Month: September 2012

The police on Sunday arrested Congress MPs from Telangana region when they staged dharna before the Chief Minister’s Camp office at Begumpet demanding unconditional release of all Telangana activists, who were arrested in connection with the Telangana March.

The Congress MPs questioned the rationale behind the arrest of activists despite giving police permission to organise the March peacefully. Condemning the police action, the MPs asked whether the State was ruled by the police or democratically elected representatives.

Panchayat Raj Minister K Jana Reddy on Sunday condemned the arrest of Congress MPs from the Telangana region at the Chief Minister’s Camp Office.

Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Sunday accused the State Government of creating hurdles and panic-like situation to sabotage the Telangana March.

A delegation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLAs led by floor leader Etala Rajender on Sunday called on Home Minister P Sabitha Indira Reddy asking her to release the Telangana activists, who were arrested in connection with the Telangana March, unconditionally.

Talking to media persons here, Etala Rajender said the delegation appealed the Home Minister to release all activists and stop further arrests across the region. He said the Home Minister has given an assurance that she would direct Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy for the release of pro-Telangana activists.

Citing national security risks, US President Barack Obama has blocked a Chinese company from owning four wind farm projects near a navy base where the US military tests unmanned drones and electronic-warfare planes.

Obama ordered Ralls Corp, a company owned by Chinese nationals, to divest its interest in the wind farms it purchased earlier this year near the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility in Boardman, Oregon, the Shanghai Daily reported.

With tension running high in Hyderabad in view of the Telangana march, Andhra Pradesh Police Sunday kept a vigil on the protestors from the skies.

Police chief Dinesh Reddy and other top officials were making an aerial survey of various parts of the city where protestors were fighting pitched battles with police.

Fitted with high resolution cameras, the chopper flew low over Osmania University which turned into a battle zone. The students raised slogans of “Police go back” as the helicopter made a sortie over the campus.

Australian captain George Bailey won the toss and elected to bowl against South Africa in a crucial Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 at the Premedasa Stadium here Sunday.

Both teams have made a change each. Xavier Doherty comes into the Australian team for Dan Christian while South Africa included Wayne Parnell for Albie Morkel.

Australia: Shane Watson, David Warner, Mike Hussey, George Bailey (captain), Cameron White, Glenn Maxwell, Mathhew Wade (wicketkeeper), Brad Hogg, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Xavier Doherty

The deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and other ministers from Telangana region have threatened to quit for the sake of separate statehood to the region.

Condemning the arrests of Telangana supporters coming to Hyderabad for the Telangana march, deputy chief minister Damodar Rajanarasimha warned that if the people were harmed he would not hesitate to resign.

With tension running high in Hyderabad in view of the Telangana march, Andhra Pradesh Police Sunday kept a vigil on the protestors from the skies.

Police chief Dinesh Reddy and other top officials were making an aerial survey of various parts of the city where protestors were fighting pitched battles with police.

Fitted with high resolution cameras, the chopper flew low over Osmania University which turned into a battle zone. The students raised slogans of “Police go back” as the helicopter made a sortie over the campus.

In an unprecedented development, Members of Parliament from the Telangana region belonging to the ruling Congress party sat in protest Sunday outside the camp office of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.

Protesting the large-scale arrests of Telangana supporters coming to Hyderabad for participating in the Telangana march, a group of eight MPs marched to the chief minister’s camp office in the high-security Begumpet area.

The deaths of at least nine newborn children in a single day at a hospital in Pakistan has led to concerns over negligence and dearth of facilities in paediatrics centres in the country, media reports said Sunday.

The Chandka Medical College Hospital in Larkana in Sindh province confirmed Saturday the deaths of the nine newborn children in 12 hours at its paediatrics department, the Dawn newspaper reported.

Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad Khan, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Health Minister Sagheer Ahmed have ordered an inquiry into the incident.

His father David Dhawan is known for making comedies and he himself is making his debut with candyfloss romance, but Varun Dhwawan relates more with darker cinema and would love to be part of scripts like “Dev D” and “Shaitaan”.

The average age of newly-recruited Islamist militants in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region is on a constant decrease, with more and more teenagers joining the terrorists, a presidential envoy said.

“These days, the insurgency is already drawing on 17 to 18-year-old boys, fresh out of school,” said Alexander Khloponin, the Kremlin’s envoy to the North Caucasus.

