Month: November 2011

Islamabad, November 14: Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency is calling the shots in the country, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan says, adding that the government lacks moral courage, “giving the space to ISI to assert its powers”.

“The government lacks the moral courage, which has been giving the space to ISI to assert its powers in various affairs of the country,” Imran Khan, who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said Sunday.

Hyderabad, November 14: Mr. Mujahid Hashmi, General Secretary, Peoples’ Action Committee in a press statement strongly condemned the attacks on Muslim youth by rowdies of Sangh Parivar and deeply lamented that the Congress which shows off to be the sympathizer of Muslims is playing the role of a mute spectator. This encourages the communal forces. He strongly condemned that attack on more than 35 mosques in the presence of police in March 2010 during Hanuman Jayanthi procession.

Islamabad, November 14: A trainer aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed Monday morning but there was no immediate word about casualties.

The cause of the crash, some 80 km west of capital Islamabad, was also not immediately known, Xinhua reported, citing a TV channel.

——IANS

Hyderabad, November 14: Masjid Mustafa Khan, Naya Qila Golconda is being surveyed on the direction of Collector. This mosque is uninhabited. Siasat daily had published the details of this mosque on September 16 under the heading FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR MUSLIMS. By the grace of God after the constant efforts by the local social activists Collector N Gulzar on Sunday issued direction to survey the mosque immediately.

Masjid Qutub Shahi Imampura uninhabited

Hyderabad, November 14: Masjid Qutub Shahi Imampura is uninhabited. There is a graveyard adjacent to the mosque. If any believer goes there he would surely break into tears after seeing the condition of the mosque and graveyard and he would be forced to think over the fact that how the mosque and graveyard have reduced to rubble in the city which is called as “the city of mosques”.

Kolkata, November 14: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar went to Kolkata’s famous Kalighat temple to seek divine blessings on the eve of his century of international hundreds, but had to come back disappointed as delirious fans prevented him from coming out of his car.

A large number of fans surrounded his car and he could not alight from his car near the temple. The security personnel panicked and drove him to the team hotel.

Mumbai, November 14: Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who was on her way to Dubai, could not resist talking about one of her favourite topics — Children’s Day, celebrated today. Sonakshi admits that she’s sentimental about it. Here’s why…

What does Children’s Day mean for you? And what has been your most vivid memory as a kid?

Hyderabad, November 14: Two persons involved in pelting stones on the Muslims were arrested by the police yesterday. According to the reports of the police one Sri Shankar was throwing stones from Jhansiram Building at Siddiambar Bazaar.
He made certain thrilling revelations which police is reluctant to confirm. It may be recalled that Shankar and his associate had thrown stones the day before yesterday on burqa clad Muslim woman going with a Muslim man.

Tehran, November 14: Iran has developed a software program that can “control” the newly discovered Duqu spyware, the director of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization has announced.

“The software, capable of controlling this virus (Duqu), has been provided to organizations and institutions,” IRNA quoted Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali as saying on Sunday.

Duqu, discovered on September 1, 2011, is a sophisticated Trojan which acts as a backdoor into a system and facilitates the theft of private intelligence.

Malawi, November 14: Some 14 Malawians sex workers arrested by police and forced to undergo HIV tests two years ago have sued the government for “unfair action and violating their privacy”, a high court official told AFP Sunday.

The prostitutes, who all tested positive, filed for a judicial review of their case in 2009, but the court only gave consent to the sex workers to proceed with their action this year, the official from the administrative capital Lilongwe said.

Washington, November 14: Three men have gone on trial in the ACT Supreme Court on charges of rape and producing child pornography.

The names of the two 20-year-olds and one 19-year-old have been suppressed.

The incident is alleged to have occurred in June 2009 when the three were still at school.

They are alleged to have filmed themselves having sex with the 16-year-old victim before distributing it on a mobile phone.

The crown says the victim indicated her lack of consent from the outset.

Bhopal, November 14 (Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Raghavji has said that Madhya Pradesh’s budget has gone up to Rs. 70;000 crore this year. Besides, Rs. 27,000 crore is being spent on other works. In this way, about Rs. 97,000 crore is being spent during the current fiscal.

The above figures were revealed by Mr. Raghavji while addressing functions at various places during his Ratlam visit on Sunday.

Bhopal, November 14 (Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan will take part in India Economic Summit-2011 at Mumbai on November 14 and express his views on the new role of states as catalyst of development.

