Month: October 2011

Karachi, October 05: Pakistan have appointed chief selector Mohsin Khan as interim coach for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka.

The Pakistan Cricket Board is hunting for a new coach after the sudden resignation of Waqar Younis who stepped down for personal reasons after the recent tour of Zimbabwe.

“Mohsin is appointed coach only for the Sri Lanka series until the board completes the process of appointing a new fulltime coach of the national team,” PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said.

Beijing, October 05: Born visually impaired, Dong Lina hoped that her beautiful voice would help fulfill a cherished ambition – she wanted to become a newsreader – until she encountered obstacles placed by examination authorities.

In September, Dong, 27, submitted a written complaint to the Beijing municipal commission of education, after twice being rejected by the Beijing education examination authority when she tried to register for an exam, crucial to advance in higher education, for those who self-studied.

New Delhi, October 05: A trial court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a 60-year-old lady whom he used to call his mother.

Conviction Achey Lal for murder and rape, Additional Sessions Judge Madhu Jain said, “In the present case, the convict committed forceful sexual intercourse upon a lady older than his age whom he used to call his mother. During that process, he also murdered her.”

Hyderabad, October 05: A person needs one loaf of bread for his survival. If you want to see the struggle for that one loaf of bread, go to Niloufer hospital where lunch is served on Sundays and the left over food is thrown in garbage.

Be it Hindu or Muslim, everyone falls over one another to grab this left over food. After seeing this scene, one would realize the importance of one time meals. How can a man full of stomach understand hunger of a person around us.?

New Delhi, October 05: I am delighted to welcome His Excellency the President of Afghanistan, Mr. Hamid Karzai to our country.

President Karzai’s visit takes place soon after my own visit to Afghanistan in May this year. This reflects the tradition of regular high level exchanges that so happily exists between our two countries.

My discussions on October 4, 2011 with President Karzai have once again underlined the importance of a strong and broad based partnership between India and Afghanistan.

Hyderabad, October 05: The Rajendera Nagar police on Tuesday solved the mytery behind the murder of a woman Geetha and her 13-year-old son Chandu. However, it turned out to be a triple murder as Geetha’s husband Yadaiah was also found murdered on Monday.

According to police, Yadaiah’s body was found in a water tank behind the Rajendernagar MRO office on Monday. His body bore marks of injuries inflicted with sharp edged weapons. A heavy stone was tied to the body before it was thrown into the tank.

Hyderabad, October 05: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bandaru Dattatreyya on Tuesday demanded that the state government release a white paper on the current power situation in the state.

Talking to media persons at party office in Nampally, Dattatreyya condemned the state government for its failure to supply adequate power to farmers. He demanded that the state government release all details of both hydel and thermal power generation, purchases from outside the state and the statistics related to demand and supply gap.

Mumbai,October 05 :Anna is at war mood again this time he warning is directed towards congress party which is dilly dialling on the Jan Lok Pal bill for the last three months.Anna Hazare, who led India’s largest street protests against corruption in decades, said on Tuesday he plans a hunger strike against the ruling Congress party during state elections in Uttar Pradesh next year if the anti-graft Jan Lokpal Bill is not quickly passed.

Bhopal, October 05 (Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, (MPCC), has termed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s “Beti Bachao Abhiyan” (Save the Girl Child campaign) being launched in the state from October 5 as a “political stunt”. The MPCC alleged that the campaign is being launched on Government expenses.

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 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.

Washington, October 05: Gandhi’s life was a testament to invincibility of truth over injustice, a key US lawmaker said on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.

“On this day, I join the Indian-American community and friends around the globe to remember and celebrate the life of this fearless man who led a nation to gain independence for his people from the British Empire,” New York Congressman, Joseph Crowley, said in his speech on the floor of the House yesterday.

Detroit, October 05: A Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down an international jetliner with a bomb in his underwear walked into the start of his federal trial on Tuesday and declared that a radical Islamic cleric killed by the US military is alive.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s outburst came as jury selection got under way for his federal terror trial in Detroit, where the 24-year-old is acting as his own attorney and has previously told reporters they should stop reporting that Osama bin Laden was dead.

New Delhi, October 05: In a move that will surely lead to another Congress-BJP spat, the Home Ministry on Tuesday decided to take up the matter of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt who is currently lodged in Sabarmati Jail in Gujarat.

