Month: July 2014

TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu today held a meeting with his party MPs in view parliament budget session beginning from tomorrow. The meeting was convened to discuss on various issues relating to Andhra Pradesh, allocation of funds for development of railways in the new state and various steps to be taken to overcome from deficit budget of the state. Naidu has written letters to MPs of different parties to extend their cooperation irrespective of their political affiliation in development of the state.

Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao today expressed serious discontent on Center for its decision to give special powers to Governor ESL Narasimhan to have his say on giving some key postings in Telangana and Hyderabad being joint capital. KCR directed the MPs in a meeting, held here on Sunday, to get ready and fight against the Center in this regard and vie for adequate budget allocations, due share of new rail lines and completion of pending railway projects to Telangana State and withdrawal of Polavaram Ordinance.

Expressing concern over the free flow of foreign money into country Union Minister for Urban development, M Venkaiah Naidu today made it clear that the BJP is totally against reservation on communal lines. The Union Government and the BJP are committed for social reservation rather than communal one. Venkaiah was addressing the gathering on the occasion of 114th birth anniversary celebrations of Janasangh (BJP) founder Dr Shyamprasad Mukherjee organized by Telangana Party unit at its headquarters here.

Nearly 2,200 Indians in Iraq’s non-conflict areas wish to return home, with 117 of them set to reach the capital after midnight Sunday, it was announced Sunday.

The external affairs ministry said the government was buying tickets for some 1,600 of the 2,200 while the air fare for the other 600 were being paid by the companies in Iraq they worked for.

The announcement comes a day after 46 nurses from Kerala seized and freed by Sunni insurgents who have overrun vast areas in Iraq flew back to Kochi to a grand welcome.

The national capital experienced a partly cloudy Sunday with the maximum temperature at 37 degree Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. Met has forecast a similar Monday.

The city received 0.9 mm rainfall till 5:30 p.m.

“The skies will be sunny Monday morning but will turn cloudy noon onwards. In the evening, light rain may occur in many parts of the capital,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department.

The maximum and the minimum temperatures are likely to hover at about 38 degrees and 29 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who has adapted ‘Arth’ as a play, is now set to stage his 1989 film ‘Daddy’.

Daddy’, which marked the filmmaker’s daughter Pooja Bhatt’s acting debut and also starred Anupam Kher and Manohar
Singh, will be remade in the form of a play.

“It is a very sensitive subject and it is important for the next generation to know the complexities and sensitivities of relationships which are portrayed in the film. The success of ‘Arth’ play has inspired me to bring ‘Daddy’ on the stage,” Bhatt said.

Germany coach Joachim Low believes that the secret behind his side advancing to the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup for the fourth consecutive time lies in the great players.

Germany grabbed a 1-0 win over France in the quarterfinals Friday at the Maracana here to make it to the semis, reports EFE.

Loew gushed over his country’s side as it has won in 28 matches out of 31 since the 2006 World Cup, describing the team as “strong and outstanding.”

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Sunday greeted Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on his 79th birthday and wished him a long and healthy life.

Presenting a bouquet on behalf of the chief minister to Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay at a function here, Transport Minister G.S. Bali said the spiritual leader’s message of love, compassion, non-violence and religious harmony was a great inspiration for the international community.

A Yemeni security official says clashes between Shiite rebels and government-allied Islamist tribesmen have killed at least 35 people and wounded 40 others.

The official said today 15 soldiers and 20 rebels have been killed in the ongoing battles between Hawthi rebels and
tribesmen from the Islamist Islah Party in and around the city of Amran, northwest of the capital, Sanaa.

The official says national army units are fighting with the tribesmen and military warplanes targeted the rebels who
tried to attack a government compound late yesterday.

The Rajasthan government plans to shift some tigers from the Ranthambore National Park to other parks in the state, following an increase in the number of big cats and territorial fights between them, an official said Sunday.

At least five tigers have been killed in territorial fights among the over the past five years in Ranthambore in Sawai Madhopur district, some 150 km from Jaipur, a forest department official told IANS.

Environmentalists say that as the numbers of tigers increase, there is also a need to create habitats in which they can thrive.

World football body FIFA is investigating whether Colombia’s Juan Zuniga made an intentional tackle on Brazilian striker Neymar during the World Cup quarter-final that left the Barcelona star out of the tournament with a fractured vertebrae.

“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee is analysing all the elements provided, the videos and the match reports and will decide whether or not to take action,” FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer told a briefing recently, reports EFE.

Germany’s strength lies in the team’s spirit and team-mates’ performance that exceeds the individual distinctive merits of players like Lionel Messi or Neymar to Argentina and Brazil, says German midfielder Lukas Podolski.

“Germany does not have players like Messi and Neymar, but we have a strong team, and this is the difference,” Podolski said, reports EFE.

Podolski admitted that the “German machinery” did not perform well against France, but in the World Cup, it does not matter who plays better, only the score does.

Giving credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “good governance” in BJP-ruled states for the party’s electoral victory in the Lok Sabha elections, party president Rajnath Singh today said the kind of faith people reposed on it could not have been possible otherwise.

