Hyderabad, February 01: The Rajiv Employment Mission (Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu), the most ambitious project of the government of Andhra Pradesh to provide 15 lakh jobs to the unemployed youths, expectedly generated lot of excitement among job aspirants. But the Muslim community, though having a huge number of unemployed youths compared to other communities, has not shown much interest in the recruitment drive.
Ahmedabad, February 01: After facing embarrassment over some party leaders’ praise of Narendra Modi, Congress today targeted the chief minister, likening his rule with that of the Nazis.
“The Nazis also built autobahns (German expressways) but what defined the Nazi regime wasn’t those autobahns. It was Auschwitz (concentration camp). It was Treblinka (extermination camp). It was ghettos (where jews were forced to live),” party spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters.
Tewari, however, hastened to add that he was not drawing any parallel.
Ahemadabad, February 01: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani has said there are no differences between party leaders in the running to elections in Uttar Pradesh.
“There are no differences within the party for the election campaign in Uttar Pradesh. It is not much of an issue. Everybody is going (there) as per own convenience. We have many campaigners. And we are optimistic about it,” Advani said.
Kanker, February 01: Denouncing violence and exploitation, seven Maoists surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker District with the hope of turning over a new leaf with the help of the rehabilitation policy offered by the Central Government.
The Maoist cadres, including four men and three women vowed to start their life afresh before Superintendent of Police, Kanker, Rahul Bhagat and Inspector General of Police, T J Langkumer, on Monday.
Briefing media, Bhagat said the surrendered Maoists against being forced to indulge in were fed up with criminal activities.
New Delhi, February 01: Controversial writer Taslima Nasrin’s book ‘Nirbasan’ was finally launched under the open sky at the Kolkata Book Fair on Wednesday despite heavy protests from extremists.
Reports confirm that publishers launched the book outside in front of their stall in protest.
Taslima Nasrin tweeted, “The PBS publisher with friends has released my book under the open sky at Kolkata Book Fair. Book release in the AC hall was banned”.
Tehran, February 01: The Iranian pilgrims were on their way to Damascus when they were abducted. No further details of the incident have surfaced yet.
This is not the first time that Iranians have become the target of abduction by unknown gunmen in Syria over the past months.
On January 26, a group of unidentified armed men attacked a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims on the road connecting Damascus to the northwestern city of Aleppo.
Ukraine, February 01: The ministry said that most of the victims are homelesspeople who were found dead on the streets.
It noted that 13 people have died of cold only in the past 24 hours.
Hundreds of people also went to hospitals to receive medical help due to frostbite, hypothermia and other cold-related ailments.
More than 1,735 shelters have been set up to provide food and heat to homeless people, the ministry said.
Temperatures have plunged to minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit) in some regions.
London February 01: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition fight goes to Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday for two days of hearings on whether he should be sent back to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.
In November, Assange — who is under house arrest — lost a court battle to stay in Britain. The following month, the British High Court said he would be allowed to mount an appeal.
Assange’s lawyers have vowed to take the fight all the way to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary.
Mogadishu, February 01: The Somali militant group Al-Shabaab says it has banned the International Committee of the Red Cross from operating in the regions it controls, accusing the organization of distributing expired food.
In a statement on Twitter Monday the group said it “has decided to terminate the contract of #ICRC permanently… Following the repeated distribution of expired food and false accusations,” that the organization is hindering food distribution.
Kabul, February 01: Police in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz are looking for a man they say strangled his wife after she bore him a third child that was not a son.
Sher Mohammed, 29, married his 22-year-old wife, Storay, four years ago, police said.
The couple had three daughters, the last of whom was born three months ago, said Khanabad district police chief Sufi Habib.
After the youngest daughter was born, Mohammed blamed his wife for not being able to deliver a boy, Habib said.
Hyderabad, February 01: Telangana Students’ JAC has said that it would be organizing ‘Vidyardhi Garjana’ (Students’ Roar) at the Arts College in the Osmania University on February 15, demanding creation of Telangana.
Posters of this programe were released by the Telangana Political JAC Convener Prof. Kodandaram at the JAC office here on Wednesday.
Hyderabad, February 01: Heavy police posse was posted at the Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad, as tension prevailed on the eighth day of the junior doctors’ strike. As the medicos called for “Chalo Hyderabad”, their colleagues from various parts of the State, started pouring into the city.
Sensing trouble, police have closed the gates of Gandhi Hospital.
Addressing the media, junior doctors said that a heavy posse of police force and their trucks surrounded the hospital. They said that they failed to understand why police were over-reacting to their peaceful agitation.
Hyderabad, February 01: Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy had totally failed in redressing the grievances of people.
Talking to media persons at the state party office here, Venkaiah Naidu said that the governance in the state came to stand still during the Kiran Kumar Reddy government.
He said that development of state was affected due to agitations on various issues—fee reimbursement, junior doctors’ protest and dharna by textile traders against VAT.
