Month: November 2011

Hyderabad, November 14: The Andhra Pradesh State Haj Committee has given a complete miss to the Haj pilgrims who started returning home in the early hours of Sunday.

Hyderabad, November 14: Ahead of the winter session of the assembly, Speaker Nadendla Manohar seems to be taking up the exercise of putting the House in order; he took the first step by accepting the resignations of Nagam Janardhan Reddy (Nagarkurnool) and N Prasannakumar Reddy (Kovvur).

Hyderabad, November 14: A day after acceptance of his resignation from the post of MLA, Telangana Nagara Samithi president Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Sunday accused Legislative Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar of misusing his office and powers.

Bhatinda, November 14: BJP leader L K Advani’s yatra today met a hostile reception in Punjab, with protesters hurling eggs at his ‘rath’ and waving black flags, briefly disrupting his convoy’s journey in the state, where the party is in power along with Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal).

Hyderabad, November 14: Nizamabad MP Madhu Yashki Goud expressed shock and disbelief over the statement made by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh stating that Telangana could not be granted statehood without consensus.

Hyderabad, November 14: The Telugu Desam Telangana Forum on Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for stating that statehood for Telangana could not granted unless there is consensus from all concerned.

It may be mentioned that the Prime Minister on his way back to India from the SAARC summit on Saturday night told reporters that the final decision on separate Telangana could not be taken unless there is consensus from all concerned.

New Delhi, November 14: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai is expected to give birth mid-November, can’t wait to see the new arrival and says he is enjoying the hustle bustle in the house.

“The family gathers together from all over as we wait for the ‘arrival’ … Greatest joy for me – a full house and the ‘chahel – pahel’ (hustle bustle),” the 69-year-old posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Aishwarya is expecting her first child with actor-husband Abhishek Bachchan.
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New Delhi, November 14: The US has apologised to former President A P J Abdul Kalam for subjecting him to frisking at New York’s JFK Airport, an incident that had provoked sharp reactions from India which threatened retaliatory action.

In a written apology to Kalam and the Indian government, the US said, “Appropriate procedure for expedited screening of dignitaries had not been followed”.

Kolkata, November 13: Ishant Sharma is relishing the task of leading India’s pace attack against West Indies in the absence of the injured Zaheer Khan, the 23-year-old paceman said on Sunday.

“It’s an honour when you see yourselves as the senior-most bowler in the team and leading the attack. It’s difficult to express this kind of feeling actually,” Sharma told reporters on the eve of the second test in Kolkata.

Frontline seamer Zaheer needed surgery for ankle and hamstring problems and has yet to make a comeback since his tour of England was cut short due to injury.

Mumbai, November 13: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was today admitted to Seven Hills hospital on Sunday amidst tight security.

Aishwarya was accompanied by the entire Bacchan family including her sister-in-law Shweta Nanda.

According to sources, Aishwarya will be transferred to the delivery ward later. Sources added that her delivery is scheduled for November 17, around noon.

The Bacchan family has booked four VVIP rooms on the fifth floor of the Andheri hospital.

–Agencies

Islamabad, November 13: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Sunday struck a positive note on the future of Indo-Pak relations, saying the “trust deficit is zero or it has shrunk to a large extent” after the meeting between two Prime Ministers in Maldives.

When Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh met in the Bhutanese capital of Thimpu in April 2010, they set the goals of reducing the lack of trust and improving the environment to make dialogue possible, Khar told a news conference at the Foreign Office.

Hyderabad, November 13: Targetting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his comments favouring consensus on the Telangana issue, the Telangana leaders of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Sunday alleged that both Congress and TRS have “cheated” the people from the region over the statehood demand.

“Both Congress and TRS have cheated the Telangana people. Congress had promised to deliver a separate state, while TRS claimed that it will get Telangana,” TDP’s Telangana forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao told reporters in Hyderabad.

Ahmedabad, November 13: Founder-president of the Janata Party and petitioner in multi-billion telecom scam case, Subramanian Swamy views Rahul Gandhi, the scion of Nehru-Gandhi family that controls the federal ruling Congress party, as a buddhu (nincompoop).

This was his response to questions from media persons during an informal chat in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Tell us in one line what is your opinion about Rahul Gandhi?

He is a buddhu (nincompoop); that is the statement,” Swamy told reporters in Ahmedabad.

Vancouver, November 13: A small plane crashed into an apartment building near the Vancouver International Airport on Friday, killing one person and injuring two others, police said.

The twin-engine plane had taken off from the airport on a flight to a nearby community when it hit the ninth floor of the building. It did not spark a fire, but the aircraft”s wreckage remained inside the building, police said.

Bhatinda, November 13: BJP leader LK Advani’s yatra today met a hostile reception in Punjab, with protesters hurling eggs at his ‘rath’ and waving black flags, briefly disrupting his convoy’s journey in the state, where the party is in power along with Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal).

A 30-40-strong group of protesters belonging to Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and some Muslim organisations staged protests near village Sanghera while the yatra was on its way to Barnala.

Mumbai, November 13: In a veiled attack on the Shiv Sena and the MNS, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday said that North Indians in Mumbai were being attacked by “miscreants”.

“Some miscreants are raising the North Indians versus non-North Indian issues. They can’t be called politicians but only miscreants,” the Lok Sabha MP said, addressing a rally at suburban Sion this evening, ahead of the upcoming BMC polls in the city.

New Delhi, November 13: Former President AP J Abdul Kalam was twice subjected to frisking at New York’s JFK Airport by US security officials who even took his jacket and shoes to check for explosives, sparking outrage by India which threatened retaliatory action against US dignitaries.

80-year-old Kalam was frisked in New York on September 29 before boarding an Air India flight.

Allahabad, November 13: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, seen as the party’s best bet for the upcoming polls in Uttar Pradesh, was all set to evoke the memory of his great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru on the latter’s own soil here Monday in the hope of reviving the party’s fortunes in the country’s most populous state, where the party has been in oblivion for two long decades.

New Delhi, November 13: Four people, including two children, were burnt to death and two critically injured when a warehouse in central Delhi caught fire Sunday morning, a fire department official said.

The fire broke out in the three-storey warehouse on Asaf Ali Road near Ajmeri Gate. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused after an hour, according to the official.

Officials suspect an electrical short-circuit could have caused the fire.

Gorakhpur, November 13: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for calling his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani as ‘a man of peace’

“I strongly think that the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, should take back his friendly comments on his Pakistani counterpart, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani,” Singh told mediapersons here.

Jaipur, November 13: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee and Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar, who was in the town today was appointed as brand ambassador of Eicher Tractors at a ceremony here and said master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is an inspiration to all sportsperson and his down to earth approach has impressed him a lot. During a ceremony, master blaster congratulated him for winning the bronze medal in the Olympic. He is a great cricketer and is still representing the country since 22 years and still has passion for the game.