Month: August 2011

Hyderabad, August 25:Camel meat is in great demand this Ramzan and the Old City has witnessed a considerable rise in the number of outlets selling the priced meat. The 20 per cent hike in the price is no deterrent for the many Muslims for whom, the holy month is incomplete without this dish.

Traders say that these camels are brought from Rajasthan and Gujarat a couple of months ahead of Ramzan and sold at an auction in Narsingi village in Ranga Reddy district. Each camel, traders say, was sold for anywhere between Rs 40,000-50,000 this year.

Hyderabad, August 25: Undisturbed by the real estate boom, a nondescript graveyard near the Himayatsagar still stands testimony to a chapter in the history of Hyderabad that is steeped in mystery – the founding of Asaf Jahi dynasty.

The founder of the dynasty, Mir Qamaruddin Ali Khan, who was also known as Chin Qilich Khan II, was only 16 years and had no idea of what was in store for him in the Deccan when the sultanate of Golconda fell to the army of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

Chandigadh, August 25: A 5-year-old girl was raped near her house in Sector 25 on Tuesday evening. A case was registered at Sector-11 police station. The girl was taken to Government Multispeciality Hospital in Sector 16 where she is undergoing treatment. Nobody was arrested in this connection.

The girl’s father is a labourer and they reside in a shanty. Police said the girl was violated 100 metres from her house. In another incident, there was an attempt to rape a 5-year-old girl in Mauli Jagran. Police have identified a neighbour as the culprit, but he has not been arrested.

Hyderabad, August 25: According to Andhra Pradesh State Hajj Committee reports, Hajj committee of India has extended the date for submission of passports to August 30, for the Hajj aspirants selected under waiting list.

In a press release Hajj committee Chairman Mr. Syed Khaleeludidn Ahmed appealed to the said Hajj aspirants to submit their passports before the last date. He said if the passports are not submitted till the last date, then their seats will be allotted to other Hajj aspirants of the waiting list.

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Hyderabad, August 25: Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Directorate of Distance Education will conduct annual examinations of all courses from 10th Oct. 2011 to 28th Oct. 2011. According to Controller of Examinations I/c time table will be sent shortly. All Regional Directors, ARDs are instructed to inform the same to coordinators & students of their regions.

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Hyderabad, August 25: The Lok Satta Party will wage a legal battle against deferment of elections to local bodies, said party leaders Katari Srinivasa Rao and P Bhaskara Rao here on Wednesday while commenting on government’s plans to postpone municipal elections for the third time.

Hyderabad, August 25: Former Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas on Wednesday claimed that the resignation of 26 pro-Jagan Congress MLAs do not pose any threat to the continuance of Kiran Kumar Reddy Government in the State.

Talking to reporters at Congress Legislature Party office, Srinivas said that the resignations would in no way destabilise the government as the Congress still enjoyed the magic numbers to stay in power. Denying allegations that the Congress was indulging in revenge politics, he said the ongoing CBI probe should not be linked to the State Government.

New Delhi, August 25: It’s a motley crowd at the Ramlila ground. Posters, banners and flags flutter. Loudspeakers bellow merrily. Songs, prayers, chants jostle with each other to get heard. Anna sits resolute, binding them together.

The farmer from Bhatta-Parsaul and the auto-wallas from Noida discuss Anna’s health. The trader from Rohtak and schoolteacher from Sultanpur exchange notes. The brash boys from nearby colleges seek their political baptism, while a gaggle of schoolkids download Jan Lokpal ringtones.

Washington, August 25: Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi and Indra Nooyi, Indian-American CEO of PepsiCo, figure among the top ten in the Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Besides Sonia Gandhi, 64, in the seventh place and Nooyi, 55, in the fourth place, two other Indians made it to the list, which is dominated by politicians, businesswomen and leaders in media and entertainment.

While ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, 49, was placed 43rd, Biocon Founder Chair, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 58, finished at 99.

Hyderabad, August 25: Telugu Desam Party MLA Tummala Nageswara Rao on Wednesday demanded that 26 Pro-Jagan Congress MLAs who submitted resignations apologies to the people for supporting an allegedly corrupt man who is also facing a CBI probe.

Talking to media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan, Nageswara Rao wondered about Congress MLAs supporting a corrupt person, that too at a time, when the entire country is experiencing an anti-corruption wave.

New Delhi, August 25: In protest against the inclusion of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s name in the FIR issued by of Central Bureau of Investigation in the disproportionate assets case of Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy, the Congress MP from Nellore and staunch supporter of Jagan, Mekapati Rajagopal on Wednesday submitted his resignation from Lok Sabha. He submitted his resignation to Speaker Meira Kumar.

