Hyderabad, September 09: Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, President of TDP went to the agitation camp of United Teachers’ Forum at Indira Park and expressed his solidarity to the teachers. Addressing the dharna programme of the agitating teachers, he said that during the regime of TDP regime, education was given importance and 1.5 lakh teachers were appointed in a period of 9 years.
Hyderabad, September 09: Comerade Nuzrath Mohiuddin, General Secretary, INSAF condemned the Delhi Bomb Blast and the communal riots in Adhoni. He said that it shows the failure of State Police intelligence machinery. He warned the Govt. that the sectarian forces are trying to destabilize India. The crude face of these forces behind the blasts occurred in Mumbai, Malegaon, & Hyderabad have been exposed.
New Delhi, September 09: YS Jaganmohan Reddy, facing cheating and money laundering cases registered by CBI and ED, Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the issue of “farmers’ plight” in Andhra Pradesh.
Though there was no official confirmation of what transpired at the meeting, sources close to the Kadapa MP said the CBI cases against him did not figure. This is the first time that Jagan has met a member of the Congress top brass after he quit the party in November last year alleging “humiliation”.
Hyderabad, September 09: Mr. Mohammed Ahmedullah, Minister for Minorities Welfare, Govt. of A.P. attended a review meeting at Haj House and issued instructions to the officials of various departments for making necessary arrangements at Haj camp to facilitate the Haj Pilgrims. The review meeting was held in two sessions. The minister was present in the first session which was attended by the officials of Customs, Airport, Saudi Airlines, CSIF, Passport offices. Regional Passport Officer, Dr.
Hyderabad, September 09: President of Jameeathul Ulema A.P. Hafiz Peer Shabbir Ahmed in a press statement said that the uproar of BJP on the act of swearing in in the name of “Allah” by the Governor of Jharkand Mr. Syed Ahmed is the worst example of BJP’s communal attitude. He asked these forces that how can a staunch Muslim take an oath in the name of any other entity except “Allah”. He deplored the mentality of such forces saying that they are trying to destroy the secular fabric of India.
Hyderabad, September 9: According to the report of Mr. Javeed Alam, a lecture is being conducted by Alam Khundmiri Foundation on the topic “Gandhi and Islam on Saturday, September 10, at 6:30 pm at New Academic Centre room no. 1 CIEFL.
Renowned historian Professor Musheerul Hasan will deliver the lecture. All are invited.
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Mumbai, September 09: After Bodyguard being declared a stupendous hit, Salman Khan is undoubtedly the ruling king as far as the Indian and US box office is concerned leaving behind Shahrukh Khan, known popularly as the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’.
The mind boggling collections of Bodyguard has made it the biggest opener, even surpassing that of previous blockbuster’s like Dabangg, 3 Idiots and My Name Is Khan.
Mumbai, September 09: Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai was spotted looking radiant at the sets of a commercial for Lux. Looking stunning in a Manish Malhotra designed gown, the six months pregnant actress showed off her baby bump.
Later, Aishwarya wrapped up her shoot and joined Abhishek Bachchan in London.
Though the baby is due in November, Ash is making sure that she fulfills her professional commitments before she gets busy with her motherly duties.
——Agencies
Amritsar, September 09: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, on death row in a Pakistan jail, may die there as his health is deteriorating each day, his sister Thursday claimed.
Dalbir Kaur said that Sarabjit’s lawyer Awais Sheikh informed her over phone from Lahore that the physical condition of her brother was deteriorating day by day and multiple ailments like joint pain, insomnia and high cholesterol had crippled him.
Sarabjit, lodged in Kotlakhpatrai jail of Lahore, may die inside the prison if needful was not done right now, she told reporters.
New Delhi, September 09: Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor Thursday asked all Indians to put up a united fight against terrorism and ensure that the perpetrators of Delhi High Court blast are brought to justice.
“I genuinely believe that all Indians must be united against terrorism… Let us not start dividing ourselves as to who is good and who is bad in fighting terrorism,” Tharoor told PTI on the sidelines of a function at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts here.
New Delhi, September 09: BJP leader LK Advani Thursday made a surprise announcement of undertaking a yatra across the country against the menace of corruption, a move seen as an attempt by him to get a grip over the party.
“I have decided to take out a yatra against corruption. The name of the yatra, its timing, point of origin and other details will be worked out with the party. Its focus will be on good governance and clean politics,” the 83-year-old leader told reporters.
Mumbai, September 09: If you think the state spending about Rs 2 lakh per day of the taxpayers’ money on Ajmal Kasab, the lone gunman captured during the 26/11 attacks and later sentenced to death, is more than necessary, then here is another shocker. The state will be spending more than Rs1 lakh per hearing for engaging special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to represent them in the Supreme Court to attend case hearings related to Kasab and other 26/11 attacks accused.
