Month: October 2012

Indoor tanning beds can cause non-melanoma skin cancer, and the risk is greater the earlier one starts tanning, suggests a new scientific analysis.

Indoor tanning is already an established risk factor for malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, but which is less common.

Now, the new study confirms that indoor tanning also significantly increases chances of non-melanoma skin cancers, the commonest of skin cancers, the British Medical Journal reported.

(Siasat News) C.M. of A.P. Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy once again gave a controversial statement on Telangana issue. At a time when TRS and other political parties are trying to exert pressure on Central Govt. to resolve Telangana issue the C.M. clarified that it is not possible to bifurcate A.P. State. He also rejected the question of change of leadership in the state. He told that Telangana is a very sensitive issue and no deadline could be fixed for resolving it. He pleaded that Central Govt. should be given some more time to settle this issue.

(Siasat News) Congress M.P. representing Telangana said that he doesn’t want to see the face of Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, C.M. of A.P. He had developed severe differences with him.

C.M. reached Gandhi Bhavan to attend a function to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. Peddapalli M.P. Mr. Vivek also reached Gandhi Bhavan. When Congress President Mr. B. Satyanarayana invited him to speak on this occasion he didn’t come to the dais. He delivered his speech after C.M. left the hall.

–Siasat News–

(Siasat News) According to the reports of Special Branch and intelligence Branch of Hyderabad city police, a few more cases have been registered against, Prof. Kodandaram, Mr. Swamy Goud, Mr. Srinivas Goud, Mr. Devi Prasad, Ms. Vimala Akka, Ms. Sandhya and Mr. M. Lakshmaiah. These cases have been booked under P.D.P. Act and other acts for which non-bailable warrant could be issued. 28 cases have been booked including 7 cases in Osmania University police state and one in Nampally Railway police station.

(Siasat News) Minority students of Intermediate 1st and 2nd years can register their applications online with A.P. State Minorities Finance Corporation before 31st October 2012. Students of any medium can apply. It is reported that it is likely that this time more number of applications would be entertained.

Dr. Syed Mohammed Ilyas Rizvi, Managing Director of Minorities Finance Corporation has appealed to the students and their parents to submit applications with relevant documents as early as possible.

The students can register fresh and renewal applications for this scholarship.

(Siasat News) Special Investigation Team shifted Afaq Iqbal alias Danish Riyaz from Gujarat to Hyderabad. He is suspected to be a member of Indian Mujahideen. Police produced him before the magistrate who gave him under judicial custody for (14) days. Danish Riyaz is a software engineer from Ranchi in Jharkhand State. During his stay in Hyderabad in 2008 in Gulshan colony of Toli Chowki, he worked in a software company in the city. He presented himself here as Afaq Iqbal and got a mobile connection.

(Siasat News) Polit Bureau member of TDP and Editor of Siasat, Mr. Zahid Ali Khan welcomed the padyatra of Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu. He and other Minority leaders of TDP welcomed Mr. Naidu on the border of Andhra Karnataka yesterday. He expressed his best wishes for padayatra. Mr. Naidu thanked the Minority leaders of the party. Mr. N.M. Farooq, former minister, Mr. Lal Jan Basha, Vice President of TDP, Mr. Mohammed Abdul Ghani, MLA, Mr. Mohammed Saleem, Chairman, Minority Cell of TDP, Mr. Ameer Babu, Mr. Muzaffar Ali Khan, Mr. Ali Masquathi, Mr. Younus Ekebani, Mr. Yaseen Baig, Mr.

Pakistan can now produce “Class-I nuclear safety equipment” and manufacture spare parts for its nuclear stations under embargo conditions, a media report said.

Dawn reported that Pakistan has joined a group of countries that are certified to produce ‘Class-I nuclear safety equipment’, allowing it to locally manufacture spare parts for its nuclear power stations under embargo conditions and contribute towards a long-term nuclear energy programme.

Virender Sehwag is in doubt for the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 after he has been advised two weeks of rest because of ligament injury he sustained during India’s last Super Eights game in the ICC World Twenty20 against South Africa here.

Sehwag strained a ligament in his left ankle during South Africa’s innings last night and according to the Indian team’s media manager Dr R N Baba, the right-hander has been advised rest for 14 days.

Trading activities came to a virtual halt across Kerala today as shop owners downed shutters to protest against the policies of the Central and state governments, including the decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail.

Early reports from different centres said the response to the shut-down call given by traders’ unions like Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Samiti (KVVES) has been total, especially in urban areas.

Majority of hoteliers also joined the dawn-to-dusk protest.

Other demands of the traders include correction of anomalies in implementation of the state Food Safety Act.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that the heavy defeat against Australia in their first Super Eights game had a telling impact in his team’s ouster from the ICC World T20 even though he termed the side’s performance as ‘satisfactory’.

A Hezbollah commander and several fighters have been killed inside Syria, a Lebanese security official said Wednesday, a development that could stoke already soaring tensions over the Lebanese militant group’s role in the civil war next door.

