Month: September 2014

Senior RJD leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav today assailed BJP and RSS of trying to derive political benefits out of the ‘love jihad’ campaign.

Through the episode concerning Tara Sahdeo and Ranjit Kohli alias Rakibul Hassan in Jharkhand, the BJP and RSS were trying to give a communal colour to the incident to derive political benefits, Yadav told reporters.

Questioning BJP’s sincerity towards Hindus, the RJD MP from Madhepura asked why didn’t they encourage inter-caste marriage among dalits and extremely backward castes.

Telangana Physiotherapists’ Association is conducting a physio walk and blood donation cam at Peoples’ Plaza, Necklace road here from 6.30 to 8 am on September 14. Mr P Sudhakar Reddy, MLC will be chief guest at the event.

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Over 65 per cent polling was reported in the bye-elections of the Medak Lok Sabha seat in Telangana and the Nandigama (SC) Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh, as polling came to a close at 6 PM today.

The exact polling percentage will be known only late in the night, officials in the Chief Electoral Office here said.

TRS’ K Prabhakar Reddy is locked in a contest with BJP’s T Jayaprakash Reddy in Medak, the seat vacated by K Chandrasekhar Rao on becoming the Chief Minister of Telangana.

The Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, will be held in the college premises, from 11 am on September 14. The statue of late Prof Jayashankar will be installed in the college premises on the occasion.

The Chief Minister of Telangana State K Chandrasekhar Rao, will be chief guest, while Md Mahmood Ali and Dr T Rajaiah, Deputy Chief Ministers, and others will be guests of honour.

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Former board president Shashank Manohar Saturday ruled out contesting the impending elections against N. Srinivasan and accused his successor of taking advantage of the amendment of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) constitution for seeking a third term in office.

Manohar said the board’s constitution was amended in 2012 to remove the cap on the number of terms in office of key office-bearers.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday that he has ordered security forces to stop shelling populated areas in all cities that are under the control of militant groups.

“I have issued an order two days ago to stop shelling all cities and populated areas even those under the control of the militants, because we don’t want more casualties among innocent people,” Abadi, who is also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, said at a conference for displaced people in Iraq’s capital Baghdad.

Mohammed Majid Hussain, Mayor, GHMC said that this is the 9th centre of Rs. 5/- food scheme, which is being inaugurated at Liberty X Roads, in front of GHMC Head Office.

An ex-servicemen (ESM) rally will be conducted at Chilkuri Laxmy Gardens, Mavala, in Adilabad town on 14th September. The rally is being organised by Artillery Centre, Hyderabad under the aegis of Headquarters Andhra Tamil Nadu Karnataka and Kerala (ATNK&K) Area in coordination with Department of Sainik Welfare (Adilabad district). Ex-servicemen belonging to Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, veer naris, widows and next to the kin residing in Adilabad, Nizamabad and Karimnagar districts will attend the rally.

YSRCP MLA Roja alleged today that TDP goons tried to take over the traditional Gangamma Jatara in Nagari of Chittoor district. She alleged they forcibly snatched the harathi plate from her hands and attacked her. In the melee, Roja suffered injuries on her wrist. The temple protocol demands that the sitting MLA perform the last harathi to the diety during the hugely-attended Jatara.

However, TDP leaders stopped her and snatched away the harathi plate from her. She suffered deep cuts on her wrist in the melee.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are scheduled to meet in New York this month during the UN General Assembly (UNGA), media reported Saturday.

This would be the first meeting between Modi and Hasina after the BJP came to power in India in May, bdnews 24 reported.

Permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Abulkalam Abdul Momen, said that the two leaders will meet Sep 27.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, who recently underwent cardiac surgeries, was on Saturday discharged from Asian Heart Hospital in Mumbai.

Lalu, after undergoing three major successful heart surgeries and rehabilitation programme last month, was discharged from the hospital at around 3 pm today, a hospital statement said.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief lalu Prasad Yadav was today discharged from Asian Heart Hospital in Mumbai after undergoing two major heart surgeries last month.

The surgeries were performed to replace an aortic valve and to repair the aorta.

The 67-year-old former Bihar chief minister was hospitalized on August 25; the day bye-election results were being counted in Bihar and three other states.

The RJD-Janata Dal (United)-Congress combine won six of the 10 seats in the state’s by-elections. (ANI)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced the dispatch of drinking water pouches for people in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.

“A large number of my brothers and sisters in Kashmir are extremely distressed due to massive floods. A huge number of tourists from various places are also stranded in Kashmir. Many tourists from my state (Bengal) are stranded there as well. In this hour of crisis, we expect everyone to cooperate.

