Three persons were killed on the spot and another injured when the car they were travelling in rammed a roadside tree early Monday morning at Alagapuri, about 50 km from here, police said.
The occupants of the car were on their way to Rajapalayam from Chennai when the accident occurred after the driver lost control of the car, they said.
The injured car driver has been hospitalised.
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Actor Aamir Khan says his wife Kiran is a hands-on mother and is enjoying motherhood.
On December 1 last year, the couple became proud parents of Azad Rao Khan. The baby was born through IVF to a surrogate mother.
Aamir, whose film ‘Talaash’ released last Friday, says due to his work commitments he does not get to spend enough time with his son.
“I am not a hands-on dad on a daily basis.\
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China will make efforts to strengthen relations with its neighbours and other developing countries, said a state-run Chinese daily Monday.
An article “China proposes new diplomatic views” in the People’s Daily said diplomatic ideas proposed during the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress are the country’s successful experiences over the past 30 years.
Two incidents of Teacher Terror punishment have come to light in Andhra Pradesh.Last few days a ghastly incident of a student forced to drink his own urine by a teacher in Anaparthi is still fresh in public memory,
A teacher in Kakinada instructed the student to cover their books with thick brown sheets of paper. She allegedly caned nine-year-old Dadala Ajay who did not oblige on his left hand.
In second case, A Class IV student absence of two days from school His Teacher beat his hand and fractured student arm with a stick in Kurnool district.
There was a heated exchange between Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, who has alleged that innocent Muslim minority youth were being harassed. He alleged that the funds allotted for Muslim minority welfare were being diverted.
Refuting the charges of the MIM leader, the Chief Minister asserted that the State government was committed to the welfare of SCs, STs, weaker sections and minorities and needed no one’s certificate.
In separate incidents, Task Force sleuths arrested three history-sheeters in the city and seized four daggers from their possession on Sunday.
Acting on a tip off, task force sleuths apprehended Chaderghat’s history-sheeter Mohammed Osman, 23, near Hi-Tech function hall in Wahed Nagar of Old Malakpet. They seized a dagger from his possession.
During interrogation, Osman told police that a week ago he had purchased the dagger at Jummerat Bazaar as his life was in danger.
Global discharge of green-house gases are growing three times faster than in the 1990s, which could produce a temperature rise of 4-6 degrees by 2100, a leading Australian scientist has warned.
Pep Canadell, one of the lead authors of a new paper warning of the growth of emissions, claimed their analysis showed that by the end of 2012, global emissions from fossil fuels would reach the unprecedented level of 36 billion tonnes.
(Siasat News) Is TDP gaining popularity among the people of the state? Whatever be the opinions of various political parties, but an unknown survey report expressed its opinion that TDP is gaining popularity in the state. It excels the other political parties in the state. If elections fire held, it is likely that TDP would emerge as the largest party of the state. These days, a survey conducted by an unknown agency is making rounds in the political and press circles. It is the burning topic for discussion.
(Siasat News) The purpose of teaching these days is to prepare the candidates for various examinations. Student struggle for obtaining highest marks. It is not real teaching and learning situation. Best and effective teaching promotes the mental abilities of the child. It realizes the potential of the students and develops its intelligence.
(Siasat News) A job mela was organized at Sultan Uloom college of Pharmacy Banjara hills in which 2000 candidates who have graduated from this college participated. It was arranged in collaboration with Times of India and Mylon. Ten multinational companies finalized the first phase of recruitment.
The companies which participated in the job mela were Mylon, Apotex, Bharat Biotech, Formula HR Consultancy, Glaxo Smith, Six Sigma Bio etc.
(Siasat News) Mahdaviya Club Educational Society organized a meeting at Bahaduryar Jung Hall, Musheerabad at 8.30 p.m. on 28th November to distribute cheques of scholarships to poor and deserving students ranging from 5th standard to professional courses such as Engineering, M.B.A., M.C.A., etc.
The committee sanctioned financial assistance to ten deserving students for providing them fees, uniform, textbook and transport facilities.
(Siasat News) All the candidates belonging to S.C.’s, S.T.’s and B.C.’s who are desirous of taking the Civil Service examination of 2013 are informed that Govt. of A.P. is organizing free coaching programme to prepare them for the above test.
Interested candidates may register their names before 10th December at website www.bc.welfare.ap.gov.in. Any graduate is eligible to take the test.
(Siasat News) An active N.G.O. of the state Sweecha heavily criticized the misuse of I.T. Act. It demanded the Govt. to review section 66 A of I.T. Act. It staged a protest programme at Indira Park yesterday. Nationwide agitation is also being organized through the country on a large scale.
Due to misuse of this act, two innocent young women were arrested in Mumbai. These arrests were condemned on a mass scale in the entire country. There is an apprehension that many such incidents of misuse of this act might occur in the future.