A day after Bhatt’s wife Shweta wrote a letter to Home Minister P Chidambaram stating that he apprehends danger to his life from a “vindictive administration”, the Union Home Ministry wrote to the Gujarat government asking it to ensure adequate security to the jailed IPS officer and his family.

Bhopal, October 05 (Pervez Bari): The Aligarh Muslim University, (AMU), Vice Chancellor, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis has clarified that his date of birth is widely available on the web and in public domain for the past three years on the official website of the University www.amu.ac.in.

It is indeed intriguing that a stale RTI information of 2010 was once again recycled to keep the flames of the denigration campaign alive against the venerable office of the AMU Vice Chancellor.

Bhopal, October 05(Pervez Bari): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), with just two years of its existences has made history by winning 9 civic wards in the 2011 local body election without contesting as none contested opposite the SDPI candidates.

SDPI is contesting more than 350 seats in Tamil Nadu local body elections but it is historic beginning for the party as nine SDPI candidates have won as none filed nominations against them. The SDPI is also contesting for mayor post in two corporations Chennai and Erode.

Bhopal October 05 (Pervez Bari): To pre-empt any new move to target the Aligarh Muslim University, (AMU), Vice Chancellor once again on trivial and routine issue the AMU Finance Officer has clarified that at the instance of AMU, the Kerala University has now fixed the retirement details including pension benefits of the AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof. P. K Abdul Azis who is formerly Professor of Kerala University.

Bhopal, October 05 (Pervez Bari): Stage is all set for the launch of “Beti Bachao Abhiyan” (Save the Girl Child campaign) in the Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), ruled Madhya Pradesh which will kick-start here on Wednesday (October 5) from the state’s Chief Minister’s official residence. An oath will be taken in all the districts of the state for saving daughters. Programmes will also be held at district headquarters on the occasion.

Melbourne, October 05: A mother allegedly forced her teenage daughter to become prostitute and sex slave. Several cases over multiple sex-offences have been charged against the cruel mother and her partner.

According to sources, the 40-year-old woman kept her under 16 daughter as a slave sex and forced the girl into prostitution for last five years.

The woman lived with her 60-year-old boyfriend in Brisbane and police found 200,000 dollars along with naked photos of the girl and her two young brothers.

Hyderabad, October 05: The South Zone team of the Commissioner’s Task Force on Tuesday apprehended 22 persons who were playing three cards by conducting a Gaming House at Hafez Baba Nagar in Kachanbagh.

According to police, the main accused Mohd. Mohsinuddin was operating a gambling den from his house for the last one year to recover the losses that he suffered in real estate business. He was allegedly running a common Gaming House three-card (Game of Chance) by gathering his friends and collecting kitty amount from them and thus earning easy money.

Riyadh, October 05: Saudi forces reportedly laid siege to a Shia village in the east of the kingdom yesterday following the eruption of clashes, raising fears that the world’s biggest oil producer may not be immune to the unrest sweeping the Middle East.

Fourteen people, including 11 policemen, were hurt when riots erupted in a Shiite-majority village in eastern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, as a state news agency blamed the unrest on a foreign country

Bhopal, October 05 (Pervez Bari): Narmada Valley Development Authority, (NVDA), besides construction of major projects in Narmada valley is now focusing over medium and minor projects proposed in the valley.

New Delhi, October 05: Nizamabad MP Madhu Yashki on Tuesday stated that there were chances of Telangana Rashtra Samithi merging with the Congress, if the Centre announces a favourable decision on the separate Telangana statehood.

Talking to media persons, Madhu Yashki said that TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao would either merge his TRS or tie up with the Congress in the next elections in the event of Centre announcing a favourable decision on Telangana. He reminded that TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao himself announced that he would merge TRS if the Centre agrees for Telangana.

Hyderabad, October 05: The ongoing Sakala Janula Samme, which entered its 22nd day today, has thrown boozers in a tizzy. Alcohol consumers from Telangana region are badly hit because Excise Department officials have swung into action.

In a move that is being seen as `a very harsh one,’ the officials have decided to bring the shutters down on 17 depots and 15 distilleries located Telangana, beginning from today. The stocks will hardly last two days, say excise officials.

Hyderabad, October 05: Senior Congress leader K R Amos on Tuesday stated that the United Progressive Alliance Government has to prevail upon its allies over the sensitive Telangana statehood issue before taking any decision.