Month: January 2012

New Delhi, January 01: Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone, whose entry into the Bigg Boss house created a buzz, has become the last contestant to be ousted from the reality show this season.

Sunny’s eviction came just a week before the finale and she feels that people did not vote for her because she did not create much drama on the show.

“I feel sad that I couldn’t make it to the final after being so close. I don’t think it’s because of my work that people didn’t vote, but probably because I didn’t create much controversy or pick up fights,” Sunny told PTI over the phone from Mumbai.

Washington, January 01: The recent allegations made by the United States against Iran have set the stage for a war against the Islamic Republic, an American analyst says.

“With the typical backdrop of alarmist propaganda in place, the stage is now set for a new war, this time with Iran,” Robert Parry said in an article on Global Research.

“There is now a cascading of allegations regarding Iran, as there was with Iraq, with the momentum rushing toward war,” he added.

Tehran, January 01: A senior US analyst believes Western media reports about Iran’s complicity in the 9/11 terror attacks are nothing more than “a tapestry of recycled fabrications and distortions of fact from a bizarre cast of characters.”

In an article posted on Truthout, Gareth Porter said the story first published by the Associated Press on December 22, about Iran having assisted al-Qaeda in the planning of 9/11 attacks suffers on the side of evidence and witnesses.

Hyderabad, January 01: A four-month certificate course in Land surveying will be conducted by the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET).

The course will begin from January 1, 2012, according to an official release here on Saturday.

The certificate courses will be offered at all polytechnic colleges which have civil/architecture and construction technology courses, the release said. Interested candidates can contact principals of the concerned colleges and further details can be obtained from the website www.sbtetap.gov.in , the release added. (INN)

Hyderabad, January 01: Andhra Pradesh Special Police Battalion Director General of Police S K Jayachandra on Saturday lauded the professional skills of the battalion while recalling his stint with the unit as the commandant.

Addressing the gathering as part of farewell parade organised by First Battalion to mark his retirement from service at APSP headquarters in Yousufguda, Jayachandra said that the APSP Battalion has got recognition at national level in New Delhi for handling various critical situations in an efficient manner.

Hyderabad, January 01: TRS has a secret pact with YSR Congress for the ensuing by-elections and have ganged up though the latter did not make its stand on Telangana clear.

YSRC leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy announcing that his party will not field any candidate to the by-polls in Telangana region has exposed the fact that he has a secret pact with TRS, Nellore MLA Anam Vivekananda Reddy said on here Saturday.

Hyderabad, January 01: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has approved the constitution of high level committee to study and recommend the proposals given by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) members for certain reforms in APPSC.

The Committee will be headed by Special Chief Secretary to Government (GPM and AR) Minnie Mathews. The members of the Committee will be Principal Secretary (Finance), Secretary (law), Director General (Centre for Good Governance), Secretary, APPSC and the Secretary (Services) will be the Member/Convenor.