Month: August 2011

New Delhi, August 05: The Union Home Minister pointed out that out of the eight political parties, only three have expressed their views and came out openly for a separate Telangana state. They are TRS, BJP and CPI. The other parties Congress along with PRP which had merged, and the TDP are divided on the issue, the CPM had opposed bifurcation, the MIM has not spelt out a division and the newly formed YSR Congress Party has not taken any view on the issue, he explained.

Islamabad, August 05: The ever-growing mistrust between the military and intelligence establishments of the two key allies in the “war on terror” – Washington and Islamabad – has widened to such an extent in recent months that their damaged ties are unlikely to reach the same level at which they were prior to the American military raid in Abbottabad on May 2 that killed the most wanted al-Qaeda chief, Osama bin Laden.

Benghazi, August05: A NATO raid killed Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis and more than 30 other people, rebels said today, as Tripoli accused the alliance of targeting civilian sites and trying to create a humanitarian crisis.

Khamis Gaddafi, 28, was confirmed to be among the dead following a NATO air strike on a command centre in the western town of Zliten, a rebel spokesman told media, citing spies operating among Gaddafi’s ranks.

Beijing, August 05: A woman got back her lost mobile phone that contained the last voice messages of her son who died of cancer, thanks to an internet campaign in China. One of the messages said: “Mom, don’t cry. I love you”.

Police in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region traced the phone following tip-offs from microbloggers.

The phone belonged to Wang Guolan, whose 19-year-old son Cheng died last year, the Shanghai Daily reported citing the Shanghai Evening Post.

The phone was a “spiritual support” for Wang since it contained Cheng’s messages.

Mumbai, August 05: As Friendship Day nears, and after all the news doing the rounds of this one falling out with that one et al, Shah Rukh Khan comes to the fore to say that he has no friends!

It all happened at the wrap up party of ‘Ra.One’ that Shah Rukh Khan said, “Friendship Day is a beautiful day, I’m sure. But I don’t have any friends!”

The Khan went on to add, on a more serious note, “No. I’m kidding. I’ll make some more friends this Friendship Day! Or, actually I won’t because with friends you tend to say anything, and then the media gets busy!”

Hyderabad, August 05: Former chief minister K Rosaiah on Friday appealed to Seemandra and Telangana leaders, employees and students to postpone the statehood agitation temporarily as United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who underwent surgery at New York, is not available to resolve the issue.

Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party Office, Rosaiah said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has to play active role in resolving the Telangana issue and without her presence the Centre cannot take any decision.

Hyderabad, August 05: Congress President Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to Chiranjeevi two days ago, to be prepared to merge his PRP in Congress between August 8 and 10. Her sudden air-dash to America for cancer treatment and the prospect of her being unavailable for the next month or so have created doubts about the merger in the minds of Congress cadres and Chiranjeevi.

London, August 05: Highly sexualised pictures of a 10-year-old model in a French magazine have infuriated campaigners, who think that a child so young should not be displaying the sexual allure of someone twice her age.

The provocative images of Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau, who is tipped as the next big thing on the fashion scene, show her reclining among leopard print pillows, her rouged lips pouting at the camera, and complete with heavy make-up and stiletto heels.

New Delhi, August 05: Faced with a ticklish situation, the government on Friday threw the ball in the court of the political parties in Andhra Pradesh for a decision on the issue of separate state of Telangana.

Responding to a Calling Attention Motion on the Telangana issue, Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Lok Sabha that as many as four political parties of Andhra Pradesh out of eight have not yet “made up their mind” on Telangana.

Three parties — TRS, BJP and CPI — favoured carving out of the new state while CPI(M) is opposed to the idea, he said.

Mumbai, August 05: Bollywood siren Katrina Kaif is surely multi talented. Katrina has already proved her acting abilities and now the pretty lady is all set become a designer.
 
Katrina recently dropped the offer to work opposite ex-beau Ranbir Kapoor in Ayan Mukherjee’s film and went ahead with the offer to work with SRK in Yash Chopra’s next.

That’s not all! Apart from sharing the screen space with King Khan she will be designing her own clothes for the film.

Hyderabad, August 5: The city skies can soon be seen through the keen eye of the C-11 telescope, a highly sophisticated telescope designed by the Uranoscope de France with German technology. The telescope is being set up by the B M Birla Planetorium in the city within their campus in the new C P Birla Observatory. The observatory will be open to the public on appointment basis. Talking to City Express B G Siddharth, director of the science centre said, “We should be functional in a few months.

Hyderabad, August 5: Chief Minister N Kiran Reddy on Thursday directed Mahaboobnagar DEO to suspend headmaster Venkatram of Pudunuru ZP High School who had punished a class VII student Naveen Kumar on July 26 for playing outside the class in the absence of a teacher.

Naveen Kumar collapsed and was later, hospitalised after he obeyed headmaster’s orders and did 100 sit-ups. He was shifted to a hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday after his condition deteriorated.

