Month: July 2011

Hyderabad, July 25: Girls outperformed boys in the SSC Advanced Supplementary Examinations held in June 2011, the results of which were declared on Sunday.

The girls registered a pass percentage of 45.31 and boys with 41.43 per cent, 3.88 per cent more than boys.

Mahabubnagar district topped with 66.47 per cent students clearing the Supplementary Examinations followed by Chittoor with 61.53 per cent, Nalgonda 58.08 per cent, Warangal 57.13 per cent and Nellore 56.34 per cent. Srikakulam district occupied last slot with 24.99 per cent.

Hyderabad, July 25: Stating that Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLAs would submit their resignations from their elected posts once again on Monday to Deputy Speaker Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka or Assembly Secretary Raja Sadaram, TRS MLA K Taraka Rama Rao on Sunday said that the Telangana leaders would seek legal opinion and possibly approach the High Court if their resignations are rejected a second time.

He also accused Speaker Nadendla Manohar of acting in favour of Seemandhra leaders by rejecting the resignations submitted on July 4 and 5.

Hyderabad, July 25: Perhaps forgetting that the Speaker has discretionary powers, Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA T Harish Rao on Sunday found fault with Mr Nadendla Manohar for rejecting the resignations of elected representatives from Telangana without taking up any discussion in the House, to ‘weaken the separate Telangana agitation’.

Talking to media persons at Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao’s residence, Harish Rao said that the Speaker has to consult the respective members and take up a discussion in the House.

Hyderabad, July 25: As expected, rebel Telugu Desam Party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy re-submitted his resignation, along with his confidantes’, to the office of Speaker Nadendla Manohar, but not before unleashing a tirade at Mr Manohar’s decision to reject the resignations of Legislators from Telangana.

New York, July 25: Several studies have found that Facebook, Twitter and Google are as addictive as drugs.

People react like twitchy addicts denied their drugs when forced to give up access to the Internet and other electronic media.

And just like a boozer who leans on bourbon as a social lubricant, online addicts believe that people who aren’t hooked on the information superhighway, text messaging and instant messaging are huge bores, reports the New York Post.

Dubai, July 25: Dubai-based Noor Islamic Bank has posted a net profit of 85 million dirhams (about $23 million) in the first half of this year.

In the same period, the net operating profit was 207 million dirhams. The bank remains adequately capitalized with a capital adequacy ratio of 18.36 percent, it said Sunday.

Hyderabad, July With the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly rejecting the resignations of all members of legislative assembly from the Telangana region, the Congress MLAs are locked up in a meeting to decide on the next course of action.

While both the leaders of the region from the Telegu Desam Party and the Telangana Rastriya Samithi have decided to tender their resignations yet again, the Congress continues to remain undecided.

Hyderabad, July 24: Stating that Yadireddy’s suicide was the “last suicide for Telangana,” Congress party MLA from Parakal Konda Surekha on Sunday demanded that all leaders from the region stop provoking students to end their own lives for the cause of separate Telangana statehood.

Hyderabad, July 24: Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao on Sunday came with a unique proposal on the controversial bifurcation of statehood issue.

Mr Hanumantha Rao proposed to make Hyderabad as common capital for 10 years for both Seemandhra and Telangana regions so that division of the state can go ahead.

Talking to media persons before attending the steering Committee meeting at K Jana Reddy’s residence, the Rajya Sabha Member said that he was pained to see suicides of hundreds of people for the cause of statehood and development lagging due to agitations and dharnas.

Thane, July 24:A PCO owner has been arrested on charges of possessing over 80,000 mobile SIM cards in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi here, police said today.

Police also believe that the accused Anwar Sadab Ahmad Ansari alias Bablu, 33, was part of a gang that offered overseas calls at cheaper rates using illegal lines.

The incident came to light when acting on a tip-off, police raided Ansari’s shop on Thursday night and found nine gunny bags full of SIM cards of different service providers.

Hyderabad, July 24:The CBI, probing into alleged disproportionate assets of YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, is likely to submit its preliminary probe report to Andhra Pradesh High Court on July 26, a senior official said today.

The high court on July 12 directed the central agency to submit within two weeks a preliminary report into the allegations that Jagan misused the office of his father, late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, to get investments for his business empire from various beneficiary companies.

Hyderabad, July 24:Former Union Minister and BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya today criticised AP assembly speaker N Manohar’s decision to reject the resignations of MLAs of different parties from the Telangana region.

“It seems the speaker’s decision to reject resignations of 101 MLAs was influenced by the Congress High Command as majority of them belonged to the ruling Congress party,” Dattatreya told reporters.

Beijing, July 24:The death toll in China’s first bullet train crash has risen to 43 as the shocked government today sacked three top rail officials holding them responsible for the accident that also left 211 passengers injured.

