A Hyderabad court will today deliver its verdict on a complaint against Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who is at the centre of a controversy for allegedly making a “hate speech” against a particular community.
The father of a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban for advocating girls’ education has been given a diplomatic post in the UK.
Malala Yousufzai has been recovering at a hospital in Birmingham, England, after she was shot in October in Pakistan. The Taliban have vowed to target her again.
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, confirmed a BBC report Wednesday saying that Malala’s father, Ziauddin, has been appointed Pakistan’s education attache in Birmingham.
A woman who was set ablaze by her 22-year-old lover for refusing him money succumbed to burn injuries at a local hospital, police said. The accused auto-driver has been arrested. 25-year-old Jaispal Khan had sustained 95 per cent burn injuries and was admitted to Sion hospital on Tuesday after her enraged lover Aftab Khan poured kerosene and set her on fire at her residence in suburban Mankhurd, when she turned down his demand for money, they said.
The Centre would permit overseas Indian doctors to practise in the country without undergoing screening tests, Union Health Secretary PK Pradhan said on Wednesday. In what is viewed as the first major impact of the ongoing Global Healthcare Summit, Pradhan said the Centre was ready with the bill to amend the Medical Council of India (MCI) Act and allow overseas Indians to practise in their homeland as demanded by the expatriate professionals for long.
KJP President BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday claimed some BJP leaders are competing with each other to unseat Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar from power. “There are some BJP leaders competing with each other to dethrone Shettar,” the former chief minister, who broke away from the BJP to head the Karnataka Janata Paksha, said.
Reacting to former Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda’s remarks that the resignation of BJP MLAs close to Yeddyurappa would not affect the government, KJP chief said, “Let him say what he wants to say, but I will do what I have to do.”
The inmates of coastal district central prisons of Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam observed a five-minute silence in the memory of the 23-year-old Delhi braveheart.
DIG Prisons Narasimham Rao on Wednesday said the inmates of the Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam central prisons observed silence for five minutes on Tuesday evening, as a mark of grief towards the demise of the Delhi braveheart.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday demanded that the State Government impose a ban on Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen for the alleged hate speeches being delivered by its leader Akbaruddin Owaisi in different public meetings.
A Chinese magnate, boss of a ceramics firm, gave his daughter an astounding 100-million-pound dowry for her wedding that included four boxes of gold jewellery, two luxury cars and several homes, a British daily said.
The dowry included a bankbook with deposits worth two million pounds (around 20 million yuan) and an impressive property portfolio, the Daily Mail reported.
Pictures of the dowry were posted online at the end of an “eight-day banquet” that took place in Jinjiang county in east China’s Fujian province.
An incident like the brutal gang-rape here could have been prevented had the Supreme Court’s guidelines on removal of tinted glasses from all vehicles been followed, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Altamas Kabir said Wednesday.
Inaugurating a fast track court in Saket district courts, Chief Justice Kabir said: “It’s good to know that after the Dec 16 tragic incident, people have started raising their voice on crime against women.”
The CJI expressed hope that the fast track court at Saket courts for dealing with cases of sexual abuse would be operational immediately.
TDP has lashed out at the government for targeting Paritala Ravindra and conducting raids at night on the residence of woman legislator Sunita.
Talking to the media here on Wednesday, E Peddi Reddy and Ravula Chandrasekhara Reddy have taken a serious exception to the police attitude. They questioned if this was the respect police were taught to show towards a woman legislator. They questioned how they could act that way believing the words of a criminal.
Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta Justice B Subhashan Reddy today directed the Cyberabad Police here to investigate allegations by a managing committee member of a housing society, who was allegedly attacked after she complained against the local MLA.
T Indrani, member of BHEL MIG Employees Co-operative Housing Colony in Serilingampally Mandal in Ranga Reddy district, had earlier approached the Lokayukta alleging that Serilingampally MLA Bikshapathi Yadav was using his MLA funds to grab the land of the colony.
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A 25-year old woman received serious burns on her face in an acid attack in the heart of the city Wednesday.
Police sources said a man threw acid at the victim in a lane in upscale Barzalla neighbourhood where scores of coaching centres are located and is frequented by hundreds of young men and women every day.
The woman, who received serious burns on face, was shifted to SMHS hospital for treatment.
The accused, Riyaz Ahmad Nath, has been arrested, police said and added that the motive behind the attack was not known yet.
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A criminal case was registered against MIM floor leader in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Chandrayangutta MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi at Parliamentary Street Police Station.
A social activist Shabnam Hashmi has lodged a complaint against Akbaruddin with the police alleging that the latter’s speech at Nirmal meeting in Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh recently was an attack on secular, democratic and constitutional values.
The Delhi Police have registered a case against Akbaruddin Owaisi under Section 153-A IPC. (NSS)
Tension prevailed on the Osmania University campus today for a different reason. The students, who observed State wide bandh on Wednesday protesting against the murder of Law student Aruna, tried to organize a rally from Law College to the Secretariat.