Addressing reporters, Rajagopal stated that he submitted his resignation in the prescribed format and asked the Speaker to accept his resignation early.

London, August 25: Thousands of young Muslims in Britain could be denied the chance of a university education because of a new government scheme to charge interest on loans to undergraduates, an Islamic student body has warned.

The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (Fosis) has embarked on urgent talks with the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills because the scheme, to come into effect in a year’s time, amounts to usury or “riba”, which is banned under Islamic law.

Hyderabad, August 25: Former Minister JC Diwakar Reddy predicted in case mid-term polls are held in the state following ongoing political uncertainty, then the Congress party would comfortably win more seats that it won in 2009 elections.

Hyderabad, August 25: Minister Komatreddi Venkat Reddy on Wednesday denied rumours that he was joining the YSR Congress party.

Talking to reporters, Venkat Reddy said that the former chief minister Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy was a good person and he had extremely nice relationship with him.

But he denied reports that he was planning to quit the Congress party to join the Jagan Mohan Reddy camp.

New Delhi, August 25: With the government hardening its position on the Jan Lokpal Bill, the deadlock between the Centre and Team Anna continued Wednesday. While government negotiator Salman Khurshid claimed negotiations were on, Team Anna said the government had “backtracked” from its earlier position.

Late Wednesday night, Mr Hazare, apprehending forcible eviction, asked his supporters to start a jail-bharo stir by “gheraoing” the residences of MPs.

New Delhi, August 25: Fasting Anna Hazare Wednesday asked his supporters not to stop police if they evicted him forcibly from the Ramlila ground where he has been on a hunger strike for the last nine days.

The veteran activist demanding a sweeping anti-corruption law appealed to thousands of his supporters not to resort to violence in any case.

“My appeal to you is please maintain peace. If they evict me, please don’t stop them,” Hazare addressed the crowd amid a huge applause.

Hyderabad, August 25: Was YS Rajasekhara Reddy a corrupt Chief Minister? If yes, then the ongoing CBI probe would cause more damage to the Congress party than Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Hyderabad, August 25: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday demanded that the Centre initiate steps to introduce a separate Agriculture Budget one the lines of Railway Budget to ensure a focussed approach in solving the problems being faced by the farmers’ across the country. A similar budget has already been introduced by the Karnataka Government this fiscal.

Hyderabad, August 25: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday served notice on Jagati Publications auditor Varadarajan asking him depose in connection with disproportionate assets case of Y S R Congress Party president Jaganmohan Reddy.

Apart from Varadarajan, the CBI also served notices on 12 companies which have made investments in firms floated by Jaganmohan Reddy and asked them to depose before the probing agency.

Hyderabad, August 25: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday reiterated that his party will introduce a No Confidence Motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government.

Talking to reporters in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, Chandrababu Naidu said that the present government was in minority and the TDP would introduce a No Trust move. He said the TDP was also ready to contest mid-terms polls, any time.

Rajamundry, August 25: Senior BJP leader and former agriculture minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday demanded that the state government implement the recommendations of Swaminathan Commission to resolve the problems being faced by the farmers.

Jerusalem, August 25: Israel has designed a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to help Israeli intelligence services identify and target leaders of Palestinian resistance movements.

The newly unveiled spying UAV, dubbed Ghost, is an almost silent drone that weighs 9 pounds (nearly 4 kilograms), UPI reported.

The twin-rotor vertical take-off drone is designed for special clandestine operations in urban areas and has a range of around 2.5 miles (four kilometers), a flight endurance of 6 hours and speed of around 37 miles (59.5 kilometer) an hour.

Islamabad, August 24: Relations between the US and Pakistan should go beyond terrorism and cover areas of bilateral relations on a durable basis, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.

Talking to US Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee here, Gilani said Pakistan had suffered in the fight against terrorism and rendered more sacrifices in terms of civilians and troops’ fatalities than the coalition partners put together, reported Associated Press of Pakistan.

Washington, August 24: A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments in Washington and rattled nerves from the southern state of Georgia to Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts island in the northeast where President Barack Obama is vacationing. No injuries were immediately reported.

Dhaka, August 24: An international human rights group on Wednesday accused law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh of routinely torturing suspects and carrying out hundreds of extrajudicial killings.
Amnesty International said a special anti-crime force, the Rapid Action Battalion, has killed at least 200 people without trial since January 2009, when the current government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took power. Hasina had earlier promised to end such killings.
The London-based human rights group also accused the regular police force and coast guard of extrajudicial killings.