–Agencies

Hyderabad, August 5: The PIL bench of the AP High Court comprising chief justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru and justice Vilas Afzalpurkar on Thursday ordered notice to the civic authorities on a complaint that they were not removing the illegal constructions and encroachments on the road leading to Kanipakam near Tirupati.

The petitioner R. Gopalakrishna Choudary, a resident of Chittoor, complained that the road from Uttara Brahmanapalli to the temple and beyond on the way to the famous Ganesh temple at Kanipakam had a number of illegal constructions.

Hyderabad, August 5 : A 40-year-old housewife was found murdered at her residence in Golconda in the city early on Wednesday morning and 7.5 tolas of gold worth Rs 1.50 lakh was found missing.
“We suspect that a few unidentified persons who came to her house for theft murdered her,” said Mohammed Yousuf, sub-inspector of Golconda.
Around 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday, a few persons entered the house of Gouri Shanker and Rita Devi Shukla.

Rita was asleep in the bedroom at the time while Gouri Shanker was sleeping with their child Dheeraj Shukla in the main hall of the house.

Hyderabad, August 5: Shaik Mahaboob Ali, president of the Dargah Jihad-O-Shahadat, an Old City-based fundamentalist outfit, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was unwell for the last several months.
Mahaboob Ali, known for his high voltage speeches, especially during protest rallies he organised on December 6 every year, Babri Masjid demolition day, was always on the radar of city police.

Hyderabad, August 5: To win back old customers and woo new ones, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has initiated a Reconnection Mela, which will go on till August 12. Apart from offering renewal of old connections which were stopped due to non-payment of bills, services such as land line and broadband connections, mobile, EVDO, ITC cards and 3G data cards will also be available, according to Rajeev Aggarwal, AP circle chief general manager.

Hyderabad, August 5: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) organised a national-level workshop on “Future of Nursing in India” on Thursday in the city. Present on the occasion was Professor A Kalyani, vice-chancellor, Tamil Nadu Open University, Archbishop of Hyderabad, Rev Thumma Bala and the director-general of CHAI, Dr Rev Tomi Thomas.

Hyderabad, August 5: With special focus on agriculture and industry which are crucial to state economy, the state government is planning to adopt a five-point programme to strengthen power sector and provide adequate power supply to all categories of consumers. Further, the government is aiming at ensuring that the requirements of agriculture, industry and domestic consumers are met to the extent possible.

Hyderabad, August 5: “Language is a reflection of our culture and personality,” said professor Sunaina Singh, the key note speaker at a UGC sponsored National Conference with a theme ‘The Changing Langscape of English’, which was hosted by The Department of English, St Ann’s College for Women, Mehdipatnam.

Hyderabad, August 5: After the boat mishap in Hussain Sagar last week, where three tourists were injured, the tourism department is conducting a counselling session for boat operators, according to officials. A speedboat carrying three women tourists had hit a mechanical boat, injuring the tourists.

Hyderabad, August 5: Hyderabad has always been a city with abundant heritage. The promotion and preservation of these heritage monuments is one issue that has gained magnitude in recent times. To promote the same and work for this cause of heritage preservation, the Hyderabad 10K Run Foundation and the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department have organised the Hyderabad Heritage Marathon, which is set to take place on October 9.

Hyderabad, August 5: With talks between APSRTC, Hyderabad Zone officials and employees union (EU) failing over implementation of GO No 90 and regularising contract workers in the corporation, the union leaders on Thursday declared that they would go on strike on August 7 in the city.

“As many as 10,000 members of the Employees Union will boycott their duties and participate in the strike on August 7,” said K Raji Reddy, zonal secretary, APSRTC employees union.

Hyderabad, August 5: Started almost a year ago, IDP, bridges the gap between a high-end vegetarian restaurant and an unhygienic tiffin centre. “Our aim was to provide hygienic food and a quick service, so that people with a time constraint or who are on the go can have a quick bite which is not only reasonably priced but also filling,” explains Sameer Reddy,CEO, IDP. Located at the corner of Prenderghast Road, with bright, sunny and attractive colours, IDP is easy to spot.

Hyderabad, August 5: A matchbox-sized book on Shri Shirdi Sai Baba will be released on August 7 at the Nampally exhibition grounds, said Shri Sai Viswa Chaitanya Swami on Thursday.

“The first-of-a-kind book, containing 187 pages, essentially summarises the original Shirdi Samsthana Sacharitra while retaining the complete Sai Chalisa, Prabhatashtakam and Ekadasha Sutra,” he added.

Hyderabad, August 5: Think about Ramzan, and the first thing that comes to anybody’s mind is Haleem, Biryani or shopping. But, this is also the time when people fast and offer prayers to the Lord. This Ramzan, even the Quran, gets tech-savvy. Now, an all new audio-avatar of Quran, in the form of a pen has hit the market.