Month: October 2011

Hyderabad, October 28: Telangana Telugu Desam Forum has blamed the TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao for “dilution” of the movement for separate Statehood when it was at its peak.

In a statement, Forum leader, Motkupalli Narasimhulu said Mr. Rao owed an apology to the people of Telangana for letting them down badly. While full credit goes to government employees of the region for selflessly continuing the strike for 42 long days, Mr. Rao would go down as a “traitor” of the movement. Unfortunately political leaders of the region could not match the employees’ determination.

Hyderabad, October 28: The response is overwhelming. Some merely offer ‘salam’, some shake hands, while a few persons try to hug him. Most are out there to see how he looks after the murderous attack. Even women peep out of their homes to catch a glimpse of the MIM leader.

Majlis legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi’s tour of his Chandrayangutta constituency is generating a lot of interest. After a gap of six months, he is on the move again. The ‘paidal daura’ is to renew contact with his constituents as also to speed up works hanging fire.

Hyderabad, October 28: The Congress party seems to be playing a clever game with the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen on sharing the Mayor post of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.

As per the original understanding, the Congress will enjoy the Mayor post for three years and the MIM for two years. However, the Congress will relinquish the post after two years, so that the MIM would continue in the post for next two years and the final year term would once again go to the Congress.

Tripoli, October 28: Stung by an international outcry over the execution of Muammar Qaddafi by a lynch mob, Libya’s new rulers on Thursday promised to try the killers.

“With regard to Qaddafi, we do not wait for anybody to tell us,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), was quoted by wire services as saying at a news conference in the eastern city of Benghazi.

New Delhi, October 28: The Congress Friday attacked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for misusing central funds while the Bahujan Samaj Party labelled as ‘politically motivated’ union minister Jairam Ramesh’s allegations of irregularities in the execution of the rural jobs scheme in the state.

‘It is a sad state of affairs that MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) funds were used for buying toys, tents and calendars,’ said Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Delhi.

Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.” The people asked, “Not even Jihad for the sake of Allah?” He said, “Not even Jihad for the sake of Allah, except in the case of a man who went out, giving himself and his wealth up for the cause (of Allah), and came back with nothing.” (Al-Bukhari)

Lucknow, October 28: Hitting back at the Centre, UP Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday wrote a letter to the Prime Minister stating that irregularities cited by Union Minister Jairam Ramesh in implementation of MNREGS in the state are “politically motivated”.

She accused Ramesh of having a pre-conceived agenda and arriving at conclusions without taking cognisance of steps taken by her government.

Rajapalayam, October 28: BJP leader LK Advani on Friday demanded that his former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni, arrested for his alleged role in the cash-for-vote scam, be released immediately as he was “only” a whistle-blower.

He alleged that the Manmohan Singh government had bribed opposition MPs to vote in its favour in 2008 and had approached three BJP MPs.

“However, the BJP MPs in consultation with the party got the money, but put it before Parliament alleging the Congress tried to bribe them”, Advani said addressing a meeting here as part of his yatra.

Dehradun, October 28: Supporting Anna Hazare’s anti-graft movement, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday said corruption is also a form of violence.

“Yes…. Corruption is a very very serious problem…. It is also a form of violence where people try to realise their wrong dreams,” the Dalai Lama said at a function marking the 76th founders day of the Doon School here.

He was asked by a student whether he supported Hazare’s movement against corruption.

The Nobel laureate also said that “some countries like China don’t care about corruption and moral values”.

Bangalore, October 28: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, arrested in two corruption cases, will remain behind bars when his Bharatiya Janata Party’s senior leader L.K. Advani arrives here Oct 30 to address a public meeting against corruption and black money.

Justice B.V. Pinto of the Karnataka High Court Friday adjourned till Oct 31 Yeddyurappa’s bail plea hearing as arguments against it were incomplete.

The former chief minister, arrested Oct 15, has been in Bangalore’s central prison in the eastern suburb of Parappana Agrahara.

Hyderabad, October 28: An electrician was hit by an electric shock when he was decorating and died. The incident occurred at Shivrampally police station limits where 23 year old Raju who was the resident of Sriram colony died. Raju had gone to his boss’s house at Katedan for decoration and was decorating the house with electric bulbs when suddenly he was hit by electric shock. Police has registered a case and investigations are on.

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Hyderabad, October 28: A man committed suicide due to fear of returning money at Chilkalguda area. According to police sources 35 year old Ramulu resident of Sanjiva Puram Parsigutta, who was a cook by occupation received 10 thousand rupees for cooking on October 19 but didn’t go for cooking on October 23 and spent the amount in drinking and other activities. Ramulu feared that he had no the money to return. Worried over this he hanged himself to death.

The suicide was revealed when the local informed police as the house was stinking.

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London, October 28: If you have been one of those who have always enjoyed watching pornography, it’s time to stop. New research has found that online pornography is creating a generation of young men who are hopeless in the bedroom.

Exposure to lurid images and films in the new media is de-sensitising so many young individuals that they are increasingly unable to turn excited by ordinary sexual encounters and becoming infertile, the Daily Mail quoted the report as stating.

