Month: October 2011

Hyderabad, October 8: Lack of traffic sense among the public add to the woes of public who are already facing traffic problems in the city. In this picture you can see the evidence of lack of sense among the public. This lorry contains a big rock which can tumble down at any moment. Lorry runs fast and if God forbid the rock stumbles then you can imagine the horrible consequences. The traffic police and transport department should take strict action against such traffic irregularities so that human lives are saved.

The statements emitting from White House and Pentagon during months of September and October 2011 are not without substance.

Thirty-four Muslim drivers for Hertz claimed they were suspended for praying during work hours, but the company contended they were reprimanded for abusing break times.

Backed by their union, the drivers protested Wednesday outside the Hertz counter at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where they are based.

“This is an outrageous assault on the rights of these workers and appears to be discriminatory based on their religious beliefs,” Tracey A. Thompson, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 117, said in a statement.

Jerusalem, October 08: Headstones at a Muslim and a Christian cemetery were desecrated by unknown assailants in Jaffa on Saturday, the Jewish holy fast day of Yom Kippur, an Israeli website said.

Pictures on the www.nana10.co.il Hebrew website showed one gravestone with the words “death to Arabs” spray painted in Hebrew and the words “Price tag,” a slogan used by militant Jewish West Bank settlers and their supporters, on another.

Hyderabad, October 08: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia may soon set up its consulates in Hyderabad and Kerela. Addressing a press conference during his visit to the city here on Saturday, Saudi Ambassador Sagr Suleman Al-Qureshi said that the kingdom was considering setting up the consulates following repeated requests from many circles.

Hyderabad, October 08: There is no let up in the chequered career graph of the injury-prone Indian tennis ace, Sania Mirza.

However, there was a positive development on Saturday with her decision to go ahead with a surgery on the left knee in a premier corporate hospital here on Saturday.

Her father Imran Mirza told INN that the operation was successful and the entire family, including hubby Shoaib Malik, were present at the time of the surgery.

Hyderabad, October 8: The Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) organised Walkathon for Women Empowerment in city today. Mrs. D. K. Aruna, Minister for Information and Public Relations, Banda Karthika Reddy, Mayor of Hyderabad and several other dignitaries, students, working women and women entrepreneurs participated in the Walkathon.

COWE will also be organising annual trade fair as usual. This year it will be held from 13th-16th October at Necklace Road, Hyderabad informed Ms. Madhuri Talluri, Secretary – COWE.

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Hyderabad, October 8: Mr. Waheed Ahmed advocate state secretary Telangana Rashtra Samithi and convenor Telangana Muslim advocates Forum wishing happy Dassehra to TRS president Mr. K Chandra Shekhar Rao said that people are committing suicides for Telangana achievement. Muslim youth have also sacrificed their lives for Telangana during the past so many days.

He told TRS president that Muslim advocates are also participating in the ongoing strike from the past 25 days and they have also forsaken their jobs.

Masjid Bahmani Golconda uninhabited
Hyderabad, October 8: As soon as you enter the interior part of Golconda fort you will see Masjid Bahmani opposite to the arsenal. The mosque was built by Mohammad Shah Bahmani in 1513. The 3-arch mosque is quite beautiful and is standing with a very strong condition today also a rare exemplar of its architecture. Despite all these features the mosque is deserted.

Muslims need to prepare a comprehensive strategy to rehabilitate mosques and arrange for five times prayers in them, with forbearance and through peaceful means.

Hyderabad, October 8: Acting Saudi ambassador to India, his Excellency Sulaiman H Alqureshi will arrive in Hyderabad on October 8 at 9:20 am.

After a good will meet with chief minister, he will attend farewell function of Hajj pilgrims as chief guest. The function will be presided over by Khadim Quran Peer Syed Shabbir Naqshbandi.

Later his Excellency will attend a lunch reception and at 4 pm he will attend ‘meet the press’ programme at Hotel Anmol Continental. He will also visit Hajj house.

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Hyderabad, October 8: This news will be read with extreme grief and sorrow that the Urdu lover, renowned trade union leader, senior communist leader and standard bearer of Hindu Muslim unity Dr. Raj Bahadur Goud passed away in the wee hours of Friday, October 7. His body will be kept for last glimpse at Makhdoom Bhawan, Himayat nagar till Saturday 9:30 am. Dr. Raj Bahadur Gaud was born on July 21, 1918 at Goulipura, Hyderabad. He completed his primary education from Mufeedul Anam, Dharmawant and Rifa-e-aam schools. He completed MBBS in 1943. He was elected as Rajya Sabha member in 1952.

Hyderabad, October 8: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad in collaboration with Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi and Muslim Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (MESCO), Hyderabad is going to organize a 3-day international seminar from 25 to 27 November on ‘Islamic Art and Culture’ in Hyderabad. According to Prof. Khalid Saeed, Organizing Secretary, Mr. Mohammed Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India will inaugurate the seminar.

