Purulia, January 06: A Congress leader on Friday suggested intervention of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to arrest the drift in the relationship between the two allies.
Manas Bhuniya, a minister in West Bengal cabinet and former state Congress president, said “chiefs of both Congress and Trinamool Congress should sit together and discuss the matter”.
Ahmedabad, January 06: CBI on Friday formally took over investigation into the 2004 fake encounter death of Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, following directions from the Gujarat High Court.
A team of CBI officials headed by IG V V Laxminarayan, who heads the Hyderabad Zone of the agency, was handed over the case papers and other documents related to the case here by officials of the high court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has termed the police encounter as “fake”.
New Delhi, January 06: The Congress Friday again slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for inducting a tainted former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader in its fold and said the two parties were fooling the people of Uttar Pradesh by helping each other.
‘This, it seems, is a joint strategy of the BJP and the BSP. It seems the BJP is helping the BSP in the state. They are fooling the people of Uttar Pradesh,’ Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters here.
Bangalore, January 06: Customs sleuths arrested a Delhi-based woman for attempting to smuggle in about 31,500 computer chips (memory cards) valued at Rs.63 lakh into the country from Hong Kong, a senior official said Friday.
‘The accused, Rosy Bhatia, 40, was trapped soon after she landed early Thursday by a Dragon Airways flight from Hong Kong, with the chips concealed in stockings around her thighs,’ the official said.
Bhatia was arrested for the offence under section 108 of the Customs Act, 1962.
Hyderabad, January 06: The government of Andhra Pradesh issued Memo No.2451/V&C/A1/2011 on 3rd Jan. 2012, containing the names of Muslim youths who are going to be provided compensation by the state government for their wrongful implication in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case. The list of 70 such youths is full of flaws.
Hyderabad, January 06: A 29-year-old research scholar at the University of Hyderabad committed suicide early Thursday morning, reportedly because of a failed love affair. D Naresh Kumar Reddy, fourth year PhD scholar in Animal Sciences, consumed a chemical and succumbed hours later as medical treatment proved ineffective.
Mumbai, January 06: With the start of the season of awards shows, Vidya Balan’s name has appeared on the list of most wanted actresses to perform at these events.
In fact, an industry veteran reveals that till last year, Vidya was never even considered for such shows. Our source points out, “While Vidya is a very good actress, she was far from being the glamour girl.
She was not perceived as ‘oomphy’ as Kareena, Katrina, Deepika, Priyanka or even Anushka when it comes to performing on stage. ”
New York, January 06: We probably need to thank modern technology for creating the world’s most beautiful woman for us. A beauty brand recently conducted an online poll to discover which parts of female stars women most admired and desired. The results were pretty interesting.
Collaborating the results, a computer image was created of the ‘ideal women’ who had the best features of all the beauties.
The celebrities who featured on the poll are all beautiful in their own right. So combining their best feature would obviously create the most desired woman in the world.
Bangalore, January 06: A restaurant in Bangalore is witnessing large footfalls, since the debut of their latest delicacy, a gold-plated dosa, which is priced at a whooping Rs. 1,011.
One of the restaurateurs chanced upon the idea of creating these unusual delicacies, when he was surfing on the Internet for strategies to make his eatery stand out among other city’s food outlets.
Hyderabad, January 6: An important meeting of Minorities Development Forum will be held on Saturday, January 7, 3:30 pm. The meeting will be chaired by Mohammad Allauddin Ansari advocate president MDF in which Do Ba Do programme held last month and Mega free medical camp will be reviewed. Future strategy of the programme will also be discussed.
Office secretary MDF MA Qadeer has appealed all the officials and board members of MDF to attend the meeting on time.
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Hyderabad, January 6: Due to lack of basic Islamic knowledge and mischief making the rising trend of going back on their words among Muslim youth is a matter of concern because according to a hadeeth of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), going back on one’s word is a sign of hypocrisy. Today betraying and going back to one’s word has become a fashion among youth. They dilly dally or go back to their words promised not only to their friends but also family members even elders.
Riyadh, January 06: Spending by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2012 will likely be higher than budgeted, but the country will still run a fiscal surplus of 4 percent of GDP, says Fitch Ratings.
Spending growth will moderate in 2012 compared with last year. In 2011, spending growth reached 24 percent, the highest in a decade. The government raised public sector wages, created government jobs, injected capital into state-owned lenders and pledged more resources for housing. Capital spending – mainly on infrastructure – exceeded 12 percent of GDP.
Hyderabad, January 6: Hyderabad Literary Forum will conduct release ceremony of monograph of renowned and distinct poet Khursheed Ahmed Jami on Friday, January 6 at 7 pm at Urdu Hall Himayat Nagar.
The monograph has been published by Sahitya academy and written by poet of unique tone and style Mr. Ali Zaheer.
