A special court Monday remanded YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to judicial custody for 14 days in a disproportionate assets case.
The CBI court sent the Lok Sabha member to judicial custody till June 11. The court dismissed his bail petition.
The court also dismissed CBI’s petition seeking 14-day judicial custody of the accused.
Judge A. Pullaiah, who heard arguments from both sides in the morning, pronounced his order around 4.30 p.m.
President PCC Botsa Satyanarayana told that YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is criminal minded since his childhood.
Talking to media here at Gandhi Bhavan Botsa Satyanarayana alleged that Jagan has links with criminals. He warned that state government will initiate strong measures against persons causing damage to the society.
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Kareena Kapoor has come a long way when it comes to being a thorough professional and how. Just a look at her work schedule is enough to prove that the lady is walking that extra mile to deliver her professional commitments without any hiccups.
Reports say that Bebo has been picked up to perform an item number in ‘Dabangg 2’. The song will be composed by Sajid-Wajid and it is revealed that it is going to be more westernised than the popular number ‘Munni’.
A growing number of Americans are travelling to India to seek treatment for rare diseases through India`s experimental embryonic stem cell therapy, according to an investigative report.
Among them Cash Burnaman, a 6-year-old South Carolina boy, who travelled with his parents to India seeking treatment for a rare genetic condition that has left him developmentally disabled, CNN reported.
Scientists claim to have engineered a protein which allows the body`s immune cells to get inside tumours and attack cancer cells.
The pioneering experiment, published in the `Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences` journal, was carried out by an international team led by Prof Ruth Ganss at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research.
“Until now, immunotherapy has not been very successful in treating cancer because tumours are very resistant to immune cells,” said Dr Anna Johansson, from The University of Western Australia, a team member.
An eye hospital in Kolkata has introduced an innovative method of `Auto blood Conjunctival Graft Fixation` surgery for treating Pterygium patients with their blood.
Pterygium is a wing-shaped fibro vascular tissue encroaching on to cornea from the nasal or temporal side causing visual disturbance, irritation and redness of eye.
“The idea of using natural blood clot as tissue adhesive is derived to provide the benefits of glue fixation to the patients minus drawbacks,” said Santanu Mitra, senior consultant – cataract and occuloplasty services, Disha Eye Hospitals & Research centre.
Office desks put workers at risk of serious illness because they are crawling with germs, experts have warned in a new study.
Workplace kitchens and break rooms are also at risk, particularly sinks where staff clean their cups and plates and also microwave door handles.
In a US study, hygienists collected nearly 5,000 swabs from buildings including law firms, insurance offices, call centres and healthcare companies. It found office workers unwittingly spread bugs around on a daily basis.
The South-West monsoon which advanced into the Bay of Bengal near the Andaman Islands, is likely to arrive in the State in the first week of June, maintaining its normal timing.
Director State Meteorological Office G. Sudhakar Rao said that the rainfall in the state during this monsoon would be normal.
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About 158 passengers on board Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight on Monday escaped unhurt after a fire broke out in the left engine of the aircraft on its landing here.
The incident took place when the flight arrived around 5.40 am, airport sources said.
The Jet plane was on the taxiway when the follow me up vehicle saw a fire in the left engine of the aircraft. The pilot was told to hold and shut the engine, they said.
“However, the fire was immediately put out and all the passengers were deplaned safely,” they added.
The first day of the Budget Session of the newly-elected Uttar Pradesh Assembly witnessed chaos on Monday as MLAs belonging to the opposition BSP trooped to the Well of the House creating ruckus.
As soon as Governor BL Joshi started his customary address to the Assembly of the first day of the Budget Session, BSP MLAs started shouting and ran to the Well of the House. They were reportedly protesting against poor law and order situation in the state.
The BSP legislators tried to throw papers on Governor Joshi and also clashed with the ruling Samajwadi Party MLAs and marshals.
Days after the Supreme Court suspended a member of parliament over her dual citizenship, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he was in favour of expatriate Pakistanis getting right to vote and becoming parliamentarians.There was no restriction on dual citizenship in the constitution, Gilani said.
He pointed out that over 300 councillors, mayors and members of the House of Commons and House of Lords in Britain were Pakistanis, Daily Times reported.
In a significant development, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday rejected the Centre’s move to create a sub-quota for minorities on religion basis.
A division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar said that there was no rationale in providing reservation to minorities on the basis of religion.
Former Tollywood actress and YSR Congress party leader Roja alleged that it was Chandrababu himself who had incited violence in the state, following the killing of his party leader Paritala Ravi.
