President Benigno Aquino III’s secret meeting with chairman Murad Ebrahim of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front last week in Tokyo is both good and bad. Good because the meeting could speed up the process of bringing to an end the conflict in Mindanao, which has stunted the growth of the region, killed tens of thousands of combatants and non-combatants and caused a lot of misery to the people.
New Delhi, August 09:The government today held out the possibility of a cut in domestic prices of petrol if international prices come down sharply and in a stable way.
Asked if the petrol prices will come down because international prices have gone down, Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy told reporters here that “if the prices globally come down sharply and in a stable way, naturally the prices of petrol would be adjusted downwards”.
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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim lunar year, which is celebrated from beginning to end as holy. In fact, many regard it as the holiest time of the Muslim year.
The principle outward characteristic of Ramadan is that Muslims are expected to fast all day, every day.
Fasting in Islam is considered to be a means of practicing self-control. It is also considered to be a way of experiencing what hunger is all about, sympathising with the poor and the needy and thanking Almight Allah for everything you have received in life.
Hyderabad, August 08: Markazi Mashaiq and Ulema Forum president Moulana SS Asrar Hussain Razvi Al Madani, along with a delegation of Muslim leaders on Monday called on N Kiran Kumar Reddy and appealed to the Chief Minister to use his good offices to forward their sentiments to all concerned and see that all agitation programmes during the Holy month of Ramzan be postponed. The Chief Minister sympathetically responded to their request and assured that to do whatever he can in this regard.
Hyderabad, August 08: Breast milk may be thought of as a baby’s ‘first immunisation’. Colostrum, the first milk secreted by the mother’s mammary glands a few days before and after childbirth contains many essential antibodies that confer immunity on the infant. Overall, breast milk protects the baby from diarrhoea, ear infections, chest infection and other conditions. It provides nutritional support against childhood diseases like Juvenile-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, obesity, gastroenteritis, respiratory diseases and urinary tract infections.
New Delhi, August 08: G Electronics India, a home appliances company, successfully orgainsed the third round of Mallika-e-Kitchen Cooking Contest 2011 at Hotel Chillies in the city. Around 100 contestants from Hyderabad participated in the third round of the contest. The participants brought their microwave cooked dishes along with the recipes which were scrutinised, on predefined parameters, by the panel of judges. B Sreedevi and S Latha were the winners from Hyderabad have qualified for the next stage, which will take place later this month.
Hyderabad, August 08: The suspended senior TDP leader and former minister, Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, on Monday lodged a complaint with the Saifabad police that the Assembly Speaker, Mr Nadendla Manohar, was missing for some time and his whereabouts are not known.
On receipt of information that Mr Nadendla Manohar had returned home from abroad, Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, accompanied by his party colleague, Mr Harishwar Reddy, came to the Assembly building this morning and squatted at the Gate No. 2 demanding that their resignations to the House be accepted forthwith.
Moga, August 08: A police head constable and his two nephews were today charged with committing rape with a married woman at Nihalsinghwala in the district.
Head constable Jaswinder Singh and his nephews Gona Singh and Lakhvir Singh were booked by the police for allegedly raping the woman, police said here.
The accused were booked on rape charges on the statement of the victim, who is hospitalised here.The victim was allegedly kidnapped by Gona Singh about a year back following which a kidnapping case was registered against the accused.
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Mumbai, August 08: Katrina Kaif is an adrenaline junkie who loves challenging herself.
After learning to ride a bike and also indulging in hardcore scuba-diving for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Kat was ecstatic on receiving an invitation to Naushera in the state of Jammu and Kashmir for the Independence special edition of a TV show.
Mumbai, August 08: Salman Khan is set to change the perception of history being dull and boring.
He sports an attitude that is symbolic of what the all-new HISTORY channel represents. He is complemented by an exciting, new wardrobe, styled by his sister Alvira Agnihotri and Ashley Rebello.
The channel has signed him on, as his popularity cuts across all ages and gender.
The channel, coming soon to India in partnership with TV18, is the original
HISTORY channel from US and the number one factual entertainment channel there.
New Delhi, August 08: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday responded to opposition demands for her resignation following the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games with a terse, “Let them do what they want to”.
Both houses of parliament were adjourned Monday over the CAG report that indicted Dikshit, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi.
“Whatever happened in parliament… let it happen,” Dikshit told reporters here as the controversy gathered.
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New Delhi, August 08: Even as global stock markets continued to lose heavily over the US sovereign debt downgrade, policymakers in India sought to reassure investors that the crisis will not affect the country much and that it will continue to grow.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee assured the global investing community that the Indian government will push economic reforms forward even as strong fundamentals will ensure flow of capital to growth areas.
