Hyderabad, September 09: The Telugu Desam Party demanded that the Prime Minister’s Office disclose the minutes of the meeting that Dr Manmohan Singh had with YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy at New Delhi on Thursday.
Hyderabad, September 09: The era of paperless government has finally begun. From now on, all title deeds, pattadar passbooks, adangal records which are in huge demand will be issued online.
With the cooperation from the state IT department, the National Informatics Centre has provided the requisite technology to the Revenue Department. Special counters have been set up at all mandals and revenue taluqs while computerizing the land records.
Hyderabad, September 09: Telugu Desam Party Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Thursday called upon the Telangana leaders to boycott elections until the formation of Telangana state.
Hyderabad, September 09: Minorities Welfare Minister Mohammed Ahmadullah Minister for Minorities Welfare announced that the Ministry of External Affairs has declared 290 Haj pilgrims confirmed under Government Discretionary Quota enabling them to perform Haj this year.
The Minister said that these 290 pilgrims have been selected by the Ministry, which has released the list on time, which in turn facilitated all the selected pilgrims to fulfill the required formalities.
Hyderabad, September 09: Minorities Welfare Minister Mohammad Ahmadullah on Thursday directed the higher officials of various departments to provide best services to the Haj pilgrims.
Holding a day-long review meeting with all departments concerned, the Minister asked the officials to ensure that the pilgrims do not face any difficulties, both at the time of their departure from Hyderabad and arrival back home. He stressed for smooth Haj operations with fool proof arrangements both at the Haj House and the International Airports and sought the cooperation of various agencies involved.
Hyderabad, September 09: Ridiculing the claim of Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy that he was a successful businessman, Health Minister DL Ravindra Reddy on Thursday asked the former to give lectures at Indian School of Business and others B-Schools on how to multiply investments in a short time.
Hyderabad, September 09: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday demanded that the state government scrap apprentice system for teachers.
Hyderabad, September 09: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday conducted raids on Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal’s brother Lagadapati Sridhar’s offices at Madhapur in connection with the investigations into the Emaar and Y S Jaganmohan Reddy cases.
The CBI sleuths conducted the raids in morning hours at his Jubilee Media offices and seized key documents and records.
Hyderabad, September 09: At least 20 persons sustained injuries when an APSRTC bus collided with a stationary lorry near Rampalli in Keesara mandal in Rangareddy district. The accident occurred in the wee hours of Thursday.
The police said that the mishap took place when the RTC bus of Kushaiguda bus depot coming from Rampalli RTC colony in Kesara mandal to Secunderabad hit the stationary lorry laden with cement bags from the rear side. In the mishap, the front portion of bus was completely damaged.
New Delhi, September 09: For the first time after quitting the Congress party, Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy called on the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here on Thursday. The meeting gains significance in view of the disproportionate assets case filed against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Hyderabad, September 09: The CBI Special Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on custody and bail petitions of former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and managing director of Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) B V Srinivas Reddy, to Friday.
The hearing was adjourned following the court’s boycott call given by Bar Association of India to protest against the bomb blast at Delhi High Court on Wednesday, which claimed 11 lives and injured 91 others.
Hyderabad, September 09: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Thursday sought the support of Muslim community to intensify the movement for achieving statehood for Telangana region.
Speaking after a releasing the Urdu poster about the general strike starting from September 13, TRS MLA K Tarakarama Rao appreciated the support that the Telangana movement has been getting from the minorities, especially the Muslims. He said active participation of Muslim community in the movement would mount pressure on both the Central and State Government to grant statehood for Telangana region.
Amsterdam, September 09:The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he is asking Interpol to issue red notice arrest warrants for Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.
The ICC issued arrest warrants in June for all three for crimes against humanity.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he wants Interpol to issue a red notice to arrest Muammar Gaddafi for the alleged crimes against humanity of murder and persecution.
“Arresting Gaddafi is a matter of time”, he said.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, September 09: With mainstream Kashmiri politicians reluctant to raise questions about the mass graves, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday took the demand for a high-level probe into the issue to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s doors.
Owaisi met the PM at his Parliament office and handed over a memorandum to him in which he demanded that the Centre should initiate a process to identify the people buried.
The PM, Owaisi said, assured him that he will take up the matter with Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah since it was “a humanitarian issue”.
