Month: January 2012

Hyderabad, January 25 (INN): The West Zone team of Commissioner’s Task Force has rescued two girls after raiding a brothel at an apartment in Humayun Nagar.

According to police, the women organizer started the brothel house on the pretext of running Herbal Weight Loss treatment clinic in a rented apartment. She hired two girls from a friend and used to pay Rs 500 to them for each customer. She used to charge Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 to known customers.

However, on a tip off police raided the Al Asgar Apartments at First Lancer and arrested the organizer while rescuing two sex workers.

Visakhapatnam, January 25 (INN): Chief Commissioner of Land Administration J Satyanarayana on Tuesday stated that the government will conduct Revenue Sadassus each year to address the land disputes.

Participating as chief guest in the Land Sadassu held at Ayyanapalem in Sabbavaram mandal in the district, Satyanarayana stated that the government has decided to organize Revenue Sadassus after the completion of Sankranthi festival from next year. Unlike this year, the government will conduct Sadassus for one month from the next year instead of two months, he stated.

Hyderabad, January 25 (INN): The AP Administrative Tribunal on Tuesday posted the hearing to February 13 on petitions filed by some Group-1 aspirants that there were blatant errors in the English translation of the Group-1 papers.

After hearing the arguments of Group I aspirants, who attempted in Telugu medium, the tribunal asked the APPSC if it has any objections for producing the examination papers in the court.

Hyderabad, January 25 (INN): Giving a major relief to thousands of intermediate students, the State Government on Tuesday deferred the decision to introduce jumbling system for one more year.

According to Minister for Secondary Education K Parthasarathy, the government has taken this decision as many private college managements have been opposing the system arguing that exposing students to new laboratories would hit the marks of students as facilities in majority of colleges were not up to the mark.

Eluru, January 25 (INN): Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday appealed to all Kapu leaders in the state to come back to TDP fold and join hands in the fight for social justice.

Addressing media persons during his Rythu Poruyatra in West Godavari district, he said that the TDP always gave prominence to Kapu community and hope that they would return to the party to strengthen his fight against social injustice.

Hyderabad, January 25 (INN): Assembly Deputy Speaker Mallu Batti Vikramarka on Tuesday described the disfiguring of Dr B R Ambedkar’s statues in Amalapuram as an assault on the Indian Constitution.

Talking to media persons at his chambers in the legislative assembly premises, Batti Vikramarka took serious note of the incident and stated that the State Government has already ordered probe into the incident and directed the police to trace the culprits, who are responsible for the incident.

Hyderabad, January 25 (INN): Senior Congress leader G Venkatswamy on Tuesday held State Government responsible for the desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar’s statues in Amalapuram of East Godavari district.

Condemning the incident, Venkatswamy demanded constitution of a high level committee to probe into the incident and also to suggest measures to ensure that such incidents do not recur. Talking to reporters at his residence in Somajiguda, he demanded that the government take stern action against those who are held responsible for the incident.

Hyderabad, January 25 (INN): A division bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday set aside the election of Telugu Desam MLC Narsa Reddy from the local bodies’ constituency of Nizamabad district.

The bench while giving its verdict declared the election of Narsa Reddy as invalid and declared Venkat Rami Reddy of Congress candidate as elected by a margin of two votes.

Madanapalle (Chittoor), January 25 (INN): Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday called upon the students and teachers’ fraternity to make efforts to protect country’s rich languages, culture and heritage from the onslaught of Western culture.

Hyderabad, January 25 (INN): Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Tuesday seriously condemned the incidents of Amalapuram wherein some statues of Dr B R Ambedkar were desecrated by some unidentified persons.

Talking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan, Botsa assured that the State Government would take stern action against the culprits. He appealed the people in the State, especially those living in and around Amalapuram, to maintain peace and harmony.

Hyderabad, January 25 (INN): Giving a caste-twist to his exit from the Council of Ministers, former minister Dr P Shankar Rao described Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy as ‘anti-Dalit’ and ‘pro-corruption’.

“What was my fault?” asked Dr Shankar Rao while speaking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party office here on Tuesday. He said he was dropped from the cabinet for waging a war against corruption.

Mumbai, January 25: Controversial model Poonam Pandey finally got what she desired. Poonam is in the seventh heaven now, since her number of fan followings are increasing day by day.

Poonam Pandey tweets on Wednesday: “A little less than 5K for the 1,00,000 mark. Give @iPoonampandey all the love ppl ! :P”. Poonam is considered as an attention starved girl who has done many skin shows in order to achieve fame.

Hyderabad, January 25: It is that time of the year when the entire Purana Shaher is enveloped by the colour green as Muslims in the City gear up to celebrate Milad-un-Nabi. Enter Old City and every by-lane is dotted with green flags and decorative lights with fliers and posters floating around.

The festival is celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety. The day is marked with processions, public meetings and feeding of the poor. However, locals say that with various sects and schools mushrooming in Hyderabad, the way of celebrating has also changed.

