Nalgonda August 8: Is the notorious khap panchayat culture as rampant in the State as it is in Haryana? It seems so. A day after a woman was ex-communicated for seeking alimony from her divorced husband at Bheemili in Visakhapatnam, a young man reportedly committed suicide after being ostracised at a village in Nalgonda district on Sunday.
Hyderabad, August 08: Mr. Wajahat Habeebullah, Chairman, National Minorities Commission, New Delhi wrote a letter to Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister of A.P. to take action on the recommendations of the commission pertaining to Makkah Masjid bomb blast victims which are as follows:
1. Legal action should be taken against the police officers who imprisoned the innocent youths.
2. Victims should be rehabilitated by providing employment commensurate with their qualifications.
3. Rs. 3 lakh should be paid to each victim as compensation.
Hyderabad, August 8: With the shrinking portions of American pie, students aspiring to pursue higher education in the promised land are reworking their options. Severe cuts in the budget earmarked for government research agencies such as National Institute of Health (NIH) as well as government funded projects in the universities has resulted in more students from the city looking at economic options such as Canada and Singapore.
Hyderabad August 8: A eight-year-old land tortoise belonging to the rare star-shelled species, which was found on the road by a passer-by, has been shifted to the Nehru Zoological park on Sunday.
Hyderabad, August 8: The Labour department set to crack the whip on outlets which hire child labourers below the age of 15 years. The department will initiate a special drive with assistance from the NGOs MV Foundation and Divya Disha on Monday at 11 a.m from Chermas, MG Road in Secunderabad. The drive is part of the plan to make Secunderabad into a Child Labour Free Zone.
Hyderabad August 8: The AP Pharma Council (APPC) is all set to crack a whip on unregistered pharmacists in the state.
The APPC has issued notices against registered pharmacists who gave their certificates ‘on hire’ to others in return of their monthly payment, said Annapareddy Vijayabhaskar Reddy, president of the council, here on Sunday.
“The registration of pharmacists with fake or borrowed certificates will soon be cancelled,” Reddy added.
New Delhi, August 08: BJP’s trump card in its campaign against Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is Dr Murli Manohar Joshi. In a new report on 2G spectrum scam prepared by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson, sources tell that references against P Chidambaram have been increased – annexures that build a stronger case against him. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s name remains key in the report but the target now quite clearly is the Home Minister himself.
Hyderabad, August 08: Government employees in Telangana region are set to protest from Monday in the run up to the indefinite strike from Aug 17, even as the government decided to invoke Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) in all key departments.
A showdown appears inevitable with the employees’ unions deciding to boycott talks till the government withdraws orders under ESMA and calls back police forces deployed at the offices and the government giving no hint of accepting their pre-conditions.
The head of studies at the Royal Air Force pilot training college is a convert to Islam who has criticised Nato air strikes on Libya in a Muslim magazine.
Dr Joel Hayward is dean of the college at Cranwell, the RAF’s equivalent of Sandhurst, and has taught many of the pilots spearheading the military operation against Colonel Gaddafi.
But, to the dismay of defence chiefs, he has cast doubt on the widely held belief that the Nato actions averted the mass killing of civilians in Benghazi. He also warned against the RAF becoming ‘the air corps of a rebel army’.
Cairo, August 08: Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas have ended their reconciliation talks they described as “positive,” with an agreement to free political prisoners of both sides.
The two parties, which were holding negotiations in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, agreed Sunday to meet again early next month and work towards releasing the political prisoners of both movements in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, AFP reported.
Sanaa, August 08: Yemeni opposition parties have denied holding talks with the ruling party of Ali Abdullah Saleh, as the country continues to be the scene of growing violence.
UN envoy Jamal bin Omar had earlier given the opposition parties a week-long deadline to resolve the country’s ongoing deadlock, a Media correspondent reported.
The opposition said on Saturday that a dialogue would only take place once Saleh has handed over power.
Sanaa, August 08: A prominent political analyst says he believes Ali Abdullah Saleh will eventually return to Yemen with the help of his two major allies, the United States and Saudi Arabia.
“Right now the main powers with influence in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United States are making this happen in order to have regime stability. Saleh’s return will send a message to the revolutionaries that they have no options but to surrender,” said Ali al-Ahmed, director of the Institute for [Persian] Gulf Affairs (IGA), in an exclusive interview with Press TV on Sunday.
