New Delhi, Octber 02:The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will inaugurate the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center (ISLRTC) for the deaf community Oct 4, the varsity announced Sunday.
The centre has been set up with the support of the social justice and empowerment ministry.
Hyderabad, October 2: MBT Corporator Mohammad Amjadullah Khan Khalid expressed deep anger upon concerned authorities for defective arrangements by GMR on Hajj terminal for pilgrims and said that the staff of GMR group has been openly showing its prejudice by keeping a very indecent attitude towards journalists and photographers besides Hajj pilgrims. State Hajj committee officials should have finalized the arrangements completely by talked to GMR management beforehand regarding administrative affairs. He said the clear example of defective arrangements is that Minority Welfare Minister Mr.
Hyderabad, October 2: Chief Minister had to face Jai Telangana slogans at his camp office on Saturday. Unexpectedly the slogans were not raised by either TRS or JAC activists but were raised by the women belonging to the city who were called by Congress leaders.
Congress leaders of the city had amassed a large number of women at camp office to inform them about 1 rupee per kg rice scheme. Chief Minister was to address them. Even before the chief minister’s address few women got up and started raising Jai Telangana slogans leaving chief minister surprised.
Hyderabad, October 2: The old graveyard Ziaguda is a waqf property whose complete record is present in waqf board. This is a Muslim graveyard on which a non Muslim has constructed a room and has set up a temple. When our correspondent reached there to inspect the land he found that 1732 sqyd valuable land is in the possession of non Muslims. There is a shrine of a clergy man too. A man has tied buffalo on the remaining land.
Hyderabad, October 2: A public convention will be organized by Popular Front of India on the topic of social justice on Sunday October 2, at 7:30 pm at Khilwat ground.
Maulana Abdul Raheem Qureshi secretary Muslim Personal Law Board will preside over. Chief Muslim Dalit leaders will address the convention. It should be noted that this is the first convention in connection with the All India Social Conference to be held on November 26 and 27 in Delhi.
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Hyderabad, October 2: Except for those who participated in general strike, the state government on Saturday paid full salary to all the officials and workers of the state for the month of September; while the striking employees were paid a salary of just 12 days. The number of government employees working in various public departments including Singareni Collieries, APSRTC, various electric departments, etc. who were paid 12 days salary is 5.70 lakhs. Highly placed sources told this.
Hyderabad, October 02: Police forcibly removed four legislators from the chamber of the deputy speaker at the Andhra Pradesh assembly building late Saturday, ending a nearly nine-hour-long episode.
The personnel from the police commissioner’s Task Force broke open the door of the chamber, bodily lifted the legislators and dropped them at their respective houses around midnight.
A large number of Telangana supporters, including lawyers, had gathered outside the assembly building in support of the legislators who had locked themselves in the chamber since 2.30 p.m. Saturday.
Hyderabad, October 02: The issue of a separate state for Telangana will be settled as soon as possible, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Sunday.
He said consultations with the elected representatives of all three regions of Andhra Pradesh — Telangana, coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema — were completed but there is need for more consultations on the issue at the national level.
Azad, who is in charge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, was talking to reporters at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here after his arrival on a daylong visit to the state.
Hyderabad, October 2: Jubilee Hills police has registered a case against Telugu film star Nagarjuna on the complaint lodged by a freelance woman journalist. According to police sources Sunita Chaudhri went to Annapurna studio on September 29 where she met Nagarjuna. Earlier Sunita Chaudghri had written an article about Nagarjuna which was published in a newspaper; the film actor was angry over it. As soon as the two came face to face Nagarjuna argued with Sunita and threatened her. Police Jubilee Hills has started investigations.
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Hyderabad, October 2: The famous literary and intellectual personality of the Urdu world and alumni of Osmania University, Mr. Hasan Chishti arrived in the city from Chicago on Saturday along with his better half. Mr. Hasan Chishti is on a visit to Hyderabad to meet his friends and relatives, after a span of 14 years.
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Hyderabad, October 02: Brand Hyderabad has taken a beating with the ongoing turmoil for separate statehood to Telangana continuing to impact the information technology (IT) sector and new investments in this technology hub.
As the buses of state-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) have remained off the roads for the past two weeks and the frequent protests have affected local trains, the IT firms are reporting a low employee turnout.
The BPOs and call centres that operate round-the-clock are the worst-hit.
Qutub Shahi mosque Balapur uninhabited
Hyderabad, October 2: The uninhabited 400 year old Qutub Shahi Masjid is situated at Balapur mandal, Saroornagar. Buffalos are tied at the mosque premises. The mosque is in very dilapidated condition and is surrounded by non Muslim population. The record of the mosque in Waqf gazette is as follows: RR/30 MASJID GAZ-6/A Date-9-2-1989 GAZ No-2674. Due to the negligence of Waqf board the mosque land is recorded very less. The mosque is situated at a short distance away from Hafiz Baba Nagar which is Muslim predominant area.
