Month: May 2015

China today rejected US demands to stop its intensifying reclamation works in the South China Sea, saying it was exercising its sovereignty while helping the rest of the world.

Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of the general staff department in the People’s Liberation Army, told a security summit in Singapore that “the situation in the South China Sea is on the whole peaceful and stable, and there has never been an issue with the freedom of navigation.”

A woman was allegedly gang-raped by two employees of a hospital here, police said on Sunday. Both atatckers were arrested.

The incident happened on late Friday at RG Kar Hospital.

The woman, a resident of Murshidabad district`s Bahrampur, came to the hospital to visit a relative admitted there when the two accused – employed as liftman – pounced on her, police said.

“On the basis of her complaint filed on Saturday, we have arrested the two accused – Masum Ali Khan and Haider Ali. A medical test on the victim has been conducted and the report is awaited,” said a police officer.

A passenger was arrested at Rajiv Gandhi Airport on Saturday. Gold biscuits of 4 kg were seized from his possession. According to details a passenger reached airport from Masqat before alighting the plane, he hid the biscuits in the flight toilet. On a tip-off DRI officials searched the flight and recovered biscuits from the toilet.

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Chairman Telangana Council for Higher Education Prof. Papi Reddy announced ECET 2015 results. ECET pass percentage is 91.87 percent. He told that notification will be issued on June 29. Classes will be started in the last week of July. Telangana Engineering Common Entrance Test (ECET) is used for admissions in the higher education in Telangana.

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Ahmedabad has been always alienated on caste, community and religious lines.

But this is one of the very few mixed neighbourhoods left in communally divided Ahmedabad where harmony resides in.

This dilapidated Zalak Apartment of 50 flats is a home to 35 Hindu families in Juhapura, one of the largest Muslim ghettos in Asia, inhabited by almost 4.5 lakh residents.

Juhapura is one of India’s biggest Muslim ghettos, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad and little known village-turned-ghetto of some 400,000 Muslims.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that World No Tobacco Day reminds of the harms associated with tobacco consumption and a day to reaffirm our commitment to reduce this menace.

Prime Minister Modi took to Twitter to share his thoughts. “World No Tobacco Day reminds us of the harms associated with tobacco consumption & a day to reaffirm our commitment to reduce this menace,” he tweeted “The @WHO’s focus on stopping illicit trade of tobacco products is a laudatory effort that will help in minimising tobacco consumption,” he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the declaration of June 21st as ‘International Yoga Day’ by the United Nations General Assembly is a matter of honour for India.

“I put forth a proposal of ‘International Yoga Day’ before the United Nations , which was passed in 100 days through support of 177 nations. It’s a matter of honour for our nation; did anyone think that yoga can also be used as a toll to connect different nations?” said Prime Minister Modi while addressing the nation in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme.

A 30-year-old Dalit man was bricked to death allegedly by two persons over a minor dispute under Bhopa police station area, police said today.

The incident occurred yesterday at Morna village when victim Rajkumar, who was under the influence of alcohol, had a fight with the accused, belonging to the same locality, police said.

The accused, identified as Sagar and Deepak, later attacked Rajkumar with bricks and battered him to death, they said.

A case has been registered against the duo, who is absconding, police said adding that further investigation is on.

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Short term computer courses will begin at Mahboob Husain Jigar Career Guidance Centre, Siasat premises from June 1. Every month more than 50 students learn the courses and get jobs. Over 500 students have learned AutoCAD and are now working in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Careful use of food and hygiene is necessary for being healthy. Today the major cause of our illness is spicy foods eaten in the parties. These views were expressed by Siasat editor Mr. Zahed Ali khan. Addressing a camp held by Siasat and Star Physical Fitness Association on ‘Exercise and hygiene’, he told that today government of India and Telangana has launched Swachh Bharat and Swachh Telangana Campaign while Islam taught principles of cleanliness and hygiene 1400 year ago. Cleanliness is half faith.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy never fails to grab attention with his controversial statements. Of late, Swamy has made heads turn by stating that everyone who lives in India is a Hindu.

While addressing the Gujarat Chhatra Sansad, a state-level student Parliament event, the BJP leader said that people who follow religion other than Hinduism, have descended to India from other countries, as per an Indian Express report.

When these non-Hindus were troubled in the other countries, they flew down to India to take shelter and settled down here.

Army today foiled an infiltration bid by heavily armed militants near the Line of Control in Tangdhar sector of Kashmir.

“The infiltration bid was foiled in the wee hours today as a group of heavily armed terrorists were crossing the LoC,” an army official said.

He said contact was established with the militants at around 4.30 AM and the exchange of fire between the two sides was going on till reports last came in.

The official said there was no report of any casualties on either side so far.

