Month: September 2013

Srinivasan set to be re-elected as BCCI president

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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N.Srinivasan has been nominated to serve a second consecutive term as chief, and is all set to head the body again unapposed after cricket associations in the South Zone unanimously voted in his favour.

However, a revolt seems to be in the offing, with three BCCI vice-presidents – Arun Jaitley, Niranjan Shah and Sudhir Dabir choosing not to file their nominations.

The BCCI””s 84th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the ITC Park Sheraton hotel in Chennai at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

If Pakistan refuses to remove its ‘terror center’, India should prepare for war: SP

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Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal on Saturday issued a strong statement to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the UPA Government that he leads that if his Paksitani counterpart Nawaz Sharif refuses to remove its ‘terror center’, the country should prepare to go to war. “I am not against talks, but the Prime Minister needs to tell the country what the talks with Nawaz Sharif are going to entail. On the one hand, the Prime Minister says that Pakistan is the epicenter of terrorism.

Congress, BJP lock horns over Rahul Gandhi’s ordinance comment

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Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla on Saturday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for demanding Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s resignation following Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the ordinance on convicted politicians.

“The Prime Minister wasn’t insulted. Rahulji didn”t welcome the ordinance,” he said, while accusing the BJP of politicising the issue.

2 Autos with single registration number

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The sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, South Zone Team on receipt of credible information on Sept 28, apprehended the accused Khaja Naseeruddin who is plying two autos with single Registration Number.

The accused, Khaja Naseeruddin S/o. Khaja Ghayasuddin, aged: 42 yrs, occ: Tailor R/oHNo. 19-2-184/9, Ramnaspura, near Zoopark, Kalapathar, Hyderabad.

The Auto Rickshaw bearing No. AP-12V-8290, engine No 24ZWDB31293 Chasis No. MD2A23AZ5DWB29199. And other Auto Rickshaw bearing No. AP-12V-8290, engine No.24ZWCF20780 Chasis No. MD2A23AZ3CWF19197 were seized.

Miss Philippines is Miss World 2013

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Megan Young from Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 here Saturday. The second place went to Miss France Marine Lorphelin and third to Miss Ghana Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter.

The 23-year-old defeated 126 contestants including Miss India Navneet Kaur Dhillon, who could only make her way to top 20, to clinch the crown.

Carve out Telangana without further delay, says Sushma Swaraj

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Saturday asked the central government to carve out separate Telangana state without further delay and warned the Congress against another betrayal.

Addressing a public meeting at Mahabubnagar, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha demanded that the bill for formation of Telangana state be tabled in the winter session of the parliament and assured full support from her party.

TRS chief demands dismissal of Andhra chief minister

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Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Saturday demanded the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government dismiss Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and impose President’s rule to carve out separate Telangana state.

KCR, as Rao is popularly known, said the chief minister should be dismissed for challenging the decision of the Congress leadership and for belittling Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh.

Roadside bombs kill 5 in Afghanistan

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Provincial officials say two separate roadside bomb attacks have killed five Afghan civilians in the eastern and southern parts of the country.

Shafiqullah Nang, who is spokesman for the eastern province of Ghazni, said three civilians died today when their
minivan was struck by a roadside bomb as they were driving from Dayak district to Ghazni city.

He says that another eight people were wounded, including two women and two children.

In a second explosion, Fared Ayal, a spokesman for the police chief of southern Uruzgan province, said two men died

Three held on charges of betting on CLT20

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Three persons have been arrested for reportedly indulged in betting on the ongoing Champions League T20 Cricket Tournament from a hotel here.

The arrests were made last night on a tip off and Rs 22,000 seized from these persons, identified as Akash and
Janardhanan of Peelamedu and Pankaj Kumar of K K Pudur in the city, police said today .

Further investigations are on to find out the invovement of more persons, since the trio are found engaged in betting
in a hotel in posh R S Puram locality, they said.

————PTI

Jessica Alba debuts new hairstyle

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Hollywood actress Jessica Alba showed off a new shorter hairstyle at the premiere of her film ‘A.C.O.D.’.

The 32-year-old actress joined co-stars including Adam Scott, Amy Poehler and Jane Lynch at the Landmark Theatre in
Los Angeles where she showed off her new look and was dressed to impress in a cropped black top and black skirt, reported Contactmusic.

On her way to the premiere, Alba posted a picture of her newly short tresses on Facebook and wrote, “Love my new
haircut.”

Syrian rebels capture post near Jordan border

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A Syrian activist group says rebels have captured a military post south of the country on the border with Jordan after four days of fighting.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 26 soldiers were killed in the battle as well as a number
of rebels, including seven foreign fighters.

The post that was captured early today served in the past as the customs office on the border with Jordan. It was turned into an army post years ago.

The post is in the southern city of Daraa where the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime began in
March 2011.

Body found in jeep

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The police today recovered a body from an abandoned jeep near Jangalbeldari village on Bypass road under Nagar police station of Nawada district, police sources said.

The deceased has been identified as Vijay Kumar Tanti, a resident of Gangiya village under Gangaur police
station of Khagaria district.

It was being suspected that Tanti was killed somewhere else and his body was kept inside the stolen jeep. A helmet
was found in the vehicle.

The dead body was sent for autopsy.

———— PTI

Will campaign in MP if party chief asks me: Uma Bharti

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BJP Vice-President Uma Bharti today said that she would canvass for the party in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the state polls if the party leadership directs her.