Hyderabad, August 8: Hit by electric wires a 28 year old man died under Uppal police station limits. A man named Harichari a resident of Chilkanagar Uppal was busy in decoration in the wake of Bonal festival.
Chari who was a driver by occupation was busy repairing electric wires used for decorative lighting when he was hit by the electric wire and suffered serious injury. He was rushed to the hospital where he died while undergoing treatment. Police Uppal has registered a case and investigations are underway.
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Hyderabad, August 8: Distressed over debt burden, two persons hanged themselves to death, while one among them is said to have been scared of the alleged threatening by the lender. The incidents occurred under Bowenpally and Kachiguda police station limits. 47 year old Ramesh Kumar who did chit fund business hanged himself to death as he couldn’t collect money. He was distressed over debt burden.
Bangalore, August 08: “It was like climbing seven hills.” This is how a middle- aged man described the trouble he had climbing up a few stairs to his office.
Three years on, Venkatakrishnaiah, 57, can climb up 100 steps of a local temple several times — powered by an implanted artificial heart. The only complaint Venkatakrishnaiah, a former assistant executive engineer with the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation, has is that it is too rainy these days to walk around with his backpack heart.
Hyderabad, August 8: President Jamiat-ul-Ulama-e-Hind, Andhra Pradesh, Hafiz Peer Shabbir Ahmed MLC in a press statement issued from the office of Jamiat-ul-Ulama Amberpet said that the month of Ramadan is the most blessed and holy month. In this month of glory each day Almighty Allah calls from above, “Is there anyone who supplicates that his supplication be accepted? Is there anyone who desires Maghfirah (forgiveness) that he (or she) may be forgiven? Is there anyone who repents that his repentance be accepted?
Hyderabad, August 08: Even as devotees gather in large numbers at the Mecca Masjid, it has come to light that 13 of the 23 closed-circuit television cameras installed in the masjid are not working and the remaining 10 are not fully functional.
Following this, Hyderabad police commissioner A K Khan has written to the state government seeking the immediate release of funds to repair them.
Hyderabad, August 08: For the first time in the history of Andhra Pradesh, district collectors are set to take the salute in the Telangana districts on the Independence Day in view of the ministers from the region deciding to stay away from all the official events on August 15 including the ceremonial parade, in protest against the delay in the creation of Telangana.
New Delhi, August 08: Gold surged to record high by adding Rs 536 to Rs 25,978 per 10 grams in futures trading Monday on buying by speculators, driven by a strong overseas trend, where investors sought safe haven following downgrading of the US credit rating.
The rising of gold to an all-time high of over USD 1,700 an ounce in the Asian region as equity markets tumbled worldwide, encouraging investors to park their funds in bullion, traders said.
Mumbai, August 08: Instead of dealing with potholes, which have become a major problem for commuters, the ruling party members of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seem to be busy in another issue.
Local corporators of Shiv Sena and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) along with many right-wing Hindu organisations have opposed an in-situ rehabilitation of a mosque and madrasa near the under-construction rail over-bridge over the Milan Subway.
The organisations objected to the decision in a meeting held on Wednesday at Vile Parle.
Infant’s body found in Borabanda
Hyderabad, August 8 (Siasat News): Police has recovered the dead body of a female infant who is said to be of four months.
The people of the locality were taken aback after spotting the dead body near a drainage canal situated at site three.
According to police Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar, police recovered the dead body on the information given by a lady Sharmila Jadhav and shifted it to the Gandhi Hospital mortuary for identification. Police S R Nagar is investigating.
Karachi, August 08: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels the fourth Test at The Oval will provide Sachin Tendulkar with an ideal opportunity to reach the milestone of scoring 100 international centuries, in the ongoing four-match series against England.
The Oval is the venue for the fourth and final Test.
Akram is, however, not certain if the champion batsman would be able to get to the landmark in the third Test at Edgbaston, where the ball swings around, and the pressure would be on India to come back into the series.
Hyderabad, August 08: Entrepreneur Development cell of Osmania University is conducting a four week course for the unemployed graduates of Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Technology and Management courses in the last week of August.
The course contents include project identification, preparation of project report, Marketing Management etc. Field visits to industrial corporations also form part of the programme.
New Delhi, August 08: Mr. Khalequr Rahman Congress leader during his stay for Umrah met Indian Consul General Mr. Faiz Ahmed Khidwai. Mr. Khidwai said that there are many opportunities for Indians in the field of Infrastructure Development.
Bhopal, August 08 (Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has exhorted the commissioners and collectors to be result-oriented for altering development scenario in the state. He asked them to set up a special cell in their respective divisional and district headquarters for speedy disposal of applications, forwarded by the ministers.