Month: November 2011

Hyderabad, November 11: A special court extended the CBI’s custody of Koneru Prasad, an accused in the Emaar Properties case, by five more days although the investigating agency asked for an eight-day extension.

With his initial custody period of seven days ending Thursday, the agency brought Prasad, managing director of Stylish Homes Private Limited, to the court Thursday and sought extension of custody for he had not cooperated much with the investigation so far.

New Delhi, November 11: Congress’ Andhra in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad will be in Hyderabad on Friday to hold consultation on the Telangana issue. This, comes days after Congress MLA KV Reddy put an end his nine-day fast after Azad’s assurance.

The Congress high command, after much deliberation, hinted on announcing a decision on Telangana after November 10.

As Congress high command continues to grapple with the Telangana issue, chief of the party’s Andhra Pradesh unit Botsa Satyanarayana held consultations with senior leaders including Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday.

New Delhi, November 11: The case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi took a dramatic turn on Thursday when a private news channel aired a video clipping showing sacked water resources minister Mahipal Maderna with Bhanwari in a compromising position.

The channel claimed the clip was from a 48- minute film on CD. The telecast timing is intriguing since it coincided with the CBI’s questioning of Maderna at the investigating agency’s Jodhpur office. It was the first time since the nurse went missing on September 1 that the former minister was grilled.

Islamabad, November 11: The Pakistani Taliban have described cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan as a “slave of the US and Europe” after he called himself a liberal.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan made the remarks in an interview with BBC Urdu.

Ehsan noted that Khan had said he is not a Taliban supporter and remarked: “We also think Imran Khan is not our sympathiser.”

The Taliban spokesman advised Khan to talk in Urdu, the language of the Pakistani people, if he considers himself the representative of the people.

Mumbai, November 11: India’s very own Brangelina aka Saifeena, who are Bollywood’s most popular couple, have always denied talks about their marriage plans.

Recently, Saif confirmed that his wedding with Kareena is on the cards next.

According to speculations, the two were planning to marry in 2012, soon after the release of Saif’s own production ‘Agent Vinod’ releases.

But due to the unfortunate demise of Saif’s father, Tiger Pataudi and delay in their film, Saifeena marriage was postponed.

Hyderabad, November 11: Eid-ul-Azha was observed with religious fervour in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad during the past 3 days. Muslims performed the obligation of sacrifice but according to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation sources 4789 metric tones garbage was increased on account of Eid-ul-Azha and the administration had to hire the services of extra workers for removal of garbage from 7th to 9th November which cost 20 lakhs to GHMC which included the expenditure of labour and vehicles.

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Karimnagar, November 11: Police sleuths on Wednesday arrested a 4 member gang of kidnappers, who whisked away children for sale. Talking to media persons at a press conference in the evening at Karimnagar town police station, Karimnagar DSP crime Srinivas Rao presented the details regarding the gang.

Bhopal, November 11 (Pervez Bari): A Record of 239 entries received for the second round of the Gulf Dirt Track National Championship, a Round of FMSCI Championship for two-wheelers which is set this Sunday (November 13) at Nashik.

According to a Press release the November 12-13 event, sponsored by Gulf Oil Corporation Limited and organized by Sportscraft-Mumbai in association with Nashik Automotive Sports Association, (NASA), promises top class action, at the Shivaji stadium, opposite District court in Nashik. The event will be flagged off on November 13 (Sunday) at 10.00 a.m.

Bhopal, November 11 (Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh Warehousing Corporation’s branch manager at Pipariya in Hoshangabad district of the state has been suspended with immediate effect over negligence in safety of stored food grains.

This was ordered by the Madhya Pradesh Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies Mr. Paras Chandra Jain who conducted simultaneous raids on about half a dozen godowns of Warehousing Corporation at Pipariya in Hoshangabad district on Thursday.

Old mosque Kamela Kamatipura uninhabited
Hyderabad, November 11: This old mosque which is situated inside the 450 year old shrine located opposite to Kamela Kamati has three arches and is in very good condition. There are some houses of Muslims in the shrine. The mosque is located in a purely Muslim locality. Despite the fact that the mosque is badly needed here this mosque is uninhabited. A woman residing beside the mosque told that if the mosque is rehabilitated the women residing inside the shrine will land into trouble.

Mumbai, November 11: With Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s delivery date becoming national news and celebrated across media channels, the nurses in the hospital where Aishwarya is due to be admitted is determined to make most of the hype and make noise for their demands.

The nurses of the Seven Hills Hospital carried out a flash strike on Nov 9 for around three hours thereby arm-twisting the hospital administration to agree to their demands. The hospital has been in the limelight in lieu of the high-profile admission, ie.. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Hyderabad, November 11: In the wake of ambiguous statements by the Center regarding Telangana, TRS Supremo Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao declared that T-movement would be intensified. If T-state is not formed with Hyderabad its capital, once again a storm will be generated which will sweep away the Congress.

