Month: March 2014

Modi alone can uplift the poor: Purandeshwari

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Seemandhra BJP Election Campaign Committee Chairman and former Union minister Daggubati Purandeshwari today said the people of the country yearning to see Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, who is party’s prime ministerial candidate.

Addressing “Modi for PM—Development of Seemandhra” program organized by local party leaders, she said if the country has to be put on the track of development, Modi should become Prime Minister. Modi would strive for development and welfare of people below poverty line.

Ultra modern TDP office opened in Gajuwaka

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TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu today inaugurated TDP office equipped with modern technology facilities at Gajuwaka locality here.
Speaking on the occasion, Naidu exuded confidence that his party would come back to power by sweeping the ensuing elections in both the new States. Naidu assured farmers of waiving off loans of DWCRA women groups besides resolving problems of Gajuwaka house committee lands if party voted to power.

National conference on Human Resource Management at HBS

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The Department of Human Resource Management of Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University, Hyderabad, is organizing the National Conference on “Contemporary HR Issues in Changing Global Scenario” on April 4, 2014 at our campus.
In this conference, faculty members and research scholars of different institutes/universities from all over the country are expected to deliberate various emerging issues concerning Human Resource Management. Also, Management practitioners involved in HRM functions in various organizations would also take part and share their experiences with participants.

Disqualify Congress leader for giving false data: Yogendra

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AAP leader Yogendra Yadav, candidate for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat, Thursday urged the Election Commission to disqualify Congress candidate Rao Dharampal from contesting the polls for giving false information in his affidavit.

Yadav said in his complaint to the returning officer that Rao Dharampal’s balance sheet shows there are land holdings in the form of a real estate company, estimated to be valued at over Rs.50 crore.

However, details like location, size and ownership share are not mentioned, and so the circle rates cannot be estimated, he said.

Cyberabad police arrests five for murder and stealing cases

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The Cyberabad police solved five murders-for-gain cases, after arresting three men who allegedly killed five women at Shadnagar to steal their gold and other valuables, the police said here today.

M Srinivasulu, R Narasimha and M Ravi allegedly lured women who frequented toddy shops under the pretext of providing them work, offered them toddy and took them to isolated places.

Gold, silver and other valuables were stolen from them after plying them with excess quantity of toddy and making them unconscious, the police said.

Shilpa wants to revive her 2-heroine action film with Bipasha

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Actress Shilpa Shetty has expressed her desire to re-work her two-heroine action film project starring her and Bipasha Basu.

“I wanted to make an action film with two heroines. I was going to make it with Bipasha and me before my debut home production film ‘Dishkiyaoon’. It went too over budget. This was four years ago,” Shilpa, 38, said.

Ties with India should move forward holistically: Pakistan

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Pakistan today said a consensus is being built here among all stakeholders to strike a deal on liberalised trade with India, underlining that bilateral ties should move forward “holistically and not in bits and pieces”.

A crucial cabinet meeting, set to discuss and approve the long-pending Non Discriminatory Market Access (NDMA) to India last Friday, was put off at the last moment.

The Foreign Office denied it wants its own pound of flesh and is pushing for resumption of composite dialogue before granting NDMA status to India.

Congress manifesto, A Big fraud: Venkaiah

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BJP senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu today described Congress manifesto as a document of “deceit and fraud”.

Speaking to the media here on Thursday, Naidu ridiculed Congress claim that 90 per cent of promises it made to the people were fulfilled. Even 9 per cent of promises were not met by the Congress, the BJP leader alleged. He rubbished the Congress claim of development and welfare of the people. Naidu alleged that the Congress had given wrong figures about developmental works it has taken up during the last 10 years of its regime.

Sangh Parivar covertly propagating Hindutva agenda: CPI-M

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BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi’s candidature from Varanasi is “laden with an ominous political message” of the Sangh Parivar covertly propagating the Hindutva agenda, CPI(M) said today.

“The announcement of Modi as the BJP candidate from Varanasi is part of the script written by the Sangh combine for Uttar Pradesh which has been extended to Bihar too.

Chiru-Pawan battle for political supremacy hots up

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Film stars entering into the election fray either as contestants or as campaigners for various political parties, is a common phenomenon. However, in the ensuing elections, it’s a star war with a difference in that two star brothers of a mega star family of Tollywood would cross swords in a one-upmanship game for political supremacy.

Former Pak envoys to India pay joint tribute to Khushwant Singh

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Four former high commissioners of Pakistan to India on Thursday paid a joint tribute to well known author, journalist and historian Khushwant Singh, who passed away on March 20 this year, aged 99.

In their tribute, former high commissioners Humayun Khan, Riaz Khokhar, Asraf Jehangir Qazi and Aziz Ahmad Khan said: “We, the undersigned, have all had the privilege of serving as Pakistan’s envoys in New Delhi, and we would like to add our tribute to the late Sardar Khushwant Singh to those which have flowed in from all over the world.”

India abstains from voting against Sri Lanka at UNHRC, resolution passed

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India abstained from voting for the US-backed resolution seeking probe into Sri Lankan war crimes at the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday.

“We have voted differently on this resolution. It is very different from previous resolutions and imposes an international investigation mechanism. It is an intrusive approach that undermines national sovereignty,” said Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin.

