Month: September 2012

For a long time, the Iraqi government tried to stay out of the civil war going on just across their border in Syria, but as the battle lingers, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has announced he wants to see a negotiated settlement.

To that end, Iraq is pushing a two-stage plan that would bring both sides together for talks on an inclusive political transition that would end the fighting. They are urging UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to push the plan as well, and given his apparent lack of any better ideas, it seems the plan may have currency by default.

In an interview today with the Times of Israel, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro denied any disagreements between the US and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the prospect of war with Iran, insisting the two are “totally in sync.”

Shapiro, who recently got into a shouting match with Netanyahu in front of a Congressional delegation, insisted that the US has made all the “necessary preparations” for attacking Iran, and believes they have coordinated well with Israel.

Osmania University Students JAC has said that it would be only the Congress March on September 30, instead of Telangana March.

The OUSJAC leaders said that Congress MLAs and Ministers, who had resigned, would alone participate in the Telangana March. They appealed to the students of the region to come to the Osmania University Campus for participating in the students’ rally from the Arts College to Tank Bund on September 30 from 10 am. The JAC also made it clear that they would not leave the city till the Centre announced separate Telangana State.

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The State BJP has decided to make the Telangana March successful with 25,000 party workers participating in a peaceful manner.

Speaking to mediapersons after party leaders’ meeting at the State party office here on Saturday, party State president G. Kishan Reddy said they would take out a rally from the Gun Park to Necklace Road at 11 am.

Actress Manisha Koirala, who is making a comeback with Ram Gopal Varma’s “Bhoot Returns”, has confessed she has made some wrong film choices in her career. She regrets not taking a break.

“I did some films which I should not have done. This is the reason why one should take a break, because I was getting bored with my work. I needed a break,” Manisha told reporters here, without naming any films.

Humiliated by Australia in their opening Super Eights match, a jittery India will have to pick up the pieces from their all-round failure and come up with an inspired performance against arch-rivals Pakistan in their do-or-die game in the World Twenty20 here tomorrow.

The Indian team looked completely out of sorts against Australia and they now have to quickly address their woes in all departments of the game when they take on an upbeat Pakistan, who had beaten South Africa in a thriller, if they want to remain afloat in the tournament.

India’s advanced communication satellite GSAT-10 was successfully launched early today on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana.

GSAT-10, with a design life of 15 years is expected to be operational by November and will augment telecommunication, Direct-To-Home and radio navigation services. At 3,400 kg at lift-off, GSAT-10 is the heaviest built by Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation. It was ISRO’s 101st space mission.

Gearing up for the high-voltage clash against arch-rivals India, Pakistan captain Mohammed Hafeez said his team has the edge going into tomorrow’s World T20 Super Eight game after the morale-boosting win over Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men in a warm-up match.

“Everyone is looking forward to the India match. Since we have won against them in the warm-up game, it will give us confidence going into the match. That victory has been a real morale booster for us and the boys are upbeat and raring to go against India,” Hafeez told mediapersons on the eve of the game.

A youth died in police custody here after which three policemen, including the Station House Officer, were placed under suspension and a case lodged against them, police sources said on Saturday.

Deepak Yadav (25) was taken to Kotwali police station yesterday and his family members were informed that he was ill late in the night.

Before his relatives could reach the police station, Deepak was taken to the district hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the sources said.

Deepak’s brother Rajiv has alleged that he died after being assaulted by policemen.

An elected rural representative and his son were shot dead by Maoists in Bihar’s Vaishali district, police said on Saturday.

The armed Maoists late Friday night killed Umesh Singh and his son Kunal Bharti in Suki village, about 65 km from here, Superintendent of Police Upendra Kumar Sinha said.

According to police, Maoist guerrillas stormed into Singh’s house and dragged him and his son out.

“They first chopped off Singh’s hands and legs and shot him and his son dead,” a police official said.

Three girls, including two siblings, got drowned Saturday in a water body in Pahachha village in Bihar’s Jamui district, police sources said.

Bablu Singh’s two daughters – Beauty Kumari (9) and Chhoti Kumari (6) and Lallan Singh’s daughter Shikha Kumari (8) were taking bath in the pond ‘Badi Ahar’ as they accidently slipped in the deep waters, sources said.

All three bodies have been fished out.

–PTI

The body of an Indian-American student of Northwestern University, who was missing since last week, has been found floating between two boats at a harbour in Wilmette, Illinois, university officials say.

18-year-old Harsha Maddula, Northwestern pre-med sophomore and straight-A student, disappeared on last Saturday after attending an off-campus party with friends. A fisherman found Maddula’s body floating between two boats near the Sheridan Road Bridge at the harbour in Wilmette on Thursday night, according to ABC News affiliate WLS-TV.

