Month: July 2014

Jammu and Kashmir Police has issued an alert for two persons accused in an IED blast in Poonch district after they escaped from custody soon after their arrest, by stirring passions of local residents.

A police team headed by SHO Gursai police station in Poonch, Inspector Sadakat Hussain had managed to arrest two persons involved in an IED blast from Ikhwan Chowk yesterday, police sources said.

The sources said while Irfan Ahmad Kakad, a resident of Poonch was arrested from downtown, the team had raided the rented residence of Abdul Majeed Ganaie at Batamaloo.

Two persons were arrested today in connection with suspected question paper leak of Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) examination for loco pilot, police said here today.

The duo were arrested from two centres, where the RRB examination was to be conducted by the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police.

“As per the information gathered through surveillance and other means it appears to be paper leak, subject to confirmation by the RRB,” IG STF Sujit Pandey told reporters here.

Escalating clashes between pro-Kremlin separatists and Ukrainian forces today killed 12 civilians and forced the new Western-backed leader to cancel a pivotal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the World Cup in Brazil.

An explosive security crisis on the eastern edge of the European Union that has claimed more than 550 lives and enflamed East-West relations has since Friday threatened to spiral into an all-out civil war.

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today broke his seven days long fast which he had started to protest against violation of the rights of the farmers in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh.

Singh criticised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a party of pimps and traders.

“BJP talked about bringing good days to India but failed to do so. Good days came only for two people .i.e. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, nobody else. BJP only needs pimps and traders and people like Amit Shah in its party not the honest ones,” said Singh while addressing his supporters.

Sri Lanka’s off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has reportedly been banned from international cricket after his bowling action against England was proved illegal by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The decision came on Saturday following a long investigation into the matter by the ICC.

According to Sport 24, the 29-year old off spinner was reported by umpires Ian Gould and Marais Erasmus who alleged foul play in his bowling action against England during the Royal London series in May.

Uttar Pradesh BJP president , Laxmikant Bajpai, today stood by his earlier statement against the Moradabad SSP saying that he would take revenge under the bound of law.

Bajpai told ANI, “Congress and SP are showing their weakness if they are protesting against me. I stand by my earlier statements because I had said my revenge would be under the ambit of constitution. I have visited the Human Rights commission and I hope they will do justice with me. ”

Irrigation Minister K Tarakarama Rao on Sunday asked the opposition parties to prove their loyalty towards Telangana State by their actions and not mere words.

The Narendra Modi government wants to do extraordinary work in the health sector, union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said here Sunday.

The minister said that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government wanted the cause of healthcare to become a “mass movement” in the country.

“Under the leadership of Narendra Modi, we want to do extraordinary work in the health sector,” said Harsh Vardhan, speaking at the inaugural foundation day of International Vaish Federation.

Vaish is a trader community among which the BJP arguably enjoys a considerable support.

At least 25 children of a government school in Bihar’s Siwan district fell ill Friday after eating mid-day meal in which a dead lizard was found, officials said.

The children were admitted to a government hospital in Siwan and are said to be out of danger, said Durgesh Kumar, a district official.

The children complained of uneasiness after eating the meal at the Sonbarsa middle school in Maharajganj block, the district official said.

Samples of the meal were collected by police.

The 13 HIV-positive students whose admission to a Goa school has triggered protests from a parents teachers association (PTA) last week, have been accommodated in another school. The PTA now wants 23 non-HIV students, who live in the same Church-run children’s home along with the 13 HIV-positive students, to be dropped from the school.

India’s premier design institute, the National Institute of Design(NID), has been accorded the status of “institution of national importance” by an act of parliament, making it the 41st institute to have such a status.

This is the first bill under the Narendra Modi government to be passed within a span of three days in both the houses. It was first passed by the Rajya Sabha Monday, followed by a unanimous passage in the Lok Sabha Wednesday.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Friday urged his Telangana counterpart K.Chandrasekhar Rao to immediately start counselling for admissions into engineering and medical colleges as more than two lakh students are anxiously waiting for it.

Voicing his concern over the delay in starting the admission process, Naidu wrote a letter to Rao saying his government is ready to take up counselling for admissions into professional colleges.

‘Forum to Support KCR’ is organizing a Round Table conference at Anmol Hotel in the city at 10 am on July 15, to discuss on the ways to enlist peoples’ support to strengthen the hands of chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in his indefatigable efforts to turn the much-neglected and backward Telangana state into ‘Bangaru Telangana’.
This was announced at a media meet at NSS here today by Konda Lakshma Reddy, ex-MLA and Forum convener, and Mohd. Raheemullah Khan Niyazi, Joint convener and former Chairman of Urdu Academy of Andhra Pradesh.

India-China Friendship Association (ICFA) is sending a 11-member delegation of Telugu children to participate in the International summer camp for children being organized by the Soong Ching Ling Foundation in China, from July 17 to 23. The children’s team is being sent following an invitation from the Foundation.

The Best of Indian Cinema- Film Festival 2014 was hosted by the Doordarshan here on July 12 and 13, in which many film lovers, film institute students and media participated.
During this two day fest, internationally acclaimed films like “KHARGOSH”(Hindi), “ORUTHTHI” (Tamil), “YENNING AMADI LIKLA” (Manipuri) were screened, where all the said film directors Paresh Kamdar, Amshan Kumar, Makhonmani Mongsaba were present to interact with the audiences. As part of the programme, a quiz was conducted where the winners were awarded with exciting prizes.

The EME Sailing Association and the Secunderabad Club jointly announced the series of events scheduled for the launch of “The 29th Laser National Sailing Championship 2014”, also popularly known as the “Hyderabad Sailing Week”, being conducted from July 15 to 19 at the picturesque Hussain Sagar Lake.

‘People for People’, a non-profit organization, today distributed 10,000 Note Books to one thousand girls, at Mali Bhavan, Begum Bazar here. The distinguish guests at the event included International Table Tennis Player and Youngest journalism graduate of India Naina Jaiswal, Raja Sing M.L.A, Ramesh Bung, Mahesh Bank Chairman, Pratishtacharya Param Pujya Acharya Srimadvijay jinottam Surishwarji and Aruna Jyothi, BJP state vice president.
The Secretary Jaswant Zota Jain felicitated the Guests, and President of the People for People Vikram Jain motivated the students. (nss)

Writer, Theatre, TV and Movie artist Chittineni Lakshminarayana has been appointed as organizing Secretary of Telugu Desam Party state cultural wing. Chittineni hails from Pericherla of Guntur district.
The appointment was announced by the party’s Cultural wing State Working President P Saibabu. (NSS)

Lok Sabha member from Nizamabad Kavita visited the Mahankali temple in Secunderabad today and offered Bonam to the Goddess.

Speaking to the media later, Kavita said that she felt excited and happy to celebrate the Bonalu festival in the separate Telangana state, and added that she offered the bonam to the Goddess Mahankali, praying for copious rains and happiness to the women of Telangana.(NSS)

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has stated here on Sunday that separate State has become a reality due to the benevolence and blessings of Ujjaini Mahakali of Secunderabad.
The Chief Minister visited the Mahankali Temple along with his wife and offered special poojas. The Bonalu festival is being celebrated at the Temple on a grand scale.

The Cyberabad Police raided a resort in the Shamirpet area here, where a rave party was on, and arrested 26 persons, including 12 women, at midnight on Saturday.

Four persons claiming to be naxals have demanded Rs 50 lakh from a road construction company in Madhya Pradesh, police said today.

“Four persons claiming to be naxals demanded Rs 50 lakh from the company by leaving pamphlets near its hotmix plant at Parastola in the district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. They also threatened its employees of dire consequences if the company fails to meet their demand,” said Balaghat SP Gaurav Tiwari.

The ISIS in Iraq is influencing Pakistani militants, with at least one group declaring allegiance to the insurgents, a Pakistani security analyst has said.

Muhammad Amir Rana said in Dawn Sunday that the Pakistani militant group Tehreek-i-Khilafat’s declaration of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) “has surprised many”.

The ISIS, now calling itself the Islamic State, is now in control of vast areas of Iraq.

This “does indicate that ISIS has started to inspire some individuals and groups in Pakistan with similar objectives”, Rana said.

Porn addiction triggers same brain activity in people as if they are on drugs, significant research reveals.

People with compulsive sexual behaviour — an obsession with sexual thoughts, feelings or behaviour which they are unable to control — behave in the same way as patients with drug addictions, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge in Britain.

A 28-year-old woman, who had undergone sterilisation at the public health centre of Uchchain town in Bharatpur district, died of alleged faulty post-operative care and negligence of doctors, police said.

The woman, identified as Maya Devi alias Buddho, had undergone sterilisation at a camp at the health centre on July 11 and died on the same day while she was being shifted to Jaipur for treatment.