Month: October 2012

A move was afoot to computerise all courts across the country and do away with paper work which occupies a lot of space, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said here on Thursday.

“Paperless courts would go a long way in achieving the objectives of the National Mission for Delivery of Justice. Already, there are at least 10 courts in Delhi where judges do not have to carry voluminous records to their homes. Tiny pen drives have replaced huge, bulky folders in these courts”, he told reporters.

Separatist guerrillas Thursday lobbed a grenade at a hotel wounding four paramilitary personnel, two of them seriously, in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The attack on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) took place in the northern town of Sopore.

A police officer said the guerrillas targeted the battalion headquarters of 179 battalion of CRPF near the main bus stand in the heart of the town, 54 km from here.

“The grenade exploded injuring four CRPF jawans. They were immediately evacuated to hospital. The condition of two is serious,” the officer told IANS.

Members of civil society including former CEC N Gopalaswami, ex-Navy chief L Ramdas and former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the coal block allocations scam.

They have filed a joint PIL along with other retired bureaucrats and NGO Common Cause pleading the apex court to quash the entire allocation of coal blocks to private companies made by the Centre from 1993 onwards.

A 16-minute short film ‘We Can Defeat Breast Cancer’ is being launched by the NGO, Forum for Breast Cancer Protection at the FICCI auditorium here Oct 7 (Sunday).

The main aim of the film is to educate women on breast cancer and to give them simple tips on how to detect the symptoms of the disease.

The 16-minute film demonstrates the technique of breast examination by self as well as through mammography.

India’s Sania Mirza and her partner Nuria Llagostera Vives moved into the women’s doubles semi-finals of China Open tennis with a come-from-behind win against Julia Goerges and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova here Thursday.

The Indo-Spanish combine, seeded fifth, won 4-6, 6-4, 16-14 against the German-Czech pair in one hour and 34 minutes in the quarter-finals.

Sania and Nuria were erratic and lost as many as eight breakpoints in the first set before conceding lead.

Notifying that his party would oppose FDI in pension and insurance bills on the floor of parliament, Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Kiranmoy Nanda Thursday said it would be better for the people of the country if the UPA government resigns from office before the scheduled time.

“We will oppose these anti-people proposals of allowing FDI in pension and insurance on the floor of parliament. We can’t support anti-people policies,” said Nanda, who is also a Rajya Sabha member.

President Barack Obama is still ahead in national polls even as critics across media and snap polls declared Republican challenger Mitt Romney the winner in their first presidential debate.

In the first of the three debates Wednesday in Denver, Colorado, ahead of the Nov 6 poll, commentators suggested Romney’s performance was energetic and poised while the president seemed subdued and occasionally testy.

President Barack Obama is still ahead in national polls even as critics across media and snap polls declared Republican challenger Mitt Romney the winner in their first presidential debate.

In the first of the three debates Wednesday in Denver, Colorado, ahead of the Nov 6 poll, commentators suggested Romney’s performance was energetic and poised while the president seemed subdued and occasionally testy.

Notifying that his party would oppose FDI in pension and insurance bills on the floor of parliament, Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Kiranmoy Nanda Thursday said it would be better for the people of the country if the UPA government resigns from office before the scheduled time.

“We will oppose these anti-people proposals of allowing FDI in pension and insurance on the floor of parliament. We can’t support anti-people policies,” said Nanda, who is also a Rajya Sabha member.

India and Bangladesh Thursday expressed concern over the growing menace of synthetic drugs and pharmaceutical narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances being siphoned off for abuse, and trafficked across their borders.

The two countries vowed to make sustained efforts to curb contraband smuggling across their international borders.

At a bilateral meeting of the chiefs of their respective narcotics control agencies here, the two sides agreed to share intelligence on drug trafficking and adopt a coordinated strategy to prevent cross-border smuggling.

India and Bangladesh Thursday expressed concern over the growing menace of synthetic drugs and pharmaceutical narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances being siphoned off for abuse, and trafficked across their borders.

The two countries vowed to make sustained efforts to curb contraband smuggling across their international borders.

At a bilateral meeting of the chiefs of their respective narcotics control agencies here, the two sides agreed to share intelligence on drug trafficking and adopt a coordinated strategy to prevent cross-border smuggling.

A survey conducted among young Malayalis has revealed that 62 percent of singles of both sexes would prefer to live in a joint family after marriage.

The survey, which was released here Thursday, was conducted by Malayaleeshaadi.com, an exclusive matrimonial service for Malayalees, part of Shaadi.com.

