Kishan Reddy is not on hit list – interrogation of Obaidur Rahman
(Siasat News) Mr. Anurag Sharma, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad told that Mr. G.Kishan Reddy, MLA and State president of BJP is not the hit list of the terrorists.
Month: September 2012
Jamaat wants ‘Hijab’ to be made compulsory in Pak
Jamaat-e-Islami party has launched a campaign to make it compulsory for women in Pakistan to wear the Hijab (scarf) to cover their head and neck in public.
The women’s wing of the party has already held demonstrations in several cities demanding that the wearing of Hijab be made a part of the constitution and compulsory in Pakistan, and tomorrow the party will observe ‘Hijab Day’.
Obama assures hurricane hit Louisiana of federal help
As Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal’s hurricane stricken state of Louisiana grappled with the devastation, President Barack Obama surveyed a hard-hit area on the eve of the Democratic national convention in North Carolina.
Surveying the devastation wrought by hurricane Issac in St. John the Baptist Parish, about 30 miles west of New Orleans, the state’s largest city, with Jindal Monday, Obama reassured victims of federal recovery aid and hailed the first responders who ensured no lives were lost.
Peoples feeling of insecurity once again in Hyderabad Old city
A string of developments over the past week has instilled a feeling of insecurity once again among people living in the Old City. The arrest of terror suspect Obaidur Rahman in the city on Friday has led to many dreading an overzealous police crackdown which could throw many young men in the process behind bars.
Sri Lanka warns its citizen against visiting Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka on Monday issued a travel advisory asking its citizen not to visit Tamil Nadu until further notice in the wake of “increasing number of instances of intimidation” of Sri Lankans in the state.
“The Government of Sri Lanka regrets the increasing number of instances of intimidation of Sri Lankan nationals visiting Tamil Nadu for the purposes of tourism, religious pilgrimages, sporting and cultural activities and professional training,” the External Affairs Ministry said here in a statement.
CPI Warns Of More Problems If Centre Delays T
CPI National secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy has demanded that the Centre concede separate Telangana State without losing time.
Addressing a public meeting on the congregation of CPI’s Telangana Prajaporu Yatra here this evening, Suravaram said that the Centre must amend the Constitution if necessary to respect the desire of Telangana people. It was not proper to the Centre to obstruct creation of separate State on the pretext that a resolution was not passed in the Assembly. He also said that the Seemandhra people have to respect the sentiments of the Telangana people.
Jilted lover goes on shooting spree in Delhi; kills 5, self
An enraged youth went on a shooting spree on Monday gunning down five persons, including his lover, before killing himself as she was married off to someone else.
25-year-old Ravi first killed his lover Renu, her husband Navin and their landlady Sheila (53) in south-west Delhi’s Bindapur. He then travelled more than 40 km to Ghaziabad to eliminate the girl’s father Harender and sister Baby to avenge his loss.
Ravi, who was continuing his relationship even after Renu’s marriage, was unhappy over her family not allowing him to marry her, a senior police official said.
Congress Corporators Invite Rahul To Flag Off Sadbhavana Rally In City
Labour Minister-cum-Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee president Danam Nagendar convened a meeting of all Congress corporators on Monday at Jubilee Hall, Public Gardens from 10 am to 1 pm to interact and discuss various issues. After having elaborate discussions on several issues, the following resolutions have been passed and adopted unanimously by the Congress Corporators of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporator and Members of Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee:
Cong MLA Slams Kiran Govt; Predicts Major Changes Shortly
Former Minister and Congress MLA Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy has alleged that the power crisis in the State was the result of the inefficient rule by Kiran Kumar Reddy Government.
Speaking to the media here on Monday after performing Rahu, Kethu and Sarpadosha Nivarana Poojas, Peddireddy said that he will announce his future course of action within 10 days.
Aarushi: Doors were locked from inside, says maid
A maid of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the main accused in the Aarushi-Hemraj murders, on Monday told a special CBI court here that the main doors of their house were locked from inside on the morning after the killings.
Bharti Mandal, who was employed just six days before the shocking murder, in her deposition said that she reached the Talwars’ house on May 16, 2008 at 6 o’ clock in the morning.
Narrating the incident before the special CBI Judge S Lal, Bharti said that she kept on ringing the bell but no one responded.
Power Supply Position In State Satisfactory: CS
Chief Secretary Minnie Mathew has said that the power supply situation in the State was satisfactory.
Reviewing the power supply problems with all the district Collectors and Electricity Board officials from the Secretariat on Monday, the Chief Secretary said that the main reasons for the power scarcity were lack of adequate rainfall, non-availability of gas and lack of coal supply for generation of thermal power.
Bus Stop Near Public Gardens Turning Into ‘Adda’ For Boozers
The commuters who wait for boarding the buses at the Public Garden are alleging that the Bus Stops were turning in to ‘addas’ to the drug addicts and drunkards.
Several commuters including employees of various Government and private offices and tourists were facing troubles due to these persons. The drug addicted persons and drunkards were occupying the seats provided for the passengers at the public Garden Bus Stops, and creating troubles to the commuters.
Russia to build new intercontinental missile by 2018
Russia will build a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by 2018, a senior military official has revealed.
“Construction of the missile is ongoing,” Strategic Missile Forces commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said, adding that it is to be completed by 2018.
