Dy CM confident of Congress victory in by-polls
Deputy Chief Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Congress party would win majority of seats in the ensuing by-elections.
Month: June 2012
Majority of polling stations in by-polls declared ‘sensitive’
A majority of polling stations for the by-elections to be held on June 12 have been classified as sensitive.
Addressing a press conference at the State Secretariat on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal informed that of 5,413 polling stations in 18 assembly and one Lok Sabha seats, as many as 3,200 have been classified as ‘sensitive’. He said additional forces would be deployed in all the sensitive polling stations. Meanwhile, the officials have been asked to send updates about each polling station once in every two hours on the polling day.
Cong leaders’ statements incoherent: YSRC
YSR Congress Party on Tuesday said the sanity levels of Congress leaders have been shrinking with YS Vijaymma drawing huge crowds and they were issuing incoherent and diabolical speeches, all stemming out of frustration and fear of defeat in the June 12 by-polls.
“Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad statements have been sickening and his manipulative tactics and oratory skills failed to match as he tried to take back his words and blame the media and translators for the faux pas,” party spokesperson Jupudi Prabhakar Rao told reporters here.
Barely 4.5 per cent of India’s e-waste gets recycled: ASSOCHAM
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on Tuesday said that less than five per cent of India’s total electronic waste (e-waste) gets recycled due to absence of proper infrastructure, legislation and framework for disposing off electronic gadgets and products that have reached the dead-end.
Over 10,000 aspirants participate in GHMC Job Mela
The first ever Mega Job Mela organised by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on Tuesday turned out to be a success in terms of participation, but proved farce when it came to the jobs and salaries that were offered to the candidates.
CPI predicts President’s Rule after by-polls
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday predicted that the President’s Rule might be imposed in the State after the announcement of by-elections results.
Botsa accuses some Cong MLAs of blackmail politics
Pradesh Congress Committee President Botsa Satyanarayana on Tuesday accused some Congress MLAs of resorting to blackmail tactics by giving resignations to join the YSR Congress party.
Talking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan, Botsa said that resignation of some MLAs would not affect the Congress party and therefore, it was not afraid of their moves. For the Congress party, he said, serving the people was more important than staying in power. He said some leaders who were dreaming of become rich overnight like Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy were leaving the party.
Myanmar Muslims protest over mob killings
Scores of Myanmar Muslims held a rare protest in the country’s biggest city today to demand justice for nine pilgrims killed by a Buddhist mob in an attack that has stirred communal tension.
The demonstration at a mosque in central Yangon was peaceful and ended by early evening, but at least six
trucks loaded with police close by.
Some demonstrators showed pictures of the bloodied and beaten bodies of the nine Muslims who were killed on
Sunday in Taunggoke in western Rakhine state, when anger erupted over the reported rape and murder of a Buddhist
woman by a gang of young Muslims.
Dimple files nomination, plays ‘bahu’ card
Lucknow, June 5: Dimple Yadav, wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, on Tuesday filed her nomination papers for the June 24 Kannauj Lok Sabha seat by-election.
Accompanied by her husband, she later addressed a public rally asking people to vote for her as a “sister, bhabhi and bahu”.
“You have shown faith in Netaji, Akhileshji and now time has come to bless me,” she said.
Dimple assured the voters of Kannauj that she would work “relentlessly and honestly” for the development of the district, and accused the former BSP government of pushing UP back by 20 years.
UN, Syria sign aid agreement but access key
Syria has agreed to allow the United Nations and international agencies to expand humanitarian operations in the country, where at least 1 million people need assistance after 15 months of conflict, a senior UN aid official said today.
The UN is to open four field offices – in Deraa, Deir al-Zor, Homs and Idlib — and Syrian officials have pledged to accelerate the granting of visas for aid workers and customs clearance for relief goods, he said.
Malaika upsets reality show contestant?
Bollywood’s ‘Munni’ Malaika Arora Khan’s remarks are said to have irked a contestant of reality show “The Chosen One”.
Malaika was entrusted with the job of setting a task for the contestants of the UTV Stars’ show, aimed at finding the face for the channel.
After the participants completed the given task, Malaika was supposed to give her feedback. However, her remarks did not go down too well with one contestant named Drishti.
She later complained of not being treated equally as others because of her weight, said a source.
Mumbai Congress for ban on ‘Shanghai’ song
The Mumbai unit of the Congress party Tuesday called for a ban on the song ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ featured in a forthcoming Bollywood movie “Shanghai”, saying it hurts patriotic sentiments and degrades India.
In a letter addressed to union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Ambika Soni, Mumbai Congress vice-president Charan Singh Sapra has contended that the content of the entire song is an insult to all countrymen who respect India as their motherland.
Deshmukh, Shinde being probed for Adarsh scam, says CBI
The CBI Tuesday told the Bombay High Court here that it is investigating allegations against former Maharashtra chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde in the multi-crore Adarsh Housing Society scam.
