Month: July 2012

Mr. Amir Ali Khan felicitates Visionary College toppers

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The felicitation function of toppers of Visionary Junior (general and vocational) Degree College was held in which Mr. Amir Ali Khan, news editor Siasat participated as chief guest.

On the occasion Mr. Amir Ali Khan congratulated the toppers and conveyed best wishes for their future endeavour.

Speaking further, news editor Siasat, explained the importance of education in detail.

Beside college toppers a large number of parents and students were present on the occasion.

Hajj and Umra training camp

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According to Mr. Syed Sharfuddin president Labbaik Educational Welfare Society Hyderabad, a 10-day training camp for training and practical guidance of Hajj and Umra aspirants, will be organised on Monday, July 2, from 4 to 5 pm at institute of Arabic, adjacent Hotel City Diamond, Mehdipatnam, under the supervision of Maulana Mufti Syed Asifuddin Nadvi Qasmi, Nazim Jamiatul Islam.

A test will also be conducted later. Participants must bring a pen and notebook along with them.

For further details call on 9290164227 & 9059932585.

Siasat news

EAMCET pre counselling programme at Siasat office

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EAMCET pre counselling programme for admission into engineering, Medicine, Agriculture, Horticulture and other courses is being jointly organised by Siasat daily and Muslim educational Development Forum on Sunday, July 1, from 2 to 4 pm, at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat premises.

M A Hameed career counsellor, Dr. Mohammad Osman Principal scientist, Ahmed Basheeruddin Farooqui retd. DEO will address. Mr. Nayeemullah Shareef president Muslim Educational Development Forum will preside over. At the end Mr. M A Hameed will offer the personal counselling.

Siasat news

Three of family shot dead

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Three members of a family were shot dead by relatives over a land dispute in Jharkhand, police said Sunday.

Jaipal Yadav, his cousin Jagdish and mother-in-law Batti Devi were killed by four men Saturday night in Sehal Tetratoli village in Gumla, around 130 km from here.

Jaipal’s wife Sumitra Devi was injured in the shooting. The killers fled.

—-IANS—

Quake hits India’s northeast

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An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted India’s northeast Sunday morning. Officials said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property.

The quake measured 5.8 on the Richter scale.

According to the Regional Seismological Centre here, the epicentre lay in Phek district of Nagaland.

Besides Meghalaya and Nagaland, the other states which felt the tremors include Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, an official added.

India’s northeast is considered the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world.

Terms of Indira-Abdullah 1975 accord were never fulfilled: Mustafa Kamal

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While the central interlocutors’ report on Jammu and Kashmir is yet to find any serious takers here, Mustafa Kamal, a senior ruling National Conference (NC) leader and son of party founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah says New Delhi did not even implement the terms of 1975 Indira-Abdullah accord.

“The exercise of the agreement was never completed. This was also stated by former chief minister, Syed Mir Qasim, in his autobiography, Kamal told IANS in an interview.

UPA out to gag free opinion on Sonia, Rahul on the net: RSS

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The RSS has alleged that the UPA government is out to gag people’s free opinion on the net, specially those regarding Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul, through requests to sites like Google to remove content and by seeking users’ data and account details.

“The government of India is seeking to gag the voice of the public, expressed most freely on the net. It has sent 96 requests to the Google site alone from June to December 2011 fo removal of content,” RSS mouthpiece Organiser said in the editorial of its latest edition.

Five arrested for converted Muslim MLA’s assault

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Five people were arrested for allegedly beating up Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her Muslim husband.

“Five persons suspected to have been involved in the attack on the woman MLA have been arrested from here,” Superintendent of Police Pradip Pujari said.

Nath and her second husband were beaten up and injured when they were attacked on Friday night in a hotel by a group of people who were angry over her second marriage without divorcing her first husband.

The MLA and her husband who were escorted to Guwahati have received medical treatment and were reported to be out of danger.

