Hyderabad, September 4: The much awaited Charminar pedestrian project once again faces hurdle. This time the obstruction is not from the municipal officials or the public but it is the city police who have become the stumbling block. It is the strategy of the police to remove pillars of pedestrian project so that it becomes easy for Ganesh procession to pass by.
Ankara, September 04: Turkey says it plans to challenge Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip at the International Court of Justice, amid rising tensions between Ankara and Tel Aviv.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced the decision on Saturday, one day after the release of a United Nations report on Israel’s May 31, 2010 attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy in international waters and the deaths of nine Turkish nationals on board the fleet.
Ten year before when my age was 32 years, the blood of youth used to flow very fast in my veins. According to the saying of the elders that it is the age when many mistakes are committed by human being.
Tripoli, September 04: At least 800 people showing support for Libya’s revolution have been killed by loyalists of fugitive Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirt over the past three days, a Libyan revolutionary official says.
Shamsiddin Ben-Ali, a spokesman for fighters from the Libyan city of Benghazi, reported the casualties on Saturday, adding that many people in Sirt want to join the revolution, the Guardian reported.
Makkah, September 4: The Makkah Royal Clock Tower, the second tallest tower in the world, started emitting 16 light beams to a height of 10 kilometers to announce the beginning of Ramadan.
The loud speakers installed at the top of the tower carries the sound of adhan (call to prayer) from the Grand Mosque to seven kilometers far. The powerful lights in white and green blinking at the time of adhan can be seen from a distance of 30 kilometers. The lights are also helpful for people with hearing difficulties to know prayer times.
Hyderabad, September 04: About 15,000 policemen will be deployed across the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secuderabad for the final Ganesh immersion procession to be held on September 11.
Tehran, September 04: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has lashed out at Israel for committing criminal acts against the Palestinian people, saying crimes and homicide will not save Israel from “definite death.”
In a telephone conversation with Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal on Saturday, President Ahmadinejad said the general situation in the world is changing in favor of the Palestinian people and the resistance.
The Iranian chief executive expressed hope the “Palestinian land will be released in the near future,” IRNA reported.
Washington, September 04: The US Congressional Commission on Wartime Contracting has released a report detailing gross negligence, waste of funds and fraud by US contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The panel’s report stated that as much as USD 60 billion has been lost due to fraud or has been wasted in the two countries, describing it as a “troubling” failure that cannot continue amid the country’s deepening economic crisis.
Hyderabad, September 04: The City Police arrested two persons for possessing lethal knives in the limits of Dabeerpura Police Station.
According to police, a police team nabbed two persons – Syed Vikar and Raza Ali, both residents of Dabeerpura while they moving in a suspicious manner at Bood Ali Shah Khidki on Friday at about 4.30 pm. When they were searched, the policemen found two Jambiyas (large size lethal knives) in their possession. During interrogation, they confessed that they were trying to sell the knives to the needy customers.
New Delhi, September 04: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao on Saturday said there was no need to use former chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy’s pictures in the next elections.
Talking to media persons, Hanumantha Rao expressed confidence the Congress could come to power in the state using Congress president Sonia Gandhi and General Secretary Rahul Gandhi’s photos without mentioning YSR’s name.
London,September 04 :British and US intelligence cooperated closely with Libya, with prisoners being offered to Muammar Gaddafi’s regime under the rendition programme, a report said on Saturday citing files found in Tripoli.
The CIA was among a number of foreign intelligence services that worked with Libya’s agencies, documents found at a Libyan security agency building in Tripoli showed.
Hyderabad, September 04: The City Police arrested four members of an inter-state gang of house burglars which was involved in 18 different cases in the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police limits.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, City Police Commissioner AK Khan said all members of the gang hailed from Maharashtra. The gang was involved in eight cases of burglary in SR Nagar, four cases in Punjagutta limits and one each in Habeeb Nagar, Humayun Nagar, Sanath Nagar and Balanagar police station limits.
