EC rejects 84 nominations for by-polls
Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal on Saturday informed that as many as 84 nominations out of 412 filed for by-elections in 18 Assembly and one Parliament seats in the State have been rejected after scrutiny.
Month: May 2012
Three YSR Cong party workers held
Cyberabad police on Saturday arrested three supporters of YSR Congress party leader and MP Jagan Mohan Reddy who had allegedly conspired to burn state-owned RTC buses and damage government property in case their leader was arrested.
Miyapur Police caught three persons and foiled their plan to burn 100 RTC buses, In-charge Commissioner of Cyberabad police Rajiv Ratan told .
During checking of vehicles early on saturday, a police team nabbed two persons, S Srikanth Reddy and K J Eliazar, when they were riding a motorcycle and recovered a bottle containing one litre of petrol, he said.
German doctors apologise for Nazi tests on Jews
The German Medical Association has apologised for the sadistic experiments carried out by Nazi doctors on Jews, Daily Mail reported Saturday.
The body has admitted that many doctors under Nazi-rule during the Second World War were guilty of “scores of human rights violations”.
German doctors performed pseudo-scientific experiments on concentration camp inmates, including at Auschwitz.
They were also key to the Nazi’s programme of forced sterilisation or euthanasia of the mentally ill or others deemed “unworthy of life”.
Eating monkeys, apes could cause ‘next HIV’
Scientists in Cameroon have warned that eating monkeys and apes could cause the next HIV, it was reported here Saturday.
They are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead to a global health crisis, Daily Mail reported.
Eighty percent of the meat eaten in Cameroon is killed in the wild and is known as “bushmeat”, with gorilla, chimpanzee or monkey favourites.
According to one estimate, up to 3,000 gorillas are slaughtered in southern Cameroon every year.
Man becomes surrogate mother to eight ducklings
A 50-year-old man in Britain has become a surrogate mother to eight ducklings after watching them hatch. The birds now think he is their mother and follow him everywhere.
They are kept in a pen during the day but do get to stretch their legs when they accompany Spanish guesthouse owner Ponce Risco on his daily walk to Longton Brickcroft Nature Reserve, Daily Mail reported Saturday.
Risco said: “They think I’m their mother I think, as long as they can see me they are fine but if I go out of sight they start making a noise and panic and huddle together.”
Acid attack on woman volleyball player in Haryana
A teenage girl, who is a junior national volleyball player, was hospitalised with serious injuries after two motorcycle-borne youth threw acid on her while she was going for practice Saturday evening, police said.
Ritu Saini, 17, was taken to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) here with burn injuries on her face and chest.
The youth managed to escape from the spot after the attack near the crowded Prem Nagar Chowk, the police said. Rohtak is around 70 km from New Delhi and is the home town of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Jagan to be quizzed for 3rd day tomorrow
YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was today grilled for the second consecutive day by the CBI in connection with the disproportionate assets case and his questioning will continue tomorrow as well.
The CBI, which had yesterday grilled the Kadapa MP for eight hours, today questioned him for over seven hours.
After today’s questioning, Jagan said that the ‘Q&A’ session of the investigating agency went of ‘peacefully’.
“Things went off peacefully. They sought some clarifications, which I gave them. Tomorrow, I think I should
Gadkari’s leadership a miserable failure: Congress
Maharashtra Congress today termed as a “miserable failure” the leadership of BJP president Nitin Gadkari, while accusing the saffron party of being “desperate” for power.
The pointed remark came a day after conclusion of the two-day BJP national executive meeting here which re-elected
Gadkari as the party president for the second term.
“Under your leadership, BJP has miserably failed to play its role as a responsible opposition party,” Maharashtra
Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) spokesperson Sachin Sawant said in a letter to BJP president Nitin Gadkari.
AP Congress says no threat to govt
Despite ominous signs that there could be further exodus of its MLAs to YSR Congress of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh is not ready to accept that its government faced a possible
threat in the near future.
“There is no threat to the Congress government and it will last its full term, no matter who stays in the party or
leaves it and N Kiran Kumar Reddy would continue to be the Chief Minister,” Deputy Chief Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha asserted today.
Now, an anti-Anna film, Main Nahin Anna
Writer-director Manish Gupta, who is currently shooting his upcoming film, Main Nahin Anna, says the movie does not support anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare’s agitation.
“Our film is not pro-Anna. It exposes the hypocrisy of a society. People who flock at Hazare’s agitation in thousands, are those who on their way back, if caught by an RTO officer, have no qualms in paying bribe.
Cong, TDP want to eliminate third alternative in AP:Jagan
YSR Congress Party chief and Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy today said that both the Congress and the TDP want to eliminate third alternative in the state.
He also charged that the Congress Government in Andhra Pradesh would survive based on support extended by Telugu
Desam Party.
In an interview to a news channel, Jagan Reddy said “I have doubts about falling of this government as Chandrababu
Naidu is strongly in support of this (Congress) government.
‘Iran has uranium for 5 nuclear bombs’: US security institute
Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further, a US security institute said.
The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), a think-tank which closely tracks Iran’s nuclear programme, made the analysis on the basis of data in the latest quarterly UN watchdog report which was issued on Friday.
