Apparently under depression, a woman software engineer allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at a lodge in Lakdi-ka-Pul area here, police said on Monday.
The body of K Pallavi (26), a native of Hayath Nagar in neighbouring Ranga Reddy district, was found hanging inside the lodge room this morning, they said.
Ten vehicles were impounded and 59 bikers were booked here for violation of traffic rules at night, police said Monday.
The action taken Sunday night was part of a drive launched in June and came a day after a stunt biker was shot dead in police firing in central Delhi past Saturday midnight.
“We checked 860 motorcycles and challaned 59 of them in New Delhi area last night. At least 10 bikes have been impounded,” Deputy Commissioner of Police S.B.S. Tyagi told IANS.
More paramilitary forces were rushed to Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh to deal with any situation in the event of the central government taking a decision to carve out separate Telangana state.
With UPA coordination panel and Congress Working Committee holding their crucial meetings in Delhi Tuesday to take a final decision on the contentious issue, more than 1,000 personnel of paramilitary forces were deployed in the towns to prevent any possible outbreak of violence.
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has reportedly acquired a significant lead in the West Bengal Panchayat polls. According to television channel reports, the TMC is leading in 801 gram panchayat seats. Final results are expected later this evening.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat has said the immediate suspension of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was uncalled for as it sends a ‘distressing’ message to other female aspirants to civil service in the country. “The suspension sends out a distressing message to other female aspirates who are pursuing IAS.
A court in Ahmedabad has granted anticipatory bail to P.P Pandey, a senior Gujarat police officer accused of murdering college student Ishrat Jahan. P.P Pandey, who had been absconding for over two months, appeared in a CBI special court today, on a stretcher from the hospital where he was admitted on Sunday after complaining of chest pains.
A special CBI court here today extended till August 12, the judicial remand of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy and other accused in connection with the case pertaining to quid pro quo deals involving the Kadapa MP.
Jagan, and other accused including his auditor V Vijay Sai Reddy and former minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, presently lodged in Chanchalguda Central Prison here were produced before the court through video-link which extended their remand by another 14-days.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on Monday cleared the Jet-Etihad deal, but with conditions. According to the revised agreement, Jet-Etihad deal has reduced the number of Etihad directors on the new airline”s board to two from three.
Union Human Resource Development Minister M.M Pallam Raju on Monday said the issue of Telangana has been a long standing demand and the ruling Congress Party should discuss it thoroughly before arriving at a final decision. “It has been a long standing political demand. Congress Party should debate whether it is setting a right precedent by giving in to a political demand looking into the more serious aspects of the matter,” he said. Raju also said there is no need for any speculation until the Congress Working Committee (CWC) takes a decision.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s meeting with the Council on Trade and Industry has commenced at his residence, 7 Race Course Road, here today to review steps to revive the economy. Dr. Singh is expected to deliberate with India Inc on measures to correct the current account deficit (CAD), measures to revive industrial growth and depreciation of the rupee and its impact on trade and industry, the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) said. The meeting between Dr. Singh and corporate bigwigs will also discuss skill development and ways of accelerating it.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday charged the Congress Party of betraying the people of Telangana for the last 56 years, and said that the ruling party at the Centre is confused on the issue because there is no ideological commitment.
BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said Telangana has always experienced betrayal by the Congress.
Congress leaders from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, who are opposed to creation of Telangana, held a closed door meeting with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy here on Monday.
A source said that Reddy, who himself is opposed to the bifurcation, may consider resigning if the proposal goes through.
Ministers T G Venkatesh, Erasu Pratap Reddy, Dokka Manikya Varaprasad, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, MP Ananta Venkatarami Reddy and a few MLAs and MLCs held a meeting with the CM at the Secretariat this afternoon to discuss the emerging political scenario.
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday continued to maintain suspense on the issue of separate statehood to Telangana, saying a decision is to be taken.
“I really don’t know the agenda as yet. But yes, the decision is to be taken,” he told mediapersons here.
Singh, who isin-charge of Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh, also played safe on whether a decision on the issue could be taken up in the UPA Coordination Committee meeting.
“I am not a member of the UPA Coordination Committee,” he said.
Drawing inspiration from Rani Lakshmi Bai, the fiery Queen of Jhansi, who was the epitome of courage and bravery in the 19th century, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Monday said women will fight to liberate India from the Congress Party.
