Month: December 2011

Mexico City, December 12: A Mexican man was arrested for raping his 14-year-old daughter and then selling her for 5,000 pesos (about $365) to his friend, who also sexually abused her, authorities said.

The two men and one of the girl’s brothers, who failed to prevent the abuse, were arrested by the police in Huixquilucan, a city in Mexico state, the Attorney General’s Office said.

The girl reported the abuse to the AG’s office’s special unit for violence against women and people trafficking, or Fevimtra, at the urging of neighbours, officials said.

Hyderabad,December 12 :OSTENSIBLY in favour of constituting an autonomous Telangana Regional Council ( TRC) as a solution to the imbroglio over a separate state, the Congress high command is believed to have initiated backroom negotiations with Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao to convince him to accept the proposal.

According to sources, the AICC’s top leaders recently opened a hotline with KCR and have been continuously negotiating with him since.

Lucknow, December 12: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Sunday visited Nadva, a renowned centre of Islamic learning, and met its rector Maulana Rabe Hasni Nadvi.

Rahul had one-to-one meeting with the rector for over an hour, Congress sources said.

The issue of Right to Education and reported confusion among Muslims over it was discussed, they said adding Rahul assured him that this would be removed.

When asked to give his blessings to Rahul, the rector cited his relations with the Nehru-Gandhi family and said he always had good wishes for them, the sources said.

–PTI

New Delhi, December 12: The political and cultural seat of many empires over the centuries, Delhi added another chapter to its glorious history on Monday, marking 100 years of its re-emergence as India’s capital.

It was on December 12, 1911, that then Emperor of India George V proclaimed Delhi as the capital of the British Raj, shifting from Kolkata, thereby returning to the city its lost glory.

Amritsar, December 12: A woman was forced to deliver a child in a corridor of a government hospital after the medical staff allegedly refused to move her to a labour room, prompting authorities to order an inquiry.

Gurpreet Kaur (25), a resident of village Guru Ki Waddali – Chehertha, was taken to the civil hospital in an ambulance and the doctor who was accompanying her asked the senior staff of the hospital to shift the patient to the labour room.

Theni, December 12: A day before the DMK fast, protesters opposing Mullaperiyar dam on Sunday gheraoed Tamil Nadhu Finance Minister O Panneerselvam and threw slippers at him near Kumili at the Kerala border after he tried to pacify them following a lathicharge to quell their demonstration, which left 50 persons injured, police said.

The minister escaped unhurt and was later taken away from the spot via another route, they said.

Vienna, December 12: Israel’s defense minister urged the world on Monday to apply “paralysing” sanctions on Iran’s energy sector and leadership, but didn’t comment about whether his country is ready to strike Tehran to cripple its alleged efforts to make nuclear arms.

Ehud Barak also described the Arab Spring that has swept regional despots from power in the Mideast and Africa as an “extremely moving” manifestation of mass striving for democracy, and he predicted that Syrian President Bashar Assad would be toppled within weeks.

Riyadh, December 12:A Saudi court sentenced a local man for 13 years in jail more than 2,000 lashes with the whip after he was convicted of raping his teen age daughter for nearly four years, a newspaper said on Monday.

Sharq said the man, an alcoholic and drug addict, had been caught red handed with his raped daughter and told police he had done so in retaliation for her “obscene” relations with other men.

The girl’s uncle, her mother’s brother, had informed the police that he suspected her father had been raping her and threatening her against reporting him.

Islamabad, December 12: Pakistan may continue blocking NATO supply convoys into Afghanistan for several weeks and would not rule out closing its airspace to the US, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday.

Gilani said there was a “credibility gap” between Pakistan and the US, and the two sides need to develop greater trust. He made the remarks during an interview with BBC.

Pakistan stopped NATO convoys and asked the US to vacate Shamsi airbase, reportedly used by CIA-operated drones, to protest a NATO air strike which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last month.

New Delhi, December 12: A petition challenging the continuance of N Kiran Kumar Reddy as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister has been withdrawn from the Supreme Court by MLA S Venu Gopala Chary after the former won a no-trust motion last week.

A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Dipak Mishra permitted counsel Sateesh Galla to withdraw the petition as “it had become infructous” in view of Reddy’s victory in the motion moved by Opposition Leader N Chandrababu Naidu.

Ralegan-Siddhi, December 12: As Anna Hazare observed a token fast at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, residents of his native Ralegan-Siddhi supported him with a total shutdown in the village.

“Nearly 2,000 people have gathered near the Padmavati temple and the village has been shut down entirely. You will not find a single shop open,” Hazare’s close associate Anil Sharma said.

“More than half of the 2,300 strong village are sitting on a token fast to support Anna. They will break their fast in the evening when Anna does,” he added.

Mumbai, December 12: The Bombay High Court is likely to give its ruling on Monday on confirmation of death sentence, awarded to three convicts including a woman, in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts case.

Ashrat Ansari (32), his aide Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and wife Fehmida Sayed (43) were held guilty on charges of planting powerful bombs in two taxis which exploded at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar on August 25, 2003, killing 52 persons.

