Month: October 2011

Hyderabad, October 05: Thousands of employees of the excise department in Andhra Pradesh’s Telangana region joined the “people’s strike” for a separate state Wednesday, the 23rd day of a crippling stir that has led to massive losses.

From constables to joint commissioners, about 4,000 employees of the excise department have launched the indefinite strike in support of a Telangana state.

Officials fear “dry days” in Hyderabad and nine other districts of the region. If the strike continues for next few days, liquor shops in the region will be closed for want of supplies.

Hyderabad, October 5: General Secretary Pradesh Congress committee Mr. Abid Rasool Khan said Muslims are not against separate Telangana state rather they are actively taking part in the movement and also demanding formation of separate Telangana state from party high command. It is likely that the party high command will take any decision on Telangana issue soon. Minorities especially Muslims are with Congress, influenced by the secular policy of Congress.

Mumbai, October 05: Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif is all set for her upcoming film Dhoom 3, where she will not only be seen doing dangerous stunts but, also will surprise her fans by her singing skills.

Katrina, who had been planning to sing for Ali Zaqfar’s album has yet been uninitiated into the realm of music. This will be the first time Katrina will sing for herself in a film.

Lucknow, October 05: Naseem Khan is satisfied with the modest earnings from his small tailoring shop. But every year around Dusshera, Khan turns slightly worried.

He starts accepting orders in bulk to raise his income, not for his family, but for raising funds for organising Ramlila: the mythological play based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Like Khan, many Muslims in Mumtaz Nagar village of Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad district have been keeping alive the village’s decades-old custom, under which all arrangements for holding Ramlia are looked after by members of the minority community.

New Delhi, October 05: Leaving behind his father’s successful business of restaurant chains, 23-year-old actor Saqib Saleem, who makes his debut in Yash Raj Films’ upcoming movie ‘Mujhse Fraandship Karoge’, came to the city of dreams – Mumbai.

Saqib hails from Delhi, where his father runs a successful restaurant business called ‘Saleem’s’ with around 10 outlets. He assisted his father for almost six months and he got tired of it.

Hyderabad, October 5: A delegation of pro Telangana leaders and top brass of Muslim organizations led by Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, met government employees at central municipality office at Sardar Mahal and advocates at city civil court to express solidarity with the striking Telangana supporters.

Sanaullah Khan TPF, Naseer Sultan president Telangana welfare council, Shahbaz Ali Khan Amjad old city JAC, Laeeq Ali, Dilip Kumar Bhagyanagar employees JAC, Mohammad Wajid Ali, MS Rao, Shiv Kumar Das, Sham M Kumar, Hakeem merchant Sattar Baig were also present.

Masjid Nagina Golconda uninhabited

Kuwait City, October 05: A man who had enough of persistent mobile phone calls and texts by a woman in Kuwait went to the police and told them she was molesting him.

The man, a bedouin (without identity), said the woman stopped her calls after he threatened to report her but she later began to flood him with mobile texts.

“He went to the police and said he was being molested by that woman as she was sending obscene messages to him,” Alanba daily said on Wednesday.

It said the unnamed man showed the police some of the texts sent by that woman as an “evidence of molestation.”

New Delhi, October 05: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has warned the Congress that he would start a campaign against the party in five election-bound states if strong Lokpal Bill is not passed in the upcoming winter session of Parliament.

Addressing the electornic media here yesterday, Mr Hazare said that he will start his country- wide tour after Dussehra but first he will go to election-bound five states.

He said that he would undertake three- day hunger strike in

Hyderabad, October 05: It seems that there are strong possibilities of yielding fruitful results of Telangana Movement. UPA Govt. will soon reply “Yes” or “No” to Telangana issue. There are hints from reliable sources that the Govt. of India has come in a position to take a decision due to the three week long employees’ strike.

A leader of the Congress on the condition of anonymity disclosed that Ms. Sonia Gandhi, in the core committee meeting held last week told that she won’t go back with her poll promise.

New Delhi, October 05: An intense process of consultations has begun over the Telangana issue with the Congress determined to find an early solution to the vexed problem that has again created a volatile situation.

A senior party leader, who declined to be identified, did not rule out the possibility of a meeting of the Congress Working Committee as also an all-party meeting over Telangana statehood issue as part of the process to help find a way out before the winter session of Parliament.

New Delhi, October 05: He may be one of the most carefully-protected VIPs in the country, but Rahul Gandhi took not one but two types of public transport today.

The Congress General Secretary took the Delhi metro and then used a radio taxi to reach the Japanese Park in north-west Delhi’s Rohini area.

The driver of the cab, a man named Shravan, wasn’t expecting a nationally-recognized passenger when he was flagged down near the Rohini metro station.

“I was asked to drive till the Japanese park and then paid Rs. 200 when we got there,” Shravan said.

Virginia, October 05: Like other faith communities in the US and elsewhere, we see no inherent conflict between the normative values of Islam and the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Dehradun, October 05: In a shocking incident in Dehradun, 10 members of a family were found dead near a Yamuna reservoir.

