Month: December 2011

Hyderabad, December 28: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has directed the energy officials to reduce power cuts to domestic consumers.

The Chief Minister reviewed the power position in the state with the energy officials at the camp office on Wednesday.

Officials informed the Chief Minister that they will be able to reduce power cuts within next two or three days. They also informed that Kakatiya Thermal Plant in Bhupalpally which was closed due to technical problems has restarted on Wednesday. As a result production of 500 MW will be added from Thursday.

–Agencies

Hyderabad, December 28: The Asifnagar police have arrested three persons including a woman for operating a brothel house in Muradnagar area.

According to police, the alleged brothel house organiser Nisha Khan (45) and her son Syed Nadeem (25) were arrested during a raid conducted on Tuesday night. A customer, Ali Saleh Al-Jaber, was also arrested by the police.

Nisha Khan shifted from Moghalpura to Muradnagar about one week ago and started a brothel house at her residence. On a tip off, police conducted the raids and arrested the accused.

–Agencies

Hyderabad, December 28: TDP leaders Motkupalli Narasimhulu and Yerrabelli Dayakara Rao have alleged that TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao’s fast in 2009 was fake.

New York, December 28: A babysitter and trusted neighbor has confessed that he bludgeoned a 9-year-old Indiana girl to death with a brick then dismembered her, hiding her head, hands and feet at his home and dumping the rest of her remains nearby, police said on Tuesday.

Allen County sheriff’s investigators said in an affidavit that 39-year-old Michael Plumadore admits he killed Aliahna Lemmon on Dec. 22.

Jerusalem, December 28: Israel and the United States are in the process of drawing ” red lines”, which when crossed would justify a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear installations, a media report said.

Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, had filed an official complaint with the US administration following a speech by Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, a few weeks ago warning against a military strike on Iran, triggering the current development, the Daily Beast website said.

New Delhi, December 28: Only backward sections of the minorities will be entitled to 4.5 per cent reservation within 27 per cent quota for OBCs, the government clarified today in the backdrop of protests by some parties.

Giving a clarification in this regard in the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said inclusion or exclusion in the Central OBC list would be strictly on the basis of backwardness of minorities which include Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Parsis.

Mumbai, December 28: Pehle SRK and PC, aur ab Abhishek Bachchan and Neil Nitin Mukesh, sure looks like a star shower for Lucknow these days. On Monday, the duo of Abhishek and Neil stopped by the city to promote their upcoming flick “Players”, and not surprisingly, hundreds gathered at a mall in Gomtinagar to catch a glimpse of the cinestars.

Girls screamed Abhishek’s name out loud on seeing him. But Neil, with an overgrown beard, became a tad tough for the people to recognise. But when they did, everyone gathered there made up by greeting him loudly.

Los Angeles, December 28: A man has been arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for having sex with a 12-year-old girl several times and forcing her to work as a prostitute.

The man forced the minor to accompany him home where he took advantage of the situation and forced her to have sex with him. The man has been charged with sexual assault of a minor and multiple counts of lewd acts upon a child, police officials told KTLA.com.

Mumbai, December 28: Ever since her eviction from Bigg Boss, Pooja Bedi has taken to her microblogging site to discuss the reality show.

Apart from sharing her experiences in the house, she has been bashing the show’s co-host Salman Khan. Reacting to an episode in which he entered the house and interacted with the contestants, Bedi said, “It’s clear Salman went in there to demoralise, confuse, hurt and lie to Sky.

Patna, December 28: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday accused Congress of not caring for the federal structure of the country by enacting the Lokayukta legislation.

“The Congress should have cared for the federal structure of the country before enacting the Lokayukta legislation,” Kumar told reporters.

The legislation should have the provision that the matter related to Lokayukta be left on the domain of the state… but the “habit of the Congress-led UPA leadership has it that it wants to do all the works on its own”, he alleged.

Chandigarh, December 28: Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Wednesday said that the debate on Lokpal Bill does not have any link with the Election Process as the model code of conduct does not apply to Parliament.

Answering a question from a reporter here this evening regarding the passage of the Lok Pal bill by the Parliament influencing the voters in five states, including Punjab, where assembly elections are to be held early next year, Quraishi said, “Model Code of Conduct does not apply on Parliament.”

New Delhi, December 28: BJP on Wednesday exuded confidence that the Lokpal Bill will not be passed by the Rajya Sabha as the ruling Congress party does not enjoy comfortable majority in the Upper House.

“We are confident that the ruling party does not have enough numbers in Rajya Sabha. It (Lokpal Bill) should fall in the Upper House. They (Congress) will not be able to muster majority in the House,” BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu told reporters outside Parliament House.

Hyderabad, December 28: Tension prevailed at Gun park near Assembly when city police arrested leaders and activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) after they tried to stage protests against each other over the Telangana issue here today. A large number of activists led by Telangana Telugu Desam Party (TTDP) forum and TRS leaders separately reached at the Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park near state assembly to launch a fast over Telangana issue but their bid was foiled by the police by arresting the leaders and activists from both parties.