A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court had in August 2009 awarded capital punishment to the trio.

Lucknow, December 12: Desperately seeking Muslim votes to sail through the 2012 Assembly election, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday reached the doorstep of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, the noted Sunni seminary in Lucknow.

He spent about an hour with its rector Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi, who is also the president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB).

Although Ulama has a tradition of keeping silent on the issue of any political meeting, Rahul’s visit is clearly an effort to send a signal that the Muslims are with the Congress.

Beijing, December 12: The chairman of London`s 2012 Olympic organizing committee said on Sunday that he is comfortable with having Dow Chemical participate as a sponsor of the games despite criticism over its links to a gas leak in India that killed thousands.

An estimated 15,000 people died in 1984 when gas leaked out of a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the central Indian city of Bhopal. Dow bought Union Carbide in 2001 and says legal claims from the disaster have been resolved.

Riyadh, December 12: A Saudi woman is searching for a TV produce who will turn her real life story with six husbands into a film with the aim of underscoring early age marriage problems in the Gulf kingdom and how to tackle different husbands.

The unnamed woman from the capital Riyadh said she first married when she was only 14 years old before she was divorced and married to another man.

She was again divorced and married to other men before she settled with the present husband who visits her secretly because he is married.

Sydney, December 12: Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is technically a far superior batsman than West Indian legend Brian Lara, former Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has said.

“I’ve said on many occasions that as a spin bowler, the most devastating batsman I’ve played against was Lara. Having said that, Brian always went so hard I always felt like he’d miss one eventually, and it did happen occasionally,” MacGill wrote in an article for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Hyderabad, December 12: People will not excuse the 16 Congress MLAs of Mr Jaganmohan Reddy camp,for voting in favour of the TDP’s no-confidence motion in the Legislative Assembly,observed Mr Kondru Murali,Chief Whip, here today.

Speaking to the media, he said that the MLAs have committed a fault by voting against the Government,after getting elected on Congress ticket.It was unethical on their part, Mr Murali said and added that they were sure to face defeat in the by-elections.

London, December 11: VEENA Malik says the stress caused by the FHM India scandal has aged her.

The Pakistani model- actress, who is suing the publishers of the magazine, claims the cover was doctored to make her appear nude when she actually posed in clothes.

But she has revealed that since launching her lawsuit, she has been threatened in an attempt to get her to drop it. Malik said: “ I feel completely cheated.

Lucknow, December 11: THOUGH history is not on her side, Iram Khan, the lone female contender for the top post at the Aligarh Muslim University students union, is hoping that she will be able to break new ground at the minority institution.

Voting for the student body concluded on Saturday evening. An estimated 92 per cent of the 18,207 voters exercised their franchise.

All eyes are on Iram, a student of B. A. LLB ( hons).

New Delhi, December 11: The Congress Sunday rejected Anna Hazare’s token fast for a strong anti-corruption Lokpal bill, terming it “preemptive” and “premature” and an “insult to parliament”.

“I have no hesitation in saying that Anna is insulting parliament,” said Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi.

“The Lokpal bill report has been submitted. There will be debate and decision will be taken. Laws cannot be made at Jantar Mantar,” he said.

Lucknow, December 11: Mafia don-turned-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Dhananjay Singh was arrested here Sunday evening in connection with his alleged involvement in a double murder.

Uttar Pradesh Police chief Brij Lal said Dhananjay was arrested for the murder of two members of an OBC Nishad community in 2010 in Kirakat town of Jaunpur district, about 230 km from here, which is his constituency.

“This followed his indictment by the crime branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) to which the case was entrusted shortly after the incident,” he added.

Hyderabad, December 11: A 68-year-old man committed suicide by hanging to the ceiling fan at his residence.

According to Neredmet police, Varalakshmi Murthy, a retired railway employee, took the extreme step late Saturday while he was alone at his residence in Sri Nagar Colony. Loneliness is suspected to be cause behind Murthy’s suicide. However, police registered a case and further investigations into the case are on.

Hyderabad, December 11: Two persons were killed in different road accidents in the city on Sunday.

A 32-year-old man, Krishna, suffered grievous injuries when the auto-rickshaw he was travelling over-turned near Moinabad. According to police, Krishna, a teacher with MK Pally Government Upper Primary School, met with the accident on Sunday morning. He was immediately rushed to the Osmania General Hospital where he died a few hours later.

The Moinabad police registered a case of negligent driving against the auto-rickshaw driver who has been arrested.

Hyderabad, December 11: The South Zone team of Commissioner’s Task Force on Sunday arrested two persons against whom non-bailable warrants were issued by the courts.

The arrested accused are Syed Ansar Ali of Vattepally and Mohd. Noor Khan of Edibazar.

London, December 11:Feeling indecisive whether to marry a man with body odour? You may benefit from a Russian scientist, who can tell from man’s body smell if he has a sexually-transmitted disease (STD).

According to a new study, sniffing a potential partner’s scent could tell if Mr Right has a sexually-transmitted disease, the Daily Mail reported, citing MSNBC.

The research found how men, infected by a common sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea, smelt ‘putrid’ to women.