The Bahrain government Monday condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted security patrols at Wadia’h border point and the reception building of General Intelligence in Sharorah governorate in Saudi Arabia.
Bahrain’s foreign ministry said that the despicable act resulted in the death of four security men and was aimed at destabilising the security and stability of Saudi Arabia and the entire region, Xinhua reported.
India and England are aiming to improve their positions in the Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings Table with the help of the five-Test series between the two nations, which gets underway in Nottingham on Wednesday. Currently India occupies fourth position with 102 ratings points, while England is one spot behind with 100 ratings points and depending upon the outcome of the Test series, both teams could go as high as number three or drop to as low as number seven.
The Colombian football team returned home to an incredible welcome as thousands of fans turned out to celebrate the South American nation making history for reaching last eight of the FIFA World Cup for the first time. Jose Pekerman”s side was very unlucky to lose to Brazil in Friday night”s quarterfinal with their performances over the past month having captured the imagination of many neutrals. According to The Mirror, thousands of fans gathered in the streets of Bogata to pay tribute to their heroes, who were enjoying a rooftop bus parade through the city.
A 19-year-old college student was allegedly stabbed to death and another suffered serious injuries in a clash between two groups of students after one group refused the request of a student to join and play game at Perungudi near here, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Sethusurya, first year B. Com students and the injured as Bilal.
The clash broke out yesterday when a fellow student, John Prabhu sought to join the game of Cricket Sethusurya and his friends were playing and they suggested him to join later, as the play was half way through, they said.
Undocumented gold to the tune of 2.9 kg were today seized in separate incidents at the airport here and two persons arrested in this connection, airport authorities said.
In the first incident, customs officials found 1.2 kg of gold concealed in the belongings of a 17-year-old boy after he alighted from a flight from Kuwait around 6 am, they said.
Investigations revealed he is a native of Rajahmundry of Andhra Pradesh, they said.
Disclosing that Rs 235 crore was found to have been misappropriated in the weaker sections’ housing scheme in Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today directed district Collectors to conduct a thorough inquiry into the scheme to “break all housing scandals”.
Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday lambasted the Haryana Government over its decision to form a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for the state.
“Since the Congress does not have any issue to fight elections on, they have taken up a religious issue,” said Harsimrat.
Terming the SGPC as the ‘mini-parliament of the Sikhs, Harsimrat said, “It is the authority which looks after our gurudwaras. It was enacted by an Act of the parliament. No political party has the right to interfere in our religion.”
Priyanka Chopra’s first interaction with Reddit users backfired as fans posed some biting questions.
During the interaction on Reddit’s section of AMA, the questions ranged from “Does your toothpaste have salt in it” to how important is Auto-Tune in her singing career, which put the ‘Gunday’ star in a spot, the Dawn reported.
Hyderabad will require at least two more airports in the near future as the city’s population is expected to touch three crore with the development of the Information Technology Investment Region, according to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
“Hyderabad’s population in 2014 is 94 lakh. We are soon to develop a Rs 2.30 lakh crore ITIR that will create two more Hyderabads and the population will shoot up to three crore. So, we will require at least two more airports to the east and north of the city to cater to the additional population,” Rao said.
A 22-year-old girl was allegedly raped repeatedly by her tutor, who also made a video clip of the act and blackmailed her, for the past six months in Indirapuram area of the district, police said today.
The accused identified as Shafiq Ahmed, who ran a coaching institute for spoken English in Khoda area, has been arrested following a complaint filed by the girl, police said, adding a case has been registered in this connection.
TRS MP Jitender Reddy has said they met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him not to make girijans homeless by according permission to go ahead on Polavaram project.
Alleging that TDP president and AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was trying to make Hyderabad as Union Territory, the advocates of Telangana State burned the former in effigy in front of the Assembly.
Vehemently criticizing Chandrababu Naidu, the Telangana advocate shouted slogans against the TDP president for his interference in the affairs of the Telangana government. (NSS)
The Supreme Court’s verdict on Monday declaring that a sharia court has no legal sanction drew sharp reaction from Muslim clerics who said that the Constitution allows them the right to work and act according to Muslim personal law.
