With the proposed seven-hour closure of runway for maintenance work at the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) scheduled to commence from March 11, airlines are gearing to meet changes in their operations, while guests are being informed about the scheduled change in advance.
Since 1963, soon after she got married, Tanubai Chandrakant Hirve has been living in her one-room home in Kondhwa. Back then, there was no electricity in the house. Even today, her house continues to be plunged in darkness.
Kondhwa area has witnessed a real estate boom over the last few years.
Tanubai, who worked as a domestic help, is now widowed. Today, she lives with her two grandchildren in the same house which continues to be plunged in darkness.
Since a decade, Tanubai has been struggling to get power connection as “the kids have to study”.
Since 1963, soon after she got married, Tanubai Chandrakant Hirve has been living in her one-room home in Kondhwa. Back then, there was no electricity in the house. Even today, her house continues to be plunged in darkness.
Kondhwa area has witnessed a real estate boom over the last few years.
Tanubai, who worked as a domestic help, is now widowed. Today, she lives with her two grandchildren in the same house which continues to be plunged in darkness.
Since a decade, Tanubai has been struggling to get power connection as “the kids have to study”.
Patrons at the tony Wasabi restaurant in Taj were treated to more than sushi rolls late on Tuesday. It became a near war-zone between a family that was looking to celebrate a private occasion and actor Saif Ali Khan who was here socialising with his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor and close family friends.
It resulted in the arrest of Saif Ali Khan, Bilal Amrohi and builder Shakeel Ladakh who were part of the party, and later bailed out after paying a surety of Rs 15,000 each.
Corrupt public officials beware! Government officials found taking bribes might have to face 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, while big spenders would have to voluntarily report high-value transactions; as per the recommendations of a panel on black money.
As per a newspaper report, the measures are part of the Black Money Committee Report. The Committee, constituted to examine ways to strengthen laws to curb the generation of black money in the country, its illegal transfer abroad and its recovery submitted its report on January 31.
(Siasat News) GHMC will appoint Special Officers to issue multipurpose identity cards to the handicapped for taking benefits of the Govt. schemes. These cards will be issued by Vikalguda Karyalaya Sankalp. Whenever there is any announcement of any facility, these persons names will be included in it.
–Siasat News–
(Siasat News) Mr. R. Chandrasekhara Reddy & TDP MLA while participating on the budget discussions in the Assembly alleged that the Congress Govt. is confined to paper budget and its publicity. It failed to announce any relief package for the poor. He demanded to review the budget. This budget not only disappointed opposition, but it also disappointed the public as well. Instead of solving the problems and satisfying the people, the Govt. has tried to create confusion. He told that the state is getting less grants from the center when compared to the amounts it is giving to the center. C.M.
(Siasat News) Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao, President of TRS visited Maqdoom Bhavan, the head quarters of CPI in order to muster their support for TRS candidates in the ensuing by-elections. He congratulated Dr. K. Narayana for his election to the post of Secretary of CPI for the third time consecutively KCR also congratulated Dr. Narayana for campaigning in support of separate Telangana. He appealed to Dr. Narayana to extend his party’s support for TRS in the by-elections in Telangana districts. Dr. Narayana said that decision will be taken in the meeting of the party to be held today.
(Siasat News)Muslims think Tank and Elder’s Forum is organizing a review meeting to review the allocation of budget for the welfare of Minorities at 4.30 p.m. today at Mahboob Hussain Jigar Hall, Siasat Compound under the Chairmanship of Prof. Kancha Ilaiah (MANUU) Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat will be the chief guest. Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, Managing Editor, Siasat will deliver his key-note address. Mr. Mohammed Aliuddin Quadri, Secretary. Muslim think Tank will conduct the meeting. Mr. M. Laxmaiah, Vice President, Telangana JAC, Mr. Lal Jan Basha, Ex-M.P. (TDP) Mr.
The Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad could be regarded as a “war criminal” given the number of innocent people being killed every day in Syria, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told lawmakers.
“I think that based on definitions of war criminal and crimes against humanity, there would be an argument to be made that he would fit into that category,” Hillary said in response to a question at a Congressional hearing yesterday.
The most eligible bachelor of Bollywood Salman Khan says he has no love life.
That must be good news for millions of girls who are die hard Salman Khan fan. But is this an indication that the ‘Dabangg’ Khan is ready for marriage and that too an arranged marriage?
Salman is the face of the History channel and was attending the unveiling of TV 18’s Big initiative. He spoke to the press and said that he somehow no longer remembers the art of dating girls now.
After Dow Chemicals, Coca-Cola became the latest victim when the whistle-blower WikiLeaks led by Julian Assange exposed their secret deal with US based firm Startfor.
The latest revelations of the WikiLeaks show how Coca-Cola paid Stratfor to gauge the protesters who protested against its (Coca-Cola) sponsorship for the upcoming Olympics 2012 which has been scheduled to be held in London.
Earlier on Monday, Feb 27 the website shows how officials of Dow Chemicals along with Startfor have been keeping an eye (read spying) on an activist working on Bhopal gas tragedy.
