New Delhi, August 11: Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that Andhra Pradesh faced a shortfall of almost 20 lakh houses in urban areas and about 13.5 lakh houses in rural areas.
Ms Selja, in her written reply, said that the Centre is aware that there is acute shortage of houses for people below poverty line in the country.
New Delhi, August 10: The government Wednesday accepted that the process of probing rape cases in India was not free of loopholes, but said efforts were being made to ensure fair investigation.
“All efforts are made to ensure fair investigation in such crimes, although there have been reports (of) anomalies … and alleged use of influence,” Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Hyderabad, August 11: Welcoming the Centre’s decision to delete the controversial Clause 14 F from the Presidential Orders of 1975 as a good sign, Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Wednesday appealed to employees to withdraw their strike notice after defer the separate statehood agitation in the interest of the people.
The PCC chief also thanked United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the decision, during his interaction with media persons at the Gandhi Bhavan on Wednesday.
New Delhi, August 11: Till July this year, as many as 2,558 children disappeared from their homes in the national capital, and Delhi Police were able to recover 1,716 of them.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said Wednesday that in 2009, about 5,946 children disappeared from Delhi, of whom 5,365 were traced and reunited with their families.
In 2010, about 5,091 children went missing and police were able to find 3,937 of them, the Rajya Sabha was informed.
Hyderabad, August 11: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the South Central Railway on Wednesday revealed that it has arrested 47 persons in custody and registered 36 cases since July, in connection with the straying of cattle on railway lines.
Hyderabad, August 11: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct an in-depth inquiry into the alleged disproportionate assets of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy after registering a criminal case.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Nissar Ahmad Kakru and Justice Vilas Afzalpurkar directed the probe agency to take the investigation into the case to its logical end.
Hyderabad, August 11: Amidst reports that the Praja Rajyam Party was being given the cold shoulder by the Congress leaders on the eve of the formal merger of the two parties, senior PRP leader C Ramachandraiah on Wednesday tried to project that warmth and bonhomie prevailed in the two camps.
Mr Ramachandraiah maintained before media persons at Gandhi Bhavan that he was invited to attend the meeting of Seemandhra leaders with Congress In-Charge of Andhra Pradesh Affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad but could not do so due to his busy schedule.
Hyderabad, August 11: The Group of Ministers, entrusted with the task
of finding ways to avert the general strike of the employees scheduled for August 17, on Wednesday invited leaders of the Joint Action Committee to the negotiating table on Thursday for holding talks.
Coming down a step, the Group of Ministers decided to invite the Telangana employees’ leaders for discussions again, as the last meeting was of no consequence.
The decision for another round of talks was taken after a long sitting in Conference Hall of the D Block at the Secretariat today.
Hyderabad, August 11: Indirectly advocating Judicial activism, Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Chairman M Kodandaram on Wednesday stated that the High Court has to take the mantle of a guide and lead the state government on various matters, making it take appropriate decision which are beneficial to the people.
“There would be no need of the various JACs staging dharnas and bandhs if the state government functions properly and takes appropriate decision which are beneficial to the people,” Prof Kodandaram told media persons at the New MLA Quarters.
Hyderabad, August 11: Expressing incredulity at the inclusion of Anakapalli MP Sabbam Hari in the delegation of Seemandhra leaders, Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar on Wednesday alleged that the MP is a ‘covert’ agent of YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
Hyderabad, August 11: Chief Minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday expressed profound grief over the death of former Diplomat, Governor and bureaucrat PC Alexander.
Dr Alexander passed away at the Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai at the age of 90 on Wednesday morning.
His distinguished career included service to former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi as their Principal Secretary.
Rawalpindi, August 11: Pakistan and India must focus on resolving their dispute over Kashmir by capitalising on newly-built trust or risk a new wave of militancy in the divided region, one of Kashmir’s most influential separatist leaders said on Wednesday.
Foreign ministers of the two nuclear-armed rivals sounded unexpectedly positive after talks in New Delhi last month, hailing a “new era” of friendlier and more stable ties and vowing to fight militancy and boost trade and travel.
Mumbai, August 11: Bodyguard is close to Salman Khan for reasons more than one. The actor apart from having to maintain his successful streak had to help establish his sister Alvira and brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri’s career as producers with the project. And Salman has worked hard on it.
But thanks to his extra-critical nature and also the fact that the actor has failed to report on the sets on time more often than not the film is still far from complete.
