Month: January 2013

A cargo plane carrying 1.5 ton of gold from Ghana to Dubai has been held at Istanbul airport for four days due to missing documents, a media report said Sunday.

The Airbus-A300 F type cargo, belonging to a Turkish airline, arrived at Ataturk Airport Jan 1 for refuelling, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.

The plane was locked up and sealed after the crew failed to present the necessary documents. Some reports said the plane came from Algeria and was destined for another country.

–IANS

India and Mauritius, which share “strong synergies and complementarities” between their economies, need to explore the full potential of their economic relations, President Pranab Mukherjee has said.

Addressing a banquet held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in honour of visiting Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag Friday evening, the president said the two countries also share the objective of peace and stability along the Indian Ocean.

India’s horrendous batting show continued unabated as the hosts were bowled out for a paltry 167 against Pakistan in the third and final cricket One-day international, here today.

So pathetic was India’s batting that they could not even last the full 50 overs after electing to bat. They were bundled out in 43.4 overs as Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal recorded a career-best performance of five for 24.

Veteran CPI-M leader and former West Bengal minister Abdur Rezzak Molla was admitted to a hospital here with injuries after he was allegedly attacked by Trinamool members Sunday.

CPI-M leader Surya Kanta Mishra accused Trinamool Congress legislator Arabul Islam of leading the attack in South 24 Parganas’ Bhangar area.

“(They) assaulted Molla when he went to Bhangar to visit our party office, which was set on fire by Trinamool workers last night,” Mishra said.

Off-beat filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, who is changing his style of filmmaking and trying to enter commercial zone, is keen to work with stars. Saif Ali Khan and Aamir Khan are on his wish list, he reveals.

Sharing his desire, Mishra told IANS: “I would love to work with stars and I want to work with Saif Ali Khan and Aamir Khan.”

Amitabh Bachchan says Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, who has won Rs.5 crore in a sixth season game of “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (KBC) and become the first female contestant to take home the mega prize, has proved that women are strong and no less than men.

At least 16 people were killed and seven injured after US drone strikes hit militant hideouts in Pakistan’s tribal area of South Waziristan, a mountainous region bordering Afghanistan, Geo News reported.

Earlier reports said 12 people were killed and eight wounded while three militant hideouts were destroyed as US drones fired eight missiles in Bobar area.

South Waziristan is home to militants of the Hakim Ullah Mehsud group of the Pakistan Taliban and Haqqani network.

Lending its voice to the country wide demand for strong laws to ensure the safety and security of women, the Supreme Court called for a revamp of the system to provide for stringent punishment in cases of crimes against women.

“A complete overhaul of the system is a must in the form of deterrent punishment for the offenders so that we can effectively deal with the problem,” a bench of the apex court comprising Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, in a recent judgment.

The father of Delhi’s gang-rape victim has said he wants his daughter’s name revealed, saying it only will give courage to other women.

In an interview to British publication “The Sunday People”, the man said: “We want the world to know her real name. My daughter didn’t do anything wrong, she died while protecting herself.”

As per law, the identity of victims of sexual assault cannot be revealed. Delhi Police refused to comment on the interview.

The 23-year-old woman was raped and tortured in a moving bus Dec 16. She died in a Singapore hospital Dec 29.

Like every year Siasat daily has prepared SSC Urdu Medium Question Bank under the supervision of Mr. Ahmed Basheeruddin Farooqui retd. Deputy Educational officer. The question bank has been meticulously compiled by the experienced teachers of Bahadurpura mandal.

The question bank will be released on Thursday, January 10 at 4: 30 pm at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat premises. Mr. Zahed Ali Khan editor Siasat will preside over. Prof. Sulaiman Siddiqui former vice chancellor Osmania University will be the chief guest.

Anger is one of the evil whispers of Shaytaan, which leads to so many evils and tragedies. For this reason the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) described cures for this “disease” and ways to limit its effects. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If any of you becomes angry and he is standing, let him sit down, so his anger will go away; if it does not go away, let him lie down.”

At least 12 people were killed and eight injured when US drones fired a number of missiles at different places in Pakistan’s tribal area of South Waziristan Sunday, Geo News reported.

Three militant hideouts were destroyed as US drones fired eight missiles also in Bobar area.

South Waziristan is home to militants of the Hakim Ullah Mehsud group of the Pakistan Taliban and Haqqani network, Xinhua reported.

–IANS

Indian-Americans in Chicago, led by students of two leading universities, held a protest meet and candlelight vigil in memory of the Delhi gang-rape victim and sought change in India’s rape laws and strict conviction of the accused to help reduce crime against women.

Indian students pursuing graduate studies at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University organised the meet on Friday to condemn the brutal gang-rape of the 23-year-old physiotherapy student who died in a Singapore hospital after battling for life for almost two weeks.

