Month: August 2011

Makkah, August 29: A Saudi man and his wife have been living in their own car for more than three years because they are simply too poor to own a house.

They said social welfare authorities have not given much attention to their problem.

The husband, Turki Al-Amri who is in his 50s, told Arab News he was under immense pressure as he had to deal with both a lack of regular income and his wife’s mental illness. He said they could not provide proper nutrition to their newborn baby boy.

Makkah, August 29: More than 2 million faithful, including hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, attended Khatm Al-Qur’an prayer (conclusion of the Holy Qur’an) at the Grand Mosque here Sunday. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, imam and khateeb of the mosque, led the prayers.

The mosque was overcrowded with worshippers since the early hours of the day as most of them wanted to take part in the prayers to mark the end of the recitation of the holy book during taraweeh and qiyamullail prayers at the mosque.

Jeddah, August 29: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah was given a presentation on the new project to expand the mataf (the circumambulation areas around the Holy Kaaba).

The project, which will be completed in three years, will enable 130,000 pilgrims to perform tawaf (circumambulation) at a time.

Higher Education Minister Khaled Al-Anqari presented the project to the king during a reception at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah on Sunday in presence of Bakri Assas, president Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah, and a team of engineers who designed the project.

Hyderabad, August 29: An interesting drama on the topic of hustle and bustle of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr preparation written by Mr. Mateen Siddiqui will be telecast by Doordarshan Kendra Hyderabad on Monday August 29 at 6 pm and 12 midnight.

Drama artists of Aiwan-e-Fankar, Dr. Jaweed Kamal, Durdana Muskan, Mahboob Khan Asghar, Nayyar Azam, Seema Nasreen, Furqan, Tabassum Fatima, Affan and senior artist Azeem Iqbal will take part in the drama. The drama is presented and organized by Imtiyaz Ali Taj.

Siasat news

Hyderabad, August 29: Senior Congress leader and former minister Mr. T Jeevan Reddy declared former chief minister K Rosaiah and TDP supremo Mr. N Chandra Babu Naidu as anti Telangana and said that the two leaders, under planned conspiracy, have created hurdles in separate Telangana formation. He appealed to Telangana people to take to roads demanding passing of resolution in the assembly for separate Telangana state. Mr. T Jeevan Reddy revealed that soon after the announcement made on December 9 2009 the then chief minister Roshaih and the opposition leader Mr.

Melbourne, August 29: Celina Jailty broke the news of her wedding to Dubai-based hotelier Peter Haag on Twitter over the weekend. Rumours about this impending union were doing rounds for quite a while.

Here’s what Celina wrote:

‘Beloved tweeple. ..With great pleasure I would like to announce my wedding with peterhaag on the 23rd of last month at a thousand year old monastery in Austria.

We seek your blessings and good wishes, and apologize for the delayed announcement due to a family tragedy. Here is a picture of the most cherished moment of our lives.”

Hyderabad, August 29: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has promised to repair battered road within a week, due to which vehicle riders are facing lot of difficulties, especially because of rainy season. This has been announced in a joint press conference held by Mayor greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Mrs. Banda Kartika Reddy and commissioner Mr. M T Krishna Babu. A total of 3879 potholes have been identified by the engineering wing where attention needs to be paid. Commissioner said that he is aware of the hardships faced by the vehicle riders due to potholed roads.

New Delhi, August 29: Law Minister Salman Khurshid, a key negotiator with Team Anna, on Sunday said there may have been “errors of judgement” in the government’s handling of Hazare’s fast but there were no mistakes.

“Errors of judgement have been made, errors of judgement are made whenever you are involved in a difficult situation. Errors of judgement are not mistakes”, Khurshid told CNN-IBN in an interview with Karan Thapar.

Hyderabad, August 29: Swadeshi Jagaran March of A.P. convened a meeting at Sundaryya Vigyan Kendram under the caption “Indian Black Money Abroad” yesterday. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. G. Guru Murthy, All India Associate Co-ordinator of Swadeshi Jagaran March told that till 1967 the black money in the foreign banks was only 10% but it rose to 49% in 1978. The reason for the Indians to deposit black money in foreign banks is the higher taxation rate in India. Quoting a report, he said that 20 lakh crore rupees of black money have been deposited in foreign banks by the Indians.

Property dispute led to suicide

Hyderabad, August 29 (Siasat News): A man, who was under tremendous mental pressure over some property dispute, took the extreme step of ending his life. This incident occurred in the jurisdiction Dandigal police station.

Police sources said that K U Babu, 42, resident of Dayanand Nagar, Suraram, hanged himself in his house. The deceased was a painter by profession and having disputes with his brother over the ancestral property, which turned severe last week.

Hyderabad, August 30: Increasing number of Muslim customers at Rahen centres and their conversation with Rahen centres owners is quite thought provoking. The crowd of burqa clad women doesn’t seem to come to an end. They come to Rahen centres as if they are coming to a ration shop or medical hall. Giving a furtive around them look they take out and hand over some gold or silver from their pocket to the Rahen centre owner and taking some money in exchange to it, get their way. Most of the women come along with their husband or son. What do they have to keep as Rahen?

Bangalore, August 29: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa’s anticipatory bail has been rejected on Monday. The bail was rejected by the Karnataka High Court on the alleged land scam case.

