Month: September 2011

Ajman, September 28: A baby girl was found abandoned at a mosque in Al Manama area in Ajman, reported ‘Al Itihad’ newspaper.

The infant was placed in a bassinet along with some essentials required for the baby. People inside the mosque were alerted during Fajr prayer last week when they heard cries of the baby.

Police handed over the baby to the Department of Child care, Khalifa Hospital.

Ajman Police is investigating records at all hospitals to check details of recent births.

Auckland, September 28: A NEW Zealand man found with almost 60 cats in his house was facing animal cruelty charges after another 38 were found dead in his freezer.

Auckland’s Donald Cruickshank, 77, allegedly stored the cat bodies wrapped in bloody newspaper and fabric bags next to food in two fridges and freezers. Police found them when they visited his home in December.

Animal welfare group SPCA claimed its inspectors also found 19 cats running around his house, 17 cats locked in cages in unhygienic conditions and 23 cats in a fly-infested downstairs unit.

Hyderabad, September 28: An unidentified woman was found dead in the Katedhan area on the Old Kurnool road in the limits of Shivarampally police station on Tuesday.

Police suspect that the woman might have died about two-three days ago. She was aged about 35-40 years and was clad in a light-green colour petti coat and blue-colour blouse. The body has been preserved at the Osmania General Hospital mortuary for autopsy and identification. Police say that the cause of death would be known only after the receipt of post-mortem report.

——Agencies

New Delhi, September 28: A 31-year-old surgeon who strangled his wife here and dumped the body in Allahabad citing incompatibility has been arrested, police said Tuesday.

Chandra Vibhash, who worked at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital here,
packed wife Supriya’s body in a bag and drove about 630 km to Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to throw it into the Ganges.

He missed the mark and the bag landed on a bridge, Additional Commissioner of Police V. Renganathan said.

Vibhash told police that he killed Supriya as they were not on the same “mental and physical” wave length.

New Delhi, September 28: Defending the government over the 2G scam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went on the offensive. He lashed out at the Opposition saying there is no chance of mid-term polls.

The political war over the 2G note row is heating up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attacking the Opposition upon his return from New York. He has accused the Opposition of trying to force mid-term polls.

The BJP has hit back saying the 2G loot was not the Opposition’s creation.

New Delhi, September 28: A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to visit the United States soon to question 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawur Hussain Rana for helping Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley to disguise as immigrant consultant during his visits to India.

Mumbai, September 28: One of the gems of the Hindi film industry, Lata Mangeshkar turns 82 Wednesday and even after spreading the magic of her voice for seven decades she is still singing songs with aplomb.

Thanks to her successful long journey and her body of work, she has become an institution in herself and a guiding force not just for budding singers, but also for established artists.

Beijing, September 28: Over 260 passengers were injured, many seriously, after two high-speed metro trains today collided in Shanghai due to signal failure, which was also blamed for the deadly bullet train crash in China two months ago that claimed 40 lives.

The accident occurred when a metro train smashed into the rear of another one after the signal system went haywire, sending the busy suburban network in China’s largest metropolis and commercial hub into a spin, state-run CCTV reported.

Ahmedabad, September 28: A bill, seeking seven-year jail term for cow slaughter or even transporting the animal for that purpose, was passed unopposed in Gujarat Assembly on Tuesday, with opposition Congress extending support to it.

As per the provisions of Gujarat Animal Preservation Act (GAPA) 1954, which prohibits cow slaughter, there is no provision to prevent transportation of the animal for slaughter.

Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill 2011- was tabled in the Assembly by Agriculture Minister Dileep Sanghani.

Ahmedabad, September 28: Suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt on Tuesday told the Gujarat high court that Chief Minister Narendra Modi and former Minister of State for Home Amit Shah had tried to pressurise him to destroy crucial evidence in the Haren Pandya murder case.

The allegations were made by Bhatt in an additional affidavit filed by him on Tuesday before Justice R H Shukla who was hearing an alleged police atrocity case against the IPS officer in Jamnagar district.

Ahmedabad, September 28: Security has been beefed up at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) here following a threat letter from a little known outfit.

“Airport Director SVPIA Anuj Aggarwal on Tuesday received a threatening letter written in English through regular post. It was written by a terror outfit named Lashkare-el-Jehad,” a senior police official said.

Hyderabad, September 28: The Tukkaramgate police on Tuesday arrested a school warden for allegedly burning the hand of a six-year-old student.

