Month: May 2012

Election panel refuses to intervene in Jagan’s case

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The Election Commission of India Tuesday refused to intervene in YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), party sources said.

The commission conveyed to YSR Congress Party’s honorary president Vijayamma that since the matter was in court, it would not intervene, the sources said.

Jagan, as the young leader is popularly known, was arrested Sunday in a case of illegally acquiring assets. Vijayamma is his mother.

40 killed in Nigeria community clashes

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At least 40 people have been killed in a boundary clash between two local communities in southeastern Nigeria, a government official said Tuesday.

According to Stephen Asuquo, chairman of Odukpani council, the clashes erupted last week after members of Ntan Obu-Ukpe and Ikpanya communities started fighting over land rights, Xinhua reported.

The violence broke out in the early hours of Wednesday, he said.

“There is no house standing there, the entire village has been destroyed and burnt down,” Asuquo told reporters.

Gauri turns dictator in Shah Rukh-Priyanka relationship!

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Shah Rukh, the King had a nice time wooing ‘friend’ Priyanka. And then came the blow from his wife. Shah Rukh’s alleged affair with Priyanka was a patch that the former and his wife Gauri can hardly ever get over. Or so the incidents that have happened ever since speculations of the affair went rife have proved.

Love in the air for Ranbir, Deepika?

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Former lovers Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone seem to have become the new BFFs of B- Town. The ex-lovers are shooting for Ayan Mukherji’s ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Diwani’ in Udaipur and are reportedly spending almost all of their time together on sets as well as off the set.

Speaking to a daily, a source said, “Both stars are shooting romantic scenes at historical places and both are very much close to each other on the sets and after shooting hours. Ranbir prefers to spend most of his evenings with Deepika.”

Katrina Kaif to dress up as a man

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Get ready to watch Katrina Kaif dress up as a man. Sources reveal that a scene in Dhoom 3 will have Kat cross-dress and put up an act of being a man.

Remember how Hrithik Roshan had a series of prosthetic looks in Dhoom 2, looks like the Chikni Chameli girl will now follow suit. A source reveals, “This will be one of the surprises in the film. Kat’s drag act is definitely bound to grab eyeballs and become a talking point!” We can’t wait to get our hands on the first look for this one.

Bangalore woman hacked in public view

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A young woman was hacked to death on Monday evening by two bike-borne assailants in full public view on 7th Cross, BTM Layout.

Divya S, 23, an employee of a private company, was heading to her NS Palya home at 6.45pm when the two men blocked her. They slashed her repeatedly on the neck and face with a machete before speeding away on their two-wheeler, which bore no registration number. It was all over in 40 seconds, eyewitnesses told TOI.

Pakistan doctor who helped nab Osama called corrupt, womaniser

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The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden faced accusations of corruption and other wrongdoing long before he was captured by Pakistani intelligence agents and then jailed for 33 years for treason.

In interviews over the weekend, several current and former Pakistani officials described the doctor, Shakil Afridi, as a hard-drinking womaniser who had faced accusations of sexual assault, harassment and stealing. They said his main obsession was making easy money.

Where India’s last Mughal emperor lies buried

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India’s last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, lay buried here for nearly 130 years in a forgotten grave until 1991 when his final resting place was chanced upon during digging.

His mausoleum in this former capital of Myanmar is frequented by those who want to have a glimpse of the tomb of the man who was the last emperor of India. He died Nov 7, 1862, after being exiled by the British.

After the first war of independence in 1857, the British whisked the emperor away to Myanmar, then Burma, where he died at the age of 87 at Rangoon, now Yangon.

Helped by Muslims, Hindus throng Kashmir shrine

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Scores of Kashmir Pandit devotees thronged the Khirbhawani temple shrine in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday amid emotional scenes of Hindu-Muslim amity.

Using buses, taxis and even two-wheelers, Hindus paid obeisance at the holiest Hindu shrine of Mata Khirbhawani in Tullamulla village, 24 km from summer capital Srinagar in Ganderbal district.

Elaborate security arrangements had been made by the authorities as most devotees arriving at the shrine were Hindus who had left the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990s with the outbreak of separatist violence.

Congress mum, Togadia seeks centre’s apology on minority reservation

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Congress is tight-lipped over striking down of 4.5% central sub-quota for minorities within the OBC quota by the Andhra Pradesh High Court. It has refused to comment on the matter immediately. On questioning about the Andhra Pradesh high court verdict, party spokesman Manish Tiwari told that we cannot comment until the copy of High Court judgment is not received.

Meanwhile VHP has welcomed the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict and demanded an apology from Congress led UPA government for the unconstitutional action.

Cong-led states to admit Muslim students in schools under RTE: Sibal

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The Union Minister for Human Resources and Development, Kapil Sibal, on Monday said that directions would be issued to Congress-led state governments to treat Muslim students for admission in schools under the 25 per cent economically weaker section quota mandated by RTE.

A spokesman of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind in a statement e-mailed to Greater Kashmir said a high level delegation of JUH called on Sibal here and reminded him about the promises he had made to them at the JUH 31st general session held at Ram Lila ground here.

