Month: December 2012

Even as the nation mourns the death of Delhi gang-rape victim, four incidents of sexual assault, including two involving policemen, were reported in Andhra Pradesh. Among the victims are two minor girls.

Police in Krishna district of coastal Andhra region booked a constable, D. Venkat Rao, on charges of raping a woman.

A woman, deserted by her husband, said the policeman raped her after befriending her when she lodged a complaint against her family.

The incident took place a month ago, but only came to light Saturday after the woman lodged a complaint.

After facing strong criticism of pro-Telangana groups for not supporting the statehood demand, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu has now become the target of integrationists.

Railways have cancelled Hyderabad-New Delhi AP Express, scheduled to depart Hyderabad at 6.25 a.m. Monday.

A spokesman of South Central Railway (SCR) said train no. 12723 Hyderabad-New Delhi AP Express was cancelled in view of abnormal late running of the incoming pairing train due to heavy fog in northern India.

“Full refund of fare will be given to the passengers on cancellation of their tickets, which have already been booked,” said a statement from SCR.

The AP Express has been running late by six to 12 hours for last few days. The train left at 3 p.m. Sunday.

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State Minister TG Venkatesh said that the situation is not conducive for a separate Telangana.

“It that is the case, Congress would have called the leaders and given the nod,” he said.

The question of Telangana does not arise till 2014, he said. If such a thing is to happen, TRS will be merged into Congress and the decision will be announced, he said.

Ever since the All party meeting, separatists and integrationists have increased their pitch and are drumming up support according to their affiliations.

World Telugu Conference ended with a resolve to promote Telugu and Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi spoke about the use of good Telugu in the media.
Media has been using good Telugu but for the scramble of news channels has done some damage to the language. Though the Union Minister blamed the anchors for bad Telugu, one cannot accept it in toto. Script writers, paucity of time and competitive world have put many constraints on news packaging in electronic media.

The North Zone team of Commissioner’s Task Force on Sunday arrested two persons for illegally possession, transportation and sale of explosives.

The police team also seized 1300 gelatin sticks, 2825 electric detonators, a Maruthi Swift, Rs 7000 cash, relevant records and three cell phones from their possession. The arrested accused persons have been identified as Maddi Madhusudhan Reddy (33), a contractor of Ghatkesar and Gandikota Ramesh (40) of Tukkaramgate.

President Pranab Mukherjee today asked the country’s youth to follow the “book of humanity” rather than using education to secure a good job or income.

The purpose of education is not a good job or income but using the acquired knowledge in the service of the nation and humankind, he said.

Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, Mukherjee said, “The Father of our nation had said real education consists of drawing the best out of yourself. What better book can there be than the book of humanity?”

A BJP MLA in Rajasthan has demanded a ban on skirts as uniform in schools to keep girls away from “men’s lustful gazes”.

Alwar (Urban) legislator Banwari Lal Singhal has written a letter to the state chief secretary C K Mathew, demanding that skirts should be replaced by trousers or Salwar-kameez.

“The intention of this demand is to keep girl students away from men’s lustful gazes and for their comfort in hot and cold weather conditions,” Singhal told PTI.

“It is not a Talibani type of thinking or restriction on girls’ freedom or right but a concern for their safety,” he said.

As many as 397 people were killed in Syria Saturday in what could be the country’s bloodiest day since the start of the uprising 21 months ago, the opposition Local Coordination Committees (LCC) claimed Sunday.

“By the end of Saturday the LCC managed to document 397 martyrs (including more than 20 children and 20 women),” the activist group reported on its website.

The figure includes 220 people who were “field executed in Deir Balbah” outside Homs city after the Syrian forces regained the area, the LCC said.

Amid anger and grief in the entire country over the death of a 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, there was chaos at the Jantar Mantar here on Sunday as the protestors clashed with the police personnel deployed on duty.

The protestors, who have been making all attempts to move towards the strategically located India Gate, also made attempts to break the police barricades.

Awareness on the pitfalls of drunken driving will be the focus of the Road Safety Week campaign-2013, which will be observed across the country from Jan 1-7 next year, an official said.

“The Road Safety Week this year has focused on the risks to road users because of drunk driving,” said K.K. Kapila, chairman of International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva-based global body for road safety.

Organised by the ministry of road transport and highways and the India chapter of IRF, a meet with a theme — ‘Stay Alive, Don’t Drink and Drive’ — will be organised in the national capital.

A Village Revenue Officer (VRO) of Nandivada in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh has been arrested for allegedly raping his colleague, police said today.

Nandivada VRO B Pandu was arrested after a rape case was registered against him last evening, police said adding the accused has been identified as one B Pandu.

The victim had joined his office as his assistant around four months ago, Nandivada police sub-inspector B Jaya Raju said.

