The party of Pakistan vote hopeful Imran Khan said Wednesday that “a horde of 100 miscreants” attacked his home and beat up his brother-in-law, as it accused the government of failing to provide security.
Islamabad police denied there had been any break-in at the hill-top villa of the cricket legend, a major contender in general elections next month, and blamed any disturbance on members of his own Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party.
A young mother died after setting herself on fire to protest Chinese rule, prompting thousands of people to gather near her home and the monastery where the self-immolation occurred.
Chugtso, 20, set herself ablaze Tuesday near Dzamthang county’s Jonang monastery, in Sichuan province, bringing to 116 the number of people who have killed themselves in this fashion since 2009, Radio Free Asia (RFA) said.
The woman, who leaves behind a husband and a three-year-old son, died shortly after the flames engulfed her near the monastery. Neighbours later carried her remains to her home.
Allah – the One free from all imperfections – said:
“So have taqwa (fear and obedience) of Allah and reconcile the differences between yourselves.”
[Al-Qur’an 8:1]
“Indeed the Believers are but brothers. Therefore reconcile the differences between your brothers, and fear Allah so that you may receive mercy.”
[Al-Qur’an 49:10]
A letter addressed to President Barack Obama tested positive for ricin, and authorities arrested a suspect, stoking alarm in Washington on Wednesday after an earlier scare over poisoned mail.
The FBI said there was no connection between blasts at the Boston marathon that killed three people on Monday and mailings sent to Obama, Republican Senator Roger Wicker and an unidentified Mississippi justice official.
US investigators on Wednesday said they found an image of a suspect who may have planted the homemade bombs that killed three people and maimed scores more at the Boston marathon.
The image could mark a breakthrough in the hunt for perpetrators, two days after the explosions that wounded 180 people. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will visit the city Thursday in a show of solidarity.
Former president Pervez Musharraf Thursday fled from the Islamabad High Court premises after the court dismissed his bail extension plea and ordered his arrest.
The Islamabad High Court dismissed Musharraf’s interim bail extension plea and ordered his arrest in a case related to the confinement of judges in 2007, Geo News reported.
Accompanied by his guards, Musharraf appeared before court to seek an extension in his bail. However, the court dismissed his plea and ordered his arrest.
A Pakistani court Thursday ordered the arrest of former president Pervez Musharraf, a media report said. The former president managed to escape with his private security guards from the court here.
The Islamabad High Court Thursday dismissed Musharraf’s interim bail extension plea and ordered his arrest in a case related to the confinement of judges in 2007, Geo News reported.
–IANS
(By Madhusree Chatterjee) Education is the key to conserving a country’s cultural heritage and it is manifest nowhere as in India, which has been playing with non-formal education models since early historical ages and is now touching modern schools with their regimented eduction systems.
Beginning with the traditional Vedic gurukuls, ancient universities like Taxila and Nalanda, monasteries and madrassas, there has been a gradual return-to-the roots movements in the last three decades in academia.
Bristling with anger, President Barack Obama branded Wednesday’s defeat of gun reform in the US Senate as “shameful,” accused lawmakers of caving to the gun lobby, and promised to fight on.
A deeply emotional Obama — using disdainful language, and surrounded by relatives of gun victims, including some of the 20 kids gunned down in the Newtown massacre — accused the firearms lobby of lying to halt change.
A three-day global meet of anaesthetists is set to begin here May 10, an official said Thursday. The doctors will discuss developments in research and critical care in the field of anaesthesiology.
The Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA), a professional society of anaesthesiologists, is gearing up to stage the ISATRICON-2013 from May 10, an event that will see participation of doctors from Australia, Britain and the US.
All the eight Indians who participated in the ill-fated Boston Marathon escaped unhurt from the deadly twin blasts at the finish line with one hailed as a hero for acting as saviour to the victims.
Dr. Vivek Shah, an Indian American orthopaedic surgeon at Boston’s New England Baptist Hospital, was 25 yards away from finishing the 26.2-mile run when the twin blasts occurred.
North Korea laid out onerous conditions Thursday for any talks with Seoul or Washington, including the withdrawal of UN sanctions and a guaranteed end to South Korea-US joint military drills.
“If the US and the South enemies… genuinely want dialogue and negotiation, they should take these steps,” the North’s National Defence Commission said in a statement.
The conditions are almost certain to be rejected outright by both South Korea and the United States, which have themselves made dialogue conditional on the North taking steps towards denuclearisation.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday wrote to the Presidents of Pakistan and Iran condoling the loss of lives in the earthquake.
In a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, Singh said, “I was deeply saddened to learn of the damage and loss of life caused in Pakistan following the earthquake that struck the eastern region of Iran yesterday.”
He expressed hoped the impact of the earthquake has been minimal.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have lost their dear ones, sustained injuries or suffered damage to their property,” he said.
