Month: September 2011

New Delhi, September 02: BJP MP Tarun Vijay will be questioned by Madhya Pradesh police in connection with the killing of RTI activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal last month.

A police team from the state will soon visit New Delhi in this regard, the police said today.

“Although it has been decided to question Vijay in connection with Shehla’s murder, no date has been fixed for the visit of the police team to New Delhi,” Bhopal Range IG Vijay Yadav said.

Hyderabad, September 01: Chants of “Ganapati bappa moriya” rent the air as the Ganesh Chavithi (Chaturthi) festival was celebrated here on Thursday amid religious fervour and tight security.

Devotees performed puja at specially-decorated pandals or makeshift platforms erected by neighbourhood and traders associations.

According to Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi, over 50,000 idols have been put up in and around Hyderabad for the 10-day festival this year. This is in addition to small idols in apartments and individual houses.

Jammu, September 02: Had the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly passed a resolution recommending the commutation of the death sentence of Afzal Guru, convicted for his role in the conspiracy to attack Parliament in December 2001, the BJP would have gone apoplectic.

Manchester, September 02: In yet another controversial remark, the former England skipper Nasser Hussain has equated some of the Indian fielders to donkeys during the Twenty20 match between India and England here on Wednesday.

It happened during the fourth over while England was batting. During commentary, Hussain talked about the agility of some of the young Indian lads but later he cut loose.

Nasser said that he was amazed the way some of the Indian fielders chase the ball and they behave much like donkeys.

Hyderabad, Septembet 01: City police claimed to have nabbed the prime accused in the Nano Excel money chain fraud, who was allegedly carrying out multi-level marketing in the guise of selling nano technology products.

Acting on a complaint, the Commissioner’s Task Force (Central Zone Team) conducted a raid on Nano Excel Enterprises Ltd at Kondapur here and apprehended its Managing Director Harish Babu Maddineni, a senior police officer said.

Bangalore, September 01: The first qualifying round of the Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2011 will be held in this tech hub Sep 10, the Swedish embassy said Thursday.

Being organised by the embassy in partnership with leading Swedish firms operating in India during the upcoming Nobel Memorial Week, the inter-collegiate quiz contest will celebrate the spirit and contribution of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish innovator, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Manila, September 01: Muslim organizations and government institutions will kick off Friday, a three-day historic Eid’l Fitr cultural festival in Pasay City that brings together followers of Islam and Christianity, in what the Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID) trumpeted Thursday as a barrier-breaking event for the first time.

Eid’l Fitr is the end-of-Ramadan celebration, or Festival of Breaking Fast, a joyous event to send off the month of piety, worship, compassion, and mercy.

Mumbai, September 01: Surgery on Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the US for a painful nerve condition has been “successful” and he is advised a complete rest for the next fifteen days, sources close to the actor said today.

Salman who is suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia, a nerve disorder that causes intense pain in the face, had left for the US on August 29.

New Delhi, September 01: The Central Bureau of Investigation, which on Thursday filed its interim report in the 2G spectrum allocation case in the Supreme Court, is expected to question BJP leader Jaswant Singh for his role in the spectrum allotment made during the NDA regime.

As per reports, the CBI is expected to quiz the BJP leader on the terms on which Universal Service Agreement Licence (USAL) were granted during the BJP -led National Democratic Alliance government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei has once again warned of persisting plots hatched by arrogant powers to manage events in the Middle East and North Africa, reiterating the key role of Muslim masses to foil such schemes.

The ongoing events in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain and certain other countries are “determining” for Muslim nations, said Imam Khamenei in a meeting with Iranian officials and people on Wednesday.

Washington, September 01: Muslims had gathered for Eid al-Fitr festivities, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in a Westchester County park in New York on Tuesday when they realized that women with headscarves were barred from the amusement park rides, NY Daily News reported on Wednesday.

Objections to the Rye Playland headwear ban broke into scuffles and the park was shut down after police intervened and detained 15 people, including three women that were charged with ‘disorderly conduct and assault.’

Kuwait, September 01: More than 50 percent of American Muslims say the US government’s anti-terrorism policies have singled them out for increased surveillance and monitoring.

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center poll on Tuesday, 55 percent of respondents to the survey have said that being a Muslim in America since 9/11 has been more difficult.

Twenty-eight percent of US Muslims said that people have acted suspicious of them and 22 percent have been called offensive names over the past year.

Bahrain, September 01: Bahraini security forces clashed Wednesday with anti-discriminate protesters after Eid al-Fitr prayers, shooting a 15-year-old boy who martyred after being hit by a tear gas canister fired at close range, human rights activists said.

