Month: July 2014

British ministers William Hague and George Osborne will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj when they visit India July 7 and 8.

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will jointly call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi July 8, a ministry of external affairs statement said Saturday.

The two ministers will hold delegation level talks with Swaraj at the Hyderabad House July 8.

At least five workers from Odisha have been stranded in strife-torn Iraq, an official said Saturday.

All the labourers, mostly plumbers, are from Kendrapada district.

Basudev Tripathy, 25, Niranjan Tripathy, 31 and Rashmi Ranjan Tripathy, 24 of Maho village were reportedly staying in Nafaj province, district labour officer Bighnajit Mohapatra told IANS.

While location of two other workers Madan Mohan Mahalik, 28, of Nandini Nagar village and Santosh Mahalik, 45, of Sandhapali village could not be ascertained, Mohapatra said.

Nearly 600 Indian nationals will come back from conflict-hit Iraq over the next two days of whom 200 will return by an Iraqi Airways special chartered flight from Najaf to Delhi tonight, External Affairs Ministry said today.

“The return of Indians from Iraq has gathered pace,” the Spokesperson in External Affairs Minister said, adding apart from 200 Indian nationals, another 400 Indian nationals would be returning to various destinations in India, including Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad, through commercial flights by Monday.

BJP today said people of Jammu and Kashmir are looking up to it and the party will form the next government in the state on its own.

“We are ready for the elections. We are confident that we will form the next government here. People want a ‘Modi Sarkar’ (government) here too,” co-incharge of BJP’s state unit R P Singh told reporters here on the sidelines of a function held to induct new members into the party.

Singh said people of the state want a corruption-free government which can bring in a lot of development.

Actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, whose son Suraj is facing charges of abetting the suicide of actress Jiah Khan, have filed a Rs 100 crore defamation suit in the Bombay High Court against Rabia Khan, the mother of the deceased.

Two days back, the High Court, hearing Rabia’s plea, had transferred the probe from Mumbai police to CBI, asking the agency to find out whether it was a case of suicide or homicide.

Congress today blamed BJP for tension in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh and defended the Samajwadi Party government over police action, saying there was no other option but to take law and order measures.

Congress today blamed BJP for tension in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh and defended the Samajwadi Party government over police action, saying there was no other option but to take law and order measures.

Party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining “silent” while the ruling BJP practices “divisive politics”.

BJP Mahapanchayat supporters during a clash at Kanth Railway Station in Moradabad district on Friday. PTI Photo
The situation in Kanth village in Moradabad district continued to be tense Saturday, following Friday’s clashes between BJP workers, villagers and police in which the district magistrate and some police officials were injured, the authorities said.

Moradabad Divisional Commissioner Shiv Shankar Singh said the situation was “tense but under control”.

Ali Fazal has featured in films like “3 Idiots”, “Always Kabhi Kabhi” and “Fukrey”, but he considers his latest release “Bobby Jasoos” as his “major break”.

The movie, starring Vidya Balan as the female lead, hit the screens Friday, and prior to its release, Ali was worried about being able to manage its promotions and the shooting of his next film “Khamoshiyan” at the same time.

Ali was dismayed to read reports suggesting there is a problem in promoting “Bobby Jasoos”.

A 25-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped and injured by three persons in Bisauli area here, police said today.

The incident took place on Thursday night when the woman was returning home after giving food to her husband at an orchard, they said.

When the woman resisted, the accused injured her with a knife, police said.

A case was lodged against Peer Baksh, Tinku and Haneef in this connection last night, they said.PTI

Actress Shradhha Kapoor can’t make head or tail of the hue and cry over her kissing scene with actor Sidharth Malhotra in “Ek Villain” even though she is “conservative at heart”.

“I wonder why the kiss is such a big deal in today’s day and age? Audiences don’t make a fuss about a kiss. By now, our audience is used to it,” Shraddha said.

Kissing scenes for the actress are okay as long as she believes in her director’s vision.

The nomenclature of Social Welfare Department, Telangana Secretariat, is hereby changed as Scheduled Caste Development Department.

The General Administration (Cabinet) Department are requested to take necessary action to issue amendment to the First Schedule of the Telangana Government Business Rules.

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The Sikh community of Greater Hyderabad will celebrate the 419th ”Prakash Purab” (Birthday celebrations) of sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahebji on a grand scale on July 6, 2014 (Sunday).

In this connection, the Prabhandak Committee, Gurudwara Saheb, Hargobindpuri, Amberpet, Telangana will organise ”Vishaal Deewan” (Mass Congregation) at Maharana Pratap Function Hall, Amberpet from 11 am to 3.30 pm on July 6, 2014 (Sunday).

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister K E Krishnamurthy today announced a plan of 100 days for the benefit of the people as well as to streamline administration.