“Rani of Jhansi fought to liberate India from British. Today, we women will fight to liberate India from the Congress,” she said, while addressing the BJP Mahila Karyakarta Sammelan here.
A newborn was on Monday stolen from the district hospital here by a woman, who first befriended with the mother and then managed to vanish with the child.
The mother Neetu, a resident of Rahul Vihar in Ghaziabad, had brought the baby for check up at the OPD, police said.
She had given birth to the child at the hospital earlier this month.
The suspected woman took the baby on the pretext of changing her cloths and then managed to disappear from the hospital, they said.
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Dr. Girija Vyas, who met Indian Diaspora in St Petersburg, Russia, yesterday, discussed various issues concerning real estate sector.
She briefed them about various initiatives taken by the Indian Government concerning this sector.
Dr. Vyas, who is on a three-day visit to Russia to participate in the 13th National Convention of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) in Moscow, today attended the meeting on “Social Housing” with officials of Russia, followed by visit to Pushkin Palace. (ANI)
Sanjay Dutt, who is currently serving his three and a half year term in Pune’s Yerwada Jail, has turned 54 today.
Born to veteran actor Sunil Dutt and Nargis, Sanjay debuted as a child actor in Reshma Aur Shera in 1972.
Celebs like Ranbir Kapoor, Rajkumar Hirani and Bunty Walia have send birthday wishing letters to the actor fondly known as Sanju Baba.
Dutt’s close friends have also addressed letters to him and sent them to his wife Maanyata before they were posted to him.
Katrina Kaif is apparently fine that her holiday pictures with Ranbir Kapoor have surfaced.
According to an online publication, the Hollywood actress was heard telling a pal that the pictures have hit two birds with one stone.
The first reason being that Salman Khan is no longer in her life and she is now in love with Kapoor.
The second reason is that the rumours of the Kapoor getting close with his former girlfriend Deepika Padukone, during the success party of their flick ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ are nothing but false.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to drop a Central Government proposal to reintroduce the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). Welcoming a recent Supreme Court ruling that quashed the test for undergraduate and post graduate medical and dental courses, Jayalalithaa said in her letter to Prime Minister Singh that a solution had finally been arrived at to a “long pending and vexatious issue”.
Business leaders from the U.S. business hub of Atlanta, Georgia have returned to India to strengthen relationships with strategic partners and to highlight ripe U.S. business opportunities in key market sectors, including life sciences, agribusiness and financial technology.
A recent survey has revealed that four out of five adults in the United States are either struggling with joblessness or reaching poverty or rely on welfare for parts of their lives, which points finger towards the deteriorating economic security in the country.
According to the CBS News, the identified reasons for this increasing trend are increasingly globalized U.S. economy, widening gap between rich and poor, and loss of good-paying manufacturing jobs.
A Saudi Arabian religious policeman has been sentenced to two months in prison for wrongly assaulting a citizen for violating religious guidelines.
The Gulf News reports the Promotion of Virtue police had launched an investigation into the incident after the victim reported that the ‘religious’ police officer had incorrectly accused him of being alone with an unrelated female.
Meanwhile, police officers from the Al Aqeeq station had ordered to take the assailant into custody, despite resisting arrest.
A recent report has revealed a potential jihadist threat to the United States and the European countries with increasing rate of Westerners traveling to Syria to join the civilian rebels to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
The Washington Times reports that Syrian rebels have been attacking Shiite shrines and threaten Christian monasteries with full support of individuals travelling to Syria via Turkey.
A debate programme named ‘Open Jirga’ on Afghan TV has given an opportunity to the citizens for the first time to directly question the politicians on security fears and rampant corruption in Afghanistan.
A co-production of the BBC and state-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), the programme has given Afghans an unaccustomed taste of political accountability on a national stage, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
According to the report, nine episodes of the programme have been aired since December in Dari and Pashto, two primary languages of Afghanistan.
Britney Spears is apparently blissfully happy with her new boyfriend Dave Lucado.
The ‘Oh La La’ hit maker’s close pals told E! News, that the couple is having a good time and enjoying the relationship, News.com.au reported.
Friends of the duo asserted that their love is more serious than most people think.
The mum-of-two and Lucado were spotted holding hands at the premiere for ‘Smurfs 2’in LA on Sunday. (ANI)