Month: January 2012

London, January 27: Wife of the former Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak has asked the British Queen to help with the hospitalization of Mubarak in Britain, which is proved to be a safe haven for world criminals.

According to an Iraqi news agency, Nakhelnews, Suzanne Mubarak sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth demanding to create a situation through which ousted Egyptian president could be taken into hospitals in London for treatment.

Hyderabad, January 27 (INN): Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Thursday assured the delegation of Dalit representatives that he would direct the State Government to install the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar Statue in the Legislative Assembly premises soon.

Addressing Dalits organizations and associations in the State, who came to his chambers to submit a memorandum, Speaker Nadendla Manohar said that he would make sincere efforts for the installation of Ambedkar’s statue in the Assembly premises.

Hyderabad, January 27 (INN): Condemning the desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar’s statues in Amalapuram, Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday demanded that the State Government take stern action against the culprits.

Speaking after unfurling the national flag at the NTR Trust Bhavan to mark 63rd Republic Day celebrations, the TDP president said that desecrate of statues of freedom fighters should not be tolerated. He called upon people to observe restraint and help the police and administration in maintaining peace.

Hyderabad, January 27 (INN): Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Thursday called upon people, irrespective of caste and religion, to make concrete efforts to fulfill the aspirations of constitutional architect Dr B R Ambedkar.

Hyderabad, January 27 (INN): Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Thursday demanded that the State Government change the design of Metro Rail Project as the present design affects large number of heritage structures besides displacing hundreds of families in the city.

Hyderabad, January 27: On 26 January 1950 on the eve of the first republic day of the country, Hyderabad state which was merged into the Indian union by a military action, celebrated republic day with all its royal grandeur.

Berlin, January 27: A German court has convicted a Catholic priest of 250 counts of sexual abuse involving three boys over the period of several years and sentenced him to six years in prison.

The state court in Braunschweig on Thursday found the priest guilty of abusing the boys, aged 9 to 15, between 2004 and 2011.

The 46-year-old man, whose name was not revealed, told the court he abused the children during youth camps.

“He exploited the trust of their parents,” said Judge Manfred Teiwes as he passed the sentence.

Washington, January 26: The UAE’s Minister for Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al-Qassimi was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Arab American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) in Washington.

The award has been given in recognition of Al-Qassimi’s initiatives and efforts to promote Arab-American relations and the US-UAE relations in particular.

The award ceremony was attended by AACC president and CEO David Hammoud and 250 business leaders, government officials and ambassadors of Arab countries to the US.

–IANS

Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram, January 26: Kerala Governor M.O.H. Farook Thursday died in a private hospital in Chennai due to multiple myeloma – a cancer of plasma cells – at the age of 75, officials said. A seven-day state mourning has been declared in Kerala.

Farook was recently granted leave to go for medical treatment to Chennai.

“He was admitted for multiple myeloma at Apollo Hospital in Teynampet (cancer speciality hospital). The end came today (Thursday) at 9.20 p.m.,” an Apollo official told IANS.

Bhopal, January 26 (Pervez Bari): The survivors and victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the world’s worst industrial catastrophe, led by five NGOs (Non-Government Organizations) here on Thursday felicitated Ms Meredith Alexandar, who resigned as Chairperson of the ethics committee of the London Olympics Committee over sponsorship of the London Olympic Games by Dow Chemical, current owner of Union Carbide.

Davos, January 26: Islam is the “most misunderstood” and “misrepresented” faith in the world, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said today and acknowledged that illiterate and irresponsible people have been allowed to take the religion in their hands.

London, January 26: Workers spending long hours in office are more than twice likely to develop depression than those who do a standard day, with the most susceptible being women, youngsters and the ones drawing low pay with moderate alcohol consumption, says a British study.

Researchers found those who spend more than 11 hours a day — or 55 hours a week — at their desk faced a higher risk. The most susceptible were women, younger people and those on a low pay grade with moderate alcohol consumption, the Daily Mail reported.

Davos, January 26: Ahead of a court hearing, technology giant Google facing controversy in India allegedly for hosting obscene and objectionable content on Thursday made it clear that it is not possible for the company to monitor everything on its website.

