Month: September 2011

New Delhi, September 05: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh’s statement on Sunday accusing Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal of evading taxes has resulted in a strong rebuttal from Anna Hazare and his supporters. Singh claimed Kejriwal deliberately flouted rules of his government service and used his NGOs to amass crores of rupees.

Hazare has publicly stated that he trusts Kejriwal despite the accusations, and many supporters have labeled the notice as politically motivated.

Kundapur, September 05: In a macabre accident that occurred at Ottinene bend on national highway 66 near Byndoor in the taluk on Sunday at around 8 pm, the driver of a tanker was charred to death. While a truck was reduced to ashes in the accident, the tanker was partially burnt.

Mumbai, September 05: If all goes well, Tamil cinema fans will get to see `Sheila` transform into `Munni` in the Tamil version of Salman Khan’s 2010 blockbuster `Dabangg`.

Reportedly, the makers of the regional version of the film now have their eyes fixed on Katrina Kaif for the coveted item number. And the hottie will be paid a whopping Rs 2.5 crores for her `Munni` act, originally featured on Malaika Arora Khan.

Ahmadabad, September 05: The Gujarat High Court, Monday, is expected to take up state government’s petition challenging the appointment of Lokayukta by the Governor without consulting the Chief Minister.

On Aug 25, Governor Kamla Beniwal, bypassing the state government, appointed Justice (Retd) RA Mehta as the state Lokayukta. The decision was challenged by the government in the court.

Mumbai, September 05: After remaining shut for four days, the main runway of the Mumbai airport was on Monday reopened after a team of engineers towed away a Turkish Airways’ Airbus 340 aircraft, which got stuck in the mud when it skidded off the tarmac, airport officials said.

“The Turkish Airways’ plane TK-740 was towed away at 1:17 am,” the airport spokesperson told a news agency, adding that the runway has been “handed over” to ATC at 6:51 am for operation.

The plane was taken to the Air India hanger for repair.

Tehran, September 05: Iran on Sunday hanged three people found guilty of “forbidden acts” as well as two convicted rapists and a drug trafficker in a prison of the southwestern city of Ahvaz, ISNA news agency reported.

Three of the prisoners were hanged for committing “forbidden acts against religion,” the report said, without elaborating.

Other charges against the three included kidnapping and theft, Khuzestan provincial judiciary spokesman Hojjatoleslam Abdolhamid Amanat was quoted as saying.

New Delhi, September 05: In a major development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested former Karnataka tourism minister and mining czar G Janardhana Reddy and his brother Srinivasa Reddy after conducting raids at their residence and offices.

As per report, a ten-member team of the CBI conducted the raids and seized computer hard disk and vital documents related to Reddy brother’s illegal mining operation in and outside Karnataka.

Bhopal, September 05 (Pervez Bari): The Madhya Pradesh pilgrims of Hajj-2011 who have been allotted seats from the Central Government’s discretionary quota and of waiting list are required to deposit entire amount of Azizia category accommodation facility till September 10, 2011.

Apart from it, the pilgrims will have to submit passport with passport size photo and pay-in-slip of deposited amount to the Madhya Pradesh Hajj Committee office. Information about the applicants who have been confirmed in waiting-list is available on website of Hajj committee.

Bhopal, September 05 (Pervez Bari): Public service delivery week will be observed from September 12 to 18 under the Public Service Delivery Guarantee Act in Madhya Pradesh. During the week, Gram Sabhas will be held at all the villages of Gram Panchayat in order to educate the people about provisions of the Act.

A team of 3-5 members of executive officers-employees at Gram Panchayat level will inform the people about the Act. Village Patwari, Panchayat secretary will compulsorily be members of the team. The team members will be imparted training regarding the Act before September 12.

Bhopal, September 05 (Pervez Bari): The Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that procedural reforms will be undertaken for making higher education loans available to talented students easily. Paucity of funds should not be allowed to come in the way of higher education.

Hyderabad, September 05: The East Zone team of Commissioner’s Task Force on Sunday busted a racket involved in betting on India-England one day series matches.

