TDP demands Jagan’s arrest in assets case
Former minsiter Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy on Sunday demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation arrest Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the disproportionate assets case.
Month: April 2012
MP and Ex Mayor in actress Tara’s net?
The arrest of film actress Tara Choudary on allegations of luring innocent girls with lucrative job offers and forcing them into prostitution, is taking interesting turns.
According to reports, the police raided her house after arrest and found photos and visiting cards of several VIPs. They have also seized a video camera and a laptop being allegedly used by the actress for recording incriminating visuals of individuals to blackmail them. It is being said that one MP and a former Mayor were among her victims.
Sonia likely to shuffle her team
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to shuffle her team in ongoing budget session break. It is learnt that several state unit chief’s and a few AICC general secretaries are likely to be changed.
There are also speculation that Sonia has planned to reshuffle the union cabinet soon after end of the budget session in May. Meanwhile, the organisational reshuffle is expected in the next few days.
400 Indian, Pakistani minors forcibly married in Britain
Up to 400 children, including from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, were coerced into or threatened with marriage in Britain last year, a government report has said.
A girl aged five was the youngest victim, the Daily Mail reported citing figures from the Home Office’s Forced Marriage Unit.
Ministers are considering whether to bring in new laws to make it possible to prosecute families who compel children to marry. The maximum penalty could be two years in jail.
Fast food turned me into a prostitute
A woman claims that a fast food chain that pays low wages and gives scant support to its employees who suffer abuse at home, has forced her to take up a job in a brothel.
The woman is now suing fast food for not protecting her against her ex-husband and former boss.
She says that her boss hired her to work over the counter in the fast food outlet about 30 years ago. The duo soon started dating. The boss then forced her to quit her job to make her more amenable.
Lovers elbow out families from parks
No longer are they places for children to play in the swings, women to go for walks, men to meditate and grandparents to socialise. They have become places where couples, desperately in love, spend an evening causing much discomfort to the families around. The City parks have increasingly become lovers’ points.
Parks used to be for families to meet up and kids to splash in the open fresh air. But the youth’s need to spend time together has taken precedence over the families, a peek into the City parks reveal.
Ramdev announces launch of campaign against black money
Yoga guru Ramdev today announced a fresh agitation against black money and corruption and said he will stage a one-day dharna on June 3 at New Delhi to mark the first anniversary of the police crackdown on his supporters at Ramlila grounds.
Ramdev got support for his fresh campaign, which kicked off today, from Anna Hazare who said they have decided to
carry out the fight against corruption together. Hazare said he would go to Delhi on June 3 if he gets a “messsage” from the yoga guru.
Six die in Serbia nightclub fire; owner arrested
Six people were killed in a fire that tore through a packed nightclub in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad overnight, and the owner and two others were arrested, police said today.
Police said faulty wiring was the likely cause of the fire, which appeared to have started in the stage area of
the Contrast nightclub during a live performance shortly after 2 am (0530 hrs IST).
The victims, who were in their 20s, most likely choked to death after locking themselves in the toilets of the
China, Pak agree to stand by each other
Renewing their all weather friendship China and Pakistan today said they would stand by each other “in all circumstances” and vowed to uphold their sovereignty and territorial integrity at all costs.
“The two countries agreed to stand with each other ‘in all circumstances’, Pakistan’s state run APP news agency
said in its report on the meeting between Pakistan Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani and China’s Executive Vice
Premier, Li Keqiang.
Gilani who is invited to inaugurate the Chinese government backed annual Boao Forum for Asia being held at
Tendulkar’s inspiration behind Yuvraj’s success in WC
“You will matter when it matters the most” are the words that Tendulkar told Yuvraj Singh, which served as an inspiration for the dashing all-rounder during India’s World Cup triumph last year.
On the eve of India’s first anniversary of the World Cup triumph, Yuvraj, who is recovering from a rare germ cell
cancer, has revealed that Tendulkar had a crucial role to play in his man-of-the-series winning performance during last year’s mega-event.
Dara Singh’s widow demands action against top officials
Widow of slain liquor smuggler Dara Singh, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter, has demanded action against the CBI director and Attorney General accusing them of shielding a BJP leader who allegedly played a role in his elimination.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on March 30, Sushila Devi alleged that the CBI director and the Attorney General were shielding BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore in the fake encounter case and party leaders were also lobbying in Delhi for him.
Sushila alleged that Rathore was trying to influence investigation and threatening her.
Mumbai celebrates Ram Navami with devotion
Ram Navami was celebrated with devotion in temples across Mumbai Sunday to herald the ninth day of the Hindu calendar’s first month of Chaitra – and the birth of Lord Ram.
The day ia also the culmination of the Chaitra Navratra during which devotees fast for nine days at a stretch.
Banned British film to be released after 23 years
A film banned in Britain for being blasphemous will be released in its original, uncut form after 23 years.
The 1989 movie “Visions of Ecstasy” was considered so shocking that the government fought a successful battle at the European Court of Human Rights to uphold the ban, the Telegraph reported.
The movie is about St. Teresa of Avila, a 16th century Spanish nun and mystic who had visions of Christ, which lasted almost uninterrupted for two years.
Modernisation of courts in AP on the anvil: Lokur
Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court Madan B Lokur has said that a comprehensive plan of modernisation of courts is being considered keeping in view needs of the future.
