Srinagar, September 29: The police and political parties in Jammu & Kashmir have taken note of the MAIL TODAY exposé of the numerous unmarked graves in Jammu’s Poonch and Rajouri areas.
J& K director general of police Kuldeep Khoda said he will ensure the matter is invested. “ I have read the MAIL TODAY story and ordered the Jammu IG and divisional commissioner to look into it,” Khoda said.
Hyderabad, September 29: Andhra Pradesh CID sleuths have arrested four Nigerians in New Delhi who dupe people by fake lottery and shifted them to Hyderabad. According to details the complainant a lady teacher received an SMS on her mobile phone in which she was informed about winning 1 crore ponds during ICC cricket world cup and was asked to contact one Dr. Dennice in this connection.
Jerusalem, September 29: In an unprecedented endeavor, a few Muslim believers are crossing the Holy Land’s volatile boundaries of culture, faith and politics to bring Islam to Israel’s Jews — hoping, improbably, that some will be willing to renounce their religion for a new one.
The bearded men approach Jews in and around the Old City of Jerusalem and try, in polite and fluent Hebrew, to convert them.
Mumbai, September 29: Ranbir Kapoor might have left some of his old friends (read Sonam Kapoor, Imran Khan) behind, but he is sure making some new buddies in B’town. The fourth generation Kapoor lad, who turned 29 yesterday, has found a new best friend in the 52-year-old Sanjay Dutt.
Sanjubaba not only dropped by at the surprise party planned at a Juhu nightspot by Rockstar producer Ashtavinayak to wish the young actor but also bought him a bike worth Rs 30 lakh.
Warangal, September 29: Jamat-e-Islami Hind Warangal on Wednesday staged a large scale rasta roko programme at Warangal Pochamma ground (Iqbal Minar) leading to a heavy traffic jam. On the occasion Organizer Jamat-e-Islamic Warangal, Khalid Sayeed said Jamat-e-Islami’s stand is in favour of separate Telangana state and Telangana for justice. He further demanded that the central government immediately form separate Telangana state or else it would face dire consequences. Jamat-e-Islami has been demanding separate Telangana since day one.
Pune, September 29: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare will soon start blogging and open Facebook and Twitter accounts to connect to the people across the world.
Anna decided to connect to web world in an attempt to connect to the youth. During Anna’s fast against corruption, more than 80 percent of his supporters were youngsters.
The septuagenarian who is just a VII grade pass said that he was not scared of web technology and the date and day of his new blog and Twitter would be declared soon.
Jeddah, September 29: The lashing punishment handed to Shayma Jastaniah for flouting the driving ban has caused outrage among Saudis and expatriates living in the Kingdom.
Shayma, in her 30s, was found guilty of driving without permission and sentenced to 10 lashes on Tuesday, a day after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah granted Saudi women the right to vote and run for municipality council positions and sit on the Shoura Council as full members.
Sources close to Shayma’s family said she had appealed the sentence.
Hyderabad, September 29: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has received another setback with one of its legislators resigning from the party and joining the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which is leading the movement for statehood to Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.
Gampa Goverdhan, who represents Kamareddy assembly constituency in Nizamabad district, told reporters Thursday that he has sent his resignation to TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Hyderabad, September 29: TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao added a new twist to the Telangana tale by indicating that his party would be open to a bifurcation of the state with the inclusion of Kurnool and Anantapur districts in Telangana. He signalled his openness to such an idea in order to secure the support of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.
Hyderabad, September 29: The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh Thursday went without newspapers as hawkers joined the ongoing general strike for a separate Telangana state.
No newspapers could reach the readers as the hawkers stayed away from distribution of papers. English, Telugu, Urdu and Hindi newspapers were missing from bookshops and newspaper stands across the state capital.
Hyderabad, September 29: The Cyber Crime Cell of the Crime Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh Police has arrested four Nigerians, including two women, from New Delhi for allegedly duping a teacher to the tune of over Rs 45 lakh in a typical lottery scam.
Additional Director General of Police (CID) S V Ramana Murthy said that the victim, a teacher, received an SMS in May this year, which said she had won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 lottery draw’, and was entitled to prize of 10 lakh pounds. She was asked to pay some money to claim the prize money.
Chandigarh, September 29: Cricket star Yuvraj Singh has become the highest tax payer in Chandigarh region, according to a data provided by the tax department.
Yuvraj for the assessment year 2012-2013 payed an advance tax of Rs 1.75 crore payed by him this Sep 2011 which was 84 percent more than the advance tax he paid in the year Sep 2010 that was Rs 95 lakh.