(Siasat News) At the time when many incidents of Dengue fever and Malaria are coming to limelight, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is confining itself to displaying the posters of Dengue and Malaria. These posters are being displayed to create awareness in public to take precautions against Dengue and Malaria. These posters depicts the methods to prevent the breading of the mosquitoes which carry these diseases. Citizens of the city consider it only as evading the responsibility on the part of Municipal Corporation.
(Siasat News) Telangana Progressive Recognized Teachers’ Union of Hyderabad District demanded the District Educational Officer to recruit Urdu and Telugu School Assistants in Govt. schools from the selection list of D.S.C 2012. In case this is not done, the Union threatened to stop the process of recruitment for other categories of teachers. Mr. Mohammed Abdul Aleem, District President in a press statement demanded for the early issue of orders for their recruitments.
(Siasat News) Govt. gives the same importance to small and medium newspapers as it does to major newspapers. Freedom of press is the spirit of democracy. These thoughts were expressed by Mr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy, C.M. of A.P. at his camp office yesterday when a delegation of Small and Medium Newspapers’ Federation of A.P. – called on him. State president of Federation, Mr. Anwar Ali Khan and Mr. Abid Rasool Khan, General Secretary of A.P.C.C. led the delegation and represented the problems faced by the small and medium newspapers.
Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan wants the Pakistan Army to monitor polling in any constituency the poll panel pin-points during the next general elections.
The Tehreek-e-Insaaf chairman said change was possible only through ballot, Online news agency reported Sunday.
The general elections, due in early 2013, would begin an era of modern politics, which would end family-oriented politics in the country, he added.
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A head constable on Sunday allegedly shot himself dead in an Outer Delhi police station.
49-year-old Tejpal, who joined Delhi Police in 1984, was posted in Kanjhawala police station since June 2011.
He committed suicide at his first floor office after doing an emergency duty this afternoon, police said.
A suicide note was recovered from his pocket in which he held a widow and her son responsible for his act, police said.
In a fresh wave of violence in Nigeria, five people including two policemen were killed in separate attacks by suspected Islamist extremist militia Boko Haram targetting churches and border posts.
Members of Boko Haram numbering 50 attacked Nigeria’s border towns of Gamboru and Ngala near Niger and Chad respectively, where they killed two policemen. They also killed three persons during an exchange of gunfire with security agencies in Maiduguri, the capital of northern Borno state.
It has been eight years since the death of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, but the political mystery behind his death has not been solved yet.
75 year-old Arafat’s death in French hospital in November 2004 became a matter of controversy, who, is allegedly said to be killed by polonium poisoning.
Five days after his body was exhumed from his grave in the West Bank city of Ramallah, it has been reported that around 60 samples were taken from the bones of the late Palestinian leader for a probe into whether he was poisoned by polonium.
Telecom regulator TRAI has initiated debate on the issue of operators arbitrarily disconnecting services of customers on the grounds of ’non-usage of numbers’ or ‘inactive SIM connections’.
According to information provided by telecom operators to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, around 20 crore SIMs were inactive for over a certain period of time and the total balance on that account stood at Rs. 128.9 crore.
Congress candidate from Maninagar, Shweta Bhatt, on Sunday appealed Keshubhai Patel-led Gujarat Parivartan Party to withdraw its candidate from the fray.
Bhatt, the wife of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, is contesting the election against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from Maninagar.
The constituency is considered to be a BJP stronghold.
“I appeal to all the political parties which oppose BJP to support me in my political battle against the Gujarat chief minister… I appeal especially to GPP Chief Keshubhai Patel to withdraw his candidate,” Bhatt told reporters.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said, Congress had not only failed when it was in power in the state, but also in the opposition. “…the Congress has also failed as an opposition, due to which they will be defeated in the upcoming elections,” Modi said, addressing rallies at Rajpipla and Dhundka. “The role of opposition is important, but there should be no place for negativity in politics. Yet, for the last 12 years, Congress has done only one thing – to use all sorts of abusive terms from the dictionary for Modi,” he said.
A Maharashtra Navnirman Sena corporator repeatedly slapped a 65-year-old private contractor over the alleged ‘delay’ in repairing a damaged water pipeline.
The footage of the assault, which was telecast by news channels in Mumbai on Saturday, showed MNS corporator Nitin Nikam repeatedly hitting D G Patil over water shortage in Ganeshwadi locality in full public view.
Patil is a private contractor in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation in neighbouring Thane district.
Actress Jessica Chastain feels “cut off” from her friends because she has devoted so much time to her career.
Chastain has appeared in several box office hits in recent years, including “The Help” and “The Tree of Life”, and
Chastain’s next latest project “Zero Dark Thirty” releases next month.
It chronicles the real-life search for terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden, who was tracked down and killed by a Navy SEAL team in Pakistan in 2011.