Hyderabad, November 11: Maulana Azad National Urdu University is organizing four day programmes to commemorate 123rd birthday of the first education minister of independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The celebrations are arranged from 11th November to 15th November 2011. Urdu University is organizing these programmes on the special instructions from its Vice Chancellor Prof. Mohammed Miyan, as part of National Education Day in order to pay tribute the great educationist Maulana Azad.

Hyderabad, November 11: Doctors and Chief Cardiologist Thoracic Transplant surgeon of Global Hospitals along with a team of doctors successfully performed heart transplantation on a 22 year old patient. Patient was suffering from high pressure in the lungs and heart disease. However this surgery was possible thanks to a brain dead donor.

Though the heart transplantations are rare but Global hospitals have performed 6 heart transplantations so far.

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Hyderabad, November 11: Maulana Azad National Urdu University is organizing 4 day Azad day celebrations to pay tribute to the eminent freedom fighter & first education minister of Independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

MANUU is named after this legendary statesman only. 4 day celebrations will start on 11th Nov. 2011, the birth anniversary of Maulana Azad. Government of India has declared this as National Education Day.

Hyderabad, November 11: International General Secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Mr. Praveen Togadia told the Hindus to oppose the proposed Communal Violence Bill.

Talking to newsmen at Vijayawada, he told that this bill assumes the Hindus as the criminals. He alleged that in case of any communal violence, only Hindus will be punished. He further told that VHP will launch a countrywide movement against this bill. He criticized the Govt. of A.P. for not implementing the act of Cow Slaughter in the state.

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Hyderabad, November 11: The return of Haj Pilgrims will start on the midnight of 12th and 13th November 2011. In all, 8021 pilgrims will come back to Hyderabad by 28 specially chartered flights. Mr. syed Khaleel Uddin Ahmed, Chairman, Haj Committee visited the airport along with other officials to inspect the arrangements.

Hyderabad, November 11: C.M of A.P Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy will inaugrate year long programme “Rashtra Vidya Chaitanya Utsavalu” at Necklace Road today to mark the National Education Day to comemorate 123rd birthday of Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, first education minister of India after Independence.

He implemented many reforms in the field of education central Govt. Celebrates this day as the National Education Day. The C.M said that Govt of A.P also introduced many reforms in the field of education. He further said that education serves as the foundation for children.

Lucknow, November 11: A prominent Muslim ‘Sufi’ group refused to accept the recent fatwa by Darul Uloom, Deoband in which the Islamic seminary had termed the birthday celebrations including that of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) as un-Islamic.

Rejecting the fatwa, the All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB)- an umbrella organisations of ‘sufi’ Muslims, claimed that Deoband seminary is imposing foreign ideology of Saudi Arabia.

Riyadh, November 11: A Saher car was set on fire in the Alquwayiyah area on the Makkah highway east of Riyadh, killing the driver.

Riyadh police is intensifying its search for the attacker. The reason of the attack is still unknown.

On Thursday deputy spokesman for Riyadh Police Maj. Fawaz Al-Maiman said: “The police with the cooperation of Saudi security agencies are investigating the shooting incident. Police investigators were dispatched to the area where the incident occurred for additional evidence.”

New Delhi, November 11: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s substantive talks with Pakistan on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Maldives did not go down well with the BJP. But it drew applause from Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said Pakistan has done nothing to punish those responsible for the 26/11 Mumbai attack or control cross-border terrorism.

“Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has erred in describing Gilani as a man of peace… This is not acceptable to the people of India,” Sinha said.

New Delhi, November 11: The actual reason for the huge chaos among Kingfisher flyers across India became apparent on Thursday as the airline put its figures on the table.

While Kingfisher claimed it was cancelling 50 flights every day till November 19, in reality, it operated only 269 flights of its allocated winter schedule of 418 daily flights on Thursday.

Hyderabad, November 11: Since last three days after the Eid-ul-Azha, several incidents of fatal attacks on Muslim youths have been reported from different parts of Hyderabad. Several activists belonging to Hindutva organizations have been arrested in the case. At this stage of investigation in the case, the city police is not sure, if the attacks had any relation with the animal slaughter done by the minority community on the occassion of Eid-ul-Azha or Bakrid, as the Islamic festival is popularly known.

Mumbai, November 10: Bollywood star Salman Khan will be returning to Mumbai after a long break overseas on November 13, says a media report.

Salman has been missing from the Mumbai scene for a while. He will make a stop at Dubai to announce a celebrity cricket tournament before returning home.

Salman has been out of India since August for his film shoots and medical treatment. He had made two very short trips to Mumbai in September end and just before Diwali for the shoot of his reality show which he co-hosts with Sanjay Dutt.

Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, an Ansari companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him) who was very close to him said: I heard the Prophet mentioning four things that I admired: That a woman must not travel a distance of two days unless she is accompanied by her husband or a mahram relative; two days are not allowed to fast which are the two days of Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha; no voluntary prayer may be offered after two obligatory ones: After Asr until the sun has set and after Fajr until the sun has risen; travel may be undertaken only to three mosques: the Sacred Mosque (in Makkah), this mosque of mi