Month: December 2013

Irregularities in Asst. Surgeons selections

by

Dr. K. Narayana, State Secretary of CPI demanded the C.M. of A.P. to stop the appointments of 1142 Asst. Surgeons selected recently. A delegation of aggrieved doctors met Dr. Narayana at Makhdoom Bhavan and informed him about the irregularities in the selection of doctors. It is reported that the set guidelines and contract service rules have been set aside while issuing G.O.no 162. On seeing the recruitments, one can see that huge amounts of bribe have been taken to recruit the candidates. Dr. Narayana requested the C.M. to stop these appointments and probe into the matter.

Modi hits out at Delhi govt over security of women issue

by

Asking voters to dislodge the Sheila Dikshit government, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today accused the Congress of giving Delhi the image of “rape capital” due to its failure to address the issue of security of women and other major challenges.

Unemployed graduates exceed the national ratio

by

The percentage of unemployed graduates has exceeded the national figure. In A.P. many facilities have been given to private multinational companies but it has not helped to decrease the percentage of unemployed youth. The increase of unemployed graduates may lead to organized crimes and cyber crimes.

PCB starts downsize operation, releases Bari

by

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started a downsizing operation as it has decided not to extend contracts of former Test captain Wasim Bari and other former Pakistan players.

According to details, celebrated wicketkeeper, Bari, former Test batsman Muhammad Illyas, former international, Moin ul Atiq and others have not been offered fresh contracts.

“The decision to not extend contracts of these employees has been taken taken at the interim management committee meeting recently,” one official said.

Telangana supporters oppose ‘Rayala-Telangana’ proposal

by

Telangana supporters, including the BJP, today voiced opposition to the reported proposal of forming ‘Rayala-Telangana’ state out of Andhra Pradesh.

The proposal envisages clubbing two out of total four districts of Rayalaseema region — Anantapur and Kurnool – to the Telangana region.

Some Congress leaders from the two districts have come up with this plan.

‘Cyber criminals try to steal passwords of PNB customers’

by

Cyber criminals tried to steal passwords of corporate and individual customers of Punjab National Bank (PNB) last week, global cyber security firm Websense said.

California-based Websense, which provides protection against cyber attacks and data theft, said it was able to block the intrusion, which involved a phishing attack.

Phishing involves sending emails purporting to be from reputable firms to unsuspecting individuals and also corporate entities to induce then in revealing personal and financial information like passwords, credit card numbers, etc.

Congress will make Delhi number one state in the world, promises Sheila Dikshit

by

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday appealed to the people to bring Congress Party back to power, and said that in the coming years, Delhi will become the number one state in the world. “Vote for that party which has brought Delhi to such a level that it is considered to be the number one state in India. In coming five years we will make it number one state in the world,’ she said while addressing a rally here in the poll-bound state. She cautioned people not to repeat their mistake of voting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power.

‘Prime responsibility in Coalgate is that of Prime Minister’: Advani

by

Veteran BJP leader L K Advani on Sunday held Prime Minister Manmohan Singh responsible in the coal blocks allocation scam for an estimated loss of Rs.1.86 lakh crores to the national exchequer as per the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report. He also held UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi responsible for this scam. “I have nothing to do with the equation between Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. During coal scam, Prime Minister was also coal minister. Both are responsible but primary responsibility is with the Prime Minister,” he told media here today.

Playing ODIs first will prepare India well for Tests: Dhoni

by

Mahendra Singh Dhoni says playing in alien conditions and that too without Sachin Tendulkar is a big challenge for his side but the Indian skipper is hopeful that playing One-dayers first will allow his batsmen settle well ahead of the Test series against South Africa.

India will play three-match ODI series ahead of two-Test series in South Africa.

“If you see there is always a new start,” Dhoni said about absence of Tendulkar, who retired recently last month.

BJP softens on Article 370, Modi seeks debate on spl status

by

BJP today appeared to soften its stand for scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir with its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi saying there should be at least a debate on whether or not it has benefited the state.

Addressing his first rally in Jammu and Kashmir after being named the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Modi said his party wanted a discussion on various aspects of the constitutional provision.

Modi and Omar clash over womens rights in J-K

by

Narendra Modi and Omar Abdullah today crossed swords on the issue of equal rights for women in Jammu and Kashmir with the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate alleging discrimination and the Chief Minister hitting back saying he is either “ill-informed or lying”.

Modi also dragged the name of Omar’s sister Sara into the gender bias row to suggest they do not enjoy the same rights.

“Sara should get the same rights enjoyed by Omar Abdullah in the state,” he said. Sara is married to Union Minister Sachin Pilot who hails from Rajasthan.

Full house for Modi at Rahul’s low turn-out rally venue

by

It was full house at the rally of BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narandra Modi today in stark contrast to the one addressed by Rahul Gandhi held over a fortnight ago at the same venue as well as on a Sunday.

While the Congress Vice President’s rally held at Dakshinpuri area in South Delhi on November 17 witnessed a poor turnout, thousands of people gathered to hear Modi address his last rally in Delhi before the Assembly elections.

Modi’s 35-minute address was interspersed with people chanting “Modi, Modi”.