DSC Candidates of 2006-2008 to meet CM

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Mr. Syed Shaukath Ali, State President of AP Primary Teachers’ Association has informed that Mr. Abid Rasool Khan, General Secretary of AP Congress Committee has fixed up an appointment with CM of AP Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy at 8:30 am on Monday 2nd July.

Representation will be made to the Chief Minister to issue orders to fill up the vacant posts of primary school teachers from among the eligible candidates who have qualified DSC Tests held during 2006-2008.

Hajj & Umrah training programme

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Mr. Syed Sharfuddin, President Labbaik Educational and Welfare Society, Hyderabad, has informed that for the guidance of Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, a training programme is being arranged from Monday 2nd July from 4 to 5 pm at Sham Institute of Arabic, adjacent to Hotel City Diamond, Mehdipatnam. Maulana Syed Asif Uddin Nadvi will conduct this ten day training programme. A test will also be held at the end of the training courses. For further details, please contact cell numbers 9290164227 or 9059932585.

——-Siasat News

Ms. Raheela Tabassum awarded Doctorate

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Ms. Raheela Tabassum, former Associate Professor of Business Management in Sultanul Uloom College of Business Administration and Shadan Institute of Management studies was awarded Ph.D in Business Management by Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Ms. Raheela Tabassum had completed her MBA degree in Marketing from Sultanul Uloom college of Business Administration in 2000.

—–Siasat News

Plastics factories in Shastripuram get notices

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The efforts of Courageous local youths are getting fruitful. They were protesting against the pollution caused by nearby plastic factories in Shastripuram area.

Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Mr. Krishna Babu visited the area along with the officials and elicited information about the plastic factories. He expressed his surprise when he saw heaps of garbage. He enquired the officers about the number of plastic factories and the number of factories which were served notices.

Amer Ali Khan addressed the students of Visionary College

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A function was arranged to felicitate the toppers of Visionary Junior College in which Mr. Amer Ali Khan participated as the Chief Guest. He congratulated the toppers of the college and expressed his best wishes for their future career. Continuing his address, he highlighted the importance of education. He told the students that by getting good ranks in their examinations they can bring laurels to the college and make their future bright. They can also occupy many important posts.

EAMCET Pre-counseling programme in Siasat

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Siasat Urdu Daily and Muslim Educational Development Forum are jointly conducting a Pre-EAMCET counseling programme on Sunday 1st July from 2 to 4 pm at Mahboob Hussain Jigar Hall.

Mr. Mohammed Abdul Hameed, Career Counsellor, Dr. Mohammed Osman, Principal Scientist and Mr. Ahmed Basheeruddin Farooqui, Retired Dy. Educational Officer will address the gathering.

Mr. Nayeemullah Shareef, President, Muslim Educational Development Forum will preside over the counseling programme.

Sharad Yadav hits out at Kalam over Sonia comments

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JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Sunday hit out at former president APJ Abdul Kalam for his comments that he was ready to appoint Sonia Gandhi as prime minister in 2004 despite intense lobbying against her.

Yadav, who is also the NDA convenor, said “his (Kalam’s) conscience has woken up late. It is for self-aggrandisement. We used to respect him a lot but now are very saddened after such comments”.

Pranab meets Cong MPs, MLAs in Hyderabad; fire breaks out at venue

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UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee today met ruling Congress MPs, MLAs and MLCs as part of his campaign for the July 19 Presidential election.

Mukherjee, who arrived here from Chennai this morning, met the Congress legislators and the Union ministers at Jubilee Hall here.

In a brief interaction with media after the meeting, 77-year-old Mukherjee expressed gratitude to all parties who have extended their support to his candidature.

Pranab in Hyderabad to seek support

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Presidential candidate of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Pranab Mukherjee arrived here Sunday on a day-long visit to galvanize support for his candidature.

Protest by a small group of pro-Telangana supporters greeted Mukherjee outside the Begumpet airport. Raising slogans of ‘Jai Telangana’, the protesters tried to stop his convoy but police foiled their attempt.

The protesters belonging to various pro-Telangana groups wanted Mukherjee to spell out his stand on the demand for statehood to Telangana.