The incident that was being treated as suicide earlier, is now being investigated as a case of mass murder.

Police suspect a man called Manoj Kumar took three women of his family, with their six kids on a picnic and poisoned them, and threw their bodies down the Shakti canal before committing suicide himself.

“If a major commits suicide and involves children then it is a murder,” said Dehradun SSP G N Goswami.

New Delhi, October 05: Congress on Tuesday came out with a low-key response to the fresh challenge from Anna Hazare, in a remarkable shift from the combative style it chose when the anti-corruption campaigner first upped his ante.

Even as the party, faced with Hazare’s call to defeat Congress in the Hissar by-poll, asserted that it was scared of no one, it opted for a tone which seemed to signal a decision to shun confrontation with Hazare whose anti-graft movement has resonated with a chunk of the electorate.

Ahmedabad, October 05: Narendra Modi’s dream to become the prime minister of India would remain just that a dream till he throws the 2002 Gujarat riots monkey off his back. It is not as simple as it sounds. It’s a bit like erasing one’s past. And the recurrence of Sanjeev Bhatt-type episodes will never let that happen.

London,October 05 : The Taj Mahal will collapse within five years unless urgent action is taken to fix its rotting foundations, campaigners warn.

The 358-year-old marble mausoleum is India’s most famous tourist attraction, bringing four million visitors a year to the northern city of Agra.

But the river crucial to its survival is being blighted by pollution, industry and deforestation.

Campaigners believe the foundations have become brittle and are disintegrating.

Hyderabad, October 05: Haj House offers some facilities to Haj Pilgrims but to those who come to bid farewell to them have no shelter. They are forced to sleep on footpaths. Many ladies in burqas sleep near public garden. They have young children also with them. They have to face this inconvenience in rainy days despite having everything. It is presumed that to bid farewell to the guests of Allah is auspicious. We all seek their blessings. Why don’t our hearts melt seeing these ladies sleeping on footpaths?

Los Angeles, October 05: Kristen Stewart says key to a successful relationship is not to settle for anything.

The 21-year-old, who has been dating her `Twilight Saga` co-star Robert Pattinson since 2009, says being honest and refusing to accept anything unfair is the only way to maintain a successful love affair, reported Los Angeles.

“Good relationship advice for me tends to be being honest and knowing yourself. That`s my advice. Don`t be mean. Don`t accept anything unfair. Don`t settle,” Stewart said.

Mumbai, October 05: Rani Mukerji will next be seen in filmmaker Anurag Kashyap`s ‘Aiyaa’ along with Malayalam actor Prithviraj and the actress says it is a quirky love story.

“`Aiyaa` is an Anurag Kashyap production along with Viacom 18. Southern actor Prithviraj will star opposite me. It`s a quirky love story. I am playing the role of a Maharashtrian girl and Prithviraj is playing the role of a south Indian boy. I am very excited. It`s a very interesting film and I am looking forward to it,” said Rani.

Sonny Bill Williams embraces the Islamic faith – what sort of influence will this have on young non-Caucasian New Zealanders?

He’s converted from a rugby league teen sensation into an All Black juggernaut, and along the way become a promising heavyweight boxer.

But Sonny Bill Williams has also made a spiritual conversion to Islam.

While rumours of the 25-year-old sporting superstar’s religious beliefs have circulated for some time, the Herald on Sunday can reveal he made the leap of faith two years ago.

London, October 05: ‘Twilight’ star Robert Pattinson has topped the poll of 50 sexiest men for the third year in a row after fighting off competition from his co-star Taylor Lautner, who came second.

The top five of Glamour magazine was completed by `Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides` hunk Johnny Depp, soccer star David Beckham and `High School Musical` actor Zac Efron, which was compiled from over 40,000 votes by readers, Contactmusic reported.

Hyderabad, October 05: The ongoing ‘struggle’ for Telangana has sparked a turf war within the main political parties in Andhra Pradesh.

Unmindful of whether or not they reach the ultimate goal of securing statehood for the region, everyone involved in this turf war wants to score brownie points and emerge the ‘champion’, or at least be seen as one, in the larger political game of one-upmanship.

Karimnagar, October 05: A former MLA was among 23 Telangana protesters arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a police officer.

The accused were taking part in an agitation on Saturday at Manthani town near here when the police tried to restrain them and also resorted to baton charge.

Police said the agitators attacked ASI Rajamouli who sustained injuries.

A case was registered against 27 agitators including Chandupatla Ram Reddy, an ex-MLA from the area. Four of the accused were remanded in judicial custody yesterday.

New York, October 05: A photo of a chicken published in The New York Times has sparked a debate between animal welfare groups.

PeTA has spoken out about the photo of a fresh whole chicken lying in a controversial pose.

The image, which featured on the front page of the broadsheet’s Dining and Wine section, outraged extreme vegan organisation PeTA. 

Offensive

“When I saw it I just couldn’t believe that an editor of The New York Times would find it acceptable,” said PeTA founder and president Ingrid Newkirk.