Bhopal, September 04 (Pervez Bari): A new chapter is going to be added to the tourism development sector of Madhya Pradesh. Air taxi service is going to be launched for the first time in the state.
New Delhi,Septeember 04:THE US had slammed the UPA government for coming across as weak and feeble while initially agreeing to a separate Telangana state. It said the government was bullied into the decision.
After the Centre did a U- turn on its initial announcement, the US predicted the Congress would drag its feet over the Telangana issue and hope that people tire of the disruptions to their daily lives.
The latest WikiLeaks cache of secret US cables contains a labyrinth of information on a leadership tussle in the BJP and the RSS’s stifling control over the party.
From L. K. Advani’s controversial comments on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s “ secular” credentials that cost him his job to successor Rajnath Singh, to dropping PM- contender Narendra Modi from the party’s crucial parliamentary board, the US charge d’ affairs and other officials cited several instances of intraparty feuds from 2005 to 2007.
Bhopal, September 04 (Pervez Bari): The Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the families living in villages since a long time by building dwellings will be given pattas. The State Government will undertake action on campaign footing after formulating a policy in this connection.
New delhi,September 04:A 30-year-old Finnish national was on Saturday morning raped by a man she met at a pub here. The accused, Elwis Montana, a 25-year-old from Andaman and Nicobar, was arrested later in the day after the victim filed a police complaint. The woman is an executive with a multi-national company
while Montana is a translator with a Mumbai-based MNC. They weren’t known to each other.
New delhi,September 04 :Newlywed Kim Kardashian’s sex tape with her former singer boyfriend Ray J has been valued at more than £18 million by its owners.
The tape features Kim’s intimate act with the R’n’B singer in a hotel room.
Hyderabad, September 04: Telangana Rashtra Samiti senior leader A Chandrasekhar on Saturday condemned Speaker Nadendla Manohar for allegedly making remarks against the Telangana and Dalits which were published by the WikiLeaks Cable.
Talking to media persons at Telangana Bhavan, Chandrasekhar said that Speaker remarks have hurt the sentiments of Dalits, who played key role in the movement for separate Telangana. He demanded that Manohar must resign from the post of Speaker.
Hyderabad, September 04: All Gazetted officers of the Telangana region will participate in the general strike starting from September 13. This decision was taken in the meeting of Telangana Gazetted Officers Association held here on Saturday.
Hyderabad, September 04: Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday stated that the Telangana people would be forced to live like permanent bonded labour if the state formation is delayed further.
Hyderabad, September 04: The next ordinary general body meeting of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) would be held on September 15. This has been decided in the GHMC’s Standing Committee meeting held here on Saturday.
Further, the Standing Committee has also approved the payment of compensation of Rs 2.51 Crore for 271.05 sq yds of land that the GHMC acquired for road widening of Road No 36, Jubilee Hills. Similarly, a compensation of Rs 1.54 lakh has been approved for the acquisition of 1164.75 sq yds of land for road widening from Natraj Nagar to Yousufguda.
Hyderabad, September 04: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation MT Krishna Babu on Saturday instructed all the zonal commissioners to provide correct information to the people seeking details under the Right to Information Act.
Tehran, September 04: A sound bomb explosion has rocked the western Iranian province of Kordestan, but there were no reports of any injuries or damage.
The percussion bomb, placed under a telephone booth near a petrol station in Lashkar Square in the provincial capital Sanandaj, went off at about 8 p.m. local time (1630 GMT) on Saturday, the Mehr News Agency reported.
There were no injuries and no damage to property as a result of the blast, the report said.
Deputy provincial police commander Ebrahim Kazeminejad said the police has launched an investigation into the incident.
Hyderabad, September 04: The Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee on Saturday decided to serve strike notice to the state government on September 5.
Talking to media persons after the meeting with the representatives of employees’ unions in the region at TNGO Bhavan, Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee Chairman Swamy Goud said the employees’ representatives took unanimous decision on serving strike notice to the Chief Secretary S V Prasad on September 5.