“Had it not been good governance provided by our party-run state governments and had we not have a popular
leader like Narendra Modi then we would not have achieved this tremendous electoral results. Probably, the kind of faith people reposed on us could not have been possible,” Singh said.

A private employee who reportedly fell in love, ended his life committed suicide by hanging at his residence on Saturday.

According to Jeedimetla police, the deceased Gunde Goud (27) an private employee S/o Chandrappa Resident of Ganeshnagar of Jeedimetla, native of Anantapur district, who committed suicide by hanging at her residence on Saturday night hours.

Deceased fell in love with one Uma devi for last few months back, due to failure in love he went under mental depression deceased taking a extreme step of suicide and might have ended his life over it.

Hasina Parker, the elder sister of absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, died in a private hospital following a massive cardiac arrest, officials said here Sunday.

She was admitted to Habib Hospital, Nagpada, in south Mumbai Saturday night following severe chest pain and breathed her last Sunday afternoon.

Hasina Parker shot into the limelight after some rival mafia gangsters led by Arun Gawli gunned down her husband Ismail Parker in a gang-war in 1991.

This led to a spate of brutal retaliatory killings from the Dawood gang at that time.

A 45 year old man committed suicide jumped in front of train on Saturday night hours.

According to Secunderabad Railway Police, deceased G Rajesh (45) an painter S/o Mallesh Resident of Pattigadda of Secunderabad body found at near the railway track of Begumpet railway station, police suspect deceased commits suicide jumped of train on Saturday night hours, Suicide reason was not known yet..

The Secunderabad Railway Police registered a case and dead body shifted to Gandhi Hospital Mortuary for postmortem, after autopsy deceased body handed over to his relatives. (INN)

About 2,200 Indians in non conflict zone in southern Iraq have expressed their desire to leave the for home and they will be in India in the next 36 to 48 hours even as 200 others reached here early this morning.

As the momentum of evacuation picked up, the facilitation process of transporting Indian nationals from Iraq is focused on the non conflict zone in southern Iraq, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told reporters today.

Four mobile teams of six persons each have been placed in Najaf, Karbala and Basra apart from Baghdad which have

Senior Congress leader and former minister Devineni Rajasekhar Nehru today said the TDP government has betrayed the people of Andhra Pradesh.

Nehru, on completion of one month of TDP-rule in the state, said TDP government has not taken any constructive decision on any issue and has betrayed people by not fulfilling its electoral promises.

A 28 year old man died after committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence on Friday late night hours.

According to Dungigal Police, the deceased K Mahender Reddy (28) an Mason R/o Mallampet of Dundigal, committed suicide by hanging at his residence on Friday night hours.

The family members of the man told the police that he slipped into depression his parents were trying in vain to find a match for him, unable to find the suitable the match he was resorted the extreme step and might have ended his life over it.

Six tourists from Mumbai drowned in the Arabian Sea off Maharashtra’s Raigad after they went for a swim Sunday morning, police said.

The incident occurred when the six, part of a 15-strong group of tourists from Chembur in Mumbai, stepped in the choppy sea waters of Murud beach for a swim.

Local villagers and fisherfolk, with the help of police, managed to retrieve the bodies of all the six victims later.

A 75-year-old retired employee killed after he was hit by a train while trying to cross the railway track.

According to Secunderabad Railway Police, the deceased P Mohan Rao (75) an retired employee S/o Kuppu Swamy Resident of Sainikpuri, deceased while trying to cross the railway track on Friday night hours near R K Puram railway station suddenly one speeding train hit due to which he was died on the spot.

At least four people were injured Sunday when suspected Bodo insurgents triggered two grenade blasts in Chirang district of Assam, police said.

Cadres of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) faction opposed to peace talks with the government lobbed a grenade in Deokurapar and another at the Ballamguri bus stand area in Chirang, about 250 km from the state’s main city Guwahati and part of the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts.

Four persons were injured but their condition was stable, police said.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday asked the TRS leaders and workers to focus on the overall development and growth of Telangana State.

Addressing the ZPTC and MPTC members of Warangal district at his camp office here, KCR said that the TRS needs to retain power from Panchayat to State level to ensure speedy development of Telangana. He said that the local bodies play a crucial role in the development of any State and through effective decentralisation of development schemes, Telangana should emerge as a model State in the country.

Iraqi forces are analysing an online video that purports to show a brutal jihadist group’s leader delivering a sermon in the militant-held city of Mosul, a spokesman said today.

The video, which if authenticated would be the first time the leader of the Islamic State (IS) has appeared on camera since proclaiming himself the leader of the world’s Muslims, was apparently taken during Friday prayers at Al-Nur mosque in the northern Iraqi city.

Six people have been arrested over the murder of a Palestinian teenager here, media reported Sunday.

Israeli police told BBC that Mohammad Abu Khdair was murdered “because of his nationality”.

Khdair was abducted in East Jerusalem and his body was found July 2. The post-mortem examination findings suggested he was burnt alive.

His death followed the abduction and murder of three young Israelis.

Khdair, who had also suffered a head injury, had suffered 90 percent burns, the report said.

The findings have not been officially released.