Month: July 2014

An Indigo flight from Bagdogra came close to a descending Air India plane over Bagdogra in West Bengal this afternoon, raising the spectre of a collision and giving scare to about 250 passengers on board the two aircraft.

The Air Traffic Control (ATC) had given clearance to both the aircraft, according to Indigo airline spokesperson.

The Air India flight 879, carrying 120 passengers, was descending and the Indigo Bagdogra-Delhi flight 6E472 with 130 passengers on board was given clearance to climb the 30,000-feet height, Indigo spokesman said.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny Friday announced new cabinet reshuffle, promoting five TDs (members of parliament) to the cabinet.

The appointments were formalised by Irish President Michael D Higgins later in the afternoon. Kenny appointed Paschal Donohoe, Alan Kelly, Jan O’Sullivan, Alex White and Heather Humphreys as cabinet ministers, Xinhua reported.

In a statement, Kenny said he has accepted the resignations of Rabbitte, Quinn, Hogan and Deenihan as members of the government.

Kenny also said he approved the resignation of Eamon Gilmore as minister of foreign affairs.

Russia has scrapped 90 percent of Cuba’s debt to Moscow, the Kremlin press service said Friday.

The announcement came on the same day when Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Cuba early Friday for an official visit to the island, the first stop of his Latin America tour, Xinhua reported.

Russian and Cuban governments signed a protocol last October over the debt, which amounted 35.2 billion dollars. It accumulated when Cuba was a Soviet ally in the second half of the 20th century.

Russia Friday circulated a document on the Ukraine crisis among the UN Security Council members which Moscow hopes will serve as the core of a resolution to end the three-month conflict.

The UN Security Council should express deep concern about the civilian casualties, show support of the April 17 Geneva declaration and recent Berlin agreement on sustainable ceasefire, Xinhua quoted Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s envoy to the UN, as telling media about the text.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his country would not bow to international pressure to halt the offensive on Gaza.

“No international pressure will prevent us from acting with full power,” Xinhua quoted Netanyahu as telling in a news conference. “The operation will continue until quiet is returned to Israel.”

As Netanyahu talked to reporters in Tel Aviv, Gaza militants fired a rocket toward the city, and was intercepted over the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, an Israeli army announcement said.

A powerful quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted Fukushima prefecture in the northeast Japan early Saturday, Xinhua reported. There was no immediate news of any damage to property or injuries to anyone.

The temblor, which struck at 4. 22 a.m., triggered tsunami warnings along the pacific coast of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures. It had a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The quake was registered at level four on the Japan’s seismic scale of 7 in some parts of Fukushima prefecture.

The UN refugee agency Friday called for European countries to grant asylum to a growing number of Syrian refugees, many of whom are on long and dangerous journeys to seek safety in Europe.

“An increasing number of Syrians are now seeking safety in countries beyond the immediate region,” Xinhua quoted UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming as telling in a press briefing.

Since the conflict began in March 2011, around 123,600 Syrians have sought asylum in Europe. There are over 2.9 million refugees in countries immediately adjacent to Syria.

AP Chief Minister N Chnadrababu Naidu today wrote a letter to his Telangana

counterpart K Chandrasekhara Rao. to conduct Engineering Counseling without further delay.

It is learnt that Naidu touched upon the issue related to Fees Reimbursement, according to information.

(NSS)

TDP senior leader Kalva Srinivasulu on Friday lashed out YSRCP president YS Jaganmohan Reddy for speaking about political murders.

Speaking to mediapersons, Srinivasulu alleged that many TDP activist were mercilessly done to death during late YS Rajasekhara Reddy regime in the State. Advising the YSRCP leaders to stop talking ill of his party president N. Chandrababu Naidu, Srinivasulu said, “Jaganmohan Reddy’s sermons on democracy were making every one laugh”.

The Customs officials attached to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad intercepted a passenger and recovered gold weighing one kilogram from him.

The Customs officials have detected that Mohammed Khaja of Chandrayangutta area was smuggling gold from Sharjah. The officials seized the contraband gold and interrogating the accused.

(NSS)

Congress MLC and former minister Mohd Shabbir Ali today welcomed the decision of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao to host Iftar party on the occasion of Ramzan festival.

Condemning the Centre’s decision to transfer seven Tribal Mandals to Andhra Pradesh State through passing the AP Reogranization Amendment Bill, Telangana Political JAC today called for a Telangana Bandh.

South Central Railway has shown an improved performance in gross earnings and traffic volume during April to June, 2014 of the current fiscal 2014-15, i.e., vis-à-vis last year. The gross originating earnings of SCR has registered 11.6% growth during the first quarter from April to June, 2014 of the current financial year. The Zone has achieved Gross Originating Earnings of Rs. 2893.71 Cr. during this period, which is Rs. 300.64 Cr. higher when compared to Rs.2593 Cr. earned during the corresponding period of last fiscal 2013-14.

