Month: December 2011

Sanaa, December 01: At least eight people have been killed in clashes between forces loyal to Yemeni dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition tribesmen in the southern city of Taizz, medics say.

Medical sources said 20 people were also injured in the fighting that broke out in Taizz on Thursday, AFP reported.

According to witnesses, the fighting began during the early hours of the day as regime troops tried to storm the city center.

Taizz city center is a stronghold of armed tribesmen that have been backing the popular Yemeni revolution since it began in late January.

Hyderabad, December 1: Authorities of Deccan waqf properties protection society halted the illegal construction work on the 2 acre land of Toli Masjid by making timely representation with the police. The construction work was continued despite High Courts order to maintain status quo on the waqf land of Toli mosque. The land grabbers who were trying to occupy the land have the backing of a state minister hence the local police was refusing to stop the construction.

Hyderabad, December 1: The Waqf board’s negligence regarding Dargah Mohiuddin, Tankbund is regrettable. Illegal occupants are carrying out unIslamic activities on the valuable waqf land of the said dargah thanks to the negligence of Waqf board. A temple has been setup on the waqf land. Business is carried out by illegal occupants on the surrounding land of mosque and graveyard.

Few years ago former minister of waqf Mohammad Ali Shabbir had assured to expel illegal occupants and to ensure protection of waqf land but in vain.

Hyderabad, December 1: The first Qirrat convention in the history of Guntur was held on November 27 after Isha prayers at Lal Talab Masjid, adjacent to Guntur stadium and was attended by large number of residents of Guntur. The eminent Hafiz and Qari Mohammad Naseeruddin attended the convention and addressed on the topic of art of qirrat and development of tajweed and qirrat.

Throwing light on the importance and blessings of art of tajweed he said the Holy Quran was revealed with tajweed though the art was later named fun-e-tajweed.

Hyderabad, December 01: Sniffer dogs are an indispensable part of police force for securing an area, be it road clearing operations for the chief minister’s convoy or bandobast at a VVIP event. But all that they get for their services is a ‘dog’s life’! Once they accomplish their duties faithfully, the canines are sent to a dilapidated building near Goshamahal stadium to rest. Reason: Only six kennels are in place.

Mumbai, December 01: Bollywood’s enfant terrible Salman Khan recently showed his wild streak when he threatened ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Siddharth.

Buzz has it that Salman was irked by Siddharth’s antics on the reality show, especially his condescending and indecorous behaviour towards Mahek Chahal.

Salman is heard to have said that he would beat Siddharth if something like that happens again; a moment of rage that was deleted on the editing table.

Mumbai, December 01: Actress Kareena Kapoor may be reigning queen of Bollywood with a string of hits like `Bodyguard`, `Ra.One`, `3 Idiots` and `Golmaal 3`, to her credit, but the `Heroine` feels that beau Saif Ali Khan is the number one hero.

Things are going great guns for Kareena be it in terms of her box office success or propositions that are lined up for release including `Agent Vinod` opposite Saif besides Madhur Bhandarkar`s `Heroine` and `Talaash` opposite Aamir Khan.

Hyderabad, December 01: Telangana Rashtra Samithi Legislature Party (TRSLP) which met here on Thursday opined that Congress president Sonia Gandhi may take a decision on Telangana by the end of the winter session of the Parliament on December 21.

TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, who was present at the meeting, reportedly shared Delhi infromation privy to him with the party MLAs and MLCs at the meeting and hoped that the Congress leadership would direct the UPA government to take decision on T at the earliest.

Hyderabad, December 01: Around 532 valuable and rare manuscripts of different languages like Persian, Urdu, Arabic, English and Telugu are being preserved at the Andhra Pradesh State Archive and Research Institute. The institute is now planning to digitise the archive in order to preserve the rare collection.

Hyderabad, December 01: A casual sky-gazer might not be able to notice the phenomenon. But a careful look at the night sky of Hyderabad will surprise you with the presence of a pale reddish-orange hue.

The high levels of pollution in the city, coupled with the onset of low temperatures is causing what Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board officials claim a possible case of inversion phenomenon. “Its a condition visible in highly polluted areas experiencing dip in temperatures,” said Prasanna Kumar, environmental engineer with the APPCB.

Hyderabad, December 01: Two gangs of notorious property offenders involved in 37 cases were arrested by Cyberabad police on Wednesday and property worth more than Rs 47 lakh recovered.

In the first case, Shaik Abdul Jaffar alias Jaffar was arrested for his involvement in 18 house burglaries in Hyderabad and Cyberabad.

Hyderabad, December 01: Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan Teja will get engaged to his longtime girlfriend Upasana Kamineni tonight at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Hyderabad. According to tradition, the function is being organised by the bride-to-be’s family.