Hyderabad, September 05: Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Udayama Committee president Konda Laxman Bapuji on Sunday called upon Telangana people and leaders to launch a parallel government and assembly to govern themselves.

Talking to media persons, Bapuji said that there was no point in staying in the united Andhra Pradesh without honour. With Centre and State Governments failed to address the problems of Telangana people and discriminating interests of region, he said, the only suitable solution was a parallel government and assembly session.

Hyderabad, September 05: Leaders spearheading the Telangana movement have entered into a war of words over the deadline by which the separate state would be created.

Nagarkurnool, September 05: Suspended Telugu Desam Party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Sunday alleged that Speaker Nadendla Manohar was violating the constitution by not accepting the resignations submitted by the Telangana MLAs.

New delhi,September 05 :A 31-year-old Meerut resident has been sentenced to life term for gunning down the brother of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad activist, who was suspected of burning a holy book.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) N K Kaushik awarded life sentence to Shahin Saifi, saying that the the case did not belong to “the rarest of rare” category warranting death sentence to the convict.

New Delhi,September 05 :Rahul baba young turks were given thumps down by US governement as per wikileaks majority of young turks are loyal to gandhi family but are not people friendly.Alot of them are from heidatary a political families but when is comes to public sympathy and sentiments they lack awareness even though they got elected with thumping majority from their respective constituencies they lack political vision.Young MPs, mostly members of Rahul’s team, were written off by the Americans

Bhopal,September 05 :Twenty first century is throwing a new concept in marriage market many countries have regularised Gay and Lesbian marriages and now a young 14 years old teenager, who claimed mystic appearance of a snake in her dreams, got married to a nonexistent reptile.

Normal Hindu rituals were followed during the marriage at Rohna Kala village of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, 290 km from Bhopal.The unusual marriage of 14- year- old Anjali, daughter of Sampat Bhalawi, took place on Saturday with more than 400 guests and family members attending the one- hour ceremony.

Hyderabad, September 05: President K Pratibha Patil called upon the healthcare providers and organizations to ensure that the quality and safety of medicines are not compromised.

Hyderabad,September 05:YSR congress is facing litmus test as over a dozen MLAS are developing cold feet o their resignation issue.Jagan already caught in a web of investigations by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate ( ED) into his alleged illegal assets, YSR Congress president Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy received another jolt on Sunday when at least nine out 29 MLAs, who had earlier resigned in his support, abstained from a crucial meeting convened by him.

Hyderabad, September 05: Nearly 47 per cent of candidates have cleared the Teachers’ Eligibility Test whose results were declared here on Sunday.

Secondary Education Minister K Partha Sarathi on Sunday released the results of Teachers’ Eligibility Test, conducted for the first time, by the Education Department in the state on experimental basis. Releasing the results at Directorate of Education office, he said the aspirant teachers can check their results hosted on the official website http://aptet.cgg.gov.in.

Kolkata, September 05 :Months after forming the West Bengal government by defeating the communists, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has received an invitation from Harvard University to give a lecture on the politics and culture of the state, officials said.

Sources close to Banerjee said the formal invitation from the hallowed institution was received at the chief minister’s secretariat Saturday. Banerjee has been requested to speak on either the “Culture and Politics of Bengal” or “Demographic Changes in Bengal”.

Hyderabad, September 05: Describing the movement for Telangana state as a ‘now or never battle’, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao called upon the managements and staff of private educational institutions to support the general strike starting from September 13.

Nizamabad, September 05: Irrigation Minister P Sudarshan Reddy on Sunday announced that he would declare his assets in the next two days.

Hailing the declaration of assets by Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, Sudarshan Reddy said that he and his family members would disclose their assets in a couple of days to bring transparency in politics.

Hyderabad, September 05: Former minister Jupalli Krishna Rao on Sunday stated that the Telangana state formation was possible only with mounting pressure on the Centre.

Hyderabad, September 05: Telangana Congress Steering Committee Chairman K Kesava Rao on Sunday urged the Congress high command to make its stand clear on the Telangana state formation by September 17. However, the Telangana Congress leaders would wait for Centre’s decision on the statehood demand till September 30.