Bhopal, August 08 (Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the state is ahead in the country in respect of agriculture growth rate. He stressed the need for district level action plan for change in crop cycle to achieve higher production. He said that agro-climate suited crop pattern should be adopted for encouraging yields.
Bhopal, August 08 (Pervez Bari): Karnataka swimmers, the defending champions, continued their domination as they led from the front in the medals tally with 11 gold, eight silver and 10 bronze medals on the second day in the ongoing 38th Junior National Aquatic Championship at the Prakash Taran Pushkar pool here on Saturday.
London, August 08: Scientists have developed a portable blood test device which they say diagnoses an infection within minutes and can be an effective weapon in the fight against HIV and AIDS in the developing world.
Developed by scientists at the University of Columbia in New York, the mChip, which costs only $1 and looks like a credit card, has proved almost 100 per cent accurate in testing HIV in Rwanda.
Hundreds of tests using a prototype were carried out in the town of Kigali and returned a 95 per cent accuracy for HIV and 76 per cent for syphilis, the Daily Mail reported.
Washington, August 08: The extravagant expenses towards wars and military activities are the reason behind the US economic crisis, says a board member of Washington Peace Center.
“One of the main reasons we have economic problems in our society is that we have sunk hundreds of millions of dollars into war on several fronts” in Iraq, Afghanistan Libya, Pakistan and Yemen, Paul Magno told Media.
Mumbai, August 08: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) reserved orders on a complaint filed by a Lok Sabha MP against Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy for allegedly making anti-Muslim remarks in his article.
Hyderabad, August 08: As the dithering over the Telangana statehood issue continues, businesses in Andhra Pradesh which frequently find themselves caught in the middle have found a way to get around the problem — by acknowledging Telangana on their boards.
Kolkata, August 08: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s role was “questionable” in the spectrum saga and the now jailed Suresh Kalmadi’s appointment to run the Commonwealth Games.
“Whether it be the 2G spectrum affair or the KG Basic gas contract issue or the appointment of Kalmadi as chairman of the CWG (Commonwealth Games) Organising Committee, the role of the prime minister is questionable,” it said in a statement.
Mumbai, August 08: Stating that the Congress is in a “negative shape”, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari Sunday said that his party should take advantage of it and strive to get back to power.
“The Congress is totally in a negative shape and the BJP should take advantage of it and should strive to take the power in our hands,” Gadkari said.
New Delhi, August 08: The beheaded body of a 26-year-old man, missing from his home here for more than a week, has been found in Haryana’s Rewari district, police said Sunday.
Srikant Singh, an insurance advisor for a healthcare company, was missing since July 29 after he left his home at Moti Bagh in South Delhi, police said.
Srikant’s father Seespal Singh complainedf to the police that his son left in his I-10 car, saying that he will return in half an hour, but never returned.
Hyderabad, August 08: Alleging that the Centre’s different views expressed in Parliament and in Courts were part of a larger conspiracy to divert the attention of the people, Telugu Desam Party Legislator Revanth Reddy on Sunday charged the Centre of playing with the lives of the students by keeping the deletion of Clause 14 F from the Presidential Orders pending since the past 16 months.
Abu Dhabi, August 08: The Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has brought a 200-year-old Kiswah, the shroud that covers the Ka’aba in Mecca, to the country to mark the holy month of Ramadan this year, it was announced Sunday.
The Kiswah, one of the most sacred Islamic artefacts, is open to public viewing at the dome in the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi this month.
Muslim pilgrims from across the globe visit Mecca in Saudi Arabia during Hajj.
London, August 08: Actress Olivia Wilde says her mother was instrumental in teaching her the art of being “sexy and attractive” but also “the smartest person in the room”.
Olivia’s mother, Leslie Cockburn, is a producer on CBS news show “60 Minutes”.
“My mum taught me a lot. Especially about how, as a woman, you can be sexy and attractive and yet still be the smartest person in the room,” contactmusic.com quoted the 27-year-old as saying.
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Hyderabad, August 08: Suspended leader of the Telugu Desam Party from Telangana Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Sunday challenged the TDP Telangana Forum members to stage dharna in front of party chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s residence in Hyderabad and demand a clear statement on the separate statehood issue, instead of them agitating in New Delhi