New Delhi, July 30: The National Commission for Minorities will Tuesday decide what action if any should be taken against against Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy who has, in a signed newspaper article, suggested that the voting rights of Indian Muslims be revoked.
Wajahat Habibullah, who heads the panel, said members of the commission had already studied Swamy’s article, “How to wipe out Islamic terror”, which violates the law and incites hatred.
Hyderabad, July 30: It seems the monsoon has brought back the dreaded swine flu! With a fresh swine flu case reported, Hyderabad district medical and health officials have directed superintendents of government hospitals and health centres to take precautionary measures to prevent outbreak of the disease.
Dr BL Veena Kumari, District Medical and Health officer said, “A 40-year-old housewife from Maredpally was admitted in a private hospital with severe fever, cold and cough on July 25.
Warangal, July 30: The largest pre-Independence era airport, built by the Nizams at Mamnoor in Warangal district may be now set to do a vanishing act soon, thanks to the apathy of the authorities.
While local residents continue to battle for the development of the airport, to bring it to current AAI specifications, political leaders and other public representatives are allegedly conspiring with corporations to use the land for other purposes.
Ramadan is greatly anticipated; the fasting it brings is held as one of Islam’s highest forms of worship, one that brings Muslims closer to God.
Minutes after sunset on Sunday, the holy month of Ramadan will be ushered in by the birth of the new moon, with Muslims around the world gazing skyward in the hopes of sighting the Hilal (crescent moon).
Muslims meticulously follow the cycles of the moon to determine the start of each month.
Ramadan is greatly anticipated; the fasting it brings is held as one of Islam’s highest forms of worship, one that brings Muslims closer to God.
Hyderabad, July 30: Telangana Congress MPs Madhu Yashky, Suresh Shekar, Balaram Naik and some others who have submitted their resignation letters some time ago has decided to go to Parliament to attend the monsoon sessions that begins from 1st of August.
They said that they don’t with draw their resignation letters but go to Parliament only to support their party in the house. Most probably, the Telangana MLAs and Ministers also may adopt the same policy during the coming assembly sessions.
Hyderabad, July 30: Telangana Students JAC which met on Friday at Hyderabad has warned the Andhra Employees not to work during the Telangana employees strike period. Otherwise, it threatens them that it will not hesitate to attack them physically. Prof. Kodhandaram and KCR also participated in this meeting.
Toronto, July 30: Husband stabs wife to death with a meat cleaver An Indian-origin woman was butchered to death with a meat cleaver on the outskirts of Vancouver. Police have identified the victim as Ravinder Kaur Bhangu, 24, who worked as an administrative assistant at the weekly newspaper Sach Di Awaaz.
According to Sukhminder Cheema, a journalist who worked at the paper, Mrs Bhangu was killed by her husband Sunny Bhangu. Ms Cheema says she was a witness to the attack.
Mumbai, July 30: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday called for a Mumbai bandh on August 1 on the issue of free housing for mill workers.
Mr. Thackeray, who took to the streets with thousands of workers for a morcha, said his party would ensure a complete shutdown if the Maharashtra government failed to meet their demands.
“Bandh means bandh,” he declared at a rally marking the culmination of the morcha.
Nottingham, July 30: India pacer Praveen Kumar has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during England`s first innings on the opening day of the second cricket Test at Trent Bridge.
According to an ICC statement, Praveen was found to have breached Article 2.1.3 of the Code of Conduct which relates to arguing or entering into a prolonged discussion with the umpire about his decision.
After conclusion of the day`s play, Praveen admitted the offence and accepted the proposed sanction offered to him by ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle.
Islamabad, July 30: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday hailed the “positive outcome” of the Pakistan-India foreign ministers’ talks and vowed to continue the dialogue process to resolve all issues between the two countries.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and her Indian counterpart SM Krishna met in New Delhi on Wednesday and agreed on several confidence-building measures and also pledged to continue the dialogue process.
Hyderabad, July 30: The heroic freedom fighter, Jagadish Arya, who hurled a bomb at the Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan on the evening of December 4, 1947, is likely to be honoured by the President, Ms Pratibha Patil, on August 9, on the occasion of the 69th anniversary celebrations of the Quit India Movement. The Hyderabad Collector, Mr Natarajan Gulzar, has recommended that he be given a place of honour in the reception.
New Delhi, 30: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has sought stern action against Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy for writing his article in which he suggested taking away the voting rights of Muslims.
“I strongly condemn the most communal views expressed by Subramanian Swamy. I strongly feel that action should be taken against him as per law,”, Singh told reporters here.
