Month: April 2013

Jayalalithaa questions direct cash transfer scheme

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the direct benefits transfer scheme infringes on the authority of state governments and makes them just bystanders.

In a letter to Manmohan Singh, Jayalalithaa – referring to the utilisation of the state government for implementing the direct benefits transfer scheme said: “This is clearly an infringement of the authority of the state governments and totally violative of the federal polity of the country and the spirit of democratic decentralisation.”

Injuries on Dec 16 gang-rape victim could be caused by rods, court told

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A doctor Saturday told the court trying the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape case that the injuries suffered by the victim could be caused by the weapons (rods) used in the crime.

“Looking at the nature of the injuries suffered by the victim in her private parts, in my opinion, can be caused by the weapons produced before the court,” said the doctor, who was part of the medical team of Safdarjung Hospital where the 23-year-old woman was initially treated.

Do not export ore to China, Pakistan: CPI-M

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The Communist Party of India-Marxist secretary for Goa, Thalmann Pereira, also said that mining leases given to handpicked, crony Goan families by the “hated” colonial regime headed by Portuguese dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar decades ago should be wrested back, and a government corporation should be formed to run the mining on these leases.

After a meeting of the state organising committee of the party, Pereira said that the state government was insistent on pursuing its “anti-national” agenda of exporting iron ore to China and Pakistan.

‘Gulaab Gang’ inspired by real Gulabi gang: Juhi Chawla

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Actress Juhi Chawla, who will be seen in a negative role in “Gulaab Gang”, says the film “may be sort of” inspired by Sampat Pal Devi, the founder of Gulabi Gang in Uttar Pradesh.

“It is not someone’s story… may be sort of inspired by Sampat Pal Devi’s story. The film is a dramatic version of all this that is happening,” Juhi said here Friday on the sidelines of inauguration of the fertility clinic Genome.

BJP sticks to demand for PM’s resignation

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Notwithstanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s rejection of its demand to step down, BJP on Saturday said it will continue to seek his ouster as government has “lost the confidence” of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.

BJP also attacked the government for its alleged failure in ensuring smooth conduct of Parliament and said it had only sought an adjournment motion to discuss the issue of alleged involvement of Prime Minister’s Office in the Coal scam.

TRS chief vows not to rest till Telangana state is formed

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Elected unopposed for the seventh consecutive term as the president of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), K. Chandrasekhara Rao Saturday vowed not to rest till separate Telangana state is achieved.

Addressing the TRS conclave at Armoor in Nizamabad district to mark 13th formation day of the party, he said he was re-dedicating himself to the cause and offered to continue his services to the party till it achieves its single-point agenda.

Police recover 1 Kg Gold from chain snatching gang

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The Humayun Nagar Police have arrested a gang of chain snatchers which was involved in 32 cases of chain snatching in the limits of Hyderabad City Police.

The alleged notorious snatching gang used to move on two wheeler motor cycles and snatch the gold ornaments from the women. The offenders used to commit the offences in the isolated places like colonies, parks, temples, super markets etc., and they will select lonely moving ladies. Police have recovered gold ornaments weighing about 1 kilogram worth nearly Rs 26 Lakh at the instance of accused.

Vijayamma launches tour from Chevella

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YSR Congress Party honorary president YS Vijayamma launched her state-wide tour from Chevella in Ranga Reddy district here on Saturday.

It may be mentioned that former chief minister late Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy started his historic Praja Prasthanam padayatra from the same place in 2003 which led the Congress party to power in 2004 elections. However, Vijayamma launched her tour with the resolve to dethrone the Congress Government in next elections.

Earlier, Vijayamma prayed at Mysamma Temple at Appa junction and also launched the YSRCP flag.

Narendra Modi can say anything, who will stop him? Sushilkumar Shinde

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Apropos Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on Sarabjit Singh issue, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said nobody can stop the BJP leader from speaking, but “speaking without knowing the facts” was wrong.

“Modi-ji can speak anything, who will stop him? But anybody speaking without knowing the facts is wrong,” Shinde said here, when asked about Modi’s criticism of UPA government’s foreign policy over the issue of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian convict who was assaulted at Lahore jail yesterday.

MD of Christian Minority Finance Corporation transferred

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Government has transferred the Manager Director of Andhra Pradesh State Christian Minorities Finance Corporation. Incharge Principal Secretary J Raymond Peter issued Go RT in this connection. As per the GO the Managing Director Christian Finance Corporation’s services have been returned to the office of Director General AP Special Protection Force Secunderabad with immediate effect.

2 women die of burns

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In two different incidents two women died of burns. The incidents occured in Habeebnagar and Langarhouz police station limits. According to Habeebnagar police, 25 year old Asma Begum was the wife of Nafees Ahmed. The couple got married 11 months ago. Asma Begum suffered burn injuries, she was immediately shifted to the hospital where she succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment.

Court rejects Jagan’s plea to treat latest charge-sheet final

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The special CBI court here today dismissed the applications filed by jailed YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and his auditor Vijay Sai Reddy, seeking that the court treat the latest charge-sheet filed by CBI as the final one. B Ravindranath, Deputy Legal Adviser to CBI, said the court rejected the plea.

The applications filed by the Kadapa MP and his aide said that while opposing Jagan’s bail plea before the Supreme Court last year, CBI had said it was going to file final charge-sheet by March on seven issues including investments in Jagan’s firms by Dalmia Cements.

Prime Minister terms attack on Sarabjit as very sad

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today termed as a “very sad” incident the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a jail in Pakistan.

“It is very sad. I think in the jail, I think some inmates attacked him. I think that is very sad,” he said when asked about the attack on Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail.

After the attack on him in the Kot Lakhpat Jail, Sarabjit was rushed to a hospital where he was in a “deep coma” and had been put on a ventilator.

Doctors were unable to perform surgery on him because of extensive internal bleeding caused by a severe head injury.

Four members of Sarabjit’s family to travel to Pakistan

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Four family members of Sarabjit Singh were Saturday granted visas to travel to Pakistan to see the critically injured Indian death row prisoner who was brutally attacked in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail.

“Four members of Sarabjit’s family have been given visas to visit Pakistan,” an official said.

The ministry of external affairs facilitated the visas for the family members.

Sarabjit Singh, who has been sentenced to death row for spying, was admitted to Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital after being brutally assaulted by fellow inmates on Friday. He is in a coma,

Would work with Aamir again if ‘QSQT’ is remade: Juhi Chawla

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Waving aside plans of remaking the iconic “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” (QSQT), which completes 25 years this April, the film’s leading lady Juhi Chawla said she and Aamir “will do it again” if a remake is done.

“We don’t have any plans of doing a remake. It was released on the 29th (of April) and the whole cast and crew has been invited for a screening on that day. I am very excited and looking forward to it.

Musharraf remanded in Federal Investigation Agency custody

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Pakistan’s embattled ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf was today remanded to the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency till April 30 by an anti-terrorism court in connection with the 2007 assassination case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Though anti-terrorism court Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman accepted the FIA’s request to be given physical custody of Musharraf, the 69-year-old former military ruler will continue to be held at his farmhouse for security reasons.

No question of cooperation in Parliament, BJP tells UPA

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Slamming the UPA government for adopting the path of confrontation with the Opposition, the BJP today made it clear that it was in no mood to let passage of bills in Parliament.

“No question of BJP’s cooperation in passing bills in Parliament. Confrontation and cooperation cannot go together,” senior party leader M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here.

Pakistan to seal Afghan border May 11 for election

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Pakistani officials say they will seal their border with Afghanistan and restrict the movement of Afghan refugees on May 11 during parliamentary elections. Officials at the Interior Ministry and the election commission said today the measure is aimed at preventing terrorist attacks during the vote.

Officials did not say how they would restrict the movement of hundreds of thousands of people spread out across the country or close the porous border.

School owner arrested for raping minor girls

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The owner of a private school has been arrested for allegedly raping two minor girls and giving them poison leading to their deaths, police said on Saturday. Rajesh Dhangad was arrested on Friday night for allegedly raping the girls, both students of Class 8 at his school, on April 11 and then poisoning the duo when they threatened to disclose the matter to their parents, they said.

The girls succumbed later that day at separate hospitals, where they were admitted upon falling unconscious after returning to their respective homes, police said.

THE CAUSES AND CURES OF RIYAA (SHOWING OFF) – II

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SEEK ALLAH’S HELP IN OVERCOMING RIYAA

Allah, the Most Merciful, knows every human’s weakness and has given us the cure as well. The best means is supplication to Him. Allah says that we should say (which means):

“You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything)”
(Al-Fatihah: 1:5)

Accusations of Brainwashed are harsh: US women reverts speak out

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Lauren Schreiber, 26, Rebecca Minor, 28 and Lindsey Faraj, 26 shared their experiences after hearing the news of Boston bombing and Katherine Russell, the US born wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Lauren Schreiber, 26, converted to Islam in 2010 after a study-abroad trip. She and others want to dispel stereotypes that have sprung up after news reports about Katherine Russell, 24, the U.S.-born wife of suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev according to a report published in NBC News.

‘It’s proof of failure, weakness of government’:Modi

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Dubbing the Centre as “weak”, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the government has suffered a “total blackout” in its foreign policy and failed on all fronts, including on the issue of death row convict Sarabjit Singh.

“The issue of Sarabjit Singh should not be seen in isolation…all incidents are proof of failure and weakness of this government,” Mr Modi told reporters on the sidelines of a function on a query regarding the Indian national, who was attacked by two prisoners in a Lahore jail.

UP cop booked for raping woman

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An Uttar Pradesh policeman was booked on Saturday for raping a 25-year-old-woman for many months. The constable had promised the woman a job and had even secretly married her, police said.

Ram Narayan Yadav was booked for rape at Deoria, 471 km from here, after the woman told senior police officials that the constable had been physically abusing her for many months with the lure of a job, Superintendent of Police (SP), Umesh Srivastava told a news agency.

The woman used to practice for running at the police line grounds in Deoria and was befriended by the accused there.

Attack on Sarabjit very sad incident: PM

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday termed as a “very sad” incident the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a jail in Pakistan.

“It is very sad. I think in the jail, I think some inmates attacked him. I think that is very sad,” he said when asked about the attack on Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail.

After the attack on him in the Kot Lakhpat Jail, Sarabjit was rushed to a hospital where he was in a “deep coma” and had been put on a ventilator.

Doctors were unable to perform surgery on him because of extensive internal bleeding caused by a severe head injury.

Two policemen killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

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Two police personnel were killed in a Naxal attack in Maoist-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday.

The incident took place when a joint contingent of BSF and district force were on a combing operation in the jungles of Tadoti Police Station area of the district, Kanker SP, RN Das told a news agency.

When the patrolling party reached Shakti Ghat, Naxals opened indiscriminate fire, killing the jawans of the district force.

Those killed were identified as Sub Inspector Santosh Ekka and Head Constable Aliram Usendi.