Unfazed by the uproar over FDI in retail and other tough decisions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today indicated that the Government may continue with the reforms process and expressed willingness to discuss issues with allies.

“We will do what is good for the country… reforms are not one-off process,” he said. The Prime Minister was responding to questions on demands for rollback of decisions on FDI in multi-brand retail, diesel price hike and cap on subsidised LPG cylinders by the opposition.

India’s heaviest communication satellite with 30 communication transponders was launched successfully early Saturday by an Ariane-5 rocket from French Guiana in South America, ISRO said.

The GSAT-10 satellite weighting 3,400 kg and India’s 101st space mission “is in good health” and would be operational by November, the Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement here.

A meeting of Telangana political JAC leaders was held on Friday to review govt.’s attempt to postpone Telangana march scheduled on September 30 and pointing out some alternate places to conduct the march. JAC straightly refused postponement or selection of alternate place.

The pilot and co-pilot onboard a small plane were killed Saturday after the plane crashed in Indonesia’s Bandung airport following a failed manoeuver during an air show, Air Force spokesman Agung Sasongko said here.

The plane, owned by the Indonesian Aerosport Federation, went down and exploded, the spokesman said.

“The crash took place when the plane was performing a show. The two people on board were killed,” Agung told Xinhua by phone.

The crash took place as the plane flew too low after conducting five loop manoeuvers in Bandung Air show, the Metro TV reported.

General secretary AICC and incharge Andhra Pradesh affairs Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad contacted former minister and member coordination committee Mohammed Ali Shabbir to seek report on measures taken by the government in the wake of Telangana march on September 30.

G N Azad asked the government to convey the message to Telangana Joint Action Committee that the central government is serious in resolving Telangana issue and consultation process is on in this connection.

Thousands of devotees hit the roads in this southern city Saturday as the annual Ganesha procession began amid unprecedented security.

Armed policemen kept a tight vigil at sensitive points along the procession route in the old city, as hundreds of trucks carrying idols began their journey from different locations towards Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city.

Over 30,000 policemen and personnel from the central paramilitary forces, the majority of them in the communally sensitive old city, have been deployed to maintain law and order.

Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Finance Corporation offers post matric scholarships and fee reimbursement scheme for the year 2012-13, for the minority students studying through Urdu and English medium whose parents’ annual income is less than 1 lakh.

Minority students should apply online at apsmfc.com. Executive director APSMFC Hyderabad has informed this through a press statement.

Scholars said: It is necessary to repent from every sin. If the offense involves the Right of Allah, not a human, then there are three condition to be met in order that repentance be accepted by Allah:

1- To desist from committing it.
2- To feel sorry for committing it.
3- To decide not to recommit it.

An-Nu’man ibn Bashir (r.a.) reported that the Messenger of Allah, (s.a.w.s.), said, “The metaphor of the believers in their mutual love, mercy and affection is that of the body. When one limb of it (the body) complains, the rest of the body collapses with sleeplessness and fever.”
[Agreed upon]

“A believer is a mirror to his brother. A believer is a brother of a believer: he protects him against any danger and guards him from behind.”
[Related by Al Bukhari in Al Adab Al Mufrad and by Abu Dawood.]

Some Muslim brothers overtaken by modernity, consider it a privilege to imitate non Muslim customs. They think that if they don’t adopt modern ways they will be called orthodox.

In a valima ceremony held recently in the city, bride and groom were made seated next to each other on the stage in front of the combine gathering (including ladies and gentlemen).

Model-turned-actress Malaika Arora Khan, who has a string of successful item numbers like “Chhaiya chhaiya”, “Munni badnaam” and “Anarkali disco chali” to her credit, says she never wanted to be an actor, and so she doesn’t miss it at all.

“Except for some small roles, I have never acted so I can’t really miss it. I never wanted to do acting so it never really cropped up my mind. I love dancing and will continue to do till I can,” Malaika told IANS.

Telangana Elders’ Forum in a press note applauded the policy of the empowerment of the Muslims declared by the TDP. The political scene has changed after the withdrawal of support by Trinamool Congress President, Mr. Mamata Banerjee. TDP supremo has also hinted at the formation of a Third Front. The press note said that in the changed political situation, the Muslim leaders of TDP convinced Mr. Naidu to declare “Muslim Empowerment Policy”. It depicts the appropriate political strategy adopted by TDP. Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Polit Bureau member, Mr. Lal Jan Pasha, Former MP, Mr.

I am not going to people for my sake, I am going to meet them to inculcate awareness among the public against corruption and irregularities. Talking to newsman, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed these thoughts about the padyatra he is going to start from 2nd October. He told that such a bad situation didn’t exist in the state earlier. He told that it is possible to form non-UPA and non-BJP alliance in the future, but there should be unity among all the parties.