Due to extraordinary and unnecessary delay in repair of Makkah Masjid ablution tank, the musallis coming here to perform prayer are facing inconvenience for the past 4 months. It must be recalled that the cistern got damaged in the bomb blast at the mosque in 2007. Though the local MLA showing personal interest had announced to repair the cistern within a month but the work has not yet begun even after 4 months.
The city police was asked today by the Delhi High Court to explain as to how a special executive magistrate can be vested with the power to impose prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC for up to six months despite the same being contrary to the fundamental rights of citizens.
“Issue notice (to Delhi Police). You file your counter within two weeks as to how the government can delegate the power to invoke section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrpC) for a period extending up to six months.
“Aashiqui 2” has 10 love songs, says director Mohit Suri and adds he has given the compositions a contemporary feel while retaining the flavour of the original movie’s music.
Mahesh Bhatt had directed 1990 romantic musical hit “Aashiqui”, with two new faces – Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal in the lead roles. The film had 11 songs, including “Tu meri zindagi hai”, “Ab tere bin” and “Nazar ke samne”, and all were very popular with the masses.
A youth’s paternity suit to declare N D Tiwari as his biological father was ordered to be heard on a day-to-day basis by the Delhi High Court today after the veteran Congress leader refused to settle the issue through mediation.
“The local commissioner is hereby directed to conduct, preferably, the hearing on a day-to-day basis,” Justice Manmohan said.
The direction came after the counsel for the 88-year-old Congress leader refused to settle the lawsuit out of the court through mediation, saying there was a possibility that the medical evidence was not hundred percent accurate.
A man mercilessly beat up his four-year-old daughter and kept her in a refrigerator for a while in Narayanapuram area in East Godavari district, police said.
The man, identified as Basha, was thrashed by his neighbours for his act before police took him into custody. They also rescued the girl.
The victim, who received severe injuries, was admitted to Government General Hospital, where her condition was stated to be stable, they added.
The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to Delhi Police on a plea challenging the imposition of restrictions on the gathering of people at and around India Gate during anti-rape protests.
A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice V.K. Jain sought a response from police within two weeks and posted the matter for Feb 6.
“How can special executive magistrate extend the period to impose Section 144 of CrPC when the power lies only with the state government to extend the period,” the bench observed.
Authorities in Pakistan are planning to build a model village in honour of late Arfa Karim, an information technology genius who at nine years became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional.
Arfa’s ancestral village in Punjab, Ramdewali Chak No.4, will be soon developed into a model village at a cost of Rs.140 million, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.
A monument will be built at her grave, and a library and a museum will also be established within the model village.
At least seven suspected militants were killed in two drone attacks in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, Geo News reported Tuesday.
One drone fired three missiles at a house in Haider Khel area in North Waziristan late Monday killing four people.
Missiles fired in the nearby Khaso Khel area killed another three people.
On Sunday, Pakistani Taliban leader Wali Muhammad alias Toofan Mehsud, said to head the group’s suicide wing, was among 16 people killed in a drone strike in South Waziristan.
Wali Muhammad was the cousin of Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Tuesday went for medical tests at a government-run hospital here on the directions of police to ascertain if he was fit to face questioning in a hate speech case.
The legislator with tight police security left his house in Banjara Hills for Gandhi Hospital at 10.30 a.m. after a team of police officials from Nirmal town of Adilabad district served a notice, asking him to undergo the medical tests.
A senior police official said after the medical tests, they would decide their next legal action in the case.
Management of change is always a challenging task and change is always resisted in any organisation or society. What the country has been witnessing and seized with in the last fortnight after the rape and brutal injury of a Delhi girl has shamed one and all. May her soul rest in peace.
The Pakistani cricket team returned home after completing a successful Indian tour as enthusiastic fans and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials accorded them a hero’s welcome at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore.
Pakistan squared the two-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series 1-1 and won the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series 2-1 against the World Champions during their first tour to India in five years. This is the first time since 2005 that Pakistan has defeated India on their homeground, reports Xinhua.
The BJP Tuesday said the delay in arresting Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi in a hate speech case was a “fixed match” between the Congress and MIM.
“They (Congress and MIM) are hand in glove when Akbaruddin Owaisi speaks the language of fire. He definitely has the tacit support of either local or central Congress leaders,” BJP spokesperson Balbir Punj said here.