Two fresh cases of Swine Flu have been reported from two private hospitals here, a top health official said on Tuesday.
“Two H1N1 positive cases have been identified and they include a male and a female. The patients are admitted in private hospitals and their condition is stable,” Andhra Pradesh State Coordinator for Swine Flu Dr Subhakar said to sources the today.
Allaying the concerns, Subhakar said there was no need to panic as such sporadic cases are reported intermittently.
In a shocking case, a 16-year-old was allegedly raped by a group of classmates. The boys had accompanied the girl to the pilgrimage twon of Rishikesh, where the incident took place, reports news agency Press Trust of India.
The girl’s parents were informed about the incident. All the boys who committed the crime were known to the girl and studied with her in the same school.
The police is investigating if the boys had forced the girl to accompany them to another town.
–PTI
An Asian man and a woman who managed to smuggle 361 heroin capsules inside their stomach fell in the police grip as they tried to sell the stuff.
Acting on a tip off, police sent an undercover to the man to buy the heroin at a car park in the emirate. When he was paid, police were on him.
He confessed to have smuggled the heroin inside his stomach and led police to his partner, a woman of the same nationality.
Distraught over his wife’s alleged failure to bear him a child, a 37-year-old man burnt his spouse alive on Sunday. She succumbed to her burns early on Monday morning. The incident happened at the couple’s home in Rushinagar of Amraiwadi area.
Dinesh Rathore and Ramila (35) had entered into a love marriage 15 years ago. They, however, remained childless for a long time.
They consulted numerous doctors and even visited several religious places to be blessed with a child, but to no avail. For this, they had been frequently fighting for the past 10 years.
Four students were killed and 15 went missing when a school bus fell into a canal near here in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, police said.
The bus, carrying 45 Lower KG and Upper KG students of Sai Teja Public School and its own staff overturned and fell into the Godavari river canal near Ganti Pedapudi village.
Pakistani actor Veena Malik was thrown a surprise birthday party by her industry friends here. But what surprised everyone was the innocuous absence of her rumoured boyfriend, actor Ashmit Patel from the event.
A source present there says, “It was a nice birthday bash, thrown by Veena’s friends from the industry. She looked really happy, posing for pictures, dancing and mingling with the guests.” But something else that caught everyone’s attention was the fact that Veena’s rumoured beau Ashmit was missing from the scene.
Robbed of a home and a peaceful life, Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen feels that religious fundamentalists apart, the responsibility for her sufferings lies on the “politicians of the Indian subcontinent” who have labelled her anti-Islam and banned her books.
“When the government bans your book, then the fundamentalists are enthused. They feel inspired and take you as a soft target. They feel the government will side with them,” Taslima told IANS in an interview over the phone from Delhi.
A Gujarat court is likely to hear a fresh petition filed by Zakia jafri, wife of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri on Wednesday in the Gulbarg Society case. The petition was filed by Zakia Jafri and Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace seeking the copies of the SIT report filed
in the Gulbarg case stating that they have an apprehension that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has not filed the complete report in the case as directed by the apex court.
They also want to know whether they will be allowed to read the SIT report in the courtroom or not.
In a major breakthrough, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a Bhopal-based architect Zahida Pervez in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood in August last year.
Pervez is presently in the CBI custody and is believed to have informed the investigators that she had some personal rivalry with the RTI activist.
Pervez had also confessed before the CBI officials that she had hired a contract killer to get Masood eliminated. However, the person who allegedly shot at the RTI activist was later killed in Kanpur.
A Russian woman has been arrested after she attempted to sell her five-year-old son for 300,000 rubles (around $10,000), officials said.
The woman from the far eastern Khabarovsk region was arrested Tuesday, the regional investigation committee said.
Investigators said the woman asked for 800,000 rubles (around $27,500) for her son but the amount was reduced after negotiations with the buyer.
The woman also has a seven-year-old daughter, who is being cared for by her grandmother.
Israel is reportedly fuming over what it describes as the United States’ soft stance on Iran’s nuclear energy program, pushing the White House to adopt a more hawkish position against Tehran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials have reportedly put the US President Barack Obama administration under pressure due to their rage over the “deliberate attempts” by the White House to undermine the effectiveness of Israel’s war threats against Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Taliban militants claim they have downed a US military helicopter in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nuristan, killing at least 10 people.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Tuesday that the militant group was able to bring down a US chopper as it was flying over the volatile region where the Taliban have a large presence.
The United States military officials in Kabul have not yet commented on the claim.
The incident marks the latest in a string of attacks on helicopters belonging to the US-led forces in Afghanistan.
Even before the start of the promotions of Mahesh Bhatts “Blood Money”, the film hogged limelight for a leaked intimate scene between Kunal Khemu and Canadian girl Mia. The actor says it was not a publicity strategy and he is not comfortable doing such scenes.
Many feel that the film has garnered some extra bit of promotion and much needed controversy with the leaked video, but Kunal said: “We as a team don’t think it’s the right publicity strategy. We don’t know who has done that. That’s not what the film is about and we don’t want to mislead the audiences.”