Decomposed body of woman recovered in Faridabad

by

Haryana Police today recovered a highly decomposed body of a woman near the hilly areas of Manger-Kot village in Faridabad district.

The unidentified woman’s body has been sent for post mortem and the cause of death is yet to be known, they said.

Dhauj station in-charge Jaibir Singh said that upon getting information by a passerby about a decomposed body lying near the village, a police team went on the spot and recovered the body.

They suspect that the body had been lying there for a couple of days.

Rajnath seeks PM’s intervention for relief to sugarcane farmers

by

BJP president Rajnath Singh Sunday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get pending payments of sugarcane farmers released and ensure that sugar mills get on with crushing in cane producing states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.

In a letter to the prime minister, Rajnath Singh also accused the United Progressive Alliance government of not helping farmers who had committed suicide in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region this year.

BHEL commissions first supercritical thermal unit in Bihar

by

State-run equipment major BHEL Sunday commissioned its first 660-MW supercritical thermal unit at NTPC’s Barh power plant in Bihar.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said its 660 MW Boiler Turbine Generator (BTG) unit for Stage II Unit 4 of state-owned generator National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) thermal project attained full load.

“The super critical steam parameters for this project – efficiency and heat rate – are better than those of comparable supercritical projects presently under installation by others,” a BHEL statement said.

2 constables suspended for ‘misbehaving’ with BJP candidate

by

Police tonight suspended two constables for allegedly misbehaving with the family members of BJP candidate from Jodhpur city constituency at a polling booth here after voting was over.

According to the police, family members of BJP candidate from Jodhpur city constituency, Kailash Bhansali, today got into a brawl with the police at a booth after polling was over.

“They misbehaved with the police and uttered abusive words to the officers on duty,” said an official.

The police then took them to Shastri Nagar police station.

Sharif assures Karzai access to top Afghan Taliban leader

by

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai that his negotiators will be allowed to have access to senior Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the foreign ministry said Sunday.

Sharif visited Kabul Saturday and assured Karzai his country’s full support to the Afghan-led peace process, Xinhua reported.

The Afghan government-backed High Peace Council’s chairman Salahuddin Rabbani met Mullah Baradar in Pakistan last week and Sharif assured more such meetings in future.

Karzai accuses US of halting military supplies over pact row

by

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today accused the United States of halting essential supplies to some Afghan army and police units in order to pressure the country to quickly sign a key security pact.

The interruption of fuel and equipment had occurred “two or three times”, according to a statement issued by the presidential office following a meeting of the national security council, attended by Karzai.

As a result of the interruptions, the affected units had “ceased their operations”, according to the statement, adding Washington had violated its commitments in these areas.

Iran, world powers to meet ‘next week’ on nuclear deal

by

Iran and world powers are likely to meet “next week” to discuss implementation of a hard-fought deal they clinched on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme, Iran’s lead negotiator said today.

The breakthrough accord struck on November 24 between Iran and the P5+1 — the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany — foresees Tehran rolling back some of its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

‘Ragini MMS 2’ to be the scariest movie ever: Ekta Kapoor

by

TV and film producer Ekta Kapoor has said ‘Ragini MMS 2’ will be much scarier than its prequel.

“The sequel promises to be the sexiest and scariest movie to date,” she said

The film’s release has been fixed for March 21 to complete VFX related work. It was first postponed from this year to January 2014.

“We need substantial time to bring quality visual effects to the big screen,” Ekta said.

‘Ragini MMS’ was a sleeper hit of 2011.

28 killed in Iraq bloodshed after deadly month

by

Attacks in Iraq including a suicide bomb at a funeral killed 28 people today as figures showed nearly 950 died last month in spiralling violence despite ramped up security measures.

Iraq’s worst protracted period of unrest since it emerged from gruesome Sunni-Shiite violence in 2006-2007 has sparked fears of a return to the sectarian bloodletting that killed tens of thousands of people.

Canadian arrested for trying to sell info to China

by

Police have said that a Canadian man has been arrested for allegedly trying to sell classified information to the Chinese government about Canada’s warship building procurement strategy.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that Qing Quentin Huang, 53, of Burlington, Ontario, was arrested on Saturday and appeared in court yesterday.

RCMP Chief Supt. Jennifer Strachan said the suspect is charged with communicating with a foreign entity under the Security of Information Act.

Clashes rage as 100,000 Ukrainians demand EU pact

by

Dozens of police and protesters have been injured in clashes that broke out as more than 100,000 outraged Ukrainians swarmed Kiev in a call for early elections meant to punish authorities for rejecting a historic EU pact.

Defying a protest ban, the energetic crowd chanted “Revolution!” and “Down with the gang” as it drove dozens of helmeted police off Kiev’s iconic Independence Square. Protesters also steered a bulldozer within striking distance of metal barricades protecting the nearby presidential administration office.

Egypt draft charter approved for referendum

by

Egypt’s new draft constitution has been approved for a referendum billed as the first stage in a “democratic transition” promised by military-installed authorities after Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s July ouster.

“Now we have approved the draft,” Amr Mussa, the head of the 50-member constitution-drafting panel, announced on live television yesterday.

“The draft will be given to (interim president) Adly Mansour on Tuesday,” he said, adding: “Long live Egypt.”