Month: November 2012

(Siasat News) YSR Congress alleged that hundreds of Social Welfare hostels are likely to be closed down. It demanded the Govt. to issue a white paper on the present status of S.C.’s hostels in the state. Mr. G. Ramachandra Rao, spokesman of YSR Congress stated this in a press conference held in Hyderabad yesterday. He told that the Govt. is in chaos. The hostel boarders of these hostels are forced to do part-time jobs to meet their expenses. He said that Congress assumed power with to the support of the weaker sections but it is neglecting them.

(Siasat News) Mr. N. Manohar, Speaker of A.P. Assembly will visit Nizamabad on 6th November. He will start from Hyderabad at 9 a.m. and would reach Balkonda at 12 noon. He will inaugurate newly constructed hostel for S.C’s, S.T.’s and B.C.’s students. The total cost of the hostel is Rs. 1.57 crore. Govt. has provided grant for the construction of the hostel under integrated scheme.

The speaker would take his lunch in the afternoon at Sri Ram Sagar Guest House and later would proceed to Hyderabad.

–Siasat News–

(Siasat News) Ministers of A.P. Cabinet are engaged in appeasing Rahul Gandhi. For them, Nehru-Gandhi family is more important than people’s service. While resuming his padayatra at Mahaboobnagar, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu told this on completion of his 117th day long padayatra. He said that whatever developmental works, TDP has done, Congress govt. failed to protect and continue them. He recalled that TDP had assured drinking water in villages but the people of Mahaboobnagar are complaining of shortage of drinking water. He said that TDP had transformed A.P.

(Siasat News) Rumours were making rounds in the old city yesterday that RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal activists are assembling at Charminar to participate in the extension work of Bhagyalakshmi temple. These rumours were being spread in the city for the past three days in an organized manner. Police failed to stop these rumours. Hundreds of citizens gathered near Charminar to express their concern. On receiving information, flour leaer of the local political party and other leaders reached there. DCP, South Zone Mr. Sabharwal also reached the spot. He tried to pacify the public.

(Siasat News) Third Children’s Theatre Festival was inauguarated at Hotel Taj Banjara yesterday by Ms. Chandana Khan, Special Chief Secretary of Govt. of A.P. Present on this occasion were Dana Gobayi (Tamil Actor) and Girish Jagaratmudic (Writer and Director). Addressing the students on this occasion, Mr. Chandana Khan advised the students to develop their artistic talents through stage performance. She lamented that there are no adequate facilities for children’s theatres.

At around 12:30 am thousands gathered near Mecca masjid at Charminar as roumers spread that the BJP-VHP is taking out a rally at 2:00 am. Heavy police force deployed.

Heavy stone pelting took place in the area, and a number of shops have been damaged at Shahalibanda area. Some of the damaged shops include SBH ATM, and a supermarket.

DCP, South Zone Mr. Sabharwal reached the spot and tried to pacify the public.

India and Pakistan on Sunday expressed their commitment to work towards establishing good neighbourly relations between them and voiced satisfaction on the way bilateral dialogue was progressing.

The two sides conveyed this sentiment to each other when visiting Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar called on Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidency here this evening.

Low-dose aspirin is a cheap and effective way to prevent potentially deadly blood clots forming in patients’ legs or the lungs. Low-dose aspirin could thus save the lives of people with a history of blood clot.

The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Sydney, found that people who have suffered blood clots in the veins of the leg (deep vein thrombosis or DVT) or the lungs (pulmonary embolism or PE) are less likely to suffer a recurrence of the serious blood clots or a heart attack when on low-dose aspirin.

Three people were killed when a tourist train derailed near Campos de Jordao, a summer resort in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, emergency services officials said Sunday.

The accident occurred Saturday between the cities of Pindamonhangaba and Campos do Jordao in the mountainous Vale do Paraiba region when a mudslide blocked the tracks, causing the train to derail, the fire department in the nearby city of Santo Antonio said.

Ten adults and two children were taken to a hospital in Campos de Jordao, while five people, all in serious condition, were transported to the city of Tabuate.

A teenager has been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl at Silchar town of South Assam, police said on Sunday.

Subha Chakravarty (19), was alone at his home last evening when the girl, who stays in the neighbourhood, came to his house last night.

Taking advantage of the situation, Chakravarty allegedly raped the girl. Later, after returning home, the girl narrated the incident to her parents.

As soon as news spread, a group of locals went to the youth’s house and thrashed him. Later in the night, police arrested the youth.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday made it clear that he might contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections if his party gave him permission.

“I may contest the 2014 LS elections if the Congress allows me to do so,” he told reporters.

Singh had last contested the Assembly Elections in Madhya Pradesh in December 2003. At that time, he had announced that if his party lost, he would not contest any polls for another 10 years. The BJP had removed the ruling Congress from power at that time.

BJP president Nitin Gadkari has said that the intelligence quotient level of Swami Vivekanand and Dawood Ibrahim was almost the same, but the spiritual leader had used it for nation building while the underworld don for pursuing crime.

