Month: July 2014

Spokesman of Telangana Congress, Mr. S.K. Afzaluddin, strongly criticized Mr. Hanumanth Rao for raising an objection for appointing Ms. Sania Mirza as the Brand Ambassador of Telangana State by TRS Govt. He told that BJP is anti-Muslim and hence its stand is according to the expectations but the statements of Congress M.P. Mr. V. Hanumanth Rao claims to be secular is most unfortunate. He questioned that did BJP ever express it pleasure when Ms. Sania Mirza won the titles for India?

Revolutionary Poet, Mr. Gaddar told that the Iftaar parties arranged in the month of Ramazan are the best examples of Ganga-Jamuna Civilization of Hyderabad. During the Asif Jahi period, Telangana region was called the representative of Ganga-Jamuna Civilization but the evil designs of the communal elements damaged it to a larger extend. He was addressing a gathering at Telangana Resource Center on the occasion of Iftaar Party hosted yesterday. He advocated the restoration of the values of Asif Jahi period since they had presented an example of communal harmony and national integration.

Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily told the jail officials of Cherlapalli that they should behave in a better way in order to reform the characters of the prisoners so that they could start a better life after they are release. Mr. Zahid Ali Khan was talking to the prisoners of Cherlapalli Jail on the occasion of Iftaar Party hosted by Siasat Urdu Daily yesterday. Present on this occasion were Mr. Srinivas, Jail Superintendent and Mr. Rahul, Dy. Superintendent of the jail. Mr. Amer Ali Khan, News Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily, Mr. Iftakhar Husain, Secretary of Faiz-e-Aam Trust, Mr.

Mr. Amer Ali Khan, News Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily talked to the prisoners in Cherlapalli Central Jail on the occasion of Iftaar Party hosted by Siasat Urdu Daily. The prisoners apprised him of the issues faced by them in the prison.

–Siasat News

Former Police Constable, Mr. Abdul Qadeer was released on Parole for a period of one month from Cherlapalli Central Jail on account of his ill health. His wife, Ms. Sabera Begum had approached Mr. Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Dy. CM. who had forwarded her application to Home Minister and arranged for his release. Mr. Qadeer met Mr. Zahid Ali Khan at Cherlapalli Jail before his release on the occasion of Iftaar Party. He thanked the efforts made by Siasat Urdu Daily for his release. With full of emotions, Mr. Abdul Qadeer prayed for Mr.

Israeli security cabinet Saturday night approved a 24-hour extension to the just ended UN-brokered humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip, media reports said.

The Israeli security cabinet voted to approve a humanitarian truce in Gaza until midnight Sunday. During this period, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) will continue to neutralise Gaza tunnels and will respond to any incoming attacks, Xinhua reported citing the Istraeli daily Haaretz.

The Israeli cabinet will now discuss the next step in the country’s military operation in Gaza.

Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council, Sushil Kumar Modi today alleged that Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was misleading the Assembly and confusing the public over non-availability of post-matriculation scholarship for students belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBC) and Extremely Backward Castes (EBC).

“The Chief Minister yesterday said in the Assembly that the Centre and the state contribute 50 per cent each in the post-matric scholarship scheme. This is wrong as this scheme has been envisaged by Bihar government,” Modi told reporters at the BJP state headquarters.

Sunni militants from the Islamic State group that controls large parts of Iraq have blown up a Shiite shrine in the city of Mosul, an official and witnesses said today.

Jihadists destroyed the Nabi Shiyt (Prophet Seth) shrine in Mosul, the de facto Iraqi capital of the “caliphate” proclaimed last month by Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

–PTI

Noting that the party is the bridge between the government and the people, BJP President Amit Shah today said women members of the party should lead the way in taking the works of the government to the public and help mitigate their problems.

Addressing women party workers at the conclusion of the two-day national executive meeting of BJP Mahila Morcha, Shah said women best understand the problems of the common people and can work effectively in strengthening the party’s base across the country, especially in the South and North East where the party does not have a strong base.

A Delegation from the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) including Dr Abad Ahmad, Chairman of the Aga Khan Foundation and Mr Gulam Rahimtoola, President of the Ismaili Council for India, met with the Honourable Prime Minister to brief him regarding the programmes of the Network in India. The Honourable Prime Minister welcomed the delegation, discussed the work being done by the Network, and encouraged the AKDN to focus on access to sanitation, in the rural and urban regions that AKDN works in, towards universal access to sanitation by 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Ahead of Assembly polls in four states, the Sangh Parivar will witness key appointments under the regime of new BJP chief Amit Shah.

Top BJP leaders, including Shah and Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, met senior RSS functionaries — including Bhaiyyaji Joshi — on Thursday and discussed a host of issues, including better coordination between the two organisations and the government.

PM Narendra Modi wants criminal cases against politicians to be expedited.

Expressing concerns at the long time taken to settle such cases, Modi has asked Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to draw up a roadmap that would help speed up court hearings in these cases.