New feature in Electronic Voting Machine

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Electronic Corporation of India (ECIL) has provided a new feature in the new Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for the convenience of voters. Now voters can see the candidate serial number and his party symbol (in whose favour the vote is cast), on its LCD panel for a few seconds. There was no such provision in the Electronic Voting Machines used so far. A sort of printer facility has been added to the Ballot Unit.

Siasat news

Meet Mohammad Ismat: CBSE’s unsung number one

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Most persons with a family income of Rs 2,000 per month and eight members would probably first lament their lives and then blame their circumstances for any failure they may face.

Then there are the rare others like 20-year-old Manipur boy Mohammad Ismat, who despite a seemingly doomed destiny, stretch themselves to break through the barriers of their circumstances.

Confiscate Jagan’s assets and distribute among poor: Naidu

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Jagan’s assets must be confiscated and distributed among poor. No one is great or ordinary in the eyes of law hence everyone should respect constitution. TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu told this while speaking to party activists on the occasion of NTR’s birth anniversary. He asserted that TDP will continue its struggle against corruption and irregularities.

“TDP is held responsible for Jagan’s arrest but actually Jagan’s own misdeeds are responsible for his arrest” claimed Naidu.

GN Azad to visit AP on June 3

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Union Health Minister and incharge Andhra Pradesh Congress affairs Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad will take part in election campaign in the state from June 3 to 5. Congress party High Command has focused her attention on 1 Lok Sabha and 18 assembly constituencies. Bye elections had been held in 22 assembly constituencies of the state in the past but the Congress high command had not shown so much interest as she is showing in the forthcoming bye elections in 18 assembly constituencies.

Khurshid: Govt to defend sub-quota decision in SC

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Monday’s decision of the Andhra High Court to “set aside” a 4.5% sub-quota to minorities in jobs and education casts a cloud over admissions in centrally-funded institutions, such as the IITs, even as the UPA government gave indications that it would defend the quota in the Supreme Court.

“The appropriate step would be to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court after the government applies its mind,” minister for law and minority affairs Salman Khurshid said.

Finally! ND Tiwari gives blood sample in paternity case

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After four years of a protracted legal battle, veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari today finally gave a blood sample which will establish whether he is the father of a 32-year-old man.

A number of police personnel were stationed outside the Dehradun residence of the former Andhra Pradesh governor as a team consisting of court and a medical officials went to collect the blood sample.

The petitioner in the case, Rohit Shekhar and his mother Ujjwala Sharma also went to the Dehradun residence of Tiwari where his blood sample was to be taken.

Muslim Fury Over Syria Child Carnage

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The slaughter of scores of Syrian civilians, including children, has sparked a storm of outrage from Muslims worldwide, amid calls for an urgent action to stop ongoing bloodshed in the pivotal Arab country.

“Those criminals disregarded the teachings of Islam which sanctify the safety and protection of human life and ban the killing or harming of any innocent people,” Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said in a statement obtained by OnIslam.net.

Kolkata marches to celebrate KKR victory, Mamata to honour IPL team

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Indian Premier League champion Kolkata Knight Riders – co-owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan – were on Tuesday accorded a grand reception with offerings of sweets, cakes, jewellery and songs at the end of a 6-km long victory parade in Kolkata on Tuesday. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will take the lead in felicitating the cricketing heroes.

Qur’an Rehabilitates Pakistan Prisoners

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Muslim charities have launched a series of projects in several Pakistani jails ranging from conventional education to religious learning to turn thousands of prisoners into useful citizens.

“We want to change this impression that jails are the nurseries of criminals,” Mohammad Yunus, the head of Al-Khidmat Foundation’s ongoing projects in Pakistani jails, told OnIslam.net.

“We want to convert these would –be criminals into useful citizens for the society through different means.”

Masjid Miyan Mashak to be brought under Waqf board’s purview

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Several devout Muslims endowed their valuable lands, vast mansions and priceless properties in the way of Allah. They donated their properties to establish mosques, madarsas, boarding house, orphanage and hospitals. One among such great personalities was a cleric of Qutub Shahi period, Hazrat Miyan Mashak who constructed a vast mosque, an architectural masterpiece, at the foot of Puranapul. He donated 5 acre 3 guntas of land under the mosque so that Muslims may benefit from the mosque, madarsa and the hospital, run at the premises.

Jagan files bail petition

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YSR Congress president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has filed bail petition in the CBI special court here on Tuesday.

Jagan has said in the petition filed through his lawyer that he as the president of his party needed to campaign for the candidates in the ensuing by-elections and prayed for bail. Maintaining that his arrest was improper, he has asked the court to give him bail to enable him to campaign for his party candidates.

Salman’s new health advisor: Katrina Kaif

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Actor Salman Khan is known to be the mentor and guru for several young actors whom he’s said to have taken under his wing. It’s equally well-known that the brawny actor generously doles out work-out and fitness tips to them and this includes actor Katrina Kaif.