Mumbai, December 28: If singing puts him in a good mood, painting also brings joy to Aamir Khan, who played a painter in critically acclaimed Dhobi Ghat.

“Painting, like singing, is something I really enjoy doing. Though I do it badly,” said Aamir.

Hyderabad, December 28: 25 year old Mohammad Fareed resident of Husaini apartment, Rajendar Nagar committed suicide by jumping into Himayat Sagar. It is said that police has fished out his body.

According to police sources Mohammad Fareed had informed his brother on phone that he would commit suicide and would jump in Himayat sagar. Before his family members could reach Himayat Sagar, Mohammad Fareed has drowned himself in the lake.

Siasat news

Mumbai, December 28: Thanks to Vidya Balan, content related to “The Dirty Picture” got grabbed maximum eyeballs on the mobile platform, while controversial Poonam Pandey took away the lion’s share of views among models, says a survey.

The findings have been announced by Vuclip, an independent mobile video company.

Among the most watched Indian videos on mobile, cinema-related content reigned supreme and out of them “The Dirty Picture” was the most watched, with over 13,24,000 mobile views, said a press statement.

Adilabad, December 28: Shaikh Gaffar aged 40 resident of Indira Nagar attacked his 35 year old wife Tasleem in drunken state due to family disputes. As a result Tasleem died on the spot.

Yesterday afternoon situation became alarming at Indira Nagar locality of Adilabad town, when a husband hacked his wife with an axe and killed her. Later he tried to commit suicide by setting himself ablaze after pouring kerosene over his body.

The killer husband, when he didn’t die even after being scorched, attacked himself with the axe. He was rushed to RIMS in 108 ambulance.

Sharjah, December 28: In yet another shocking incident a four-and-half-year old Indian school girl was sexually assaulted by a bus helper in a school in Sharjah.

Emirates 24|7 has learnt that the girl studying in KG1, came home bleeding and the parents immediately took her to Al Qasimia hospital in Sharjah.

Sharjah police have detained the helper of the bus and the investigation is on.

VN has been a helper in the school bus for the past two years.

Hyderabad, Dec 28 (INN): Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has invited online applications for posts vacant in various departments and announced the schedule for the recruitment.

The posts include Deputy Surveyors (432) and Assistant Executive Engineers (1716), Assistant Statistical Officers (397) among others, according to an official release here on Wednesday.

Riyadh, December 28: A Saudi man was beheaded on Wednesday by the sword in Riyadh for murder, the interior ministry said.

Salman al-Ghamedi was found guilty of stabbing to death another Saudi, Ahmed al-Qahtani, following a dispute, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.

The beheading brings to 76 the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year, based on an AFP count.

In September, Amnesty International called on the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom where 140 people were on death row to establish an “immediate moratorium on executions.”

Hyderabad, December 28: In the wee hours of Saturday, December 24 district administration’s enforcement cell and department of archeology, to implement Andhra Pradesh high court orders, ousted the owners of shops adjacent to historical Badshahi Ashurkhanas opposite to Madina building. With the joint efforts of District collector, police department and department of archeology, 16, 66 year old shops of teen sheets were dismantled located on the platform of Ashurkhanas and guard room. It must be noted that shop owners were served notice to evacuate the shops ahead of the demolition.

New Delhi, December 28: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying it had showed “its real face” by spiking a move to give constitutional status to the Lokpal.

“The BJP was committed to constitutional status for Lokpal at the (Parliamentary) Standing Committee (meeting),” she told reporters at the Congress office here, speaking first in Hindi and then in English.

“But yesterday, we saw their (BJP) real face. The strength we wanted to give to Lokpal, they did not want it,” she said.

Mumbai, December 28: ‘Tis the season to give and share, and it appears Katrina Kaif is planning to do just that by creating a website for distressed women, who need urgent and immediate help and support, but don’t know where to take their problem to, for the most effective remedy.

Says a source close to the actress, “For a very long time Kat has been quietly helping her mother with all the philanthropic work that she does in Pondicherry, for deprived children.

Katrina feels an online helpline for women through a website would be a good idea.

Mumbai, December 28: He is known for his candyfloss movies and designer dramas, and she excels at making experimental and real life-inspired stories. Together, Ekta Kapoor and Karan Johar, once rumoured to be a couple, are now ready to co-produce a movie.

“Ekta and I are super excited about the script we are producing together… will announce details as we cast the film and title it!!!” Johar posted on his Twitter page Wednesday.

According to reports, the film will be a “love story with a twist”, and it will be directed by Akshay Roy.

Mumbai, December 28: If singing puts him in a good mood, painting also brings joy to Aamir Khan, who played a painter in critically acclaimed “Dhobi Ghat”.

“Painting, like singing, is something I really enjoy doing. Though I do it badly, ” said Aamir.