Month: September 2012

Actress Mallika Sherawat, who is known for her bold roles, has refused to comment on her alleged link up with Hollywood actor Antonio Banderas while saying that she would not get married ever in life.

“I don`t think I will ever get married. I say so because I feel it is outdated, marriage is outdated. I am loving being single. Why would I sacrifice the love and devotion of so many fans,” Mallika told PTI.

“I have never really thought of what kind of a man I am looking for. I am busy right now doing films here and abroad, travelling and enjoying life,” she said.

The Bangalore local court extended by another 2 days the police custody of Abdur Rahman and Mohammed Akram who were arrested from Hyderabad and Nanded respectively for their alleged links with Bangalore terror module.

Obaid, Akram and others were produced before local court of Bangalore amid tight security. The city crime branch of Bangalore police soon after producing the youth before court sought extension of Obaid and Akram’s police custody for two days. Though the advocates of the youth opposed this sudden action by the police but the court directed extension in police custody.

Scientists claimed to have developed a simple blood test that can accurately detect the beginning stages of breast and lung cancer in just an hour.

Researchers from the Kansas State University developed the test that can detect cancer even before symptoms like coughing and weight loss start.

The test works by detecting increased enzyme activity in the body. Iron nanoparticles coated with amino acids and a dye are introduced to small amounts of blood or urine from a patient.

Five people were killed when a fire broke out at a gold mine pit in northwest China’s Shaanxi province, authorities said Friday.

The accident occurred Thursday as welding sparks ignited the fire on wooden scaffoldings at the mine run by Xinglong Mining Co. in Tongguan county, reported Xinhua.

Six miners trapped underground by heavy smoke were pulled out by Friday morning. Four of them died.

One rescuer was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning during the rescue operation.

—IANS

Researchers claimed to have detected Parkinson`s disease with 99 per cent accuracy through simple voice recordings.

A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a computer programme that is able to recognise the tremors, breathiness and weakness in the voice, which are thought to be early indicators of the condition.

The voice analysis software can even provide an unprecedented level of detail that can distinguish how far along a patient is with the disease.

Women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by kidney stones, says a new finding.

Henry Ford Hospital researchers also found significantly higher rates of complications following one of two treatments for the effects of urolithiasis, or stones in the kidneys and urinary tract, based on preliminary studies.

Pakistan Friday braced for anti-Islam film protests as the US military chief, General Martin Dempsey, postponed his planned visit to Pakistan over demonstrations against the movie.

General Dempsey was scheduled to meet Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Parvaiz Kayani this week, reported Xinhua citing media reports.

The visit of the US general was postponed at a time when rallies are planned across Pakistan, including capital Islamabad, after Friday prayers against the anti-Islam film.

The BJP national council Friday approved an amendment to the party’s constitution to allow a second consecutive term for its president. Hitherto, a BJP president could only serve a single three-year term.

The amendment to Section 21 of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s constitution says that any eligible member can hold the post of the president for two consecutive terms of three years each.

However, former BJP chief Venkaiah Naidu, who moved the amendment, clarified that this does not mean that the term of any president will automatically be extended for a second time.

Man electrocuted to death
(Siasat News): A man electrocuted to death in Uppal police station limits. According to the details, G Sunder Raj, 46, an electrician by profession and has been living in Shanti Nagar.

He came into live electric current while working on an electric pole. Police has registered a case and further investigations are on.

Man dies in road accident

(Siasat News)Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the California man behind a controversial anti-Islam film which sparked a wave of violent protests, was taken into federal custody on suspicion of violating terms of his probation.

After 2010 conviction, Nakoula was sentenced to 21 months in prison and was barred from using Internet for five years without an approval from his probation officer.

His 14—minute trailer for the film “Innocence of Muslims” was posted on You Tube in July, leading to protests around the world killing dozens.

The crisis in Maharashtra government after deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s resignation is expected to draw to a close with the intervention of Union agriculture minister and NCP president Sharad Pawar today.

Pawar will participate in the NCP legislature party meeting which be held at Vidhan Bhavan here at 4pm.

The NCP legislature party has already appealed to Ajit Pawar to withdraw his resignation, sent to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday, after an expose in a section of the media on alleged irregularities in the irrigation department during his tenure as minister.

Telugu Desam Party by releasing an exemplary Muslim plan has given a new challenge to Indian political parties. TDP supremo Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu showered sops on Muslim minority and announced a budget of Rs 2500 crore if it comes to power. Addressing the party’s Minority Convention at NTR Trust Bhawan Mr. Naidu announced a Minorities Sub-Plan on par with BC sub plan under which he promised eight per cent quota for Muslims in politics, education, employment and annual budget.