Cong compares Modi to Hitler’s propaganda minister
Hitting back at Narendra Modi for his criticism of the UPA, Congress today said the soul of Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels seemed to have entered the “frustrated” Gujarat Chief Minister and accused him of crossing the “Laxmanrekha”.
“Gujarat Chief Minister is a frustrated man. It seems the soul of Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister during the Nazi regime of Hitler in Germany, has gone inside him. He has crossed all limits.
Indian boy solves 350-year old math puzzle set by Newton
A 16-year-old Indian origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported here on Saturday.
Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton.
Ray solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers, Daily Mail reported.
His solutions mean that scientists can now calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and then predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall.
Team Anna calls PM corrupt, seeks inquiry against him
Team Anna on Saturday clubbed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with 13 other Cabinet Ministers, whom they accused of corruption, which the Congress dismissed as “unsubstantiated averments” that need not be responded to.
The anti-graft group, which has threatened to launch an indefinite fast from July 25, has picked up portions of a draft CAG report to make charges against Singh when Coal Ministry was with him. They had never made allegations against the Prime Minister before.
Team Anna calls PM, Pranab corrupt
Team Anna on Saturday clubbed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with 13 other Cabinet Ministers, whom they accused of corruption, which the Congress dismissed as “unsubstantiated averments” that need not be responded to.
The anti-graft group, which has threatened to launch an indefinite fast from July 25, has picked up portions of a draft CAG report to make charges against Singh when Coal Ministry was with him. They had never made allegations against the Prime Minister before.
Yeddyurappa a ‘human bomb’ in BJP: Bal Thackeray
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is a “human bomb” within the BJP whose president Nitin Gadkari’s path is “paved with landmines”, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said in Mumbai on Saturday.
In a candid reflection on the divisions in BJP, marked by the resignation of Sanjay Joshi as a special invitee to its national executive to secure the attendance of Narendra Modi, Thackeray, the oldest ally of the saffron party, acknowledged the dominant stature of the Gujarat Chief Minister whose consent had to be taken to ensure a second term for Gadkari.
Team Anna attacks Manmohan, Chidambaram and Pranab
Team Anna Saturday renewed its attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, alleging Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were involved in massive corruption.
Besides Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna also figured in the 79-page document prepared by Team Anna purportedly showing their alleged involvement in various cases.
Two killed in Maharashtra road accident
Two people were killed and two others critically injured Saturday when their car hit a luxury bus near a village, 110 km from here in Maharashtra, police said.
‘The car driver was trying to overtake the bus near Ranjangaon in Madha tehsil. The driver lost control and crashed into the side of the bus. Two people in the car were killed and two others were injured,’ an official from Tembhurni police station told IANS.
Those killed have been identified as Nalasaheb Bhonsale, 52, and Kakasaheb Gholap, 42.
None of the bus passengers were injured in the accident, the official said.
Sonia hails Congress’ rule in Assam
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday has hailed the performance of the Assam government and its Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi.
Gandhi, on a daylong visit to mark the first anniversary celebration of the third consecutive term of the Congress government in the state, met the state’s party leadership and addressed a public meeting here.
Gandhi said that when Gogoi assumed power, Assam was in shambles, and credited the incumbent government for the turnaround.
Yazeed Bashamakh: Poverty can stop him from entering IIT
The brilliant teenager is certain about clearing counseling also but his father is uncertain about admission. Yazeed Bashamakh has cracked IIT-JEE – the gateway to admission at IITs in India. The results of the premier entrance test declared last week saw Yazeed getting All India Rank of 1437 among around 25,000 successful candidates.
Prez poll: Sangma pins hopes on ‘hidden votes’
Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma, who is considered an underdog in the Presidential race, on Saturday pinned his hopes on ‘big number of hidden votes’ and equated himself to the ‘black man’ Barack Obama making it to the White House.
“We have (the case of) Barack Obama…Nobody thought a black man would ever occupy White House. If a black man can become the President of America, why can’t an Adivasi become the President of India,” the NCP leader, whose party has refused to back him for the Presidential race, said.
Prince Ali stunned by FIFA experts’ hijab knock back
Evidence from FIFA’s medical experts on why the ban on Muslim women footballers wearing the Islamic headscarf or hijab should remain in place was deeply flawed and had no foundation, the campaign’s principal supporter said on Friday.
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, whose presentation to soccer’s law-making body IFAB six weeks ago saw the approval of the headscarf pending health and safety checks, said he was “shocked and disturbed” by the evidence presented on Thursday.
“If it is true, I would accept it, but I believe it was without foundation,” he told reporters.
Surface-to-air Akash missile test fired
Two days after its successful trial, India on Saturday again test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the test range at Chandipur near here.
“The user specific trial, which formed part of the country’s routine air defence exercises, was conducted from the ITR,” said a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) official associated with the Akash missile project.
To re-validate the technology and operational efficacy of the anti-aircraft missile, Defence forces conducted the trial with logistic support provided by the ITR.
Prez poll: Sangma pins hopes on ‘hidden votes’
Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma, who is considered an underdog in the Presidential race, on Saturday pinned his hopes on “big number of hidden votes” and equated himself to the “black man” Barack Obama making it to the White House.
“We have (the case of) Barack Obama…Nobody thought a black man would ever occupy White House. If a black man can become the President of America, why can’t an Adivasi become the President of India,” the NCP leader, whose party has refused to back him for the Presidential race, said.