Month: September 2012

India’s first National Security Adviser, Brajesh Mishra, often referred to as India’s modern day Chanakya (ancient India’s master strategist and royal adviser), made a distinctive contribution in laying the foundation for the bold and proactive strategic and foreign policy initiatives undertaken by then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He chose to break eggs and dish up an omelette in a culture where walking gingerly on egg-shells was the preferred option.

Enraged by his father-in-law’s refusal to return cash and jewels that the he had handed over for safe-keeping, a man strangulated his wife to death and later hanged himself in Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, police officials said Saturday.

Sub-divisional Officer of Police, Mungeli, J.P.N. Singh said, “Bodies of a young couple were found in the house of their relative. The deceased have been identified as Pramod Satnami (25) and his wife Tulsi Satnami (23). The incident occurred at Saragaon village, Lormi Tehsil, Mungeli district, about 100 km from the state capital.

A historical and very beautiful masjid of the thickly populated area of the city Kulsoompura is in a highly dilapidated state. There is 7500 acre land under the masjid but only 14930 sqyd land is recorded under Waqf board gazette.

According to details Masjid Kulsoompura was built in 1628 by Princess Kulsoom Begum during the reign of Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah.

On the direction of Mr. Zahed Ali Khan editor Siasat, a team of Deccan Waqf Protection Society led by president society Mr. Osman bin Mohammed Alhajari, visited the spectacular masjid.

Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Saturday accepted the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who also held the finance, energy and planning portfolios, an official said.

Pawar’s resignation, submitted to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan last Tuesday, takes immediate effect.

In his place, the governor agreed to Chavan’s request to allocate the finance and planning portfolios to Jayant Patil, who also holds rural development, and the energy portfolio to Rajesh Tope, who is also minister for higher and technical education.

A missing British schoolgirl and her married maths teacher have been by police in France Friday, said media reports.

After Megan Stammers, 15, and her teacher Jeremy Forrest, 30, went missing, their parents appealed for them to get in touch, reported Xinhua.

Stammers had been taken into the care of French police and Forrest was arrested on suspicion of child abduction.

The pair have both spoken to their families, who have said they are relieved they were found safe and well, said a BBC report.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received a prank phone call from a person posing as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during the UN General Assembly annual debate, his spokesman said.

Martini Nesirky, the UN spokesman, told reporters the Masked Avengers, a Quebec radio comedy team, reached Ban between sideline meetings Wednesday but said the secretary-general quickly realized it was a prank, adding the pranksters should improve their fake French accents.

Dr. Damodhar Raja Narasimha, Dy. CM raised an objection about the unnecessary remarks of Mr. Vyalar Ravi and Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad and also the press conference of DGP Mr. V. Dinesh Reddy. Telangana Ministers reached the camp office of the Chief Minister to request him to permit Telangana March scheduled for 30th September. He told that Telangana issue has become very serious.

Senior Congress leader Mr. Oscar Fernandez met Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao at his residence yesterday. Mr. K. Taraka Rama Rao also met Mr. B. Stayanarayana, APCC President. Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao met Mr. Vaylar Ravi thrice in New Delhi.

Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao gave the details of the Telangana Movement and The Telangana March slated for tomorrow. He impressed upon Mr. Fernandez to persuade Ms. Sonia Gandhi to take positive steps for Telangana State.

Muslim Ulemas (Islamic Scholars) have made an appeal to the Muslims to be careful on the occasion of Ganesh Festival Today. Ladies should stay at home, this appeal has been issued in the wake of the apprehensions that some miscreants might try to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the city today. Muslims should behave patiently and try to maintain peace at any cost.

Scientists have discovered that a cancer protein can trigger variety of tumours since unlike other cell growth regulators it doesn’t turn genes on or off but instead boosts the expression of genes that are already turned on.

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health in US and colleagues have discovered the mechanism which is responsible for MYC protein leading to various cancers.

The protein aids in cell activation, a process in which cells mature and divide quickly. During an immune response, for example, white blood cells are activated to help fight infections.

Seventy-five intrepid cyclists set out from here Saturday morning to conquer the rocky terrain of Himachal Pradesh for the eighth edition of the ‘Hercules MTB Himachal 2012’, India’s premier international mountain biking rally.

During the 438-km expedition spread over nine days, the cyclists will pedal through Himalayan terrain to test their endurance and skill.

The Austrian economy is estimated to grow 1 percent in the year 2013, the state-supported Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) said.

This is the second time that WIFO reduced its forecast of the country’s economic growth, reported Xinhua.

This year, Austria’s economy is predicted to expand 0.6 percent, as estimated earlier, after growing 2.7 percent in 2011.

The agency Friday stressed the outlook for 2013 remains highly uncertain due to the world economic downturn and increasing downside risks from the external environment.