Zafaryab Jilani, member of the Muslim Personal Law Board, said, “We are not doing anything parallel to the judicial system and we don’t say that any order passed by a Qazi is binding on all. Our sole motto is to resolve a matter with the consent of two parties involved in accordance with sharia.”
A new high-speed Japanese train will offer its passengers the option of getting a foot bath or relaxing on a tatami mat while enjoying the landscape.
The service will be available from July 19 on the high-speed Shinkansen line (known as bullet train) between Fukushima and Shinjo, in the Yamagata region in northern Japan, according to the Japanese railway company JR East.
The train, which has a capacity for 143 people, will feature a wagon especially for passengers to enjoy an “ashiyu” or traditional foot bath in hot water.
Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani is all set to pump in huge money for his business in Telangana Capital Hyderabad soon.
Anil Ambani today called on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao and expressed his plan to invest money for his business. During the meeting, Anil discussed his business plans and strategy with KCR. The Chief Minister is learnt to have expressed his happiness over Anil’s proposals and extended full support from Government side.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh said here on Monday that the poverty line should be based on the financial background of a person.
“The definition of poverty is different for different areas. At some places even 50 rupees are enough and at some places even 200 are less. So, the family background and financial condition of a person should be considered before setting the poverty line, said Singh.
“Issues like weather a person is a victim of malnutrition or not, weather he owns his own house and land or not and how much wealth he posses should be considered,” he added.
Telangana IT Minister K. Tarakarama Rao here on Monday said AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s interference in the affairs of Telangana government was highly improper and uncalled for.
Speaking to the media, KTR said his government was not ready to hand over its powers to the Governor. Making it clear that law & order was the State subject, the minister said they would go to court on this issue if necessary. The minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows everything of governance as he had functioned as chief minister of Gujarat State.
S Nalini, who has been undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to declare as “null and void” a provision in law mandating Tamil Nadu government to consult the Centre before releasing seven life term convicts in the case.
Osmania University’s Controller of Examinations has informed that the Ph.D. Course Work (Part – I ) English Examination will be held on July 9.
In a media release, the Controller said that the exam was earlier scheduled to be held on July 4 and was postponed. Therefore, now the exam will be held on July 9 (Wednesday) from 2 pm to 5 pm. (INN)
Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif on Monday told troops in North Waziristan to “eliminate all local and foreign terrorists and their sanctuaries” in the tribal region.
The army chief visited the troops on the front lines for the first time since they launched a major offensive against the armed groups in North Waziristan, which the army describes as the biggest sanctuary of the militants, Xinhua reported.
Holding Chandrababu Naidu directly responsible for the blatant murder of democracy in the just concluded municipal and local body chairperson elections, YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today expressed hope that Governor ESL Narasimhan would take steps to enquire into the TDP Government’s atrocities that marked the election process and take suitable action.
Andhra Pradesh HRD Minister Ganta Srinivas Rao on Monday said that the issue of nativity for fee reimbursement would be sort out soon after meeting his counterparts in Telangana.
Former minister T Jeevan Reddy on Monday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu pressuring the Centre to grant more powers to Governor in the GHMC limits.
Speaking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party office here, Jeevan Reddy said that Naidu has hatched a larger conspiracy to weaken the people of Telangana by taking away all their powers. He alleged that Naidu has convinced the Centre to bring an Amendment in the AP Reorgnisation Act to delegate more powers, including Law and Order in the GHMC limits, to the Governor.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa wants the central government to take “early and decisive action” to end attacks by the Sri Lanka Navy on Indian fishermen.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she urged his government to “initiate immediate efforts to find a permanent and pragmatic solution to this livelihood issue of our fishermen”.
“I confidently look forward to early and decisive action by the government of India under your leadership to resolve this long-standing issue,” the chief minister said in the letter made public Monday.
A suicide attack hit the Afghan city of Herat Monday, an official said.
The blast occurred in a locality near Herat airport when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden jacket next to an army vehicle, the official told Xinhua.
“Several gunshots followed the blast. It is said that two other suicide bombers fled the scene,” a witness said.
The blast injured three army personnel.
–IANS