FREIGHT SEGMENT

The Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) and Washington telangana Association (WATA) have conducted an event to discuss and debate on the vision of ‘Bangaru Telangana’ at Microsoft’s corporate headquarters, Redmond, Washington State, USA. TITA Honorary President V Prakash was the chief guest.

Telangana Finance Minister Etela Rajender today flayed that the Centre has bowed to the immoral designs of AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and passed Polavaram Amendment bill. The NDA Government passed the bill in a hurry only to please its ally TDP in AP, he alleged.

Telangana Bandh called by Telangana Political JAC received good response from majority of political parties in Telangana. The ruling TRS, Opposition party Congress, left parties and TUF extended support for Telangana Bandh to be held on July 12 in protest against Polavaram Bill passed in Parliament transferring seven Tribal mandals to AP State.
While TRS called upon the party men and people to voluntarily participate in the daylong protest, Telangana Congress Chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah said they would participate in the Bandh as the Centre passed the bill undemocratically.

Argentine star Lionel Messi said the national team was just “one small step away” from becoming the champions of the 2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup.

Messi also dedicated the team’s 4-2 penalty shootout win over the Netherlands in Wednesday’s semi-final match to sports journalist Jorge “Topo” Lopez, who died in an accident on the day of the game, reports Xinhua.”I’m very proud to be a part of this team!!! You’re all phenomenal, what a game you played, how crazy!!! We made it to the final!! Let’s enjoy it … We’re one small step away …,” the forward posted on his Facebook page.”

Israeli jets bombed the Gaza Strip for the fourth day today killing 10 Palestinians as the death toll rose to 100 on a day when the Jewish state was targeted for the first time by rocket attacks from Lebanon since the military offensive began.

Ten Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

Five Palestinians were killed and 15 injured in Rafah after the Israeli air force targeted the Ghannam family home.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday told a service tribunal that Dr Sudhir Kumar Gupta, head of its Forensic Medicine Department, was indulging in “publicity gimmick” by levelling charges of being pressurised over Sunanda Pushkar’s autopsy.

AIIMS said that instead of dealing with the main matter of promotion and seniority, Dr Gupta has levelled allegations bringing “negative publicity” to the premier medical body.

11,000 files were destroyed as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s orders to weed out files and papers but none of these related to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

Singh said this in a suo motu statement in Rajya Sabha two days after CPI-M MP P Rajeev alleged on the basis of media reports that 1.5 lakh files including those relating to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi were destroyed on directions of the Prime Minister.

Just days after his organisation was declared a terror outfit by the US, Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed, who orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, addressed a seminar at the Lahore High Court spewing venom on India and America.

This is the second time that Saeed, who is the founder of banned terror organisation Laskar-e-Toiba, has addressed lawyers and others within the court premises this year.

A 25-year-old Woman died by poisonous-snake biting while sleeping at her residence in Medchal police station limits.

According to Medchal police, the deceased K Lakshmi (25) an cook W/o Krishna R/o Athvelli of Medchal, On Thursday night hours noxious snake hiding into it stroke the woman resulting became unconscious while she was sleeping at her residence and immediately taken her to Gandhi Hospital for treatment, while undergoing treatment she was died on Friday early hours.

The Alwal police retrieved the body of a 9-year-old student who drowned in swimming pool while swimming.

According to Alwal police, the deceased A Surya (9) an Student S/o Krishnakanth R/o Suryanagar of Alwal, on Thursday evening hours deceased went to private swimming pool with his friends at Alwal, while swimming accidentally he drowned in pool due to which he was died on the spot.

Alwal police registered a case and dead body was handed over to his relatives after an autopsy was conducted at Gandhi Hospital mortuary.(INN)

The Narsingi police fished out the body of a Labourer from well who was missing four days ago.

The Narsingi police retrieved the body of a man Tapan Roy (26) an Labourer S/o Bharath Roy R/o Kokapet of Narsingi N/o Assam, deceased while going to his labour work on July 6, and did not return to his house. Thursday evening hours police retrieve his body from a well near his residence.

Police suspect he was accidentally fallen on well.

Narsingi police registered a case and dead body shifted to OGH Mortuary for postmortem, after autopsy deceased body handed over to his relatives. (INN)

A plane crash in eastern Mexico has killed four people and injured two others, local authorities said on Friday.

The wreckage of the small Cessna aircraft was discovered Thursday in the town of Alto Lucero, civil protection official Carlos Martinez told reporters.

Inside, rescuers found four bodies, he said. Investigators are probing what caused the crash.