Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, TDP President wrote a letter to Dr. Manmohan Sinsh raising an objection for the additional supply of gas to Maharashtra State. He said that if the gas supply ot Maharashtra, the situation of current supply in AP State would be worsened. He expressed his inhibition that there is a danger of electricity load shedding in the state for 12 hours. It will affect the industrialists of the State.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Tuesday said he had spoken to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and conveyed to her India’s concerns over the killing of six people in a gurdwara in Wisconsin. He also told her that the US needed to assure the Indian community that it will be safe.
Krishna spoke to Clinton late on Monday.
“I had a chance to talk to Secretary Clinton who is touring South Africa. I have conveyed our concerns about the attack and loss of very precious life in this heinous crime against place of religious worship,” Krishna told reporters.
COVA is going to organize an Inter-faith Dialogue entitled ‘Charity for Empowerment: Concept and Practices in Different Faiths’ on August 7, from 5 to 8 pm at Hotel Fortune, Park Vallabha, opposite Reliance Digital road no. 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
In the programme, 8 speakers of different faiths, will speak on the topic.
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Launching a new attack against his Republican rival Mitt Romney, US President Barack Obama has termed his tax plan as “Robin Hood in reverse”, saying it would take money from the poor to help the rich.
“It’s like Robin Hood in reverse. It’s Romney Hood,” Obama said at a campaign event in Connecticut, amidst a round of applause from the crowd.
Obama argued that the entire centerpiece of Romney’s economic plan is a new USD 5 trillion tax cut.
“We have known for a while that a lot of this tax cut would go to the wealthiest 1 per cent of all households,” he said.
A powerful bomb hidden in a bag was found near National Highway 37 in Assam’s Goalpara district on Tuesday, police said.
Security personnel found the bomb during patrol at Haldapara adjacent to NH 37 close to the area where a bomb exploded on July 31 killing an army man and injuring six others.
According to intelligence reports, a group of seven ULFA militants have entered the district to carry out subversive activities in the run up to the Independence Day.
–PTI
A day after the tragic shooting incident at a Gurdwara, a mosque in the US was burned to the ground for the second time in little more than a month in a suspected arson attack.
The FBI said the Islamic Centre of Joplin in Missouri was gutted down to the ground yesterday. The center was vacant at the time of the fire and no individuals sustained any injuries.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the deal reached by the governments of Sudan and South Sudan overn oil and financial arrangements, Xinhua reported.
The oil dispute between Sudan and South Sudan began five months after South Sudan separated from Sudan last July, as Sudan decided to deduct its oil fees in arrears on the part of South Sudan in the form of crude oil.
While most of the oil wells are located in South Sudan, the pipelines and ports to export the oil are in Sudan.
With the measures taken by Ministry of External Affairs regarding Hajj baitullah, it seems that Ministry of External Affairs wants to make a steep hike in Hajj expenditure. With the massive hike in Hajj expenditures for the Hajj aspirants leaving for Hajj through Hajj Committee, the Ministry of External Affairs has also indirectly made a steep hike in the expenditures of Hajj aspirants, going to Hajj through private tour operators.
A state-run Chinese daily Tuesday criticised America for the deadly shooting at a gurdwara, saying that despite having the most advanced defence ability, “the US government cannot prevent its citizens from falling victim to domestic gun crime”.
An article in the Op-Ed section of the Global times stressed that repeated incidents also offer lessons to developing countries, which tend to model their social governance on developed states.
Curfew has been imposed in some parts of the central Kashmir district of Ganderbal, where a youth was killed in a clash between two groups, yesterday. Official sources said that a 22-year-old Shabir Ahmad Bhat was killed and three others were injured when two groups of people clashed over the use of loud speaker in a mosque at Sendbal, about five km from Ganderbal. The trouble started when two rival groups of people had a verbal argument which was followed by use of lathis and stones on each other.
Bahujan Samaj Party national General secretary and leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Swami Prasad Maurya today demonstrated and staged dharna near Janeshwar Mishra Park in Gomti Nagar area of the state capital. The BSP leader’s protest was against the Samajwadi Party government’s decision to rename the eight districts besides changing the name of Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University to King George Medical University and damaging of the statues of the Dalit icons.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Tuesday said he had spoken to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and conveyed to her India’s concerns over the killing of six people in a gurdwara in Wisconsin. He also told her that the US needed to assure the Indian community that it will be safe.
Krishna spoke to Clinton late on Monday.
“I had a chance to talk to Secretary Clinton who is touring South Africa. I have conveyed our concerns about the attack and loss of very precious life in this heinous crime against place of religious worship,” Krishna told reporters.