Referring Lagdapati’s remark on Jagan’s mother Vijayamma in which he said “Vijayamma did not train her son Jagan as a gentleman”, Roja took a dig at Sonia Gandhi in retaliation.
The Telugu actress has suggested Sonia Gandhi to marry of his son Rahul Gandhi in time, and prove herself to be a responsible and considerate mother.
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A Filipina, who claimed to have been raped by a Pakistani driver in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in February this year, accused her friend, also a Pakistani, of setting her up for the crime.
According to a report of the news site Khaleej Times, a 28-year-old Pakistani driver faced a UAE court on Wednesday last week for the rape of the 39-year-old Filipina.
The driver also allegedly took photos of the victim as she lay naked on the ground.
British conservative backbencher Greg Knight is spearheading calls to ban animals’ halal slaughter, stirring a debate that pits religious sensitivities against the convictions of animal welfare campaigners.
“If it said that all chickens had to be labeled in a certain way if the birds had been battery hens, or if he had proposed that meat had to be labeled in a certain way if the animals had been kept in dreadful conditions before being killed… I would at least regard him as consistent,” Sir Gerald Kaufman told BBC on Monday, May 28.
Amid nationwide outrage over the Rs 7/litre hike in petrol prices, Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Monday made it clear that the government is not considering raising the prices of diesel, LPG or kerosene in the immediate future.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the impact of fule prices on inflation, Reddy said, “…not going to touch the price of LPG, diesel and kerosene, full stop.”
An Army Recruitment Rally will be conducted under the aegis of Headquarters Recruiting Zone, Chennai by Army Recruiting Office, Secunderabad from May 29 to June 3 at the Sri Ananthapadmanabha Arts & Science Commerce College Viqarabad, RR District.
Candidates belonging to 10 Telangana districts, Mahboobnagar, Khammam, Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad, Nalgonda, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Medak, can participate in the rally for recruitment into the posts of Indian Army in Soldier Technical, Soldier Nursing Assistant, Soldier General Duty, Soldier Clerk/Store Keeper Technical etc.
Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, managing editor Siasat and Mr. Amir Ali khan news editor Siasat, expressing views on the miserable condition of Urdu schools, non-recruitment on the posts of Urdu teachers and non-seriousness of government on the matter, told that the movement launched by SIO against injustice towards Urdu is laudable.
Two villages in the Holy Land’s tiny Christian community are teaching Aramaic in an ambitious effort to revive the language that Jesus spoke, centuries after it all but disappeared from the Middle East.
The new focus on the region’s dominant language 2,000 years ago comes with a little help from modern technology: an Aramaic-speaking television channel from Sweden, of all places, where a vibrant immigrant community has kept the ancient tongue alive.
The actress’ Bollywood comeback may have been a disaster, but her endorsement deal with a cereal brand is extended to another year
Karisma Kapoor’s recent comeback film may have released and sunk without a trace at the box office. But looks like the mother-of-two is doing rather well when it comes to her brand endorsement deals.
A chocolate flavoured cornflakes brand she has been endorsing since a year now has decided to extend their contract to one more year. With Karisma’s image giving a boost to the sales, the company wants to retain the actress as the face of the product.
“When Ranji passed out of cricket,” wrote Sir Neville Cardus, “a wonder and a glory departed from the game forever.” Kumar Shri Ranjithsinghji (Ranji), an Indian prince, might have been one of the finest batsmen of all time. Not only did he score a mountain of runs (over 25,000 in all forms of cricket), he also introduced fans to an array of elegant new strokes.
Siasat daily had brought to fore the historical Fatehullah Baig Masjid, located at Laladarwaza, in its special report only yesterday, which is being tried to hide from view by unscrupulous elements.
It took three days for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to finally arrest YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Kadapa MP and son of the late former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), in Hyderabad on Sunday evening. Jagan was arrested allegedly for his evasive answers to questions put by the CBI, which forced the latter to seek custodial interrogation.
A division bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising of chief justice Madan B Lokur and justice PV Sanjay Kumar will pronounce its judgment today on a petition filed against creation of a sub-quota of 4.5 percent reservation to notified minority groups, including Muslims, from out of the 27 percent reservation meant for OBCs (Other Backward Classes).
R Krishnaiah, president BC welfare society and others filed petitions in the HC challenging the central government’s decision to create sub-quota.
Youth drowns in lake
(Siasat News): A 19-year-old youth drowned in a city lake while he was trying to retrieve a cricket ball from a tank in Bahadurpura.
Police said Mohd. Ghayasuddin, resident of Kishenbaug, jumped into the Miralam tank while he and his friends were playing cricket in the government park. When one batsman hit the ball, it went into the lake. Ghayasuddin, who was fielding, jumped into the lake to get it.