Month: November 2011

London, November 11: The British government on Thursday banned a radical Muslim group planning an anti-Armistice Day protest and “glorifying terrorism”.

Home Secretary Theresa May said she is satisfied that ‘Muslims Against Crusades’ is simply another name for an organisation already proscribed under a number of names.

“The organisation was proscribed in 2006 for glorifying terrorism and we are clear it should not be able to continue these activities by simply changing its name,” she said.

The organisation is closely linked to a host of other previously-banned groups.

Hyderabad, November 11: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will launch the year-long campaign “Rashtra Vidya Chaithanya Uthsavalu” from the People’s Plaza at Necklace Road here on Friday. This is being launched on the occasion of the 123rd birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

Hyderabad, November 11: Here is some food for thought for Hyderabadis. A shocking 48 per cent of the city’s adult population suffer from obesity and 8 per cent of the children too are obese, according to a study conducted by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.

Mumbai, November 11: The Seven Hills hospital is all geared up for the delivery of Bachchan baby. Arrangements are being made in the 7 star hospital for Aishwarya Rai’s delivery and the hospital authorities are making sure that the family gets absolute privacy during this time.

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While doctors at the hospital are on the edge, security and cleaning staff are working overtime to ensure that Ash has all the comforts.

New Delhi, November 11: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s praise of his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani as “man of peace” attracted a lot of attention here, with New Delhi clarifying that the assessment was made on basis of the frequent meetings between the two leaders.

The prime minister’s assessment was based on frequent meetings he had with Gilani, Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told reporters when asked why Manmohan Singh described Gilani as “man of peace” at a joint press conference the two leaders held after their talks on Thursday.

Kolkata, November 11: Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan Thursday agreed to be West Bengal`s brand ambassador, sources said.

King Khan`s comments came after a request from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who had a tete-a-tete with the movie icon during and after the inauguration of the 17th Kolkata Film Festival at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here.

“Shah Rukh has given his nod to the request,” a source said.

Mumbai, November 11: As Pakistani startlet Veena Malik gets ready for her swayamvar on Indian television, controversy queen Rakhi Sawant frets and fumes at the choice of the celebrity.

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 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.

Bhopal, November 11 (Pervez Bari): Addressing the fourth convocation of National Law Institute University, (NLIU), Union Minister for Human Resources Development, Communications & IT Mr. Kapil Sibal has said that law-abiding government is the best government. Only a law-abiding government can make all the facilities available to citizens in time.

Bhopal, November 11 (Pervez Bari): Union HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal has challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), ruled Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan to take steps to implement Jan Lokpal Bill in the state. He dared Mr. Chouhan to enact the said Bill by presenting it in the state Vidhan Sabha and getting it passed as BJP is showing too much enthusiasm in supporting the Bill.

Bhopal, November 11 (Pervez Bari): Speaking in cricket parlance All India Congress Committee general secretary Digvijay Singh has predicted that the third wicket of the Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), in the shape of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh would fall when he would be asked by the BJP High Command to quit on the issue of corruption.

Bhopal, November 11 (Pervez Bari): Nine notorious jail inmate from Dabra sub-jail near Gwalior made good their escape after offering drug-laced tea to the guards and sentry of the jail on Wednesday morning.

While the drugged jail employees have been admitted to a hospital, a “Mukhya Prahri” (chief guard) and three others have been suspended by the authorities concerned. The whole district has been cordoned off and a massive hunt for the prisoners has been launched. The senior officers reached the jail and started inquiry into the case.

Washington, November 11: US President Barack Obama’s personal aide and gate keeper, Reggie Love is reportedly planning to leave the White House by the end of this year.

The 30-year-old Love, a key member of the Obama entourage, is planning to leave the White House by the end of the year, people close to the administration said, AFP reported on Thursday.

The six-foot-four Love, once a forward for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team has been at Obama’s side during presidential trips, and he ran errands for him during the 2008 presidential campaign.

Hyderabad, November 11: Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday said that his government was ready to provide interest-free loans to the women self-help groups (SHGs) once the Centre took a policy decision to reduce the lending rate to 7 per cent as charged for farmers.

“I raised the issue at the recent National Development Council (NDC) meeting and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh responded positively. It could be announced in the next Union Budget,” he said while addressing a mammoth gathering at Cheryal village of Ranga Reddy district.

Washington, November 11: Public schools and madrassas in Pakistan fuel discrimination by casting Hindus and other minorities in a negative light, an American report into the Muslim nation’s education system said Wednesday.

Produced by an independent US government commission, the report into Pakistani textbooks and teaching practices also found that 80 percent of public school teachers viewed non-Muslims as “enemies of Islam” in one way or another.

Jodhpur, November 11: Sacked Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna was on Thursday quizzed by the CBI here on his alleged links with missing nurse Bhanwari Devi during which he is understood to have admitted that he knew her.

Agency sources said Maderna was quizzed for about six hours and he came out with “valuable information” about the case and his questioning is likely to continue tomorrow as he has assured the CBI of his “full cooperation” in the probe.

New Delhi, November 11: Doomsday theorists have prophesised that Apocalypse would come on November 11, 2011 but expecting mothers who consider the day auspicious have inundated hospitals with requests for Caesarean section deliveries on 11.11.11, a date that will come once in a 100 years.

Washington, November 10: The United States has reportedly decided to station 4,000 American troops to Kuwait after withdrawing them from neighboring Iraq by the end of the year.

A 4,000-soldier US army Brigade Combat Team will be deployed from Iraq to Kuwait as a reserve force, commanders of the unit said on its Facebook page, AFP reported on Thursday.

The Facebook posts come after a US defense official said the Pentagon was considering relocating some of the American troops to Kuwait after the year-end withdrawal deadline.

Hyderabad, November 11: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has requested the customers to lodge their complaints on its Facebook page.

According to the HMWSSB official, it’s recently launched Facebook page has been receiving good response. He also quoted a few examples to claim that the customers’ grievances were being resolved within few hours.

Hyderabad, November 11: Former Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, who underwent hunger fast for 9 days for the cause of separate Telangana statehood, on Thursday stated that the high command should announce decision on Telangana state without going for financial packages or the second States Reorganisation Commission.

Washington, November 11: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned against “unintended consequences” of any military attack against Iran over the country’s nuclear program.

The Pentagon chief said on Thursday that the strike could have a “serious impact on the region and it could have a serious impact on US forces in the region,” AFP reported.

He made the remarks after recent Israel’s aggressive rhetoric against Iran and its test-launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.

Tehran, November 11: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned that if any country launches an attack on Iran, it must be ready to “receive firm slaps and fists of steel” from the Iranian Army.

If the idea of invasion against the Islamic Republic of Iran crosses anybody’s mind, they must be ready to receive firm slaps and fists of steel from the Iranian Army, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Basij, and in one word from the great Iranian nation, Ayatollah Khamenei stated.

Khammam, November 11: Telugu Desam Telangana Forum Convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Thursday alleged that Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao had a match fixing with the Congress party over the move of Second States Reorganization Commission.

New Delhi, November 11: Ace Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir Thursday pledged to donate his body organs to a Delhi hospital after his death.

“I hereby pledge to donate my kidney, heart, liver, pancreas, small bowel, eyes, lungs and tissues after my death,” Gambir said at the launch of an organ donation website –www.giftalife.org, supported by the Apollo Transplant Institutes.