Congress manifesto ’empty slogans’ says Jaitley

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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Amritsar Lok Sabha candidate Arun Jaitley today termed the Congress Manifesto, released yesterday as ‘ empty slogans’. He said there is no realism in the promises made ahead of the elections in the manifesto.

Talking to media persons, he said that there were many political parties willing to shake hands with the BJP, and they were cautiously taking steps to join hands with them.

Jaitley also took a dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi who had said that BJP’s “Balloon will burst”.

Modi slams Congress for making false promises in election manifesto

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi made a blistering attack on the Congress in Gumla district of Jharkhand on Thursday, over corruption cases, and accused it of making false promises in its election manifesto.

Modi hit at the Congress criticizing its manifesto that was released on Wednesday, saying it misled people by making huge claims while the ground reality was just the opposite.

No legal hurdle to compensation to MH370 victims’ kin: Experts

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Compensation to families of the 239 passengers of the Malaysian Airlines flight that is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean may not face any legal hurdle even if the wreckage of the aircraft remains untraceable, insurance experts said today.

As far as compensation to the airline is concerned, they said it would depend on the terms of the contract it had with insurance companies. But they added insurance firms have paid claim in most such previous instances.

Azam urges Centre to restore UP Haj quota

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Uttar Pradesh government today requested the Centre to reconsider its decision to decrease the Haj quota of the Uttar Pradesh.

“I have written a letter to External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid asking him to reconsider the Centre’s decision to decrease Haj quota of the state,” state Minority Welfare & Haj Minister, Azam Khan said here.

Last month, the Centre had reduced the Haj quota of UP from 1,21,420 to 1,00,020, he said and noted that this would not be sufficient for the state keeping in mind population of the state.

Meghalaya CM has violated poll code, says Sangma’s party

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Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) has filed a complaint with the Election Commission seeking action against Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma for violating the Model Code of Conduct, a party leader said Thursday.

“We have submitted a complaint to the commission against Mukul Sangma for his ‘death wish’ remarks on NPP national president Purno A. Sangma,” said NPP leader Conrad K. Sangma.

The NPP has also asked the Election Commision to increase security for Purno Sangma based on the “threat” by the chief minister.

Toll in Uganda boat accident touches 251

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The bodies of 251 Congolese refugees returning to their country from a refugee camp in Uganda, who died Saturday in a boat accident on Lake Albert, have been recovered, Congolese government spokesman Lambert Mende said. There were 292 passengers on board the ill-fated vessel.

“The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) government is shocked at such a huge loss of life,” the government spokesman said when he addressed the media Wednesday.

CPI-M expels dissident Lakshman Seth

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The CPI-M Thursday expelled its dissident leader Laxman Seth, the party’s frontman during the Nandigram movement, after he attacked former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and called the party “autocratic”.

“At a time the state committee has taken the initiative to discipline and better the party organisation in East Midnapore district, a member of the district committee and district secretariat Lakshman Seth has got involved in serous anti-party activity. He is also trying to lower the image of the party publicly.

Gujarat model doesn’t apply everywhere: Rahul

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Each state has its own model of development and the Gujarat model cannot be applied everywhere, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday at two election rallies in Assam.

Gandhi braved a boycott call by a militant outfit and addressed rallies at Biswanath Chariali town in the Tezpur parliamentary constituency and in Dibrugarh.

A National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) faction opposed to peace talks in a statement to the media had threatened to disrupt the Congress leader’s rallies.

High-profile candidates face off in six Rajasthan constituencies

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At least half a dozen parliamentary constituencies in Rajasthan are the centre of attention as they will see a fight among veteran politicians and high profile candidates.

Political experts are anticipating nail biting electoral battle at some constituencies including Dausa, Jaipur Rural, Ajmer, Kota, Jhalawar and Barmer in the state.

Special court judge, order stay in Musharraf case

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Justice Faisal Arab, who heads the special court set up to try former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf for high treason, remains part of the court and the order calling for the ex-military strongman’s appearance March 31 stands, the court said Thursday.

After being repeatedly accused by Musharraf’s lawyers of being biased and partial, Justice Arab stormed off from Thursday’s proceedings. But he later issued a statement that he had only excused himself and not dissociated himself from the case altogether, media reported.

Pakistani ex-envoys remember Khushwant Singh as friend

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Four former Pakistani high commissioners to India fondly remembered Khushwant Singh, saying among the many things the celebrated writer will be remembered for was his love for Pakistan, the land of his birth.

In a joint tribute, released by the Pakistan high commission here Thursday, the four former envoys – Humayun Khan, Riaz Khokhar, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi and Aziz Ahmad Khan – said Singh, who died March 20, always had his doors open for visitors from Pakistan.

Ukraine mulls raising transit fees for Russian gas

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Ukraine is planning to raise tariffs on the transit of Russian natural gas via its territory in response to Moscow’s decision to raise gas prices, a senior lawmaker said Thursday.

“Negotiations on this issue have actually begun. We have emphasised the need to lift such tariffs,” said Sergei Sobolev, leader of “Fatherland,” a pro-government parliament faction.

Russia’s move to charge Ukraine around $480 per 1,000 cubic metres of gas is forcing Kiev to raise transit fees up to market prices, Sobolev said.