Hyderabad, August 12: Sleuths of the Commissioner’s Task Force, South Zone Team, unearthed a fake currency racket however the gang’s lady mentor and another person are absconding. Police arrested 5 members of the gang preparing fake currency of 100 and 500 rupees and seized 514000 rupees cash and material from their possession.
Hyderabad, August 12: Hyderabad could have lost around 20,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector and more than double in the services sector in the last one year, according to industry body Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Fapcci).
The industrial production in Hyderabad has been disrupted for 17 days over the last one year due to bandhs called for over the Telangana issue.
Islamabad, August 12: The King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has spoken to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about Pakistan, according to Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. He was briefing his ministerial colleagues on Wednesday about his recent visit to Saudi Arabia and meeting with the monarch.
Riyadh, August 12: Delaying payment of salaries to workers is a clear human rights violation that Islam does not tolerate, according to a member of the Saudi Jurisprudence Assembly.
Abdulrahman Abdul Aziz Al-Muhrij, who was participating in a four-day symposium organized by the Princess Al-Anood Philanthropic Foundation under the support of Prince Saud bin Fahd, said safeguarding the rights of people is one of the primary responsibilities of any government.
Mumbai, August 12: With Eid around the corner, there has been a surge in the demand for Indian bargirls in the Gulf countries.
Fearing that these girls, once trafficked, might double up as terror carriers for the underworld, cops posted at the city’s check points have been asked to keep an eye out for traffickers.
Javed Ahmed Khan, vice president of the BJP’s minority morcha, sent an application to the police and Home departments recently, alerting them about the looming threat of terror in the city.
Hyderabad August 12: Secretary Minority Welfare Department, Mr. Mohammad Ali Raffath cautioned the public not to rely on middle men for any work to be done in Minority Welfare department. He told that he has been reported that some people, claiming to be close to him offering settlement of matters pending in the Minority welfare department. He said some officials and workers belonging to associated institutions of the Minority Welfare Department may also be involved.
Beijing, August 12: State media say 26 people have been injured and more than 30 homes damaged by a strong earthquake in western China’s Xinjiang region.
The official Xinhua News Agency says three of those injured are in critical condition.
The national earthquake monitoring centre said Thursday’s quake registered magnitude 5.8 and was centred near the city of Atux at a depth of 8 km. The U.S. Geological Service put the magnitude at 5.2 and said it struck 35 km beneath the surface.
Washington, August 12: Hearkening back to the eternal words of Mahatma Gandhi United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that his “inspirational leadership” and India’s independence movement “still move people to be the change that they want to see in the world.”
Hyderabad, August 12: It has been appealed to Imams and khateebs of mosques to make special supplications for baran-e-rahma. In a statement various religious organizations and institutions stated that more than one month has passed since the rainy season has started. But with no rain people face lot of problems. Besides this there is fear of outbreak of contagious diseases. Though there are reports of rain in the districts but this is not satisfactory.
Tokyo, August 12: The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a strong earthquake has shaken north-eastern Japan, the same region devastated by the massive quake and tsunami in March.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning was issued.
The U.S.G.S. reports a magnitude of 5.9 quake struck at 3.23 a.m. Friday local time off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture. The epicentre was about 11 miles (18 kilometres) east-southeast of Iwaki on Honshu Island, 114 miles (184 kilometres) northeast of Tokyo.
New Delhi, August 12: India on Thursday asked Pakistan to take a humanitarian view and release Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in that country in 1990.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said in the Rajya Sabha that Sarabjit Singh has been sentenced to death on September 15, 1991 on allegations that he was involved in three bomb blasts in Lahore and one in Multan.
New Delhi, August 12: There is a paradox concerning current public mood on terrorism: public opinion seems to be hardening just as terrorism appears to be fading from the political agenda. Opinion surveys done in early 2009 in the wake of the November 2008 Mumbai terror strikes had found remarkable maturity and poise in how the Indian public responded.
New Delhi, August 12: A gaffe by foreign minister S M Krishna left the government red-faced in the Rajya Sabha, leading Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to launch a swift damage-control operation.NEW DELHI: A gaffe by foreign minister S M Krishna left the government red-faced in the Rajya Sabha, leading Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to launch a swift damage-control operation.