Touted to be an exclusive affair, a limited number of guests will be invited to the engagement ceremony, comprising of relatives and close friends of both families. A separate party to celebrate the occasion with Chairanjeevi’s fans is being planned for a later date.

Hyderabad, December 01: Seeking bail on Wednesday, arrested IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, now in CBI custody, implied that the then mines and geology minister Sabitha Indra Reddy too had a part in the issue of two controversial GOs 151 and 152 which allowed Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) to mine iron ore in Anantapur district and ship it overseas.

Hyderabad, December 01: The stage is all set for the no-confidence motion to be moved by the Telugu Desam Party against the N Kiran Kumar Reddy government on Thursday when the Assembly meets for the five-day winter session.

TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu will lead a procession of his MLAs from NTR Ghat to Assembly at 8 a.m. After reaching the Assembly, the Telangana MLAs would pay tributes to those who laid down their lives for the T cause at the Martyrs’ Memorial and would later join their Seemandhra colleagues.

Hyderabad, December 01: A ‘suspect’ in a murder and robbery case died under custody of Medchal police on Wednesday. The suspect hanged himself to death in the toilet and died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital.

The suspect, N Philips aged around 50 years, was a painter and previously a resident of Shapur. According to police, Philips left his family 25 years back and returned just six months ago and was staying with his daughter, Aruna in Gyanapur village of Medchal mandal.

Ahmedabad, December 01: The Gujarat high court on Thursday ordered CBI probe in fake encounter of Mumbra girl Ishrat Jahan and three others. The court has directed SIT to file a fresh FIR and hand over the subsequent probe to the central agency.

While ordering the CBI probe, the division bench of the HC noted that the case is “exceptional one having national ramifications.” The court has also held that the Gujarat police cannot be trusted to carry out impartial probe in the case.

Hyderabad, December 1: Young generation is a valuable asset of the society. This is the force which will be the source of change in the life style and thinking of the coming generations. The growing number of young men in mosques, their rising presence in religious conventions, their participation in religious and reformative societies and their spirit to do something, indicate that with the blessings of God those who had gone astray have found the right path.

New Delhi, December 01: The government will soon take a decision on fixing a quota for Muslims within the 27 per cent quota fixed for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Law Minister Salman Khurshid said.

“Of the 27 per cent OBC quota in educational jobs, the government is examining to fix a quota for backward Muslims,” he told reporters outside Parliament.

Khurshid said the decision on fixing a quota for backward Muslims within the OBC quota would be taken “soonest”, but refused to give a timeline.

Mumbai, December 01: While the buzz around the run-up to the release of The Dirty Picture is in full swing, our neighbours may not have a chance to catch the film in their theatres.

The Pakistan Censor Board has refused to clear the movie for release in their country. Earlier this year, Delhi Belly too was not cleared for a release there.

It is learnt that after receiving a clearance by the Indian Central Board of Film Certication (CBFC), the Milan Luthria directed film, apparently based on South siren Silk Smitha, was submitted to the Censor Board of Pakistan for censorship.

New Delhi, December 01: The Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed that six suspected Indian Mujahideen ( IM) operatives, including a Pakistani, have been arrested.

They said the militants carried out the blasts outside Jama Masjid here, at German Bakery in Pune and M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Bangalore,December 01: The advancements we have made in the fields of science and technology have failed to hide some seemingly inhuman traditions that rear their ugly heads time and again, shaming the country and the people.

What makes them worse is when authorities try to justify these weird rituals by wrapping them in the cloak of religion.

Bangalore,December 01 :CONTRARY to popular notion, men don’t think of sex all the time.

They do think of sex more often than women do, but there are other stimuli that engage a man’s brain. Besides sex, they think of eating and sleeping, a new study published in the Journal of Sex Research states.

The study discredits the notion that men think about sex every seven seconds, which would amount to more than 8,000 thoughts about sex in 16 waking hours.

Bangalore,December 01 :THE advancements we have made in the fields of science and technology have failed to hide some seemingly inhuman traditions that rear their ugly heads time and again, shaming the country and the people.

What makes them worse is when authorities try to justify these weird rituals by wrapping them in the cloak of religion.

Man gets jail after 20 years

Hyderabad, December 1 (Siasat News): The CBI special court sent a bank official to 1 year rigorous imprisonment relating to two cases of bank fraud after nearly 20 years.

The accused P Subashchandra Reddy was an accountant of State Bank of Mysore, Kalasiguda branch, Secunderabad.

Another dowry death, four jailed

New Delhi, December 01: Responding to Mayawati’s demand for giving reservation to Muslims, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to consider measures which states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have taken on their own by including Muslims in OBCs.

The Prime Minister has also communicated to Mayawati that the Centre is studying examples of such states and trying to develop a consensus on measures that are justified as per the Constitution on the issue of reservation for Muslims.