Tirupati, February 01: There was confusion when a dead body found in the Agraharam tank at Renugunta was suspected to be that of Bhanu Kiran, prime accused in the murder of Maddelacheruvu Suri.
However, police said that it might not be Bhanu’s. CID officials said measurements of the body did not match Bhanu’s and even by looks, it did not resemble the accused. They, however, said they were trying to match the moles and height of the body with Bhanu’s known description.
Hyderabad, February 01: Sachin Tendulkar has outshone Md Azharuddin again. And this time it’s not a cricketing feat but an Income-Tax (I-T) exemption that the ‘little master’ has managed to clinch unlike Azharuddin. While ‘artiste’ Tendulkar, through a case heard before the Mumbai bench of the I-T Appellate Tribunal last year, had managed to earn himself heavy tax breaks on his income through endorsements, ‘model’ Azharuddin has failed to do so.
Mumbai, February 01: Though all’s well between Shah Rukh Khan and filmmaker Shirish Kunder after an ugly spat, the superstar still refuses to speak about either the fight or the patch up.
“Did I tell you that there was a fight..no…so I will not tell anything about the patch up also,” Shah Rukh told reporters at a pre-nuptial ceremony of Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza. The actor reached the function in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Ahmedabad, February 01: The Gujarat high court rejected an application seeking direction to the Nanavati commission to summon chief minister Narendra Modi and question him in regard with the 2002 riots.
A division bench of justices Akil Kureshi and Sonia Gokani upheld a single judge’s order passed in November 2009, and observed that the issue of summoning any person was the discretion of the quasi-judicial body, which could take decision on the basis of its appreciation of evidence gathered during the proceedings.
Sharjah, February 01: A police officer in Sharjah risked his life to save a nine-year-old girl from a man who was about to rape her in a deserted house after snatching her just in front of her home. Four hours later, police said they caught the man who they described as a “barbarous criminal.”
The unnamed man had taken the girl to an abandoned house but apparently had not realized a police officer lives nearby, Emirat Alyoum daily said.
Hyderabad, February 1: Pradesh Congress committee has questioned honourary president of YSR Congress. Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi that if CBI was good for her in 2005 and how it went against her in 2012? It said that the allegations against CBI are ridiculous.
Pradesh Congress spokesman Dr. Tulsi Reddy told that CBI is an autonomous institution and it is carrying out probe of Emar properties and Jagan on the direction of high court, which has nothing to do with government and Congress.
Hyderabad, February 1: Nutrition Institute of India is going to organize formation day on Thursday, February 2, following which mini convocation for the students of first batch of 2 year MSC course will also be held. This course is recognized by NTR University.
Secretary Health Research department, govt. of India, Dr. V M Katoch will give lecture on formation day and Mrs. Lata Priya Kumar member National Commission for Backward Classes will be the chief guest.
Employees who have completed 25 years service and the retired employees who have attained 75 years of age will be felicitated.
Hyderabad, February 1: Bahadurpura police has arrested the son who brutally killed his mother and sent him to judicial custody. Inspector Bahadurpura Mr. Biksham Reddy told that Aleem was arrested on the basis of suspicion and he has accepted his crime.
According to police Aleem had 2 wives. The first wife left him 6 years ago and the 2nd wife left him two years ago.
Aleem was a drunkard and of hysterical nature. He used to immolate himself to harass and scare his wife. Nearly 100 wound marks were found on his body according to inspector.
Mumbai, February 01: Vidya Balan has always been vocal about her feelings for superstar Shahrukh Khan.
At the recent Screen Awards, Vidya Balan had to do a small act with Shahrukh Khan, where she had to address her favourite actor as ‘brother’. Recalling that, Vidya Balan said that she was very sad to address Shahrukh Khan as her brother.
During the DVD launch of her movie The Dirty Picture, Vidya Balan said that though the entire world is free to call Shahrukh Khan their brother, she would never do that.
Tehran, February 01: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors should be banned from re-entering the country if they once again publish unreal reports on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.
An Iranian lawmaker says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors should be banned from re-entering the country, if they once again publish unreal reports on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.
Husband sets wife ablaze
Hyderabad, February 1 (Siasat News): A man allegedly set his wife ablaze last night in panjagutta. This incident sent shock waves in the city and the angry people of the locality handed over the man to the police.
The deceases Tasleem Sultana, 25, was the wife of one Sheikh Mahboob. Both of them got married in 2005 and have two children. However, four years back, Mahboob developed the bad habit of boozing and used to come home in drunken state and harassed his wife.
Hyderabad, February 1: In a function organized at People’s Plaza, Necklace road, the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport bags first prize in private institutions, for best plantation. It got second place for best rotaries (traffic island) and best Ornamental Garden in residential tourism.
Horticulture Minister, Ram Reddy Venkat Reddy gave away the awards. Horticulture commissioner Mrs. Rani Kumodni was also present.
GMR CEO Vikram Jai Singhania expressing his thanks said that every effort is being taken to enhance the beauty of the airport.
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