Month: July 2014

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday asked the union shipping ministry and the Gujarat government to explain the five deaths in a gas explosion at Alang ship-breaking yard in Gujarat.

At least 10 people were injured in the explosion in a chemical tanker triggered by a suspected gas leak June 28 in Bhavnagar district.

“The NHRC has issued a notice to the secretary, union ministry of shipping, and chief secretary, the government of Gujarat, calling for factual reports within two weeks,” said a statement.

Having persuaded 2,000 citizens to donate their eyes in recent weeks, National Cadets Corps (NCC) volunteers from West Bengal and Sikkim now aim to motivate 100,000 people to pledge their eyes by NCC Day in November, a top officer said Friday.

“We aim to motivate one lakh persons to pledge their eyes by NCC Day in November,” Additional Director General, NCC (West Bengal &Sikkim), Maj.Gen. Shyam Shrivastava said here.

NCC Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of November. This year the date is Nov 23.

Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Friday termed the passing of a bill by the Haryana assembly for a separate Sikh board for gurdwaras in the state as “totally unconstitutional” and “illegal”.

Accusing Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of getting the bill passed as a “politically motivated” move, Punjab Education Minister and party spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said “the timing of the bill abundantly speaks of the intension of the Haryana government”.

A-58-year-old Businessman killed in road accident after hit by JCB Proclainer vehicle while going on car on Thursday evening hours.

Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao paid rich tributes to Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur, the renowned engineer of erstwhile Hyderabad State, on the occasion of his 137th birth anniversary which was celebrated as Telangana Engineers Day on Friday.

The first training workshop for the newly elected MLAs of Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly will be held on July 18 & 19th.

The workshop, to be held in a private hotel, will be addressed by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, M Venkaiah Naidu and Najma Haptullah, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minsiter Nara Chandrababu Naidu and senior and former bureaucrats including Subhash Kashyap and Vinod Rai. Of 175 members in the Andhra Pradesh, as many as 98 are first time MLAs.

In order to facilitate the HMRL works, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has proposed to take up shut down from 6 PM on July 15 to 9 AM on July 16, to shift 800mm dia MS pipeline near Begumpet main road.

Therefore, there will be no water supply in the following areas: Boiguda, Old Boiguda, Padmaraonagar, Hamalbasthi, Pan Bazar, Hyderbasthi, Audhaianagar, Bansilalpet, Jeera, Gandhinagar, Ashoknagar, Warasiguda, Mahamood guda, Shahbadguda, Sanjeevpuram, Prakashnagar Colony, Allamthota Bavi, Pattigadda, Shyamlal Building and Bhramanwadi.

A 24-year-old woman died of burn injuries which she suffered after setting herself ablaze at her residence in Dharmareddy colony of Kukatpally.

According to KPHB police, the deceased K Rajitha @ Padma (24) an Housewife W/o Kurmaiah, had allegedly setting her ablaze at her residence on June 18 evening hours, immediately she was rushed to Gandhi Hospital for treatment where undergoing treatment she was died on Friday early hours.

Surprise Check was conducted on the Office of the RTA, Khammam District on July 10, 2014 at 4.45 P.M. Unaccounted amount of Rs. 1,65,520 ( Rupees One lakh sixty five thousand five hundred and twenty only) illegally collected by Motor Vehicle Inspector, Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector and staff through private agents, was seized.

They were collecting amount from the public who came to office to get their work done like learning licences, driving licences, registrations, fitness certificates, reservation of registration number, etc., Relevant records were seized.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr T Rajaiah on Friday assured the delegation of Telangana Union of Working Journalists that the State Government would consider providing health cards to journalists.

The Telangana Government is likely to come out with clear guidelines on fee reimbursement in the next two to three days.

According to sources, the senior officials of Finance, Education and Social Welfare are in constant touch with the Chief Minister’s Office on the fee reimbursement policy and the government might announce the new guidelines latest by next Monday.

The Cyber Crime Police of Cyberabad arrested one Israel Chimezie @ Toney Maxwell, Age: 35 yrs who is a Nigerian national now residing at Kantwadi Peri Road, Bandra West, Mumbai who cheated one S. Vinod Kumar R/o Nacharam to the tune of Rs 10,92,500 by luring him in guise of animal vaccine material business.

