Month: November 2012

An Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager, charged with participating in one of the “most lucrative” insider trading schemes ever, has been released on a five million dollar bail after he appeared in Manhattan federal court here.

Mathew Martoma, 38, appeared in a brief court hearing yesterday before US Magistrate Judge James Cott and was informed of his rights as a criminal defendant.

Martoma, who was arrested last week at his home in Boca Raton, Florida, did not enter any plea and the judge set a next court hearing of December 26.

A week after two girls were arrested for a Facebook post on Mumbai shutdown for Bal Thackeray’s funeral, the Bombay High Court has transferred the magistrate who had sent them to judicial custody and later granted them bail.

The transfer orders were issued yesterday by the Registrar of the High Court following which it was communicated to the Home Department, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Judicial Magistrate First Class R G Bagade.

The order said, “Judicial Magistrate First Class at Palghar R G Bagade is hereby transferred in the same position to Jalgaon with immediate effect.”

Siasat daily has initiated efforts for educational development and professional training of riot-hit Muslims of Assam. Lakhs of Muslims were displaced in the dreadful riots occurred in July this year and more than 2 lakh people were forced to take refuge in camps.

Man brutally murdered in Chatrinaka
(Siasat News): An unidentified man was brutally murdered at Chatrinaka in old city. It is said that the dead body of this man aged between 35 to 40 years, was recovered from the bushes near Katta Maisamma.

The body was in a semi-naked state. According to inspector Chatrinaka Mr. Narayan Reddy, the dead body was shifted to the mortuary for post mortem after panchnama.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has given green signal for the establishment of separate commissionerate for minorities on completing two years in office on Sunday. He has signed the respective file in this connection. A total of 69 posts, including one post of commissioner, seven posts of deputy directors, five posts of assistant directors and 56 other posts have been sanctioned.

Chief Minister had announced the formation of separate commissionerate for minorities on the occasion of budget presentation for the year 2012-13 but its implementation and sanction took a long time.

Haroon Khan Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, celebrates an aesthetic evening dedicated to Deccani Miniature paintings today i.e. on 27th Nov. 2012 at 4 p.m. at Central Library Auditorium MANUU, Campus.

Renowned Artist Padma Bhushan Mr. Jatin Das will deliver a lecture on Deccani Paintings. Prof. Mohammad Miyan, Vice-Chancellor will preside over. On the occasion Dr. Salma Farooqui, Hony. Director of the centre, will deliver inaugural speech, introduce the guests and make a power point presentation of Deccani Miniature Masterpieces.

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Rama Malkote in a statement has said that Hyderabad Forum for Telangana strongly condemns illegal construction at Bhagya Lakshmi temple abetting Charminar. The forum expresses regrets over non performance and ineffective attitude of Archaeological Survey of India in strictly dealing against erecting temporary structure at Charminar.

She told that Hyderabad Forum for Telangana appeals union home ministry to take effective measures in view of ineffective performance of Archaeological Survey of India and state government in dealing with the situation.

One in three people are doing work on laptops and tablets in bed, with a growing number checking emails and browsing the Internet without dragging themselves out from under the covers, a new study has found.

A survey of 1,000 people in the UK found 35 per cent of people or their spouses worked in bed.

Astonishingly 5 per cent of those who admitted they worked in bed claimed they did so for an average two hours a day, the Daily Mail reported.

The trend seems to have begun in the US, where a survey in New York found eight out of ten young professionals regularly work from their bed.

Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday told parliament that India was monitoring all developments in the neighbourhood which could impinge on national security and made it clear that there was no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) over the border with China.

Antony was replying to a question in the Lok Sabha as to whether the Army’s Leh-headquartered 14 Corps had reported about mysterious UFOs flying over the India-China border during the last three years.

Saddened by the criticism that Sachin Tendulkar is facing due to his lean run, former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev said the veteran batsman should speak to the selectors about his future.

Tendulkar’s poor run continued in the recently-concluded second Test against England which the visitors won in just four days despite the track being tailormade to India’s demands.

Following the 39-year-old’s most recent failure, ex-captain Sunil Gavaskar said it was time for him to speak to the selectors. And now, Kapil has echoed his former teammate’s view.

Siasat daily distributed funds of Rs 152500 to the deserving students. Cheques were released to 56 deserving students studying in different classes through Millat Fund. On the occasion Telangana Praja Front (TPF) leader Mr. Sanaullah gave away the cheques to the students.

More than a billion people today say “La Ilaha Illallah”, yet many of us would agree that the Muslim ummah as a whole will be quite possibly missing out on additional mercy and blessings of Allah unless we start living by those words in our lives. Many among us either don’t know how to live up to those words or simply don’t find it necessary to do so. To them, recognizing a deity called “Allah” is all that is needed to be categorized as a “believer”. As we shall see later, Quran tells us that it may be nothing short of a sign of hypocrisy.

Abu Hurairah (RadiyAllahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah (Sallellahu alaihi wa sallam) said:
*”A Miskin (needy) is not the one who can be turned away with a date-fruit or two, or a morsel or two. The true Miskin is one who, despite his poverty, abstains from begging”.*
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In another narration Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said:

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who has been a part of Bollywood for 18 years, backs corporatisation of the industry and believes the positive changes it has brought about are “here to stay”.

