Month: June 2015

Afternoon motorists speeding along the Rajiv Gandhi Bandra Worli Sea Link were shocked and amused to see a different type of “four-wheeler” galloping along the southern carriageway.

A partly-decked glowing white mare named Payal, a ‘Ghodi’, who had run away from a wedding marquee near the Bandra branch of the Sea Link, bolted toward the bridge on Tuesday and before the security officials could react, she was happily trotting beside the traffic.

In a shocking incident, a 36-year- old elected representative of Gangrar Panchayat Samiti allegedly married a 6-year-old girl earlier this week, officials of Chittorgarh district said on Saturday.

In a shocking incident, a 35-year- old elected representative of Gangrar Panchayat Samiti allegedly married a 6-year-old girl earlier this week, officials of Chittorgarh district said on Saturday.

Finding himself at odds with the US Supreme Court over its two landmark judgements upholding healthcare law and same-sex marriage, Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal wants to get rid of the court.

“Thursday, the Supreme Court had its say on Obamacare; soon, the American people will have theirs,” wrote the newly minted aspirant for Republican nomination for President in an opinion piece in Time magazine.

A seven-month-old girl died while six other children are undergoing treatment at a government hospital after being administered anti-polio injections at Shahpur village in Bihar’s Vaishali district.

Civil Surgeon (CS) of Vaishali Ramashish Kumar said that seven-month-old girl Sonali Kumari died at her home late last night after she was administered the anti-polio injection during the day.
Six other children of the village under Ganga bridge police station have been admitted to Sadar hospital for similar reason (been administered injection), he said.

An incredible new computer simulation by NASA shows the planet and debris disk around the nearby star Beta Pictoris in motion.
The supercomputer simulation of the planet and debris disk around Beta Pictoris shows that the planet’s motion drives spiral waves throughout the disk, a phenomenon that causes collisions among the orbiting debris.
“We essentially created a virtual Beta Pictoris in the computer and watched it evolve over millions of years,” said Erika Nesvold, an astrophysicist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who co-developed the simulation.

Injured India pacer Mohammed Shami hopes to start bowling in the nets from next month, saying his rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) was going in the right direction.

Shami has been out of action since World Cup due to a knee problem and recently underwent a surgery. He missed out on IPL and the Bangladesh tour.

“I hope to start bowling in the nets next month. I am now in a comfort zone and my body is not feeling tight. There is no problem and I am slowly increasing the weight,” Shami, who took 17 wickets in seven World Cup matches, told PTI.

The Hamas movement has put “impossible” conditions ahead of the formation of a new Palestinian unity government, a senior Palestinian official said on Saturday.

“Hamas says it accepts the formation of a government, but on the other hand it has put conditions to topple the idea,” Xinhua quoted Amin Maqbool, secretary general of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah Party’s revolutionary council, as saying.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Friday arrested 109 people for urinating in public in Agra.

The GRP conducted a drive for 48 hours across 12 stations and was able to send 109 people to jail for 24 hours.

“People are generally habitual of spreading filth around the railway premises. The area which should be maintained clean, most of it is being subjected to all kind of filth. We did a drive and caught people who were urinating around the premise. We caught 109 people,” said G.N. Khanna, Superintendent GRP.

Lok Sabha member Arun Kumar of BJP ally RLSP on Saturday hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for “targeting” an upper caste community.

“A particular caste is being targeted and attacked. We will not accept it and will not tolerate it,” he said at a press conference in reference to police action against aides of arrested Janata Dal-United legislator Anant Singh, who is from the Bhumihar caste.

Arun Kumar said Nitish Kumar “used” dozens of people like Anant Singh for his own political benefit and left them in the lurch after his aim was fulfilled.

Thousands of people in Kuwait took part in a mass funeral procession on Saturday for 27 people killed in a suicide bombing that targeted a Shiite mosque a day earlier.

Police in Kuwait said they are interrogating a number of suspects with possible links to the suicide bombing, which was claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. An Interior Ministry statement today said police arrested the owner of the car that was used by the bomber to drive to the Imam Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait City, where he detonated his device inside among the worshippers.

A research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, was allegedly molested by a contractual sweeper while she was asleep in the institute’s hostel, police said on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Thursday night.
The suspect was arrested and produced before a court on Friday, said West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Bharati Ghosh. The accused was granted bail.

According to the complaint, the man entered the research scholar’s room while she was sleeping and tried to kiss her.

A CBI court here today granted bail to a suspended Gujarat police official in connection with the 2003 Sadiq Jamal fake encounter killing case.