“In psychology, we measure IQ level of people…But it depends from person to person, in which area they use their intelligence,” Gadkari said at an award ceremony here late last night.

22 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh as heavy rains continued to batter several regions under the influence of ‘Cyclone Nilam’.

Coastal Andhra Pradesh continued to bear the brunt of nature’s fury as villages and towns were inundated by swollen rivulets.

The rainfall was such that Narasapur in West Godavari district received a record 31 cms of rainfall in the last 24 hours, followed by 27 cms in Amalapuram, 25 cms in Rajahmundry (both in East Godavari district), 25 cms in Yelamanchili (Visakhapatnam dist), 23 cms in Koderu (West Godavari district).

Just 48 hours before Election Day, the presidential race for the White House is tied, with both President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, receiving 48% support among likely votes, a new poll has found.

The latest ABC News/Washington Post survey also showed Sunday that even independents, whose decision can push one of the candidates over the top, are now evenly divided: 46% favor Obama and 46% Romney.

Narendra Modi came to Patna after a gap of 28 months and was lustily greeted by BJP workers who raised slogans wanting him to be the next Prime Minister.

“Desh ka Pradhan Mantri kaisa ho, Narendra Modi jaisa ho” (a person like Modi should be the PM),” the workers shouted when Modi reached the residence of veteran BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra, who died on Saturday, to pay floral tributes.

Modi was last here for the BJP national executive meeting in June, 2010.

Amid reports that the much talked about Lokpal Bill will be brought in the Winter session, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said they are committed to the measure.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who was the first speaker at the Congress rally today, rued that though Congress brought the bill before Parliament, the Opposition ensured its non-passage in the Rajya Sabha.

“But we will again bring it and ensure the passage of that bill,” Rahul said.

After her controverial entry into Big Boss Sunny Leone seems to be hell bent on raising the temperature on the big screen as well as the small.

The adult star-turned-Bollywood actress recently shot for a commercial endorsing a spray to enhance men’s performance between the sheets. She is now becomming as Icon among the younger generation .
Last time when she entered Big Boss house majority of parents were seeking help from psychatric doctors as their young one 10-12 were searching for Sunny Leone on the net.

Iran has set up a naval base in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil route accounting for 25 percent of the world’s crude oil transportation.

It is located near Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province, some 1,100 km from Tehran, the Fars news agency reported.

It is the fifth naval base of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in the Persian Gulf.

Iran has threatened to close the Strait in the Persian Gulf in response to any foreign attack. The country’s other key naval bases are also located in the region.

—IANS

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi has said that the common man in the country has reached a position to question the government through the Right to Information (RTI) Act, which was introduced by the Congress government in 2005.

Gunmen stormed an office of a charitable organisation in Pakistan Sunday night, killing at least three people and injuring six others.

The attack took place around 10.30 p.m. at the office of Ghosia Foundation in Hyderabad city, senior police superintendent Pir Fareed said.

Four gunmen entered the office and opened fire, Fareed said. The assailants fled the scene after the attack.

The foundation in Hyder Chowk is owned by a religious group.

Police have detained eight suspects, Xinhua reported.

Visiting Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has said his government will continue to support Afghanistan after 2014 when the foreign troops leave.

Addressing a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai here Sunday, Monti said 2014 will be a year of change.

The international community will continue to support Afghanistan for peace in the region, Xinhua quoted the Italian prime minister as saying.

Some 3,500 Italian troops are serving in Afghanistan under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). They are based in militancy-plagued western region.

The main Opposition Telugu Desam Party today questioned Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and his cabinet colleagues whether it was reasonable and justifiable for them to visit New Delhi to please their bosses when the people in the coastal Andhra were badly hit by the Neelam cyclone.

Tennis star Sania Mirza has said that Greater Hyderabad city was far behind all other metropolitan cities in the country in the Morning Walk and Physical Fitness.

Sania was speaking while participating in the “Walk for Fitness” program organized by the NDTV here on Sunday. Stating that awareness on the benefits of walking has grown among the citizens since the last four years, Sania felt that the children could become good sportspersons if they are made to participate in the Walk for Fitness by their parents.

AMU took a drastic decision to ban facenook .A number of Aligarh Muslim University ( AMU) students would have pressed it against the latest diktat of the varsity.

AMU authorities have banned the use of Facebook on campus. According to officials, the varsity has taken the step after receiving numerous complaints against students who are busy checking their Facebook account on their mobile phones even when the classes are on.

Governor ESL Narasimhan on Sunday said that the State government would stand by the ‘Neelam’ cyclone victims in the State. He assured the distressed farmers not to get disheartened as the government would collect details of the damaged crops in the cyclone and would provide adequate compensation to them.

A large number of VIPs, officials and politicians called on Narasimhan on Sunday and greeted him on the occasion of his 87th birthday. Stating that he needed blessings of all the people in the State, the Governor wished the people happiness and prosperity. (NSS)