(Siasat News)Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the stay order of AP High Court on the online admissions for Management quota seats in engineering colleges.

Government on August 25 issued GOs 66 and 67 to make mandatory for all the engineering college management to make admission of the management seat online to keep the transparency.

After the G.Os released management of the engineering approach A.P. High Court and taken a stay order. According to the A.P. High court norms can’t be change in the middle of the admission process.

Pakistan must have a “very large stick” in the form of a whistle-blowing law that would allow any citizen to expose a tax evader and persuade those with wealth in offshore accounts to bring it back to the country, a daily said Friday.

An editorial in the News International said that “tax havens are one thing but tax heaven entirely another, and it appears that the government is determined to pander to those who frequent the former in the hope of persuading them into the latter – courtesy of tax amnesty schemes”.

A highly skilled carpenter who had grown old was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire.

Abdullah bin Abbas (Radiallau Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallellahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: “There are two bounties of Allah wherein most people are deceived; health and free time”.

COMMENTARY: The value of health is only realized when one falls ill. Take for example, relieving oneself. If a person is unable to use the bathroom for a day, what happens to this person? His whole life comes to an immediate halt and he looks for ways to relieve him. This one bounty of Allah we enjoy day in and day out but we do not even regard it to be a bounty.

With soaring inflation and rising prices of almost every commodity, here is some good news for consumers in India as they will now be able to buy essential medicines at nominal rates.

In a milestone decision, the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, on Thursday, gave its approval to the final pharma pricing policy, which will bring 348 essential drugs under the government’s price control regime.

At 93, she still does the rounds of the hospital she founded. S.I. Padmavati, India’s first woman cardiologist, says cardiology is a very demanding field that was keeping women away, but things are changing.

Padmavati, chief consultant in cardiology at National Heart Institute, said: “There is no routine, no fixed hours.. it is a very demanding field… so not many women choose to become cardiologists.

“But things are changing now, many women are coming forward as heart specialists,” Padmavati told IANS in an interview.

According to the press note of Registrar Osmania University, Hyderabad, all the exams of Osmania University including PhD entrance interviews which were scheduled on Friday, September 28, 2012 have been postponed. The press note stated that he next date for the above said exams will be announced later.

Siasat news

Some passengers in the aircraft that crashed near the international airport here Friday were heard “wailing and screaming”, said an eyewitness who recalled the horror.

Tulasa Pokharel, an eyewitness whose house is located barely meters away from the crash site, said she saw the plane with black smoke landing on an open space on the bank of Manohara river, reported myrepublica.com.

“That time I could hear some people inside the plane wailing and screaming.

The West Bengal government has adopted a policy to ensure single-window clearance in agriculture by setting up a coordination committee of various ministries concerned, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Speaking at the state assembly Thursday, Banerjee said various projects concerning farmers come under the ambit of different ministries.

Today is the third and final day of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national executive and national council meetings here.

The UPA government is expected to come under renewed attack at Friday’s session, over its policies and recent scams. A political resolution on the same is also likely to be adopted today.

A host of BJP leaders, including LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, will address the gathering today and share centrestage.

Also today, the National Executive is likely to approve the extension of term of Nitin Gadkari as party’s national president.

Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has cancelled his trip to Islamabad, where he was to hold a private meeting with Pakistani counterpart General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, due to continued wave of anti-US protests.

“I originally planned to go to Pakistan to meet with General Kayani, and because of some of the issues related to that film, he and I discussed postponing that visit, mostly so that I would give him the time to deal with the issues he was dealing with internally,” Dempsey told the media.

The number of corruption-related crimes in Russia has risen by almost one-third during the first six months of 2012, year-on-year, according to Investigative Committee (IC) spokesperson Vladimir Markin.

“During the first half of 2012, IC investigators handled 15,800 cases on corruption-related crimes, which is more than 5,000 than in the same period last year (10,400),” Markin said, citing Committee head Alexander Bastrykin.

South Central Railway (SCR) will run eight special MMTS trains between various destinations in Hyderabad/Secunderabad between 2200 hrs of September 29 and 0400 hrs of September 30 to clear extra rush of passengers during Ganesh Nimarjanam. In a release, the SCR here today said Train No GSH-1 Secunderabad-Hyderabad MMTS Special will depart Secunderabad at 2330 hrs and arrive Hyderabad at 0005 hrs. Train No GHL-2 Hyderabad-Lingampalli MMTS Special will depart Hyderabad at 0030 hrs and arrive Lingampalli at 0120 hrs.