Month: June 2014

Elaborate arrangements are being made for the grand “Iftar” to be hosted by the All India Minorities Forum in Hyderabad on July 5.

In the early hours of July 29, the Cyber Crime Police, CCS, DD, conducted a raid in Tirmulgerry area in Secunderabad and arrested four accused persons, who are illegally tapping the Satellite signal committing Signal Piracy of cable TV service providers in the name of Messrs Pearl Technology. They also seized the equipment used by
them.

The Indian government is trying to establish direct contact with its nationals stranded in conflict zones in Iraq, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Sunday after meeting their families.

The minister, who for a second time Sunday met the families of some of the Indians stranded in Iraq, assured them about the well-being of their kin.

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

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today expressed shock and grief over death of nine persons in building collapse on the outskirts of Chennai in Tamil Nadu today.

A 12-storeyed under construction apartment building collapsed late on Saturday and some laborers were feared trapped under the debris.

On hearing the ghastly incident, Naidu announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the bereaved families and Rs 50,000 to the injured.

Hyderabad, June 29 (NSS): Governor E S L Narasimhan and AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu have left for Sriharikota via Renigunta to witness launch of PSLV-C 23 at Satish Dhawsan Space Centre.

In view of the unprecedented demand for power and to meet the requirements of the electricity consumers, the Govt. of AP has decided to adopt multi-pronged strategy to ensure adequate & quality power supply to the consumers of all categories by putting in place Energy Efficiency & Energy Conservation (EE&EC) measures apart from expediting the construction of ongoing projects and reduction of Transmission & Distribution losses.

“Bonalu”, the most important festival in Telangana region, especially in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, commenced on Sunday at the Jagadambika temple atop the historic Golconda Fort.
This year’s Bonalu festival has special significance as the festival was declared as State festival. On the occasion, Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy presented “Pattu Vastrams” (silk robes) to Golconda Mahankali Ammavaru. As part of beginning of the festival, “Thottela” from Langar Houz was taken in a procession to the Golconda temple.

Students who registered for the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme through Delhi University’s centralised admission forms will not have to apply again after restoration of the three-year degree course, officials said here Sunday.

A 12-member committee of principals said the students can directly apply to colleges once the cut-off lists are announced.

The committee was set up by the university Friday to look into the issue of admissions under the three-year format.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today greeted the people of the state on the beginning of fasting month of Ramzan which starts tomorrow.

In his message, the Governor hoped that this auspicious occasion would be a harbinger of peace, amity, communal harmony, brotherhood, progress and prosperity.

“The holy month of Ramzan is a period dedicated to fasting, service and prayers and highlights the values of patience, self-restraint, tolerance and austerity, which promote feelings of compassion and respect for others,” Vohra said.

To check radicalisation, mosques across Britain have joined hands to call on young Muslims citizens to stay away from the civil war in Syria.

Imams involved in the nationwide anti-terror campaign are instead encouraging donations to Syrian cause through
legitimate charities.

Their message coincides with the holy month of Ramadan, which began this weekend.

It comes after a video emerged showing two young Cardiff men urging others to join the jihadist fight in Syria – where tens of thousands have died in three years of war – and in Iraq.

The NIA has taken over the probe into the case of alleged hatching of a plot by Pakistan-based terror group to carry out suicide attacks on the US and Israeli consulates in South India.

The probe was handed over to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) by the Tamil Nadu Police so that the complete conspiracy hatched overseas including in Sri Lanka and Malaysia could be unravelled, official sources said here today.

Iraq has reportedly received the first consignment of fighter jets ordered by the country from Russia to help fight an offensive by Sunni militants.

According to the BBC, Iraqi security officials said five second-hand Sukhoi attack aircraft would enter service within a few days, and that more were on their way.

The militants have taken control over most of north and west areas following a series of attacks over the past three weeks.

Thousands of Iraqi troops launched an offensive on Sunni militants in Tikrit from four directions with tanks and air power on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday landed at the Chennai airport enroute to India’s rocket port of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

The special aircraft in which Modi was travelling landed after a 40-minute delay due to bad weather.

Modi was given a warm reception by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Governor K. Rosaiah, Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha and union ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu and Pon Radhakrishnan.

He later left for Sriharikota in a helicopter to witness the launch of Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Monday morning.
(IANS)

A 20-years-old youth has been arrested for raping and murdering her cousin sister in Visheshwarganj area here, police said today.

