Inspector of Women’s police station Ghansibazar, Ms. Shriya told that during the last year 338 cases were registered against the cruelties of husbands. This year during the past 8 months two hundred FIR’s were registered. In this way, nearly 25 cases are registered every month on an average. Most of the cases belong to Muslim women from Falaknuma, Chandrayan Gutta, Talabkatta and Bhavani Nagar.
Unani Tibbi Digest “Al-Shifa” published from New Delhi has been released. The September issue contains many remedies about curing various ailments. Its price is Rs.25. The annual subscription is Rs.300. Reader can obtain this magazine from their nearest bookstall.
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The 20th edition of “Aasaan Urdu Qavaed” was released yesterday. The function was president over by Mr. S.A.Nayeem, Principal, Shadan College. Mr. M.A. Hafeez, Administrative officer of college of pharmacy, Mr. Jameel Ahmed, lecturer of Limra College and Mr. Mohammed Misbahuddin, lecturer attended the function. The chairman of the function that the literary works of Dr. M.Q. Saleem are rated high in children’s literature.
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Maulana Qubul Badshah Shuttari presided over the Hajj seminar held at Masjid Bughdadi, Nampally yesterday. Hafiz Syed Aasim recited Quranic verses. Hafiz Mohammed Abdul Rehman recited nath-e-shareef. Maulana Hissamun uddin told that Hajj should be performed only for Allah (SWT). There should no pomp or pride. There should be a change in the life of a Hajji after performing Hajj. Maulana Jamalur Rehman gave the details of the rituals of Hajj. Maulana Shaik Ahmed Mohiuddin Sharfee told that there are three kinds of Hajj.
(Siasat News) Cultural organizations supporting the formation of Telangana organized Urdu-Telugu Mushaira in Hyderabad under the banner of “Hyderabad mere dil ki dhadkan”. More than 100 poets of Telugu and Urdu participated in the function. They opined that it is essential to restore the composite culture of Telangana.
On the occasion of Bus Yatra of her daughter, Ms. Sharmila, Ms. Vijayamma, Honorary President of YSRCP issued an open letter addressing the people of A.P. in which he blamed the Central Govt. for bifurcating the State in an inappropriate way and expressed her apprehension that the fertile area of Krishna Delta would be transformed into a barren land.
The Bus Yatra of Ms. Sharmila is likely to continue for three to four weeks in which she would visit all the important places of Seema Andhra region.
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Reaching out to Muslims ahead of Lok Sabha polls, BJP today said it would soon come out with a vision document on minority empowerment to elaborate the party’s stand on their education, security and prosperity as also their participation in governance.
Addressing BJP Minority Morcha National Executive meeting here, party Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the document will aim at “empowerment and not appeasement.”
State Secretary of CPI(M) Mr. Raghavulu strongly protested against price rise in Petrol and Diesel and demanded to take it back. He said that Congress Govt. enhanced the price of petrol 6 times within three months and created a history. It will only add more financial burden on the poor people. He bitterly criticized Dr. Manmohan Singh for his failure in controlling price rise. CPI (M) has decided to launch protest on 5th and 6th September at Mandal and District Headquarters. On this occasion, people will be made aware of the anti-public policies of UPA-II.
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Supermodel Naomi Campbell says she once kidnapped her supermodel-friend Kate Moss and took her to Dublin.
“I was introduced to Kate. I kidnapped her and that was it. I kidnapped her, stopped in Paris to pick up Christy Turlington, and we all flew to Dublin together,” dailystar.co.uk quoted Campbell as saying.
The 43-year-old also mentioned that she counts Moss as a member of her family.
“She is like my sister. No matter how old she is, I look on her as my little sister,” she said.
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The Sri Lankan government Sunday accused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay of violating her mandate through some comments that she made to the media during her week-long visit to the island nation.
Pillay’s observation that Sri Lanka “is showing signs of heading in an increasingly authoritarian direction” is a political statement on her part, which clearly transgresses her mandate and the basic norms which should be observed by a discerning international civil servant, reported Xinhua citing Sri Lanka’s information department.
She doesn’t know Hindi, but her powerful and melodious rendition of Hindi songs helped 10-year-old Anjana Padmanabhan win the audiences’ hearts, and thus, the first “Indian Idol Junior” title at the star-studded grand finale of the singing reality show here Sunday.
For the finale, the Bangalore-based Anjana competed with three other finalists – Nirvesh Sudhanshubhai Dave, Debanjana Karmakar and Anmol Jaswal. The talented young girl was ecstatic upon receiving the trophy from megastar Amitabh Bachchan, and much to everyone’s delight, she made a short acceptance speech in Hindi.
A woman and her companion were trapped on the top of a ferris wheel for half an hour, where singer Beyonce Knowles was filming a new single.
The incident happened when the 31-year-old singer filmed her new music video directed by fashion photographer Terry Richardson at Coney Island amusement park here Aug 29, reports aceshowbiz.com.
According to Splash, the “Single ladies” hitmaker decided to shoot some footage on a ferris wheel. Her team then closed the wheel for public, but failed to notice that the couple was still inside one of the pods.