The Chief Minister will also hold talks with heads of industrial houses and executives of world-level companies taking part in the summit on new models of economic development and development potential in the state. Mr. Chouhan will also meet World Economic Forum Chairman Prof. Klaus Schwab.

Mumbai, November 14: The debate has been raging on for quite some time ever since actor Hrithik Roshan was voted as a gay sex symbol this year by a website. Though Hrithik seems quite okay with the title of being a gay symbol – prominent members of the community seem divided in their opinion.

Bhopal, November 14 (Pervez Bari): Rajgarh, the bastion of Digvijay Singh, general secretary of the All India Congress Committee, (AICC), is all decked up with a saffron hue where 3-day massive Hindu convention of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, (RSS), is getting underway on November 13 to discuss various issues including terrorism, corruption, conversion, infiltration, casteism, proposed communal violence Bill etc.

Mumbai, November 14: “He always said that he wants to rest next to his mother,” responded an old member of the D-company after hearing the news that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was looking for a burial place for himself in Mumbai. This was way back in 1982, and Dawood finally booked himself a spot at the Bada Kabrastan situated at Chandanwadi in Marine Lines, informed D-company sources.

Mumbai, November 14: Of late actress Neha Dhupia has had a lot of foreign connection. First up was the news of her Venezuelan boyfriend who she has been dating since quite some time and now Neha is currently partying in Durban, courtesy her new friend. Neha and Golf legend, Gary Players are fast developing a special bond. The actor is the only Bollywood celebrity invited to the career Grand Slam champion’s birthday bash in South Africa.

Riyadh, November 14: Protesters stormed the embassies of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey in Damascus late Saturday after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria’s membership over its failure to honor a deal to end a bloody crackdown on anti-regime protests.

Residents in Syria said crowds armed with sticks and knives attacked the Saudi Arabian Embassy compound in Damascus, breaking windows and ransacking some areas within, a report of the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said.

Beijing, November 14: School students in China do not have much knowledge about safe sex, and teachers worry about being considered “dirty” by parents if they talk about sex in front of students, say experts.

A report released at the 9th Guangzhou Sex Culture Festival in Guangdong province said around three percent of middle school students in the province have had sexual intercourse.

Of these students, nearly 14 percent did not take any contraceptive measures, according to the Shanghai Daily.

Hyderabad, November 14: The Bowenpally police on Sunday found the body of a 35-year-old man who has been murdered by some unknown persons.

The deceased was later identified as Srinivas Rao, a resident of Nandamuri Nagar in Bowepally. He is suspected to have been murdered on Saturday night by some unknown persons by throwing boulders on his head.

Police registered a case of murdered and started investigations.

——Agencies

Hyderabad, November 14: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Sunday slammed and condemned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks favouring an all-party consensus on Telangana.

TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao said the PM failed to read the ground situation in Telangana. “The Centre and our Prime Minister have failed to see the democratic aspirations of the people here,’’ he said. “This is unfair and they continuously refused to accept our legitimate demand.’’

Hardoi (UP), November 14: Predicting mid-term polls, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on sunday said the Manmohan Singh government has lost the trust of the people due to price rise and corruption and will not complete its five-year tenure.

“In 2009 Congress-led UPA government was formed, by 2010 it became unpopular, and in 2011 it has become infamous due to rising price-rise and corruption… I think government will not complete its tenure and there will be mid-term polls,” Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said during the party’s ‘Jan Swabhiman Yatra’ here.

Washington, November 14: Twitter could become a new mode of saving lives by providing vital information about health-related matters to its growing number of users. Researchers who studied tweets on cardiac arrest suggest that Twitter represents a unique, promising avenue to respond to queries from the public and disseminate information about this leading killer.

Hyderabad, November 14: Tension prevailed at the Hyderabad Railway Station at Nampally for several hour after three coaches of Narsapur Express caught fire on Sunday.

The fire is believed to have broken out in the S-13 coach of Narsapur Express which was parked on Platform No 6 of the railway station. Before the officials could find out the source of smoke that was emanating from the train, fire spread to the adjacent coaches S-12 and S-11. However, the railway personnel immediately swung into action and detached S-11 coach from the train.

Hyderabad, November 14: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday arrested former managing director of Andhra Pradesh Mining Development Corporation V D Rajagopal in connection with the illegal mining case against the Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC).