Month: February 2013

Saudi Labor Minister Adel Faqih announced on the weekend that women will soon be allowed to work in pharmacies, a job held only by men so far, media reports said.

Faqih said at a private business event that his ministry was working to prepare a “safe and proper” environment that guarantees the employment of women in pharmacies.

The minister, who did not specify when the new measure will enter into effect, admitted that his department had faced criticism over its programme designed to offer more job opportunities to Saudi women.

Death in Jeddah

Mr. Syed Mudassar Ahmed Bukhari (Aghapura) s/o late Syed Zahoor Ahmed Bukhari died in Jeddah. Further information can be had on 9908120826 and 8801305067.

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Mr. Sultan Badruddin Lakhani s/o Badruddin Lakhani died today. Namaze-Janaza would be held at Jamatkhana Ismailia, near Karimabad Housing Society, Chirag Ali Lane on February 5 at 7 pm. Further information can be had on 9849074477and 9703854000

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A Primary Health Care inspector was arrested at nearby Kullampatty village today for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl.

Acting on a complaint by the child’s parents, the 47-year-old health inspector of the PHC at the village was arrested, they said.

The child was raped yesterday.

The man has been booked under Section 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, they said.

–PTi

An undertrial, admitted to a district hospital for treatment, has fled from police custody, police said today.

Atul alias Raja was admitted here yesterday after he complained of pain in abdomen from Balrampur jail, where he was lodged in a Gangster Act case, they said.

He dodged the constables Indradev Bharti and Arvind Kumar Pandey, who were accompanying him, yesterday night and fled.

–PTI

Your deen or way of life can be one of two types: one way of life is to look after your own self interests and the other way is to seek to improve the welfare of others, even at your own expense, in order to earn the pleasure of Allah. These are two diametrically opposed ways of thinking, behaving and living. Now the way to Allah is the way of giving. The Prophet (Sallellahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) made a comparison of the two different personalities as follows:

The website of a Pakistani daily, the News International, was hacked Monday, with the hackers claiming that they controlled the “.pk domains”.

A message on the daily’s website from “PAKbugs” read: “Here we go again, pknic.net.pk you think you control .pk domains? LOL you don’t! today we are controlling .pk domains!
after you patched your …system we still owned you it was perfect security, btw we dumped 23,000 Accounts information successfully, including government news blogs forums etc etc…”

The message signed off, saying “We Are: ZombiE_KsA, Z3r0Byt3, Xploiter, Dr.Freak

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and state Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana reached Delhi Monday for consultations with top leadership of the Congress party over Telangana issue.

The two leaders reached the national capital by an early morning flight. The party leadership had summoned them for consultations before taking a decision on the vexatious issue.

They are likely to meet Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is also in charge of party affairs in the state, and other central leaders.

A 25-year-old man accused of murdering “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and another man in the US state of Texas, was an Iraq war veteran, authorities confirmed Sunday.

The US military said the suspect Eddie Ray Routh was a corporal in the Marines from 2006 to 2010, and he is currently listed as reserve, reported Xinhua citing the Houston Chronicle.

Routh is charged with two counts of capital murder, for allegedly killing 38-year-old Kyle and 35-year-old Chad Littlefield at Rough Creek Lodge, an upscale hunting lodge in northern Texas, on Saturday afternoon.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has come down heavily on those threatening the three young girls who have formed the Valley’s only rock band, Pragaash, and Monday promised police investigations into the threats.

He encouraged the girls, saying their talent should not be stymied by “a handful of morons who are trying to silence them”.

Late Sunday evening, Kashmir’s Grand Mufti (head priest) Mufti Bashiruddin had issued a ‘fatwa’ (religious decree) against the singing of the girls, and criticised the government for “trying to encourage a shameless act”.

Youth from Tripura killed
(Siasat News): A youth was brutally murdered at Medchal by some unknown persons. According to police, 23-year-old Sanjeev alias Sandeep, resident of Kishtapur village, has been mysteriously missing from January 20.

Police recovered his decomposed body from a drain. It is said that he was actually killed some days back and the killers had dumped his body into a sack and had thrown it into the drain. Medchal police has registered a case.

A proposed law on Hindu marriages had been held up as it “bounced back and forth between different official bodies”, said a leading Pakistani daily Monday.

An editorial in the Dawn observed that though the current National Assembly has passed some important laws during its tenure, its performance has remained tardy in other areas where legislation is direly needed.

As many as 176 private members’ bills are pending approval, with some dating back to 2008.

A Delhi court Monday framed charges against former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and nine others for forgery, cheating and conspiracy in a corruption case related to the 2010 Delhi Games.

The 10 accused were present in the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court when judge Ravinder Kaur framed the charges.

Actor Sandeep Sachdev, last seen in “Inkaar”, attributes his career graph to TV reality shows. He chose to enter the acting world after he won the show “The Biggest Loser”, where he lost around 50 kgs.

He was also a part of Akshay Kumar-hosted reality show “Khatron Ke Khiladi” and was also seen in the film “Chal Pichchur Banate Hain”.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the appointment of Justice N V Ramana as a judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court on the ground that a criminal case was pending against him at the time of his elevation to the bench.

A bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam also imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the petitioner who had sought quashing of appointment of the judge.

-_PTi

(Siasat News) It has become a tradition to decorate the buildings on the occasions of religious functions by installing flags. Police removes them after these celebrations come to an end. There are some places, where, despite seeing them, police doesn’t remove these flags.

Some elderly persons pointed out that on a historic building near Gulzar Houz, saffron flags were installed. Initially, one flag was erected, then two flags appeared and in no time, the number increased.

(Siasat News) Nizam’s Museum, Purani Haveli offers a three month Urdu and English calligraphy course commening on 6th February. Mr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar, Instructor of Idara-e-Adabiyat-e-Urdu, Panja Gutta is training the students in calligraphy. The classes would be held thrice a week from 6 to 8 p.m on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. There is a separate batch for girls. For details, contact Mr. Bashkera Rao, Curator, Nizam’s Museum behind Durru Shehvar Hospital, Purani Haveli from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in person or on phone number 24521029.

–Siasat News–

(Siasat News) Mr. Shakir Ali, Managing Director and founder of E-Merchant Digital solutions got National award for Eminent Educationist in Digital Education.

Indus Foundation gave him this award on the occasion of Valedictory function of the Indo-American Education Summit held recently in Hyderabad.

–Siasat News–

(Siasat News) Mohammed Azheruddin, a student of M.Pharma at CVSR College got National Award for Academic Execellence for securing highest marks in Pharmacy.

Mr. Ponala Lakshmaiah, Minister for Information Technology, Govt. of A.P. gave him this award on the occasion of Indo-American Education Summit held at Hyderabad recently. Indus Foundation gave him this award. Mr. C.D. Araha, Managing Director of Indus Foundation and Dr. K. Ramachandra Murthy, Editor of TV was also present on this occasion.

–Siasat News–

All India Muslim Personal Law Board has alleged that a large number of Muslim youths were lodged in prisons on terror charges and no charge sheet has been filed against them even after they were picked up over ten years ago.”The board, in its executive meeting chaired by president AIMPLB Maulana Syed Mohammad Rabe Hasan Nadvi, discussed that a large number of innocent Muslim youths are lodged in the jails for the past several years,” said Maulana Abdul Rahim Qureshi, board’s assistant general secretary.
The board claimed that even after a decade no charge sheet has been filed against them.

Chairman of Human Rights observers, Mr. Mohammeed Tameem has approached United Nations Organisation to intervene in the long detention case of Mr. Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. He approached the Human Rights Commission of the UNO in this connection. He met Mr. Nonitham Pillay, High Commissioner of Human Rights organization and Mr. Bankimon, Secretary General of UNO in New York and submitted a detailed memorandum requesting them to intervene in the matter immediately to ensure Jagan’s release.

Mr. Syed Aliuddin Ahmed, Mr. Mir Maqsood Ali, Mr. Meer Ameer Mohammed Amjad, & Mr. Syed Hameedudidn Ahmed Mahmood, leaders of INSAF organization of Hyderabad criticized Mr. Ashok Singhal’s speech and said that it seems that Hindu leaders have lost interest in the welfare and guidance activities of their community.

It has become imperative for the Muslim leaders to come forward to help their Hindu brethren to resolve their problems.

——Siasat News

Communal forces are trying to take advantage of the present situation of the state. It is the responsibility of all the secular organizations to stop them.

When he saw that an innocent youth Abdus Sattar became prey to the communal elements which was the first communal killing in Hyderabad, he started his peace campaign. It occurred 50 years back. He though that this madness will create a havoc. He took up the flag of peace and started his mission. This voice of peace still resounds in Mustaid Pura, Sabzi Mandi Karwan & Mangalhat.

After facing threats, Kashmir’s first all girls music band is now facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics. Kashmir’s Grand Mufti has condemned the rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times.

The senior cleric has also called for women in the country to wear the veil at all times and said that women performing in public is the reason for increasing number of sexual assaults. Earlier there were threats against the music band Pragaash.

Mr. Ghulam Rabbani, Advocate has filed a complaint in Hussaini Alam police station against BJP President Mr. G. Kishan Reddy, Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya, former MP, Swamy Ram Vilas Vedanty and the office bearers of Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Committee charging them of making inciteful speeches during Ganesh Visarjan celebrations in 2010 in Old City of Hyderabad.

In his application, Mr. Rabbani alleged that these leaders had made inciteful speeches at Charminar to disrupt communal harmony. These speeches are making rounds on website and hence action must be taken against them.