Special judge M M Gandhi granted bail to suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Tarun Barot, the last accused in the case to be still behind the bars, on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh along with the two surety bonds of Rs 5 lakh each.

Congress today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should step down if he was finding himself “helpless” in securing resignations of four women Ministers who are under attack for alleged wrongdoing.

“If the Prime Minister is helpless in securing the resignations, he should tell people about his failure to ensure zero tolerance to corruption and offer his resignation,” party spokesman Raj Babbar told reporters.

Hitting hard at the Prime Minister over his “continued silence” over the raging controversy, he said, “four women have turned speechless the most frank and outspoken man”.

The Osmania University NSUI students staged a protest outside the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s residence here on Saturday demanding the immediate implementation of KG to PG education policy. The NSUI has given a call to observe junior colleges bandh on Saturday.

The students clashed with the police when they tried to barge into the chief minister’s house during the protest. Mild tension prevailed in front of CM’s house before the students were taken into custody.

Telangana home and labor minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy today said TRS government was taking all possible measures for the welfare of labors in the state.

The Telangana Government would celebrate the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao here on June 28. The TRS government had celebrated late Congress stalwart’s birth anniversary last year too, soon after formation of the new state. Narasimha Rao was born in Karimnagar district, on June 28, 1921. The official function would be held at ‘P V Gyan Bhoomi’ on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake on Necklace Road, a government release said.

Brushing aside demands of Andhra ministers that Hyderabad be made as an union territory if section-8 is not implemented, Telangana deputy chief minister Kadiyam Srihari said they have no rights to demand this.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s future would be decided after receiving notice in connection with cash for vote case, Kadiyam said and alleged that Chandrababu and his coterie have raised the issue of section-8 only to escape from cash for vote case.

An Autobiography of Dr. B. Sathaiah, former Librarian, OU, titled “Memories of my Life” was released at OU Library here.

Prof. R. Nageshwar Rao, Director, Directorate of Academic Audit, OU attended as the chief guest and Prof. V. Vishwa Mohan, Professor of Library & Information Science, OU presided over the function.

In an effort to portray Andhra Pradesh as a global tourism destination, Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department Principal Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad took part n BITE 2015-16 in China.
During his visit, Prasad had meetings with the Buddhist Association of China which has expressed deep interest in visiting Amaravati, Nagarjuna Konda and other Buddhist Sites in Andhra Pradesh.

The Graduation Day for Graduating Batch of 2011-15 was held successfully today in the Auditorium of University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Registrar, Prof. E. Suresh Kumar graced the occasion as Chief Guest and awarded Degree Certificates to the B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Food Technology and Textile Technology students.

Kurdish fighters have recaptured the Syrian city of Kobane which was seized by the Islamic State (IS) terror group, authorities said on Saturday.

According to the watchdog group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), clashes in Kobane have ended as the Kurdish fighters are combing the city in search of IS militants, Xinhua news agency reported.

The IS militants infiltrated Kobane on Thursday (June 25).

They killed at least 174 civilians and engaged in intense battles with the Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG).

Insisting that all was well in the Indian cricket dressing room, pacer Mohammed Shami today said reports of rift between Test captain Virat Kohli and ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni are simply wrong.

“That the team is divided and the team is not performing — there is no truth in these things. I have shared the dressing room with all of them including Virat and Mahi Bhai.

I never felt anything like that (there is a rift between them). If media is making an issue then it is wrong,” he told PTI here.

The Telangana government has urged the Centre to intervene and direct the Reserve Bank of India to credit back Rs.1,274 crore to the state’s account as the money was transferred “illegally” to the income tax department.

A state government delegation led by Minister for Panchayat Raj and Information Technology, K. Tarakarama Rao met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Delhi on Saturday.

Rao told reporters after the meeting that they urged Jaitley to ensure that the money is credited back to the state account.

A seven-year old girl on Saturday fell into a borewell in Rajasthan’s Sikar district.

Police officials reached the spot to rescue the girl.

The area around the borewell is being dug in an effort to rescue the seven-year old.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

Ahmed Shehzad and Azhar Ali produced a gritty performance on Saturday as they reduced Pakistan’s deficit to six runs at stumps on the third day of the second day against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

Conceding a 177-run first innings lead, Pakistan recovered from a shaky start as Shehzad and Azhar steadied the ship by sharing a solid 120-run partnership for the second wicket after the dismissal of Mohammad Hafeez (8).