Hyderabad, July 30: With Ramzan just about a few days away, many ulema (scholars of Islam) from the twin cities are busy packing their bags to fly abroad while some have already departed. And this is no holiday they are going for but are touring countries across the globe during the holy month to deliver religious discourses and perform special prayers, on special invitation.
Mumbai, July 30: Looking pretty in a tomato red, one-shoulder sexy short tunic, the monsoon in Mumbai is a welcome change for actress Zarine Khan. More so, as this time around, appreciation galore has been pouring with the rain. Her item number Character Dheela with Salman Khan in Ready has been well received.
Islamabad, July 30: At least seven Shia pilgrims were gunned down on Friday in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province while seven people were killed in fresh wave of ethnic and sectarian violence in Sindh’s provincial capital in the last 24 hours.
The Shia pilgrims were killed at a bus stand in Saryab district of Balochistan’s provincial capital Quetta in the afternoon, according to police officials.
Tripoli, July 30: Several explosions shook the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight, an AFP journalist said early today, the latest of many blasts in a city which has been targeted almost daily by NATO air raids.
Shortly after 10pm (2000 GMT) yesterday, at least 10 powerful blasts, some distance away, were heard in the city centre.
Early today, three explosions rocked the district where Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s residence is located in the centre of Tripoli, shaking the hotel nearby where international correspondents are based.
–Agencies
Mumbai, July 30: Cosmetic surgery is a common practice in Hollywood and now it seems to have hit Bollywood too with item girl Rakhi Sawant admitting that she had breast enhancement surgery. Well, now rumours claim that actress Bipasha Basu too has had breast enhancement surgery about four years back when she came into the limelight with her film Jism. However, sources claim that the doctor who performed the breast enhancement surgery has not received his payment of Rs.2.5 lakhs.
Bangalore, July 30: The state BJP is staring squarely into the face of a split in the party as Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa went back on his assurance to quit the CM’s post after July 31.
He declared on Friday that he would not step down as he had the support of 73 of 120 party MLAs (including the speaker). The showdown has brought the BJP high command under tremendous pressure to suspend Yeddyurappa from the party.
Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court P.D. Dinakaran on Friday resigned from his post, ahead of the commencement of the removal proceedings by the three-member panel on Saturday.
The panel revived the probe after the Supreme Court dismissed his writ petitions and is yet to give its verdict on one petition.
Bakersfield, July 30: Veronica Coriell expressed shock Friday that her ex-husband allegedly kidnapped, raped and tried to murder their 8-year-old daughter.
She never saw it coming, she said.
“Did something happen along the line that made him not be right in his head?” Veronica Coriell said Friday morning. “Maybe he snapped somewhere.”
Hyderabad, July 30: With Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa set to resign, the Congress on Friday turned its guns at the Central leadership of the BJP holding them responsible for illegal mining by “patronising” Reddy brothers.
The Congress also took a dig at the BJP for the delay in Yeddyurappa’s resignation wondering whether it was aimed at “removing papers” before he demits office.
New Delhi, July 30: The establishment flexed the administrative heft it could deploy to blunt the political fallout of Anna Hazare’s upcominghunger strike against corruption, when the Delhi Police denied his movement permission to stage the protest at Jantar Mantar, close to the Parliament in the heart of the Capital, where the movement began in April.
Brussels, July 30: A terrorism-monitoring organization says jihadists are threatening Belgium for banning the wearing of face-covering burqas in public.
The United States-based SITE Monitoring Service quotes posts on jihadist internet sites as urging the bombing, torture and assassination of Belgians.
Kiev, July 30: An explosion at a Ukrainian coal mine killed at least 17 miners on Friday, the Emergencies Ministry said, the latest in a series of accidents that has raised concern over safety standards in the industry.
Two miners were injured in the explosion at the Sukhodilska-Eastern mine in the Luhansk region in the former Soviet republic’s coal mining heartland, and nine were missing.
The blast early on Friday at the mine in the town of Sukhodilsk was the deadliest of its kind since 2007, when a methane explosion at a nearby mine killed more than 100 people.
New Delhi, July 30: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed all proceedings against social activist Teesta Setalvad, who alleged that she was being harassed by Gujarat police for taking the lead in unearthing a mass grave of 2002 riot victims at Pandarwada village.
A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha issued notice to the Gujarat government and ordered stay of proceedings in the case after her counsel Kamini Jaiswal argued that the Gujarat High Court erred in not quashing the FIR lodged against her client in the case.