I will go wherever (BJP president) Rajnath Singh asks me to go (for campaigning),” Bharati told PTI when asked
whether she was ready to canvass for her party in Madhya Pradesh for the upcoming assembly elections.

The senior BJP leader also clarified that she had attended the party’s ‘Karyakarta Mahakumbh’ in held in Madhya
Pradesh capital last Wednesday only at the insistence of the party chief.

Actress Sonali Kulkarni elated over Gujarati film ‘The Good Road’ being India’s Oscar entry

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Bollywood actress Sonali Kulkarni has expressed her excitement over her Gujarati film ‘The Good Road’ being India’s entry at the Oscars this year.

“The Good Road”, a Gujarati-language film, has been chosen as India’s entry to the 2014 Oscars, stealing attention from a critically acclaimed love story that was screened at the Cannes film festival this year.

Kachroo ragging case: Convicts get nod to rejoin college

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Four medical college students convicted for ragging to death their junior Aman Kachroo would now return to the classroom as the Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) Saturday allowed them to complete their studies.

The conviction of Ajay Verma, Naveen Verma, Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma, who were punished for the 2009 ragging death of Kachroo, was upheld by the Himachal Pradesh High Court in April.

The university executive council, chaired by Vice chancellor A.D.N. Bajpai, has allowed the convicts to continue their MBBS degree, an HPU statement said.

Indian-origin Briton among the dead in Nairobi

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An Indian-origin Briton was among those killed in the terror attack on a mall in Kenyan capital Nairobi after he offered himself as a hostage to save a group of children.

London-born Mitul Shah, 38, a marketing executive at Bidco Oil, an east African cooking oil company, tried to negotiate with the terrorists in a bid to save the 33 youngsters taking part in a TV cooking competition that his company was sponsoring on the roof of the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, The Evening Standard reported.

India A humiliated by WI A in opening unofficial Test

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Manpreet Juneja’s resolute knocks went in vain as India A succumbed to a humiliating 162-run defeat against the West Indies A in the first unofficial Test, giving away a 1-0 lead to the visitors in the three-match series here today.

Needing 314 runs to win the match after West Indies declared at their overnight second innings score of 130 for three, India were bundled out for 152 by first innings chief wreckers Nikita Miller and Veerasammy Permaul at the Gangothri Glades Cricket Grounds.

Indian-origin student in UK dies after being hit by train

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An Indian-origin medical student at King’s College here died when she was hit by a train soon after a row with a fellow student.

Anita Trivedi’s family fears she may have killed herself as a result of bullying at college.

A British Transport Police spokesperson said the death was not being treated as suspicious. An inquest into the death was opened on Wednesday and adjourned.

The 23-year-old student’s father, Kailash Trivedi, a general practitioner, said his daughter had seemed happy despite repeating a year after failing a set of examinations.

Obama extends rarest of rare gesture for PM Singh

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In the rarest of the rare gesture, US President Barack Obama personally walked down to the White House portico to see off Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a meeting with him at the Oval Office today.

Those familiar with the strict White House protocol said that this is rarest of the rare gesture by the President, which they have not seen in the recent past.

Officials in the past have noted that Obama has great respect for the Prime Minister not only as a great leader and a statesman but also as an economist. The two leaders have enjoyed a great personal equation.

UPA coordination committee should discuss ordinance: Omar

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After Rahul Gandhi’s attack on the controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today sought a meeting of UPA coordination committee to discuss the measure threadbare.

Omar, whose party National Conference is part of UPA, said Gandhi’s remarks were an internal matter of Congress but a meeting of the UPA coordination committee should be called to take all constituents into confidence and set right the “misunderstandings” regarding the ordinance.

Srini set to be elected unopposed; VPs Dabir, Shah dropped

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Unruffled by criticism and adverse observations of the Supreme Court, a defiant N Srinivasan is all set to be elected unopposed as BCCI President for a third year even as two vice-Presidents were today unceremoniously dumped ahead of the Board’s AGM here tomorrow.

Srinivasan was the lone Presidential candidate put forward by the South Zone, from where he got the proposer and the seconder.

While Srinivasan’s nomination was on expected lines, there was some interesting drama which unfolded during the nominations for the other posts.

Rahul tried to signal govt. can do wrong, but family cannot do wrong: BJP

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday hit out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the ordinance for convicted lawmakers, and said his disrespectful comments crossed the lines of civility and signaled that he thought the government could go wrong but his family could not. “I would like to tell Rahul Gandhi to stop this drama. …It is natural that this was a farce created to claim a belated moral ground without any foundation,” Prasad said.

Pranksters promising 450,000 pounds to users on Google anniversary to gain access to personal info

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In what appears to be a major prank played on Google fans, an email was reportedly sent to users, informing them that they have won an award worth 450,000 pounds as a part of the site’s promotion on its 15th anniversary.

The email, sent by Evans Lucas (Public Information Officer), directed the users to a PDF letter attachment giving details about the computer generated ballot system that chose winners which was organized by Google Inc.

Children of immigrants don’t adversely affect U.S. economy: Study

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A recent Rutgers study has contradicted the public perception that the increasing number of children in immigrant families is a major obstacle to a strong United States economy.

The study titled, “How Much Does Change in the Proportion of Children Living in Immigrant Families Contribute to Change in the Poverty Rate Among Children?” has raised the question of whether federal policies affecting immigrants should be significantly altered or not over the reason that growing number of children was becoming the primary reason for children living in poverty.