Month: September 2011

Washington, September 05: A former police officer of the year has been fired after he was filmed having sex with a woman on the bonnet of a car in the United States.

Bert Lopez, an eight-year veteran of the New Mexico State Police, was stood down from his duties after photos of him having sex in full uniform went viral across the internet last week, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.

But Sergeant Tim Johnson confirmed to the newspaper that Lopez is no long employed by the state police, but has 30 days to appeal his firing.

New Delhi, September 05: Millions of telecom subscribers (mobile and landline) will finally get relief from unwanted calls and SMSes from September 27.

All those subscribers who have registered with the National Customer Preference Registry (earlier known as ‘Do Not Call Registry ‘) would get relief from all commercial communications, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said.

“…relevant clauses of regulations have been amended and the regulations are being implemented from September 27,” it added in a statement.

Hyderabad, September 05: Former Karnataka tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy have been sent to 14 days in judicial custody. The Reddys were produced before a Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Hyderabad on Monday afternoon. The Hyderabad court will decide on the CBI’s request for 15-day custody of the duo on September 7.

New Delhi, September 05: A Central Bureau of Investigation team led by DIG Hemant Priyadarshi on Monday visited the residence of slain Madhya Pradesh] RTI activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal and recreated the sequence of events that led to her murder.

The team, which reached Masood’s house around 11 am recreated the scene of the killing, which took place outside her residence last month.

It examined the car in which Masood was shot dead and a man was made to sit in the vehicle to find out the possible angles from which she may have been shot.

Hyderabad, September 05: Six deaths due to corporal punishment in two and half months across the state is a shocking statistic to reckon with on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.

This scourge of education system is also one of the chief reasons for students dropping out from school, said the city-based child rights organization Andhra Pradesh Balala Hakkula Sangham at a press conference here on Sunday.

Hyderabad, September 05: Unidentified persons have been maintaining two accounts in Face Book, in the name of the CPI (M) State Secretary Mr. B V Raghavulu, without his knowledge.

Mr. Raghavulu was aghast to find one of the accounts with the information taken from the Wikipedia without his photograph and another account with photograph. There were several mistakes in the information including the date of birth of the communist leader. It said he likes music and is fond of Puchalapalli Sundaraiah’s life history. It also said that ABN was his favourite channel.

New Delhi, September 05: An enraged Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, MP and son of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Monday slammed the media for “falsely” connecting him to mining baron G. Janardhana Reddy who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an illegal mining case.

“How is Janardhana Reddy connected to me? I don’t have any connection with him. He is a separate man in a different state,” fumed Reddy, who is in the capital to meet various national-level political leaders.

Kochi, September 05: The Kerala High Court Monday asked the state police to submit the case diary in the investigation into the two-decade-old Kozhikode sex scandal case involving state minister P.K. Kunhalikutty.

The court served notices to the state government and the director general of police. It ordered the police to produce the case diary on Sep 22.

Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan had Friday filed a petition in the high court, seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the case.

Islamabad, September 05: A Hindu trader has been shot dead in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a media report said Monday.

The assailants fled the scene after the attack Sunday in Hub tehsil of the province, Daily Times reported.

Police have since handed over the body to his relatives.

Hindu political and community groups have burnt tyres and closed the Quetta-Karachi highway to protest the incident, and demanded the arrest of the attackers.

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Hyderabad, September 05: As per reports, eleven babies have lost their lives in just two days at the Government General Hospital at Kurnool in the state of Andhra Pradesh, allegedly owing to a faulty oxygen supply system.

Four babies died on August 31 accompanied by seven on September 01 at the administration-run hospital, around 180 km south of Hyderabad.

All the babies were just 5 days old, and admitted to the hospital for serious paediatric cases for cure.

Distraught parents said the infants died due to lack of oxygen supply through ventilators.

Mumbai, September 09: Shah Rukh Khan celebrated the Ganpati festival with good friend Rani Mukerji. The actor claimed that it was the first time that he visited a friend’s home to celebrate the festival.

‘went to rani’s ganpathi. first time i attended a ganpathi in a friends house. it was so nice to see faith being celebrated with so much love,’ he tweeted.

New Delhi, September 05: Actress Katrina Kaif Monday visited the shrine of Sheikh Salim Chisti to offer prayers and untie the sacred thread, which she had tied during the shooting of her forthcoming film “Mere Brother Ki Dulhan”.

Dressed in a black suit and a green scarf, Katrina arrived very early at the dargah and offered a chadar. Assisted by Khadim bhai and Shanu, she then untied a ‘dhaga’ (sacred thread) as fulfilment of her “mannat”.

