Month: September 2012

CM requests Moily to help on power issue

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today requested Union Minister for Power Veerappa Moily to help tide over power shortage in the state. The Chief Minister requested Mr Moily, who was in the city to participate in the 10th Annual Convocation of NALSAR University to consider allocation of 231 MW from NTPC Jhajjar till end of May 2013 to meet the present critical power crisis, an official release here said. NTPC Jhajjar power has been allocated power to the tune of 131 MW upto October 2012 against the earlier allocation of 231 MW.

Rapist leaves scar on woman’s chastity: Court

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Ruling that a rapist leaves a scar on a woman’s chastity, a court here has awarded seven years’ rigorous imprisonment to a ‘tantrik’ for raping his 16-year-old niece.

“A rapist not only causes physical injuries but more indelibly leaves a scar on the most cherished possession of a woman i.e. her dignity, honour, reputation and not the least her chastity,” Additional Sessions Judge Vijay Kumar Dahiya said Saturday while awarding the jail term to 57-year-old tantrik (faith healer) Mahesh Goel for raping the girl.

India will win the second test against Kiwis in four days: Laxman

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Star batsman V V S Laxman, who was honoured by the KSCA at the ongoing second test between India and New Zealand here, today said India was playing so well in the series that it can win this match in four days. Speaking after receiving the honour on the M Chinnaswamy stadium turf, the genial Hyderabadi said the Indian team had performed marvellously well in the series as the batsmen got big scores and bowlers were always on target. “I hopefully wish that they will finish the game by tomorrow (fourth day) evening,” he said.

Mulayam, Thackeray, both dangerous for country: Joshi

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Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi today said the act of both Samajwadi Party president Mulaya Singh Yadav and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) chief Raj Thackeray is dangerous for the country. “The statement of Mr Yadav to appease the minority community is dangerous for the country,” he told a press conference here. Dr Joshi said such a senior leader like Mr Yadav’s move to appease the minorities and ignore the majority community was highly objectionable.

Corruption + Defection + Thirst For Power = YSR Congress: TDP

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The TDP has described the YSR Congress as a party that was a mixture of corruption, defection and power craze.

In a statement here on Sunday, party Politburo member Yanamala Rama Krishnudu has said that contrary to it, TDP was a party that was launched for resurrecting the self-respect of Telugus. He has also said TDP was also launched for providing power to the weaker sections and establishing social justice.

Being A Minister, I Was Made To Beg The CM: DL

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Minister D L Ravindra Reddy has once again expressed is anger at the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.

Talking to the media here on Sunday, he said despite being a minister, he was made to beg the Chief Minister for power. He said it was unfortunate that being a minister he was not exempted from power cut. He has also alleged that only influential persons who had the support of big leaders were getting the fruits of welfare and development works. He has advised the government to implement welfare schemes in right earnestness.

Minister Warns Police Not To Flout Discipline

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Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy has made it clear that the Government will not tolerate any kind of violation of discipline in the Police Department.

After inaugurating the new Police Station Building here on Sunday, she said that Eluru range DIG has submitted a report on dispute between the East Godavari District SP and the ASP. A decision will be taken after examining the report.

She warned that action will be initiated against the police personnel, who are supposed to protect the society’s discipline, crosses the limits and indulges in indiscipline. (NSS)

Botcha Flays TDP, YSRCP On Fee Reimbursement Issue

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Finding fault with the TDP and YSRCP for criticizing the State Government on Fees Reimbursement issue, PCC Chief Botcha Sathyanarayana has alleged that the TDP was making allegations, colluding with the Engineering Colleges. He also questioned YSRCP honorary chief YS Vijayamma as to why she was taking up ‘Deeksha’ on Fees Reimbursement issue.

CPI Demands Special Court To Settle Land Disputes

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The CPI state Secretary Dr K Narayana has demanded the Government to create a special court to settle the land disputes.

The CPI leader, who was on way to Asifabad, as part of his ‘Praja poru yatra’, paid homage at the Girijan martyrs memorial here today. Speaking on the occasion, he said that according to a survey conducted by the CPI, 75 lakh acres of Government lands are in the hands of landlords in the State. He demanded that these lands be distributed among the landless poor immediately.

Balineni Visits Wesley’s Family

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YSR Congress leaders have on Sunday visited the family members of John Wesley, the security officer who was also killed in the helicopter crash on this day three years ago, along with YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

Former minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy, MLC Jupudi Prabhakara Rao and others participated in the prayer meeting organized on the occasion of his third death anniversary. They have recalled the services of Wesley on the occasion. Balineni has talked about the relationship he had with the dead officer. (NSS)

India-born UK academic faces deportation

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London, In a bizarre case involving Britain’s immigration laws, a 70-year-old academic born in British India and hailed as the symbol of national resilience after being a victim of the July 7, 2005 London attacks, is reported to be facing deportation.

