Telangana Praja Front president Akula Bhumaiah has demanded that the State government unconditionally release the Telangana protagonists, who were illegally detained by the police across the region in the name of preventive custody.
Laxmipet Dalit Struggle Solidarity Committee convener Bojja Tharakam has demanded that the State government set up a special court at Laxmipet immediately and start the trial of the killers of five Dalits.
Farmers groups, People’s associations and NGOs will be jointly organizing “People’s Biodiversity Festival–Unity for Diversity” from October 13 to 16 between 11 am and 7.30 pm at Exhibition Gounds, Nampally here.
Minhaj-Ul-Quran Welfare Foundation, Minhaj-Ul-Quran Women League, in association with Red Cross Society will be conducting Blood Donation Camp on October 1 from 10 am to 5 pm at Al-Madina Tower near Volga crossroads, Moghalpura here.
Speaking to mediapersons here on Friday, foundation president Hafez Muzaffar said that the camp was planned to help Thallasemia patients and needy persons. Those who are interested in donating blood can contact on phone nos 9246161142 or 040-24517630.
GITAM University, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering is conducting a two-day national conference on ‘Computing Communication and Instrumentation’ at its Hyderabad Campus on December 20 and 21.
Director of Hyderabad Campus Dr Ch. Sanjay said that, NCCCI’12 is the first national conference on computing, communication and instrumentation. It brings together researchers, academicians and professionals working in these areas to exchange their views and ideas on a common platform.
The State government has directed the power utilities to complete all the erection and maintenance works for providing uninterrupted and quality power for the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity), which will be held in Hyderabad from October 1 to 19, which is a prestigious and biggest international conference ever held in India.
Hundreds of Telangana NRIs gathered in four major cities in the USA to express their solidarity with the Telangana March to be held on September 30 in Hyderabad.
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has constituted a new Board for Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.
The Board members are: ICAR Nominees: Dr S L Goswamy, Director, National Professor, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar and distinguished agricultural scientist Dr E A Siddiq, National Professor, Directorate of Research, Rajendranagar.
The TDP chief and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly N Chandrababu Naidu running out of ideas was evident from his latest decisions, which sparked differences within the party.
The Lok Satta Party today strongly condemned the attack on its national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan at Medchal on September 27 by some party workers in the name of Telangana when he was taking part in a non-partisan, round-table meeting on ‘surajya’ (good governance).
In a media statement, Lok Satta Party leaders Katari Srinivasa Rao and P. Ravi Maruth said that all democrats should condemn those fomenting hatred and indulging in physical attacks.
The Telangana Ministers who had called on the Chief Minister at the camp office on Friday in an attempt to secure permission for Sunday’s Telangana march on Tank Bund seemed to have failed in their mission.
A petition has been filed in the First Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court here on Friday for prosecuting Minister for Secondary Education K. Parthasarathi for failing to provide the needed information in the election affidavit.
The RDO filed the petition in the court on the direction of the Election Commission for prosecuting the minister under the Peoples Representation Act.
Karnataka faces tense days ahead as the Supreme Court Friday directed the state to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water everyday to Tamil Nadu. Protests erupted in parts of the state against the court decision.
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who was in Surajkund in Haryana for a BJP national executive meeting, met leading lawyers in New Delhi Friday evening to explore possibility of approaching the apex court to review its order.
With an ever-increasing number of Indians suffering from heart diseases, a drastic change in lifestyle and eating habits is the need of the hour to tackle the alarming situation with a special focus on youth, say doctors.
Cardiovascular diseases would be the largest cause of death and disability in India by 2020 as per a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
The word “f—-t” has been used more than 2.5 million times on Twitter since July, a media report said Friday.
Similar terms – “so gay” (896,000 ), “no homo” (818,000) and “d–e” (346,000) – have been tracked by nohomophobes.com, a new wesbite that “holds a mirror up to society”.