The holding of free and fair elections to strengthen Parliament is the only way forward to overcome the challenges facing Pakistan, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said against the backdrop of a standoff between his government and the judiciary.
“The media and judiciary have become independent and now it is time to give the same status to parliament. I strongly believe that the next general election to be held under a fully independent election commission will strengthen democracy,” Ashraf said.
United Nation’s body FAO has revised global paddy production forecast downwards by 7.8 million tonnes to 724.5 million tonnes for 2012 mainly on account of poor monsoon rains in India.
Earlier in April, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had pegged global paddy production at 732.3 million tonnes for the current year. World paddy production in 2011 is pegged at 713 million tonnes (about 476 million tonnes on milled basis).
The Empowered Group of Ministers on telecom on Tuesday decided to approach the Supreme Court to seek the extension of August 31 deadline to complete auction of 2G airwaves.
“Auctioneer has given us schedule…We will approach the Supreme Court to place before them the fact what government has done. Also, place before them that in terms of this schedule, it is not possible to conduct auction by August 31,” Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after EGoM meet.
Star boxer M.C. Mary Kom was jubilant after ensuring fourth medal for India from the London Olympic Games and said she wants to keep up the momentum for a bigger medal.
The 29-year-old Mary Kom, a mother of twins, is now assured of a medal after she booked a place in the semi-final, beating Tunisian Maroua Rahali 15-6 in a one-sided quarter-final at the ExCel Arena.
Losing semi-finalists are assured of bronze medals. But Mary Kom has her eyes fixed on the Olympic gold.
The Environment Ministry has constituted a new advisory panel to vet proposals related to forest clearances, according to a government official.
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), which has been formed after two months of expiry of the last panel on May 28, will soon hold its first meeting to clear 30-35 pending cases.
“The FAC has been set up with seven members. The minister has approved the names of three independent members,” a senior Environment Ministry official told PTI.
Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket failed to put into orbit two telecommunications satellites due to problems in its booster stage, federal space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday.
Russia Monday night launched Telkom 3 and Express MD2 aboard the Proton-M from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Xinhua reported.
Russia Monday night launched Telkom 3 and Express MD2 aboard the Proton-M from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Xinhua reported.
Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt, who is elated over the success of her recently released movie ‘Jism 2’, has plans to take the franchise ahead with the third and fourth installment.
She is considering having Nathalia Kaur in ‘Jism 3’. Ram Gopal Varma launched the Brazilian model-turned-actress in Bollywood with item number `Dan Dan` in his film “Department”.
Model-turned-actress Esha Gupta, who will be seen sharing screen space with Emraan Hashmi for the second time in Vikram Bhatt`s ‘Raaz 3’, is full of praise for the actor and looks up to him as a mentor.
The 23-year-old made her acting debut in ‘Jannat 2’ opposite Emraan.
Fasting for religious purposes is common in India. The month of Ramzan is on – in both of which fasting is an integral part. Doctors say the practice does more than just appease the gods: it also benefits your body, if done with care.
Priyanka Rohatgi, chief clinical nutritionist of the Apollo Hospital, Bangalore, believes that religious fasting is one of the best traditional practices, since it teaches one to learn to curb one`s desires and check against transgression and extravagance.
It`s all in the family? According to a new research, fainting has a strong genetic predisposition.
Researchers from American Academy of Neurology found that fainting has a strong genetic component and it could be inherited but not usually by a single gene.
Fainting, also called vasovagal syncope, is a brief loss of consciousness when your body reacts to certain triggers, such as emotional distress or the sight of blood.
Do men need another reason to hit the gym? Researchers from Harvard University can give them one.
According to a new study by the University, a toned body can significantly reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes in men.
The research found that regular weight training can cut chances of developing the most common form of diabetes by up to 34 per cent, the Daily Mail reported.
Adding aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking or running, can lead to even greater benefits, the research showed.
Regular weight training can cut the chances of developing diabetes in men by up to 34 percent, a study showed.
Adding aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking or running, can lead to even greater benefits, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Scientists has analysed data on 32,000 Americans taking part in the study that looked at lifestyle effects on health. During the study period from 1990 to 2008, a total of 2,278 participants developed Type 2 diabetes, the Mail added.
Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh who has been admitted to the Global Hospital here with a liver ailment, hospital sources said Tuesday.
“Deshmukh is in the intensive care unit (ICU). He has been admitted for liver ailment. Doctors are attending to him in the ICU which is out of bounds for others,” a Global Hospital official told IANS on condition of anonymity.
According to him, Deshmukh, 67, was rushed to the hospital Monday evening from Mumbai’s Beach Candy hospital in an air ambulance.