Month: June 2014

Chris Gayle has been rested and Kieron Pollard has returned to a 13-man West Indies Twenty20 squad announced Sunday for the two-match series against New Zealand in Dominica next weekend.

The side, led by Darren Sammy, includes Darren Bravo and Christopher Barnwell.

The squad:

Darren Sammy (captain), Samuel Badree, Christopher Barnwell, Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Fletcher, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Krishmar Santokie, Lendl Simmons,ADwayne Smith.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon Sunday voiced deep concern at “the deepening crisis in Iraq and the rising number of civilian deaths and injuries”, calling for an immediate end to the “persecution of civilians based on their religion or ethnic background”.

“The secretary-general expresses his grave concern at the deepening crisis in Iraq and the rising number of civilian deaths and injuries, with over one million Iraqis having fled their homes due to the fighting,” Xinhua quoted a statement issued here by Ban’s spokesperson.

Leaders of Russia, Germany and France urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to extend the ceasefire that will expire Monday in a teleconference held Sunday, the Kremlin press service said.

“The leaders stressed the necessity to make such contacts regular. They called on Poroshenko to extend the ceasefire regime for a longer period,” it said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande also hailed the release of observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe mission in Ukraine, Xinhua reported.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned recent bomb attacks in the Bauchi and Kaduna states.

Two attacks on villages in Kaduna state Monday night claimed at least 38 lives while scores of several others sustained injuries.

The police in Bauchi state Sunday confirmed that at least 10 people were killed in an attack by gunmen who unleashed terror at a brothel.

In a statement released Sunday, the Nigerian leader expressed his administration’s determination to bring the perpetrators to justice.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said the BJP was avoiding elections in Delhi as it was scared of losing.

“We will win Delhi for sure but the question is whether the BJP wants elections to be held,” Kejriwal said during an interaction with Aam Aadmi Party volunteers on Google Hangout.

The former Delhi chief minister alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party was trying to break away Congress legislators in its bid to form the government in Delhi.

“If the (Narendra) Modi wave is there, then why is the BJP scared of elections?” he asked.

Fierce clashes erupted in Tikrit as the Iraqi security forces tried to wrestle back the control of the city from Sunni militant groups Sunday, security sources said.

Helicopter gunships pounded neighbourhoods in and around the Salahudin provincial capital of Tikrit, 140 km north of Baghdad, as the troops held control of the Tikrit University in northern part of the city, Xinhua quoted a provincial police source as saying.

In an air strike, the helicopters bombed a house in Tikrit’s al-Uwinat area, leaving nine people killed, the source said.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Sunday said Indians in Iraq were safe and efforts were on to establish direct contact with those in conflict zones there even as she chaired a meeting of envoys in the Gulf region to chalk out measures to rescue citizens from the violence-hit country.

The minister, who again met the families of some of the Indians stranded in Iraq, assured them about the well-being of their kin.

Sushma Swaraj told reporters afterwards that the information about Indians in the conflict zone has been collected through the Red Crescent and they are safe.

After making incursion bids in Ladakh through land route, Chinese troops have made several attempts to enter Indian waters at Pangong lake nestled in the higher reaches of Ladakh with the latest incident reported on Friday.

According to reports reaching various government agencies here, the Army had a face-off with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as recent as June 27 in the lake when their troops tried to enter the Indian waters.

As Switzerland commits to cooperate in India’s fight against black money, a new strategy of ‘layering’ through gold and diamond trade has come to light at Swiss banks to thwart any attempt for identification of real beneficiary owners of funds entrusted with them.

The activities and avenues being used for such ‘layering’ include diamond trade, gold and other jewellery exports, stock market transactions through use of complex funds, as also the fund transfer through new-age virtual currencies like bitcoin.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has greeted the Muslim brethren on the occasion of commencement of holy month Ramzan.

Naidu said that the State Government was committed to implement all welfare and developmental schemes for betterment of the Muslim Community without fail.

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A 40 year old private employee committed suicide by hanging with a tree due internal family problems on Saturday.
According to Nacharam Police, the deceased B Satyanarayana Prasad (40) an private employee R/o Housing Board Colony of Moula Ali took the extreme step of suicide hanged himself with a tree at Mallapur on Saturday due to some family disputes.

Deceased Satyanarayana went from his house on June 26 and he did not return back, Saturday his body found with a tree on hanging position.

The family members of the woman told the police that she slipped into depression due to her father died about four years, after that she was mentally depressed and might have ended her life over it.

Uppal police registered a case and dead body shifted to Gandhi Hospital Mortuary for post-mortem, after autopsy deceased body handed over to her relatives. (INN)

A 24 year old Housewife committed suicide by consumed unknown poison at her residence on saturday night hours.

According to Uppal police, the deceased Alivelu (24) an Housewife W/o Ravinder Reddy Resident of Uppal, she had committed suicide by consuming poison at her residence on Saturday night hours, immediately rushed to Gandhi Hospital for treatment where undergoing treatment she died on Sunday morning hours.