In 2008, the average age of militants killed in the North Caucasus stood between 19 and 23 years, according to official data.

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is under the weather as he has been “coughing my lungs and stomach away” and says that he is going through “pains with each expulsion”.

“An awful night, coughing my lungs and stomach away… stomach which has surgical left overs and still in process of repair. Pains with each expulsion.”

The US embassy here Sunday condoled the passing away of India’s first national security adviser Brajesh Mishra, describing him as “an extraordinary champion” of close India-US ties.

In a message issued here, the US embassy said it is “greatly saddened” by the passing of Mishra, and on behalf of the American people and the government, conveys its sincere condolences to his family.

“Ambassador Mishra was an extraordinary champion of closer India-US relations, and a friend to many Americans who share his vision of a US-India partnership,” the message said.

He always wanted to do “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa”, but filmmaker Karan Johar says that “India’s Got Talent” (IGT) is his window to the coutnry and that he has gained a lot by being part of the talent show.

Karan started his stint as a judge on small screen with the fifth season of “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa”, which is ending Sunday, and he is also on the judging panel of “India’s Got Talent” that went on air Sep 22.

Seven people were killed and many others were injured when a bus carrying around 30 pilgrims overturned in West Bengal’s Hooghly district Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred when the speeding bus lost control and overturned, said a police officer.

The injured passengers have been admitted to the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital. The condition of some is critical, the officer said.

—-IANS

86-year-old former Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari still wants to be active in politics but says the Congress party does not require him.

“I am the servant of people and have been serving them directly or indirectly. I will definitely serve them if a chance is given to me again to serve in the mainstream. No other work is greater than serving the nation for me,” he said answering questions from journalists.

The West Bengal chief minister might not find cartoons about her funny, but she is happy enough to mimic the prime minister. The widely telecast scenes of Mamata Banerjee imitating the genial Manmohan Singh have raised much debate and derision and have again put the spotlight on India’s smear politics.

From threats to slapping defamation cases to triggering sarcastic comments on whether the artist in her, which already paints and pens poems, is out to explore newer avenues – Banerjee’s act has led to varied reactions.

Longer sleep hours could prevent the onset of diabetes among teenagers, besides improving their insulin resistance, suggests a new study.

“High levels of insulin resistance can lead to the development of diabetes,” said Karen Matthews, who teaches psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.

“We found that if teens that normally get six hours of sleep per night get one extra hour of sleep, they would improve insulin resistance by nine percent,” said Matthews, who led the study.

Violence erupted at the Osmania University campus here today after pro-Telangana students clashed with the police when they were prevented from taking out a rally to join the ‘Telangana March’.

Scores of slogan-shouting students broke the barricades on the campus and pelted stone at the police who retaliated by firing tear-gas shells while some students were also taken into preventive custody.

Kenya’s Edwin Kipyego clinched the elite men’s title in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon while Ethiopia’s Yimer Wude won the women’s race here Sunday.

Kipyego, who won the Reading Half Marathon in April, completed the 21.097-km race in 1:00.55 hours to bag the $25,000 winner’s purse. However, he finished 25 seconds behind last year’s winner Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia and 40 seconds behind another Ethiopian Deriba Merga, who set the course record in 2008.

Kipyego’s compatriots Leonard Langat and Silas Kipruto finished second and third, respectively.

Failure in a test cannot debar a person from a subsequent fresh selection process for deputation on a foreign mission, Delhi High Court has ruled while paving the way for an ITBP inspector’s consideration for a new assignment.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Inspector Lalit Kumar had moved the court after he failed a test in firing conducted by the UN in July and the central government blacklisted him for five years.

Seven people were killed and many others were injured when a bus carrying around 30 pilgrims overturned in West Bengal’s Hooghly district Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred when the speeding bus lost control and overturned, said a police officer.

The injured passengers have been admitted to the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital. The condition of some is critical, the officer said.

—IANS

Congress MPs from the Telangana region were arrested by the police when they tried to stage a dharna at the camp office of the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, protesting against the arrest of thousands of Marchers at various places of the region, to prevent their participation in the March.

The MPs have expressed anger at the highhandedness of the police who have been arresting those coming to the city for participating in the Telangana March despite government permission.