Actor Robert Pattinson would like to have a French girlfriend and says he felt so while shooting an advertising campaign for French luxury brand Dior Homme Fragrance.
The 27-year-old, who split from longtime actress-girlfriend Kristen Stewart, said that it was during the shoot that it finally dawned on him what he wants in a woman, reports showbizspy.com.
“When everybody was watching the footage of the kissing scene, I was already embarrassed,” said the “Twilight” star.
Bad storm and heavy rain played spoilsport for actress Kristen Bell as she had to pull out from a virtual event of her new film “The Lifeguard”.
The 33-year-old was set to appear via Skype for a question-and-answer session for her fans attending a screening of the movie at the Sundance Sunset Cinema in Hollywood, but she was unable to get online due to heavy rains in her native Detroit, Michigan Aug 30, reports contactmusic.com.
Bell took to micro-blogging website Twitter to apologise for the cancellation.
Pop singer Miley Cyrus was spotted in her neighbourhood with her tongue sticking out.
The 20-year-old also forgot to wear her brassiere and had her pants pulled down to her hips, reports radaronline.com.
The “Can’t be tamed” singer has been making headlines since her racy performance at the recent MTV Video Music Awards. She was twerking with her tongue out and flirting with singer Robin Thicke on the stage of the awards night.
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As many as seven bullet-riddled bodies were found in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province Sunday.
“Afghan National Police (ANP) found seven bullet-riddle bodies from Andar district earlier on Sunday, and all the victims apparently are civilians working in a local construction firm in Ghazni,” reported Xinhua citing provincial governor Musa Khan Akbarzada.
Blaming Taliban militants for kidnapping and murdering the people, the governor said the militants had kidnapped the victims a couple of days ago and shot them dead.
Singer-composer Harry Connick Jr. has reportedly joined the 13th edition of singing reality show “American Idol” as the third judge.
The 45-year-old is said to join singers Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban on the judging panel, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
A week ago, there were rumours that music producer Dr. Luke had taken the spot, but his deal fell apart at the last minute and Connick, who had appeared as a mentor on the show several times, has been reportedly taken on board.
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The number of Syrian refugees receiving aid in Lebanon has surpassed 716,000 with the arrival of 13,000 more people last week, the UN’s refugee agency has said.
Of these refugees, about 606,000 have been registered so far while more than 109,000 are still waiting to be registered, reported Xinha Sunday citing the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
About 200,000 Syrian refugees were registered in northern Lebanon, 206,000 in the eastern Bekaa region, 119,000 in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, and 79,000 in southern Lebanon, it added.
Saudi Arabia supports whatever the Syrian people desire over possible US strike, reported Xinhua citing Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al- Faisal Sunday.
Reports of a chemical attack in a Damascus suburb, Aug. 21, marked a turning point in the attitude of the US and its allies toward the Syrian government.
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Four persons, including a father and daughter, were electrocuted to death today after coming in contact with high tension wires during a shop inauguration ceremony at Madhavaram area in the city, police said.
The victims, identified as Thilakraj (53) and his daughter Sneha (19), electrician Naveen Chandran and priest Ramamurthy were performing prayers during the opening ceremony of a beauty parlour when the incident took place this morning, they said.
All of them died on the spot.
Further probes into the case are on, police added.
More than 110,000 people have died in the conflict in Syria since March 2011, a rights watchdog said today, days after alleged gas attacks near Damascus shocked the world.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the toll since the beginning of the 29-month uprising now stands at 110,371 people, with at least 40,146 civilians killed including nearly 4,000 women and more than 5,800 children.
The group, which relies on a network of activists, doctors and lawyers on the ground throughout Syria, said 21,850 rebel fighters had also been killed.
VHP leader Jaideep Patel, along with other 67 accused in Naroda Gaam rioting case of 2002 have demanded that the present designated judge should be recused from conducting the trial, alleging he is “biased” toward them.
Sixty eight, out of the total 82 accused, facing trial in the Naroda Patiya case have filed an application before designated judge Jyotsna Yagnik requesting her to recuse herself from conducting the trial.
The application is likely to be heard next week.
Arab League foreign ministers urged the United Nations and the international community to take “deterrent” action against the Syrian regime over alleged chemical attacks near Damascus.
But they fell short of calling for military strikes as proposed by the United States, amid divisions in Arab ranks with several countries opposed to foreign intervention in Syria.
Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is to stand trial in a criminal court for “incitement to murder”, state television reported without giving a date for the trial.
It said yesterday that he will stand trial along with 14 other suspects in his Muslim Brotherhood movement on charges of “incitement to murder and violence” in December 2012 when deadly clashes broke out between his supporters and opponents outside the presidential palace.
Already accused of crimes related to his 2011 escape from prison, Morsi has been held at a secret location since his ouster by the army on July 3.
The US Navy has deployed an amphibious transport ship to the Mediterranean, where five destroyers are already in place for possible missile strikes on Syria, a defense official said today.
The USS San Antonio, with several helicopters and hundreds of Marines on board, is “on station in the Eastern Mediterranean” but “has received no specific tasking,” said the defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.