Government of Andhra Pradesh has arranged two flights for today and tomorrow to transport the Uttarakhand flood victim pilgrims from Dehradun to Hyderabad.
One flight will leave Dehradun tonight at 11.15 pm. and the second flight leave tomorrow at 5.45 pm. in the evening.
The result of the 1977 general elections were “the biggest guarantee” that democracy would survive in India and ensured that no government would ever “dare” to misuse emergency powers, said BJP veteran L.K. Advani.
“That is a very good lesson that we learnt,” said Advani at a launch of a book on the Emergency by veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar. “Emergency Retold” was released by journalist-turned-MP H.K. Dua here Thursday.
The Home Ministry is not convinced that the CBI has evidence to arrest or prosecute a top Intelligence Bureau officer in the conspiracy to carry out the fake encounter in which Ishrat Jahan and three others were killed in Gujarat nine years ago.
A senior Home Ministry official said the investigating agency has shared its evidence it has against IB Special
Director Rajender Kumar and conveyed its intention to arrest him in the infamous case.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today continued to oppose Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath’s push for vertical growth in the city, saying she won’t allow construction of high-rise buildings as long as she is “alive”.
She has been opposing vertical expansion arguing that it will put additional stress on existing resources and infrastructure in the city besides severely impacting the ecology.
“I agree with you that eventually perhaps Delhi will need high-rise buildings. But it will not be allowed as long as I am alive,” she told a function organised by industry chamber Assocham.
Chitrangada Singh has revealed that she thinks that shaving makes a very big difference to a man’s first impression.
The 37-year old actress was in Mumbai along with Arbaaz Khan and Rahul Dravid to promote a shaving brand.
Dravid and Khan demonstrated the product by going for a quick shave at the event. (ANI)
Gujarat High Court today reserved till July 1 its order on a petition by top Gujarat police officer P P Pandey seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case even as the CBI described him as the “mastermind” of the 2004 episode.
According to CBI, which is probing the case, Pandey, Additional DGP, acted like action hero Rambo in the entire operation. Ishrat, a 19-year-old Mumbai girl, and her three associates were gunned down by Ahmedabad Crime Branch, which had then claimed they were “terrorists”.
Twenty soldiers, who lost their lives in Tuesday’s chopper crash while rescuing stranded people in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, were given a ‘guard of honour’ in Dehradun today.
The 20 brave men-five from IAF, nine from NDRF and six from ITBP-were accorded the honour in the presence of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and Army Chief General Bikram Singh at a ceremony in Dehradun.
Chief Secretary Dr. P K Mohanty conducted the Special Task Force (STF) meeting on Thursday late in the evening and reviewed the progress of Hyderabad Metro Rail project.
Making detailed presentation, HMR Managing Director NVS Reddy explained that the project is jetting ahead at a fast pace and so far 780 foundations (21 km), 625 pillars (17.5 km), 3,700 segments (sufficient for 11 km) have been completed and elevated viaduct has been erected over 4.5 km. He has mentioned that 70 per cent of Uppal depot works and 40 per cent of Miyapur depot works have also been completed.
Prof. G Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education, Osmania University has announced the following schedule for downloading the Hall ticket/Time table of P G Examinations scheduled in July 2013.
Candidates may visit the website www.oucde.ac.in. Dates for downloading hall tickets’ time table for MA / M Sc/ M com Final (II year): from June 29, 2013; M A / MSc/ M Com previous (first year): from July12, 2013.
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The Ticket checking staff of South Central Railway, under the directions of Chief Commercial Manager A Bharath Bhushan conducted special surprise road checks at six different locations in Secunderabad and Hyderabad Divisions between 17th and 28th June 2013 and collected Rs 3.71 Lakh towards penalty from ticketless travelers.
Andhra Pradesh is committed to provide requisite support for growth of pharma sector in the State. This was stated by the Minister for Major Industries Dr J Geeta Reddy while inaugurating the National Conference on Pharma Industry, organized by ASSOCHAM at Hyderabad today.
Newly inducted Union Minister for textiles Kavuri Sambasiva Rao appears to have taken a U turn with regard to Telangana issue. Kavuri, known to oppose the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, now appears to have softened a little.
Kavuri on Friday said he had no objection on whatever is the decision of the High Command on Telangana issue. As against his strong opposition to creation of Telangana earlier, Kavuri said he would abide by the decision of the party High Command on the issue.
Former Pradesh Congress Committee chief D Srinivas has denied the possibility of special package or Rayala Telangana here on Friday.
D Srinivas said that the time has come to take a decision on the controversial issue. And this is going to be the final decision, he added. He hoped the High Command will soon come up with a resolution on this issue.
