Month: August 2012

Real estate, election campaigns routing black money: Report

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Money generated through illegal means is laundered through various means, including real estate and election campaigns, in India, a report of the US State Department has said.

“High-level corruption both generates and conceals criminal proceeds. Illicit funds are often laundered through real estate, educational programs, charities, and election campaigns. Companies use trade-based money laundering to evade capital controls,” the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2012 has said.

Haryana announces one crore for Saina Nehwal

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Ace badminton player Saina Nehwal will get a reward of Rs. 1 crore from the Haryana government for winning a bronze medal for the country in women’s badminton at the 2012 London Olympics.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda congratulated Saina Nehwal Saturday for winning the bronze medal. He said that she had made the country and Haryana proud.

Though Saina lives in Hyderabad, she has got the reward under the category of sportspersons from Haryana since her family hails from Haryana.

Bai Reddy begins fast for separate Rayalaseema

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(Siasat News)Founder of Rayalaseema Parirakhshana Samithi and TDP leader Mr. Bai Reddy Raja-sekhara Reddy started his fast in Kurnool. His fast began in front of Krishnadevarayulu statue in Kurnool yesterday.

Before starting the fast, Mr. Reddy said that the purpose of his fast is to protect the interests of the drought-hit area of Rayalaseema. He told that he is against the bifurcation of the State. He asked the political parties to make their stand clear on the issue of division of the state.

Governor’s suggestion to abandon Free Education condemned by TDP leader Devender Goud

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(Siasat News)Governor of A.P Mr. E.S.L Narasimhan has suggested abandoning free education system in the state. Mr. T. Devender Goud senior TDP leader criticized Governor’s idea and said that it depicts his anti-poor mentality.

In fact, Governor is not able to tolerate the students belonging to S.C’s, S.T’s, B.C’s and Minorities who are receiving free education with the help of fees reimbursement scheme and the students belonging to elites and higher classes are deprived of this facility.

Three minor girls drowned in Bihar

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Three minor girls were drowned while bathing in a pond at Dhekahabala tola in Bihar’s East Champaran district on Saturday, police said.

Pinki, Anjali Kumari and Saria Kumari were drowned while bathing, sources said.

The bodies were fished out from the pond and sent to a government hospital for postmortem.

–PTI

Muslims in Assam are waiting for Relief

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(Siasat News)After the eruption of communal riots in Assam, a team of Relief Coordination Committee is functioning under the supervision of Mr. Shahnawaz khan and Abdul Ghafoor in Kokrajhar and Dhabri.

According to the report received, Muslim brothers, sisters and children in relief camps are waiting for relief. There is a need to help them in their rehabilitation also.

Many organizations from all over India are performing relief work but it is proving insufficient.

Rich people of the community are requested to come forward and donate generously for the victims of Assam.

Congress, YSR Congress and TRS are the branches of the same tree. A report

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(Siasat News)Congress, YSR Congress and TRS are not separate political parties. They are the branches of the same tree. Any time, these three political parties would merge into one another. It would be wrong to treat them as separate parties.

TDP spokesman expressed this. There is an anti-congress wave in the entire country these days. In order to get anti Congress votes, YSR Congress has been formed.

Network of Rahen Centers is exploiting the poor Muslims in Muslim Concentration areas

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(Siasat News)In the city of Hyderabad, an epidemic is on the increase. It is squeezing the blood of the poor Muslims like bugs, which bite human beings and make them suffer from malaria. This epidemic is that of the moneylenders and money lending centers, which have established a wide network in Muslim concentration areas. These moneylenders are making Muslim families bankrupt.

They are not concerned to save Muslims brethren from this epidemic, which is making the Muslim Community shallow economically.

These moneylenders are from Rajasthan.

Doctor warns heart patients of frequent aspirin use

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While there is a raging debate on the role of aspirin in preventing heart attacks, a leading cardiologist has cautioned against people starting the pill therapy on their own.

“The best way to know if you are a candidate for aspirin therapy is to ask your doctor. You should not start aspirin on your own,” says Prof Upendra Kaul, Executive Director and Dean, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre.

Earlier studies had established aspirin`s efficacy as an anti-clotting agent leading to its widespread use as a preventive treatment for heart attacks.

Al Qaeda suicide bomber kills 20 in Yemen

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At least 20 people were killed and many injured when an al Qaeda suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of pro-government tribesmen in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, Xinhua reported on Sunday.

The bomber detonated his explosives belt at a funeral in Jaar town in Abyan late Saturday, an official said.

Abdulatif al-Saeed, the leader of the tribal fighters who had supported government troops in the fight against al Qaeda over the past few months, was killed in the bombing.

Journalism is the mirror of society-Yam Times 14th Anniversary

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(Siasat News)Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor Siasat released the special issue of Yam Times English Daily yesterday on the occasion of its 14th anniversary celebrated at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat Complex.

Addressing the gathering, he told that in every period, publication of a newspaper has been a difficult task. During the present time, it is very difficult to publish a newspaper, especially a Muslim newspaper.

Shyam Wardhane new Nagpur civic chief

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IAS officer Shyam Wardhane on Friday took over the reins of Nagpur Municipal Corporation from his predecessor Sanjeev Jaiswal.

Mr Wardhane, who hails from the Orange City itself, was district collector of Sangli before being transferred to Nagpur. He took the charge from district collector Saurabh Rao who was holding the additional responsibility after municipal commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal was shifted to Aurangabad.

Constable crushed under speeding bus

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A constable was killed by a speeding bus on the busy Ashok Rajppath in Patna today, police sources said.