Speaking to media, he said that stern steps would be taken to curb corruption and irregularities in registration department. The government is trying to prevent discrepancy of land value between registration and revenue departments.

Krishnamurthy said that efforts were on to provide all services to farmers through Mee-seva centres and Caste certificates would be issued at village level.

Iraq’s premier insisted today he would “never give up” on a third term despite allegations at home and abroad of sectarianism and authoritarianism amid a sweeping jihadist-led offensive.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s remarks came after a farcical parliament session in which Iraq’s various factions — many of which strongly oppose Maliki staying in power — failed to unite and choose a speaker of parliament, sparking criticism from the international community and the country’s top Shiite religious leader.

Sheila Dikshit, who was Delhi Chief Minister from 1998 to 2013, resided at the Motilal Nehru Marg residence for about a decade; make use of a bungalow on Mathura Road as her official residence for the first five years.

In reply to a RTI application filed by Subhash Chandra Agrawal, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has said: after checking out of the Motilal Nehru Marg bungalow, Dikshit budged to a 2,000- sq ft, three- bedroom private apartment on Ferozeshah Road in central Delhi.

President Barack Obama today called America’s legacy as a country of immigrants part of the nation’s “DNA,” as members of the military community were sworn in as citizens at the White House.

At a Fourth of July event marking the 238th anniversary of American independence, Obama praised the newly minted citizens — some two dozen active duty military, their spouses, veterans, and reservists — who “remind us that America is and always has been a nation of immigrants.”

Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 36 other Islamists were today sentenced to life by an Egyptian court for involvement in deadly protests last year after military’s ouster of president Mohammed Morsi.

Badie, convicted of involvement in deadly protests, has already received death sentences in two other cases.

In yet another blow to the Muslim Brotherhood, Badie was among the 37, out of 48 defendants accused of inciting violence and blocking the Qalyoub Highway last year, who were given life sentences today.

Salman Khan showered praise on his ‘Kick’ co-star Jacqueline Fernandez, calling her lovely in the film’s new song.

The 48-year-old superstar, who is following Fernandez, 28, on Twitter, said she is lots of fun.

“She is lovely in ‘Hangover’, followed her, she is a lot of fun on Instagram and Twitter,” Salman said, when fans asked him about the actress.

Jacqueline has earlier been quoted in a media report saying, she agreed to be a part of ‘Kick’ before hearing the script as she wanted to work with the ‘Dabangg’ star.

It seems that egotism is spawning from the ruling party who is taking pleasure in bullying majority in the state.

In two incidents, a local Rajkot BJP leader slapped a woman corporator many times and kicked her in the stomach, compelling her to get hospitalalised.
In another place in Ahmedabad, a group of the BJP’s student wing toughies rant and rave the Gujarat University building and thrashed a clerk.

Five plumbers from Kendrapara district of Odisha are stranded in strife-torn Iraq, according to official reports released by the local administration today.

“We have so far found out five skilled labourers working in Iraq though unofficial reports put the figure at around 60,” said District Labour Officer, Bighnajit Mohapatra.

After being released from the police custody last night, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sangeet Som told ANI here that the Mahapanchayat issue had been purposely heated up to target his party.

Criticising the Samajwadi Party (SP), Som said it was trying to divert the people’s attention from the poor law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh with incidents such as the clashes that had taken place with the police on Thursday.

Former cricketer Shane Warne has confirmed he is dating Australian model Emily Scott.

Warne, 44, shared on Twitter that he was going to watch a Wimbledon match with Scott, 30.

“On the way to watch Aussie gun Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon! Go on you good thing, take it down & keep killing it!!” he wrote, adding, “And yes I’m taking my girlfriend @EmilyLScott who’s looking smoking hot too hahaha!”

Warne previously dated British model-actress Elizabeth Hurley.

Members of the Muslim community here have complained that frequent power cuts during the holy month of Ramzan were creating numerous problems for them in their fasting routine.

Members of the community claimed that although District Magistrate Roshan Jacob had written to state power officials on July 1 requesting a fixed schedule of power cuts in the city, owing especially to the fasting by Muslims, that had not brought about any change in the situation.

BJP MP from Secunderabad, Bandaru Dattatreya today asked Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to immediately convene a meeting of all MPs from the state to discuss various issues pending with the Centre so that they could be raised in the forthcoming Budget session of Parliament.

Gaza militants fired a new volley of rockets into Israel today, clouding Egyptian efforts to broker a renewed truce, after protests over a Palestinian teenager’s murder spread to Arab-Israeli towns.

Israeli police reported clashes in three mainly Arab towns in the northeast and centre late yesterday after the east Jerusalem funeral of the teenager, believed to have been abducted and murdered by Jewish extremists.

Around the central town of Qalansuwa, angry Arab protesters stopped traffic, attacking Jewish drivers and torching their cars, public radio reported.