President Pranab Mukherjee has given nod to re-promulgation of the controversial land ordinance, which could not be converted into law during the recently concluded Budget Session of Parliament, for the third time.

The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had yesterday decided to re-promulgate the ordinance, saying it was necessary for maintaining continuity and providing a framework to compensate people whose land is acquired.

The President has given assent for the re-promulgation of the ordinance, official sources said here today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government is committed to implement the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme for ex-servicemen, but sought time to resolve its complexities.

Attacking the previous governments for “playing politics” over the issue for the past 40 years, he said OROP was “a complex issue, a vexed issue. You have been patient for 40 years. Give me some time to address it.”

Tabassum, 36, mother

It’s mid-afternoon and I am almost dead. My 18-year-old son, Sulem, needs to pee, but can’t take off his trousers. As I help him, I look away from his private parts. I have no choice… or else, he’ll soil his trousers and I will have to clean the bed.

A 14-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by two persons in Jansath town here, police said today.

As per the complaint filed by the victim’s father, two persons, in connivance with a woman, gangraped his daughter when she was alone in her house, Jansath SHO Dhannanjay Singh said.

The accused identified as Amjad, his wife Nazia Begum and Noruddin, also threatened to kill the girl if she divulged about the incident to anybody, the SHO said.

The girl has been sent for medical examination.

India’s largest realty firm DLF is looking at closing two private equity deals worth around Rs 1,000 crore by September to part-finance its upcoming housing projects in Chennai and Gurgaon.

DLF had announced plans in February to raise over Rs 3,000 crore through divestment of stakes in certain housing projects to private equity (PE) players.
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Sources said some PE players are evaluating DLF’s housing projects in Chennai and new Gurgaon. It is targeting at least two deals in the first half of this fiscal worth about Rs 1,000 crore.

The Congress Party on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must listen to the people of the country instead of delivering his ‘Mann Ki Baat’.

“The Prime Minister can do his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ with his ministers, the BJP and his advisors, but he must listen to ‘dil ki baat’ of the awaam [citizens]. It is important that he listens to the people of India,” Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan told ANI.

Gatimaan Express, the first semi high-speed train service between Delhi and Agra which would touch speeds of up to 160 kmph, is likely to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the second week of June.

The trials of the semi-high speed train have already been conducted twice on the 200-km-long tracks between the two destinations and awaited now is the mandatory clearance from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS).

“The clearance from CRS is expected any time and we are gearing up to launch the train by June 9,” said a senior rail ministry official.

Thanks to a 55-year-old German national, a 16-year-old Kerala girl suffering from an advanced stage of leukaemia or bone marrow cancer has got a new lease of life after she was transfused healthy stem cells donated by him.

She surely is lucky: Even though doctors treating her could not find matching stem cells among more than 70,000 donors registered in India, they finally could locate with the help of an international agency the only one donor whose stem cells matched perfectly with those of the girl patient.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured the ex-servicemen that his government would soon resolve the One Rank, One Pension issue.

“To our brave army personnel and ex-servicemen… I am not talking as a PM. For 40 years the question of One Rank, One Pension has been persisting,” Prime Minister Modi said while addressing the nation on his eighth edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme,

“Not much has happened so far. I assure you that this government and I repeat, this government will give the solution to One Rank, One Pension,” he added.

Gatimaan Express, the first semi high-speed train service between Delhi and Agra which would touch speeds of up to 160kmph, is likely to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the second week of June.

The trials of the semi-high speed train have already been conducted twice on the 200-km-long tracks between the two destinations and awaited now is the mandatory clearance from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS).

“The clearance from CRS is expected any time and we are gearing up to launch the train by June 9,” said a senior rail ministry official.

A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped by two employees of a hospital here, police said on Sunday. Both atatckers were arrested.

The incident happened on late Friday at RG Kar Hospital.

The woman, a resident of Murshidabad district’s Bahrampur, came to the hospital to visit a relative admitted there when the two accused – employed as liftman – pounced on her, police said.

A 26-year-old woman who used her looks to entice her victims on social media before conning them was detained by Jaipur police.

The one-and-a-half month’s hunt by a Sodala police team was successful on Wednesday who chased her for 5 kms while she was trying to flee in a stolen car on Ajmer Road.

The ‘con woman’ known with multiple names such as Khushbu Sharma alias Smriti Sharma, and Lady Cocoa and under different names had duped around 100 people.

In what looks like a story from a typical masala Bollywood flick, khushbu followed an interesting ‘modus operandi’.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government was taking steps to empower the poor of the country as he always wanted to work for the poor people.

“I have always wanted to work for the poor. We think of new initiatives, we take feedback on initiatives,” Modi said in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio address.

He said various steps are being taken to ensure that the poor are empowered.

Talking about the recently-launched DD Kisan channel, the prime minister said it gave him a “lot of joy”.