Month: November 2012

Former MLC Rahman on Monday alleged that TRS president K Chandrasekhara Rao has mortgaged the self-respect of Telangana people to the 10 Janpath New Delhi.

Speaking to the media here, Rahman said tongues of TRS leaders would be slashed if they spoke against late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who had provided 4 per cent reservation to Muslims. He also demanded that KCR reveal the business links between his son K Tarka Rama Rao and Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal.

Telangana Nagara Bheri president Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Monday launched his “Bharosa yatra” from Achampet in the district.

Before launching the yatra, Nagam performed puja at Umamaheshwara Swamy temple in Achampet. Telangana Political JAC Chairman Prof. Kodandaram and senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya also participated in the Bharosa yatra and announced solidarity with to Nagam Janardhan Reddy.

TRS MP from Medak Vijayashanthi here on Monday stoutly denied that she had differences with party Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR).

Speaking to the media here, Vijayashanthi said that there was no truth in the media reports that she had differences with KCR. She could not attend the “Samarabheri” meeting at Suryapet as she was down with viral fever since the last two days. She also said that she had already communicated the matter to KCR. (NSS)

One affected resident tried to commit suicide while scores of others made vain bids to prevent the GHMC officials, who launched an “Operation Demolision” of illegal buildings in Anjaiahnagar and Sadiqnagar in Gatchibowli on Monday morning.

The GHMC is stated to have identified as many as 150 illegal constructions allegedly on government land in the area. Claiming that despite notices the residents have not vacated the houses, the officials launched a massive demolition operation.

A slight intensity earthquake, measuring 4.8 on Richter scale, jolted region of Andaman Islands today.

The quake, which struck at 4:44 AM today, was measured 4.8 on the Richter Scale, the India Meteorological Department said.

The epicentre of the quake was located at 14.1 degrees north on the latitude and 93.5 degrees east on the longitude.

No loss of life or property was reported from anywhere in the region.

—PTI

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was bitterly right when he said US President Barack Obama “seems to be a nice man, and that is precisely the problem” and aptly described him as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”.

Praising legendary singer Mohammad Rafi, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has said it was amazing how Rafi saab sang as melodiously as he did in absence of technology.

Big B spoke at the launch of “Mohammed Rafi My Abba – A Memoir”, a book written by the singer’s daughter-in-law Yasmin Rafi, here Sunday.

“When we look at the great amount of work that he has left behind, we must be astonished now because Rafi saab rendered the songs at a time when the support of the technology was not there,” said Amitabh.

Heroes of England’s thumping 10-wicket triumph against India in the second Test, skipper Alastair Cook and aggressive batsman Kevin Pietersen today said the team will have to guard against complacency in the remaining two matches. “Any win in India is a huge win. I played 18 one day games and won one game. I have won more Test matches than one day games in India. Any Test victory or any victory in India is huge,” said Pietersen whose record 206-run partnership with Cook (122) provided the platform for the massive win. “But we are not going to get ahead of us, that is for sure.

The father, brother and an uncle of a 13 year-old girl from nearby Dharmadom in north Kerala’s Kannur district have been arrested for allegedly raping the minor for the past two years.

The shocking incident came to light two days ago when the 8th standard student of a local school was seen crying and refused to go home even after school hours. When one of her teachers enquired, the petrified girl narrated her plight.

Bipasha Basu, who has experimented with various genres, is all set now to be part of a sci-fi film directed by Vikram Bhatt.

“Bipasha Basu is one actress in Bollywood who is ready to experiment with different genres. Besides, Bipasha suits the role for my sci-fi film,” said Vikram Bhatt, who recently worked with the actress in Raaz 3.

“She is a fabulous actress, and is very enthusiastic about her work. I can’t think of anyone else other than Bipasha for my film. She is perfect,” he added.

Vikram Bhatt has earlier directed Bipasha in films like Aetbaar and Footpath.

A 64-year-old Belgian man wants to have his marriage annulled after he discovered that his Indonesian wife of 19 years had been born a man and had later undergone a sex change.

The man, named Jan, married Monica in 1993 despite legal difficulties raised by the Belgian immigration authorities, Telegraph reported.

But it was only recently that he discovered that his 48-year-old wife had originally been a man.

“I feel I’ve been assaulted,” he told the Het Nieuwsblad newspaper.

The Pentagon today said it was premature to speculate on the US troop numbers in Afghanistan following the scheduled drawdown of 2014, saying no decision had been taken on the issue yet as reported by the media.

The Pentagon said no decision has been taken on the presence of US troops inside Afghanistan either before 2014 or post 2014, when all US troops are scheduled to withdraw from the country.

Violating the ceasefire yet again, Pakistan troops targeted 10 Indian forward posts by firing over 6000 rounds from heavy weaponry along the Indo-Pak border in Poonch district. The firing last night, which was the heaviest this year, came ahead of the ninth anniversary of the Indo-Pak ceasefire agreement today. The Indo-Pak border truce came into force on November 26, 2003. “Pakistan troops opened heavy fire with Medium Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns on 10 Indian forward posts along LoC in Krishnagati sub-sector of Poonch district last night,” PRO, Defence, S N Acharya said today.