The activists blamed the police for the death of Ali Jawad Ahmad, who was among the crowd of protesters in the oil hub of Sitra.

The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights cited witnesses as saying the boy martyred after being hit by a tear gas canister fired at close range by police during the demonstration.

Riyadh, September 01: A Saudi court sentenced a Palestinian man to three years in prison and ordered him lashed 360 times for having an online affair with a married woman and trying to blackmail her, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The unnamed salesman at a female accessories shop in the eastern port of Dammam had persuaded the woman to e mail him her photographs following several visits to his shop, Sabq Arabic language daily said.

“He started to send her love messages by e mail…he then threatened to send the photographs to her husband unless she makes love with him.”

September 01: The head covering worn by many Muslim women, intended to represent modesty in appearance, has caused confusion in numerous walks of life, now including amusement park rides.

Numerous Muslim teachings promote modesty, especially when it comes to the mixing of men and women.

One verse in the Quran states: “O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close around them. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused.”

Tirovanathpuram, September 01: A Catholic priest accused of child abuse while in the US is allegedly living a quiet life in Kerala’s Kottayam district. Jacob Vellian has been accused by a woman of sexual abuse 26 years ago when she was a minor. He was then on a temporary assignment in the diocese of Kalamazoo in Youngstown city in Ohio. Vellian is currently staying in a seminary in Kaduthuruthi, sources said. The victim filed a complaint recently after undergoing a “trauma recovery programme”.

Mumbai, September 01: Actor Salman Khan is learnt to have sold a 1,650 sq ft apartment in Sterling Seaface at Worli for over Rs 6 crore. Located on the ninth floor and giving a scenic view of the Arabian Sea, the three bedroom hall kitchen flat was sold along with two car park lots. The identity of the buyer is not known.

Khan is now searching for buyers to sell a similar sized flat located on the sixth floor in the same building. The 14-storey Sterling Seaface was constructed by construction company, Shapooji Pallonji ten years ago and has all amenities like swimming pool, gym.

New Delhi, September 01: Tightening the noose on the yoga guru, the Enforcement Directorate registered a foreign exchange violation case against Baba Ramdev and his trusts.

The Directorate registered the case on the basis of a report from the RBI and inputs from abroad on “suspicious” financial transactions done by Ramdev’s trusts, the official sources said.

Ahmedabad, September 01 : The wife of slain Gujarat minister Haren Pandya has sought a reinvestigation into the murder of her husband. This comes two days after the Gujarat High Court acquitted 12 persons accused of murdering Pandya.

A former minister of state for Home in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, Pandya was shot on March 26, 2003 in Ahmedabad when he was out for a walk.

“After eight years, I have lost patience and this judgment has proved that the real killers are roaming free while some others have been put behind bars,” said Jagruti.

New Delhi, September 01 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday criticised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his tweet linking the Tamil Nadu assembly resolution on the three men on the death row for the Rajiv Gandhi killing to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

The Congress declined to comment on Omar’s remarks while the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) hoped that the judicial verdict on the convicts will settle such controversies.

BJP spokesman Shanawaz Hussain said Omar Abdullah’s remarks on Twitter were unfortunate.

Washington, September 01 : Ahead of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, more than 70 Muslim, Jewish and South Asian groups have underlined the critical importance of combating terrorism without casting blame or suspicion or alienating any particular community.

The community and civil and human rights groups, including South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), Wednesday signed a statement of shared principles in advance of the 9/11 anniversary calling for greater partnerships between communities and law enforcement.

Fake currency note racket unearthed

Hyderabad, September 1 (Siasat News): Afzalgunj police has unearthed a 3-member-gang involved in the making of fake currency notes and seized over Rs. One lac from their possession.

It is said that one Shyam Johan of Bangalore city, was trying his hand in fake currency business in the city with the help of his two aides P Alliah and P Gajendra.

New York, September 01: A COLOURING book aimed at teaching children about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 has generated controversy for its depiction of Muslims and interpretation of the events.

“ It’s disgusting,” said Dawud Walid, director of the Michigan branch of the Council on American- Islamic Relations, who has lead the charge against what he sees as an irresponsible and dangerous book.

Mumbai, September 01: Eid ul Fitr are Arabic words. While Eid means “festivity,” Fitr means “breaking the fast”. Eid is the conclusion of the thirty days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan.

Srinagar, September 01: Anna Hazare is a sought-after person after his recent 12-day fast against corruption.

Looking at the enormous success enjoyed by the Gandhian, the Hurriyat Conference has appealed to Hazare to launch a movement against the government to unravel the truth over the issue of unmarked graves discovered in north Kashmir.