Sources said Modi asked Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Prasad to work together to come up with an action plan to ensure speedy action in cases against politicians, especially legislators.

As many as 14 personnel of Delhi Police, posted in three police stations in East district, have been suspended on Friday for allegedly patronising local drug- peddlers.

Sources said 14 police personnel of different rank, posted in Gandhi Nagar, Mandawali and Farsh Bazar police stations, have been placed under suspension for patronizing local drug- peddlers and failing to check betting syndicate in their areas.

Three persons were killed and 19 others, including policemen, injured today as violent clashes broke out between two communities over a land dispute in Saharanpur as mobs indulged in arson, after which curfew was clamped and shoot-at-sight ordered.

“Three persons, including traders leader Harish Kochar, Arif and an unidentified person were killed in clashes between the two communities,” Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Mukul Goel told PTI in Lucknow.

Gujurat could well claim to be on the top with its development model. But what comes off as a reflection of its shoddy health infrastructure is that the state registered the maximum deaths — 31 — due to swine flu this year.

Of the total of 89 people affected by swine flu across the state, 35 have died. The number of swine flu patients is next only to Karnataka, which registered 143 cases with a death toll of 11. Rajasthan is next to Gujarat with 22 deaths.

The Uttar Pradesh government tonight announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of kin of the three persons killed in clashes between two communities in Saharanpur.

An official spokesman said that Rs 50,000 will be given to the injured.

The state government has also sought a report of the entire incident from the district administration.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has termed the incident as “unfortunate” and said that those responsible will not be spared.

Gaza residents today used a temporary humanitarian truce agreed to by Israel and Hamas on a UN request to pull out bodies from mounds of rubble and metal of bombed homes, as the Palestinian death toll in the conflict rose to over 1,000 with mostly civilian casualties.

Israel and Hamas agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian truce which the Jewish state later extended by four hours till midnight local time.

But shortly after the original truce expired at 1700 GMT, the Israeli military reported three mortar rounds fired from Gaza.

Upbeat after winning the women’s 25-metre pistol gold at the Commonwealth Games, Rani Sarnobat Saturday said the success of the Indian shooters in the international arena is due to better training venues and good coaches.

“The approach of India to shooting has changed – we have Olympic medals as well as Commonwealth medals. We train in better venues, (have) good coaches and I think that reflects in our shooting,” said 23-year-old Rahi.

She also expressed her happiness over compatriot Anisa Sayyed bagging the silver from the same event.

Indian weightlifter Omkar Otari won the men’s 69 kg bronze medal late Saturday after he lifted a total weight of 296 kg at the Commonwealth Games here.

The gold went to Mohd Hafifi Mansor, who lifted a total of 305 kg, while Nigeria’s Yinka Ayenuwa took the silver with a lift of 302 kg at the Clyde auditorium.

The 26-year-old helped India win its 17th medal at the Games and sixth from the discipline.

Earlier Saturday, India had two won golds and three silvers from shooting and one bronze from judo.

Questioning the authenticity of the Advisory Committee set up by TDP Government for identifying the place for developing State Capital, YSR Congress has said that the five-member Sivaramakrishnan Committee, constituted by the Centre for the same cause, should take opposition parties and all stakeholders into confidence and should function in a transparent manner.

At least 40 people were arrested in the French capital Saturday after an anti-Israel protest involving several thousand people turned violent, media reports said.

Waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans to show their support for Palestinian people, demonstrators took to the capital’s streets at 3 p.m., Xinhua reported citing BFMTV news channel. Some 2,000 policemen were deployed to ensure peace during the protest.

The Islamic Hamas movement said Saturday night that it has rejected Israel’s four-hour extension proposal to the just ended UN-brokered 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas and the Palestinian factions didn’t agree on extending the humanitarian ceasefire for another four hours, Xinhua quoted Hamas spokesperon Sami Abu Zuhri as saying in a statement.

Mahmoud al-Zahar, a top Hamas leader in Gaza, said that any international initiative concerning the aggression on Gaza “must bear in mind our people’s sacrifices and the distinct ability of our armed resistance”.

India and Nepal will work fast on the implementation of the Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project to boost hydropower generation between the South Asian neighbours, a joint communique issued after a meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission at the foreign minister-level stated Saturday.

India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Nepali counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey led their respective delegations in Saturday’s meeting of the joint commission held after a hiatus of 23 years.

It was a mixed day for Indian judokas as Rajwinder Kaur clinched the bronze while Jina Devi Chongtham and Sahil Pathania missed the medal by a whisker in the Commonwealth Games being held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre here Saturday.

India are still in with a chance for another bronze as Pariskhit Kumar will face New Zealand’s Jake Andrewartha in the men’s +100kg bronze medal contest B later in the day.

Indian track cyclists Amrit Singh, Amarjit Nagi and Alan Baby disappointed in the men’s 1,000-metre time trial as they finished 13th, 14th and 16th in the Commonwealth Games here Saturday.

The race was won by Scott Sunderland of Australia in 1:00.675 at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.