Congress today taunted Narendra Modi over his “silence” on the conviction of RJD chief Lalu Prasad in fodder scam case, claiming that the Gujarat Chief Minister is “not happy” since the order “suits” Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“Despite his four tweets of yesterday, Narendra Modi’s silence on Lalu Yadav’s conviction shows he isn’t happy because it suits Nitish Kumar,” party general secretary Shakeel Ahmed commented on Twitter.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should ask Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to withdraw his letter asking chief ministers not to arrest innocent Muslims on terror charges, the BJP said Tuesday.
“This letter is against the spirit of the constitution. The prime minister should direct him to withdraw the letter,” BJP president Rajnath Singh told reporters here.
Shinde has told chief ministers to ensure that no innocent Muslim was arrested in the name of fighting terrorism.
Mr. A. Ramnarayan Reddy, Finance Minister of A.P told that the people of the State have apprehensions about the formation of separate Telangana State. He requested the Central Govt. to send its team to observe the political situation in the State. He targeted Mr. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy that he has expressed that he would affix his first signature for the united A.P. He was posing himself as a pro- Telangana leader till very recently but he has changed his stand now.
Abhishek Bachchan has no desire to be James Bond but would not mind teaching actor Daniel Craig few Bollywood dance steps.
“Every actor has his own identity. I don’t aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different,” the Bachchan Junior told PTI here when asked if he would try to emulate Craig as they both endorse the same global watch major.
Abhishek, however, said he would love to be part of a project featuring the troika of himself, Daniel and George Clooney (another brand ambassador of the same watch) which would be a typical Bollywood flick.
Actress Vidya Balan has given a voiceover for the character of Draupadi in animation film ‘Mahabharat’.
The makers feel Vidya’s voice is appropriate for the iconic character, Draupadi.
“We couldn’t have asked for a better voice for the character of Draupadi than that of Vidya Balan,” film’s producer Jayantilal Gada said.
The animation film has a star-studded cast of voices of Amitabh Bachchan (Bheeshma Pitamah), Sunny Deol (Bheem) and Ajay Devgn (Arjun), Anil Kapoor (Karna) and Manoj Bajpai (Yudhishtir).
Gada is planning to release the film around Diwali festival this year.
Telangana Muslim Joint Action Committee is holding a Round Table Conference on “Hyderabad is ours-it civilization is ours-How is it yours?” at 10:30 a.m. at M.P. Garden, opposite A.P.S.R.T.C. bus depot, Mehdipatnam. Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily and Maulana Syed Shah Mazher Hussaini will be the Chief guests. Prof. Kodandaram, Convener of Telangana Political JAC, Mr. Malik Motasim, President Welfare Party of India, A.P. Unit, Dr. Chiranjeevi, Mr. Mohammed Mahmood Ali, MLC, Mr. Krishna Yadav, Mr. Mohammed Fareeduddin, former Minister, Mr. M.
YSR Congress President YS Jaganmohan Reddy, who visited Edupulapaya Estate, almost after 16 months, offered prayers at his father and former Chief Minister late YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s memorial here today morning, party sources said.
It was learnt, that Jagan, who got bail in the disproportionate assets case last month, obtained permission from the CBI court to visit Edupulapaya Estate.
Accordingly Jagan came to his private estate and paid his tribute to his late father, they said, adding, that thousands of supporters, party workers and leaders came to meet him.
Ms. Sonia Gandhi is irritated with CM of A.P. Mr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy who has taken a stand to oppose the decision taken by CWC for the formation of separate Telangana State. Due to this reason, she is not giving an appointment to Mr. Reddy for meeting her. It is reported that the gap between the C.M. and Congress High Command is getting widened. Even the core committee members of Congress are refusing to give an appointment to Mr. Reddy for meeting them. Reliable sources indicated that Central leadership of Congress Party is angry with C.M.
Iraq executed 23 people during two days in September, most of them convicted on terrorism charges, the justice ministry said today.
Twenty of the 23 were either Al-Qaeda members or otherwise involved in terrorism, while three were convicted of unspecified “criminal charges,” a ministry spokesman said.
The executions were carried out on September 22 and 26.
They take to at least 90 the number of people who have been put to death in Iraq this year, according to an AFP tally based on reports from the ministry and officials.
A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man at Bowbazar area of Kolkata here, police said today.
The six-year-old girl was raped by Mohammed Irshad in an abandoned bathroom of Bowbazar area yesterday, police said.
After the girl raised an alarm, the accused fled from the spot, but later he was arrested, they said.
Initial medical reports have suggested scars in the private parts of the minor.
A chemical disarmament team crossed into Syria on Tuesday to begin the daunting task of inventorying the country’s arsenal of the banned weapons in readiness for its destruction.
The team from the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrived in Syria a day after the departure of a team of UN inspectors, who had been investigating a series of alleged chemical attacks.
Syria’s information minister meanwhile insisted that President Bashar al-Assad would stay in office and that he had the option to run for another term in elections next year.
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi today pressed ahead with plans to topple Prime Minister Enrico Letta but looked increasingly isolated as top aides from his party said they would support the government.
