UAE drivers involved in car stunts would be prosecuted as such actions are now considered as criminal offences because they threaten the lives of road users, Dubai’s traffic police chief was reported on Monday as saying.
Major General Mohammed Al Zafin said police had arrested some Emirati drivers involved in dangerous car stunt demonstrations in Mamzar, Rawiyya and other areas and they would stand trial after having their vehicles impounded.
A German Muslim computer scientist has developed a new smartphone application to help millions of pilgrims to find their way in the holy city of Makkah for hajj and `Umrah.
“I thought it would be interesting if I could have had a navigation device that could also be a religious guide,” Habiburrahman Dastageeri, a graduate from computer science department in Stuttgart University, told GlobalPost on Sunday, May 27.
Dastageeri got the idea for the smartphone application while visiting the holy city of Makkah in 2006 with his family to perform `Umrah.
Students who fail in their exams get disappointed. Actually, it is the first stage of their success. If they are successful, they are greeted by their parents and friends but when they fail they get admonition from many people.
In the case of failure in the examinations, the most important aspect is to know the causes of failure. These thoughts were expressed by Mr. Mustafa Parvez, an expert in memory development programme.
Shams coaching center, opposite Bushra Hospital, Moghalpura is offering free coaching for the failed candidate of SSC to enable them to prepare for Advanced Supplementary examination.
The coaching classes will begin on 28th May. Science, English, Social Studies are the the subjects that are taught. Students of Urdu and English media can avail of this free coaching programme. For further details, the candidates may contact on phone number 939683983 to Dr. Shamsunnisa, Principal of the institute after 7 pm.
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ASILENT killer is taking over the Capital. And no, it’s not the summer heat. Delhi tops the chart of the recent National Cancer Registry in kidney cancer. What used to strike the elderly has started catching the young in the Capital.Tumours of the kidney, which are generally found in people over 60, are being found in patients as young as seven.
In the recently released cancer registry, the age adjusted incidence rate has shown that young Delhi males are suffering the most from kidney cancers.
AP Pollution Board, National Green Corpus and Jawahar Bal Bhavan are jointly organizing a painting competition of “Environment” for the school children between the age group 5-15 years are eligible to participate.
The painting competition and the description of environment could be written in Telugu and English.
The results will be displayed on 4th June 2012 and prizes will be distributed on 5th June at Jubilee Hall, Public Garden.
Interested school children may contact phone numbers 9177303128, 9000844140 or 970413994 for getting more details.
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Telangana Resource Centre organized a colloquium at Chandram, in the premises of Oxford Grammar School, Himayathnagar under the chairmanship of its president Mr. M. Ved Kumar. Dr. B.V. Subha Rao, Dr. K.L. Vyas, Dr. Shiva Kumar, Dr. Muralidharan, E.R. Dhananjay, Dr. D. Narasimha Reddy, N. Prasad and A.K. Prabhakara Reddy participated in the discussions.
A Hyderabad court on Monday seeks Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to 14-day custody in the alleged disproportionate assets case.
Earlier, amidst heavy security, Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy arrived at the special CBI court at Nampally in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case.
Heavy security is in place to avoid Jagan’s supporters from breaking loose in the court premises. Jagan’s wife Bharti Reddy and auditor Vijay Sai Reddy, who has been summoned by the CBI, were also present at the court room.
DOCTORS have carried out the world’s first successful womb transplant in a breakthrough that could allow thousands of young women to fulfil their dream of motherhood.
Derya Sert, who was born without a womb, received a healthy organ in a seven- hour operation in the Turkish city of Antalya.
Scans show her new womb, which came from a woman who had died in a car crash, to be healthy and working well.
Sert is due to start IVF treatment in Turkey in September in the hope of conceiving a longed- for child.
Communist leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Mr. Syed Aziz Pasha said that the hurdle created in the release of former constable Abdul Quadeer is a serious conspiracy. The people’s representatives who are afraid of damage in the event of his release are creating hurdles. He appealed to the activists of INSAF organization to continue their struggle for the release of Abdul Quadeer.
(Siasat News) Govt. is bringing about changes in educational system. This year it introduced Grade point system in S.S.C examination instead of notifying the total marks obtained by the candidates in the examinations.
Muslim Educational Development Forum organized a seminar yesterday at Mahboob Hussain Jigar Hall, Siasat Office.
(Siasat News) A ceremony was organized by Iqbalur Rahman Memorial Society at Urdu Ghar, Moghalpura yesterday to distribute merit awards to the candidates who secured distinction in S.S.C examination this year. Dr. Hasanuddin Ahmed, IAS (Rtd) former Chairman A.P. State Minorities Commission was the chief guest of the function. Addressing the students on this occasion, he advised the students to take admissions in various courses other than Engineering and medicine. MR. Ahmed Basheeruddin Farooqui, Rtd. Dy.
(Siasat News) Group I examination conducted by A.P.P.S.C. went off peacefully in Ranga Reddy District yesterday . Mr. V. Seshadri, Collector of R.R. District told that 142 examination centres were setup in the district. 59,754 candidates downloaded their hall tickets from the internet, out of which 38,881 candidates wrote the examination. In this way the attendance of the candidates who wrote this examination was 65%. Mr. Sudershan Reddy, Joint Collector visited various examination centres and took stock of the situation.