One of the judges recused himself from hearing spot-fixing case in Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Friday as he had represented accused Narayanaswami Srinivasan in a case.

Secretary of Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) and petitioner Aditya Verma, said that the bench constituted for hearing spot-fixing scam will now be changed as one of the judges Justice Rohinton Nariman withdrew from the bench.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday that files related to the January 31, 1948 assassination of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi are safe, and also rubbished a CPI-M allegation that 1.56 lakh official files had been destroyed on the instructions of Prime MInister Narendra Modi.

In a suo-moto statement in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said that only 11,000 files had been destroyed on Prime Minister Modi’s orders.

In order to provide the qualitative power supply and improving the overall energy efficiency through Re-structured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) scheme in Andhra Pradesh, the Union Ministry of Powerhas sanctioned Rs.100 Crores to establish Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) in four towns of Vizag, Vijayawada, Guntur and Nellore to facilitate centralized data collection which enables to improve system stability, easy accessibility to each and every consumer, instantaneous collection of parameters like voltage, current, power, etc.

Scientists claim that larger warning signs on cigarette packets can influence people to quit smoking.

Study’s lead author, Hua-Hie Yong, PhD said that though warning labels vary widely from country to country, it’s clear that once people see the labels, the same psychological and emotional processes are involved in making people consider quitting smoking.

On Credible information North Zone Task Force Team, Hyderabad that 22 persons are playing three cards gambling by betting money at 2nd floor of a building at Boudha Nagar, Warasiguda, Chilkalguda, Secunderabad and using the premises as common gaming house.

The North Zone Task Force raided the said premises and found the following persons are playing 3 Cards gambling by betting money, which is a game of chance. Forming themselves in three groups :
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Prince William referred to his wife and child as his “silver lining” in his life, as he recalled his mother Princess Diana’s tragic death while he was only 15, at Buckingham Palace recently.

The 32-year-old royal and Prince Harry were addressing a group of young leaders from the Commonwealth, including brothers Rob and Paul Forkan, who had lost their parents as teenagers in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, People magazine reported.

Taking a jibe at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday said she had just studied till the fifth grade, and hence, was making senseless statements in connection with the National Herald case.

“Sonia Gandhi is a fifth class pass,and therefore, she does not know anything. This case has nothing to do with the government, so there is no question of a political conspiracy. This case had been filed by me, and it was a private complaint for which the government had sent a notice,” said Swamy.

(Pervez Bari): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI) has called the 2014 Railway Budget as disappointing. The Railway Minister’s statements of intent are not backed up by a roadmap or timeline to achieve them, the party said.

SDPI National President A Sayeed in a statement said that the Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda’s rail budget is a missed opportunity. The country awaited a path-breaking rail budget, but it did not meet expectations.

Justice Markandey Katju said here on Friday that Gopal Subramaniam should have acted patiently over the issue of his proposed appointment as a Supreme Court judge under the collegium system.

“Under the judge’s case, the judgment of Supreme Court, where it was said that the government can return a recommendation of the collegium once, but if the collegium reiterates that recommendation, then the government has to appoint,” said Katju.

A two-day orientation programme would be conducted for legislators in Andhra Pradesh Assembly starting July 18, Speaker K Sivaprasad said here today.

Observing that around 90 of the total 175 MLAs are new, he told reporters that the orientation programme would help them and senior legislators understand legislative practices better.

The orientation programme, which is likely to be attended by senior parliamentarians, is aimed at improving the legislators’ performance, he said.

A committee appointed by the Centre to identify a location to set up AIIMS in Andhra Pradesh would visit the state soon, Andhra Pradesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare Kamineni Srinivas today said.

Talking to reporters here after a review meeting with all districts medical and health officers from the state and other officials of his ministry, he said that of the Rs 1,000 crore meant for the project, the union government has already sanctioned Rs 120 crore for preliminary work.

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi today welcomed the new national programme Skill India announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget 2014, saying it will be instrumental in the country’s progress.

The programme will impart employability and entrepreneurship skills to the youth by merging various schemes from across the ministries.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Friday warned against Israeli military operations that have killed Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and the indiscriminate firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel.

The high commissioner urged all sides to abide by their obligations under international human rights and humanitarian laws, Xinhua reported.

“Israel, Hamas, and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza have been down this road before, and it has led only to death, destruction, distrust and a painful prolongation of the conflict,” Pillay said.