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Kolkata, September 02: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has dismissed as “bunkum” reports that he had offered to resign following controversy over a note of his Ministry on the 2G issue.
He also declined to comment on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley’s observation dubbing the “truce” between him and Home Minister P Chidambaram after the controversy as “uneasy”.
Mumbai, September 02: Bollywood actors Neil Nitin Mukesh and Ranbir Kapoor had been college mates, but the former revealed recently that Ranbir never attended lectures and always hung out with girls, says a media report.
Neil Nitin told host Simi Garewal’s show India’s Most Desirable: “Ranbir and I went to the same college. I’ve never seen Ranbir attend any lecture in college. He was always outside college with beautiful girls.”
Neil added, “I’m more focussed than Ranbir.”
Karachi, September 02: “It is never easy for any player to make a comeback after such a long period to international cricket. One has to struggle to find one”s rhythm and form again.
New Delhi, October 02: A husband or a wife is entitled to divorce if either spouse is found to be mentally unsound or indulges in cruelty, the Supreme Court has held.A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan in a judgement said under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriages Act, either of the spouse can seek divorce, provided sufficient evidence is placed to justify the claim.
Hyderabad, October 02: Normal life has remained paralysed in the Telangana region for the 19th consecutive day on Saturday due to the Sakala Janula Samme or the people’s general strike demanding statehood for the Telangana region.
Likewise, the strike by the RTC employees of Telangana have entered 13th day and the medical strike too has entered 10th day on Saturday. The strike has crippled the entire administration as employees of the Secretariat, SCCL, RTC, electricity, GHMC, water board, teachers and employees in other services have joined the ‘Samme’.
New Delhi, October 02 : After undergoing surgery for an undisclosed aliment over a month ago, Sonia Gandhi today made her first public appearance when she attended a prayer meeting at Raj Ghat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 142nd birth anniversary.
Gandhi, 64, was there for about 15-20 minutes at the memorial along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior BJP leader L K Advani.Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamalnath were also present at the memorial among others.Leaders of various religions also offered prayers at the Gandhi samadhi.
Paris, October 02: In what the French press is calling the most expensive divorce settlement in the country’s history, a court here has ordered the Aga Khan to pay his former wife $ 80 million.That’s in the range of what Madonna paid Guy Ritchie when their marriage ended. The diva reportedly shelled out between $76 million and $92 million.
The Aga Khan, who is a billionaire and spiritual leader to 20 million Muslims, married Gabriele Thyssen, a German princess, in 1998. They divorced several years later after having a son.
New Delhi, September 02: Team Anna will kickstart a nationwide survey on Jan Lokpal Bill from Sunday.
The week-long process will start from Ghaziabad, the Lok Sabha constituency of BJP leader Rajnath Singh and cover UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s constituency of Rae Bareli and Rahul Gandhi’s seat Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
Other constituencies in the state where the ‘referendum’ process will be held include Mainpuri, Varanasi, Lucknow and Ambedkar Nagar, a Team Anna spokesperson said.
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Hyderabad, October 02: A 35-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son were found murdered at their house in the limits of Rajendra Nagar police station on Saturday.
According to police, the local residents of Manikyamma Nagar Colony have informed the local police station that foul smell was emanating from a house which was locked from outside. The police officials broke open the lock and were shocked to see the dead bodies of a woman and a boy. The local residents identified the deceased as Geetha and her son Chandu. Both the bodies were high decomposed.
New Delhi, September 02: It is Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi’s 142nd birth anniversary on Sunday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visit Rajghat alongwith UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath were also present to pay honour the Mahatama.
Senior BJP leader LK Advani was also present at Rajghat.
This is Sonia Gandhi’s first public appearance after her surgery. She returned on September 8 after undergoing a surgery is US.
Islamabad, September 02: Gilani made it clear that Pakistan will talk on the basis of equality and mutual respect while keeping in view its national interests.
He lauded the political leaders who responded positively to his call and sat together to discuss the issue of Pakistan”s security while setting aside political differences.
Lucknow, October 02: Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy today (Oct 1) said his party would contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections from 50 seats for which it is open to forming an alliance with BJP.
Swamy, who was here to take part in a seminar organised by the bar association, said that Janata Party has decided to contest the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled to be held early next year.
“Janata Party is planning to field candidates on 50 seats in Uttar Pradesh,” Swamy said.
Hyderabad, October 02: In an unprecedented development, four legislators from Telangana region carried on a sit-in inside the speaker’s chamber at the Andhra Pradesh assembly till late Saturday night, demanding that their resignations be accepted.
High drama was on at the assembly premises as four legislators led by former minister Nagam Janardhana Reddy continued their protest for over eight hours, insisting that the speaker accept their resignations over the demand for separate Telangana state.