He was expected to appear in front of the Lokayukta special court in the land denotification case. He has been named in five separate cases, with an FIR filed in his name in one of them.

Tehran, August 29: The Supreme Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pardoned 1218 prisoners.

Iranian Supreme Leader has agreed with Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani’s letter on granting clemency to 1218 qualified prisoners convicted of security related crimes on the advent of Eid al-Fitr.

At the end of Ramadan, the Islamic world will celebrate the Eid al-Fitr, the Feast of the Breaking of the Fast.

Jaipur, August 29: A man on Sunday allegedly shot dead four persons, including his estranged wife, and injured another over a family dispute before committing suicide in Tonk district, a senior police official said.

Pradeep killed his wife, brother-in-law, his spouse and another woman, and critically injured father-in-law at their house in the area, Additional SP Prem Singh Chandrawat said.

Pradeep and his wife had filed for divorce in a court, and he used to believe that his brother-in-law was behind the dispute, Chandrawat said.

Mumbai, August 29: -Countdown has begun as less than 10 days remains for the arrival of ‘Bodyguard’. Come Eid and Salman would bring his film right in the middle of the week with a Wednesday release. Since this would mean that he would have the luxury of a 10 day long first week, expectations are now sky high around whether this would also translate into further records being created at the box office.

New Delhi, August 29: Our legislators may have come under attack from supporters of Anna Hazare for their level of competence to frame laws, but the truth is that more than 80% of MPs in Lok Sabha are graduates while over 30% possess post-graduate and doctoral degrees.

“Though our Constituton does not prescribe any formal qualification to contest elections, it is our experience that persons without some level of qualification are rarely found or almost non-existent among legislators in the country,” said officials attached with the Lok Sabha.

Hyderabad, August 29: Local Muslims went to Alijah pur near Golconda area to rehabilitate a mosque. Lodha community miscreants created a problem by obstructing the Muslim youths. They pelted stones on the Muslim youths. On receipt of information, Mr. Abdus Sattar Mujahid, Mr. Mujahid Hashmi, Mr. Nayeemullah Shareef and other Muslim leaders reached the spot. Police posted a picket there to maintain peace. It is said that illicit liquor is prepared in that area and a person from Lodha community is claiming ownership of the Mosque property.

——Siasat News

Washington, August 29: Obama administration officials said on Sunday that the worst of Tropical Storm Irene may be over for many on the East Coast, though they urged communities still in the storm’s path to remain vigilant.

President Barack Obama and top administration officials, including Vice President Joe Biden, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Napolitano, were briefed on Sunday morning in the Situation Room.

Baghdad, August 29: A roadside bomb has targeted a US military convoy in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniyah, police officials say.

Iraq’s police said the explosion occurred in the Algeria district of the city on Sunday, according to the Qatar state news agency QNA.

Iraqi security forces were deployed to the blast area. No casualties have been reported.

Meanwhile, a terrorist attack on the largest Sunni Mosque in the capital Baghdad on Sunday killed 29 worshippers, leaving 38 others severely wounded.

Hyderabad, August 29: Andhra Pradesh State Hajj Committee will get an additional quota of 750 Hajj aspirants. Dr. Shakir Husain IRS chief executive officer Hajj committee of India revealed this during a special talk with Siasat correspondent. He said Hajj committee will be officially informed regarding additional quota in the next few days. Dr. Shakir Husain who was on a one day private visit to Hyderabad told that the 750 Hajj aspirants of additional quota will also be selected from the waiting list. He told that final decision has been taken regarding additional quota.

New Delhi, August 29: Minutes after anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare ended his fast on Sunday, he declared that electoral reforms will be on top of his agenda next so that corruption can come down. “I have only deferred my fast, not given it up. Only when these reforms are complete will I really end my fast.

I will not rest until all the changes that I look to are achieved,” he said to thunderous applause from thousands of his supporters waving tricolour and shouting slogans like ‘Anna Hazare Zindabad’.

Mumbai, August 29: Heavy rains have hit normal life in Mumbai and left many areas waterlogged. Road, rail traffic and flights have been severely affected and municipal schools closed in Maharashtra’s capital.

Train services on Mumbai’s Central and Harbour line have been disrupted causing inconvenience to daily commuters and office goers.

The train service between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Thane have been stopped because of water logging between Kurla and Soin stations

Hyderabad, August 29: While addressing the Iftaar Party at Mahboobnagar, Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao, President, Telangana Rashtra Samithee promised that in the event of the formation of seprate state for Telangana, the Muslims will get 12% reservations. In the same way it is possible to give 12% reservations in our state also.

He promised that he would sanction Re one crore out of his M.P. fund for the construction of a Girls’ Hostel in Mahboobnagar. He also promised that for the construction of boundary wall for Eidgah of Mahboobnagar, he would allot Rs. 10 lakh from MP Fund.

Chennai, August 29: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa said on Monday that she does not have the power to commute the death sentence of the three people who are to be hanged on September 9 for their roles in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

“As chief minister, I don’t have the powers to commute the death sentence after the president has rejected the mercy plea of the three people – Santhan, Murugan and G Perarivalan alias Arivu,” said Jayalalithaa in a statement to the state assembly.

Baghdad, August 29: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad’s largest Sunni mosque on Sunday night, killing 29 people during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago.

Iraqi security officials said Parliament lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi, a Sunni, was among the dead in the 9:40 pm attack.