The site, an initiative of Canada’s Alberta University, tracks real tweets from real users in real time, the Herald Sun reported.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) affect more women than men in India and nearly two-thirds of the deaths from heart attacks in women occur among those who have no history of chest pain, said a research released here Friday.
Conducted by the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, the study says that it is a myth that heart disease only affects older, male, rich populations as recent studies prove that Indian women are more vulnerable to coronary diseases than men.
To ensure that the government’s $65-billion worth subsidies and welfare measures reach intended targets without pilferage, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has put in place a new system to ensure the beneficiaries receive cash directly through banks.
The move comes on a day when a committee under former finance secretary Vijay Kelkar, formed to prepare a fiscal consolidation plan for the government, recommended withdrawal of all subsidies, saying the Indian economy is poised on the edge of a “fiscal precipice”.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari told his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that the two countries need to tackle together the issues of militancy, terrorism, narcotics trade and illiteracy.
Meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly summit in New York, the two leaders Thursday night exchanged views over the stability and prosperity of Afghanistan, Geo News reported Friday.
In a praise for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, India’s key anti-Maoist force’s chief Friday said her was one of the states where security and development initiatives had witnessed considerable success in the fight against Left-wing extremism.
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General K. Vijay Kumar, who retires from service this weekend after heading the force for two years, told reporters here that the hearts and minds of people in the nation’s 13 Maoist-affected states had to be won by the government and security forces.
In the third incident of its kind in less than 20 days, a teenaged girl was gang-raped by four youths in Gohana town in Haryana’s Sonipat district Friday, 190 km from here.
The victim, a class 11 student, had gone to a grocery shop Friday afternoon and was asked by the shop owner, Kali, to pick up things from his godown nearby.
In her complaint to the police, the victim said when she went to the godown, Kali came after her. Three other youth, identified as Harish, Deepak and Shanty, were already there.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed a short rain-break for his team’s humiliating nine-wicket loss against Australia in their first Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 at the Premadasa Stadium here Friday.
“Rain came just at the wrong time. Just after the wicket was rolled. The wet ball is not good for spinners. It was like bowling in England. That was the main reason we lost,” said Dhoni.
“We need to analyse what really happened. We got off to a good start, but lost quick wickets, and we were not in a good situation to cash in. We were 20 short,” he said.
India’s first-ever national security adviser Brajesh Mishra passed away Friday night at a private hospital in the national capital. He was 84.
As the news of his death just a day before his 85th birthday came, there was a buzz in the social online media, with several condolence messages pouring in.
“Brajesh Mishra RIP – a titan amongst Indian diplomats,” tweeted Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Syed Akbaruddin.
“He (Mishra) died in a hospital,” a government official told IANS.
Dempo SC struck in the second half to get past defending champions Salgaocar SC 2-0 and move into the final of the 34th Federation Cup soccer here Friday.
Dempo frontliners Joaquim Abranches and Nigerian Koko Sakibo found the target in the final quarter of the second semi-final outing at the Kanchanjungha Stadium here.
Dempo, which last reached the final in 2008, will take on local favourites East Bengal in the title round Sunday. With Dempo’s entry to the final, East Bengal were ensured a place in the AFC Cup as the Goa club are the defending I-League champions.
A 20-year-old Brazilian woman student is auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder to raise cash to build homes for poverty-stricken families, the Daily Mail reported.
Catarina Migliorini, a physical education student of Italian descent, has till now been offered $155,000.
She hopes to pump in the money into a non-governmental organisation that will construct houses in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.
The girl rejected claims that she was a prostitute, and said she still believed in love, the daily reported.
A Pakistani minister, who offered a $100,000 bounty on the head of an anti-Islam filmmaker, Friday defended his decision despite wide condemnation.
Addressing a gathering at a mosque Friday, Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said he will not withdraw the offer of bounty.
The Pakistani government has disassociated itself from the offer, Xinhua reported.
Bilour sparked international condemnation when he offered the bounty and urged the Taliban and Al Qaeda to carry out what he called the “noble deed”.
British lawmakers called for a ban on his entry into Britain.