US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Saudi Arabia on Friday for talks to weigh limited options available to end the violence in Syria and launch a “strategic forum” with Gulf allies against a backdrop of growing tensions with Iran.
The world’s main superpower and its top oil exporter have been strategic allies since the 1940s, but deep disagreements over how to tackle the Arab popular uprisings last year strained the relationship.
A Mumbai-based gang that poses as policemen and targets senior citizens has struck again in the capital. In a span of 30 minutes, the gang targeted a senior citizen and the wife of an army officer in Malviya Nagar who were both robbed of their valuables.
Police say the gang belongs to Mumbai and visits the city every second month to commit crimes in quick succession in upscale Delhi localities. The gang then returns to Mumbai by the next flight before police get a clue about their whereabouts.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday cleared the judicial accountability legislation that seeks to set up a credible mechanism to probe complaints of misbehaviour by judges.
The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010, and Constitutional 114th Amendment Bill, 2010, will help setting new probity standards in higher judiciary.
The bill seeks to establish credible and expedient mechanism for probing into individual complaints for misbehaviour or incapacity of a judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court.
China has committed to facilitating Indian exports into Chinese markets to address the yawning trade imbalance between the two countries. Chinese president Hu Jintao said this to Manmohan Singh in his hour-long meeting with the PM at the end of the BRICS summit on Thursday. This will be Hu’s last summit as Chinese president. In return, the PM invited Chinese investment in manufacturing and infrastructure projects in India. Chinese companies are kept out of several strategic sectors, but there is a significant change in the Indian government’s approach to Chinese investment.
Osama bin Laden spent nine years on the run in Pakistan after the September 11 attacks, during which time he moved among five safe houses and fathered four children, at least two of whom were born in a government hospital, his youngest wife has told Pakistani investigators.
Osama bin Laden’s three widows are under house arrest in Islamabad, and they and two children face prosecution.
Katrina Kaif has been missing from the all the events and the frenzy for quite some time.
The actress has been abroad shooting constantly for ‘Ekk Tha Tiger’ followed by Yash Chopra’s next project with Shah Rukh Khan. But finally Kat is back in town, with a hurt leg though.
Deccani Culture is in no way inferior to Moghal Culture. Since adequate attention was not paid to the cultures of Ahmad Nagar, Bijapur & Golconda, it has presumed that it is inferior to other cultures. These thoughts were expressed by the renowned artist Padmashri Jagdish Mittal, in a meeting held at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, organized to elicit opinions and suggestions for the formulation of the aims and objectives of the proposed “Centre for Deccan Studies”. The meeting was presided over by Prof. Mohammed Miyan, Vice Chancellor. Continuing his speech, Mr.
Twenty years after a case of staged shootout, a CBI court in Ghaziabad on Thursday held 17 policemen guilty and sentenced 16 of them to life imprisonment, making it perhaps the largest number of cops convicted for life at one go in the country. They were convicted of killing an alleged Sikh militant, Jaivender Singh Jasna of Amritsar, in a fake encounter in 1992.
One of them was given a seven-year sentence. All 17 were fined Rs 5,000 each.
Jasna, a “sewadar” (worker) at Gurdwara Rakabganj in New Delhi, was gunned down by a team of 17 policemen in Bardpur, Bijnore, on October 31, 1992.
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.
A car carrying over Rs two crore was on Friday seized from the outskirts of Ranchi, police said.
“The car carrying over Rs two crore was seized near Namkum. The owner of the car is said to be from a sponge iron factory in Jamshedpur,” Senior Superintendent of Police Saket Kumar Singh told PTI.
The car was seized during a joint operation by the police and IT sleuths.
Asked whether there were any names of important persons found in the car, Singh said investigations were on.
AFTER the ‘ Kolaveri’ viral comes a John Doe order! It may sound strange, but the producers of the Dhanush- Shruti Hassan starrer, 3 , obtained a gag order against the Internet distribution of the film from the Madras High Court on Thursday.
The court has restrained BSNL and other Internet Service Providers ( ISP) from copying and broadcasting the movie or its songs either in full or in parts after a petition was filed.
Lack of basic medical facilities in Govt. hospitals is causing a lot of inconvenience to the patients. A few years back the new Govt. Maternity Hospital was constructed at Petla Bridge near City College and it was claimed by the Govt. that it is a big deed of the Govt. and a gift to the Old City of Hyderabad.
Nearly 1000-1200 pregnant women come to this hospital for confinement. Most of whom belong to poor families. These women come to this hospital to make use of the facilities provided by the Govt.
