Month: November 2011

Jaipur, November 06: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the need for cow protection and asked people to take action against cow-slaughter.

“There is a need for all to come together and work for protection of cows and take action against cow slaughter,” Modi said while addressing a gathering in Nand Gaon, 40 kms from Sirohi district.

He also highlighted his government’s initiatives for cow protection in Gujarat.

Hyderabad, November 06: Thirty four months after his arrest in January 2009 in the multi-crore Satyam Computers scam, its former chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, was released from Chanchalguda central jail on Saturday evening along with his brother Rama Raju and ex-chief financial officer Srinivas Vadlamani after the Supreme Court granted them bail.

Their lawyers submitted two sureties of Rs 2 lakh each on behalf of each of them in the trial court where the case of accounting scam in the company is being heard. The magistrate later directed the jail authorities to release them.

Erode, November 06: Five passengers were charred to death and 27 others injured, two of them seriously, when a private bus and an aviation fuel laden truck went up in flames after a collision near here in the wee hours on Sunday.

The Coimbatore-bound bus from Bangalore dashed against the truck carrying aviation fuel from behind at Chithode, about 15 km from Erode, on NH-47, resulting in an instantaneous fire which gutted both vehicles, police said.

Oklahoma, November 06: Authorities say a 5.6 magnitude earthquake has hit central Oklahoma, but they had no immediate reports of any injuries or major damages.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported from Golden, Colorado, on its website that it detected a 5.6 magnitude quake at 10-53 p.m. local time Saturday (0353 GMT Sunday), centered about 44 miles (71 kilometers) east-northeast of Oklahoma City. It had initially reported the temblor as a 5.2 magnitude quake.

Lalitpur, November 06: A minor girl in this Uttar Pradesh district was allegedly set afire by a youth for resisting rape, police said Saturday. She is battling for her life in hospital.

The accused youth is absconding.

According to police, the 14-year-old girl, a resident of Lakshmipura area was Thursday set afire by Lalit Soni, 19, of the same area when she resisted his rape attempt.

Acting on the complaint of the victim’s parents, police late Friday registered a case against Soni, who is absconding.

London, November 06: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who is one of the three cricketers sentenced for spot-fixing, could be moved to an open prison, according to areport.

One of Asif’s close friend revealed that the cricketer is likely to be shifted by the end of next week, ESPNCricinfo reported. An open prison will allow him more freedom and privileges than at a closed prison where more dangerous criminals are housed.

A call was made to the solicitors of Salman Butt but they did not confirm or deny whether this was also true for their client, the report said.

Bhopal, November 06 (Pervez Bari): The Aligarh Muslim University, (AMU), has served a legal notice to the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran for publishing a false and fabricated news “Charchaon Mein AMU Ke Teen Adhikariyon Ka Nilamban”.

Hyderabad, November 06: In view of Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) prayers, the City Police have imposed certain traffic restrictions on November 7 (Monday) from 8 am to 11.30 am.

At Mir Alam Tank Idgah, all vehicular traffic proceeding towards the Idgah will be allowed via Puranapul and Bahadurpura Police Station road from 8 am to 11.30 am. During this period, no vehicle will be allowed to proceed from Idgah towards Bahadurpura PS and the Puranapul.

Islamabad, November 06: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court hearing the Benazir Bhutto assassination case on Saturday indicted seven people, including two former top police officers responsible for providing security to the ex-premier.

Former Rawalpindi police chief Saud Aziz and ex-Superintendent of Police Khurram Shahzad were indicted by the court along with five alleged members of militant groups who were identified as Hasnain Gul, Rafaqat Hussain, Sher Zaman, Aitzaz Shah and Abdul Rasheed.

New Delhi, November 06: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Saturday met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran and stressed on the need to strengthen bilateral relations.

Kumar, who is leading a Parliamentary delegation to Iran, discussed bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest with Ahmadinejad.

Baghdad, November 06: Bomb and gun attacks in Iraq, including four bombs at the home of an anti-Qaeda militia leader, killed five people and wounded 13 others on Saturday, security officials said.

The bomb blasts struck the home of Yassin Issa Daud, a leader of Sahwa (Awakening) militia in Taji, north of Baghdad, about 6:30 am (0330 GMT), Taji police Captain Ahmed Fahad said.

The explosions killed three people, including Daud’s brother and wife, and wounded six other people, Fahad said, adding that Daud was not home at the time.