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Actress Nargis Fakhri paid her obeisance at the famous Andheri Ka Raja Ganapati here, but the atmosphere moved her to tears.

“I’m very emotional and I think that being here (Andheri Ke Raja Ganapati) is such a blessing. I am so grateful because I have always been interested in lord Ganesha and I am such a firm believer in god, in all his forms,” Nargis said here Friday.

But what made her cry?

“I think when I am in such a space where it’s so spiritual and so strong…,” she said.

Overcoming fear is even more difficult for adolescents than it is for children as teenagers’ reactions to threat remain for sometime even when the danger is over, according to a new study.

Researchers led by Weill Cornell Medical College found that once a teenager’s brain is triggered by a threat, the ability to suppress an emotional response to the threat is diminished which may explain the peak in anxiety and stress-related disorders during this developmental period.

Congress MP of Rajya Sabha Mr. V. Hanumantha Rao met Ms. Sonia Gandhi yesterday in New Delhi and apprised her of the latest political situation in AP. He told her that TDP has announced to give 100 Assembly seats to BC’s and to allocate Rs. 2,500 crore in the sub plan of the budget if it comes to power. He expressed the need for the Congress to do something for the Muslims.

He told that Muslims contributed a lot for bringing Congress into power. In such a situation, Congress can’t keep quiet as a silent spectator. It will be a disadvantage for the Congress.

Gang-rapes, ministers getting involved in murder conspiracies and suicides, honour killings, violent industrial disputes, kidnappings, murders, farmer agitations, community clashes – and much more. This is not from the crime file of a police station but just some of the incidents that have occurred during the present tenure of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana.

Less than three years into its second term that began in October 2009, the Hooda government seems nowhere in control as incidents of crime and community violence keep mounting.

Justice Altamas Kabir, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, was Saturday sworn in as the 39th Chief Justice of India.

He was administered the oath of the office by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Justice Kabir has succeeded Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia who demitted office Saturday. He will be the Chief Justice of India for nine months till July 18, 2013.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday condoled the passing away of Brajesh Mishra, India’s first national security adviser (NSA).

In a message, Singh said he was “deeply saddened to hear of the passing away” of Mishra.

“Mishra was one of the most able and influential public servants of his generation. He was the first national security adviser of the country and brought to the job his breadth of strategic vision, diplomatic finesse and above all, a sense of India’s destiny and place in global affairs,” the prime minister said.

The cancellation of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s landmark visit to Pakistan has come as a shock, said a leading daily which warned that Islamabad would be making “a grave mistake if it omits Russia from its calculations.”

Putin has written to President Asif Ali Zardari that he could not attend the quadrilateral summit scheduled to be held in Pakistan among Russia, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan Oct 2-3.

Wealthy businessman Jose Habie was killed Friday when the helicopter he was piloting crashed in the Guatemalan capital, authorities said.

The 56-year-old Habie, who owned textile plants and a five-star hotel in Guatemala City, died of multiple injuries while trapped amid the wreckage of the chopper, paramedics told the media.

The helicopter went down near the offices of the Guatemalan bar association, in the southeastern part of the capital, apparently due to mechanical problems.

A 33.5-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ, billed as the tallest in the country, is ready to be blessed Saturday at the campus of the Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology here.

Made out of a mixture of resin, catalysts, fibre and wax by popular Malayalam film art director Premachandran, the statue has been placed on a 22-foot-tall building in the college campus.

The Muslim predominant area of Maheshwaram lacks basic facilities. There is no such thing called road, on the other hand the water scarcity problem has reached to such an extent that people have to buy water for drinking. Electric transformers have become a hazard for local people and houses bordering the lakes have become abode of snakes. The snakes have made the lives of the residents a living hell. Terrified with the snakes people prefer staying indoors.

A day-long consultation on ‘designing a social inclusion plan for marginal and vulnerable communities such as sex workers and transgendered women’ will be organised here Oct 1.

The National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW), Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, Government of India, is organising the consultation with technical support from the Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR).

According to the organisers, this is the first time that such an exercise is being held in India, with Andhra Pradesh taking the lead.

Computer firm Hitachi has developed a quartz glass-based storage system that will last for an unbelievable 100 million years.

The Daily Mail said that though developments in recent years in computer file storage have moved from the physical to the electronic, yet the problems of damage and loss still persist.

However, Hitachi has unveiled a new method of storing digital information on slivers of quartz glass that can endure extreme temperatures and hostile conditions without degrading, almost forever.

A delegation of journalists led by Mr. Anwar Ali Khan president All India small and medium newspapers federation New Delhi, AP branch and member central accreditation committee (press information bureau), met Prof. S A Shukoor director secretary Urdu Academy Andhra Pradesh and congratulated him for his remarkable services.