Month: February 2013

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on Wednesday paid huge tributes to former minister and first woman Mayor Sarojini Pulla Reddy.

Speaking on the condolence motion, during the GHMC’s ordinary meeting held at corporation’s headquarters, MLCs MS Prabhakar (Congress) and Aminul Hassan Jafferi (MIM) and floor leaders Mohammad Nazeeruddin (MIM) and D Rambabu (Congress) lauded the services of Sarojini Pulla Reddy who served the city and State in different capacities. Prabhakar also demanded installation of her statue in the city.

The Telugu Desam Party and Bharatiya Janata Party condemned GHMC Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain for adjourning the GHMC’s council meeting after passing the condolence motion on Sarojini Pulla Reddy.

The TDP and BJP corporators staged dharna before the Mayor’s chambers and shouted slogans against him. Talking to reporters, TDP floor leader Singireddy Srinivas Reddy alleged that the Mayor was deliberately avoiding discussions on the civic problems being faced by the people.

GHMC Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain on Wednesday informed that the GHMC’s special meeting to pass the corporation’s budget would be held on February 18. This will be followed by corporation’s ordinary meeting on February 19.

Talking to reporters here along with MIM MLC Aminul Hassan Jafferi and floor leader Mohammad Nazeeruddin, the Mayor said that a majority of corporators were in favour of adjourning the GHMC meeting after passing the condolence motion and therefore, it was adjourned.

The Congress party on Wednesday defended the decision of GHMC Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain in adjourning the corporation’s ordinary meeting after passing the condolence motion on Sarojini Pulla Reddy.

Talking to reporters here, MLC MS Prabhakar, Deputy Mayor D Rajkumar and floor leader D Rambabu thanked the Mayor for passing the condolence motion. They said that it was an established Parliamentary procedure to adjourn the session after passing a condolence motion although the Mayor has discretionary powers to continue the session.

Bowing to pressure from the Pataudi family, particularly his wife Sharmila Tagore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Wednesday finally decided to institute an annual lecture after former captain late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.

“The memorial lecture will be an humble recognition of his contribution to the sport,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a statement.

Tagore had written a scathing letter to BCCI president N. Srinivasan over the delay in taking a decision over the Pataudi Lecture and Pataudi Trophy for last year’s India-England Test series.

Minorities Welfare Minister Mohammed Ahmadullah on Wednesday launched the distribution of Haj Application Forms for the Haj 2013 at Haj House, Nampally.

A man has been arrested at the Indira Gandhi Airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle saffron, worth Rs 36.5 lakh, into the country.

A case of smuggling was registered against Delhi-resident Gaurav Sethi for trying to clear 14.6 kg of saffron without payment of customs duty, a Customs press release said Wednesday.

Sethi had arrived from Dubai yesterday and declared that he was not carrying any dutiable goods.

Even as the CID is probing the alleged rough handling of former minister and Congress MLA P Shanker Rao by police in connection with a land encroachment case, his daughter today lodged a complaint against the policemen.

Rao’s daughter Sushmita, who lodged a complaint with the Musheerabad police, alleged that Neredmet police personnel “man-handled” a senior MLA (Shanker Rao), who underwent a by-pass surgery recently, while picking him up for questioning in connection with the case on January 31.

New US Secretary of State John Kerry has called up External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid who said India was looking forward to take the bilateral ties to a higher level encompassing diverse sectors.

Kerry, who favours strong ties with India, thanked Khurshid and appreciated his congratulatory letter soon after his confirmation as Secretary of State by the US Senate.

At least five students died in two separate accidents early Wednesday morning here and in Kendrapara district, police said.

Three students of a private engineering college were killed when their motorbike collided with a stationary truck near Shyamsundar junction on the Paradip-Daitary expressway in dense fog in Kendrapara district, they said.

The three were identified as Debashis Jena (22), Divya Ranjan Thatoi (23) and Kumar Ankur (22).

The bodies of two hotel management students were also recovered from the railway lines here, police said.

–PTI

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Seeking Allah’s attention Allah says in the Quran:

(Pervez Bari): Despite being the second largest state of India, Madhya Pradesh could attract only about 816 live investment projects worth just about Rs.6 lakh crore out of the total of over 17,000 such projects worth over Rs.141 lakh crore announced across India, apex industry body ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India) said on Tuesday.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia tried to outdo Akbaruddin Owaisi within a fortnight of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA being sent to jail on charges of delivering a hate speech at Nirmal town in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh.

At a public meeting at Bhokar town in Nanded district of Maharashtra, just 80 km from Nirmal, on January 22 — details of which are now emerging after a video-recording was posted online — Togadia attacked Owaisi in particular and Muslims in general.

Living in locations closest to the equator can put people at increased risk of developing allergy and asthma due to higher UV-B rays exposure, according to a new study.

