Month: August 2011

London, August 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron, faced with one of the worst riots to hit the country, has told police it was time for a “zero tolerance approach” to street crime.

The prime minister – in an interview with The Telegraph – promised a series of tough measures, to be unveiled soon, to fight crime and “reclaim the streets” from rioters, looters and gangs.

The “zero tolerance” policy was popularised in the US, where even minor offences were prosecuted vigorously to send out the message that no form of law-breaking would be tolerated.

Amritsar, August 14: Troopers of the Pakistan Rangers offered sweets to their Indian Border Security Force (BSF) counterparts at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost Sunday to mark the 65th anniversary of the creation of the neighbouring country.

Officers and personnel of Pakistan Rangers walked up to the zero line along the Radcliffe Line international border and offered sweets.
BSF officers and troopers accepted the sweets and greeted their Pakistani counterparts on the occasion.
The Attari-Wagah joint checkpost is located 30 km from here and 20 km from Lahore city in Pakistan.

Hyderabad, August 14: The price of Vijaya toned milk will go up by Rs 1 per litre from Monday. As a result the new price will be Rs 28 per litre.
The price increase will be effective on cash purchases. The consumers who have already purchased milk cards for August will continue to get milk at old prices till Sept 10. All existing prepaid institutions will get milk at old prices till end of August. AP Dairy Development Cooperative Federation MD Praveen Prakash said price of Vijaya milk is lowest even after the price hike.

—Agencies

Hyderabad, August 14: The Migrants Rights Council has urged AP NRI cell nodal officer MV Ramana Reddy to take steps for provision of free ambulance service from the Chennai airpot on August 15 and 16 for taking home the bodies of three persons from the state who were shot dead in Kuwait on August 1.

Hyderabad, August 14: There is a lacuna between formulation and implementation of government policies on healthcare in rural areas, admitted chief minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy while delivering the inaugural address at the first annual conference of Clinical and Infectious Diseases Society (CIDS) being held here on Saturday and Sunday.

“Nearly 400 vacancies for posts of doctors arise every year in government hospitals as recruits leave for post-graduate studies. The majority of these vacancies are in the interior and rural areas,” Kiran Kumar Reddy said.

Hyderabad, August 14: The first-ever Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 to identify people living below poverty line (BPL) would be undertaken by the state government in urban areas from September 26 till November 8. This gigantic exercise will pave way to identify the households living below the poverty line in rural and urban areas of the country.

Hyderabad, August 14: Aarakshan, the controversial Hindi movie, has been cleared for screening in the cinema halls of the state from Sunday. The orders to this effect were issued by the state government based on the recommendations of a committee constituted to preview the movie following objections raised by some SC, ST and BC organisations to screening of the film based on reservations.

Hyderabad, August 14: University of Hyderabad has been ranked sixth followed by Osmania University in the seventh position among India’s best universities as per a survey by the India Today-Nielsen for 2011. A total of 45 universities have been ranked based on perpetual and factual scores on parameters like reputation, quality of academic input, faculty, research publications, etc.

–Agencies

Hyderabad, August 14: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority has completed the 22-km Outer Ring road stretch from Narsingi to Patancheru. HMDA officials carried out a joint inspection with police on Saturday, for allowing traffic on this stretch.

Hyderabad, August 14: Task Force police on Saturday raided a shop ‘Young Seasons Gifts’ in Karkhana and arrested one person who was involved in uploading porn clippings on mobile phones of known customers. Police recovered a CPU, monitor, external hard disk, card reader and a memory card.

Lucknow, August 14: An Air India flight from Delhi suffered a tyre burst during landing at the airport here in Uttar Pradesh Sunday, an official said. All the passengers are safe.

AI-411 flight was landing at Chaudhary Charan Singh Amausi airport.

“The exact cause behind the tyre burst is yet to be ascertained. Investigations are on,” airport director Atul Dixit told IANS on phone.

No official statement was released by Air India, but sources at the airport said the flight had 100 passengers and six crew members.

—-Agencies

Mumbai, August 14: Ace choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan revealed her dark past on reality show, Just Dance. She disclosed how her Hindu neighbours saved them from getting killed during the riots of 1993

Mumbai, August 14: Salman Khan is known to have a big heart. And the most recent testimonial does like this: While shooting at Commando Training School in Patiala for his upcoming film BODYGUARD and was approached by a Granthi (prayer reader) from the nearby Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib Gurudwara to help in reconstructing a new wing of the Gurudwara.