D Srinivas said that Telangana movement has many years of history. He also stressed that if Telangana was made a separate state, will strengthen the unity of Telugu people.
If BJP wished to reap maximum political harvest from Narendra Modi’s leadership, it should extend total support to the Gujarat chief minister, expelled party leader Ram Jethmalani said today.
If BJP wants to take the benefit from Modi’s leadership, it should extend him total support with commitment,” Jethmalani told reporters.
The BJP would profit if it contests under Modi’s leadership in the country, added Jethmalani, who was here
to represent RJD Chief Lalu Prasad in a Fodder Scam case in Jharkhand High Court.
With the central government likely to announce soon its decision on carving out Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, ministers and Congress leaders from two other regions of the state Friday made it clear that the state’s division is not acceptable to them.
State ministers, legislators and other leaders from Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and Andhra regions) at their meeting here decided to call on party general secretary Digvijay Singh to apprise him of their views.
The woman who alleges that a former Kerala minister and his son had repeatedly sexually exploited her said here Friday that she had handed over a laptop and a webcam that recorded their act to him.
The woman said that former Kerala transport minister Jose Thettayil and his elder son Adarsh had sex with her. She claims that Thettayil promised her that he would get his son married to her, but did not keep his word.
“I handed over the laptop and the webcam to him after he promised that his son would marry me,” the 30-year-old told TV news channels.
Actress Rati Agnihotri will be seen playing mother to her real life son Tanuj Virwani in his Bollywood debut “Luv U Soniyo”. The newcomer calls her his “lucky charm”.
“Luv U Soniyo”, directed by Joe Rajan, also features Neha Hinge.
Tanuj says when he had signed the movie, his mother had no idea, but when he told her about it and handed over the cheque of the signing amount to her, the gleam in her eyes reflected her happiness.
A major disaster was averted when the engine of the Hazrat Nizamuddin-Pune Duranto Express derailed after it hit a boulder in the treacherous Western Ghats Friday morning, an official said.
Six wheels of the engine jumped off the tracks after the impact. The boulder had rolled down from the hills between Thakurwadi and Monkey Hill areas on the Kalyan-Lonavala section of Central Railway.
“There were no casualties. Other train services were not held up as a third alternative line was available and all trains were diverted to it,” a Central Railway official said.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday ruled out his return to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and said that he wanted to maintain his separate identity and build his party, the Karnataka Janatha Party (KJP). “No, that question does not arise, I want to retain my separate identity, the Karnataka Janatha Party (KJP), and I am going to start building my party. I am not interested in that. It”s up to them to discuss whatever they want to, but I am not concerned about all this,” he told the media here.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani has lashed out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and advised him against using offensive language. “Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, has every right to disagree with the BJP on matters relating to J&K. But I would advise him never to use offensive language and words like ”cheating” and ”deceiving” in that context,” Advani said in his blog.
BJP today said Congress may have stepped up its attack on Narendra Modi but all these have made him “more popular” among the masses.
“In spite of its efforts to diminish Modi’s popularity, Congress has not succeeded in its goal. The more it creates hurdles for him, the more popular he becomes,” BJP national vice president Vinay Katiyar told reporters here.
A court here today remanded in five-days police custody one of the three accused arrested in connection with the abduction and gangrape of a 22-year old medical student from Kerala a week ago.
Hariprasad, arrested yesterday along with two other accomplices, was produced before the district court.
IGP (Western Range) Pratap Reddy said two other accused, Yogesh Shantappa Poojary and Anand were still in a hospital undergoing treatment after their alleged failed suicide bid fearing arrest.
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A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 10-year imprisonment for raping a minor girl, besides handing the same jail term to the victim’s maternal aunt for abetting the crime.
Additional Session Judge M C Gupta also imposed a fine of Rs 12,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively on Delhi-resident Manoj Kumar and the victim’s maternal aunt.
The judge dismissed their contentions that they were falsely implicated, saying the girl’s testimony regarding the incident was “trustworthy”.
Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Friday advised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah not to use words like “cheating” and “deceiving” for his party’s stance over the constitution’s Article 370, terming it “offensive” and “improper”.
He also contended that almost the entire Congress was also against the provision – granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir – when it was sought to be incorporated in the constitution. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been long seeking its abrogation.
The Kerala government Friday issued a new circular replacing an earlier one issued recently, clarifying that the marriageable age for Muslim girls is 18, and men 21.
The previous circular that raised a hue and cry directed the local self government authorities to register marriages of Muslim males aged below 21 and females aged below 18, but over 16, and issue them marriage certificates.