goud, accusing him of trying to politicise the implementation of 34 percent reservation for BCs in the Local Bodies.

Hyderabad, July 01: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday urged the Empowered Group of Ministers to convert the fall back supply of 3.22 MMSCMD of gas to firm allocation so that the gas based projects in the state can continue to supply reliable power to Andhra Pradesh.

Hyderabad, July 01: Was the caste factor the major reason for the state government to opt for 1977 batch IPS officer, a man who had earlier served as the Hyderabad Police Commissioner and then as APSRTC chief, as the new Director General of Police?

Mr V Dinesh Reddy, whose appointment was made official vide GO 2861 on Thursday, has over two years of his service. He will take over as the DGP from K Aravinda Rao who retires today.

Hyderabad, July 01: Minister for Weavers’ Welfare and Textiles P Shankar Rao, who was caught on a wrong foot on the reported number of weavers who committed suicides from Dubbakka, Medak district while offering a package of Rs 25,000 to their families.

He however, realized his mistake and later said that 115 weavers’ suicide deaths were reported.

The Minister was also at the receiving end while giving this information, as confusion prevailed over the announcement of the said package at the press meeting at the Secretariat on Thursday.

Hyderabad, July 01: Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Thursday continued to endear himself to his party leaders by carrying on with the trend of defending their controversial statements or actions.

Mr Satyanarayana, who had rushed to defend his party leaders like Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, on Thursday defended the meeting between Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao meeting Panchayat Raj Minister K Jana Reddy, held at the latter’s residence on Wednesday.

Hyderabad, July 01: Telugu Association of North America (TANA) president Komati Jayaram has invited the state government for the three day conference to be held in San Francisco in the United States of America, from July 3.

Giving this information to media persons at the Secretariat on Thursday, Minister for Weavers’ Welfare and Textiles P Shankar Rao said he would utilize this occasion to effect interaction with industrialists for inviting their participation in AP which would improve job prospects.

Hyderabad, July 01: Lok Satta Party president Jayaprakash Narayan on Thursday demanded that the Union Government take a decision on the demand for and against a separate Telangana State without further delay.

Hyderabad, July 01: Lok Satta Party President Jayaprakash Narayan on Thursday demanded that the proposed Lok Pal Bill also provide for the appointment of a Lokayukta in each State and an ombudsman in each district of the country.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and leaders of all parties, copies of which were made available to the press, Dr Narayan said that Parliament can now make a law to tackle corruption all over the country with the Government of India ratifying the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).

Hyderabad, July 01: The launch of the 20-Point Economic Programme in June 1975 (Commemoration Day) would be celebrated on Friday at a function to be held at Secretariat.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is expected to start the programme and Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy will also attend the programme.

Hyderabad, July 01: Senior Telugu Desam Party leader Kodela Shiva Prasad on Thursday hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for breaking his silence on corrupt Ministers in his Cabinet and talking to media as a responsible leader of the country.

Talking to media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan, Mr Shiva Prasad said that the Prime Minister has at last opened his eyes. He further said that he hoped that the Prime Minister would take action on rampant corruption and against the guilty Ministers.

Hyderabad, July 01: Reiterating that Telugu Desam Party leaders from Telangana are not behind than their Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samithi counterparts in agitating for the separate statehood demand, TDP Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Thursday stated that the party leaders are ready to sacrifice their posts for the cause of Telangana state.

Hyderabad, July 01: Emphasising that Telangana Rashtra Samithi is not against the Hyderabad Metro Rail project, TRS politburo member Dasoju Sravan Kumar on Thursday clarified that the party was against the design of project.

Talking to media persons at TRS Bhavan, Mr Sravan Kumar demanded that the government change its design first before implementing the project.

He said the present project design, if implemented as it is, would destroy the heritage and historical constructions of the state capital.

Hyderabad, July 01: Jai Ho Foundation president G Srinivas Goud on Thursday approached the State Human Rights Commission, seeking it to get the state government to direct Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to impose total ban on the usage of plastic carry bags in the city.

Mr Srinivas Goud said that he had urged the SHRC to direct the state government to get the GHMC implement a total ban on plastic bags, instead of allowing bags over 40 microns thick.

He said that total ban is essential to protect the environment for posterity.

New Delhi, July 01: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday stated that he has appealed to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to delete the 14F clause from the Presidential Orders to include Hyderabad in the VI zone.

Talking to media persons after emerging out of meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Chief Minister stated that he had appealed Mr Chidambaram delete Clause 14 F from the Presidential orders and make Hyderabad a no free zone to protect the interests of Telangana people.

Mumbai, July 01: The daylight murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey has prompted Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik to ask all police stations in the metropolis to update the list of criminals and gangsters and send them a stern message that any “nuisance” from them will not be tolerated.

In a conference held on Thursday by the top cop with senior police officials, Patnaik talked about “zero tolerance” policy towards criminals. He told his colleagues to send a strong message to the gangsters and criminals by initiating stern action against them, police officials said.