Month: November 2011

Hyderabad, November 15: It seems that the communal forces are geared up to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere of the city. A spate of attacks on Muslim youth and women in the city is the example of this. Muslims of Nawabpet are socially boycotted. Warnings are given blatantly to obstruct the construction of mosque there. Muslims are publicly threatened by the miscreants to stop the construction of mosque on waqf land at Palmamadi village of Nawabpet mandal at Viqarabad, Rangareddy district.

Cairo, November 15: An Egyptian presidential hopeful says Iran is not an enemy state in the Middle East and Cairo will try to establish closer relations with Tehran in the future.

“We should not label Iran as an enemy state in the region,” Amr Moussa told the German-language Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger in an interview published on Monday.

He added that Egypt is determined to establish closer ties with Iran and has sought to promote reconciliation between the Palestinians as a mediator.

Youth’s dead body found in Gandhi Nagar

Hyderabad, November 15 (Siasat News): Meerpet police recovered the dead body of a youth from Gandhi Nagar that was lying in a closed room.

Police sources said that the dead body of 32-year-old Y Venkateshwarulu was decomposed and creating foul smell which led the local people to inform the police.

Police is of the opinion that the youth had died four days back. A case has been registered and further investigations are on.

Hyderabad, November 15: The Telugu Desam Telangana Forum on Monday asked the Congress MPs from the region to withdraw support from the Congress-led UPA Government.

Talking to reporters, Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao said that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s statement was a clear indication that the UPA Government was not in favour of granting statehood for Telangana region. Therefore, he demanded that the Congress PMs from Telangana should meet President Pratibha Patil and withdraw their support to the government.

Hyderabad, November 15: Terminology is a means of communication it will not be accepted by the people unless it fulfills its purpose. There is a need to explore new horizons in the field of terminology in Urdu. These thoughts were expressed in a symposium organized by Dept of Translation in which various professors and linguists participated.

Hyderabad, November 15: Telangana Telugu Desham Forum demanded the MP’s of Congress to resign their parliamentary seats and withdraw support from the Govt. Mr. E. Dayakar Rao, Convener TDP Forum for Telangana was speaking to press reporters yesterday. He expressed surprise that KCR is maintaining silence on PM’s recent statement on Telangana. The circumstances behind the scene force to believe that KCR has convinced PM to make such a statement. Earlier, KCR has weakened T-movement and now he is evading to intensify agitation. He alleged that whatever the Govt.

Hyderabad, November 15: City Police Commissioner, Mr. A. K. Khan told that the motor drivers who drive vehicles in drunken conditions will be booked. It will facilitate in minimizing road traffic accidents.

Hyderabad, November 15: Govt. of A.P. has taken a decision to fill up Village Revenue Assistants. A. G.O. will be issued on 26th November 2011. It was announced by Revenue Minister Raghuveera Reddy in a press conference yesterday. He said that after 24 years, appointments are being made in the Revenue Department in large scale.

Hyderabad, November 15: YSR Congress could not damage me politically and now it is trying to damage my reputation through court. This was the reaction of TDP Supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu on the order passed by the High Court to probe against him.

Tehran, November 15: An Iranian academic says a group of university students have built an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) which specializes in rescue and relief operations.

Head of the Khomeini-Shahr branch of the Islamic Azad University, Khalifeh Soltani, announced on Monday that the drone has been built in a period of seven months and has cost about USD 15,000.

“The aircraft is two meters long and has a wingspan of 2.8 meters with a flying range of 50 kilometers,” IRIB news service quoted him as saying.

Over the past ten years, South Korea has witnessed a rise in the number of people embracing Islam.

“After 9/11, there was an increase in the number of Koreans who wanted to know about the Islamic culture. For instance, last October there were about 1,200 Koreans who visited Seoul’s Central Mosque,” says Korea Muslim Federation’s Abdul Rahman, who converted to Islam in 1981.

Over the past decade, a Muslim community has emerged in the Itaewon district next to the Seoul Central Mosque.

Hyderabad, November 15: Mr. Mushtaq Malik, M.A. Basith and others in a statement requested Home Minister to intervene to end the boycott meted out to the Muslims of Phoolmandi of Nawabpet Mandal by the Majority community.

