Month: February 2014

Sensex gains 97 points in early trade

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The benchmark BSE Sensex rose nearly 97 points in early trade today on sustained buying by funds and retail investors amid a firming trend in Asian markets.

Continuing its rising streak for the third straight session, the 30-share index rose by 96.90 points, or 0.47 per cent, to 20,908.34. The index had gained nearly 275 points in the previous two sessions.

All the sectoral indices led by banking and consumer durables were trading in positive zone with gains up to 0.63 per cent.

Sanjay Dutt’s repeated parole under central scanner

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The union home ministry has sought a report from the Maharashtra government on the repeated parole granted to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, an official said here Monday.

Last week, in a communication, the centre asked the state government to clarify whether Dutt was accorded any special privileges while accepting his parole request thrice within eight months since he was lodged in the Yerawada Central Jail in Pune.

Confirming the development, state Home Minister R.R. Patil said the state government would send its reply to the central government soon.

‘Worst’ football team finally wins match after 171 attempts

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Tunstall Town FC finally won a game after a record breaking streak of going winless for 171 matches.

Of the 171 matches that they played between the wins, they lost 169 of those.

The Staffordshire club finally broke their winless streak thanks to a 2-1 win over Betley Reserves, Metro.co.uk reported.

The first goal came courtesy of a 20-yard piledriver from Tunstall’s international striker, 32-year-old Ghanaian Daniel Dwase.

Student Adam Rose, 17, put Tunstall two up with a second-half penalty, before their opponents hit one in the goal.

Malala backs campaign against female genital mutilation

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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, has offered her support to a campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain.

The 16-year-old schoolgirl, who is now based in Birmingham, has linked a fellow teenager’s campaign for greater awareness on the issue across British schools with her own global campaign for the right to education for every girl.

In an interview with the ‘Guardian’, Malala praised 17-year-old Fahma Mohamed’s campaign and joined her in calling for better education in schools about FGM.

Jaganmohan Reddy to resume his tour of Telangana state

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YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who opposed the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, plans to resume his ‘Odarpu Yatra’ (tour to console people) in Telangana and address a public meeting in Khammam district soon, sources said.

A decision to this effect was taken at the Telangana district co-ordinators’ review meeting chaired by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, sources said.

“He plans to undertake his unfinished ‘Odarpu Yatra’ tour to all nine Telangana districts, except Khammam, which he has already visited,” YSRCP spokesperson Gattu Ramachandra Rao told reporters here on Monday.

Rahul Gandhi to address rally in Assam

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Security has been tightened ahead of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s scheduled visit to the state on Tuesday.

Gandhi is scheduled to come to Assam for a two-day tour from February 25. He will have a meeting with senior journalists, followed by a public rally on the first day.

On Wednesday, the Congress leader would hold a road show and go to Diphu in Karbi Anglong to discuss various issues of the tribal district.

At least 10 people were injured when militants triggered two blasts in Assam’s Kamrup district on Monday evening, a day ahead of Gandhi’s visit.

Civil Service coaching last date extended

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Centre for Educational Development of Minorities has decided to provide standard coaching to 100 minority students from across the state with an aim to increase minority representation in Civil Services. The last date to avail the scheme was earlier scheduled as 25th February which has now been extended till 28th February.

Director CEDM Prof. S A Shukoor told that more than 600 applications have been received from Hyderabad and districts so far and about 1000 applications are likely to be received by the last date.

Modi slams Centre for failing to fulfil promises to youths

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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today slammed the UPA government for not fulfilling its promises made to the youths.

“In the last general budget, the Union government had promised skill development of ten lakh youths. Till now, they have just given training to 18,000 youths,” Modi said while inaugurating various skill development schemes of Gujarat’s labour and employment department at Mahatma Mandir here.

I am careful, but not scared of doing films: Yami Gautam

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Actress Yami Gautam, who made a successful debut in Hindi film industry with ‘Vicky Donor’, says she is cautious while choosing projects but not scared.

Yami made her Bollywood debut with John Abraham’s home production ‘Vicky Donor’, directed by Shoojit Sircar.

After a successful film, actors usually go on a signing spree but that was not the case with Yami.

Telangana’s interests will guide the party: TRS

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Amid speculation over a possible merger or alliance of Telangana Rashtra Samithi with Congress, TRS today said the party would be guided by the interests of the people of Telangana.

“We have met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and President Pranab Mukherjee to thank them (for the passage of Telangana bill in Parliament). We will meet BJP president Rajnath Singh and others too. We gave a charter of demands to her (Sonia Gandhi) for the development of Telangana,” K T Rama Rao, party MLA and son of TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao here said.

Yasin Bhatkal was inspired by Osama Bin Laden, says NIA

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Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was inspired by al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden and used to motivate youngsters for sacrificing their lives in the name of ‘jihad’ through the videos of the slain terrorist, NIA has said in its charge sheet filed in a Delhi court.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said Bhatkal had downloaded from the internet a number of documents, including lectures, and videos of Osama and other prominent terrorists, and made young boys go through them.

Assembly polls in Seemandhra, Telangana unlikely with LS polls

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Assembly elections in Telangana and residuary Andhra Pradesh may not be held along with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Official sources said bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh will take at least three to four months as it had happened in case of formation of Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, and hence Assembly elections in Telangana and residuary Andhra Pradesh are unlikely to be held along with general elections.