Bhopal, September 09 (Pervez Bari): Newly appointed Governor of Madhya Pradesh Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav was administered oath of office by acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Mr. Sushil Harkohli here on Thursday. He is the 25th Governor of Madhya Pradesh to take office.
The oath-taking ceremony was held at 1.15 pm at Raj Bhavan. Proceedings of the oath-taking ceremony were conducted by Chief Secretary Mr. Avani Vaish. A guard of honour was given to Governor Mr. Yadav after taking oath. Mr. Yadav also inspected the guard of honour.
Union ministers recently declared their assets to the Prime Minister’s Office which put it up on its web site for public knowledge. We compared these declarations to the ones that some ministers made when in 2009, and here’s what we found.
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Hyderabad, September 09: The first International Telugu Internet Conference will be held for three days from September 28 at Milpitas, California, USA, with focus on promotion of Telugu language on the internet through development of various tools.
The Information and Communication Technologies Department of Andhra Pradesh government and US-based Silicon Andhra, an organisation committed to promotion of Telugu language and culture overseas, are jointly organising the conference with the theme “Telugu in the Internet age”.
New Delhi, September 09: A new study has found that the conception rate in March among adolescents is higher than any other month and the surge could be due to the annual break students get from their studies.
“This adolescent pregnancy peak may be explained by biological reasons such as variations in fertility over the course of a calendar year, but it’s also possible that this increased conception rate in March is because of spring break,” said co-author Mary Anne Jamieson, an Associate Professor in Queen”s Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics.
New Delhi, September 09: Bureaucrats face a 10% loss of pension for minor cases of corruption and a 20% cut for major infringements that lead to compulsory retirement from service.
In a bid to deter corruption, government will soon implement the decision taken by the Group of Ministers on corruption. Cases of public servants accused of graft will be fast tracked by quickening the process of approvals. There is also a proposal to ensure that disciplinary action is decided within a year of a complaint being received.
Mumbai, September 09: Bollywood actress Dia Mirza has fallen in love with Sahil Sangha, co-producer and director of her upcoming film “Love, Breakups Zindagi”, but she maintains that marriage is not on the cards yet.
“Every woman has to marry someday and I would love to marry as well. I am blessed that I have found a person who I can trust and depend on. When the time is right, we would get married,” Dia told reporters here at an event to launch the music of the film.
London, September 09: Hollywood actress Keira Knightley believes it is ”possible” for a woman to love two men at the same time.
“Is it possible to love two men at the same time? Sometimes it is possible. It has to do with the person you are, the place you are at in your life, and the person you’re with and where he is in his life. I don’t think there’s one answer,” contactmusic.com quoted the 26-year-old as saying.
Knightley also believes there is no place for jealousy in a relationship.
Hyderabad, September 09: The issue of state bifurcation is at the centrestage once again.
AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad has invited Seemandhra leaders to Delhi for talks on Sept 12 in an attempt to bring about a consensus in the Congress.
Azad has already held one round of consultations with leaders of Andhra and Rayalaseema regions and both the sides stuck to their guns.
The leaders of the Andhra region led by Eluru MP Kavuri Sambasiva Rao and Primary Education Minister S Shailajanath will be attending the meeting.
Washington, September 09: Barack Obama used a televised address to the nation to unveil a $447bn package aimed at bringing down the country’s high jobless total, the issue that could determine whether he wins re-election next year.
In a rare joint session of Congress on Thursday night, the president challenged the Republicans to end the “political circus” in Washington by approving legislation he is to send them next week, the American Jobs Act.
New Delhi, September 09: Caught in procedural wrangling between Delhi government, PWD and Delhi Police, the project to install CCTVs at the high court perimeter was delayed by years.
This is what prompted a committee of judges on Thursday to ask the Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) to immediately install 49 cameras.
Though the project to install CCTV cameras in HC is more than three years old, meetings and paperwork is all that happened for three months after the low-intensity blast at one of the HC gates in May.
Hyderabad, September 09: He might have met a couple of leaders in New Delhi and narrated his tale of woes, but during his four-day trip to the national capital, YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy failed to impress the national leaders that he was being politically targeted by the CBI.
Baghdad, September 09: Reports indicate a rise in sexual abuse of Iraqi women following the US-led invasion of the country in 2003, saying female trafficking has become a growing business.
In her article, published by Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency on August 27, Rebecca Murray noted how prostitution and sex trafficking have become “epidemic in Iraq” during the post-invasion military occupation of the country by US-led forces.
Hyderabad, September 09: The embattled Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is all set to leave for New Delhi on Friday evening. He is going with a wish-list that is being seen by his critics within the Congress party as something whose hidden agenda would be to ensure that he hangs on to the gaddi for some more time.
According to sources, both in the Government and at Gandhi Bhavan, Kiran Kumar Reddy is likely to impress upon the high command the need for a Cabinet expansion in the not too distant future.