Month: September 2011

Chennai,September 12 :Five persons were killed and 30 others injured when the trigger happy police opened fire on a stone-pelting mob at Paramakudi about 35 km from Ramanathapuram on Sunday.

Paramakudi town, which drew a large number of people, particularly Dalits, to pay homage to their leader Immanuel Sekaran on the occasion of his 54th death anniversary, turned into a battlefield between the agitators and the police personnel. Scores of policemen were injured and a number of government vehicles including a riot control vehicle and fire tenders torched down by the agitators.

Hyderabad, September 12: Sunday, saw tragedy strike former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin’s family when his 18 year old son Ayazuddin was involved in a bike accident leading to grave injuries. His condition is critical and he is undergoing treatment at the Apollo hospital in Hyderabad.

Ankara, September 11: Turkey has censured Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for his remarks that Tel Aviv will “punish” Ankara by supporting its enemies.

Speaking in Istanbul on Sunday during a joint press conference with his Brazilian counterpart Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, “No one can harm Turkey. No one should put Turkey’s strength to the test,” the Hurriyet Daily News reported.

He added, “No one will be able to blackmail us.”

Mumbai, September 12: Shah Rukh Khan has steered away from rumours of all kinds for a long time… while there have been stories about his sexuality, which he has laughed off, he was not linked to too many heroines barring co stars Juhi Chawla who is now one of his closest friends and Kajol with whom he shared a fabulous onscreen chemistry in films like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. He never even posed with his heroines for covers of magazines thought the media chased him for it.

Sydney, Septeber 12: A shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning issued. The quake struck at a depth of just one kilometre, around 61 kilometres southwest of the capital Port Vila.

“It was very shallow and produced a lot of surface water activity, but no tsunami,” said a GeoScience Australia seismologist, adding that it would have been felt in Port Vila but damage was unlikely unless structures were weak.

Washington,September 12 : Ten years after the US launched war against terrorism, in particular those of Al Qaeda and the Taliban, President Barack Obama has said America was not and never would be at war with Islam or any other religion.

“These past 10 years underscore the bonds between all Americans. We have not succumbed to suspicion and mistrust. After 9/11, President (George) Bush made clear what we reaffirm today: The United States will never wage war against Islam or any religion. Immigrants come here from all parts of the globe,” Obama said.

Washington,September 12 : Ten years after the US launched war against terrorism, in particular those of Al Qaeda and the Taliban, President Barack Obama has said America was not and never would be at war with Islam or any other religion.

“These past 10 years underscore the bonds between all Americans. We have not succumbed to suspicion and mistrust. After 9/11, President (George) Bush made clear what we reaffirm today: The United States will never wage war against Islam or any religion. Immigrants come here from all parts of the globe,” Obama said.

Thailand, September 12: Phayonsak Udom, 58, a former teacher at Ban Nayang School in Sop Prap district, was reportedly a suspect in the rape of a girl and fled the province to avoid a subpoena.

A warrant had been issued for his arrest for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old female student, police said.

He was arrested at an apartment in Pathum Thani province and later remanded in custody at Thoen police station in Lampang.

Police said Phayonsak used a blanket to hang himself inside the prison.

New Delhi, September 12: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has served formal notices to at least two mobile telephony service providers, asking them to give details of numbers from which three emails were sent to the media and Delhi Police, claiming responsibility for the Delhi high court blast.

The NIA informed them that if they failed to do so, they would be liable for prosecution.

New Delhi, September 12: Three youths have been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for gangraping a 19-year-old girl at knife point.

District judge P S Teji sentenced East Delhi residents Nesar (20), Sunny (22) and Mukesh (20) after convicting them for raping the girl in a slum while she was on her way back to home from work.

New Delhi,September 12 : Gujrat ordeal specially for the people who saw their family members hacked and burnt alive in front of their eye is a nightmare and their expectation with the Supreme court are very high.For the victims of the Gulbarg Society massacre, it’s been a nine-year long wait for justice. Imitiyaz Pathan, who lost 8 members of his family is among the few who came forward to testify against the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Bhopal, September 12 (Pervez Bari): A number of Muslims lined up along with people’s representatives and officers at the state hangar of Raja Bhoj Airport here to accord a warm send off to Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan who left for New Delhi en-route to China on Sunday evening. He later in the night left by an Air India plane from New Delhi for Hong Kong. From Hong Kong, Mr. Chouhan will reach Dalian city of China on Monday (September 12).

Hyderabad, September 12: Sentiment seems to have played a major role in laddu auctions this year. A laddu offered to Ganesh by a private housing firm in Ameerpet fetched Rs 9.10 lakhs in an auction, perhaps the highest for a laddu this year, on Sunday.