India’s ploy to prepare a spinning track might have backfired as England registered a 10-wicket win in the second Test, but host captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he would like to have a similar pitch for the third game, starting at Kolkata on December 5. “Of course, we want a similar track as that’s where our speciality is. What’s the point playing on flat tracks and trying to win the toss and just batting for 3 or 4 days,” said Dhoni after England inflicted a humiliating defeat on India in the second Test here to level the four-Test series 1-1.

A teenaged girl in Haryana’s Sonepat district has alleged that she was gangraped by four persons after which police have registered a case against the accused. The 13-year-old victim alleged that she was gangraped by four persons, on Friday night in Gannaur, they said. The complaint was lodged with the police by the victim’s mother, who stated that her daughter had come out of the house to answer nature’s call, when the accused overpowered her and committed the crime. The mother rushed to the girl’s rescue when she heard her cries after which the accused ran away, police said.

A 21-year-old youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for stabbing a vegetable vendor to death. Additional Sessions Judge Vijay Kumar Dahiya awarded the jail term to Delhi resident Pankaj for stabbing Dharmender, a vegetable seller in Mahavir Enclave in West Delhi, over a tiff on payment for tomatoes eaten by the convict and his friends from the victim’s shop. The court, however, rejected the prosecution’s plea for capital punishment saying the case does not fall under the “rarest of rare” category.

Nine persons were injured in a clash between two groups of a community over slaughtering of an animal at Jamalpura colony in the district today.

The clash broke out between the two groups over the slaughtering and members of both the groups attacked each other with canes, injuring nine, police sources said.

Of the nine injured, four were undergoing treatment at MMG hospital here.

No police case has been filed by any of the two groups.

—PTI

Amid logjam in Parliament over FDI in multi-brand retail, the government today said it held consultations with “stakeholders” including traders’ associations on the issue and the decision to implement the policy is left to the states.

“Consultations were held in this regard with stakeholders including traders’ associations, consumers’ organisations, farmers’ associations, small and medium enterprises’ associations and food processing industry representatives,” Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

Saudi border guards have foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons and ammunition into the country, reported Saudi News Agency Monday.

While all the weapons and ammunition were confiscated, traffickers who traded fire with the border guards, managed to escape, Xinhua reported.

Saudi Arabia announced earlier this month the arrest of 30 smugglers in the border province of Asir in last three months.

—IANS

Communist Party of India leader Gurudas Dasgupta Monday said that the politico-economic situation of the country is not “dismal but extremely bad” but the government is keeping everyone in dark.

Speaking ahead of the 40th edition of the three-day National Conference of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) starting Tuesday, the parliamentarian and the general secretary of the trade body said: “The economic scenario is not dismal but extremely bad. The government wants to keep everybody in dark. In the meet, we want to raise issues concerning masses and working class.”

Four masked men robbed Rs.35 lakh from the house of a property dealer after threatening his wife with a knife Monday afternoon, police said.

The incident was reported around 12.30 p.m. from north Delhi’s Timarpur.

The accused allegedly barged into the house of Mohammed Shahabuddin, a property dealer, when his wife Mumtaz was alone with her two sons – a three year old and a six months old.

India Monday signed a pact with China to enhance mutual technical cooperation between the the two Asian countries in the field of railways, an official statement said.

Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), both the countries will enhance mutual cooperation across various areas of rail technology including high speed rail, heavy haulage and station development, said a statement from the railway ministry.

The two sides will undertake exchange of information on policies, training and exchange programmes, site visits, joint symposiums, it said.

Reema Kagti, the director of forthcoming movie “Talaash” that sees Aamir Khan in the lead role, wants to work with him again and willing to cut of her hands for the purpose.

“I would cut off my arms to work with him again. Both of us are very obsessive about what we do. So we got along like a house on fire,” said Kagti who debuted with “Honeymoon Travels Pvt.Ltd” five years ago.

“Talaash”, Kagti’s second outing as a director, a suspense thriller, also sees actresses Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles.

Two people were killed while two of their friends were injured after a car they were travelling in rammed into a tree here early Monday, police said.

The accident was reported around 2 a.m. from central Delhi’s Ranjit Nagar.

Raj Singh Dhillon, 27, a resident of Punjab, and Akshat Kumar, 22, a resident of central Delhi’s Paharganj, died in the accident. Sukhchain, 30, a resident of Punjab, and Ismail, 19, a resident of Jalandhar, were injured, police said.

Suggesting that Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni should not opt for a turner in the coming Test match here against England, former skipper Sourav Ganguly Monday said there “could be lot of changes” in Indian cricket if the home side lost at Eden Gardens.

“Dhoni should not seek a turner. If the ball turns, the England spinners will create problems for the Indian batsmen. And if India lose two back to back Tests then there will be lot of changes in Indian cricket,” he said.