The new missile is to replace the R-36M2 Voyevoda (NATO reporting name SS-18 Satan) missile. So far all of Russia’s recent ICBM projects, both sea-launched (Bulava) and ground-based (Topol-M, Yars), have been solid fuel.
Cong MLA Says Water Problems Will Be Multiplied If State Is Divided
Congress senior leader and MLA Gade Venkat Reddy has said that water problems will be multiplied if the State was divided, as already issues were raised even before the bifurcation.
Terror Modules Case: Special Teams For Karnataka
Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma has said that special police teams were being sent to Bengaluru to inquire about the links Harkat-ul-Jihadi al-Islami (HUJI) terrorists arrested there. He said the officers would investigate into the connections these terrorists could be having with Andhra Pradesh. He said the municipal corporators, who were in the hit-list of terrorists would be provided special protection.
Assam: 3 injured in attack
Three persons were injured in an attack by miscreants this afternoon at a place near Dhubri-Kokrajhar border in lower Assam.
The attack, however, is not related to the ethnic conflict in lower Assam, police said adding it was due to personal enmity.
The three were on their way to the market place at Kajigaon when they were waylaid by a group of around a dozen people and attacked with sharp weapons, police said.
All the three injured have been admitted to a local hospital in Dhubri and their condition was stated to be critical.
Stolen crocodile, python left outside Kazakh home
(IANS/RIA Novosti) A family in a Kazakh city of Temirtau was in for a surprise as they found a bag outside their home containing a crocodile and a royal python. The two were stolen from a local exhibition.
Two royal pythons, a crocodile, an iguana, four turtles and a rabbit had been stolen from an exhibition in the city’s botanical garden. Police filed a criminal case over the theft.
According to the exhibition’s organiser, residents of Temirtau found a bag with a crocodile and a python in their yard and brought it back to the botanical garden. The animals were exhausted.
Russia to build new intercontinental missile by 2018
Russia will build a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by 2018, a senior military official has revealed.
“Construction of the missile is ongoing,” Strategic Missile Forces commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said, adding that it is to be completed by 2018.
The new missile is to replace the R-36M2 Voyevoda (NATO reporting name SS-18 Satan) missile. So far all of Russia’s recent ICBM projects, both sea-launched (Bulava) and ground-based (Topol-M, Yars), have been solid fuel.
Brazil’s humpback whale population triples
The population of humpback whales has tripled in Brazil over the past decade, to the point that they now number some 10,000, a research institute said.
During the current reproduction season, close to 10,000 humpback whales have migrated to the Brazilian coasts from Antarctica, compared with about 3,000 in 2002, the Humpback Whale Institute said.
Some 90 percent of the species are concentrated around the Abrolhos Archipelago off the coasts of the eastern Brazilian states of Bahia and Espirito Santo.
Man killed mother-in-law to marry sister-in-law
(Siasat News)Gangaram, a native of Kallur in Kotagiri mandal killed his mother –in-law and attacked his in-laws as they opposed the proposal of Gangaram to marry his sister-in-law.
Gangaram married Kyasaram Sumalatha of Walgot village and use to live along his in-laws, couple also has a daughter, Gangaram wanted to marry his sister-in-law, which was opposed by his in-laws, and they started searching groom for Sujatha.
Three dead as rains lash parts of Gujarat
Rains lashed many parts of Gujarat Monday, including parched regions of Saurashtra and Kutch, leaving three people dead.
Kutch and Saurashtra regions, the worst hit due to deficient rainfall so far, witnessed incessant rains.
Many parts of Saurashtra received upto 75 mm rainfall in the last 36 hours. Jamnagar recorded 65 mm, Amreli (77), Junagadh (40) and Gondal in Rajkot 75 mm of rainfall, district control room said.
Three persons including two children were killed when lightning struck them in two different incidents in Rajkot district of Saurashtra region.
Coal scam is blackening country’s face: Modi
Attacking the Centre on the coal allocation controversy, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the scam was “blackening the country’s face”.
“On the lines of Gujarat, Centre had decided to distribute soil health cards to farmers. I don’t know when they are going to do this. They are stuck in coal (scam),” Modi said, addressing a national convention on agri-business here.
“The scam is blackening the country’s face, as Delhi has got mired in coal.”
LS passes sexual harassment bill to protect women
Amid din over coal block allocation issue, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill which seeks to protect women, including lakhs employed as domestic workers, from sexual harassment at workplace.
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2010, piloted by Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath, was passed without discussion amid uproar with BJP members storming the Well.
‘Raj will be responsible if Marathis attacked in north India’
Fearing reprisals against Maharashtrians residing in northern states due to MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s recent comments against Biharis, RPI leader Ramdas Athavale on Monday appealed to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to protect Marathis in his state.
Athavale, whose party RPI (A) had fought BMC polls, held earlier this year in alliance with Shiv Sena, said dalit workers will take to streets to protect north Indians in Maharashtra and also Hindi news channels which are at the receiving end of Raj’s diatribe.
More heavy rains forecast for Mumbai
A day after India’s financial capital Mumbai received a whopping 15 cm average rainfall in 12 hours – the heaviest this season – things are returning to normal on Tuesday.
As per reports, rail, road and air traffic is returning to normal and water has receded despite overnight rains.
The Met department has forecast heavy to very heavy rains for Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra over the next two days.
In yesterday’s rains in Mumbai, one person was killed. Five others lost their lives in rain-related incidents in other parts of the state.