Mumbai, August 11: Before one draws any conclusions, Imran had to go through the torture for a scene in their upcoming film “Mere Brother Ki Dulhan”, releasing Sep 9. The romantic comedy, helmed by debutant director Ali Abbas Zafar, had a scene where Katrina had to slap Imran. But to the actor’s misfortune, Katrina took more than 16 takes to get the slap right!
QURAN: Ramadan is the best time to reconnect with the Quran. The best advice I have been given is to remember to stay consistent with one’s recitation and in pondering over the verses of the Quran. Try to set a minimum amount of Quran that you would like to read everyday. In this way, you will ensure that every day of Ramadan will be filled with Quran. A good way to reach your goal is by setting aside time after each salah to read the specific portion of the Quran that you planned to read for the day.
London,August 11 :ARMED with swords and hockey sticks, over 700 Sikhs took to the streets to protect the Guru Singh Sabha gurudwara in Southall as the police in the UK were busy restoring peace in London.
Vigilante groups have been formed in various areas in London to protect homes and business establishments that have been vandalised by rioters — mainly of Afro- Caribbean origin — in London over the past four days.
These include shops owned by businessmen of Indian- origin in Harrow and Ealing.
New Delhi, August 11: The government has created an online data sharing system to track every person travelling from there.NEW DELHI: Nearly 1,300 Pakistanis on visit to India are traceless after their visa expired, and the government has created an online data sharing system to track every person travelling from there, the government said on Wednesday.
“As per information available, 1,283 Pakistani nationals remain untraced and missing as on June 30, 2011,” minister of state for home affairs Jitendra Singh said in a statement to the Rajya Sabha.
New Delhi, August 11: Some Facebook and Twitter content is already under the surveillance of the National Technical Research Organization. NEW DELHI: Beware of what you put in your Facebook messages or your tweets. Your friends and followers may not be the only ones reading them. Chances are government sleuths would be vetting these private messages.
Lucknow,August 11: Islam is one religion which took care of their elderly people so much that islamic teaching of respecting and taking care ol old parents were repected all over western countries but now globaliszation has taken over the fancied zeal and old muslims parents have become a liability for their childrens.
Hundreds of hadiths are present on taking care of old parents but today muslims youth have gone on wrong path in taking care of their parents.
New Delhi, August 11: Depressed over his sleeping disorder, a 50-year-old business man allegedly committed suicide Wednesday morning in his residence in upscale Greater Kailash-II, police said.
Kulbeer Singh shot himself with his .32 bore pistol at around 8 a.m.
Singh, who owns a leather factory in Okhla Industrial Area, left a suicide note which mentioned that he was depressed over his sleeping disorder for the past few months.
Hyderabad, August 11: A 25-year-old woman gave birth to abnormal twins in a private hospital in Kakinada on Wednesday. The babies’ eyes were protruding while their skin was very hard. The doctors said that this is a disease known as Itchymosis.
“Their skin is very tight and they would develop respiratory problems soon,” the doctors said. They said that chances for survival were very less. Such abnormal births are reported in consanguine relationships, sources said.
–Agencies
Mumbai, August 10: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects in the Mumbai attacks on Wednesday issued a contempt notice to Interior Minister Rehman Malik for announcing that a judicial commission would visit India soon, though the court had not yet decided the matter.
Hyderabad, August 11: Telangana Rashtra Samithi Deputy Floor Leader T Harish Rao on Wednesday demanded that the Centre get the entire paragraph relating to employment in Hyderabad deleted from the Presidential Orders of 1975 rather than just be satisfied with the deletion of only Clause 14 F.
Talking to media persons at Telangana Bhavan, Mr Harish Rao said that according to information filtering through, the Centre agreed to the deletion of only the Clause referring to the recruitment of sub-inspectors to posts in Hyderabad.
Mumbai, August 10: Actresses Mugdha Godse and Dia Mirza, and former beauty queen Kanishtha Dhankhar walked the ramp for their respective designers at the Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2011. Mugdha Godse’s outfit represented the mughal era in a combination with the modern bride designed by Reynu Tandon. Designer Wendell Rodricks brought a zesty sorbet splash collection with Miss India 2011 Kanishtha Dhankhar as the showstopper for him.
Mumbai, August 10: Kareena Kapoor perform item no for upcoming BodyguardKareena Kapoor will perform a sizzling number in the upcoming Bodyguard. The song, which sees Bebo don an uber-sexy avatar was added to the movie on Kareena’s request, after sources say, she started having nightmares over Katrina’s item number in the film stealing her glory.