In an affidavit, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that it is thoroughly investigating the role of Deshmukh and Shinde based on the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
Three more held for shooting Delhi legislator
Three more people were arrested for the attack on Delhi legislator Bharat Singh in the capital June 2, police said Tuesday. Four accused were taken into custody earlier.
Udayveer alias Kala, 40, Satish, 30, and Ravinder, 30, were arrested Monday from south Delhi.
“They were arrested from Mahipalpur late Monday,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Yadav told IANS.
Bharat Singh, 35, was shot June 2 outside his office in west Delhi’s Najafgarh. The legislator’s uncle, Dharampal, was also injured.
Haldia victory answer to Trinamool’s politics: Left Front
As West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress won elections to four civic bodies, opposition Left Front Wednesday hailed its sole victory in the Haldia municipality as an answer to the “politics of terror”.
“On the day of election, Trinamool supporters resorted to rampant violence, especially in the areas under Pashkura, Haldia and Durgapur municipality. They had tried to terrorise the masses,” said a Left Front statement.
Ramdev, Gadkari two sides of same coin: Digvijay
Refusing to see much into the meeting between Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and BJP President Nitin Gadkari, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today described both (Ramdev and Gadkari) as ‘two sides of the same coin’.
”Baba Ramdev and BJP President Nitin Gadkari are two sides of the same coin. Both of them compliment each other,” Mr Singh told reporters here.
Ramdev yesterday met the BJP President at his residence to solicit the party’s support for the campaign to bring
back blackmoney stashed by Indians abroad. At the meeting, the BJP president had touched Ramdev’s
Congress not taking revenge: Tulasi Reddy
Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson N Tulasi Reddy on Tuesday denied the allegations that Congress party was resorting to political vendetta against the YSR Congress party leaders.
Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Tulasi Reddy said that the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy and others in August last year on the directions of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Majority of polling stations declared ‘sensitive’
A majority of polling stations for the by-elections to be held on June 12 have been classified as sensitive.
Addressing a press conference at the State Secretariat on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal informed that of 5,413 polling stations in 18 assembly and one Lok Sabha seats, as many as 3,200 have been classified as ‘sensitive’.
He said additional forces would be deployed in all the sensitive polling stations. Meanwhile, the officials have been asked to send updates about each polling station once in every two hours on the polling day.
Dy CM confident of Congress victory in by-polls
Deputy Chief Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Congress party would win majority of seats in the ensuing by-elections.
Talking to reporters while participating in the by-elections campaign in Pratipadu assembly seat, Rajanarasimha accused the YSR Congress party leaders of imposing the elections upon the people by ignoring their welfare.
Kiran government’s fall imminent: CPI
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday predicted that the President’s Rule might be imposed in the State after the announcement of by-elections results.
Talking to reporters while participating in the by-election campaign of TRS candidate M Bhikshapati in Parkal constituency, CPI Secretary K Narayana said that the prevailing political circumstances in the State clearly indicate that the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government’s fall was near and it might result in imposition of President’s Rule.
Congress leaders appear frustrated: YSRC
YSR Congress Party on Tuesday said the sanity levels of Congress leaders have been shrinking with YS Vijaymma drawing huge crowds and they were issuing incoherent and diabolical speeches, all stemming out of frustration and fear of defeat in the June 12 by-polls.
‘Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad statements have been sickening and his manipulative tactics and oratory skills failed to match as he tried to take back his words and blame the media and translators for the fauxpas,’ party spokesperson Jupudi Prabhakar Rao told reporters here.
India pitches for SCO’s membership, Afghan role
A day before the SCO summit opens in Beijing, India Tuesday renewed its pitch for full membership of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization and backed the grouping’s role in stabilizing Afghanistan.
“Indeed, we are looking for full membership. India has conveyed its desire and earnestness in becoming a member of the SCO. We have made our intent known,” India’s External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told select Indian media in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province in southwest China, on his way to Beijing.
7 killed in Rajasthan building collapses
Seven persons, including two woman, were killed and over two dozen others critically injured in two incidents of building collapse in Rajasthan, police said Tuesday.
Two woman, a girl child and three men were buried alive while 12 others sustained injuries when an under-construction building in Kota, some 250 km from here, caved in around 11.30 p.m. Monday.
Zardari, Ahmadinejad reach China for Shanghai summit
The presidents of Pakistan and Iran, Asif Ali Zardari and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tuesday arrived in Beijing to attend the Beijing summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Invited by Chinese President Hu Jintao, both leaders will attend the 12th meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the SCO, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
They will also meet other Chinese leaders and hold talks on bilateral issues.
RBI removes penalty on prepayment of home loans
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday announced removal of foreclosure charges/prepayment penalty on home loans with floating interest rates.
In a notification, the central bank said that it had been observed that home loan borrowers across the board resented foreclosure charges levied by banks on prepayment of home loans.
“This is especially since banks were found to be hesitant in passing on the benefits of lower interest rates to the existing borrowers in a falling interest rate scenario,” the RBI said.