Hyderabad, October 8: Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Directorate of Distance Education, has extended last date of for submission of applications for eligibility test. (for direct admission into U.G. Courses). According to a press release the last date which was 5th Oct. 2011 earlier, has been extended upto 25th Oct. 2011 for the convenience of the students.

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New Delhi, October 08: The Congress party has ruled out impositiion of president’s rule in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the volatile situation in the Telangana region, where the agitation for a separate state continued for the 27th day Saturday.

Hyderabad, October 08: Two partners of a hotel in Banjara Hills and who were on the run for the past two months, were nabbed on Friday for cheating several unemployed youth to a tune of Rs 70 lakh in the name of providing jobs in a hotel they own in Dubai.

The nabbed duo – Syed Kaleemullah Hussaini alias Waseem of Malakpet and Zeena Suzen Varkey alias Zareen Fatima of Banjara Hills were business partners in Gazebo International Hotel at Road No 12, Banjara Hills.

Hyderabad, October 08: India’s first climate change conclave to be held in Hyderabad will help raise awareness on alternative energy resources and improve the existing energy policies in the country.

Climate change is for real and India, as a growing economic and industrial power, has an increased role in global climate change control. The Centre for Climate Change, Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI), is helping do just that.

Hyderabad, October 08: Even as large a number of engineering seats remained vacant after the second phase of Eamcet counseling, students are looking beyond the well-trodden path for viable career options. “Most of the students I know opted for courses like Bachelor in Business Management (BBM) and other degree courses. The strength of juniors in our college this year is almost half of the total available seats,” says Pakki Asha, a final year B.Tech student of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) of a local college.

Hyderabad, October 08: Police on Friday claimed to have averted a murder conspiracy with the arrest of a person and seizure of two swords from him. The accused allegedly planned to kill a person who eloped with his younger sister, police said.

On information, Task Force North Zone sleuths nabbed Chokatwale Shenna alias Shannu, a resident of NTR Nagar who sells garlic and ginger at the NTR Nagar vegetable market.

Police said Shannu has five sisters, one of who fell in love with one Ravi.

Hyderabad, October 08: The demand for affordable housing in top seven cities, including Hyderabad, is likely to outstrip supply by 2015, according to Cushman & Wakefield (C&W). The real estate consulting firm in its annual report found that the estimated demand for residential property in cities namely National Capital Region, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata is expected to touch 2.3 million units over the next five years while the estimated supply will be approximately 1 million units, leaving a shortfall of 130 per cent i.e. over 1.3 million units.

Hyderabad, October 08: The Telangana agitation has come as blessing in disguise for the contractors from Andhra region who were awarded the AP Road Development Corporation (APRDC) project of developing the 207- km Hyderabad-Karimnagar-Ramagundam road into a four lane road at a cost of Rs 1,358 crore.

When the project was grounded, TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao and several Congress MLAs from Karimnagar district wanted change in its design.

Rao wrote a letter to the then chief minister K Rosaiah demanding that APRDC should develop the Rajiv Rahadari on the lines of NH-9.

Hyderabad, October 08: “It is nice to be here,’’ said former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin who was at the Gymkhana grounds in Secunderabad on Friday morning. Coming here for the first time after his second son Ayazuddin’s death in a bike accident last month, the Moradabad MP was at hand to give tips to his elder son Asaduddin.

Hyderabad, October 08: The 500 MW Kakatiya Thermal Power Plant (KTPP) has become the first victim of Sakala Janula Samme forcing the APGenco officials to shut down operations completely due to shortage of coal.

The strike of Singareni miners is affecting the supply of coal to NTPC Ramagundam and NTPC Simhadri. The units are operational near to technical minimum. The coal supplies to KTPP virtually came to a nil on Friday.

Hyderabad, October 08: As the dog menace in the city assumes alarming proportions, a sideshow and a hilarious one at that, is unfolding between the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The SCB has been hiring a dog squad with a van too from the GHMC for the last four months as it receives about 10 complaints of dog bites a day.

“The squad has been rounding up about 50- 60 dogs a week and frees them on the outskirts of the city. But it hardly helps as the dogs are coming back,” explains S Balakrishna, chief executive officer, SCB.

Gone are the days when apples remained mere fruits. After Isaac Newton, there came another man, who made Apple a symbol of progress and innovation. What started as a project in his garage with a friend, is now the second largest company in the world.

Life is a roller-coaster ride for most of us. But, for Jobs it was like floating in zero gravity.

Hyderabad, October 08: The YSR Congress Party has received a jolt in Kurnool district as its leader Silpa Chakrapani Reddy formally joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday.

Chakrapani, brother of Congress MLA and former minister Silpa Mohan Reddy, along with his followers met TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu at NTR Bhavan and later joined the party. A public meeting will be held soon either in Hyderabad or Kurnool to induct Chakrapani and his followers into the TDP.