Month: February 2012

Osman Shaheed is a candidate for High Court Advocates’ Association

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Elections for the post of President of High Court Advocates’ Association will he held in March 2012 for the year 2012-13. For the past 40 years no Muslim candidate had filed his nomination. Mr. Osman Shaheed, a senior Advocate of High Court has filed his nomination for this coveted position.

He is associated with legal profession for the past 40 years. He has authored 8 books in Urdu and English. As an advocate, he pleaded the cases of all the sections of the society very frankly and fearlessly. He has also advocated the issues of the lawyers on many occasions.

Dr. Tahir Ul Quadri’s tour programme is finalized

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The tour programme of Dr. Mohammed Tahirul Quadri has been finalized. During his five day tour Dr. Quadri will address gatherings on two days in Quli Qutub Shah Stadium and one public meeting at Darussalam.

Moulana Habeeb Ahmed Husaini, incharge of the programme clarified that the statement attributed Dr. Quadri about Gujarat riots is not true. In fact Minhajul Quran organization condemns Modi’s attitude.

Iran’s ‘Separation:’ Oscar glow and slap at Israel

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Iran hailed the country’s first Oscar-winning film as a triumph over arch-foe Israel on Monday after an Academy Award race with its own subplots: Iranian officials giving a grudging nod to cinema and Israeli audiences flocking to see a made-in-Tehran drama.

Iran’s state-spun praise for “A Separation,” which beat out an Israeli film and three others in the foreign language category, was mostly wrapped in patriotic boasting as a conquest for Iranian culture and a blow for Israel’s perceived outsized influence in America.

BJP floated candidate to defeat a Muslim candidate in Mahboobanagar

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Mahboobnagar Assembly constituency is the test of Muslim electorate of Mahboobnagar in the by election. BJP has floated former BJP President of Mahboobanagar District Mr. Y. Srinivasulu to defeat TRS District President Mr. Syed Ibrahim. There is no representation of the Muslims from Telangana districts except Hyderabad. It is therefore necessary that the Muslims should send their representative in Assembly to represent Telangana districts.

Translation machines installed in Council Hall of GHMC

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The elected corporators of GHMC don’t know any other language except their mother tongue which is causing difficulty.

Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has sanctioned Rs. 1.09 crore for the installation of Simultaneous Interpretation System (SIS) in its Council Hall. M/s Atluri & Co. has been given contract for this installation.

Injustice in allocation of budget of Minorities

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Muslims think Tank and elders Forum are organizing a review meeting tomorrow at 4:30 pm at Mahboob Hussain Jigar Hall, Siasat compound.

Prof. Kancha Ilaiah (MANNU) will preside over the function. Mr. Zahid Ali Khan Editor Siasat will be the Chief Guest. Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, Managing Editor, Siasat will present the key note address. Mr. Mohammed Aliuddin Quadri will conduct the meeting.

Yemen’s Saleh formally steps down after 33 years

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Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down after 33 years at the helm on Monday at a ceremony at the presidential palace in Sanaa, formally handing power over to his deputy, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi.

“I hand over the banner of revolution… to safe hands,” said Saleh, the fourth veteran Arab leader to fall in just over a year, standing beside Hadi.

Yemen’s new president will serve for an interim two-year period as stipulated by a Gulf-brokered power transition plan signed by Saleh last November.

Statements of Jagan & KCR are similar Naidu

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Criticizing bitterly the attitudes of K. Chandrasekhara Rao and Jaganmohan Reddy of YSR Congress, TDP Supremo Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu alleged that there is a similarity in the statements issued by both of them. Talking to Newsmen at the A.P. Assembly, Mr. Naidu told that whatever Jagan says today, the same thing gets repeated by KCR the next day.

Dr. Abid Hussain’s lecture tomorrow at Salar Jung Museum

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Under the auspices of the Dept. of Urdu of University of Hyderabad in collaboration with National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, an extension lecture is being arranged at 6:30 pm on Wednesday 29th February at Salarjung Museum auditorium.

Dr. Syed Abid Husain, IAS(Rtd) former Ambassador of India in USA will deliver a lecture on Spiritualism, Secularism and the Common culture with reference to Urdu.

——Siasat News

Chennai encounter: Notice to T.N. on CBI probe demand

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The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a writ petition seeking registration of a case of murder against the police personnel involved in the “killing” of five persons, suspected to be bank robbers, in an alleged encounter at Velachery in Chennai last week and transfer of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

A Division Bench, comprising Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice N. Kirubakaran, ordered notice of motion and posted the case for further hearing on Monday next.

TRS MLA’s get respite

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By election campaign has given some relief to TRS MLA’s who were attending Assembly sessions late.

TRS Supremo Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao has imposed a fine of Rs. 500 each to those MLA’s who go late to Assembly.

This step was taken by TRS Chief to ensure the presence of TRS MLA’s in the Assembly. Now that the campaign for by election has been launched, these MLA’s have been assigned electioneering campaigns which saved their purse and they got respite.

——Siasat News

Two persons held for selling Ganja

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D.C.P. of Anti Narcotic Cell of City Police of Hyderabad told that two persons Raja Singh (35) and Sandeep Singh (24) of Dhoolpet.

Police seized 425 gm of Ganja from their possession. Mr. J. Satyanarayana, DCP of Narcotic Cell told that the arrested persons are habitual ganja sellers. They sell ganja to youngsters. He further told that they purchase ganja from one Mr. Baldev a resident of Dhoolpet. Police is in search of Baldev.