Islam offers a complete code of life in every aspect of human existence. The concept of family in Islam was generated from the union of the very first human beings on this Earth sent forth by the command of Allah- Adam and Eve. This event marked the beginning of the foundations of a family unit in Islam. In today’s world there seems to be an obvious pattern of anarchy, chaos and a discernable deterioration in the familial fabric. We have descended in to a structure where silos are created within the same household.

Mumbai, August 14: A thick security blanket has been thrown over the city on the Independence Day eve with the police stepping vigil at important places and intensifying patrolling on streets.

Vehicles are being checked thoroughly at all the entry points in the city — Mulund, Dahisar, Chembur, police said.

Several anti-social elements have been detained to ensure there is no law and order problem. Besides, local police stations, numbering more than 80, including those marked as ‘sensitive’, have been alerted and asked to make sure that their respective areas remain peaceful.

Hyderabad, August 14: With the Centre deleting the controversial Clause 14F of the Presidential Order and rival Telangana parties and groups playing the waiting game with regard to their next move, a lull has set in as far as the separate state agitation is concerned. Perhaps, it will stay that way till the 2014 elections, averred sources in the Telangana Congress and the TDP Telangana Forum.

New Delhi, August 14: Former Pakistan captain and legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram has blamed the Indian bowlers for failing to capitalise on the seam friendly English conditions and letting down their team.

Akram feels India’s bowling department was simply pedestrian and ineffective.

India allowed England to post 710/7 declared at Edgbaston and then went down by an innings and 242 runs in the third Test on Saturday. The hosts took a 3-0 lead in the four-match series and also became the No.1 Test side.

Hyderabad, August 14: Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi has said that his party will merge with Congress on August 20, in New Delhi. Talking to the media persons here on Saturday Chiranjeevi said that he will take Congress membership in the presence of high power committee of Congress and general secretary AICC Rahul Gandhi in Delhi.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Janardhan Vivedhi, Ahmed Patel and A K Antony will be present on the occasion. The merger phase will be complete on occasion of Rajiv Jayanthi.

Hyderabad, August 14: A woman sustained burn injuries while cooking Sehri at Kanchanbagh area.

According to Kanchanbagh police 30 year old Zainab, resident of Hafizbabanagar, sustained burn injuries while she was cooking Sehri on August 11. She succumbed to injuries on Saturday at the hospital.

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Hyderabad, August 14: Maulana Ghousvi Shah in his statement appealed Muslim brethren to extend financial help to Syeds and gain Allah’s pleasure since they are more deserving and their help is the cause of Allah’s and Prophet’s pleasure. While the Prophet (pbuh) prohibited giving charity to ahle-bait, he permitted to give donations to them.

Hyderabad, August 14: According to Mirza Lutf Husain, Urdu lovers will be pleased to learn that Etv Urdu channel will complete 10 years of its successful and popular service. Etv Urdu channel heartily thanks viewers and advertisers for their utmost cooperation in making the channel a great success. The channel displayed programmes liked by its viewers keeping their preference and liking in view during its 10 years journey.

Etv is going to start more new programmes keeping in view the liking and demand of the viewers.

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Hyderabad, August 14: Special arrangements have been made by Municipal Corporation for removal of garbage from the residential areas in the month of Ramadan. According to the orders removal of garbage should be done daily in two shifts. The public welcomed the order of Municipal Corporation but it is not implemented in most of the places and the problem remains as it was. Especially large piles of garbage at public places are negatively affecting the health of women, children and elderly people.

Hyderabad, August 14: Topi is not only considered the traditional mark and regional identification in the Indo-pak subcontinents and Bangladesh but is valued for being a religious symbol. Though Muslims wear topi for the entire year on different occasions yet as soon as the holy month of Ramadan arrives every Muslim feels it an obligation to wear topi and also make others wear it. As a result the purchase of topis in the month of Ramadan witnesses enormous increase.

Hyderabad, August 14: More than six months after announcing his party’s merger with the Congress, actor-turned-politician K.Chiranjeevi will be officially joining the Congress on August 20.

It was on February 6 this year that Chiranjeevi announced that his party Praja Rajyam Party would be merged with the ruling Congress party. However, following procedural delays pertaining to Election Commission of India and political developments in the state, the official merger got delayed. Finally, it will be on August 20 when Chiranjeevi will be officially joining the Congress party.

Hyderabad, August 14: The officials of Anti Corruption Bureau caught J Srinivas Rao, assistant divisional engineer (oppressions) APSPDCL, Dachepally sub-division, Guntur district, red handedly at his residence in Guntur when he accepted a bribe of 80000 rupees from an electric contractor for government for passing a cheque.

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