Month: November 2012

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray will Sunday undergo the second phase of his angioplasty procedure here, a party official said Sunday.

He has already been admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital.

Uddhav, 51, underwent the first angioplasty in the same hospital July 20 and all three blockages in his artery were successfully removed after a surgery of nearly three hours.

The party official said that the second procedure was suggested for Uddhav during follow-up checkup after the first angioplasty in July.

Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh will travel to Sri Lanka next month to discuss ways to further strengthen military ties between the two countries at a time when political parties in Tamil Nadu are up in arms against any kind of defence cooperation with Colombo.

Gen Bikram Singh is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka in the third week of December and dates are being finalised by the officials of the two sides, Army sources said here.

Study Circle of All India Majlis-e-Tameer-e- Millat, Hyderabad will hold a meeting at 10-30 a.m. today at their head office, Gulshan-e-Khaleel, Masab tank.

The topic for discussion is “Communal situation of the City of Hyderabad –
the responsibilities of police and the Government”.

Mr. Mohammed Abdur Rahim Quraishi, President, All India Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Millat will preside over the meeting. All are invited to attend.

–Siasatnews

The Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna stood just win away from for its second ATP men’s doubles title together this season after advancing to the BNP Paribas Masters final here.

Fifth seeds Bhupathi and Bopanna defeated Paul Hanley and Jonathan Marray 7-5, 6-3. The Indians saved all five break points faced on serve while capitalising on two of their opportunities to emerge triumphant.

Bhupathi and Bopanna will be attempting to win their second title of the season following their triumph at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers is due in court tomorrow for the first time since the March massacre, in a pre-trial hearing to decide if he should face a full court martial.

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is expected to attend throughout the Nov 5-16 Article 32 hearing at Fort Lewis-McChord in the western state of Washington, base spokesman Gary Dangerfield told AFP.

Relatives of the victims and witnesses could testify via videolink from a US air base in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, according to media reports, although the spokesman could not confirm that.

Today is the day on which the third Caliph of Islam, Hazarath Osman Ghani (RA)was assassinated. In order to commemorate this event, many Islamic organizations are organizing meetings today.

Under the auspices of Hameedia Education Society, a Mushaira is being conducted at
3 p.m. today at Khankhah Kamalia in Meraj colony, Tolichowki under the patronage of Maulana Iqbal Baba Kamalia. Dr. Muneeruzzaman Muneer, Syed Mansoor Abedi Sharfi, President of Dabistan-e- Adeel will be the guests of honour. Qazi Anees Ahmed will recite the Quranic verses.

Jamaat Islami of Charminar Region will hold a public meeting at 11.a.m. at Islamic Centre, Chatta Bazar today.
Qazi Mohammed Ghaziuddin will deliver a lesson on the Quran.

Maulana Abdus Samad Umri will address on “Moderate Behaviour- the gist of Shariat-e- Islami”. Mr. Waheed Dad Khan Emiir of local unit of Jaamat-e- Islami of Charminar has requested people to attend this meeting. The programme will strat exactly at 11.a.m.

–Siasatnews

Himachal Pradesh recorded nearly 30 percent voter turnout by 12 noon Sunday after a sluggish start to polling in the 68 state assembly constituencies.

“The voter turnout was just nine percent in the first hour but by noon, it rose to 30 percent,” the state’s Chief Electoral Officer Narinder Chauhan told IANS.

“The maximum turnout was in Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla and Solan districts,” he said.

Officials said there was no report of any delay in starting the poll process. The polling will end at 5 p.m.

The officials expect heavy polling since the weather is clear and sunny.

BJP leader L.K. Advani Sunday slammed the arrest of Puducherry RTI activist S. Ravi for his tweets on the wealth of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karti, saying it only reflected the 1975 emergency mindset.

In his latest blog posted on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) website, Advani said there was not a single movie in the Indian filmdom on the 21-month Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, precisely due to fears that the filmmaker would have to face the wrath of the the powers that be.

Dr. Syed Mohammed Hameeduddin Sharfi, Director, Isalmic History and Research Council and Sajjada Nasheen of Dargah Hazrath Saifuddin Sharfi, Tajul Urafa will address at Dargah Yousufain today after Maghrib prayer.

Maulana Mohammed Faisal Ali Shah, Sajjada Nasheen of Dargah Yousufain will supervise the meeting.

All those who are interested in this lecture are requested to attend it on time in large numbers.

–Siasatnews

Preservation of civilization, keeping alive the memories of the past and protection of historical monuments in the fast changing world is the responsibility of society.
These thoughts were expressed by the dignitaries who addressed the gathering at Indira Priyadarshini Auditorium, Public Garden yesterday on the occasion of the releasing ceremony of the album “Ask-e-Hyderabad” (Image of Hyderabad).

The album was compiled by Allama Ajaz Farukh and edited and published by Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily.

The Sikkim government will provide houses to 30,000 people from the economically weaker sections, a state government statement said Sunday.

“The houses will be provided to people living in ‘kutcha’ houses as on January 1, 2011,” it said.

This scheme is part of Mission Poverty Free Sikkim.

“Each house will have four rooms comprising two bedrooms, a kitchen-cum-dining room, a toilet and a verandah, measuring a total plinth area of 605 square feet”.