Owaisi, who is wanted for questioning over his alleged hate speeches made in December, returned from London Monday. He was Tuesday taken to a hospital for tests.
Secretary All India Minorities Forum and secretary Pradesh Congress Committee Mr. Jaber Patel has decided to submit the resolutions passed during Muslim convention to state and central governments and to make representation for their implementation.
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 143.74 crore in connection with its probe in the money laundering case against YSR Congress party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The attachment order, under criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), is the third by the agency after it issued two separate attachment orders of Rs 51 crore and Rs 71 crore earlier, in this case.
The agency, according to sources, has few more similar orders in the pipeline as it plans to build a water tight case against Jagan and his associates.
New Delhi, January 08: Pakistan”s High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir hosted a tea party for his country”s cricket team here on Monday evening.
The event took place after Pakistan clinched a one-day and a Twenty20 series win over India.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has directed officials of an income support programme to train 150,000 Pakistani youths in different trades and vocations and generate overseas jobs for them.
Zardari asked the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) to accomplish the task in consultation with the ministries of overseas Pakistanis and foreign affairs, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.
Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla was sceptical about visiting Pakistan to meet her relatives, but upon her return she says she has had a pleasant and memorable trip.
“Back in Mumbai from Karachi. To be honest, I was wary of going to Pakistan, but it turned out a nice memorable trip,” Juhi tweeted.
Of her experience, she added: “Two worlds co-exist in Karachi. A normal city with traffic, bustling markets and malls. And quite another on the outskirts. It was a private, short and pleasant stay. Loved being with my cousins and nieces.”
The election for selection of Central Hajj Committee zonal members for 4 states will be held tomorrow. Members of State Hajj Committee have left for Mumbai to vote for Andhra Pradesh candidate. The selection of 6 zonal members of the Central Hajj Committee is done on the basis of voting. The election process for 6 zonal members will continue till Wednesday.
Man held for attempted molestation
(Siasat News): Jubilee Hills police arrested a 25-year-old who tried to sexually assault a 5-year-old minor. The victim was shifted to Niloufer hospital.
Brahmaniah of Film Nagar adda came to an office to unload sand from a truck.
On seeing the girl playing alone, he lured the kid with chocolates and took her to an under construction building and tried to molest her. Further investigations are on.
Assembling his second term national security team, US President Barack Obama courted controversy as he named former Republican senator Chuck Hagel to head the Pentagon and his counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the CIA.
“My No.1 criteria in making these decisions was simple – who is going to do the best job in securing America,” Obama said Monday nominating Hagel, seen as a maverick politician, to replace Leon Panetta as Defense Secretary and Brennan, a key architect of America’s drone strategy, to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
All India Muslim Law Board member Maulana Yasub Abbas today condemned the provocative statements of Hyderabad legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi and called him anti-Muslim. Owaisi is not a Muslim hero but denigrating the religion and Muslim youth are taking to militancy due to these kind of talks. Yesterday, two Hyderabad courts had responded to petitions filed against MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi over his alleged hate speeches made during public meetings in Nizamabad and Adilabad recently.
A soldier with the NATO-led coalition forces was killed when a man in Afghan army uniform opened fire at coalition troops, Xinhua reported Tuesday.
The man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform shot at International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members Monday, the coalition said.
It did not say whether the shooter was killed or captured.
A popular New Year’s resolution is to join a gym and lose weight, but not everyone would qualify for membership to a chain of health clubs in the US that wants its members to be at least 23 kg or more overweight to join.
“All of our members are obese and the programme that we implement you could characterise it as extreme weight loss,” said Michael Stout, general manager of Downsize Fitness, about the gym’s programme that is modelled after popular TV show “The Biggest Loser”.
Central government has confirmed the selection of Mr. Tafseer Iqbal for Indian Police Service. Mr. Tafseer Iqbal belongs to Andhra Pradesh IPS cadre of 2008. Chief secretary Minnie Mathew issued orders in this connection.
Central government has confirmed his services in Indian Police Service since 20th December 2012. Union home ministry has issued order on 28th December 2012 in this connection which has been confirmed by state government on Monday.
However Mr. Tafseer Iqbal is still waiting for a posting.
Siasat news
Scholarship distribution function was held here at Golden Jubilee Hall, Siasat premises under the presidentship of Mr. Zahed Ali Khan. A large number of students and parent was present on the occasion.