Hyderabad, November 06: The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee is gearing up for a major re-haul with the introduction of several new faces on the key posts.

Hyderabad November 06: Chief Minister K Kiran Kumar Reddy called on Home Minister P Chidambaram at the National Police Academy here on Saturday.

“It was a courtesy call’, said a statement from the Chief Minister’s office. Director of Police V Dinesh Reddy also met Chidambaram in the Chief Minister’s presence.

The Home Minister arrived here as chief guest at the Passing Out Parade of the 63 RR Batch of IPS officers. Ever since the controversial statement and backtracking on Telangana issue Chidambaram has been in eye of the T-storm.

——Agencies

New Delhi, November 06: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is likely to be appointed the working president of the party soon to help his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi, setting the stage for a transition process at the helm of India’s oldest party, informed party sources said.

“The delegation of higher responsibilities to Rahulji is a only a matter of when, not if,” a senior Congress leader told agency.

Ahmedabad, November 06: Nadeem Saiyed, a key witness to the Naroda Patiya massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots, was brutally killed on the main street of Juhapura on Saturday.

He was stabbed 25 times, just steps away from the anti-terrorism group headquarters.

Two Juhapura residents, Firdos Mullah and Mushir Ahmed, have been booked for murder and conspiracy. Saiyed’s father named them along with several others, accusing them of ordering his killing.

Mumbai, November 06: A Special MCOCA court granted bail on Saturday to all nine men accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts in which 37 persons were killed and hundreds injured.

The accused were granted bail after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told Special MCOCA Judge Yatin D Shinde that it had decided not to oppose the bail pleas of the accused.

Arafat, November 06:  More than 2.5 million pilgrims from around the globe prayed for peace and security on the sprawling plains of Arafat on Saturday amid a forceful condemnation by Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh of those who provoke hostilities between the Ummah and its leaders.

The “wuqoof” or “the standing” in Arafat was the high point of the annual pilgrimage. It was also an extraordinary symbol of the unity and equality in Islam.

Islamabad, November 06: Pakistan has not backtracked on the issue of giving India Most Favoured Nation-status and officials of the two countries will work out modalities for normalising bilateral trade relations, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Saturday.

“There is an impression in the media that Pakistan made a decision (on MFN) and then backtracked. This is totally wrong. I want to tell you that we are consistent,” Khar told reporters during an interaction in the eastern city of Lahore.

Hyderabad, November 06: In the wake of the recent fuel price hike, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Mamhohan Singh and the UPA government for their “lack of concern for the common man”.

“For every demand of farmers, the PM has been saying that he did not have a magic wand or that money does not grow on trees. But his government in AP is wasting public funds on lopsided policies, without giving real benefit to either the poor or the farmers,” Naidu said.

Hyderabad, November 06: The Telangana Telugu Desam Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao announced that they party leaders from the Telangana region would go on indefinite fast if the UPA Government fails to introduce Telangana Bill in the Parliament.

Hyderabad, November 06: Telangana Nagara president Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Saturday criticised the State Government for suspending Deputy Superintendant of Police D Nalini who submitted resignation demanding separate Telangana.

Nalgonda, November 06 Alleging that the UPA government has failed to keep its promise over Telangana issue, Opposition Leader in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today said that BJP would carve out a separate state within three months, if the NDA was voted to power in the next general elections.

The senior BJP leader said her party is committed over the creation of Telangana state as her party was always in favour of smaller states in the country.

Mumbai, November 06: Item girl Rakhi Sawant is anxious to meet top anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, but his trusted lieutenant Arvind Kejriwal is not allowing her to meet the Gandhian, reported Mail Today.

Rakhi recently did an item number for her upcoming film Loot and wants to use Anna Hazare’s name to publicize the film, the report said.

Rakhi was quoted telling a radio channel that she is impressed with Anna Hazare and wants to join his campaign against corruption.

New Delhi, November 06: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday gave clear indication that Rahul Gandhi may be asked to take over the reins of the party soon as working president.

“Rahul has to come in the mainstream. Right now he is looking only after Youth Congress and the student wing of the party. I feel now he has to look after us all,” Digvijay Singh told reporters.

Party sources indicated that Congress president Sonia Gandhi may soon hand over, if not her formal designation, to Rahul Gandhi, or at best, hand over the levers of party control to her son.

Hyderabad, November 06: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Saturday demanded that the State Government order a detailed probe into the tenders of Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project.