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Hyderabad, January 6: Osman bin Mohammad Alhajari president Deccan Waqf Protection Society demanding peaceful survey for the protection of Toli Masjid waqf land on January 7 said that despite court orders communal and opportunist elements have been forcibly stopping the survey commissioner from carrying out the survey of mosque waqf land for the past 4 months. Police is also playing the role of mute spectator.
Hyderabad, January 6: In a review meet held at committee hall of legislative council Andhra Pradesh, chairman Bihar legislative council committee for Rajbhasha, Mr. Ganesh Bhatti received information about the performance of Urdu academy and expressed satisfaction over the work done for the promotion and development of Urdu language in Andhra Pradesh and said that it is praiseworthy.
He congratulated AP government for the good performance of academy.
Mr. Raziuddin Shakir director/ secretary Urdu academy Andhra Pradesh apprised him of academy’s performance.
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Hyderabad, January 06: Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad admitted that the contribution of the Muslims for the Independence struggle is not less than their compatriots in the country. Muslims did not get their share. Whatever welfare measures the Govt. is taking up is not a gratitude but it is their right.
He said that Muslims should also be appointed even at block level. In all the Welfare schemes of the Govt. Muslims should also get their share. Mr. Azad was addressing a public meeting at Nizam college organized by Jameeatul Ulema.
Hyderabad, January 06: Mr. Majid Hussain took over as the Mayor of GHMC today. Soon after taking charge, he told the pressmen that he will promote self help groups and the other activities of women’s employment.
He also promised to improve civic facilities in the city.
He told the newsmen that an efficient team of officials is available at GHMC for implementing various schemes.
Higher officials of GHMC congratulated the new mayor on assuming charge.
——Siasat News
Mumbai, January 06: The Bigg Boss of the industry, Salman Khan, has reportedly decided to relinquish his title and return to his roots. Mumbai Mirror has learnt that the actor does not intend on hosting the sixth season of Bigg Boss and will instead return to the TV game show, 10 Ka Dum, which catapulted him back into the limelight after a series of films that failed at the box-office.
Mumbai, January 06: One has always struck gold at the box office on Diwali. The other went a little off balance last year. But both Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan have yet again decided to hit the theatres during the festival of lights. While it is known, that SRK’s film with Yash Chopra and Devgn’s home production Son Of Sardar is ready to clash at the BO, this Diwali, Mumbai Mirror tells you why Devgn decided to choose the very date for the release of his opus. Son Of Sardar that was supposed to release on November 30 was pushed ahead by two weeks to meet SRK’s film head on.
Hyderabad, January 06: As many as 1,000 additional seats will be available in medical colleges in the state from this academic year. According to the medical and health minister DL Ravindra Reddy, the Medical Council of India has promised 600 medical seats in 10 government medical colleges and the remaining 400 in private colleges.
Mumbai, January 06: In my career, I’ve gone through various tough scenes – emotional and physical. However, the one that was especially tough was a fight sequence between me and Amitabh Bachchan in one of our earlier films, Bombay To Goa.
Hyderabad, January 06: D.D. Kendra will telecast the glimpse of World Urdu Editors’ Conference on its Saptagiri Channel at 8: 30 Pm today. The conference was held on 30th & 31st December in Jubilee Hall. It was inaugurated by Mr. Mohammed Hamid Ansari Vice President of India. Governor of A.P. Mr. E.S.L. Narasimhan was the guest of honour. Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat presided over the conference T.V. report contains excerpts of the speeches of Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Mr. Amer Ali Khan, Allama Aejaz Farukh, Mr. Mahmood Sham (Pakistan) and other editors.
Hyderabad, January 6: Mr. Mohammad Khaja Arifuddin regional president Jamat-e-Islami Hind Andhra Pradesh and Orissa expressed concerned over the rising incidents of sexual crime against women and said that seminude, attractive and bright dressing, open sale of narcotic drugs, mixed gatherings, obscene scenes are those provocative things which incite lustful persons to commit sexual crimes.
Hyderabad, January 06: As one walks into the chambers of the newly-elected Mayor, Mohammed Majid Hussain took the opportunity to set the record straight, making light of reports in a section of the media that he faces at least seven criminal cases, including that of intimidation and attempt to murder.
“I have been framed. The cases against me were booked when I went to support locals who were facing some problems,” he told media.
Hyderabad, January 6: Muslim Congress leaders on Thursday met Union health minister and Andhra Pradesh congress incharge Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad at Gandhi Bhawan and submitted a memorandum regarding injustices meted out to Muslims in the state.
They alleged that the minority welfare ministry has been transformed into fee reimbursement ministry. They demanded ticket to 2 Muslim leaders in the bye-elections and appointment of atleast 5 Muslim presidents among the district Congress committee presidents.