“For immediate relief, we are sending drinking water pouches to the flood-affected areas,” Banerjee posted on her official Facebook page.

Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Saturday said that at least 280 people have been killed due to the heavy rain and floods in various parts of the country.

NDMA spokesman Ahmad Kamal said that more than two million people have been affected in the ongoing crisis, Dawn online reported.

The statement comes as military specialists blew up dykes in central Pakistan to divert swollen rivers and save cities from raging floods.

Most of the breaches at the overflowing Chenab river were made overnight as flood waters reached Multan.

Deputy chief of the Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza, Ismail Haneya, said Saturday that his movement is not intending to hold direct talks with Israel.

“Hamas won’t hold direct talks with Israel,” Haneya said in a meeting with Palestinian reporters in Gaza.

Haneya was reacting to an earlier statement made by senior Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzooq, who said in an interview with a pro-Hamas television channel that if Hamas found itself obliged to directly talk to Israel, “it will do”, Xinhua reported.

Abu Marzooq also said that the talks with Israel “are not taboo.”

A man strangled his lover and then shot himself near here, police said Saturday.

The incident occurred Friday night. The bodies of 25-year-old Amit and 22-year-old Priyanka were found in a house at the DLF Colony in Sahibabad near here Saturday.

Police said Amit stays in Tahirpur near G.T.B. Enclave in east Delhi but had come to his employer’s flat at the DLF Colony.

He called his girlfriend there and they had a scuffle. Amit strangled her and then shot himself.

Priyanka, who hails from Meerut, was staying with a cousin in Vaishali area to prepare for a bank examination.

Over 88 percent of the 38,843 voters Saturday cast their ballot in the byelection to the Manu assembly seat in Tripura, officials said.

“Over 88 percent voters have cast their ballot in the byelection. The election was absolutely peaceful and smooth. There was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere,” Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashutosh Jindal told IANS.

He said there was one complaint of electoral misconduct raised by a political party. “We have inquired into the complaint and it was found untrue,” he said.

The National Security Agency was unable to find evidence that leaker Edward Snowden ever raised concerns internally about its sweeping surveillance programs, after an exhaustive search that included deleted emails, court documents showed.

NSA Associate Director for Policy and Records David Sherman said that the agency had launched a “comprehensive” investigation after media reports were published about classified NSA spy programs based on information leaked by Snowden.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan says although he does not have any clue about how he would fare as a husband, he can guarantee he will be a good father.

“I don’t know about being a husband… Because the wife is missing but I can guarantee about the kids. I would be the big boss of my children,” said Salman, who returns as the host of the eighth season of controversial reality series ‘Bigg Boss’.

The 48-year-old actor is considered to be one of the most eligible bachelors in Bollywood.

All are aware of the current situation in Kashmir. The complete city is flooded with water all over. Water has reached to a level that 3 floor buildings are completely immersed.

Centre for Islamic Studies (CIS) Welfare Trust, Bangalore is a govt. registered organisation working towards social cause. Currently, it has come forward to join hands in the rescue & rehabilitation work for our brothers & sisters stranded in Kashmir flood.

A tense atmosphere prevailed following communal clashes for three days in Belgaum. Incidents of stone pelting and vehicle damage were reported in the communally sensitive areas here on September 11.

Over 30 persons were arrested in connection with the incidents. House arrests continued throughout the day. The police kept searching for miscreants. Violence broke out following a youth being assaulted by youths from another community particular community due to rumors of ‘love jihad’ at Kelkar Bagh.

Ingredients

1 cup French lentilles du Puy
3 cups chicken stock
1 large carrot, finely diced
1 bay leaf
2 ribs celery, finely diced
1/2 cup finely diced red onions (about 1/2 a small onion)
1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, from one large lemon
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, best quality

Leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group and allied clerics said today that they are departing Qatar, where they had sought refuge following the ouster of Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and the crackdown on his supporters.

Their presence in Qatar had severely strained Doha’s relations with Egypt as well as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, all of which view the more than 85-year-old Islamist movement as a threat.

Keen to relocate to the state’s “ad hoc capital” Vijayawada from Hyderabad at the earliest, the Andhra Pradesh government today constituted a three-member committee of principal secretaries to examine shifting of offices of the heads of departments.

Besides being the ad hoc capital, Vijayawada region will eventually become the permanent capital of the state, though the exact location for this has not been fixed yet.

The BJP in Telangana has urges to the Governor to officially pronounce September 17 as Hyderabad Samsthan Liberation Day.

On Friday, BJP leaders in a letter to the Governor of Telangana claimed that “ignoring such an important occasion would not just render injustice to the present and future generations but will become a historical blasphemy”.