Month: October 2012

A gang leader in Britain fled a raided place after a hiding little boy emerged and gave him his pocket money. The thief was later jailed for about seven years for causing violent disorder at the house.

The frightened 11-year-old emerged from hiding under a bed to strike the deal and handed over his four pounds (about $6) pocket money. The baby-faced gang leader fled the raid after that, a judge heard.

Ricky Purcell, 20, “whose masked thugs had burst in armed with knives and hammers” amazingly agreed to leave with the cash, The Sun reported.

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The BJP hit out at rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday for his comment that there are more temples in the country than toilets, saying he should not make such statements which hurt the “fine fabric of faith and religion” in the country.

“Making of toilets and having faith in a religious place of worship are two different things. India is a multicultural country where we should have unblemished faith in a temple, a mosque, a gurudwara or a church. You cannot juxtapose the two,” BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.

State Chief Information Commissioner Jannat Hussain on Saturday expressed confidence that the proper implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act would eliminate corruption from the society besides ensuring transparency in public administration.

The Election Commission of India will conduct a special drive for enrollment of voters in 15 constituencies of Hyderabad district.

As per the schedule, the draft electoral rolls in respect of 15 Assembly Constituencies of Hyderabad District have been published on October 1 at all designated locations of EROs, AEROs Offices and Polling Station building locations. Further, Special Campaign will be conducted on October 7, October 14 and October 21 at all Polling Station locations.

Former minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Saturday alleged that Arvind Kejriwal and Shanti Bhusan were leveling baseless charges against Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, at the instance of a communal party.

Days after withdrawing support from the UPA government, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief Babulal Marandi Saturday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and vowed to support the Trinamool Congress.

“The (Congress-led) UPA (United Progressive Alliance) regime has become anti-people. The way Mamata Banerjee has shown courage to withdraw her support from this government is commendable. We have come here to tell her that the people of Jharkhand and our party is with her,” Marandi told reporters here.

Congress on Saturday appeared to disapprove of Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh for his comment that there are more temples in the country than toilets, saying “we respect the sanctity of every religious place”.

“We respect the sanctity of every religious place irrespective of the community it belongs to. I do not know the statement attributed to Ramesh. Perhaps it could have been distorted and he is in the best position to explain.”

Barring three men, the Scotland Yard on Saturday released on bail the remaining nine persons, including two women, arrested in connection with the attack on ‘Operation Blue Star’ hero Lt Gen (retd) KS Brar.

The New Scotland Yard in a statement said “three men – aged 33, 34 and 25 – remain in custody. The remaining nine are now bailed to return in November pending further inquiries”.

Three others who were arrested on suspicion of immigration law violations, unconnected with the probe into the attempted murder, were referred to the UK Border Agency, the statement said.

Asking Congress to come clean on the allegations levelled against Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, BJP leader Smriti Irani on Saturday said her party suspected there will not be an impartial probe into the matter.

She said BJP will raise the issue but asked Congress to answer the nation on the issue. “It is expected that when such a humongous scam is brought to fore, there will be investigation but given Congress’ response to such matters, one cannot say with confidence that a very balanced and a very thorough investigation will take place,” Irani told reporters.

A bomb explosion near a state-owned National Television Authority (NTA) station in a northern Nigerian state has killed a woman and injured five children.

Spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushua Shuaib said the overnight bomb blast occurred in Jalingo town in Taraba state.

He said a similar blast in the town had killed one person and left 14 others wounded on Thursday.

Though no group has claimed responsibility, the only terrorist group that has been carrying out such bombing campaigns in the country is the Islamic sect known as Boko Haram.

Samajwadi Party on Saturday said it will continue to oppose the UPA government’s “anti-people” policies but will support it in a bid to keep the “communal forces” at bay.

“We will continue to support UPA to keep communal forces out of power but will oppose its anti-people policies,” SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav told reporters here during his visit to a private nursing home, where senior party leader Ramkaran Yadav is admitted.

He was accompanied with his son Akhilesh Yadav.

Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday stuck to his allegations against Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, saying he had just put certain facts in public domain which need to be answered.

India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Kejriwal and his lawyer colleague Prashant Bhushan alleged on Friday that Vadra had bought property in Gurgaon and other places at below market rates and sold them at a huge profit.

(Pervez Bari): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Indian states are taking self-motivated initiatives for economic development, newer dimensions of governance and public welfare. He said that economic policy cannot be fruitful without cooperation of the states. He said that the devolution of powers makes it mandatory to have a strong sense of responsibility, fiscal discipline, efficient debt management, effective public administration and trade-friendly climate.

Enjoy a healthy and tasty snack this Ganesh Chaturthi.