John Tulloch, a prominent academic born in India in 1942, belongs to a family that served in colonial India for generations.

His father was a major in Gurkha Rifles while his great-grandfather was in the Indian Civil Service.

George Bush, Tony Blair should face trial for 2003 Iraq invasion’

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S.A, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu says Tony Blair and George Bush should face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Tutu, the retired Anglican Church’s archbishop of South Africa, wrote on Sunday in an op-ed piece for The Observer newspaper that the ex-leaders of Britain and the United States should be made to “answer for their actions”.

Delhi Boils : Mob sets police booth, many vehicles afire in Delhi

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Angered over two people on a two-wheeler getting injured after police forcibly stopped them, a mob set a police booth, a DTC bus and many other vehicles on fire Sunday evening, police said. Police had to fire in air to control the situation, which is still tense.

The incident took place around 7 p.m. in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar Phase III.

People at the spot alleged one person was killed in the police firing and at least two injured, but police refused to confirm any casualties, except to one of the persons on the vehicle.

Over 25 lakh children affected by Cerebral Palsy, say doctors

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Cerebral Palsy, a condition that causes physical disability in human development, has disabled more than 25 lakh children in India and is rapidly spreading in rural parts of the country, doctors said here.

Addressing a seminar here at BR Ambedkar Hospital, doctors called for timely medical action and better awareness
on the issue.

“More than 90 per cent of cerebral palsy patients with physical disability can lead a normal life with early
diagnosis and proper medical treatment,” Veena Kalra, S pecialist Paediatric, Neurology and Ex Professor & Head Pediatrics, AIIMS said.

16 militants killed in Pakistan raid

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Sixteen pro-Taliban militants were killed in clashes with security forces in Pakistan’s restive tribal belt even as the country’s northwest witnessed a string of violent incidents today.

Troops killed seven militants and injured over a dozen more during an operation in Azam Warsak area of South
Waziristan Agency, TV news channels quoted officials as saying.

Nine militants, including a commander, were killed during an operation in Batwar area of Bajaur tribal region, officials said.

Troops launched a drive last week to evict militants from the area.

Bloody assault on village, blasts hit Syria capital

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Regime troops today killed at least 21 people in a blistering assault on a central village, a watchdog said, while twin blasts rocked Damascus and Syria’s second city Aleppo was hit by air strikes.

As the violence raged, new international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said change in Syria was “unavoidable,”
although he carefully refrained from calling for Assad to step down, as his predecessor Kofi Annan had.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it expected the death toll to mount from the army offensive on Al-Fan

Nitish hits out at Maharashtra govt for not acting against Raj

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today lashed out at the Maharashtra government for not taking action against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his threat to throw Biharis out of Maharashtra.

The MNS chief’s diatribes against Biharis pose a challenge to all governments to deal with a person who has
been holding out threat to the migrant people. People have the constitutional right to live and work in any part of the country,” he told reporters in Patna.

It is the duty of the central government and the government of the state (Maharashtra) to take note of the

TV Editors asks Maha to protect media after Raj’s ‘threat’

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The “threats” issued by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray against Hindi news channels were an “assault on roots of democracy”, a body of editors of electronic news channels said here today.

The Broadcast Editors’ Association in a release asked the Maharashtra Government to ensure protection to media personnel in Mumbai against “lumpen elements”.

We take serious note of threats given by the MNS Chief against Hindi news channels and feel that this is not a threat held out against media but an assault on the roots of democracy,” it said in a release.

BJP flays MNS chief for anti-Bihari remarks

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Lashing out at MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his “anti-Bihari” remarks, the BJP today asked the Centre and Maharashtra government to take action against him.

Thackeray has been habitually and brazenly targeting the north Indian people, including those from Bihar, settled
in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra, state unit BJP president C P Thakur told reporters.

Stating that the MNS chief’s conduct and hate speech was a violation of the provisions of the constitution that

Raj attacks Hindi news channels for ‘distorting’ his statement

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Alleging that Hindi news channels were ‘distorting’ his statements, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today said that they should not air the news without understanding the issues.

Speaking at a party meeting here today, Thackeray said that “I want to tell the Hindi news channel to first
understand the issue before it is broadcast… otherwise we know how to stop it,”.

It pays to go veg 1000 $

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PETA, the global animal rights organisation, is offering $1,000 to the first group of US students who banish meat from their college dining hall.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, is campaigning to create more vegan-only dining on campuses across the US, the local paper Metro Boston reported.

They have come up with a contest that will pay $1,000 to the first student group that converts a meat-serving dining hall into a vegan-only one.