Few things in Islam are as liable to provoke passion and violence as the issue of conversion. The health hazards involved in converting out of Islam—apostatizing—are well known. But even the issue of converting to Islam is fraught with drama. Consider Egypt alone: in recent months, wild rampages, burned churches, and murdered Christians have resulted over a few Christian women converting to Islam.
Istanbul, August 12: Pakistan’s new female foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, represents a “great chance” to improve the global image of Islam, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Thursday.
“The mere presence of the foreign minister and the attitude that she has displayed so far is in itself a message to the world… She is a great chance for us all,” Davutoğlu said after talks with Khar, who was wrapping up a two-day visit to Turkey.
New Delhi, August 11: The Supreme Court has said that while the right to information (RTI) is a formidable tool to fight corruption in governance, it “should not be allowed to be misused or abused” to obstruct national development.
Srinagar, August 12: Jammu and Kashmir Police are an outstanding force which has done a commendable job in bringing peace and safeguarding public life and property while fighting militancy in the state, union Home Secretary R.K.Singh said Thursday.
On the concluding day of his two-day visit – his maiden visit to the state after taking over as home secretary – Singh chaired a meeting of the senior police officers here and expressed satisfaction over the law and order situation in the state.
Lucknow, August 12: For administration and police life is limping back to normal and things are under control in the brass city Moradabad on Thursday. However a closer look reveals that Muslims are still living with fear palpable on their face and apprehension of any untoward incident.
Ahmedabad, August 12: After Sanjiv Bhatt, another Gujarat IPS officer Rahul Sharma has earned the wrath of the Narendra Modi government in connection with 2002 riots probe, with authorities issuing a show-cause notice to him asking why he should not be chargesheeted for giving CDs of calls made during the violence to various agencies including the Special Investigation Team.
Lucknow, August 12: A condolence meeting of All India Shia Hussaini Fund was held on Thursday at Victoria Street in Lucknow which decried the massacre of Shia Muslims in Pakistan. As per media reports 15 Shia Muslims were killed in Baluchistan of Pakistan.
New Delhi, August 12: The Aadhaar Number, or the Unique Identification Card (UID) that will create a database for 1.2 billion people in India, may go out of hand, leading cybersecurity expert R. Bhaskar says.
“The facility is ambitious and is sure to make functioning easy from the governance perspective. But at the moment, it is not clear how the government’s plan for UID will work out,” Bhaskar told IANS.
London, August 12: British women have been described as Europe’s biggest holiday beach prudes.
During a Europe-wide poll for retailer isme.com, it was found two-thirds of continentals believe UK females are the most likely to cover up rather than flaunt their bodies in swimwear.
The poll revealed just 15 percent of Britons rate themselves as stylish in a bikini, They believe Italians look the best.
Nearly two-thirds of women aged 50-plus hate wearing swimwear, and even a third of 18-25 year olds dislike disrobing, Daily Express reported.
Ahmedabad, August 12 :The hate list of Modi specially from the whistle blower cops is increasing day by day as the cops are comming out of fear and exposing the role of Modi in Gujarat carnage.
KULDEEP SHARMA
Had directed the submission of the interim report of the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case before the Supreme Court, which led to the arrest of some of the senior IPS officers.
The matter finally led to the doors of Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah.
The French were being narrow-minded when legislating a ban on the burqa. These people, he says referring to the immigrants, were invited to work in French factories after the last war, at a time when there was a shortage of manpower in that country. So, Aiyar implies, the French had to lump their lifestyle whether they liked it or not. This is like saying that just because Britain followed a liberal immigration policy in the 50s and 60s, Hindu women had the right to commit sati because it was a life style issue and of no concern to the Brits?
Hyderabad, August 11 (INN): Condemning the allegations leveled by YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy that Congress party hatched conspiracy to finishing him off politically by foisting cases against him, Backward Classes Welfare Minister Basavaraj Saraiah on Thursday advised the Kadapa MP to take the Central Bureau of Investigations probe as a challenge and face it boldly.