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Labor Minister Adel Fakeih told members of the Shoura Council yesterday that the Kingdom’s Saudization program is well on track and the ministry was able to find jobs for 195,000 Saudi men and 51,000 women over the past few months.
Fakeih was addressing the 38th regular session of the Shoura Council presided over by its Chairman Abdullah Al-Asheikh.
The Golden Gate Bridge was a larger than life engineering project undertaken against dangerous odds and it opened 75 years ago on Sunday against vehement protest, at the cost of 11 lives.
One of the most astonishing and admired manmade wonders of the world, gracing millions of postcards, featured in countless films, the bridge was not at first welcomed with open arms.
Last four seasons of IPL saw the Kolkata Kinght Riders languishing at the bottom of the table.
But this time co-owner Shah Rukh Khan’s team, KKR, came back with a vengeance and lifted the cup.
Co-owner Shah Rukh Khan couldn’t contain his happiness and danced his way to the ground.
He hugged, cheered and congratulated each member of his team.
Throughout the tournament SRK was accompanied by his daughter Suhana and her group of friends. Shah Rukh hoisted his daughter Suhana aloft in the stands and later performed cartwheels for the Chennai crowd.
‘Indecent’ acts of tourists on the beach and in shopping malls – like wearing short skirts and kissing in public – are not considered as criminal offences but as violations of law, according to Brigadier Khalil Al Mansouri, Director-General Department of Criminal Investigation, Dubai Police.
Such cases of misbehaviour should be dealt with in a civilised manner by educating violators about UAE laws and customs. Only if tourists continue to violate the law, the matter can be reported to the police, he said.
The most talked couple in B-town, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor has finally decided on a wedding date.
Kareena and Saif will enter matrimony after the release of the former’s film ‘Heroine’.
Heroine is the journey of a super star; it’s about ups and downs in her career, her relationships and the controversies she gets embroiled in.
Bebo is currently with Saif in Turkey, where the actor is shooting for Race 2, and reports suggest that the formal announcement might just come soon. This is likely to be October 16.
The US Vice President Joe Biden says Washington has devised a new policy in a bid to counter the rising power and influence of China.
Joe Biden on Saturday addressing cadets of the US Military Academy during a graduation ceremony in West Point, New York, spoke about the United States’ shift in policy-making.
Biden said the United States will continue to take charge internationally and focus on Asia, particularly China which he called ‘the most critical relationship to get right.’
Time magazine has included Raj Kapoor’s 1951classic “Awaara” among 20 new entries added to its All-Time 100 list of the greatest films made since 1923, the beginning of the prestigious US periodical.
Rethinking the movie masterpieces, Time critic Richard Corliss describes Raj Kapoor as “the great star-auteur of India’s postcolonial golden age of movies – Cary Grant and Cecil B. DeMille in one handsome package.”
“The ’50s films he headlined and directed became huge hits not just in his newly freed homeland but also across the Arab crescent from Indonesia to North Africa,” Time noted.
Poonam Pandey’s craziness for cricket is not hidden and when it comes to the final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) the sultry starlet has planned something bigger! She informed a leading daily that like a terrorist does not reveal his plan before the blast, she also had kept it under the wraps!
Veena Malik, Pakistani model-actress is back on work for her upcoming Kannada version movie of Bollywood Vidya Balan’s “The Dirty Picture’, says report.
As per the latest updates, Kannada version ‘The Dirty Picture’ is produced by Venkatappa and directed by Trishul.
In reference to this Veena Malik said to a daily that I am quite excited to be part of the film. I have heard the story and it looks quite interesting.
With an eye on the Assembly polls slated for next year, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is likely to put special focus on social sector and development when she presents the annual Budget of her government for the second consecutive year on Monday.
The Budget, the second since Dikshit has been handling the finance portfolio, is expected to be a populist one and a bid to regain the Congress’ support base for the Assembly Elections in the wake of the party’s crushing defeat in the municipal polls.
Producer Ekta Kapoor’s legal notice to Veena Malik-starrer Kannada remake of her hit flick, The Dirty Picture has not deterred actor Rakhi Sawant, who is starring in a Bengali remake of the National Award-winning movie. “No. That’s not possible. Tell me it isn’t true,” the 33-year-old said when we informed her about Kapoor’s legal notice, before adding, “But I’m not doing a Dirty Picture part two or something. I’m doing it in Bengali.” Sawant was in the HT House on Thursday to promote her latest flick, Rakhtbeej.
In a new push to stop growing bloodshed in Syria, US President Barack Obama plans to seek Russia’s help to ease out President Bashar al-Assad under “the Yemenskii Variant,” a proposal modeled on the transition in Yemen.
When Obama brought it up with Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev at the G-8 summit at Camp David last weekend, Medvedev appeared receptive, US officials said, signaling that Russia would prefer that option to other transitions in the Arab upheaval.