Month: March 2012

US City Council passes resolution condemning 2002 Guj riots

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A US City Council has passed a resolution condemning the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat and expressed concern over the “denial” of justice for the victims.

The resolution, passed this week by the City Council of Harvey, Illinois, expressed solidarity with the victims,
including those who died in the Godhra train fire on February 27, 2002.

“The Harvey City Council condemns the Gujarat pogrom of 2002 as a gross violation of human rights and a failure of

Two held in connection with theft at pawn broker’s shop

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Two persons were arrested today and gold ornaments weighing 6.5 kg and five kg of silver stolen by
them from a pawn broker’s shop near Ilayankudi in this district seized, police said.

Police said they zeroed in on the two after studying the footage on the CCTV camera installed in a shop at
Tiruchirappalli which they attempted to burgle.

The two, Raja and Manoharan, were engaged in stealing scrap iron from factories and selling them.

Sub-Engineer arrested for accepting bribe of Rs 12,000

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Lokayukta Police today arrested a sub-engineer of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) for allegedly accepting a bribe for Rs 12,000 from a contractor, an official said.

Chandra Kant Kumawat had demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the contractor to release latter’s bills amounting to Rs
8.40 lakh, the official said.

Kumawat was trapped when he was accepting a part of the bribe money, he said, adding a case under Prevention of
Corruption Act was filed against the sub-engineer.

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Retired army employee commits suicide

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A 55-year old retired army employee today allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Indraprashtha Extension in East Delhi, police said.

The deceased has been identified as P K Robin, police said.

He was found hanging at his home in MAMC complex at around 3pm, they said adding he used to work at a retail
outlet in Patparganj area.

——-PTI

Cong objects to Uddhav’s media interaction within Vidhan Bhavan

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Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has taken objection to Shiv Sena working president Uddhav Thackeray’s media interaction at the Vidhan Bhavan premises after his meeting with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan yesterday.

In a letter to Assembly Speaker Dilip Walse-Patil and chairman of Legislative Council Shivajirao Deshmukh, MPCC
spokesman Sachin Sawant demanded action against the Sena leader.

By speaking to the press within the Assembly premises, he has violated the directive principles of preserving dignity of the institution,” Sawant said in the letter.

Hazare backs Kejriwal over remarks against MPs

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Social activist Anna Hazare today claimed his teammate Arvind Kejriwal had “concrete proof” regarding charges of corruption against parliamentarians and it was up to the Lok Sabha Speaker to conduct an inquiry into them.

“Arvind has told me that he has concrete proof about charges of corruption in respect of parliamentarians.
Parliament is a sacred temple of democracy and therefore these charges should be inquired into by the Speaker,” he told a Marathi TV channel at his native village Ralegan Siddhi near here after returning from Delhi.

Female Rabbi Supports the Global March to Jerusalem

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PNN – Rabbi Lynn Gottleib, has served congregations in the United States for 37 years, is one of the first eight women to become a Rabbi in Jewish history, and has been a Palestine solidarity activist for over 40 years. She spoke to PNN about the importance of justice in Palestine and her hopes for the future of the region.

Maryam Zakaria To Do An Item Number In ‘Rowdy Rathore’

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Iranian beauty Maryam Zakaria who made her foray into Bollywood with Saif Ali Khan-starrer ‘Agent Vinod’ will be doing an item number in upcoming flick ‘Rowdy Rathore’ featuring Akshay Kumar.

Maryam was seen grooving along with Kareena Kapoor in the spy thriller in the ‘mujra’ song ‘Dil Mera Muft Ka’ and will now sway to the fast-paced item song in ‘Rowdy Rathore’ directed by Prabhudeva.

Britain announces 60 new scholarships for Indians

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British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday announced 60 new “Jubilee Scholarships” to be awarded in India for one-year masters course in Britain, a statement said.

Funded by the British Council and the British government, the scholarships have been launched as part of the celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. The aim is to enable exceptional talent from across India to come and study masters courses in business, administration, manufacturing, science or technology.

Salman Unhappy With Angela Johnson

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Bollywood star Salman Khan wanted to launch the leggy lass Angela Johnson in his home production next year, but he is miffed after Anglea did a soft drinks commercial with South star Mahesh Babu, reports midday.