Lost traditions

Tirupati, January 25: With news emerging on star-turned politician Chiranjeevi’s ascent to Delhi’s power corridors from Andra Pradesh, there is another news coming out that suggest that in case of a byelection to the Tirupati Assembly constituency, the candidate will be none other than Chiranjeevi’s wife, Surekha. Chiru is the present sitting MLA from Tirupati.

Key functionaries from the Praja Rajyam Party who take care of the itinerary when Chiranjeevi is in his constituency said that the chances of his wife stepping into her husband’s shoes cannot be ruled out.

Mumbai, January 25: Fifty four-year-old Nazeer Ahmed weighed a whopping 190 kilograms and he had almost lost all hope about reducing his obesity.

He could neither walk, or stand properly and used to drag his huge body on the floor.

He hardly came out of his house for the last four years, and as he crossed the age of 50 years, and his weight on the verge of touching 200 kg, he had little hope of leading a normal life.

But, in the last 16 months, the scene changed. Nazir Ahmed can now easily sit on his bed for hours. People are suprised to find how he lost 108 kgs in 16 months.

Kabul, January 25: The Taliban have claimed they have targeted two US military bases in the southeastern province of Khost, causing a large number of casualties.

The militant group announced they attacked the bases with rockets on Tuesday.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said eight rockets hit the American military bases.

According to Afghan local officials, the attacks took place in Sabari district of Khost but there are no reports of casualties.

Hyderabad, January 24: “Instead of harassing me and my family members constantly, just shoot me,” said Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday after his relative N. Sunil Reddy was arrested in the Emaar scam case.

An exasperated Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy told a gathering during the Odarpu Yatra in Gurajara town that the Congress and the Telugu Desam had hatched a conspiracy to harass him and his family members. Instead of foisting cases and harassing him, it was better to just shoot him, he said, expressing concern over the deteriorating ethics in politics in the state.

Mumbai, January 24:Boom, Katrina Kaif’s debut Bollywood film is one movie that she would not like to stick to her acting career since she is one of the most successful actress in Bollywood today. However, what she cannot disassociate herself from is the controversial kissing scene where Katrina Kaif smooches Gulshan Grover.

In a recent interview, Gulshan Grover revealed that the kissing scene in Kaizad’s directorial film Boom was the most difficult sequence that he had ever done in his career.

London, January 24: A Chicago resident has been jailed for 40 years for brutally killing his elderly mother because she refused to buy him tickets for a concert.

The body of 39-year-old Robert Lyons’ mother Linda Bolek, 61, was found in their apartment in March 2008, the Sun reported.

Lyons, found guilty of first-degree murder in September 2011 after a six-day trial, beat his mother on the head with a Cognac bottle and stabbed her nine times in the back with two knives.

Hyderabad, January 24: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday arrested Sunil Reddy, a relative of YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, in the Emaar case.

After day-long investigations, the investigating agency Tuesday night announced his arrest. CBI Joint Director V.V. Lakshminarayana told reporters that he would be produced in the court Wednesday.

Mumbai, January 24: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday once again hit out at North Indians, describing Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as “centre of terrorism“.

A day after Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad claimed to have cracked the July 13, 2011 Mumbai blasts case and arrested two suspects, Thackeray said terrorists first receive training in states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and then attack Mumbai.

It may be noted that the two suspects arrested in connection with the 13/7 blasts hailed from Darbhanga in Bihar.

In Video

Jaipur, January 24: Why ‘free speech’ fled from the Jaipur Literary Festival
The tragedy and farce of JLF, the greatest literary show

Shameful. That is the only way to describe the treatment meted out to writer Salman Rushdie. What can be more depressing for a country than a bunch of fanatics forcing world citizens of such eminence to stay away from the country? But more than the threats of this bunch, what should trouble the collective conscience of the nation is the naked vote-bank politics at play in Jaipur.

Patna, January 24: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday reacted strongly to the Maharashtra Police linking Bihar with the terrorists involved in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts, saying it was “highly objectionable” to link any state or place with criminals.

“It is wrong to link Bihar with terrorists involved in the 13/7 blasts in Mumbai. Any place or state has nothing to do with the crimes committed by some people,” Nitish Kumar told newspersons here Tuesday.

“In this case Bihar was linked with terrorists involved in 13/7 serial blasts in Mumbai. It is not proper,” Kumar said.

Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh, January 24: Seeking to drive a wedge between BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today said roping in Uma Bharti amounted to dwarfing stalwarts like Rajnath Singh, Kalraj Mishra and Vinay Katiyar.

“Sidelining these leaders, BJP brought in UP a leader who had boycotted the party meeting after misbehaving with Advaniji and left the party and also is an accused in the Babri Mosque demolition case,” the Congress leader said.

Hitting out at the BJP. PTI

New Delhi, January 24: Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah Tuesday sought the permission of the Supreme Court to “enter, stay and function” in the state, from where he has been barred since Oct 30, 2010 by an apex court order.

Shah sought modification of the order which, while declining to suspend the bail granted by the Gujarat High Court, directed him to stay away from the territorial limits of the state.

Shah in his petition said that the entire case against him was “fabricated solely on political considerations”.