Hyderabad, September 05: Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations took a sour and embarrassing turn for a group of top businessmen including prominent jewelers in the city when the cops busted their gambling den located bang behind a Ganesh pandal in Basheerbagh in the late hours of Saturday. Seven people including two organizers were arrested playing cards and tokens made of ivory was seized from the den and the cops are on the lookout for seven others identified so far as being part of the gambling.

Mumbai, September 05: Actor Salman Khan, who recently underwent a nerve surgery in the US, would resume shooting in a week’s time, family sources said.

Salman, who has been suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia, a nerve disorder that causes intense pain in the face, had left for the US on August 29 and successfully underwent the first surgery two days later.

Hyderabad, September 05: Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Galli Janardhana Reddy and Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) director B. Srinivas Reddy, who were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Andhra Pradesh early Monday in an illegal mining case, were brought here.

Amid tight security, the two were shifted to the CBI office in Hyderabad, where doctors examined them. The CBI officials later began questioning them. They were likely to be presented before a court later.

Hyderabad, September 05: Hitting out at Congress and the Central Bureau of Investigation, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy who is facing probe for allegedly owning illegal assets today charged the party with indulging in a “witch-hunt” through the agency even as he showered praise on the Bharatiya Janata Party for raising the issue of “injustice” meted out to him.

The son of former Andhra Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, however, made it clear that his YSR Congress Party would never support the BJP “at any level” as they were ideologically different.

Mumbai, September 05: When Salman Khan makes a commitment, he can’t really stop himself.

It’s the knack of mouthing just the right punchlines that has made the man of the moment pretty much immortal at the box-office over the past three years.

And mind you, these are lines that need nobody’s approval but Salman’s himself.

The actor, who is being touted as the Rajnikanth of Bollywood, apparently makes up his own dialogues, much to the dismay of the writers of his films, especially Bodyguard.

Mumbai, September 05: Shah Rukh Khan might just pull off a major publicity coup.

According to reliable sources, the actor is planning a tie-up with the Formula One World Championship to promote Ra.One during the Grand Prix that will take place in Noida on October 30.

Khan is also trying to get Michael Schumacher to drive his car with the title Ra.One emblazoned across it.

According to the plans that are currently being formulated, Khan wants the cars participating in the Grand Prix to sport Ra.One logos.

Mumbai, September 05: On Wednesday night Salman underwent successful neuro-surgery in Pittsburgh. Further medical treatment would be determined by the efficacy of the surgery.

Jubilant after the staggering success of Salman’s Eid release Bodyguard, his brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri who also produces the film says, “Bhai doing fine. His medical procedure happened yesterday in Pittsburgh. This was the first step.

Hyderabad, September 5: Telangana movement has entered into ‘now or never’ phase and it needs to intensify agitation for achieving separate Telangana state. TRS president Mr. K Chandra Shekhar Rao expressed these views while addressing a meeting held by Telangana lecturers’ forum. He told that the central government is trying to delay the matter.

He strongly criticized Congress and said that Congress MPs and MLAs are showing insincerity on Telangana issue which proves that they love power more than Telangana.

Hyderabad, September 05: Students and teachers develop an unbreakable and irreplacable bond something that lasts forever, no matter how old one gets. Several years after school also, when someone spots their teacher at an unexpected place, the excitement is immense. Madhubala Kapoor, principal of Nasr school in the city couldn’t agree more.

Hyderabad, September 5: People’s Support Organization working for the welfare of government employees has strongly criticized the decision of Indian parliament to bring Prime minister and NGOs under the purview of Lokpal bill.

Organization president M S Vidya Sagar told in a press statement that bringing government employees especially NGOs under the purview of Lok pal will give politicians a chance to target them regarding their work. He claimed that it will prove harmful in future. He appealed NGOs to raise voice against this decision.

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Hyderabad, September 05: The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, claimed that the US President, Mr Barack Obama, had taken a cue from the Arogyasri medical insurance scheme of the AP government to promise a similar programme for the US citizens.

He said, “Mr Obama had promised a medical insurance scheme for the US citizens two years after Andhra Pradesh had introduced it.” The CM said lakhs of people were benefited through the Arogyasri health insurance facility.

—-Courtesy:DC

New Delhi, September 05: The United States believes that there are many more Muslims who live in India than is being officially stated here through census, and ‘Islam’ here presents a series of dichotomies like most issues affecting the world’s largest democracy.

The US views on ‘Indian Islam’ and its interpretation had found place in one of its diplomatic cable, leaked by WikiLeaks.

Hyderabad, September 5: Equal Opportunity and Diversity (EO and D) Week is being observed by British council from September 6 to 9 in collaboration with government institutions, NGOs and CBO in order to present awareness programmes.

The programmes include presentation session, chess and elocution competition and dance programme by Asmitha resource centre for women.

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