Terror struck Bangalore on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections when a low-intensity bomb exploded near the bustling BJP city office in a busy residential area injuring at least 16 people, including 11 policemen.
Bangalore blast: Events as they unfolded
The bomb, apparently strapped to a motorbike with a Tamil Nadu registration plate parked between a van and a car, went off around 10.30 AM about 100 metres diagonally opposite BJP office in Malleshwaram.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister R Ashoka said the attack was an act of “terror.”
Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced India’s concerns over dam construction on the Brahmaputra river by China and proposed a joint mechanism during talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing is believed to have not shown willingness to move on the issue.
During his meeting with President Xi in Durban, Manmohan Singh had sought a joint mechanism to assess the construction work on dams on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet.
India accounts for one-third of the world poor, people living on less than USD 1.25 (about Rs 65) per day, a World Bank report on poverty has said.
The report said that 1.2 billion people still living in extreme poverty across the world.
“The State of the Poor: Where are the Poor and Where are the Poorest?,” using data released in the latest World Development Indicators, shows that extreme poverty headcount rates have fallen in every developing region between 1981 and 2010 from half the citizens in the developing world to 21 percent.
The height of atrocities of the police constables of Blue Colt of Mangalhat were witnessed yesterday. they had beaten a 12 year old boy in Mangalhat. They kicked him heavily on a trivial issue. The boy could not bear the trouble. He fell unconscious.
TRS MLA Mr. J. Krishna Rao termed Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy traitor of Telangana. Right from the beginning, he is putting hurdles in the formation of separate Telangana State. He is sending misleading reports to central leaders about Telangana. He said that Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and Mr. B. Satyanarayana have incited the Central Govt. for taking anti-Telangana steps. He joined the Seema Andhra leaders and prevented the Central Govt. from taking any decision on Telangana.
TRS Chief, Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao sold out Telangana Movement in wholesale and got benefits.
Many irregularities are being done in the Central Govt. Health Scheme Govt. officials and the managements of corporate hospitals are involved in these scams. During the past three years Rs. 540 crore have been swallowed. CBI registered a case and investigations are in progress. Mr. Shankara Rajasekharan, Founder Trustee “Right to Health” exposed this scam in a press conference yesterday. He told that corporate hospitals are looting Govt. treasury. Despite indicating these irregularities Central Govts keeping quiet which is very surprising.
Voice of Telangana and 1969 Founder Forum for Telangana struggle have strongly demanded Dr. Manmohan Singh, PM of India and Ms. Meera Kumar, Speaker of Lok Sabha to install the statue of Maulvi Alauddin who was the first freedom fighter for the Indian Independence who died in prison in Andaman. In order to commemorate his services and sacrifices, it is a befitting tribute to him that his statue is erected in Parliament Hall. In case, there is no space in Parliament, his statue could be erected either in Hyderabad House or AP Bhavan.
History of India is linked with Urdu language. It played a major role in the freedom struggle of India. Today, Govt. is doing politics in the name of Urdu. It is making lofty claims about the development of Urdu which are not enough. Urdu language can not progress by writing the names of departments and shops in Urdu. By taking oaths in Urud in the portals of legislatures also Urdu can’t be developed. Urdu language could be developed only when the syllabus of Urdu is made compulsory right from school level and Urdu teachers appointed to teach Urdu in schools.
Society is fastly changing. It has indulged the Muslim Community in various issues. Day by day, such things are finding their way in Islam which have no bearing in its ideology. These are affecting falling our girls who are prey to western culture. It is dangerous trend for the Muslims. These thoughts were expressed by the Islamic Scholars in a meeting held at Quaderia Islamic Centre at Dabeerpura. It was felt necessary to provide Islamic education to the Muslim youths in order to refrain from indulging in anti-Islamic activities.
——Siasat News
Haifz Peer Shabber Ahmed MLC and President of Jameeatul Ulema, AP unit in a press statement released yesterday told that a resolution has been passed by Jameeatul Ulema in New Delhi to take steps to stop the increasing popularity of Christianity and the Qadiyanis.
He told that the organization has filed a petition in Supreme Court against the decision of Govt. of Maharashtra which has suspended a Muslim police constable Zaheeruddin for growing beard. He also told that his organization is fighting terrorism at all levels.
TDP MLA of Karimnagar, Mr. G. Kamalakar has announced his resignation from TDP. He had informed Mr. KCR about his intention to join TRS. He told that he has already sent his resignation to TDP. He will join TRS on 25th April in the presence of Mr. K. Chandrasekahara Rao, president of TRS.
He told that he had struggled for separate Telangana State while he was in TDP but people are not believing him. He told that TRS would emerge as a great force in Telangana after the elections of 2014.
——Siasat News