Google and Facebook are among 21 companies whose executives have been summoned to appear in person in a lower court in Delhi on March 13 for allegedly hosting obscene and objectionable content.

London, January 26: (IANS) The number of house-husbands and women turning the main breadwinner of families is on the rise in Britain, a new study says.

It says that the number of house-husbands in Britain has tripled over the last 15 years. Last year, 62,000 men whose partners went out to work were classed as “economically inactive” compared to just 21,000 in 1996, the Daily Mail reported.

This follows on from a recent survey which also found that there are 1.4 million men across Britain whose main role is of being the primary carer for their children.

Pune,January 26:Though cops claim he has no history of being mentally unsound, the state transport bus driver who went berserk on a busy Pune street during morning rush hours on Wednesday, ended up mowing down eight people. He would have slain and brutalised more, had it not been for a brave college student, now being hailed as a hero.

Pune,January 26:Though cops claim he has no history of being mentally unsound, the state transport bus driver who went berserk on a busy Pune street during morning rush hours on Wednesday, ended up mowing down eight people. He would have slain and brutalised more, had it not been for a brave college student, now being hailed as a hero.

Hyderabad,January 26:THE CBI is probing a possible link between the alleged illegal assets case involving Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and the multi- crore Emaar township scam in Hyderabad.

Sources revealed that the arrest of N. Sunil Reddy, a relative and personal assistant of Jaganmohan on Tuesday in connection with the Emaar case has provided some clues that point to this link. Sunil was produced in the special CBI court on Wednesday and it directed him to judicial remand till February 1.

Ralegan Siddhi,January 26 :ANNA Hazare left activism behind for a day to catch the upcoming Akshaye Khanna- starrer Gali Gali Chor Hai with 2,000 fellow villagers at Ralegan Siddhi on Tuesday.

For the makers of the Rumy Jafry- directed film, the event was smart publicity, considering it’s a comedy that addresses the issue of corruption.

New Delhi, January 26: As Team Anna members debated corruption and participatory democracy in New Delhi, a man created a mini stir at the event by asking why Anna Hazare did not speak up against Raj Thackeray in his home state where the politician had targeted north Indians.

At a seminar on ‘Rebuilding the Republic’ organised by Team Anna, the man named Liladhar Bhat demanded to be heard on stage and after being offered the microphone raised the issue.

New Delhi, January 26: Guess who took it upon herself to welcome the Prime Minister on Twitter? Poonam Pandey — not nude but in a bikini this time.

The PM, who joined the microblog on Monday, was in for a more-than-warm welcome from the 19-year-old model who is infamous for her stripping antics.

Pandey tweeted a picture in a white bikini on Tuesday and wrote, “I Heard @PMOIndia is on Twitter, does he Knows that @iPoonampandey is on Twitter too .. so a Welcoming Pic (sic).”

Sharjah: 125 families left homeless after a spectacular wall of flames ravaged a 25-storey residential high-rise on Wednesday morning.

According to the sources, fire broke out at Al Baker 4 in Al Taawun about 2am when most of the occupants were asleep.

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The blaze started on the first floor and moved up the tower. More than 50 flats in the 25-storey building, which is home to at least 500 people, were gutted by the blaze.

Mangalore, January 26: With effect from February, passengers travelling in First AC, AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier, AC Chair Car and executive classes in trains will be required to produce the proof of their identity in original during travel.

According to railways, if the passenger fails to produce the ID proof, they will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly.

London, January 26: The number of house-husbands and women turning the main breadwinner of families is on the rise in Britain, a new study says.

It says that the number of house-husbands in Britain has tripled over the last 15 years. Last year, 62,000 men whose partners went out to work were classed as “economically inactive” compared to just 21,000 in 1996, the Daily Mail reported.

This follows on from a recent survey which also found that there are 1.4 million men across Britain whose main role is of being the primary carer for their children.

Hyderabad, Jan 26 (INN): Cine actor and Telugu Desam supporter Murali Mohan on Thursday called upon the cine fans associations not to create any differences between actor Nandamuri Balakrishna and Tirupati MLA K Chiranjeevi.

Talking to media persons while participating in a programme at Shamshabad Airport, Murali Mohan stated that both Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna were good friends in the film industry. He said the fans associations were unnecessarily dragging their names and creating controversy on their statements.