Hyderabad, October 28: Congress MLC Mr. Farooq Husain has demanded that the chief minister convene a special meeting of Minority Welfare Department for repair and revamping of dilapidated mosques, dargahs and Ashurkhanas. He said that there are several such old mosques, ashurkhanas and dargahs in the state which are facing dilapidation due to financial crisis, they need special attention.

Dubai, October 28: A total of 101,072 Indian pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia so far to perform the annual Haj pilgrimage, Indian officials in the country have said.

According to the Consulate General of India in the Saudi city of Jeddah, 97,405 pilgrims are presently in Macca while 3,628 pilgrims are in Madinah.

A total of 356 flights have so far ferried pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.

According to the consulate, as of Wednesday, 46 pilgrims have died, out of which 39 came through Haj Committee of India and seven through private tour operators.

Hyderabad, October 28: Telangana Muslim parties and originations are all geared up with the Telangana Muslim dharna programme to be held at Indira Park on October 29 from 11 am to 5 pm in which thousands of Muslims are likely to participate.

In this connection Convenor Muslim dharna Mohammad Sanaullah Khan told during a press conference that the purpose of the Muslim dharna programme is to warn Telangana antagonists who are conspiring to keep Muslims away from the Telangana movement.

Hyderabad, October 28: A school located in Jahanuma is being run since 2002 in which 67 students study in one room. Right from 1st to 5th classes are taught in the single room. The negligence of our people friendly government has reached to such an extent that the rent of one-room school which is Rs. 1085 is not paid on time.

In the year 2009 when the then collector of Hyderabad Naveen Mittal had visited this school he was surprised to see how 5 classes are being run in a single room.

Hyderabad, October 28: With DS elected to Legislative Council, speculations rife over Cheif Minister change in coming days. Though PCC president Botsa denied any such idea, political circles feel that DS name is acceptable to majority of the leaders across the state, if high command decides to replace KKR with a candidate from Telangana.

However, Mr Srinivas said that he is not CM race. Responding to a query, DS said, the Chief Minister, Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy, is working very well and there is no need to replace him.

Dubai, October 28: A drunk worker, who bit his friend’s ear causing him 1 per cent rate disability, was sentenced to three months in jail and ordered to pay Dh1,000 fine by the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance.

According to the records, the victim Rajishor Nela, 35, Indian, construction worker , testified that on August 18 at around 12am he was in the  accommodation of Al Fateh Contracting at Muhaisna 2 area  SMB, entered the room and attacked him by bitting his right ear.

Chandigarh, October 28: Three coaches of Howrah-Delhi Kalka Mail derailed at a railway station in Haryana early this morning but no one was hurt. The derailment took place near Rathdhana station close to Sonipat, about 60 kms from Delhi, at 0543 hours, a Northern Railway official said.

The train was moving at a slow speed after crossing Sonipat in the busy Ambala-Delhi section when the three bogies jumped off the track, he said.

Divisional Railway Manager Ashwini Kumar said there was no casualty in the mishap and all the passengers of the derailed bogies were safe.

Hyderabad, October 28: A meeting of the agitating Telangana leaders will be held today at central court hotel to formulate a common strategy for getting Telangana state. A policy decision will be taken in the meeting to get a developed T-state.

The leaders of Telangana have been divided into three groups. There is a group of ministers, the second groups is that of the MP’s and the third group consists of MLA’s.

Hyderabad, October 28: For conducting a debate on the misery of the farmers in the Parliament, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu is organizing ‘Padyatra’ from 2nd Nov 2011. In a press conference, Mr. Naidu said that due to the negligence of the state Govt. the condition of the farmers has become miserable. He said that he would start his yatra on 2nd November from Anantapur. He would meet the farmers in Cuddapah on 3rd November in Kurnool on 4th November.

Baghpat, October 28: When Munni arrived in this fertile, sugarcane-growing region of north India as a young bride years ago, little did she imagine she would be forced into having sex and bearing children with her husband’s two brothers who had failed to find wives.

“My husband and his parents said I had to share myself with his brothers,” said the woman in her mid-40s, dressed in a yellow sari, sitting in a village community centre in Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh.

Hyderabad, October 28: The Majilis Ittehadul Muslimeen has expressed its keenness to have their own candidate for the mayor’s post after completion of the two-year term of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s elected body.

In a letter addressed to the chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and the APCC president Botcha Satyanarayana, MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi asked them to respect the agreement reached between the two parties in November 2009.

Hyderabad, October 28: The Road Transport Authority officials are taking steps to clear driving licence applications and vehicle registrations which had piled up during the Sakala Janula Samme.

�As many as 40,000 learning, permanent licence applications and 70,000 vehicles registrations are pending in Telangana region, including Hyderabad and Secunderabad due to the RTA employees’ strike from Sept 13 to Oct 24.

Road transport commissioner Hiralal Samariya told Express that working hours for staff in RTA offices in Telangana had been increased to clear the pending applications.