The accident took place last night when a train that lost power after being struck by lightning was hit by another train, sending four compartments plunging from a viaduct and derailing another two, officials said as rescuers today recovered eight more bodies from the wreckage.

Jammu/Gurez,July 24:The Centre will construct a 9 km-long tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to improve the connectivity of several villages with the only road-link to Kashmir Valley.

The construction of Chenani-Nashri Tunnel, longest in the route, in Udhampur district is expected to cost around Rs 2,519 crore and will be completed in five years.

The foundation stone of the 2-lane tunnel will be laid tomorrow by the Union Road and Transport Minister C P Joshi. The work on the four laning of the national highway will also begin tomorrow, officials said in Jammu.

Firozabad (UP), July 24:A woman was today killed and her daughter seriously injured after they jumped in front of a moving train in Rasoolpur area, police said.

Sundri Devi (45) took the desperate step allegedly over a family dispute, they said, adding that the victim’s 18-year-old daughter Puja lost her legs in the incident.

Puja has been to a hospital in Agra, they said.

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Tripoli, July 24:NATO warplanes blitzed a string of military targets in Tripoli today, an official said, as embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi blamed a “colonial plot” for the conflict engulfing his country.

“In Tripoli there were two command and control nodes, two surface-to-air missile launchers and one anti-aircraft gun (hit),” a NATO official said from the mission’s headquarters in Naples, Italy.

New Delhi, July 24:Describing the sacking of Darul Uloom Vice Chancellor Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi as a disappointment for all “secular forces”, the BJP today said he has been “tormented and victimised” for speaking the “truth” about Gujarat’s growth under Narendra Modi.

“Removal of Vastanvi is a great disappointment for all secular forces. Though this is an internal matter of an organisation, it assumes serious connotations as the action taken is in the backdrop of the issue of development in Gujarat,” BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.

Hyderabad, July 24:A day after the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker rejected the resignations of 101 legislators from Telangana, those belonging to opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Sunday decided to again submit their resignations while Congress leaders still remain undecided about their future course of action.

Taking the lead once again, TDP rebel legislators N. Janardhan Reddy, Harishwar Reddy, Venugopala Chary and Jogu Ramana Sunday faxed their resignations to the office of assembly speaker.

Geneva, July 24: It’s official now – Indians hold about USD 2.5 billion (over Rs 11,000 crore) in Swiss banks, but this figure of Switzerland’s central bank may be a gross understatement of the total wealth directly and indirectly held there by entities from India.

The ever-growing judicial scrutiny and political outcry over alleged stashing of black money in Swiss banks also seems to be forcing Indian entities to move their monies to other safe havens like the Middle East, Singapore and Mauritius.

Hyderabad, July 24: A day after the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker rejected the resignations of 101 legislators from Telangana, those belonging to opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Sunday decided to again submit their resignations while Congress leaders still remain undecided about their future course of action.

Taking the lead once again, TDP rebel legislators N. Janardhan Reddy, Harishwar Reddy, Venugopala Chary and Jogu Ramana Sunday faxed their resignations to the office of assembly speaker.

Deoband, July 24: Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi was on Sunday removed from the coveted position of vice chancellor of the Darul Uloom Deoband, widely recognized as India’s leading Islamic seminary, for praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s developmental policies.

A decision to terminate his services was taken by the Majjis-e-Shoora, the Governing Council of Darul Uloom, at a meeting that concluded at Deoband Sunday noon.

New Delhi, July 24: The death of a five-month-old boy, allegedly at the hands of his own mother, at the Motia Khan Area LIG flats in Paharganj has shocked both residents and police. What has caused concern is the allegation that the woman, 36, had made her way up to the terrace of three-storied building with the child, who was later found dead inside a water tank.

Riyadh, July 24: A Saudi passenger aircraft took off again just seconds before touching the runway and hovered over the airport for nearly 30 minutes before landing, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Sunday.

The pilot of the Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa gave no explanation to the panicking passengers as to why he had to abort landing at the airport in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah, Sabq said.“The passengers said they had kept their hands on their heart for half an hour after the plane took off suddenly just seconds before landing,” it said.

Riyadh, July 24: A Saudi woman whose imprisonment for driving drew global attention to the issue says she is more determined than ever to continue her campaign.

Manal al-Sharif, 32, was held for nine days in May after driving in the eastern city of Khobar.

“We won’t stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman,” she told the BBC in her first interview since.

Earlier this week, prosecutors in the city of Jeddah announced they were going to prosecute a woman for driving.

The campaign to allow women to drive in Saudi Arabia has gained momentum in recent weeks.

Many years ago I was visiting a museum in London where many kinds of old utensils were arranged in a systematic manner. These are the utensils, which we throw them away in a grand way. People were coming in large numbers to see them. As I was smiling on the appraisal of the Britishers towards utensils, I caught sight of a “lota”(spouted jug).