Siasat Urdu Daily, in collaboration with Institute of Islamic Banking, Chennai is organizing a seminar on Islamic Banking at 11 a.m. today at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat office complex, opposite Ramakrishna Theater, Abids. Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily will preside over the seminar. Representatives from the Institute of Islamic Banking, Chennai will deliver lectures in the seminar.

Mr. Mohammed Abdul Hameed, Career Counselors has requested all the candidate who have passed Intermediate or S.S.C. examination and who are in search of jobs, to attend this seminar.

Holding the government responsible for TDP leader Yerran Naidu’s death Mrs. Sharmila claimed that had the 108 ambulance have oxygen facility Yerran Naidu would not have died but would have been amongst us.

Addressing a gathering at Anantapur during her padyatra Sharmila told that there has been a marked increase in road accidents in the state. The government has failed to take preventive measures to avert accidents.

Govt. of A.P. has decided to award Mahanta Seva Padakam to Mr. Mohammed Tahir Ali, Asst. Commissioner of Police of Falaknuma in recognitions of his meritorious services.

He received various awards earlier also. He received Uttam Seva Padakam in 1992.

Mr. Tahir Ali performed duties in sensitive police stations in Hyderabad. He received letters of appreciation from higher police officers earlier. It is hoped that Mr. Tahir Ali will get this award on the occasion of Republic Day Parade to be held on 26th January in New Delhi.

—Siasat News

Siasat Urdu Daily is offering coaching to the candidates preparing for Civil Service examination. U.P.S.C will issue notification this month for conducting this examination in May 2013. The candidates should be in the age group 21 to 30 years. All the candidates who have passed any degree examination are eligible to take this examination.

Coaching classes will be held at Abid Ali Khan Eye Hospital from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. The coaching classes will start on 12th November. Coaching fees is Rs.5, 000.

A free medical camp is being organized from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Bakuban Hospital in Chandrayangutta.

Dr. Arjuman Aafaque, Gynecologist will conduct free examination of lady patients for all the gynecological problems. All the lady patients are requested to avail of this facility. For further details, please contact at phone number 69997301.

—Siasat News

Mr. N.Chandrababu Naidu, President of TDP will resume his padyatra in Mahboobnagar District today.

Mr. Naidu had gone to Srikakulam to attend the funeral ceremony of Mr. Yerran Naidu who died in car accident two days back.

According to a press note issued by TDP, the tour programme of Mr. Naidu has been rescheduled after slight modification.

—Siasat News

With 14 state governments banning gutkha, an association working for the welfare of smokeless tobacco growers has termed the ban as “discriminatory”, saying cigarettes and beedis were still being sold in the market.

Smokeless Tobacco Association also said the sale of gutkha cannot be banned under the Food Safety and Standards Regulation Act-2011 as it has been done now, as gutkha has been classified as a tobacco product under the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act-2003 (COTPA).

As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney go on a final campaign sprint, new polls in two smaller battleground states show a close race in one and a five point advantage for the president in another.

In Iowa, which has six electoral votes, Obama has an edge over the Republican challenger Mitt Romney among likely voters, 47 percent to 42 percent, according to a Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.

The race for four electoral votes in New Hampshire is a dead heat, according to the WMUR Granite State Poll. Obama and Romney are tied at 47 percent among likely voters, the poll showed.

President NTR Telugu Desam Mrs. Lakshmi Parvati has said that she would soon join YSR Congress. Speaking to media at East Godavari on Saturday, she said the legendary leader late NTR had formed NTR Telugu Desam Party which was being headed by her for the past 16 years.

‘I did my best to fulfill the dreams of NTR’. She told that she had seen the policies, ideas and qualities of NTR in YSR Congress hence she had decided to joint YSR Congress.

She revealed that she was writing a book named ‘After the death of NTR’ which would be released soon.

Siasat news

The last phase of counseling under SW-II for admission into Minority MBA MCA colleges will be held on November 5 & 6 at Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Nellore.

According to Mr. Zafar Javeed, general secretary Consortium, AP Minority Educational Institutions, ICET 2012 qualified students who have already got admission under SW-I are also eligible for admission under SW-II and students who have either not qualified or have not appeared in ICET-2012 are eligible to attend counseling only if they have got more than 50 percent in degree courses.

State-run Air India has cancelled two of its Odisha-bound flights from Monday, an Air India official said here Sunday.

The Chennai-Bhubaneswar-Chennai flight number 537 and Bhubaneswar-Kolkata-Bhubaneswar flight number 770 stand withdrawn with effect from Nov 5, the official told IANS.

He, however, could not explain the reason behind the cancellation of the flights.

“I don’t know the reason,” he said.

Tour operators in the state have expressed concern over the way the flights were cancelled ahead of the onset of peak tourist season.

Japan will not be taking part in Shanghai’s big international tourism fair amid diplomatic tension with China over a territorial dispute, Japanese television channel NHK said Saturday.

According to the network, the organizers of this month’s event asked early this week that the Japanese Tourism Agency cancel its participation, without offering further explanations.

Besides the Japanese agency, the 29 tourist and municipal organizations in Japan that were thinking of attending the Shanghai fair have opted out, according to NHK.

A CISF trooper was today killed while another was injured in an attack by naxals on a security post in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.

The attack took place early morning in the Bacheli complex of the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) mines, which is guarded by the paramilitary.

The naxals have also looted two weapons, a senior official said.

Security forces have launched a combing operation in the area and reinforcements have been rushed.