Ingredients:

• 2 cup boiled Corn Seeds
• ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
• 4 Green Chilies
• 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves (chopped)
• Salt and Pepper (to taste)
• ½ tsp Sugar
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1/3 tsp Baking Soda
• Bread Crumbs (to coat)
• Ghee or Oil (for frying)

For the Batter:

• ¼ cup Rice Flour
• ¼ Gram Flour
• ¼ tsp Baking Soda
• Salt (to taste)
• 2 cups Water

Method

• Combine all the batter ingredients to obtain a thin batter. Keep aside.

Try out this interesting recipe today!

Ingredients

For the stuffing:

boneless & skinless chicken-2 lb
onions- 1
coriander powder – 1/2 tbsp
garam masala- 1 tsp
turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
chillipowder- 1/2 tsp(or according to taste)
curry leaves- a few
coriander leaves chopped
oil- 1 tbsp
salt to taste

For the dough:

Wheat flour- 1lb
ghee or butter- 1 1/2 tbsp
salt to taste

Instructions

Make the dough using the above ingredients and keep it aside for 1/2-1 hr. Keep the dough covered with a moist cloth.

Alleging that Congress has been following double standards on FDI policy, the BJP on Saturday said the party leading the UPA has no moral right to seek the support of the Opposition and the nation for its so-called reforms.

The Congress had opposed foreign investment in retail during the NDA regime and it was also against raising the FDI cap in insurance to 49 per cent. But now it is seeking support of the Opposition and the nation on these issues to suit its opportunistic politics, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here.

Noted social activist Binayak Sen on Saturday sought modifications in the proposed Food Security Act to ensure the poor get enough food, saying it would not achieve the desired result in the present form.

The process of classifying beneficiaries eligible for food grains under the present Act was complex and would lead to corruption, he said while delivering a lecture on “Are the poor getting poorer” in connection with the Fifth Annual Kovlam literary festival, the second leg of which began here today.

The Delhi Police Saturday filed a chargesheet against former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who is accused of abetting the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma.

The chargesheet was filed by police before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) D.K. Jangala. Police have also booked Aruna Chaddha, former official of Kanda’s now-defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked.

ACMM Jangla took cognisance of the chargesheet and posted the matter for Oct 9 for further hearing.
“I take cognisance of the chargesheet,” the court said.

Freedom fighter and former governor of Uttar Pradesh B Satyanarayana Reddy died in a private hospital here on Saturday morning.

He was 86.

The veteran politician had been suffering from a lung disease for some time now and was admitted to a private hospital here a few days ago.

Hailing from Shadnagar in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, Reddy took part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and faced arrest.

In 1978 he was elected to Rajya Sabha on behalf of Janata Party and for a second term in 1984 as Telugu Desam Party nominee.

Tamil Nadu Police Saturday arrested former DMK minister K. Ponmudi in a red sand quarrying case.

Ponmudi was the minister for mines and minerals and higher education in the previous DMK government that was voted out last May.

Ponmudi’s arrest in Villupuram, around 150 km from here, comes a day after the Madras High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea.

The police have registered a case against Ponmudi on a complaint that his son, Gowtham Sigamani, and other close relatives were involved in quarrying of red sand and not paying any fee to the state.

BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday asserted that his party was not anti-Muslim or anti-Dalit but had been victim of “false propaganda”, clearly carrying forward the campaign to reach out to sections which are seen as outside the party’s vote bank.

“It is our misfortune, image versus reality and ground reality versus perception. We are not communal, casteist or anti-Muslim or anti-Dalit. We want welfare of everyone, of tribals, of Dalits, of women, but due to false propaganda our image has been targeted,” Gadkari said.

BJP on Saturday demanded a “fair” probe into the allegations against Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra by civil society activists Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan that he was hugely favoured by realty major DLF.

“It is the expectation of people of the country that the matter should be investigated. It should also be probed that what benefits Congress’s state governments in Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi gave to Vadra,” BJP national spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad told reporters here.

Freedom fighter and former governor of Uttar Pradesh B Satyanarayana Reddy died in a private hospital here on Saturday morning.

He was 86. The veteran politician had been suffering from a lung disease for some time now and was admitted to a private hospital here a few days ago.

Hailing from Shadnagar in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, Reddy took part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and faced arrest.

In 1978 he was elected to Rajya Sabha on behalf of Janata Party and for a second term in 1984 as Telugu Desam Party nominee.

Philippine troops have captured a senior communist rebel leader who had received military training in Libya and carried a USD 135,000 bounty.

Regional military spokesman Col Generoso Bolina says New People’s Army regional chief Benjamin Mendoza and three other suspected insurgents were arrested in the early hours today outside their hideout in suburban Quezon City.

He says Mendoza underwent commando, heavy weapons, bomb-making and sniper training in Libya in the early 1980s.