“UV-B rays exposure is higher for people living in areas closer to the equator. This increase in UV-B may be linked to vitamin D, which is thought to modify the immune system. These modifications can lead to an elevated risk of developing allergy and asthma,” said Vicka Oktaria, MPH, lead study author.

So beautiful and so ahead of her times, Zeenat Aman, who redefined the liberated unfettered modern woman of Hindi cinema of the 1970s through her no-holds-barred performances in “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, “Manoranjan” and “Dhund”, has found love again but hasn’t decided anything about marriage. She says if at all there’s marriage, “it would be very quiet”.

“Yes, I am in love. There is someone in my life, I won’t deny it. But I am not getting married! Not right now at least. Yes, he has proposed to me. But I haven’t decided to take the plunge as yet,” said Zeenat.

A school teacher has been arrested for allegedly making obscene phone calls to a minor girl student, police said today.

Akash Choudhary (21), a teacher working with KKC School in city’s Anand Nagar locality was arrested yesterday, they said.

Choudhary had forcibly given a cell phone to the girl, a student of class VIII, about a week ago and later started making obscene calls to her during night hours.

–PTi

The BCCI today instituted an annual lecture to honour the memory of late former India skipper Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi which would be inaugurated by the legendary Sunil Gavaskar on February 20 in Chennai.

“The inaugural Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture will be delivered by cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday, 20 February 2013, at the Taj Coromandel, Chennai,” the BCCI said in a statement.

-_PTi

Amid demand by some BJP leaders for projecting Narendra Modi as the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate, VHP leader Ashok Singhal today said the Gujarat Chief Minister enjoys the same popularity as that of the first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru.

“It is for the first time since the days of Jawahar Lal Nehru when a leader has come to enjoy such a massive popularity across the country,” Singhal told reporters here at the ongoing Maha Kumbh congregation.

–PTi

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries today said it has received US health regulator`s approval to market generic version of Doxil injection, used in treating ovarian cancer in the American market.

The Mumbai-headquartered firm, in a statement, said its subsidiary has received approval from US food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Doxorubicin HCl Liposome Injection.

“This generic Doxorubicin HCl Liposome injection USP, 2 mg/ml is therapeutically equivalent to Doxil Liposome Injection, 2 mg/ml of Janssen Research and Development, LLC,” the company said.

Ansar Ahmed s/o Nisar Ahmed died of heart attack on February 1 at Madina Munawwara. Burial took place on February 6 after Namz-e-Asar at Jannatul Baqui.

Namaze-janaza (Ghaibana) is scheduled to be conducted on February 6 after Namaz-e-Maghrib at Masjid Azad Shah, Habeebnagar police station.

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Bollywood actress, Madhuri Dixit was recently seen promoting Oral B’s Smile India campaign in Mumbai.

The 45-year-old actress, who is the chief smiling officer of this movement for the third time, spoke on this occasion, asserting the importance of a healthy smile.

The mother of two- known for her ‘million dollar smile,’ said that she feels great to be a part of this campaign and emphasized the importance of smile, and admitted that there were many times when she has got in and out of trouble because of her smile.

Actress Rani Mukherjee will be sharing screen space with Randeep Hooda for the first time in a Karan Johar movie titled ‘Bombay Talkies’.

‘Bombay Talkies’ is a landmark feature film of this year releasing on the centenary date of May 3, 2013, when the industry completes 100 years of cinema.

It is an ode to cinema by four prolific film makers – Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, Anurag Kashyap and Karan Johar.

“Yes, I am doing a short film with Karan Johar and it features Rani Mukherjee,” Randeep told PTI without divulging any details about the project and his role.

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets was trading flat in the afternoon trade Wednesday as capital goods and bank stocks plummeted.

The 30-scrip Sensex, which opened at 19,737.77 points, was ruling at 19,682.65 points, up 22.83 points or 0.12 percent around 1 p.m. from its previous close at 19,659.82 points.

The Sensex touched an intra-day high of 19,767.25 points and a low of 19,674.03 points. The midcap index was up 14 points, while the smallcap index was higher by 29.21 points.

The Madhya Pradesh government has said that prompt action is being taken in cases pertaining to atrocities against women, rapes and other crimes.

Cases were being investigated and put forth before courts within the prescribed time-limit, an official release said here Wednesday.

During 2012, a total of 226 heinous cases of crimes were identified and of these, 75 pertained to criminal offences against women. The rate of conviction of cases stood at 61 per cent during 2012.

An omega-3 fatty acid counteracts the effect of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), afflicting 75 percent of the obese, says a new study.

The American Liver Foundation estimates that about 25 percent of the US population and 75 percent of the obese have NAFLD. This early-stage health condition can sometimes progress to more serious, even fatal diseases, including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH.