Month: June 2014

YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday demanded that Rs 1 crore be paid in compensation to each of the kin of 17 persons who lost their lives in the deadly blast and fire due to gas leakage in Nagaram village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Jagan visited the village which bore the brunt of the blowout, which resulted apparently due to leakage of gas from a GAIL pipeline yesterday, and consoled the bereaved family members.

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Ten people were killed and two others injured Saturday in one of the worst building collapses in the capital in recent times when a four-storey structure came crashing down.

The collapse of the four-decade-old structure at 9 a.m. in north Delhi’s Inderlok area was triggered by an ongoing construction on an adjacent plot which apparently weakened its foundation.

“Ten people have been killed and two injured in the incident. We have registered a case against the contractor (Javed) for causing death by negligence,” said a police official. Some unidentified people were also booked.

The Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today unveiled the foundation stone for HQ Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) Building Complex at Mehramnagar, Delhi Cantt.

Vice President Hamid Ansari today met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang here at the Great Hall of the People as part of his ongoing trip to China. The Chinese Premier also met with the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman and other Indian officials, who were part o the delegation. Vice President Hamid Ansari today visited the Great Wall of China as part of his ongoing bilateral visit to China. The Vice President also attended the trilateral Summit Meeting to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Panchsheel treaty at Beijing today.

Former Union Power Minister Suresh Prabhu has called for brining in China also in the discourse of effective water management in South Asia. Pointing out that 30 percent of water sources in the world is Himalayas and many of the important river systems in Asia originate from China, Prabhu said China should be brought into water discourses in South Asia if we want to manage water better from the origin to the sea.

Bollywood music industry came together to pay tribute to legendary music composer Rahul Dev Burman, here on his 75th birth anniversary. A musical event was organised on Friday, that also featured singers and composers who had worked with the maestro, popularly known as Pancham da. Bollywood writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar, singers Sonu Nigam, Himesh Reshammiya, Shaan, Anu Malik, Udit Narayan, Sulaiman, singer-composer Mithoon Sharma and actor-director Sachin Pilgaonkar were among the people present for the celebrations.

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel today performed ‘Aarti’ at the 400-year-old temple in Jamalpur area in the city on the eve of 137th annual Rath Yatra (procession) of Lord Jagannath and said the event should be utilised to give out social messages.

“The yatra of Lord Jagannath should also give out social messages to the large number of people who come to watch it. It should give message of save the girl child, curbing malnutrition and to fight against the evil of addictions,” Patel said.

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani today said training individuals in niche areas of science and technology is crucial to the progress of the country.

Addressing the second convocation of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) here today, she stressed the need for a literate, educated and empowered India, an official release said.

The Minister appreciated the contribution of IISER Bhopal to the science education and research.

YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today demanded that Rs 1 crore be paid in compensation to each of the kin of 17 persons who lost their lives in the deadly blast and fire due to gas leakage in Nagaram village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Jagan visited the village which bore the brunt of the blowout, which resulted apparently due to leakage of gas from a GAIL pipeline yesterday, and consoled the bereaved family members.

Top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saturday appealed to the party’s first-time parliamentarians to develop a sense of mission towards their duties and give their best by ensuring “orderly” conduct in parliament and developing “fellow feeling” amongst themselves.

“To be a member of parliament is an important thing and one must look at it seriously. Remember, people are observing your performance in the house and even outside,” a BJP statement quoted Modi as saying.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said the party should not contest assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra, and underlined the need to focus in Delhi.

In an interaction with party’s Delhi volunteers on Google Hangout, Kejriwal said: “The Aam Aadmi Party should not fight Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections. We should use all resources and volunteers in Delhi.”

In May, IANS had reported that the fledgling party would not contest in Haryana owing to its dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.

Three Indians have been injured in a terror attack in Bahrain’s capital Manama when a homemade bomb made out of a gascylinder was detonated, according to a media report.

The incident happened on Thursday night and the victims are now recuperating in Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) in Manama, the Gulf Daily News reported.

The victims have been identified as Binoy Baby, 30, Jayabalan Markose, 47, and Anil Ebraham, 33.

Markose suffered 35 per cent burns to his body including his face, back and legs while the other two were treated for back and leg injuries.

At least one person was killed and 50 others were trapped when a 11-storey under-construction building collapsed here Saturday evening, officials said.

According to officials, 11 people trapped under the debris were rescued of which one person died. The other 10 have been admitted in a nearby hospital of which the condition of one is said to be serious.

The accident took place at Moulivakkam near Porur area here.

According to a fire service official, rescue efforts were continuing at full swing with several fire service personnel and ambulances at the spot.

President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said education was the most efficacious instrument for transforming a society as it broadens perceptions and gives individuals better insights into the diverse aspects of their life.

Addressing the participants of “School Chale Hum Abhiyan’ here, Mukherjee said: “Education not only brings about personal evolution and growth but also brings progress and positive development of the people.”

Admissions to Delhi University’s three-year undergraduate programmes will begin Tuesday as proposed by the committee of principals Saturday, a day after the controversial four-year programme was rolled back.

The dates for admissions was decided by the committee of principals which was constituted by Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh Friday to decide on the modalities for admission.

University sources said this was the most feasible proposal.

As per the proposal, the cutoff will be declared by the varsity Monday and admissions will begin Tuesday.

YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has demanded Rs one crore ex-gratia to the kin of the deceased in the pipeline blast and said that YSRCP MPs would submit a memorandum to the concerned ministry seeking adequate compensation to the injured and the farmers whose fields were set ablaze in the fire mishap.

Speaking to reporters after consoling the kin of those who lost their lives in the mishap, he said: This is not the first time that such incidents are taking place in this part of the state. It is sheer negligence on part of the oil companies which has led to this tragedy.

At the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF), filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is ready to launch two projects close to his heart — a book, which is a screenplay of his 2006 film “Rang De Basanti”, and “Ru Ba Ru”, a documentary film on the effect and impact of the Aamir Khan-starrer.

The third edition of LIFF is happening in this picturesque region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Muslims in Kerala will begin the month long fasting from tomorrow with the sighting of new moon this evening, heralding the holy month of Ramzan.

Spiritual authorities of the community declared having sighted the new moon at Ponnani and other places in north Kerala.

This was followed by declaration of Ramzan by imams in south Kerala as well.

The ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, Ramzan is observed as a fasting period by Muslims around the world by abstaining from food and water from sunrise to sunset.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu will participate as Chief Guest at the State level Bankers’ Committee meeting at 3 PM on June 30.

The meeting, first after the reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh, will be held in a private hotel at Raj Bhavan Road in Somajiguda. The Chief Minister is likely to discuss the issue of loan waiver for farmers with the bankers. (INN)

Demanding the Chandrababu Naidu government to implement its poll promise of waiving all agriculture loans immediately, YSR Congress has said farmers are in distress as the sowing operation has to commence and there is no word from the state on this regard.

“Farmer s are facing unprecedented uncertainty with rainfall playing truant and banker’s refusing to sanction fresh loans and no assurance coming from the Andhra Pradesh government though the sowing operations are due for the kharif,” party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu told reporters here on Saturday.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has warned that aid workers could not reach tens of thousands of Iraqis displaced by the violence rocking the country and urged the establishment of humanitarian corridors to access those in need.

The IOM said Friday it, along with the UN’s World Food Programme and children’s agency Unicef, had been able to distribute relief to around 10,000 people in Iraq this month.

Actor Mark Ruffalo blames Ben Affleck for ruining his friendship with actress Jennifer Garner after they starred in the movie “13 Going on 30” in 2004.

The “Begin Again” actor, who has three children — Keen, 13, Bella Noche, 9, and Odette, 7 — with his actress wife Sunrise Coigney, says he is no longer close to Garner, who is married to the “Argo” director, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Asked if he stayed in touch with Garner, the 46-year-old told “Watch What Happens Live”: “We had a great time together, and I think we would, but then Ben came on the scene and that was the end of that.”

Actress Amy Adams reportedly gave her first class seat on a flight to a US soldier and travelled back here in the economy cabin of her Delta flight from Detroit.

The 39-year-old, who was born on a military base as her father was in the army, was reportedly travelling from Detroit to here on a busy Delta flight Friday morning when she spotted a soldier in uniform and generously asked a flight attendant to swap their seats, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Starting a diet plan is half the battle, but then one needs to stick to it and keep on going. From making the exercise enjoyable to avoid weighing yourself everyday, there are a few steps that one can try for successful weight loss.

These ideas won’t change your body drastically, but you have to be in it for the long run to see a difference, just remember that you didn’t gain all the weight in one day and you certainly won’t lose it either, reports femalefirst.co.uk.