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Rajya Sabha member Nandamuri Hari Krishna has distanced himself from his brother-in-law and TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu over the stand he had taken on the Telangana issue, say reports.

Inner Horizons has announced Art & Science of Self-Actualization, a foundation course in Transpersonal Counseling. Giving details, the Academic Director and renowned Clinical Psychologist Sujata Potay said it is a 100% experiential course that imparts counseling skills.

Last date for registration is January 13, 2013. Classes will begin from January 19th. The Classes will be held at Center for Organization Development, Madhapur.

For registration and further details contact course coordinator Poorva on phone no 09849453045.

Siasat news

Former member of Official Language Commission Mr. Jeelani Peerak, in a letter to chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, told that the 4th World Telugu conference organized under the auspices of the government is a praiseworthy move, but government should promote Telugu and every other official language under joint and equal administration without mental reservation.

Mr. Jeelani Peerak further stated that for the first time in the history of official language, an Urdu seminar was held during the period of Rajshekhar Reddy.

The mortal remains of the gangrape victim, who lost her brave battle for life in a Singapore hospital yesterday, were consigned to flames here early today away from public glare, hours after her body was received by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the small hours.

The funeral pyre was lit by her sobbing father at a crematorium in the subcity Dwarka after traumatised relatives and friends said their final prayers at a ritual at the house where the girl lived in southwest Delhi.

With the New Year round the corner, the city youth gear up for carousing. On the advent of New Year the young boys and girls burst crackers, sing songs and dance. Various places of the city especially Tankbund and Necklace road are transformed into the hub of satanic activities. Drunk driving, eve-teasing and crime against women are at their peak during the celebration. Most of the revelers stand up on the top of car and dance madly.

The Bombay High Court has quashed a lower court verdict which sentenced a 40-year-old farmer to rigorous imprisonment for life for murdering his wife, saying there was no evidence to show that he was present in the house where the body of the victim was found.

On the basis of circumstantial evidence, a Sessions Court had found Pandurang Deokar, a farmer, guilty of killing his wife Nirmala, whose body was found in their house at Tembhurni village in Solapur district on September 7, 2003.

A government hit by a series of scams and charge of indecisiveness, public outrage over corruption and crimes against women – there could not have been a more opportune moment for the BJP to capitalise on, yet 2012 saw the party in disarray with infighting at the top.

Hundreds of protesters have begun gathering at Jantar Mantar, in the heart of the Indian capital, to mourn the death of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim who was cremated here Sunday morning.

Police have imposed prohibitory orders around India Gate and Raisina Hill and barricaded all roads leading to the area, as well as shutting down 10 Metro stations in central Delhi.

Comprising mostly students, the protesters are demanding tougher anti-rape laws.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his “deep sorrow” at the death Saturday of an Indian woman at a Singapore hospital 13 days after being gang-raped by six men in a moving bus in Delhi.

Also Saturday night, UN Women, the main UN body dedicated to the protection of the rights of women and girls, mourned the death of the Indian gang-rape victim, Xinhua reported.

The incident has evoked widespread protests in different parts of the country, especially in the capital city of India, by largely young crowd seeking justice for the victim and safety of women in India.

A teenaged girl was molested allegedly by a conductor in a bus here late last night, close on the heels of the brutal gangrape of a young woman.

The incident took place in Mandi House in central Delhi at around 11 pm yesterday and the victim is a 16-year-old girl.

“The girl had boarded cluster orange bus. When it reached near Mandi House around 11 pm, she was molested by the conductor of another bus who was travelling in the same vehicle,” a senior police official said.

He said the girl had left the house angry with her family.

The Central leaders are afraid of Telangana Movement and hence they are adopting an anti Telangana strategy and delaying the formation of Telangana through dilly dallying policy.

The people of Telangana are aware of these tactics. If the Central Govt. doesn’t declare the formation of separate Telangana State within a month, the organizations supporting Telangana Movement would launch a massive protest against Congress, YSR Congress etc.

Revolutionary poet, Mr. Gaddar expressed his views supporting the Telangana cause.

A consultative meeting of Tehreek-e-Sada-e-Islam was held under the chairmanship of Maulana Mohammed Ahemd Nakshbandi.

The participants of the meeting presented their views for the two-day Sunni conference and Jash-e-Miladunnabi to be held on 20 January 2013 at Hockey Ground. Eidgah Bilali.

Mr. Syed Hameeduddin, Chairman of Reception Committee told that transport arrangements would be made for the delegates coming from the districts.

A delegation led by Mr. Mohammed Ismail ur Rab Ansari, Chairman, Urdu Forum met Mr. Amer Ali Khan, News Editor of Siasat and apprised him of the campaign started for the popularization of Urdu in every house.

The members of the delegation told Mr. Amer Ali Khan that the above organization is making an attempt to communicate the message of popularization of Urdu in every house. In this connection, the patronage of Urdu newspaper is essential.