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A chief vigilance inspector of south western railway and 14 other people were arrested in Bangalore for leaking the question papers for a recruitment exam for the railways, the CBI said Sunday.

The inspector and the other people were arrested for leaking of question papers and answer keys for the recruitment of assistant loco pilot, telecommunication Grade III and technicians Grade III from various places in the Karnataka capital, said a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official here.

An advocate who acted as middleman in the scam was also nabbed, the official said.

Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani said Sunday that seeing the party in power again was his dream and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making it come true.

“Ever since we lost the election in 2004, my dream was to see that the BJP comes to power again. Narendra Modi has made this dream come true,” Advani said addressing the orientation programme for first-time MPs of the BJP, being held at Surajkund on the outskirts of Delhi.

Advani was all praise for Modi, and congratulated him for “triple century” on debut.

Tamil Nadu Governor Konijeti Rosaiah Sunday took over additional charge of neighbouring Karnataka too following incumbent H.R. Bhardwaj’s five-year tenure coming to an end.

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice D.H. Waghela administered the oath of office in English to the octogenarian Rosaiah at a simple ceremony held in the glass house on the lawns of Raj Bhavan.

“State Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee read out a warrant of appointment issued by the President appointing Rosaiah as the state governor,” said a Raj Bhavan communique later.

Punjab Police Sunday claimed to have busted another international drugs smuggling racket, and said five smugglers and a hawala agent have been arrested and over 27 kg of heroin seized after a 10-day operation.

Additional Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said the operation led to the busting of the drug smuggling network operating at the national and international levels.

More than seven lakh people Sunday thronged the streets in Odisha’s temple town of Puri to witness the world famous Ratha Yatra, officials said.

Although some rituals were performed behind schedule, the ratha yatra passed off without any trouble, temple spokesman Laxmidhar Pujapanda told IANS.

The ‘Mangala Aarti’ was performed at 8.20 a.m. after a three-hour delay. The ceremonial procession of the deities known as ‘Pahandi’ – carrying the deities on chariots out of the temple – started around 11 a.m., he said.

Loud chants of “Hare Krishna” and “Jai Jagannath” reverberated in the air as thousands of devotees danced on the streets despite a nagging drizzle to revel in the spiritual fervour of the annual Ratha Yatra (chariot festival) here Sunday.

The splendidly decorated chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra wound their way through the city and elsewhere in the district towns and rural areas of West Bengal, with the young and the old, the rich and the poor, participating in the celebration.

Egypt’s top prosecutor has referred three suspects, including two Israelis, to the criminal court on charges of spying for Israel, media reported.

The Egyptian, currently in custody, will be tried before a criminal court in the Suez city of Ismailia, while the other two fugitive Israeli military intelligence officers will be tried in absentia, Xinhua quoted the official MENA news agency as saying.

The date of the trial was yet to be fixed.

The Egyptian suspect confessed during investigations that he received money in return for giving information to the Israeli intelligence.

The US has sent another warship to the Persian Gulf with 1,000 marines on board as clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic militants intensified Sunday, the media reported.

The USS Bataan will join seven other American warships — the USS Arleigh Burke, the USS Truxton, the USS Gunston Hall, the USS George HW Bush, the USS O’Kane, the USS Philippine Sea, and the USS Mesa Verde — in the Middle East, CNN reported.

American helicopters and warplanes have already been deployed in the strife-torn country and can be used for a military invasion.

Over 70,000 drug addicts have reported at government drug de-addiction centres across Punjab, following the recent crackdown on the drugs supply chain in the state, police said Sunday.

A police spokesman said the crackdown has led to the drug supply network being broken. He claimed that the availability of drugs has reduced to nil in recent days.

The Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, Sri IYR Krishna Rao applauded the efforts of TTD EO MG Gopal for initiating the three-layer queue system inside the sanctum sanctorum of Tirumala, enabling hassle-free darshan for multitude of visiting pilgrims.
The CS of AP had darshan of Lord Venakteswara on Sunday morning in the three-layer darshan queue along with TTD EO MG Gopal and Tirumala JEO KS Sreenivasa Raju early in the day. The TTD EO explained the CS about the new system of darshan implemented inside the temple during last month which is giving positive results.

A former administrator of a multinational company accused in a rape case has been arrested from Maharashtra, police said Sunday.

Rohan Jagdale, 35, was arrested by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) from Pune two-and-half months after a case was registered against him.

A police team headed by officer Sandeep Kumar camped near Pune for nearly a month.

Jagdale was arrested on information provided by his friend Anupam, who was held June 27, a police officer said.

Actress Deeksha Seth is soon going to make her Bollywood debut with “Lekar Hum Deewana Dil” and says that despite her co-star being Armaan Jain – the grandson of late actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor – she feels secure.

Deeksha made her acting debut in the Telugu drama film “Vedam” in 2010 and went on to feature in quite a few Tamil and Telugu movies like “Rajapattai” and “Wanted”.