The primary reason why the young Malayali singles prefer a joint family is on account of work pressures and sky-rocketing expenses, and hence a desire for family support around them.

The wife of an employee of crisis- ridden Kingfisher airlines today allegedly committed suicide, apparently depressed over financial stress due to non-payment of salary to her husband.

Pictorial representationSusmita Chakarvarti (45), the wife of Manas Chakarvarti who is a ground staff in Kingfisher Airlines, was found hanging from the ceiling in her DDA flat in south-west Delhi’s Manglapuri at around 1:30 PM.

She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead.

Women can now ride Yamaha scooters assembled only by women, a company official said Thursday.

India Yamaha Motor has hired a workforce of 200 women at its assembly line in Surajpur in Uttar Pradesh for scooters developed for women.

“Through this unique initiative, a first in Yamaha’s history, we are not just creating employment opportunities for young women recruits but also giving them classroom and on-the-job training,” said Roy Kurian, national business head, India Yamaha Motor.

A British woman in Dubai is facing up to three-and-a-half years in prison, if convicted, after being accused of romping naked in the back of a taxi in the Muslim emirate.

Expat Becky Blake, 29, appeared in the court Wednesday with Irish welder Conor McRedmond, 28, with whom she is accused of having sex after a 10-hour booze binge, The Sun reported.

Both have spent five days in jail in Dubai, where sex outside marriage is strictly prohibited, before being released on bail. They were charged with indecency and drinking offences.

Two persons were killed in a ghastly road accident in this district on Thursday.
According to the information, a lorry dashed against a motorcycle near Orumbadu crossroads under Obulavaripalle mandal in the morning.

Both the motorcycle riders were killed on the spot. Their identity is yet to be established. Police have registered a case and taken up investigation. (NSS)

Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal has called on Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and submitted a ten-page report on the Telangana March and the current political situation in the State.

In his report, Rajagopal has stated that the Chief Minister had given permission for the Telangana March under pressure from the ministers of the region and the Telangana activists had not kept their promise of holding the march peacefully. He complained that they had misused the permission and indulged in violence and vandalism.

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and Peddapalli MP Vivekanand engaged in a direct wordy duel. The two leaders developed serious differences after the September 30 Telangana March as the MPs of the ‘T’ region were arrested at the camp office of the Chief Minister.

A young couple visiting the Kaigal waterfall under the Byreddipalli mandal of the district was attacked and grievously injured by unidentified persons on Thursday.

Police said the assailants sexually assaulted the girl and attacked her boyfriend with a knife. Police identified the couple as Ranjita and Muniraju of Bangarupet in Karnataka. The duo was rushed to the V Kota hospital. (NSS)

Telangana Political JAC Chairman Prof. Kodandaram has said that TRS president K Chandrasekhara Rao went to New Delhi to ask the Centre to stand by its assurance on formation of separate Telangana State.

Prof. Kodandaram on Thursday visited the BJP State office to thank the BJP leaders for making Telangana March a success.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Kodandaram demanded that the Centre make a statement in Parliament on Telangana statehood. There was progress in the talks held by KCR with leaders in New Delhi. (NSS)

Launching the country’s “cheapest range of tabs” in eastern India, a top official of the Pantel Technologies Private Limited (PTPL) Thursday said the company was hoping to achieve sales figures of 10,000 tabs per months from West Bengal alone in the next six months.

“Penta T-pads are India’s most affordable capacitive touch screen WiFi-enabled tablets starting with just Rs.3,999. We hope to achieve a sales figure of 10,000 tabs per month in Bengal alone in the next six months,” Vivek Prakash, director PTPL, told mediapersons here.

Teacher in Class room: Hey Rahul, apne baaju wale ko utha.

Rahul: Tune sulaya hai tu hi utha. 🙂

Is the Telangana JAC, after its resounding success in organizing the “ Sagara Haram” march on Necklace Road on September 30, now moving towards the saffron brigade by slowly discarding the pink party ?.

This question assumed importance in the wake of the T-JAC leaders calling on the BJP leaders and holding discussion on Thursday.

1pagal Aaina Dekh k sochne lga,
isko kahin dekha h.
thodi der sochne k baad
.
“O Teri ” ye to wohi hai
.
jo Mere sath us din Baal ktwa raha tha!

Boss:mere liye ek shisha le ke aao,
Jisme mai apna muh dekh saku…!
Santa:nahi mila sir,
Sab shisho par mera hi Muh Dikhay de raha tha…