Hezbollah’s reputation has taken a beating over its support for the Syrian regime, but any sign that the group’s fighters are taking part in the battle raises fears that the conflict could expand into a wider fight engulfing the region.

Delighted by the reduction in fuel prices, a Pakistani daily said Wednesday that “the benefits of an international downturn in fuel rates have been passed on to Pakistani consumers”.

The News International said in an editorial titled “A rare delight?” that news of price reductions is rare. “When it comes it is greeted with delight, even though in this case the 5.5 percent drop in fuel rates essentially brings us back to where we were a week or two ago, given the steep rises we have been seeing.”

Six members of a family were among seven killed when a vehicle collided head-on with a mini truck near here today.

Four persons of the family belonging to Baghapurana and the mini truck driver were killed on the spot while two other members of the family were declared dead at the Medical College and Hospital at Faridkot, police said.

The family was on its way to Moga from Baghapurana in a local mechanical vehicle while the mini-truck was coming from Ludhiana when the mishap took place near here on the Moga Ludhiana Highway.

–PTI

Undeterred by the recent spurt in insiders attacks in Afghanistan, NATO has said Taliban will miscalculate the situation if they think their situation will be better by the end of 2014, because they will be faced with a very strong and capable Afghan security force.

Voicing their concern over ‘unbridled’ field tests of genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, civil society groups have asked the government to immediately put in place a legal framework on liability and redress.

Claiming that the GM crops had put the nation at risk, the Coalition for GM-free India and Centre for Sustainable Agriculture said the firms introducing GM crops should be made liable for the damage their proprietary technology is causing to biodiversity.

High-tech startups founded by immigrants from India have grown phenomenally in US amidst a decline in immigrant entrepreneurs considered a critical source of fuel for the US economy, according to a new study.

The proportion of immigrant-founded companies in the US has slipped from 25.3 percent to 24.3 percent since 2005, according “America’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Then and Now”, a Kauffman Foundation survey published Tuesday.

The drop is even more pronounced in Silicon Valley, where the percentage of immigrant-founded startups declined from 52.4 percent to 43.9 percent.

Representatives of Colombia’s FARC rebel group said that peace talks with the Andean nation’s government will begin Oct 15, a week later than originally announced.

Rebel negotiator Rodrigo Granda read from Havana on the Colombian station Blu Radio a communique he said was signed by both the FARC and the Colombian government.

Some unidentified men Tuesday allegedly shot at a jeweller and looted Rs 14 lakh from him in Bareilly district.

Hanif was waylaid and shot at by some persons in Izatnagar area of the city, police said.

According to the complaint Rs 14 lakh were also looted from him, police said, adding that he was rushed to a hospital where his condition was stated to be stable.

–PTI

Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal found himself at the centre of a controversy on Tuesday over his sexist remark that wives lose charm over time, sparking an outrage among women’s groups which dubbed the comment as “disgusting and derogatory”.

Facing flak for his remarks at a Kavi sammelan in Kanpur on Sunday night, Jaiswal offered an apology, saying he had no intention to hurt the sentiments of women.

Jaiswal also came under attack from opposition BJP which raised questions on his continuance in the Union Cabinet.

MBT corporator Amjadullah Khan Khalid visited various areas of Chandrayangutta besides Malakpet and Yakutpura assembly constituencies to assess problems confronted by the people due to unabated rain. He resolved the issues by talking to the concerned officials. Visiting the three assembly consistencies Mr. Khan assessed municipal, water and electricity problems of the areas.

A student of Andhra Polytechnic allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling at his residence in Babanagar area here Tuesday afternoon after being allegedly insulted by his teachers, police said.

The deceased has been identified as M Jyothi Swaroop (18), a student of fist year, police said.

A suicide note was recovered from his pocket, in which the victim has written that he was taking the extreme step as he was humiliated by the polytechnic principal and the Physical Education teacher.

Actor Gurmeet Choudhary Tuesday filed a complaint on discovering that his car parked at his Goregaon Apartment here was damaged very badly.

Gurmeet, who won the fifth season of “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa” dance show Sunday, told IANS: “Fifteen days back somebody broke the glass of my car and by the time they could rob anything from my car, my security people saw them and they ran away.

I got it repaired recently and today (Tuesday) morning again somebody broke the glass of my car and stolen my music system and damaged the car very badly.”

Kingfisher Airlines, which has declared a partial lockout, on Tuesday said it would resume operations in a few days and the backlog of March salary would be given to its employees soon.

Top officials of the airline, who met DGCA chief Arun Mishra, also exuded confidence that foreign airlines and other investors were ready to invest in the beleaguered carrier.

The airline had declared a partial lockout last night, grounding all its flights, after its engineers and pilots struck work on Friday to protest non-payment of salaries since March.

Alleging that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has pushed the country’s economy back to 1991 era of economic crisis, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday hit out at the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre for allowing Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail.

“The prime minister is saying that the 1991 situation is coming back…Who is responsible for this? The prime minister? You have been in power since last eight years. It’s because of your mismanagement of economy,” BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu told the media in Mumbai.