Month: July 2014

In a shocking incident 14 year old boy committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence on Wednesday night hours.

According to Chilkalguda police, the deceased L U Pavan Kumar (14) an tenth standard student of Gautam Model School West Maredpally S/o Venkatesh Goud R/o Padma Rao Nagar of Chilkalguda, committed suicide by hanging at his residence on Wednesday night hours due to he was not interested in studies, mentally depressed deceased taking extreme step of suicide and ended his life over it.

A 50-year-old man was killed in an incident of slab collapse in Kukatpally police station limits.

The incident occurred in Kukatpally locality on Wednesday night hours. According to police, victim B Veeraiah @ Verappa (50) an petty business Resident of Kukatpally, on Wednesday night hours deceased veeraiah sleeping on his house slab fallen on him due to which he was instantaneous death a portion of a second-storied building, which was being demolished, fell on an adjacent house leading to the instantaneous death.

A 27-year-old woman died allegedly due to the negligence of doctors of a private hospital.

According to Madhapur police, the deceased C Rajini (27) an Housewife W/o Anil kumar resident of Lingampally was admitted to a private hospital when got labour pains on July 8. The duty doctors attending her, on july 9 night hours she born a baby after some time deceased Rajini was died.

Based on a complaint lodged by the relatives, police registered a case of negligence under section 304 (A) against the doctors of a private hospital. Further investigations are on. (INN)

Six members of a family, including four children were killed by a lone gunman following a domestic dispute here on Thursday as police pieced together details of the latest horrific shooting rampage in the United States.

Ron Lee Haskell, 33, the capital-murder suspect in the shooting deaths of six members of a family at their Spring home apparently posed as a delivery man to gain entry to the house, police said.

He was wearing a FedEx pullover shirt when he arrived at the home said Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Ron Hickman.

Six persons, including a two-year-old boy and three women, were killed and nine injured when their van overturned at Neerdi, about 75 kms from here today, police said.

A group of 28 tribals were going to attend a marriage function in the van when the mishap occurred.

Two others, with serious injuries are being treated at a hospital, seven others were treated as outpatients, police said.

–PTI

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today met BJP President Amit Shah and congratulated him on taking over the new assignment.

Badal talked of ties BJP and SAD shared for many years. SAD and BJP are in a tie-up in Punjab and are in government in the state for the last few years.

BJP leaders later termed Badal’s visit as a “courtesy call” after Shah took over as the party president yesterday.

—PTI

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the Centre has reached a consensus with a majority of the states regarding the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). In an exclusive interview to ANI’s Editor (News) Smita Prakash, Jaitley said, “The states are not against the GST. I have consulted with almost every state, and there is a consensus.” On being asked whether the government is on a collision with the states regarding the GST, Jaitley admitted that one or two states do have some issues, and the government will try to resolve that.

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President Ajay Shriram on Thursday that the maiden Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley contains a comprehensive package for economic revival and creation of jobs. “Budget 2014-15 provides an extensive roadmap for all sectors of the economy and would lay a strong and stable foundation for boosting savings and investments. We are particularly happy since a large number of suggestions of CII have found place in the Budget. This budget is directional and aimed at the medium term,” said the CII President.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said that he was determined to ease consumer inflation through a combination of demand and supply management. An RBI panel in January recommended bringing consumer price index (CPI) inflation down to around eight percent by the end of January 2015 and to six percent by the end of the following year. Rajan said the RBI has been working for combating inflation through a combination of supply and demand management.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Thursday told Palestinians living near the Gaza Strip border to evacuate their homes, media reports said.

More than 100,000 Palestinians residing in areas adjacent to the border received notification from the IDF in a recorded message over the phone that they must evacuate their houses as quickly as possible, Xinhua reported citing the Ynet news website as saying.

Analysts say this move could be read as a possible preparation for an IDF ground operation in the strip or as part of Israel’s psychological warfare on Hamas.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan Thursday mourned the death of Indian cinema and theatre doyenne Zohra Sehgal, remembering her as an “immensely lovable co-star”, who lived a journey of 102 years.

“Zohra Sehgal passes away at 102 yrs… what a journey and what an immensely loveable co star! Prayers for her blessed soul!!” Amitabh tweeted after the news of Sehgal’s death in New Delhi.

The actress had played a chilled-out mother to Big B’s character in the critically acclaimed 2007 film “Cheeni Kum”, but his memories of her go way back in time, when he was a child.

President Barack Obama is looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, which will be a “valuable opportunity” to renew the strategic partnership and spur trade between the two countries, a senior US official said on Thursday.

US Deputy Secretary of State William J Burns, who met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, said there was huge potential for taking the ties further particularly in the area of trade where “we are just scratching the surface”.

At least seven people, including three women, were killed in separate incidents in central and southern Syria Thursday, media reported.

Ammar al-Khatib, a member of the National Reconciliation Committee, was assassinated in Tal town in the countryside of the capital Damascus along with his 14-year-old son, Xinhua reported citing the official SANA news agency.

