Month: October 2011

New Delhi, October 03: Even as the Union government spoke of the need for more consultations on the vexed issue of Telangana as a state, the chief political party supporting the movement reiterated on Sunday that time was running out.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), while holding a protest outside Rajghat on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi here, said it would meet the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues to “convince” them to take an “early decision” on the matter.

New Delhi, October 03: CBI said on Oct 2 that it was still probing the role of Anil Ambani as part of its investigation into the 2G scam and that he has not been given any clean chit yet.

This was clarified by a spokesperson for the investigating agency in the context of reports that RADAG Chairman Anil Ambani had been given a clean chit in the structuring of different companies and transfer of funds relating to Swan Telecom which had got Spectrum license.

New Delhi, October 03: A day after holding a sit-in at Rajghat in support of his demand for the creation of a new Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is expected to meet the Prime Minister today.

A 30-member delegation led by the TRS chief left for the national capital on Friday to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The TRS chief has warned that the agitation on the issue will continue till the goal is achieved.

He also questioned the government’s stance to hold “further consultations” on the issue.

Mumbai, September 03: As many as 72 per cent of sexually active young people across the country have had sex with new partners without any protection, an international survey says.

At least 40 per cent of the youth polled in India say they had problems accessing contraceptives when they needed, while 36 per cent said they knew a close friend/ family member who has had an unplanned pregnancy.

Nearly a one-third got wrong information about contraception from friends.

Srinagar, October 03: A top Army commander has said the arrest of a militant while he was sneaking into Kashmir Valley in Machhil sector near LoC has exposed the nexus involving ISI, Pakistan Army and terror outfits.

“The arrest of Pakistani national and LeT militant (Nissar Ahmed) has exposed the nexus between the ISI, Pakistan Army and terror outfits in training, arming and psychological indoctrination of Pakistani youth for infiltrating and carrying out acts of terror in Kashmir,” Chinar Corps GoC Lt Gen S A Hasnain said in a defence release here.

Bhopal, October 03 (Pervez Bari): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has vehemently condemned the arbitrary and unconstitutional arrest of Mr. Sanjeev Bhatt, a senior IPS officer of Gujarat, who dared to expose the allegedly blood-stained hands of the state Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his aides in the 2002 post Godhra communal riots in which thousands of Muslims were killed and the murder of former state home minister Haren Pandya.

Bhopal, October 03 (Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh, the central state of India, is moving ahead on the path of becoming a developed state and as such concrete initiative should be undertaken to remove hurdles coming in the way of development of industries.

The above view was expressed by Madhya Pradesh’s Principal Secretary Commerce, Industries and Employment Mr. Prasanna Kumar Dash. He was speaking at a seminar on “Industrial development and possibilities” which was organised here by the District Trade and Industry Centre.

Dubai, October 03: There are growing signs that the current unrest in Syria is sliding into armed civil strife as the government uses the army to regain control over restive cities.

Troops have retaken control of the central city of Rastan after sending in 250 tanks to quell clashes between the army and deserters, human rights activists said yesterday.

“The Syrian army has taken complete control of Rastan, and 50 tanks left on Sunday,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said of the town in Homs province, 160km north of Damascus.

Washington, October 03: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar today fought back allegations that Pakistan had not done enough against extremists, reminding that the “Frankenstein” of terrorism in the Af-Pak region was financed by the US but her country had been left alone to sort out the mess.

Kabul, October 03: For the first time music festival held in Afghanistan for over 30 years. Large groups are playing at the festival held under security measures, and women in the audience took part in the .

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Ongole, October 03: Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday announced waiver of interest scheme for farmers, who avail loans of below Rs One lakh.

Inaugurating the much publicised Indira Jala Prabha scheme at Jangalapalli village in Yerragondapalem mandal in Prakasam district along with Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Chief Minister said that the scheme would benefit 95 lakh farmers in the Rabi season. He said that the interest waiver would be given for those farmers who pay their instalments on time.

Hyderabad, October 03: Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday stated that both Union and State Government stood as benchmarks of growing corruption in the public domain.

London, October 03: While it may be a Herculean task for anyone to calculate how much his wife or girl friend talks in a day, a study has found an average woman spends five hours a day gossiping. Whether they are at home or at work, females natter for around 298 minutes daily, which is the equivalent of more than a third of their waking hours, researchers in Britain have found.