Washington, September 12: Former President George W Bush on Saturday promised that the nation would never forget the heroism of the 40 passengers and crew killed in the crash of hijacked United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.

“What happened above this Pennsylvania field was among the most courageous acts in American history,” Bush told a crowd during the dedication of a memorial at the site where the flight crashed following an onboard struggle to thwart hijackers who had seized the plane.

Washington, September 12: Ten years after the US launched war against terrorism, in particular those of al-Qaeda and the Taliban, President Barack Obama has said America was not and never would be at war with Islam or any other religion.

“These past 10 years underscore the bonds between all Americans. We have not succumbed to suspicion and mistrust. After 9/11, President (George) Bush made clear what we reaffirm today: the United States will never wage war against Islam or any religion. Immigrants come here from all parts of the globe,” Obama said.

New Delhi, September 12: Sounding a warning to MPs who oppose Jan Lokpal Bill in the Parliament, Anna Hazare on Sunday said he would tour the entire country from next month to keep the torch of anti-corruption burning among the masses.

“This is a second freedom struggle. If my health permits, I will tour the entire country from next month to awaken the masses against corruption,” he said.

New York, September 12: Singer Justin Bieber has revealed that he would get married by the age of 25.

Asked by Women’s Wear Daily where he sees himself in five years, the 17-year-old said,”Well, by 25 or 26, I want to see myself, like, married or start looking for a family.”

“I want to be a young dad. I want to be able to have done what I wanted to do – to be successful, to do a movie or whatever,” he added.

He might be a star, but Bieber admits like any teenager he loves to play sports and hang out with friends, reports people.com.

London, September 12: British children now carry knives in some of the schools across the country because they feel unsafe both in school and on their journey to and from the premises, says a shocking new report prepared by a think tank.

Many students have stopped attending because they feel unsafe, says the report titled “No Excuses: A Review of Educational Exclusion” by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank Centre for Social Justice.

Guntur, September 12: Seven villages in the district are severely hit by floods, as Krishna river’s rising water level has not only damaged crops, but also displaced many a villager.

Seven Villages located near the Pulichinthala project on river Krishna in Guntur district is affected due to heavy rains and subsequent flooding.

According to sources, crop on 5,000 acres of land, is completely submerged in water. Villagers have taken refuge on the hillocks.

Team of National Disaster Response Force (NDFC) as well as district administration are carrying out relief work.

Dehradun, September 12: Former army general Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri on Sunday took over as the new Uttarakhand Chief Minister, vowing to fight corruption as BJP handed him the reins of power barely six months ahead of assembly polls in an apparent bid to salvage its sagging image.

Capping a two-day political drama at New Delhi, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank resigned this morning after being given marching orders by the party high command, paving the way for 76-year-old Khanduri to become the sixth chief minister of the hill state.

Hyderabad, Septemer 12: Highlighting a key facet in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s life, eminent historian Professor Mushirul Hasan said Gandhiji tried to understand Islamic principles and reached out to Muslims leaders during the non-cooperation and Khilafat movements.

Washington, September 12: US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker has justified the skyrocketing costs of Washington’s Afghan war by insisting that the military measure is cheaper than another 9/11 incident.

“I know people are tired of this war (in Afghanistan)….but if we think the war is expensive-and it is-it is a lot cheaper than another 9/11,” Crocker said in an interview with US’s National Public Radio.

Crocker claimed that Afghanistan is “where 9/11 came from,” adding that the al-Qaeda have been cleared from the Asian country due to presence of US forces.

Hyderabad, September 12: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister NT Rama Rao’s son and popular Telugu film actor N Balakrishna on Sunday confirmed he would contest the next Assembly elections.

Balakrishna would play an active role in the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founded by NTR.

“I will do my best to strengthen the party in the state,” Balakrishna told reporters at Anantapur, 350 km here.

But Balakrishna has not yet decided the assembly constituency he would contest from. He, however, clarified that he has no plans to become the chief minister.

Islamabad, September 12: Pakistan Sunday observed the 63rd death anniversary of the father of the nation Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

People from all walks of life visited his mausoleum in Karachi to lay wreaths and offer Fateha (prayer). Prayers were also held in mosques across the country.

Cultural and educational programmes were organised to highlight the different aspects of his life, the official APP news agency reported.

A military court has found her guilty of indiscipline and embezzlement.

Anjali Gupta had alleged that her superiors  tried to sexually harass her.

Anjali, the second of three daughters in her family, was posted as an administration in-charge—a ground duty post—at the Indian Air Force’s Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment in Bangalore.