He was speaking after inaugurating a judicial center at the newly-constructed court building here yesterday.
Most of the courts are in a dilapidated condition presently and do not meet the requirements due to lack of
infrastructure facilities,” he said.
“Considering all the points and keeping in future of these court, we have planned to moderise the court building in
14-year-old girl gangraped, four arrested
According to police, the victim, who is studying in class 9 had gone to borrow a notebook from her friend on Friday afternoon, when four youths came in an autorickshaw and abducted her.
They took her to a secluded place and raped the girl. Following this, they threatened the girl of dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anyone, and then let her off near her house, police said.
15-yr-old boy abducted, murdered by 3 friends
A 15-year-old boy was allegedly abducted and murdered by his three friends for a ransom of Rs 50,000 here today.
The victim, identified as Shubham Shirke, who was studying in class X at Priyadarshani English Medium School
in the city, was yesterday abducted by his three friends who demanded Rs 50,000 ransom from the Shirkes, police
said.
However, the accused did not allow Shubham to contact his parents for the money before committing the crime,
they added.
Police have arrested all the accused in this connection.
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Suu Kyi wins landmark Myanmar by-polls
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Sunday scored a momentous victory following a decades-long fight for democracy by winning a parliamentary by-poll for a seat in Myanmar’s lower house.
The 66-year-old Suu Kyi — chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party — won 75 percent of the ballot in Kawhmu Township constituency near Yangon, Xinhua reported.
A total of 157 candidates from 17 parties contested the polls for 45 vacant seats in nine regions.
Over 150 observers from the European Union, the US, Canada, Australia, India and Asean monitored the exercise.
Imran, Deepika win worst actors Golden Kela
Imran Khan was named the worst actor and Deepika Padukone the worst actress at the fourth annual Golden Kela Awards Sunday, a spin-off of Hollywood’s Razzies awards, which recognises the worst in cinema.
While Imran won the award for “Mere Brother Ki Dulhan”, Deepika was given the award for her performance in Prakash Jha’s “Aarakshan”.
Shah Rukh Khan’s sci-fi film “RA.One” walked away with two trophies for worst film and worst director for Anubhav Sinha.
Toyota Kirloskar logs 87 percent sales growth in March
Indo-Japanese car venture Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd closed March with sales of 18,220 units, logging a growth of 87 percent over the comparable period the previous year.
In a statement issued Sunday, the company said it sold 18,220 units as compared to 9,726 units sold in March last year.
The company’s Etios model registered a 57 percent growth with the highest ever monthly sales of 5,104 units as compared to 3,257 units sold in March last year.
The Etios Liva model also registered its highest-ever monthly sales with 4,034 units in the month of March 2012.
Pakistan to protect Hindu temples
Pakistan is committed to protecting shrines belonging to minorities, a minister said Sunday, following a protest by Hindus over illegal occupation of a temple in Punjab.
Minister-in-charge for National Harmony Paul Bhatti said all steps were being taken to maintain Hindu temples, Online news agency reported.
More than 30 Hindus from Zafarwal in Narowal district protested in front of the National Press Club here to seek an end to the occupation of the temple.
Police constable commits suicide
A police constable committed suicide allegedly by firing a round from his service rifle in Shahibag police line today.
Kanu Raman Baraiya, a constable with city police, fired in his neck from his service rifle in Shahibag police line
area of the city at around 1030 hrs this morning. Before taking the drastic step, he fired two rounds in the air
and then killed himself, police said.
His body has been sent for post-mortem.
The cause of suicide was yet to be ascertained, but police have not ruled out the possiblity of some family
problem.
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5 killed in roadside blasts in Afghanistan
An Afghan police officer, who had earlier survived a series of Taliban attacks, was among five people killed in different roadside bombings in the southern militant stronghold of Uruzgan.
Tor Jan, commander of several police check points in the Uruzgan province, was killed along with his bodyguard after his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in Tairn Kot, the capital of the restive province.
In two other such incidents in the same province, three people were killed and two injured when their vehicles were targeted in roadside explosions.
Look out notice for doctor couple soon: Delhi Police
Delhi Police has initiated the process of issuing a Look Out Notice against a doctor couple, who allegedly left their minor maid locked up and starving in the house while they vacationed in Thailand, officials said.
Sanjay Verma and his wife Sumita were to return to India yesterday but they have not landed in Delhi even today, police said.
A senior police official said they have initiated the process of issuing look out notice against the couple.
“We have written to the authorities. We expect to get the Look Out Notice issued by tomorrow,” the official said.
Four injured in Bihar clash
Four persons were injured in a clash between people of two communities over taking out a procession on the occasion of Ram Navami at Murarpur here today, police said.
The clash broke out when a group of people pelted stones at the processionists, SSP Vinay Kumar said.
Some people standing on the roof of their houses also pelted stones on the processionists who ran helter skelter, he
said, adding four persons were injured in the incident.
The injured were shifted to hospital.
Police used batons to disperse the groups.
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After CBI charge sheet, Jagan claims being made scapegoat
YSR Congress chief and MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is among 13 people booked by CBI in an alleged disproportionate assets case, today said the action smacked of “dirty politics” and claimed he is being made a
scapegoat.
A day after CBI filed the chargesheet against him and 12 others, Reddy, the Lok Sabha MP from Kadapa, regretted that
attempts are being made to malign his father and late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy who was killed in a helicopter crash.