Month: February 2013

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man using the help of his wife in village Pisavan here, police said Thursday.

The incident occurred yesterday, when the girl, who was at her maternal aunt’s home, was invited by Sushma to her house. Her husband Ramu raped the girl there, they said.

The girl was found in an unconscious state at the couple’s home and she narrated the incident to her father later, they added.

Police have registered an FIR against the accused, who are absconding. A manhunt has been launched to nab them.

—PTI

Amidst growing demand for booking VHP leader Praveen Togadia for making provocative speeches, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reportedly asked the Maharashtra government to take appropriate action against the Hindu outfit leader.

Sources, Thursday, said that the MHA has asked the Prithviraj Chavan government in Maharashtra to begin a probe against Togadia and book him for his extremely provocative speech against the members of minority community.

Teenager looters arrested
(Siasat News): Habeebnagar police has arrested four teenage looters involved in looting a software engineer. According to inspector Habeebnagar Mr. Venkateshwar Rao, police has arrested four teenagers involved in looting Mohd. Aziz, 25 of Yakutpura and seized the looted material.

Mohd. Aziz works at Hitech city and was returning home yesterday morning on his bike. At Sitaram Baug, he was stopped by a gang of 6 t0 8 persons and snatched laptop and other costly items from him.

Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed has hit out at Narendra Modi, saying the Gujarat Chief Minister has betrayed the people of his state by spilling blood.

“Modi says ”Gujarat Ka Namak sab ney Khaya hai” Parantu Namak kha ker bhi Modi ney Gujarat ka hi khoon bahaya hai,” he tweeted.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at his comments, saying the Congress Party is indulging in a politics of defamation, as it is frustrated

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has that he believes the Syrian government is willing to negotiate ways with the opposition to bring a two-year bloody uprising against the regime to an end.

Opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib has offered to talk to Syria”s rulers about trying to end the conflict, subject to conditions including the release of 160,000 detainees.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has not yet commented on the offer and a key opposing faction flatly rejected the initiative.

Rahul Gandhi, who made his first public appearance in his parliamentary constituency Amethi today after becoming the vice-president of the Congress Party, said that the youth of the country need to be employed properly.

Gandhi said he was aware of the fact that the youth in Amethi have a lot of problems.

(Siasat News): In today’s scenario where reading habits of the young generation is on the way out, reciting Quran has become a luxury.

Though Quran-e-Majeed is normally available in Arabic language but it has got the privilege of being translated in most of the languages universally spoken and understood.

President of Guidance Centre for Peace (GCP), Mohd. Kazim came out with a unique idea of presenting Quranic verses in Roman English for those who can understand Urdu language but cannot read it.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today described Narendra Modi as his “friend” but side-stepped queries on the possible projection of the Gujarat Chief Minister as BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, saying he was “not a political person”.

“He is my friend”, said Bhagwat when asked by reporters what he thought of Narendra Modi.

However, when asked whether he supported the demand for projecting the Gujarat Chief Minister as the Prime Ministerial candidate, the RSS chief said, “I am not a political person…..I am not here on a political visit”.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man using the help of his wife in village Pisavan here, police said today.

The incident occurred yesterday, when the girl, who was at her maternal aunt’s home, was invited by Sushma to her house. Her husband Ramu raped the girl there, they said.

The girl was found in an unconscious state at the couple’s home and she narrated the incident to her father later, they added.

Police have registered an FIR against the accused, who are absconding. A manhunt has been launched to nab them.

—PTI

India should improve protection for children from sexual abuse as part of broader reform efforts following the Dec 16 gang-rape and death of a young woman here, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

Child sexual abuse was disturbingly common in homes, schools and residential care facilities in India, the group said in an exhaustive 82-page report.

A government-appointed panel set up after the New Delhi sexual assault to recommend legal and policy reform found that child protection schemes have “clearly failed to achieve their avowed objective”.

The Indian government should improve protections for children from sexual abuse as part of broader reform efforts following the gang rape and murder of a student in New Delhi in December 2012, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.

Child sexual abuse is disturbingly common in homes, schools, and residential care facilities in India. A government-appointed committee set up after the New Delhi attack to recommend legal and policy reform has found that child protection schemes “have clearly failed to achieve their avowed objective.”

Another youth has been arrested in connection with the online abuses and threats to the all-girl rock band of Kashmir, which forced them to quit singing.

Irshad Ahmad Chara, resident of S D Colony, Batamaloo, was arrested late on Wednesday night by the police, who was raiding different places to apprehend him.

Tariq Khan, was apprehended from Bijbehara, a town in South Kashmir, and Rameez Shah was also arrested from Ganderbal in central Kashmir on Wednesday night, police sources said.

Rajasthan Health Minister AA Khan has directed officials to conduct field surveys for tracking suspected swine flu patients.