Singer Irfan get grand applause in Hyderabad

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Hyderabadi singer became the champion of Super Star Season 2 Reality Show “Jo Jeetha Wahi Sikandar” receiving grand applause when he arrived in Hyderabad. It was a festive occasion when a grand function was held at Charminar. He thanked the people of Hyderabad specialty the readers of Siasat Urdu Daily for casting votes in favour of him. Congress leader Mr. Khaleeq Ur Rahman and General Secretary of National Students’ of India (NSUI) Mr. Amer Javeed and his companions welcomed him at the airport. He brought in an open Jeep car in a procession from the airport.

CVC mulls enquiry to check Railways’ Tatkal flaws

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Amid widespread complaints of irregularities in the Tatkal scheme, the Central Vigilance Commission is considering launch of an enquiry to ascertain whether Railway officials are involved in malpractices.

Official sources said the CVC is likely to launch an enquiry either by its own officials or through the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Railways Ministry to verify reported instances of alleged irregularities in distribution of Tatkal tickets and collusion of some Railway officials with some private persons in misusing the facility.

Booking of Tatkal tickets to start at 1000 hrs from July 10

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With a view to further improve the delivery of Tatkal tickets to passengers, the Raliways Ministry has decided that with effect from July 10 booking of Tatkal ticket will start at 1000 hrs on the previous day of journey from train originating station instead of 0800 hrs at present.

No authorised agents, including agents of IRCTC and RTSAs/RTAs will be allowed to book Tatkal tickets from 1000 hrs to 1200 hrs.

The existing restriction of not allowing these agents booking of general tickets on the opening day from 0800 hrs to 1000 hrs will also continue, an official statement said.

Spot-fixing: BCCI bans five cricketers

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned five players accused of spot-fixing in a sting operation during this year’s Indian Premier League, according to reports.

While TP Sudhindra (Deccan Chargers) has been banned for life, Shalabh Srivastava (Kings XI Punjab) has been banned from playing for a period of five years.

The other three – Mohnish Mishra (Pune Warriors) and Amit Yadav (Kings XI Punjab) and Abhinav Bali, a Delhi cricketer who now represents Himachal Pradesh in domestic cricket – have been handed a year’s ban each.

No disability pension if injured off-duty: SC

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An Army personnel cannot claim disability pension if he or she gets hurt in an accident while on leave as it has no link with official discharge of duty, the Supreme Court has held.

A bench of justices B S Chauhan and J S Khehar said that in such cases, courts should not interfere with the findings of the medical board about the cause of accident and eligibility of the personnel to claim the benefit.

Kashmir survives another tragedy, this time without blood

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As normal life resumed in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley Saturday, Kashmir survived yet another tragedy – this time without any blood being spilt on the roads.

The destruction of the second holiest Muslim shrine of the Valley in a mysterious blaze on Monday threw Kashmiris into a state of shock and mourning, reminding one of a similar tragedy in 1995 when the shrine of the Valley’s patron saint, Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Wali, was destroyed in a blaze in central Kashmir’s Charar-e-Sharief town.

Man waves shoe at Pakistani minister

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An angry activist of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) waved a shoe at a minister of Sindh province during his address to party workers in Hyderabad city, Geo News reported.

Provincial Law Minister Ayaz Soomro was addressing PPP workers at the Circuit House in Hyderabad, when a party activist named Imran waved a shoe at him, complaining that the PPP leaders and ministers did not provide jobs despite promises.

Imran said they also failed to help the flood victims in the province.

Other PPP activists present on the occasion later drove Imran out of the gathering, the report said.

Kashmir survives another tragedy, this time without blood

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As normal life resumed in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley Saturday, Kashmir survived yet another tragedy – this time without any blood being spilt on the roads.

The destruction of the second holiest Muslim shrine of the Valley in a mysterious blaze on Monday threw Kashmiris into a state of shock and mourning, reminding one of a similar tragedy in 1995 when the shrine of the Valley’s patron saint, Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Wali, was destroyed in a blaze in central Kashmir’s Charar-e-Sharief town.