Custodian of Haramain Sharifain, Shah Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, had declared India as his 2nd native country. Now India has got the status of favourite country of his family members too. Recently several important personalities belonging to Saudi Arabia’s royal family have chose various regions of India for their visit.

IAF Chief Air Marshal N A K Browne will inaugurate the medium-lift helicopter complex for the new squadron of its latest Mi-17 V5 helicopters at Phalodi airbase near the Indo-Pak border here tomorrow.

This may be seen as Indian Air Force strengthening its presence along the Pakistan border by deploying the squadron, comprising about 15 aircraft.

The helicopters can undertake all weather, day and night operations in any kind of terrain, defence spokesperson Col S D Goswami said.

Pakistan Sunday accused Indian troops of killing a Pakistani soldier in the Kashmir region.

Indian soldiers violated the Line of Control (LoC) and attacked a checkpost in Bagh sector, Geo News quoted the army’s Inter-Services Public Relations as saying.

The checkpost at Haji Pir sector is located about 200 km from Islamabad.

An official statement said the Indian firing wounded two soldiers, one of whom succumbed to his injuries. It said the Indian attack was repulsed.

An important meeting of Seerat-un-Nabi Academy and Markazi Anjuman Quadria was held in view of Jashn-e-Milad-un-Nabi (pbuh) at Vasiq Mansion, Qazipura under the patronage of Maulana Dr. Mahmood Safiullah Viqar Pasha. Honorable religious scholars and intellectuals attended the meeting and gave their opinion.

Maulana Syed Shah Ghulam Samdani Ali Quadri chairman Seerat-un-Nabi Academy urged the Muslims to celebrate Milad-un-Nabi with religious fervour and asked them to make it apolitical and purely religious procession.

Siasat news

Five months have passed since VVS Laxman bid adieu to international cricket but the stylish batsman feels he is still fit enough to play in the Test format.

“May be (in) white (flannel),” the answer was predictable when Laxman, once the perennial trouble-shooter of the Indian cricket team, was asked about his preference.

At a time when the Indian batsmen are letting the team down on a regular basis, Laxman had a word of advice.

Indian Union implemented all the recommendations of Fazil commission report while the government of India totally ignored the recommendations of formation of separate state and opposition for Andhra’s merger into Telangana state. Addressing the 51st dialogue of Telangana Resource Centre entitled “Telangana state: Fazil Commission and Srikrishna committee’ caption Pandu Ranga Rao expressed these views. He claimed that the cause behind ignoring this sensitive issue by the government of India is the Indian government’s spite against Asif Jah VII.

A five-year-old boy was murdered in Tripura in connection with an old quarrel between two neighbours, police said Sunday. The killer, an 18-year-old, has been arrested.

The victim, Sibam Das, went missing Dec 23. His decomposed body with legs and hands tied was recovered from a ceiling of a neighbour’s house Saturday evening, a police official told reporters.

The boy’s mouth was stuffed with cloth.

Police arrested Pritam Dey and said the crime took place at Bamkumari in the outskirts of the capital.

Eight militants were killed and three hideouts destroyed during a security operation launched by the Pakistan Army Sunday in the tribal Orakzai Agency, Xinhua reported.

Orakzai Agency is located about 60 km from Peshawar and lies close to the Afghanistan border.

—IANS

RSS mouthpiece Organiser has alleged that the government made Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India a low-key affair to keep under wraps the huge amount of arms sale agreement signed between the two countries.

“The media completely ignored the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was on a 24-hour trip to India, with a single point agenda of signing a huge arms sale agreement. The large majority of Indians are unaware of the quantum of money involved which is running into $3 billion,” the RSS mouthpiece said in the editorial of its latest issue.

The 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist who was gang-raped Dec 16 suffered grievous internal injuries due to sexual assault with an iron rod that finally led to her death. Lawyers and activists are demanding that the legal definition of rape be broadened to include digital rape and sexual assault by a foreign object.

Lawyers and activists say sexual assault by a foreign object and digital rape – inserting a finger – without the woman’s consent should also be brought under Section 375 which defines rape. The imprisonment can range from seven years to life.

Three persons were killed and three others were missing when a truck fell into a pond in Bihar’s Sheohar district in the wee-hours of Sunday, police said.

During the period, India received USD 185.7 billion foreign inflows, according to the data.

According to experts, the main reason for the maximum inflows into Maharashtra and NCR is substantial improvement in the infrastructure and pro-active approach of the respective governments.

“Infrastructure in these areas have improved considerably and that is making them attractive destination for foreign investment,” an official said.

Pakistan’s response to India’s ‘wishlist’ with regard to those behind 2008 Mumbai terror attacks is ‘critical’ to ‘substantive movement’ in the bilateral dialogue, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid said on Sunday.

What Islamabad has done so far about it is ‘not to our satisfaction’, he told PTI in an interview while taking stock of the Indo-Pak ties in the year gone by.

Khurshid did not see controversial statements made by Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik while in India recently as a ‘setback’ in the dialogue process.