The gunmen opened fire on al-Khatib and his son near Tal’s al-Basha Mosque.

Poachers have killed yet another one-horned rhino in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and took away its horn, officials said Thursday.

The incident came to the light Thursday when forest guards patrolling the park recovered the carcass of a male rhino from the Burhapahar forest range of the park.

Officials said the poachers killed the rhino Wednesday night.

“The poachers chopped off the horn and fled,” a park official said.

US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on Thursday met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and discussed the bilateral ties between the two countries.

“As the world two largest democracies and two largest economies, the US and India shares an interest in each other’s success. The success in our partnership can contribute enormously to a safer and prosperous world,” said Burns after the meeting.

He termed his meetings with Jaitley as excellent, and said that he looks forward to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow.

Mercury soared in the national capital on Thursday recording the hottest day of July in last two years with the maximum temperature settling at 41.3 degree Celsius and no signs of rains.

The maximum temperature was a degree higher than yesterday’s maximum of 40.5 degree Celsius.

“Last year, the mercury only soared as high as 39.2 degree Celsius while in 2012 it had touched 43.5 degree Celsius. Usually, July witnesses monsoon and the current upward trend in temperature is mainly due to elusive rains,” a MeT department official said.

India were bowled out for 457 in their first innings in the third and last session of Day 2 in the first Test against England at Trent Bridge here Thursday.

The last wicket to fall was Bhuvneshwar Kumar (58), who was caught by Joe Root off the bowling of Moeen Ali. Mohammed Shami remained unbeaten on 51.

Pacer James Anderson clinched three wickets while Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes took two each.
IANS

Tailenders Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami frustrated England bowlers for more than 30 overs as their last-wicket partnership took India to a healthy total of 433/9 at tea on the second day of the first Test at Trent Bridge here Thursday.

The visitors resumed at 342/5 post lunch, after a solid morning session but lost four wickets in a jiffy — Ravindra Jadeja (25), captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (82), Stuart Binny (1) and Ishant Sharma (1), all in a span of two runs. Suddenly from 342/5, the lower order collapsed and the scoreboard read 346/9.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is planning to organise programmes at the taluka and village level to celebrate 50 years of its inception in August, its international working president Pravin Togadia said here today.

Addressing VHP workers at Godhra about 60 km from here, Togadia said, “The Vishwa Hindu Parishad will launch a new
movement called ‘Hindu Ahead, for Hindu Security and Prosperity’, which aims to reach out to Hindus in villages,
towns, cities and tribal areas”. The event will be organised by invoking the issue of the “insecure Hindu,” Togadia said.

Parliamentarians of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana today held a meeting here to oppose the bill to allow merging of some villages and mandals of Telangana with Seemandhra for execution of Polavaram Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project.

The meeting came in the wake of introduction of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2014, in Lok
Sabha to deal with the resettlement and rehabilitation of those displaced by the Polavaram project.

Facing acute shortage of housemaids, Saudi Arabia has started recruiting female domestic helps from India under a first-ever labour pact inked between the two nations in January.

Saudi Deputy Minister of Labour Mufarrij Al-Huqbani said the joint Saudi-Indian working team has finalised the recruitment contract that contains provisions to ensure the authenticity and implementation of the employment contract.

It also contains provisions to ensure recruitment cost, action against hiring agencies violating laws and a mechanism to prevent cheating by middlemen, the Saudi Gazette reported.

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, who is being projected as the chief ministerial candidate by his party, today said he wanted to have an opportunity to work for the good of the state.

Speaking at a function to launch the music DVD ‘Pahava Vithal’, inspired by his aerial photography of the Pandharpur pilgrimage, Uddhav said photography was his hobby and passion and if his work gave satisfaction and happiness to the people he would continue with his passion.

An artist’s true happiness lies in another artist’s compliment, he added.

Ruling National Conference today attacked BJP, saying the party made tall claims during the Lok Sabha election campaign, but the promises appear to be hollow as the common man is being hit hard by inflation now.

“The tall claims and catchy promises appear to be hollow with the common man getting terribly hit by inflation and alarming price rise,” Provincial President National Conference Devender Singh Rana said today.

He was addressing workers at Udhampur.

Rana said though it will be premature to comment now, yet the change that was promised by BJP does not seem to be imminent.

Sehgal, who has starred in films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Dil Se and Cheeni Kum, was last seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Sawariyaa (2007).

She was born on April 27, 1912, in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, third of her seven siblings – and grew up in Chakrata, now in Uttarakhand (near Dehradun).

She began her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935 and performed across Japan, Egypt, Europe and the US. She married scientist, painter and dancer Kameshwar Sehgal in August 1942. The couple had two children, Kiran and Pavan.

President Barack Obama is looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, which will be a “valuable opportunity” to renew the strategic partnership and spur trade between the two countries, a senior US official said here today.

US Deputy Secretary of State William J Burns, who met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, said there was huge potential for taking the ties further particularly in the area of trade where “we are just scratching the surface”.