“There has been so much change. The work ethics, the working style, the atmosphere, the system… I think we finally have a sense of corporatisation, a sense of structure and discipline. These things have worked their way to the entertainment business and are here to stay,” Karan told IANS.

Upset by the sharp criticism from Muslims after his open letter to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, former MP Syed Shahabuddin has issued a clarification saying that he has been misconstrued. Former MP Syed Shahabuddin, whose “open letter” to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, citing nine conditions that would entail Muslim ‘support’ despite the 2002 carnage, has received severe condemnation from Muslim Organisations, has clarified that he wanted to warn “upper class” Muslims and urged them to “rethink”.

Saddened by the criticism that Sachin Tendulkar is facing due to his lean run, former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev said the veteran batsman should speak to the selectors about his future.

Tendulkar’s poor run continued in the recently-concluded second Test against England which the visitors won in just four days despite the track being tailormade to India’s demands.

Following the 39-year-old’s most recent failure, ex-captain Sunil Gavaskar said it was time for him to speak to the selectors. And now, Kapil has echoed his former teammate’s view.

Rani Mukerji is disheartened that not many went to see her latest release ‘Aiyyaa’ and says that actors always crave for adulation.

Produced by Anurag Kashyap and directed by debutant Sachin Kundalkar ‘Aiyyaa’ had Rani and south actor Prithviraj in lead roles. Rani played the role of a Marathi girl who falls in love with a Malayali boy.

However, the film did not create magic at the box office.

“Appreciation can only come if people watch the film. In case of ‘Aiyyaa’ probably people didn’t come. It is a very sad situation for me. We actors always crave for adulation,” Rani said.

“We will defeat terrorism,” teen peace activist Malala Yousufzai, currently recuperating in a British hospital after she was shot at by the Taliban, told journalist Hamid Mir after he escaped an attempt on his life Monday.

Malala, who is in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, made her first telephone call to Mir, Geo News reported Tuesday.

“Malala Yousafzai and her father just called me from UK and expressed their solidarity. Malala said that Insha Allah we will defeat terrorists,” Mir tweeted.

Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, businessman, former Congress leader and prime accused in the Adarsh housing corruption scandal, passed away early Tuesday following a heart attack, a family source said. He was 61.

Gidwani had been admitted to south Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital following breathing problems two days ago. He breathed his last in the hospital early Tuesday, the family source added.

Palestinian engineers Tuesday dug up the tomb of late leader Yasser Arafat to take samples from his remains for poison tests, sources said.

The head of the Palestinian committee investigating Arafat’s death, Tawfiq Tirawi, was present during the digging beside investigators and experts from Switzerland, France and Russia, Xinhua quoted sources as saying.

Arafat’s remains are still in the tomb, the sources said, adding that they will be exhumed and moved to a mosque near the tomb in the Palestinian presidency’s Ramallah headquarters.

(Siasat News) Winter has begun. During evenings, cold wind make us feel that winter has started. People have started people have started using warm clothes and bed sheets. On the other hand, there are thousands of persons who spend these cold nights at railway stations, footpaths and other Govt. places. They can’t dream of any shelter during their lifetime. It is their fate to bear the cold of winter nights. Ours is the largest democracy and many people in our country are forced to spend their nights at public places. There is not any place which they could call it their “home”.

(Siasat News) The campaign of Anjuman-e-Falah-e-Muashira of Bidar District is yielding positive results. By way of this campaign, an awareness is being created among the Muslims to avoid extravaganza in wedding ceremonies and to celebrate Nikah in a simple way. Mr. Abdul Quadeer, Secretary, Allama Iqbal Education Society (Shaheen) told that an appeal singed by Muslim ulema is being distributed in public. Stickers have also been pasted on more than 20 thousand houses and shops. Its response in positive. In the poster, an appeal has been made to avoid expenses on dinners and other rituals.

(Siasat News) Fire brand orator of YSR Congress Party, Ms. Sharmila told that during the period of Dr. YSR, the Muslims were protected and welfare schemes were introduced for their development. They were provided 4% reservation. She completed 40 days of her Padayatra yesterday. During her tour of Mahaboobnagar District, many workers joined YSR Congress.

(Siasat News) CPI (M) has decided to organize dharna in front of Mandal headquarters in the state to record their protest against the increase in power tariff. The dharna programme would be organized on 10th and 11th December.

This decision was taken in a meeting held yesterday at CPI (M) office presided over by Mr. T. Veerabhadram.

Talking to pressmen, Mr. B.V. Raghavulu, Secretary of CPI (M) said that a publicity campaign would be organized from 1st to 10th December to create awareness against the wrong policies of the Government.

(Siasat News) In a letter addressed to Governor of A.P., TDP MLA’s requested him to continue investigations against Mr. Dharmana Prasada Rao and also to reject the decision of the cabinet using his discretionary powers so that people should have confidence in state administration. TDP MLA’s Mr. M. Narasimhulu, Mr. S.V. Veeraiah, Mr. T. Prakash Goud, Mr. G.V.S. Anjaineyulu signed the representation submitted to Governor. They pointed out that state cabinet rejected the plea of CBI for probe against Dharmana Prasada Rao which depicts the supremacy of the cabinet over the constitution.