Many innocent youths belonging to Muslims, Sikhs and other weaker sections are being targeted without any proof and fictitious criminal cases are being booked against them. They are imprisoned for months together without filing charge sheets in the courts. In order to pressurize the Govt. to stop such police atrocities and to rehabilitate these victims, a national level Muslim convention is being organized by All India Milli Council, New Delhi at Maolanker Hall, New Delhi on 31st August 2012.
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According to a press note issued by Muslim Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, of A.P. a public meeting is organized after Esha prayer on Friday 30th March 2012 to express our solidarity to the Palestinians.
Mr. Mohammed Abdur Rahim Qurishi convener will preside over the function. Other speakers include Maulana Syed Qubool Pasha Shuttari, Maulana Suleman Sikandar, Vice President, Tameer-e-Millat, Maulana Hussamuddin II Maulana Masood Hussain Muftahdi, Maulana Taqi Raza Abedi, Maulana Safi Ahmed Madani & Maulana Raheemuddin Ansari of Darul Uloom, Hyderabad.
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Senior advocate of A.P. High Court Mr. Osman Shaheed has been able to muster support of the Telangana Advocates’ Joint Action Committee for the Presidential election of A.P. High Court Association.
In case of his election he will have the privilege of being the first Muslim president of A.P. Advocate Association of High Court after 1956.This is the best opportunity for the Muslim advocates to vote for Mr. Osman Shaheed. He has been in legal profession since 1972. He is the author of 8 books out of which four are on law.
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Mr. Syed Mohammed Iftekhar Musharraf, officer on Special Duty, Dept. of youth services, Hyderabad District has informed that a free coaching programme is being organized on behalf of Dept. of youth services to the candidates who have passed through Physical Fitness Test.
Congress MP of Rajya Sabha Mr. M.A. Khan met Ms. Sonia Gandhi in Parliament House and expressed his anxiety over the refund of the budget allotted to the Minorities Welfare Dept. for the implementation of various developmental schemes for Minorities. He also apprised her of the unrest among the Muslims of A.P. for non-inclusion of Congress member for Rajya Sabha from among the Muslims.
According to a press note issued by comrade Nusrath Mohiuddin, convener of the action committee, a review meeting is being held at 5 pm on Friday 30th March at Mahboob Hussain Jigar Hall, Siasat office under the stewardship of Maulana Tariq Quadri, Chairman of the Action Committee.
Jealousy led to murder
(Siasat News): In a bizarre incident, two persons who were jealous of the prosperity of their common friend, killed him. This incident occurred in Uppal police station limits where 20-year-old Kishan was killed by none other than his friends Veenu and Santosh.
Kishan was an auto driver but during the past one year or so, he had started the business of selling phenyle and acid. Since he was occupied, he could not spare time to meet his friends.
Reiterating that the Congress was following a particular path with regard to Telangana issue, PCC Chief Botcha Sathyanarayana has said that as PCC Chief he never misinformed the party high command. He said that the party high priests never considered the Telangana issue as a trivial one.
TDP leaders Payyavula Keshav, Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu and Ashok Gajapathi Raju have said that the CAG’s report censuring the government for its irregular land allocations has vindicated the allegations made by their party all along.
Google is teaming with Asia-based hardware makers on a low-priced, 7-inch tablet computer to challenge offerings by Amazon.com and Apple, reports said Thursday.
Android software backed by the California Internet giant will power hardware built by partners including Samsung and Asustek to compete with iPad and Kindle devices, according to Digitimes and the Wall Street Journal.
An Asustek tablet could be released as early as May with a price of $199 to make it an option for shoppers considering the Kindle Fire made by Amazon.com, said Digitimes.
The Samajwadi Party government on Thursday withdrew over 450 homeguards deployed for the security of various memorials and parks built in the city the name of dalit icons by previous chief minister Mayawati. An inquiry has also been ordered to find out under what circumstances the previous regime had decided to demolish the Parikalp Nagar residential colony meant for irrigation department engineers. The colony was demolished for expansion of the eco-garden project which was later merged with Budh Vihar Shanti Upvan.
Providing fodder to the CBI probing the various land allotments in the state during the YSR government, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has concluded that the Andhra Pradesh government doled out thousands of acres of government land to private individuals on an ad hoc and arbitrary manner without safeguarding the interests of the state. The CAG report for the year ending March 31, 2011, was tabled in the assembly on Thursday.
Failing to achieve any breakthrough in the child sex racket which emerged out of the baby Falak case, the Delhi Police have now started passing the buck.
The south- east district police, who have been investigating the case, now say the south- district police should look into the matter.
Considering the police’s apparent inaction in investigating the allegedly rampant child trafficking and abuse in the city, the child welfare committee ( CWC) has recommended that the case be transferred to the anti- human trafficking cell of the Delhi Police Crime Branch.