The girl was raped by her cousin brother Krishna Mohan Shukla alias Munna (20) Thursday when she had gone to collect
mangoes from an orchard. She was found dead in a nearby cane field, police said.

“Shukla was arrested yesterday for the rape and murder of his 11-year-old cousin sister,” Additional Superintendent of Police Sunil Singh said.

Singh said that during interrogation, Shukla admitted to his crime.

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An Indian-American has been sentenced to 33 months in jail for distributing synthetic drugs in the US, media reported.

Amerjit Singh Grewal, 34, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison by the US District Court in Lancaster Thursday after pleading guilty to the unlawful distribution of bath salts and synthetic marijuana, The Sentinel reported Saturday.

A wanted criminal was today killed in an encounter with police in Lakhimpur district, police said here.

Padam Singh (40), wanted in a number of criminal cases, including that of murder and extortion, was injured in firing
during an encounter with the police at Shripalpur village in Maigalganj area of Lakhimpur, they said.

He was rushed to a hospital, where he died during treatment.

Two policemen were also injured in the crossfire. A country made pistol and cartridges were recovered from the
spot, they added.

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CBI sleuths today arrested 13 candidates for the Assistant Railway Loco Pilot Examination even as it claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved in leaking the question paper for the test.

According to a CBI spokesperson, an FIR has been registered for criminal conspiracy and cheating under various
sections of the IPC against Divisional Personal officer, Chief Vigilance Inspector of South Western Railways, an advocate, another person, besides the 13 candidates.

Sources said a CBI team carried out a search operation around 6.30 AM at an apartment in Karnataka’s Bangalore city,

Police here Sunday arrested a man for causing the death of 10 people in a building collapse as he was illegally getting construction done on an adjacent plot.

Police said Mohammad Javed, 45, was arrested on charges of causing death by negligence for getting construction done on a plot adjacent to the four-storey building, but without taking permission from the North Delhi Municipal Corporation.

“Javed started construction on his plot two months ago but he did not bother to take permission from the authorities concerned,” said a police official.

A study detailing how Facebook secretly manipulated the news feed of some 700,000 users to study “emotional contagion” has prompted anger on social media.

For one week in 2012 Facebook tampered with the algorithm used to place posts into user news feeds to study how this affected their mood.

The study, conducted by researchers affiliated with Facebook, Cornell University, and the University of California
at San Francisco, appeared in the June 17 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The UGC Sunday said students admitted in Delhi University’s B.Tech course during the 2013-14 academic year will continue to pursue the four-year course they enrolled for.

Meanwhile, University Grants Commission (UGC) sources said a meeting to take a decision on the Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS) programme may be taken Monday.

The announcement came as a relief for nearly 2,500 students in the various B.Tech courses, even as Delhi University has rolled back its four-year undergraduate programme following instructions from the UGC.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention for creation of the proposed Brahmaputra River Valley Authority (BRVA) by revamping the existing Brahmaputra Board.

The chief minister, in a letter to Modi, said the creation of the BRVA was of paramount importance to tackle the perpetual flood and erosion problem and water-related hazards in Assam and the northeast region as a whole.

The death toll in the 11-storey building collapse in Chennai Sunday went up to 11, officials said adding that 20 people rescued from the debris were admitted to hospital.

The under-construction residential building in Moulivakkam area in Porur collapsed Saturday evening, trapping over 50 people.

Citing the magnitude of the debris after the building turned into rubble in a matter of minutes, a fire service official said it would take at least another day to clear it.

GAIL (India) Limited Sunday suspended two senior officials pending enquiry into Friday’s blast and fire in its pipeline in East Godavari district, which killed 19 people.

“Pending the outcome of the enquiry set up both by the government as well as the company, two senior officials incharge of the regional operations and maintenance of the pipeline network have been suspended,” a statement by GAIL said.

The blast and fire caused by leakage of the gas from the pipeline burnt to death 19 people and injured 19 others in Nagaram village of East Godavari.

Uruguay captain Diego Lugano lashed out at the sanction issued by FIFA against teammate Luis Suarez, saying that it violates human rights.

After biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay’s 1-0 win, Suarez was suspended for nine international matches and banned from participating in any football-related activity for four months, reports EFE.

The national capital experienced a warm weekend with the maximum temperature recorded at 39.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average. The Met department has forecast a partly cloudy Monday.

“The skies will be clear in the morning but turn partly cloudy noon onwards. Dust and thunder storms may occur in some parts of the city,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The maximum and the minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 39 and 30 degrees Celsius, respectively.