Even before pre-production work on her big screen debut has started, the part-Indian, part-Icelander model has featured in the soft drinks ad with Mahesh Babu, raising the heckles of Salman Khan.

The report quotes an industry source: “A launch with Salman Khan is a big thing for any newcomer. So that would naturally be incorporated in the marketing and promotion of the film.

Egyptian parliamentary delegation visits Gaza

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An Egyptian parliamentary delegation arrived on Wednesday in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for a visit.

The delegation crossed from Egypt to Gaza on Wednesday through Rafah crossing point on the borders between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, and will hold meetings with leaders of Islamic Hamas movement, reported Xinhua.

Mohamed Idrees, head of the Arab Affairs Committee in the Egyptian parliament, told a news conference in Gaza that the delegation includes 28 lawmakers, including Islamist lawmakers.

It is the committee’s first visit to Gaza, Idrees said.

Sunny Leone’s Jism 2 Goes On Floors From April 1

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Actor turned director Pooja Bhatt is all set to commence the shoot of Jism 2 from April 1.

Pooja Bhatt is busy completing preproduction work as her film Jism 2 goes on floors soon on April 1, reports Times of India.

Sunny Leone who makes her debut in Bollywood with Jism 2 informs about the first day of the film.

“Jism 2 shooting starts on the 1st of April. And I don’t believe in this April fools stuff,” said Sunny.

Chandrababu has spilled electoral Beans: Lok Satta

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Telugu Desam Party President N. Chandrababu Naidu has let the cat out of the bag when he openly admitted that his party found contesting by-elections tough as it has been out of power for nine years, said the Lok Satta Party today.

By inference Mr. Chandrababu conceded that a party in power which amassed illegal money had no problem in squandering it in elections, pointed out Lok Satta Party General Secretary Katari Srinivasa Rao in a media statement.

Krishna Murthy’s warning to Cong leaders

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The AICC observer KB Krishna Murthy has said that the arguments put forward by the State leaders were all good. He warned the leaders that the Party would not tolerate those who have been openly criticizing and asking that the Chief Minister and PCC Chief be replaced.

Krishan Murthy, who was helping the AICC general secretary and in-charge of State Congress Party Affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad, has had meetings with the Congress Party MLAs at CLP office here on Wednesday.

FBI Islamic training materials gave OK to infringe on targets’ civil rights

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Training materials used by the FBI for dealing with American Muslims and other Islamic communities have advised agents they can break the law and impinge on some of their targets’ civil rights.

The instructions were contained in confidential materials reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of an internal FBI probe into what sort of training agents were exposed to when dealing with Islam.

The investigation uncovered 876 pages and 392 presentations that failed to meet standards or could be considered offensive amid more than 160,000 pages of FBI documents and slides.

‘We are for united AP’: Shailajanath

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While responding sarcastically on the Telangana Congress MLAs proposed Delhi tour after the Assembly session, the Primary School Education Minister Dr S Shailajanath has said that any one can go to Delhi by purchasing a flight ticket.

Speaking to the media at CLP office here on Wednesday, Dr Shailajanath has made it clear that there would be no change in Chief Minister post and that the talk of replacing N Kiran Kumar Reddy was an imagination only.

Congress party’s match-fixing on Telangana: Nama

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TDP Parliamentary Party leader Nama Nageswara Rao has alleged that the Congress party has indulged in match-fixing on the Telangana issue.

Talking to the media here on Wednesday, he said though they were stalling the Parliament and demanding introduction of the Telangana bill immediately, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was maintaining stoic silence for inexplicable reasons. He said it was strange that there was no response from the government though the opposition parties have been stalling the Parliament for three days in succession.

Congress responsible for suicides: TDP

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The TDP has alleged that Congress party was totally responsible for the suicides and deaths of innocent people in the Telangana region.

Talking to the media here on Wednesday, party leaders Ramana and Ramulu have alleged that it was because of the delaying tactics of the Congress party that people of Telangana were committing suicides.

Rayala Telangana demand is conspiracy: Koonamneni

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CPI MLA Koonamneni Sambasiva Rao has termed the proposal for creation of Rayala- Telangana as a conspiracy.

Talking to the media here on Wednesday, he said his party would never accept this proposal. He has warned that his party would meet other left parties favoring Telangana and decide on direct action. (NSS)