In a review meeting yesterday, he asked officials to conduct surveys in the areas where swine flu cases have been detected, an official said today.

Rapid response teams are already screening patients in the field, but the minister wanted officials to also monitor those who may have come in contact with H1N1 positive patients during the past two-three weeks.

Pregnant women who live in areas with high air pollution are significantly more likely to bear children of low birth weight, according to the largest international study of its kind.

Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants risk having babies of low birth weight, according to the study.

The study analysed data collected from more than three million births in nine nations at 14 sites in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Health department to provide free treatment to the cancer patients detected in the recently concluded statewide door to door survey.

Interacting with Health and Family Welfare Minister Madan Mohan Mittal and top brass of the department after they submitted survey report “Statewide door-to-door campaign, cancer awareness and symptom based early detection” to him here, the CM reiterated the firm commitment of the government to eradicate cancer from the state, an official spokesman said today.

Two plants from South East Asia may have anti-diabetic properties and could help tackle obesity as well, believe British researchers.

A team of researchers at the University of Greenwich plans to investigate Cassia auriculata and Cassia alata whose extracts could yield active ingredients for a remedy to diabetes which exists in two forms – Type 1 and Type 2.

The former normally affects children, while type 2, which is most common in adults, (often diagnosed later in life) can be managed by diet, exercise and weight loss to some extent.

A new study has found that replacing saturated animal fats with omega-6 polyunsaturated vegetable fats is linked to an increased risk of death among patients with heart disease.

This discovery published on bmj.com raises questions about dietary fats and heart disease guidance.

The researchers say their findings could have important implications for worldwide dietary recommendations.

Mixing alcohol with a diet soft drink can result in a higher breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) than mixing alcohol with a regular or sugar-sweetened drink, according to a new study.

An individual`s BrAC following alcohol intake is influenced by several factors, including food. While it is known that food delays the stomach emptying, thus reducing BrAC, only recently has the role of nonalcoholic drink mixers used with alcohol been explored as a factor influencing BrAC.

Union Home Minister, Mr. Susheel Kumar Shinde consulted Mr. M.A.Khan, Conmgress M.P. of Rajya Sabha regarding Telangana issue.

Mr. M. A.Khan demanded the Home Minister to take stern action against Mr. Ashok Singhal and Praveen Togadia.

Congress High Command has started consultations on Telangana issue as promised.

The young children learning the Quran would take out a rally from Makka Masjid to Quli Qutub Shah Stadium at City College. It would pass through Gulzar Houz, Pather gatti, Madina Building and High Court areas. This is the 50th Deeni Taleemi Rally. In Quli Qutub Shah Stadium, these young children will exhibit their talents.

Various luminaries have been invited to participate in this rally as guests to encourage the young children.

—Siasat News

In a break through, stem cell researchers here claimed to have found a way out where organ transplantation among the patients could be free of immunosuppressive drugs, which often lead to reduced immunity making their life difficult post transplant.

The researchers claim to have generated T-regs (Regulatory T Cells) in laboratory, which, on being administered to patients, eliminate the need for immunosuppressants after undergoing organ transplantation.

The consultative meeting of the Minority Development Forum was held yesterday. It was decided to hold “Du ba Du” (Face to Face) programme on Sunday, the 10th of February 2013 for arranging remarriages for the eligible candidates (both men and women). The arrangements for conducting this programme were finalized in the meeting. Mr. Abid Siddiqui, President of “Islah-e-Muashira” and Vice President of Minority Development Forum presided over the meeting. It was resolved to setup 6 centers arranged in accordance with age groups.

Mr. Mohammed Ali, President of “Awaaz Organization, Nampally Zone organized a protest programme at Mehdipatnam Crossroads against Mr. Praveen Togada’s hateful speeches made during his tour of Hyderabad.

Mr. Nazeer Ansari, General Secretary, Awaaz, Mr. Habeeb, Shaik Mahboob Ali, Mr. Naseer Moohiuddin Khalid, Mr. Shaik Samad Mohammed, Mr. Zakir Husain and others were present on this occasion.

—Siasat News

Govt. has started taking appropriate steps for awarding pensioner benefits to weavers. As per the details of this scheme, a weaver has to deposit Rs.1000 per month. Govt. will also deposit Rs.1000 as a matching pension contribution. At the end of twenty years, the weaver would get the pension of Rs.1000 per month.

A meeting of All India Muslim Educational Society A.P. Branch was held at Aligarh Club, Basheer Bagh under the chairmanship of its president, Mr. Asif Pasha, former Law Minister of A.P. The meeting commenced with the recitation of the Quranic verses by Maulana Abdur Rahim Ansari. General Secretary of the Society presented the report in which it was mentioned that a tour of Muslim Educational Institutions of North India was undertaken.