Police presented the accused persons in the court of 12th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally who remanded them to prison.

5th-graders rat poison teacher

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Three fifth-graders, two boys and a girl, confessed to using rat poison in attempts to harm a teacher.

The elementary school students laced the teacher’s coffe and a muffin with the rat poison during two separate incidents, according to New York Daily News.

Fortunately for the teacher, she did not drink the coffee or eat the mufffin.

One of the students involved in the poisoning had a change of heart and he knocked the coffee mug over before the teacher could take a sip.

The three students have been expelled and moved to another school after the poisoning attempts came to light.

US Muslim surveillance, New York police won’t apologize

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New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has no plans to apologize for an intelligence program that has been keeping tabs on Muslims.

He said Monday that the NYPD won’t let up, despite criticism by some lawmakers in the neighboring state of New Jersey who are upset that the department monitored communities in their state. He says Gov. Christ Christie, Sen. Robert Menendez and Newark Mayor Cory Booker were wrong to question the NYPD.

Important UAE laws you must know to stay out of trouble… and even jail

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The UAE Ministry of Interior’s ‘999’ magazine recently published research that stated: 72 per cent of expats in the UAE lack knowledge of local customs and traditions.

In addition, only one-third of the 2,000 respondents surveyed said they to set aside any time to find out more about local culture.

This kind of complacency, according to the article, results in “Many expats enduring court trials, facing social embarrassment and suffering a long list of inconveniences –simply due to not knowing the rules.”

Kareena Kapoor: highest paid Bollywood actress

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Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor recently emerged Bollywood’s ‘Most Profitable Actress’ at the Business Awards.

With domestic box office collections of 200 cr+ plus movies, Kareena emerged the unquestionable money spinner female actor.

If reports are anything to go by, the actress was paid close to Rs 8 crore for Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Heroine’, the highest that has ever been paid to any leading lady in the history of Bollywood.

Sounds Obscene? Ali Zafar is good in bed: Aditi Hydari

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Don’t you think Bollywood is going vulgar way? Well Ali Zafar recently shared bedroom secrets with Aditi Rao Hydari. Before your imagination runs wild, let’s clarify that it was not personal but purely professional.

The duo shot for some eyebrow-raising love making scenes for Fox Star Studios’ London Paris New York produced by Rose Movies.

Aditi admits that Ali was “the nicest and most decent in bed”. She adds, “I was nervous. But Ali put me at ease. I could not have asked for a better co-star to take me through the scene that too so convincingly,” she smiles.

Two witchcraft practitioners arrested in Old City

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Once again South Zone Police has started campaign against witchcraft practitioners in the old city of Hyderabad. Yesterday Moghalpura police arrested two such fellows namely, Mohammed Hasan and Suma. Local leaders approached the police station and got Hasan released from police custody. Mr. Syed Faiyaz, Inspector of Police Moghalpura told that a case has been registered against Hasan on suspicion and he was released later after making certain enquiries.

Sources revealed that very soon South Zone police will start a campaign again and stern action would be taken against such persons.

10th Yr of Shame for Gujarat: Bhatt on Godhra Anniversary

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Terming the anniversary of the Godhra train carnage, that left 59 karsevaks dead and triggered one of worst communal riots in India, as the “10th year of shame”, suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt today criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi saying that democracy was being killed in the state.

Describing the battle to get justice for the victims of Godhra train carnage and riots as “the fight for soul of India,” Bhatt said, “this fight is not in support of one religion or a person.”

India should partner with US in Asia

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India should partner with the US in Asia to amplify its impact in the region and not see this as sacrificing its strategic autonomy, a noted American expert has said.

“Partnering more closely with the United States in Asia amplifies India’s strategic impact in a way that India cannot have acting alone,” said Amer Latif, visiting fellow with the Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies at Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a prestigious Washington-based think-tank.

Govt. to provide free generic drugs at public hospitals: Azad

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Admitting that the healthcare system was “overwhelmed” by inequities, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said the government would provide universal healthcare in the 12th Plan and take steps to ensure free generic drugs at all public health facilities so as to reduce out of pocket expenditure of patients.

Nalin Bhatt Criticises Modi, Advani for Not Visiting Godhra

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Former BJP leader Nalin Bhatt today lashed out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and senior leader L.K. Advani for not visiting Godhra on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the train burning incident, which triggered one of the the worst communal riots in India.

“Modi has time to visit China but does not have time to visit Godhra for remembering the karsevaks (who were burnt alive in the incident) because of whom BJP captured 42 seats out of a total of 50 Assembly seats from Central Gujarat in the 2002 Assembly elections,” Bhatt told reporters here.

Samjhauta accused arrested in Malegaon case

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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday formally arrested Lokesh Sharma, already in judicial custody in connection with the Samjhauta train bombing case, for his alleged role in the 2008 Malegaon blast.

Sharma was produced before the special MCOCA court of Y.D. Shinde who remanded him to NIA custody till March nine. The special court had issued a production warrant against the accused on February 23.

The agency said Sharma needs to be questioned in connection with the September 29, 2008, Malegaon blast in which six people were killed.

Vidya Balan Plans ‘Dirty Dancing’

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Bollywood star Vidya Balan wants to improve her vocabulary, on the one hand, to express her feelings towards the success of “The Dirty Picture”. On the other, she is looking forward to a break and says post that she will do some “dirty dancing”.

After working non-stop for more than two years, she now wants to take a break.