Hyderabad, October 03: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday signed the file related to Rs 1 per kg rice scheme at his Camp Office.

After paying rich floral tributes to Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi portrait at the Camp office to mark his birth jayanthi, the Chief Minister signed the file. He said the scheme, scheduled to be launched on November 1, would benefit 2.26 crore people in the State.

Hyderabad, October 03: Infrastructure Minister Komatireddy Venkat reddy, who submitted his resignation to Cabinet and Assembly seat, on Sunday stated that he was ready to submit his resignation to Congress party primary membership if the Centre fails to take favourable decision on Telangana state.

Washington, October 03: Be it behind the bike sheds or at the school disco, you are more likely to remember your first romantic kiss with your partner than even loosing your virginity.

Scientists have claimed that most of us can recall 90 per cent of the details of the experience-a memory more vivid than losing their virginity, reports the Daily Mail .

But, the art is so complex that scientist Sheril Kirshenbaum has written a book about it.

Ahmedabad, October 03: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today accused Governor Kamla Beniwal of rejecting a bill providing 50 per cent reservation to women in local government bodies “despite being a woman herself’.

“I had decided that 50 per cent reservation to women in local bodies’ elections would help them. But the Governor rejected the proposal and sent it back. This was despite she being a woman herself,” Modi said at a function in Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace Porbandar on his 142nd birth anniversary.

New Delhi, October 03: Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao staged a sit-in at the Rajghat on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi, urging a quick decision on statehood. He said there was no need for “further consultations.”

On Saturday, both Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad — who is also Congress general secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh — said the government needed time for further consultations.

New Delhi, October 03: A day after claiming that he saw Sachin Tendulkar’s legs trembling while facing Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan’s former captain Shahid Afridi has now stated that he did not intend to question the Indian batting icon’s greatness, and was only talking about one incident.

Uttarakhand, October 03: The industrial town of Rudrapur in Uttarakhand was today brought under curfew following widespread clashes between members of two communities that left three people dead and scores of others injured.

Rudrapur-Pantnagar twin industrial towns attained prominence after big industrial houses like Nestle, Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto and others set up their manufacturing units there during the past few years. There were no report of any damage to the industries which were closed on account of Mahatama Gandhi’s birth anniversary today.

New Delhi, October 03: Admitting that finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and home minister P Chidambaram had a “working difference” on the controversial finance ministry note on the 2G issue, law minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said there was nothing wrong in Congress chief Sonia Gandhi cracking the whip to bring about a truce.

London, October 03: Two Iranian lovers have committed suicide after being imprisoned for being friends of a human rights activist, a media report said Sunday.

Nahal Sahabi, 28, and her boyfriend Behnam Ganji, 22, who were both active bloggers, committed suicide.

Ganji was detained for eight days, while Sahabi was held for three days, Daily Mail reported.

Guntur, October 03 TDP MP M Venugopal Reddy today expressed shock over the reported sale of liquor and meat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary here today. The district administration has failed to enforce the prohibition, Narasaraopet MP Reddy said after garlanding the statue of the ‘Father of the Nation’ here. October 2 is observed as dry day in the honour of the birth anniversary of Gandhi, who was a teetotaller. In a notification, the district administration had prohibited the sale of alcohol and meat today.

——PTI

Vijayawada, October 03: Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today unveiled a statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on BRTS Road. Earlier, Reddy inaugurated a flyover on the Vijayawada-Kazipet railway line. The flyover has been constructed at a cost of Rs 63 crore, with the Railways contributed Rs 37 crore as its share. Azad also unveiled the statue of former state minister Ch Venkata Rao.

——PTI

New Delhi, September 03: It was a rare evenwt to see a Pakistani draw a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi and, that too, with his blood. Abdul Waseel presented one such creation of his Sunday – the birth anniversary of Gandhi – at the Gandhi Darshan here.

“I think this is the best way to tell people of both the countries that its time we forget hostility, and live together. I know Mahatma Gandhi professed non-violence, but my blood to pay him tribute means no more blood sheds should be there on any side of the border,” said Lahore-based Waseel, who had come here to pay his respects to Gandhi.