Puducherry, September 29: Security was provided to former minister and opposition Congress legislator from Yanam Malladi Krishna Rao following threat calls he received over his mobile, police said here today. He had lodges a complaint to the police regarding the threat calls he received few days ago. Party”s block level committee is observig a bandh today in Yanam demanding action against those behind the threat calls, party surce said. Rao told PTI that he was receiving threat calls over his mobile from an unidentified person for the last few days.
New Delhi, September 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is not in touch with ground realities and there is danger of people losing confidence in him though he bravely continues to protect his Ministers, according to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“Instead of protecting Ministers, he should be protecting the truth,” Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday, reacting to Dr. Singh’s comment on the 2G issue that he had “full confidence” in his Ministers, “I will protect my Ministers” and there were forces out “to destabilise the polity.”
Lucknow, September 29: The main opposition Samajwadi Party has accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of cheating Muslims on the reservation issue.
SP state President Akhilesh Yadav also claimed that all sections of the society including farmers and workers were disappointed with the state government.”Instead of concentrating on development, the government has spent public money on statues and memorials and it is cheating people,” he alleged.
Jakarta, September 29: A small plane CASA C-212 carrying 18 people crashed in western Indonesia on Thursday, officials said.
Bambang Ervan says the CASA C-212 aircraft went down in the North Sumatran village of Bahorok. It was carrying three crew members and 15 passengers.
A Transportation Ministry spokesman says a small plane carrying 18 people has crashed in western Indonesia.
After receiving reports about the crash from local residents ,search and re3scue teams rushed to the spot.
Mumbai, September 29: Bengali bombshell Biapsha Basu seems to be all set to take a marital plunge. Buzz has it that the dimpled hottie and her `Dum Maro Dum` co-star Rana Dagubatti are contemplating entering matrimony soon.
Bips and Rana have been reportedly going around ever since the lady broke up with her boyfriend of 9 years John Abraham early this year. However, the Telugu actor and his alleged ladylove have cateogorically denied being in a relationship.
They were even spotted together at Paris Hilton’s bash held recently in Mumbai.
Lucknow, September 29: As many as 25 students were injured, four of them critically, when their school bus overturned in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district Thursday, police said.
The accident took place in Civil Lines area, some 250 km from Lucknow, when the speeding bus of Modern Public School overturned. The driver escaped.
“With assistance from locals, we rescued all the students trapped inside the bus,” police inspector S.K. Pratap said.
The students are in the age group of 10-16 years.
–IANS
Panchkula, September 29: A special court on Wednesday allowed National Investigating Agency (NIA) sleuths to take evidence and proof of Samjhauta blast case to Hyderabad, for comparison with those of bomb attacks in Malegaon, Hyderabad and Ajmer.
NIA lawyer had moved an application seeking permission to take evidence to CFSL laboratory in Hyderabad, in the court of NIA special judge Subhash Mehla.
Hyderabad, September 29: In the backdrop of situation caused by the separate Telangana demand, Congress high command has summoned chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to New Delhi. He is likely to proceed to Delhi on September 30. As scheduled, Chief Minister will attend various programmes in Tirupati on September 29. Chief Minister’s proposed Delhi visit assumes importance in the backdrop of current situation in the state.
Cairo, September 29: Egypt’s information minister under the former dictator Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of corruption.
Anas al-Fekky, who had been detained in February, was convicted during a trial at a court in the country’s capital, Cairo on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
The prosecution had charged him with squandering the public funds flowing into the state-run Radio and Television Union, which was presided over by the Information Ministry, alongside Osama al-Sheikh, the union’s former head.
New Delhi, September 29: Taking his cue from Europe, where the rich have offered to be taxed more to rescue economies out of the ongoing crisis, Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday made out a case for higher taxes for the wealthy, even while admitting that “many people” would not like his idea.
Chennai, September 29: A 25-year-old woman, spotted walking naked to a temple in the Chennai suburb of Pallavaram on Tuesday night in a reported bid to reunite with her lover, was handed over to her parents on Wednesday.
Renuga (name changed) had come from Cheyyar in Tiruvannamalai district to fulfill the ‘vow’ on the advice of a woman practitioner of witchcraft, the police said.
Jakarta, September 29: A Transportation Ministry spokesman says a small plane carrying 18 people has crashed in western Indonesia.
Bambang Ervan says the CASA C-212 aircraft went down Thursday in the North Sumatran village of Bahorok. It was carrying three crew members and 15 passengers.
Mr. Ervan says rescuers received reports about the crash from local residents and were still trying reach the scene.
Hyderabad, September 29: YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy continued his Odarpu Yatra in city for the second day on Tuesday when he criticised the ruling Congress and the opposition Telugu Dessam Party for their “failure” to address the problems of the people.
Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy started his yatra from the residence of city leader Jaleel Khan and covered Poornandampet, Kedareswarapet, Yerrakatta, Nigam Gate, Wynchipet, Panja Centre, and other places in the city.