Lok Sabha polls might be held in Andhra Pradesh as an undivided state along with the rest of the country.

Peoples’ Movement against UAPA – Mr. Kamal Farooqui meets Mr. Zahid Ali Khan

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In order to prevent unauthorized detention of innocent people in the country, intellectuals, lawyers and leaders of Minority communities have started a countrywide movement. They appealed to all the national and religious political parties and Human Right Activists to support this movement so that the political parties could include this item in their election manifestos for the next General Election. In addition to Muslims, Christians, Daliths and other backward communities have been included in this movement.

Gulbarg fund embezzlement case: Teesta seeks anticipatory bail

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Social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand today filed anticipatory bail petitions before a sessions court here in connection with alleged embezzlement of Rs 1.51 crore collected by them for turning the 2002 riot-affected Gulbarg Society into a museum.

“Teesta and Javed Anand have filed applications for anticipatory bail before the city sessions court. The applications are likely to come up for hearing before judge H C Vora tomorrow,” said Setalwad’s counsel S M Vora.

VHP demands withdrawal of the controversial book on Amma

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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today demanded withdrawal of the controversial book written by a former disciple of spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi.

Australian born Gail Tredwell in her book “Holy hell– a memoir of faith, devotion and pure madness’ claimed she had lived in the mutt for many years and had left after she was fed up with some bitter experiences.

“We are a civilised society and request withdrawal of the book from electronic systems. Nobody should provoke Hindu society’, VHP International General secretary Champat Rai told reporters here.

Adopt new technologies to address scarcity of water: Ansari

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Vice President Hamid Ansari today stressed on the need to adopt new technologies to make water available to all, cautioning that its scarcity could lead to a crisis situation.

Speaking at the launch of Brahma Chellaney’s book ‘Water, Peace and War : Confronting the Global Water Crisis’, Ansari said that the book highlighted a situation which is fast developing due to shortage of water.

“The sooner we start thinking about it, the better it is….The message should go down to every family and every child in the family that here is something which should not be wasted,” Ansari said.

Partner Kerala an ‘innovative model, says Vayalar Ravi

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Describing the Partner Kerala Meet as an ‘innovative model’ Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi today said it could be replicated elsewhere in the country.

The two-day meet would help corporations, municipalities and development authorities attract investments for the infrastructure projects that could benefit people.

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Bhatkal used codes to communicate with IM men: NIA

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“Tech” for Taliban, “Agency” and “Voda” for ISI, “Shaam” for Delhi, “Mulla/Pandit” for Sultan of Bhatkal in Pakistan and “reservation” for AK47 rifle–these were among several codes used by Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal to communicate with other IM operatives.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a court here that Bhatkal used the “secret coded language” to communicate with other IM operatives so that they could understand each other easily in which he was named as “Tb”, “JJ” and “Mustafa”.

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BJP divides people as “insiders and outsiders”: Rahul

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Rahul Gandhi today charged the BJP with playing divisive politics by dividing people as “insiders and outsiders” and asserted that in contrast no Indian is an outsider for the Congress.

Interacting with farmers to gather inputs for Congress’ Lok Sabha poll manifesto in this village in Sonepat district, about 70 km from Delhi, Gandhi targeted BJP and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, alleging they brand migrants from other states as “outsiders” as part of their divisive politics.

Three cabinet colleagues of CM Kiran Kumar Reddy may join TDP

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Giving a shocker to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, at least three of his cabinet colleagues are set to join the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) soon, sources said.

A fourth minister has decided to quit the Congress but has not yet made up his mind whether to join the TDP or the new party likely to be floated by Kiran.

Ministers Erasu Pratap Reddy and T G Venkatesh, who had all along been trusted supporters of Kiran, would meet TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu here on February 27 and formally join the party.

Telangana Muslim Joint Action Committee Round Table Conference on Thursday

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A meeting of Telangana Muslim Joint Action Committee was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Mohammed Mustaq Malik, President of the Muslim JAC to celebrate the formation of separate Telangana State. Present on this occasion were Maulana Syed Hamid Husain Shuttari, Mr. Alawaddin Ansari, Mr. Farooq Ali Khan, Mr. Yousuf Baig, Mr. Shahbaz Ali Khan, Mr. M.A. Ghaffar and others. It was decided to hold a meeting of all the Muslim Joint Action Committee office bearers on 27th February in Hyderabad.

Protest against UAPA act

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A consultative meeting of various NGOs and Human Rights Activists was held yesterday at Hotel Harsha. Mr. Kamal Farooqui, convener of the movement against UAPA act highlighted the disadvantages of this act. He told that under this act more than 2000 innocent people have been arrested. It has been proved that out of the persons arrested earlier only 0.81% was convicted. He mentioned that Jharkhand, Odisha and Maharashtra are the worst affected States under this act.

Kaneria told to deposit hefty security for appeal hearing

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The woes of Pakistan’s banned Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria continued with a commercial high court in London asking him to deposit a hefty security amount if he wants his appeal against the life ban to be heard.

The commercial court bench headed by Justice Andrew Smith held a behind the closed doors hearing last Friday in London in which Kaneria’s appeal against the costs of 200,000 pounds claimed from him by the England and Wales Cricket Board and his life ban were deliberated upon.