“Even though I understand the risks that I am taking on, I have decided to put an end to the Letta government,” Berlusconi said in an emotional letter sent to the Catholic weekly magazine Tempi.
Berlusconi accused Letta of allowing his “political assassination through judicial means” — a reference to his criminal conviction for tax fraud in August which triggered the current crisis.
The date of online registration for pre-matric scholarships of Govt. has been extended up to 15th October, whereas for post-matric (New and Renewal) and Merit scholarships has also been extended upto 10th October 2013. All those students who have registered their applications online should submit the original application along with the attestations of their Head Masters or Principals to the office of Minorities Finance Corporation, 6th floor of Hajj House Nampally before 15th October. Head Masters are also requested to forward the applications of the students as early as possible.
The world’s population will rise to 9.7 billion in 2050 from the current level of 7.1 billion and India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation, a French study said today.
A bi-annual report by the French Institute of Demographic Studies (Ined) projected there would be 10 to 11 billion people on the planet by the end of the century.
The projections ran parallel to forecasts by the United Nations, the World Bank and other prominent national institutes.
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will kick off his two-day visit to Gujarat from Sabarmati Ashram here on October 3.
Rahul will reach here on Thursday morning and later visit Sabarmati Ashram.
He will then interact with senior party leaders from Ahmedabad and central and south Gujarat at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said today.
Noted Social Activist, Mr. Harsh Mandar, a former IAS officer told that opportunistic politics should be rejected in order to keep the country free from Communal Riots. A political system which refrains from taking support from the voters on communal grounds should be promoted. Mr. Harsh Mandar was addressing a public meeting at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat Office Complex, Hyderabad. Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily presided over the meeting.
A proposed women ‘mahapanchayat’, planned to protest against implication of “innocent” people in Muzaffarnagar riots, was postponed yesterday after an assurance by top UP Police officers that “only guilty will be nabbed”.
IG (Law and Order) R K Vishwakarama told reporters here that the ‘mahapanchayat’ was called to protest against alleged implication of “innocent” persons in Muzaffarnagar riots at Harauli village in Bhaurankalan area.
British singer Alexandra Burke has lent her support to PETA’s fight against animal cruelty. She has shot a nude picture which reads- ‘I’d rather go naked than wear fur’.
“So proud to reveal my PETA(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) advert. It was a nerve wracking but brilliant experience for something I really believe in,” Burke posted on Twitter.
The singer was nervous before the shoot, reports contactmusic.com
The Chinese women’s volleyball team trounced South Korea in straight sets Tuesday to finish on top in Pool B of the Asian qualification tournament for the 2014 FIVA World Championships in Italy.
It was a rematch of the bronze-medal playoff at the 2013 Asian Championships in Thailand last month when South Korea rallied back from 0-2 down to upset China 3-2, Xinhua reported.
The US authorities have suspended posting car recall notices on its website due to the federal government’s shutdown.
Due to a lapse of federal government funding, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is unable to post any new recalls after closure of business on Sept. 30, reported Xinhua citing a note on NHTSA’s website published in Chicago Tribune daily.
A study has suggested the women who gain excessive weight in pregnancy are more likely to have overweight and obese children.
The findings, published in the US journal PLoS Medicine, suggested pregnancy may be “an especially important time” to prevent obesity in the next generation, Xinhua reported.
Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital looked at 41,133 mothers with two or more children to find out whether childhood obesity was resultant because of the conditions during pregnancy or other factors, such as diet and genes, also played a role.
Bolivian anti-narcotics authorities have seized $1 million in cash as drug traffickers threw it from a small plane in Santa Cruz province.
The operation, carried out by FELCN counternarcotics squad, took place last Sunday in the town of Pozo del Tigre, at some 140 km from Santa Cruz city, Interior Minister Carlos Romero told media.
The officers detected a clandestine landing strip where a person was signalling to an airplane flying overhead, from which a white bag containing the cash was thrown.
Three FARC guerrillas were killed in a combat with the Colombian army in the rural portion of Tierralta, a northern municipality, the military said.
The FARC is the Andean nation’s largest rebel group and has been in peace talks with the government since the fall of 2012.
The fighting occurred in a sector of that municipality known as La Changa, on the border of the provinces of Cordoba and Antioquia, between members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and troops from the Nudo de Paramillo task force with air support.
The standings of the European Champions League after Tuesday’s group matches are as follows, according to Xinhua.
The standings ((tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)
Group E
Schalke 04 2 2 0 0 4 0 6
Basel 2 1 0 1 2 2 3
Chelsea 2 1 0 1 5 2 3
Steaua Bucharest 2 0 0 2 0 7 0
Group F
Arsenal 2 2 0 0 4 1 6
Napoli 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 4 2 3
Marseille 2 0 0 2 1 5 0
Group G
Atletico Madrid 2 2 0 0 5 2 6
FC Porto 2 1 0 1 2 2 3
Austria Vienna 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
The US State Department Tuesday denied Venezuelan charges that three US diplomats in Caracas conspired against the Andean nation, while adding that it was mulling a response to the trio’s expulsion.
“We completely reject the Venezuelan government’s allegations of the US government involvement in any type of conspiracy to destabilise the Venezuelan government,” department’s spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.