Month: November 2014

Irani stresses on benefits of ‘Know Your College’ portal

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Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani, who inaugurated the European Higher Education Fair here on Sunday, lauded Joao Cravinho, the Ambassador of the European Union, for supporting the Indian initiative and highlighted the benefits of ‘Know Your College’ portal.

“I am glad that European Union Minister has considered supporting the Indian initiative. Additionally, if you go to the ‘Know Your College’ portal, first time in the independent Indian history we have 20,000 hours of video lecture facility which is available free of cost to our students,” Irani said.

Row over eve-teasing, senior kills junior

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Row over eve-teasing between juniors and seniors led to the murder of junior. The incident occurred under Sultan Bazar Police station limits where a tug of war continued between juniors and seniors on the issue of a girl. On Saturday junior died in the attack of senior.

7-yr-old burns along garbage pile

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A girl was charred to death along with garbage pile in Jawahar Nagar area. It is said that 7-year-old Kaveri, D/O Pramesh, R/O BM Nagar, Jawahar Nagar, who was a student, was playing near the dumping yard in her area. She went near the fire which was lighted into the garbage pile on November 4 and sustained serious burn injuries. She died while undergoing treatment. Police is investigating the case.

Siasat news

Infant mauled to death by stray dogs

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Stray dogs mauled an infant to death at the outskirts of the city on Saturday. It is said that stray dogs mauled 4 month old baby girl who was left by unknown persons in the lane. Seeing the shocking and heartrending scene, locals immediately informed Mailardevpally police. Before the police could rush the baby to the hospital, the girl died in the dog’s attack.

Mother of MH17 victim takes Ukraine to human rights court

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The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Kiev of failing to close the country’s airspace, a German daily reported today.

The woman, who lodged her complaint at the Strasbourg-based court “last week”, is suing Ukraine for USD 1 million in damages for negligent homicide, the Bild newspaper said.

The Boeing 777 exploded over insurgent-held east Ukraine on July 17, killing all 298 on board, 193 of them Dutch. Four were German, according to the airline.

Waqf Board successful in vacating illegally occupied land of Masjid Miyan Mashak

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450-year-old Masjid Miyan Mashak is located at Purana Pul where a non-Muslim was selling photos of deities for the past two months, by setting up a temporary shop made of plastic and bamboos. Surprisingly the Masjid Committee was also silent on the matter. However locals reported Waqf Board about the development on which Special Officer Waqf Board Mr. Jalaluddin Akber sent a task force team to the spot. The man was told that he cannot sell the photos of deities by illegally occupying the Masjid land hence he was asked to vacate the land by himself. The man complied and vacated the land.

Free Mega Health Camp by Siasat Daily today

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Siasat Daily and Minorities Development Forum are jointly organising free Mega Medical Camp on Sunday, November 30, from 9 am to 2 pm, at S A Imperial Garden Tolichowki. Free check up will be carried out for heart diseases, orthopedic, diabetes, skin diseases, gynic ailments, optical and dental diseases. Medical checkup facility will also be available.

WHO team completes Pakistan Ebola assessment

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A visiting World Health Organization (WHO) team has completed its assessment of Pakistan’s preparedness against the Ebola virus.

“The mission had provided technical support to assess the eventual venue of a patient coming from countries hit by the virus,” Dawn online quoted WHO country chief Michel Thieren as saying.

The mission reviewed measures to be put in place in six areas of concern associated with Ebola preparedness, including entry at airports to track the passenger’s contact and travel history, Thieren said Saturday.

UP to have country’s first highway patrol force

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Uttar Pradesh government is going to introduce the country’s first highway patrol on NH-2 and NH-25 for which the personnel will be trained by New Zealand Police and the uniform will be designed by fashion designers.

With financial aid to the tune of Rs 250-crore from World Bank, a separate unit — Uttar Pradesh Highway Patrol (UPHP) — will be raised whose jurisdiction will be limited to the highways it patrols.

India offers scholarship to Afghan students

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India offers around 1,000 scholarships every year to the Afghan students, which is sponsored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

The ICCR scholarship scheme for Afghanistan was launched in 2005.

At present, the Afghan students are pursuing courses in international studies, economics, bachelors’ degrees, B. Tech and many more programmes in various universities across India.

The ICCR provides 6,000 scholarships to foreign students from 30 countries, which are spread in more than 20 states and 120 educational institutions in India.

Modi switching to capitalist economy: DMK

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Taking a swipe at the economic policy of the Narendra Modi government, DMK leader M K Stalin today said the country is moving away from a mixed to a capitalist economy with corporate honchos appearing set to get a “bonanza of sorts” and the poor a “pittance”.

“It appears that the path towards capitalist economy is being refurbished, switching from a mixed economy under the Modi government,” DMK Treasurer and former Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Stalin told PTI in an interview here.

Arrest of murderers of innocent Mustafa demanded

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Awami Insaaf Movement staged a dharna at Indira Park protesting against the death of Shaikh Mustafa, the 11-year old boy who was set ablaze by two army men in a high security army garrison in Hyderabad on October 9. They demanded that the culprit is arrested and bring to account. They also demanded an ex-gratia of Rs/- 5 lakh to Shaikh Mustafa’s family and government job to his kin or else the Awami Insaaf Movement will continue it struggle till the justice is done.