According to police, the accused Deepak was the warden of St Francis School at Mahindra Hills allegedly burnt the hand of K Ravi when the latter did not listen to his instruction during tuition classes on September 19.

Hyderabad, September 28: Aerial tourism is now a reality in Hyderabad. If you can afford to spend nearly Rs 3,000, then you can have an aerial tour of the city’s famous tourists spots for 15-minutes.

The AP Tourism Development Corporation in association with the Deccan Aviation Private Limited has launched helicopter services which would take the tourists on a 15-minute ride to the tourism spots. They include Golconda, Falaknuma, Chowmohalla Palace, Birla Mandir, Buddha Statue and the Hi-tech City.

New Delhi, September 28: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday told the Supreme Court that former Gujarat minister Amit Shah was the “commander of crime syndicate with some officials of state police as its foot soldiers” who would eliminate crucial witnesses in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout.

The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai was told that at every stage of the investigation, either the witness was made to retract his statement or was eliminated.

New Delhi, September 28: Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari was on Tuesday asked by the Delhi High Court to explain why it should not launch contempt of court proceeding against him for his “deliberate disobedience” of its order to give his blood sample for DNA test to determine a youth’s paternity.

“Why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against defendant (Tiwari) for his deliberate, wilful disobedience of the court’s order”, Justice Gita Mittal said issuing the contempt notice to Tiwari.

New Delhi, September 28: At least five persons were killed and 25 injured Tuesday night when a 70-year old three- storeyed building collapsed near Old Delhi’s Jama Masjid, prompting Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to initiate an inquiry into the incident and on dilapidated structures in the area.

The building collapse, which was reported from Chandni Mahal area at around 8 pm, came as a stark reminder to last November’s building collapse in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar which claimed over 70 lives.

New Delhi, September 28: Senior BJP leader LK Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni was arrested on Tuesday and sent to Tihar jail by a Delhi court for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam.

Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal ordered that Kulkarni be taken into judicial custody while rejecting his plea for interim bail on grounds of being a “whistle blower” in the case.

London, September 28: Actress Kirsten Dunst has gone topless for a scene from her new movie “Melancholia”.

The 29-year-old stars in this sci-fi drama about two sisters whose strained relationship is further tested when a mysterious new planet threatens to crash into earth, reports thesun.co.uk.

In this film, the actress has stripped off for several steamy scenes.

Directed by Lars von Trier, the film also has stars Victoria Silvstedt, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kiefer Sutherland.

–IANS–

Hyderabad, September 28: Former Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas on Tuesday advised the High Command not to prolong the decision on creating Telangana state.

Islamabad, September 28: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said tourism helps us “understand each other’s cultures” that promote tolerance and shared values.

“Let us pledge to engage with people and try to develop better understanding of each other’s cultures,” Gilani said on the occasion of the World Tourism Day Tuesday.

Gilani said the day draws our attention to the importance of tourism and its economic, political and cultural values.

Hyderabad, September 28: Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Tuesday called upon Telangana activists to stage ‘Rasta Roko’ agitation on Wednesday to protest against the attack on Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee chairman Swamy Goud.

Talking to media persons Kodandaram condemned the attack allegedly done by the police on Swamy Goud and demanded that the government immediately take action against the guilty police officials.

Hyderabad, September 28: The Telugu Desam Party has suffered another T-shock on Tuesday when its MLA decided to quit the party and join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

According to sources, Kamareddy MLA Gampa Govardhan will be joining the TRS by resigning from the TDP. Govardhan, a second-time MLA from Kamareddy Assembly constituency, is said to have met TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday at TRS Bhavan and discussed about his entry into the TRS. The sources say that Govardhan might announce his decision on joining the TRS in a day or two.

Hyderabad, September 28: The Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee chairman Swamy Goud was injured after he was allegedly attacked by some unknown persons on Tuesday morning. He reportedly suffered internal injuries to his lungs and kidneys.

Hyderabad, September 28: The Union ministry of tourism has now sanctioned an amount of Rs 8 crore to uplift and restore historic monuments in and around the iconic Charminar. This was announced by the state tourism department on the occasion of world tourism day, observed on Tuesday.

The funds, to be released under the ‘strengthening of tourist infrastructure of historic Charminar core and other areas’ will see seven protected/listed monuments in the Old city undergo renovation activity from the first week of December.

Hyderabad, September 28: The High Court on Tuesday has recommended that the State Government order a Central Bureau of Investigation probe against Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy and Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkataramana.