Month: June 2012

Two held in Italy for forcing 10-year-old to marry

by

Two gypsy men were Monday arrested in Italy for allegedly abducting a 10-year-old girl and forcing her to marry one of them.

The two men from Montenegro – aged 48 and 23 – were charged with kidnapping and causing grievous bodily harm. They were arrested in Gugliano in Campania region.

The men allegedly abducted the girl from a gypsy camp, and tried to persuade her to marry one of the pair.

The girl’s mother called police after she was assaulted by the men when she tried to stop them from kidnapping her daughter.

Dawood’s alleged aide refused bail in 2009 extortion case

by

Khalil Ahmed, an alleged aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was today refused bail by a Delhi court in a 2009 case of alleged attempt to extort money from a businessman here.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav denied bail to Ahmed.

Khalil had sought bail on the ground that the Indian Penal Code provides a maximum punishment of seven years for the offence of extortion and he has spent a substantial period in judicial custody, pending trial.

Sachin begins new innings, takes guard as MP

by

After making waves in cricket, Sachin Tendulkar today took guard in his new innings as Member of Parliament but if anyone had doubts about his priorities, he made it clear that it would be the game first.

Accompanied by his wife Anjali, the 39-year-old cricket legend in a checked shirt and wearing sunshades came to Parliament House in the official car of Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla and was escorted straight to the Chairman Hamid Ansari’s chamber.

Cong, TDP conspired to put Jagan in jail

by

YSR Congress’s President Y Vijayamma has alleged at an election rally that TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and ruling Congress conspired to put her son and Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy in jail.

Vijayamma campaigned Sunday night in Prathipadu and Macherla Assembly constituencies where bypolls would be held on June 12 along with other constituencies. She alleged Jagan was arrested just before the by-elections so as to keep him away from campaigning.

Azad rules out mid-term polls in the State

by

Union Health Minister and In-charge of AP Congress affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad has ruled out the possibilities of mid-terms polls in the State after by-elections.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Azad said that the results of by-elections would not impact the State Government. He hoped that the Congress party would win all the seats where by-elections would be held on June 12. He described YSR Congress party president Jaganmohan Reddy as an inexperienced politician who lacks eligibility criteria to become a Chief Minister.

Congress Govt has failed on all fronts, alleges Naidu

by

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday accused the Congress Government of having failed on all fronts.

Addressing a press conference at Kakinada, Naidu said that the administration has come to a halt at all levels and all systems need to be resorted. He said while the corruption was at its peak, the leaders of ruling party were found involved in many irregularities. He also accused the Congress and YSR Congress of indulging in ‘match fixing’ to stage a political drama in order to shield their leaders from corruption charges.

Speaker unhappy with MLAs’ resignations

by

Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Monday expressed displeasure over the frequent by-elections in the State.

Addressing a press conference on the completion of one year in office as the Speaker, Manohar said that compared to his predecessors he faced tremendous pressure due to frequent resignations by MLAs. He said by submitting resignations or getting disqualified, the MLAs were unable to meet the purpose for which they got elected. He said crores of rupees belonging to the State’s exchequer were lost due to 65 by-elections that were held in the State in the last six years.

HC advocate petitions NHRC against CBI in Jagan’s case

by

An advocate of Andhra Pradesh High Court has petitioned National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
for violating all constitutional rights and also discretionary power conferred by CrPC by arresting YSR Congress Party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in connection with the the disproportionate assets case, here on May 27.
Advocate P Sai Krishna Azad told UNI here today that the NHRC had admitted his petition filed on June 1 and said Jagan was a law abiding person who always cooperated

China issues travel advisory on India

by

In an apparent tit-for-tat move, China has cautioned its citizens against travelling to India, fearing danger because of unrest on the issues of petroleum prices and corruption.
An advisory by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, issued before External Affairs Minister S M Krishna’s visit to Beijing tomorrow to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit on June 6-7, advised Chinese citizens in India to guard against the unrest in many places and requested them to confirm their itinerary with related agencies to avoid delays.

Vijayamma has a role in Jagan’s illegal assets: Cong

by

Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson B Kamalakar Rao on Monday described YSR Congress honorary president Vijayamma as a political immature personality and alleged that she too might have played a role in helping her son Jaganmohan Reddy accumulate illegal wealth.

Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Kamalakar Rao said that initially everyone felt that Vijayamma was a normal housewife who was forced to enter the political arena due to circumstances.

Salman has great music sense: “Ek Tha Tiger’ composer

by

Music director Sohail Sen, who has composed for the upcoming Salman Khan starrer ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, says the actor has good sense in music and gave some valuable inputs regarding the film`s soundtrack.

“I am a big fan of Salman Khan. I am happy that I got an opportunity to work with him. He has a great music sense. He has knowledge and he gave me suggestions while I was working on the music of the film,” Sohail told reporters.

‘Ek Tha Tiger’ will be the 27-year-old composer`s second project with Yash Raj Films after ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’.

Prostitution racket busted, 17 arrested: police

by

Police claim top have busted a prostitution racket in the city with the arrest of seventeen people, including nine women.

Following a tip off, they were arrested from a house in Jawahar Nagar locality last evening, police said today.

The accused have been booked under relevant sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, they added.

—PTi

Sonia authorised to choose Presidential, VP nominees

by

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) today authorised party President Sonia Gandhi to decide on the candidates for the coming Presidential and Vice Presidential elections.

The resolution, authorising her, was interestingly moved by Finance Minister and senior leader Pranab Mukherjee, who is himself considered the front runner in the race for the President’s post.

The resolution was adopted at the day-long meeting of the CWC, chaired by Gandhi, unanimously, party sources said.

PM hits out at Team Anna, Ramdev

by

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday rejected the charges of Team Anna that the government had “swindled unbelievable amounts” of money and hit out at yoga guru Ramdev for claiming that “astronomical” sums of black money can be brought back from other countries in one stroke.

Addressing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here, he said “canards and falsehood” were being spread by “disparate” and “desparate” elements and asked the party cadres to effectively tackle the “misinformation”.

Madhya Pradesh 3rd in country in MNREGA funds expenditure

by

(Pervez Bari) The Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh has been placed at the third place in the country in respect of expenditure of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes during the year 2011-12.

Madhya Pradesh is ahead of Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Bihar in respect of expenditure under the scheme.

10 dead, 45 wounded in Iraq suicide bombing

by

At least 10 people were killed and over 45 wounded Monday when a suicide bomber blew up his car packed with explosives in Baghdad, authorities said.

The attack occurred at about 10:45 a.m. when the suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the entrance of the Shiite endowment office in Bab al-Mu’tham district, an interior ministry source said.

The powerful blast destroyed part of the office building.

Xinhua correspondent in central Baghdad heard a powerful explosion and saw a plume of black smoke rise above the area.

Madhya Pradesh doctors threaten mass leave

by

Health services in Madhya Pradesh may be paralyzed if government doctors carry out their threat to resign en masse July 1 to press for higher salaries.

Government doctors claim that despite Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s repeated assurances of granting four-tier pay scales to doctors, the finance and health departments have not done so.

Madhya Pradesh Medical Officers Association president Lalit Shrivastava said the cabinet approved a four-tier pay structure for government doctors way back in 2008.

“Subsequently some senior doctors started receiving hiked salaries,” he said.

New force can propel asteroids onto earth’s path

by

You might not be safe from asteroid hits even if state-of-the-art NASA tracking systems are in place, because the ‘Yarkovsky effect’ can force these objects out of their orbits and into ours, says a study.

A prime example is an asteroid 1999 RQ36, nearly half a kilometre across, expected to zoom past the Earth in 2135, which has already drifted nearly 100 miles out of its path in the last 12 years, thanks to the ‘Yarkovksy effect’.

Kudankulam inspections on after removal of dummy fuel

by

The first reactor of the two 1,000 MW protest-hit Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is undergoing inspection by atomic experts after allowing the removal of all the dummy fuel assemblies, an official said Monday.

“All the dummy fuel assemblies were removed Saturday. Now the inspection of the reactor systems are on by experts from India and overseas,” a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) told IANS.

Dummy fuel is similar to the real fuel in terms of specifications but without enriched uranium.

I consider myself geek’s fantasy: Priyanka

by

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who has been endorsing various technological projects including Nokia and Nikon, loves technology and tries to own the latest gadget in the market.

“I love technology. I consider myself geek’s fantasy. Any new gadget in the market, I need to have one,” Priyanka, the brand ambassador for Digital Direct Broadcast (DDB) technology, told reporters at a press conference here Monday.

BJP backs Ramdev’s movement

by

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday backed Baba Ramdev’s movement against black money, with the yoga guru meeting party president Nitin Gadkari at his residence here.

“Baba Ramdev’s fight against black money is very important. We as the party support Baba Ramdev in this ‘andolan’ (movement). This is an agitation above party lines; this is for the benefit of the country,” Gadkari said after the meeting Monday.

The BJP president also bowed down to touch Ramdev’s feet. He later said it was a gesture of respect and he was following Indian culture.

Congress intensifies attack on Jagan in by-poll campaign

by

With the YSR Congress Party trying to cash in on the sympathy wave in the wake of its leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s arrest in the illegal assets case, the ruling Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh is going full steam ahead to target him in the by-elections campaigning.

Joining the party’s campaign, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is in-charge of party affairs in the state, launched a tirade against Jagan, blaming his ‘greed’ for the arrest, thus forcing his mother and sister to hit the road for sympathy.

Monroe’s nude pictures surface

by

Nude images from screen legend Marilyn Monroe’s last photo shoot, taken 50 years back, have surfaced.

Photographer Lawrence Schiller captured the iconic beauty posing naked in a swimming pool at Fox Film Studios May 23, 1962, during a shoot on the set of her film “Something’s Got To Give”, reports contactmusic.com.

“The photographs shows the real Marilyn Monroe teasing you, yet there is still a little mystery left. I was so unguarded that she became unguarded with me,” said the 75-year-old photographer.