The police obstructed the rally at the NCC Gate and arrested the students and shifted them to Nallakunta Police Station. The students demanded that the State government arrest the culprit one Shiva Kumar, who allegedly raped and murdered Aruna, and hang him to death.
Chairman of 20-point Program Implementation Committee Dr N. Thulasi Reddy has said the State government was effectively implementing welfare schemes all over the State.
Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Thulasi Reddy said the housing program was not completed due to various reasons like lack of documentations and required contribution from the beneficiaries. He predicted that 2013 would be a golden year for the Congress as the party would succeed in fulfilling expectations of the people, including Telangana issue, hike in electricity charges and short supply of gas cylinders.
Minimum temperature in the Kashmir valley Wednesday fell much below freezing point, adding to the prevailing cold wave conditions here.
Due to a clear night sky, minimum temperatures have further fallen below the freezing point, a Met Department official told IANS.
The official said minimum temperature fell to minus 3.9 degrees in Srinagar, minus 7.7 degrees in Pahalgam and minus 9.2 degrees in Gulmarg.
The coldest town in Jammu and Kashmir is Leh which recorded minus 16.2 degrees. Kargil town recorded minus 14.8 degrees Celsius.
A complaint has been filed in a Hyderabad court against Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, brother of MIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi, for giving an allegedly provocative speech and hurting religious sentiments.
A man today axed his wife to death and later attempted suicide by consuming insecticide at Kothapalli village here, after the childless couple had an altercation, police said.
The incident took place under Ramagundam police limits, when Bodakunta Kumaraswamy (50) attacked wife Rajeshwari (45)
during a quarrel, after she accused him of not being able to father a child.
Enraged Kumaraswamy attacked her with an axe on the head, killing her on the spot, police said.
When his mother-in-law Laxmi (65) tried to intervene, she was also hit with the axe, injuring her seriously following
Army troops today busted a hideout and recovered cache of ammunition and explosive material in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
25 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), on a specific information, launched a search operation in Hari-Budha area of Poonch
district and busted the hideout, officials said.
They recovered a cache of ammunition and explosive material including seven Chinese grenades, three grenades, 442
rounds of AK rifle and 100 rounds of sniper rifle.
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South African fast bowler Dale Steyn captured his 300th Test wicket when he bowled Doug Bracewell on the first morning of the first Test against New Zealand at Newlands today.
Steyn, 29, was playing in his 61st Test. Only Australia’s Dennis Lillee, who achieved the feat in his 56th Test, and Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (58) have reached the milestone in fewer matches.
Steyn, currently the world’s number one ranked Test bowler, joined West Indian Malcolm Marshall and New Zealand’s
Richard Hadlee in taking 300 wickets in 61 matches.
A complaint was today filed against AIMMM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi for his alleged inflammatory speech made last month in Andhra Pradesh.
Social activist Shabnam Hashmi filed the complaint in Parliament Street police station drawing the attention to the speech made on December 24 in Nirmal town.
In her complaint, she alleged that “the whole speech is highly objectionable, inflammatory” and against country’s cultural heritage.
Key batsman Virat Kohli, who suffered a foot injury in India’s first ODI against Pakistan in Chennai, would be available for selection for the must-win second match here tomorrow, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said today.
Virat is available for selection for tomorrow’s match,” Dhoni said ahead of the second ODI at the Eden Gardens.
Kohli suffered a foot injury while bowling the 41st over of Pakistan’s run chase in the first ODI. He limped off the
field after slipping in the delivery stride and landing on his knees. Suresh Raina finished off the last ball of the over.
Two persons were killed and another is battling for her life in an attack believed to have taken place over suspicion of practice of withcraft in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, police said today.
Though the incident took place at Lodhusha village in Tikayatpalli area on December 30, it came to light yesterday
and one person was arrested in this connection, they said.
We have arrested one Pramod Behera. We suspect that he is mentally disturbed. Investigation is on,” said
inspector-in-charge (IIC) of Tikayatpalli police station, K Bariah.
The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government, all states and union territories and the National Commission for Women on a plea seeking measures for the “comprehensive security” for women.
The petition filed by Mukul Kumar also sought the implementation of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted by the UN in 1979.
The apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi while issuing the notice also asked Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati to assist the court in the matter.
A sarpanch of Mankeli village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh was allegedly stabbed to
death by naxals today, police said.
Budhram (45) was stabbed to death by four naxalites with sharp weapons in Nayapara locality of Bijapur district
headquarter,” SP Prashant Agrawal told PTI.
According to police, the ultras, dressed in school uniforms, attacked Budharam when he was taking a walk outside
his house in Bijapur town, the administrative headquarter of Bijapur district, around 350 km from here.