Personalised vaccines for cancer a step closer

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Researchers have developed a strategy to create personalised vaccines that spur the immune system to attack harmful tumours.

Scientists at the Washington University in the US are already evaluating personalised cancer vaccines in patients with metastatic melanoma in clinical trials.

The researchers are also working to use the vaccines against breast, brain, lung, head and neck cancers.

Additional trials are anticipated in the next couple of years.

In the new study, the scientists tested vaccines in computer simulations, cell cultures and animal models.

Climate Parliament asks govt to create green energy fund

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Climate Parliament, a global network of legislators working to promote renewable energy, has urged the Urban Development Ministry to create a green energy fund to focus on utilisation of renewable energy in urban areas.

MP Vandana Chavan in a recent letter to Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said that the cell should coordinate directly with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for any potential integration of plans and policies.

Chancellor Zaitunia University Tunisia visits Daeratul Ma’arif

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Chancellor Zaitunia University Tunisia Prof. Dr. Abdul Jaleel Salam who has arrived in Hyderabad on official invitation, visited Daeratul Ma’arif Al-Osmania on Saturday. He visited all the departments and conducted detailed inspection of Dept. of Research. He was greatly impressed by the research and compilation work on rare manuscript.

Parliamentary election begins in Moldova

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Parliamentary elections kicked off in Moldova Sunday as 20 political parties and blocs as well as four independents contend for 101 parliamentary seats.

Under the country’s electoral law, the threshold for parliamentary representation is six percent of the vote for individual parties, nine percent for political blocs consisting of two parties, 11 percent for blocs formed of three parties or more and 2 percent for independent candidates.

Bayern Munich beat Hertha Berlin 1-0

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Arjen Robben scored once to give Bayern Munich a narrow 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin at the Olympic Stadium here.

Bayern almost dominated the first half and Robben scored the goal in the 27th minute Saturday, reports Xinhua.

After the win, Bayern remain undefeated and lead the Bundesliga with 33 points, while Hertha have 14 points and rank 13th.

Bayern announced Friday night on its annual general meeting that the club has become world’s biggest club by membership, with a current total of 251,315 members.

–IANS

Amit Shah to hold rally in Kolkata today

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah will be holding a rally here today, after the Calcutta High Court granted him permission for the same.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier stated that she is going to appeal against the decision of the court.

Earlier on Thursday, Kolkata Municipal Corporation had refused Amit Shah the permission to hold a rally in the city thereby deepening the feud between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP.

Mark Strand, prize-winning poet, dies in NY at 80

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Mark Strand, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former US poet laureate widely praised for his concentrated, elegiac verse, has died. He was 80.

Strand, whose works were translated into more than 30 languages, died yesterday morning at his daughter’s New York home from liposarcoma that had spread throughout his body, just weeks after entering hospice care, said his daughter, Jessica Strand.

“He was a funny, elegant, generous and brilliant man,” she said of her father. “A man who lived to work and to be with his friends and the people he loved.”

Tourism New Zealand offers free visas to Indians for World Cup

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Expecting a windfall in tourist traffic from the country for the forthcoming Cricket World Cup early next year, Tourism New Zealand has said it would offer free visas-on-arrival to Indians flying down to watch the tournament if they hold Australian visas.

“We will offer free visas-on-arrival to Indians travelling down to our country if they hold Australian visas,” Tourism New Zealand country Manager for India Neha Bhola said here over the weekend, while announcing a tie-up with the Centrum Group to process visas for the World Cup as cricket fever has catches up in the sub-continent.

I am single: Paris Hilton

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Socialite Paris Hilton has revealed she is single after splitting from a recent “summertime fling”.

The 33-year-old hotel heiress was photographed kissing Ralph Lauren stud Josh Upshaw following her break-up from model River Viiperi this summer.

However, Hilton has opened up about her latest love disaster and explained she is no longer dating anyone, reported Contactmusic.

Fifth NSG commandos hub to come up in Gujarat

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Gujarat will be the new base for stationing the elite NSG counter-terror commandos with the government sanctioning a new hub in the state six years after similar centres were created in the country following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

The latest National Security Guard hub will come up on a 41-acre land in Randesan village near state capital Gandhinagar and will house special counter-terror and counter-hijack strike units of these ‘black cat’ commandos in the western flank of the country alongside a similar base in Mumbai.

Media assault at Rampal ashram: PCI panel flays police tactics

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A PCI-appointed panel looking into the journalists assault issue outside ‘godman’ Rampal’s ashram has observed that Haryana Police employed “unconstitutional” tactics to prevent media from doing its duty and recommended investigation by administrative officers into the episode.

In its report submitted to PCI, the four-member committee is learnt to have said that police and local administration failed to rise to the situation and resorted to “brute force” against media persons doing their duty.

Thane: Over 300 taken ill due to chemical waste in drain

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As many as 300 residents of Ulhasnagar in Thane district reported symptoms such as burning sensation in the eyes, giddiness and breathing problems following release of a hazardous chemical in a drain in neighbouring Ambarnath today, police said.

Most of them were admitted to Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar. While ten persons were still hospitalised, the rest were discharged, police said.

The condition of those ten persons was said to be stable.