The bus hit the constable as he was crossing the road.

Local people stopped it and set fire to it with the driver fleeing, the sources said.

The constable was identified as 50-year-old Janardan Sharma.

–PTI

150,000 people have iftar at UAE mosque

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Around 150,000 people had iftar at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the largest mosque in the UAE, in the second week of the holy month of Ramadan.

The mosque was built in memory of late UAE president Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Around 20,000 iftar meals are given out daily at the mosque.

The iftar project launched at the mosque in 2004 has become a social and cultural forum that brings together people from across the country.

–IANS

40 missing in Uttarakhand, rescue efforts on

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As many as 40 people, including 19 labourers at a project, are missing after flash floods and cloud bursts ravaged Uttarakhand. The government Sunday asked the ITBP, police and army for help.

Twelve people have already died in the calamity, said officials.

The government asked the army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and state police to search for the 19 labourers who went missing at a hydel project in Assi Ganga in Uttarkashi, about 180 km from here, late Saturday, officials said.

21 Taliban killed in Afghanistan

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At least 21 Taliban militants have been killed in a series of countrywide operations led by Afghan police, the interior ministry said Sunday.

Police backed by army and NATO-led forces have the Taliban in Kapisa, Kandahar, Herat and Farah provinces since Saturday, Xinhua reported.

The ministry, however, did not say if there were any casualties among the security forces.

The Taliban did not make any comment.

Floods claim 22 lives in Nepal

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At least 22 people were killed in different parts of Nepal over the past 48 hours due to the outbreak of cholera and flood.

Ten persons were killed as incessant rains battered the country triggering landslides and floods since Thursday.

Flood water inundated several houses leaving hundreds of families homeless. Four persons of a family died when landslide buried their house in Thulo Lumpek village in Gulmi district yesterday.

21 Taliban killed

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At least 21 Taliban militants have been killed in a series of countrywide operations led by Afghan police, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

Police backed by Army and NATO-led forces have been facing the Taliban in Kapisa, Kandahar, Herat and Farah provinces since Saturday, Xinhua reported.

The ministry, however, did not say if there were any casualties among the security forces.

The Taliban did not make any comment.

–IANS

Docs of New Life hospital performs rare surgery on newborn

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A rare surgery was performed by a team of doctors at New Life hospital here, on a 4 days old newborn. The newborn had diaphragmatic hernia grade IV in which the liver, pancreas and small intestines move up into the chest cavity. Pediatric team of doctors of New Life hospital performed this complicated surgery.

Siasat news

Conspiracy to deprive Muslims from employment -No Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu Centre in Hyd city

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It is the habit of the Govt and the politicians to make promises and to mislead people in the name of welfare programmes.In any Govt programme,Minorities get deprived.

Mr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy promised to provide jobs to 1.5 lakh unemployed youths.

Training Centres were also opened at some places but the Muslims are deprived of taking advantage of these schemes because adequate publicity has not been made.
A.P State Minorities Fianance Corporation started five training centres at Kurnool,Ranga Reddy,Kadapa,Nizamabad and Anantapur.

Young generation of Muslims influenced with ‘boy friend-girl friend culture’

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Mobile phone has become an inseparable part of our lives but our young generation is using the gadget in wrong ways and leading the whole society towards degeneration. The tragedy is that it brings defame not only to the parents but to whole community.

According to sources a major chunk of the girls and boys studying in co-ed colleges at the city and outskirts, whether they are Muslims or non Muslims, are getting prone to boyfriend-girl friend culture.

Indian-American surgeon to bring low-cost heart therapy to India

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Dr Mukesh Hariawala, an award winning Indian-American artificial heart surgeon, is set to introduce a unique low-cost “triple heart therapy” in India to help patients with diabetes who cannot afford expensive bypass operations.

Harvard trained Boston based Hariawala will receive “India`s Most Admired Surgeon 2012” award for pioneering work on angiogenesis or growth of new blood vessels to aid healing, at the Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit, organised by healthcare magazine Pharmaleaders, in Mumbai on Sep 21.

AI likely to resume key international routes by month-end

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National flag carrier Air India, which was forced to scale down its international operations massively following the recent two-month strike by a section of pilots, will resume most of its international operations by the end of the month.

“We will be ready to restart our full international operations by the end of August. We will restore New York, Chicago and Paris flights by then…Also resume flights to Hong Kong and Shanghai,” an airline official said.

The airline will also add more services to the busy Southeast Asian regions by mid-August.

Andhra Pradesh braces for more power outages

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The Centre remained indifferent to Andhra Pradesh government’s plea for withdrawal of its order diverting two million metric standard cubic metres per day (MMSCMD) of natural gas from the Krishna-Godavari Basin to Ratnagiri power plant in Maharashtra.

Union Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy today refused to intervene or even speak on the controversial decision even as the principal opposition Telugu Desam Party blasted both the Centre and the state government for jeopardising Andhra Pradesh’s interests.

Istanbul wedding reports are false: Sharapova

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Reports Maria Sharapova is to wed Slovenian basketball star and fiance Sasha Vujacic in Istanbul this fall are “false rumors”, the Russian tennis star said Sunday.

A British newspaper reported last month that the sporting couple, who got engaged in 2010, would tie the knot in the Turkish city where Vujacic is based in November.

“Those are false rumors, always have been,” Sharapova said Sunday after losing her Olympic gold medal match to Serena Williams at Wimbledon.

When pressed whether the wedding is to take place in Istanbul, Sharapova replied: “Definitely not.”

–IANS