I don’t know if Lord Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, has any connection with – or gives support to – the Alinskyian community organizing affiliates of Great Britain but his thought is certainly appreciated – and often quoted –by the Alinskyites.
A recent opinion piece by Rabbi Sacks appeared in the Wall Street Journal [“Reversing the Decay of London Undone: Britain’s chief rabbi on the moral disintegration since the 1960s and how to rebuild,” August 20, 2011]. It’s a meditation on recent youth riots in London.
Mumbai, September 09: “Ten years have passed since 9/11 and nothing has been achieved, the repeated acts of terrorism have only increased division, suspicion and insecurity in the world besides complicating issues. Issues remain unresolved. We should give chance to peace by way of dialogue”, says Asif Ahmed Zakeria.
New Delhi, September 09: In its recent revelation, whistleblower Wikileaks have said that the entry of foreign studios and availability of multiple financing options have built up unrealistic expectations as far as actors’ salaries are concerned.
The February 2010 US secret cables with the subject ‘can the Indian film industry go global?’ gives a detailed account of the changing dynamics of world’s largest film industry.
New Delhi, September 08: Even after more than 32 hours have passed since the deadly blast at the Delhi High Court, which claimed 12 lives and left 75 injured, yet there hasn’t been any substantive breakthrough in the investigation. Only to add more confusion to the probe, now group which calls itself “Indian Muzahiddin” has claimed responsibility for the blast and also warned that another bomb blast will take place outside a shopping mall next Tuesday.
Pune ,September 08 :Manish Tewari’s public expression of regret for his outburst against Anna Hazare has failed to cut much ice with the anti-corruption crusader, who today sent a legal notice to the Congress spokesman seeking a written apology for calling him corrupt from “head to toe”.
Hazare’s lawyer Milind Pawar sent the notice by email and registered post to Tewari on the instructions of the Gandhian.
Pawar had earlier said a defamation case would be filed against the Congress MP in a Pune court for casting aspersions on Hazare.
New delhi,September 08 :Another mail was received by media houses in Mumbai and Delhi purportedly written by one ‘Chotoo’ of the Indian Mujahideen who claimed responsibility for the Delhi High Court blasts and warned that another blast will take place at a shopping mall.
The mail sent from ‘chotoominani5@gmail.com’ was received at 12:37 pm claiming the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HuJI) had no role to play in the blasts.
The mail also reasoned they had chosen Wednesday as it was a busy day for the High Court. The Delhi High Court hears public interest litigations on Wednesday.
Washington,September 08 :Newly released audios in the run-up to 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US offer a chilling glimpse of just how unprepared the country was for the air tragedy.
A chronicle of responses by civil and military aviation to the 9/11 hijackings have now been published and include 114 recordings of air traffic controllers, military aviation officers, airline and fighter jet pilots, as well as two of the hijackers, covering two hours of the morning of September 11, 2001.
Srinagar,September 08 :A man was detained at the Srinagar airport in connection with the Delhi blast probe on his return from New Delhi following an input received from a defence intelligence agency about a conversation he had made on September five.
Official sources said a person, resident of Qamarwari in outskirts of the city, was stopped at the airport following a direction from the national capital.
Hyderabad, September 09: The Prime accused in the Akbaruddin Owaisi attack case Mohammed Bin Omer Yafai alias Mohammed Pahelwan was today released on bail from Cherlapally jail this evening.
A single bench of the High court yesterday granted bail to Mohammed Bin Omer Yafai,Hasan Bin Omer yafai, Esa Bin younus Yafai, Yahiya Bin Younus Yafai, Fazal Bin Ahmed Yafai and Faisal Bin Ahmed Yafai.
Tirupati, September 08: This 2.5 ft diamond studded golden crown, worth Rs 45 crore, was offered at Lord Vekateswara Temple by former Karnataka Minister G Janardhana Reddy in Tirupati on June 11, 2009. Reddy was arrested by the CBI in connection with illegal mining case.
—Agencies
Hyderabad, September 08: Organizing a function of Eid Milap promotes national integration. The members of other communities should also be invited to such functions which strengthen the bondage of integration. These thoughts were expressed by Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat, in the Eid Milap function arranged by the AP Union of working journalists at hotel Anmol, Chapel Road, Nampally.