Hyderabad, November 15: ‘Success Comes To Those Who Persevere’ this proverb comes true for two successful girls Afroz Khan and Rajya Lakshmi who completed their training with strong will and hard work in the police training camp organised by Siasat daily and succeeded in getting the posts of constables in police department.

Hyderabad, November 15: The Lok Satta Party on Monday welcomed the Andhra Pradesh High Court ordering an investigation into the assets of Telugu Desam Party President and former Chief Minister by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate.

Hyderabad, November 15: Telangana Congress Steering Committee Chairman K Keshava Rao on Monday stated that the Telangana Congress MPs would take harsh decisions if the Centre announces any unfavourable decision on Telangana statehood issue.

Bhopal, November 15 (Pervez Bari): The Social Justice Conference to be organized by the Popular Front of India at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi on November 26th and 27th is enjoying overwhelming support by different sections of the society. The Publicity campaign of the conference has reached the nook and corner of the country. The message of Social Justice is reaching to the most interior parts of the nation and the masses are made aware about the importance of Social Justice.

Bhopal, November 15 (Pervez Bari): Lending support to the struggling survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the world’s worst industrial disaster, 21 former Indian Olympians have come forward and jointly petitioned the organizers of the London Olympics 2012, the London Organising Committee of Olympic Games, (LOCOG), to cancel the sponsorship of Dow Chemical Company of a curtain-style wrap to encircle a London stadium where some Olympic events will be held.

Mosque uninhabited in the guest house of R&B dept. Shamsabad
Hyderabad, November 15: This mosque was built 4 years ago in the guest house of R&B department Shamsabad since then it is uninhabited. It was not even inaugurated. It was constructed in the guest house of Road & Building department adjacent to Shamsabad Sabzi market. Locals have to say that this mosque was constructed 4 years ago on 120 sqyd government land without any demand or appeal by the Muslims. There was a secret conspiracy behind the construction of this mosque.

Hyderabad, November 15: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday asked the district collectors to hold peace committee meetings in the communally sensitive areas and submit periodical reports to the government.

The instructions were issued during a high-level meeting at the State Secretariat chaired by the Chief Minister in connection with the week-long celebrations of “Quami-Ekta Week”, starting from November 19.

Kolkata, November 15: West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said they were not doing anything special to prevent Sachin Tendulkar from reaching his 100th international century and maybe it was the expectations of the fans that was getting the better of him.

Tendulkar scored 38 on Monday in India’s first innings and Gibson hoped that the he will not get to the landmark figure in this series against them.

AP Photo

Auckland, November 15: With an objective to provide common national platform through to the Urdu anjumans and Hindi sangathans scattered across each big city of New Zealand, Urdu Hindi national association was launched at the residence of Siasat correspondent Syed Mujeeb.

The organisation was launched by Indian born New Zealand MP Kanwaljit Bakshi. President association and famous educationist Nafis Akhtar presided over the function. Siasat correspondent general secretary Urdu-Hindi National Association Syed Mujeeb organised the function.

London, November 15: Britain’s involvement in the “so-called ‘war on terror’” is “genocide” and a cover for military expansionism to take over the resources of Middle Eastern nations, a leading British anti-war campaign group says.

“The so-called “war on terror” is a cover for our military aggression to gain control of the resources of western Asia,” the Stop the War Coalition said.

Riyadh, November 15: Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Minister of Defense, called his new job a heavy responsibility and vowed to follow the approach of the late Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz.

Prince Salman made the comments while visiting the Presidency of the General Staff at the Ministry of Defense here Monday.
Upon arrival, he was received by Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of General Staff, General Hussein Bin Abdullah Al-Qabil.

Madina, November 15: Two scholars specializing in Dawah and Qur’an studies have agreed that it is permissible to use the Qur’an to cure non-Muslims. However, they differed about whether to recite it in a non-Arabic language.
Dr. Ali Bin Ghazi Al-Twaijri, professor of Qur’an studies at the Islamic University here, said that it was allowed. “It’s permissible for non-Muslims to use the Qur’an as a cure. The reciter of the Qur’an may receive an amount of money for reciting it.”

Bhopal, November 15 (Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while participating in a group discussion during the Indian Economic Summit at Mumbai on Monday, said that economic matters should be kept above politics. The schemes should be area specific and some developed land should also be given to the farmers whose lands are acquired. The Chief Minister raised various important issues and gave suggestions regarding development of the state and country and for welfare of farmers.