Tainted Min’s resignation: Kiran in wait & watch

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Andhra Pradesh Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, facing corruption charge, will continue in his post for some more time as Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy appears to be in no hurry to accept his resignation.

Kiran Reddy is said to be in no mood to accept the resignation of Dhamana, who holds the Road and Buildings portfolio, any time soon and leave him “exposed”. The CM reportedly gave this indication when a few Ministers met him this morning upon his return from a two-day trip to New Delhi.

CJI: Judges should not rule nation, ridicules “right to sleep”

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Asserting that the judges should not govern the country or evolve policies, Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia today wondered what would happen if the executive refuses to comply with judiciary’s directives.

He asked judges if they would invoke contempt proceedings against government officials for not complying with their decisions and disapproved a recent Supreme Court judgement which said “right to sleep” was also a fundamental right.

“Judges should not govern this country.

–Agencies

Delayed water supply in some areas on Sunday

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The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board on Saturday informed that there will be delayed water supply to Banjara Hills, Yellareddyguda and parts of Jubilee Hills on Sunday.

According to the Board, the delay would be in view of a six-Hour shutdown to be taken up on August 26 (Sunday) from 12.00 noon onwards on Lingampally-Banjara pipeline for replacing two valves.

–Agencies

Solve power crisis in two days: TDP to Govt

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Telugu Desam Telangana Forum Convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Saturday set two-day deadline for the State Government to resolve the power crisis in the State.

Talking to media persons after lodging a complaint with State Consumer Forum at Khairatabad seeking its intervention, he accused the State Government of having failed to supply of promised power to the people and farmers. In the petition, Errabelli Dayakar said that the government has cheated the farmers by promising seven hour power supply and demanded that the government compensate for the crop loss.

Administration in AP in a state of paralysis: Lok Satta

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Administration in Andhra Pradesh has come to a standstill with the Chief Minister and his colleagues making the rounds to New Delhi engrossed in their bid to safeguard positions of power in the wake of allegations of incompetence against some and corruption against some others, commented Lok Satta Party General Secretary Katari Srinivasa Rao here today.

T people want state,not change of CM: Palvai

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Telangana senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Palvai Goverdhan Reddy has said that the Telangana people were not demanding the change of Chief Minister and PCC Chief, and their only wish is separate Telangana.

Shankar Rao deplores filing cases against TRS leaders

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Finding fault with the police department for registering serious cases against the TRS leaders, particularly Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao, former Minister Dr P Shanker Rao has said that the TRS MLAs had staged dharna at Vidyuth Soudha for the sake of the people and not for them.

Kiran, Botsa will continue on posts till 2014: TGV

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Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh on Saturday dismissed media reports that the High Command would replace Chief Minister N Kuran Kumar Reddy in the State.

Talking to media persons at the Secretariat, Venkatesh stated that the High Command gave clear indications that Kiran Kumar Reddy would continue on the Chief Minister’s post till 2014 elections. He suggested media to stop filing speculative and baseless stories. Further, he claimed that Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana would continue on the post.

At 49, I’m still looking for love: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali is 49, a bachelor, and says he truly believes in the concept of his sister Bela Sehgal’s directorial debut “Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi”, which deals with love between two 40-plus individuals.

“I love Bela’s concept of love striking two people who are seen as past the age of marriage. Love can strike at 45 or 85. I am 49, and I am still waiting for love to happen,” said Bhansali in an interview. He was once rumoured to be tying the knot with choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant.

He also opened up about the agony of watching Sehgal’s directorial debut being delayed.

‘Sacrificial goat’ in jagan’s case?

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Finally, it’s the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who seems to have the last laugh in handling the state administration as well as party affairs. This was evident from the way he managed to get a ‘free hand’ to deal with the prevailing political turmoil in the state from none other than the party chief Sonia Gandhi.

3 militiamen, over 20 militants killed in Pakistan clashes

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At least three militiamen and over 20 militants were killed in clashes between Pakistani troops and militants in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Bajaur Saturday afternoon, reported Xinhua citing local media.

According to a report by local Urdu TV channel Geo, the clashes broke out at noon time when a group of Pakistan and Afghan militants attacked security forces in Salazai area of Bajaur Agency, a militant insurgent tribal area at Pakistan-Afghan border.

6 killed in Iraq violence

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A total of six people including a local official were killed and five others injured Saturday in separate gun and bomb attacks in Iraq, police said.

In Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, gunmen opened fire on Ibrahim Younis, a municipal council member, near his house in Doumiz district in southeastern the provincial capital city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, and shot him dead, a provincial police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Motorsports: Karun and team in top 10

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The JRM Racing team of Karun Chandhok, David Brabham and Peter Dumbreck put in some hot laps to be in top 10 during the two free practice sessions ahead of the FIA World Endurance Championship race here Saturday.

The team were fourth in the first practice session with Chandhok clocking the quickest lap among the three drivers with a one minute, 46.491 seconds while Brabham went faster in the next session, posting a 1:47.715.

Passing game is the way forward: Koevermans

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After India’s convincing win over Maldives in the Nehru Cup here today, national football coach Wim Koevermans said his boys have the ability to do better and he would always encourage them to improve and get accustomed to playing the passing game.

India rode on the twin strike from skipper Sunil Chhetri and a goal by Syed Rahim Nabi to record a convincing 3-0 win at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here.

–PTi

Cong, BJP misleading people on scams: SP

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Samajwadi Party on Saturday accused the Congress and BJP of misleading the people through their public spat on scams and hoped that the Parliament would start functioning from next week.

Party spokesman Ram Gopal Yadav alleged that scams were surfacing one after the other in the UPA government.

“These scams had started during the NDA regime be it 2G spectrum scam or the coal block allotment one and both of them (Congress and BJP)are publicly involved in a bitter tussle on the issue only to mislead the people,” Yadav alleged on the sidelines of an event in Bahjoi area.

PM must face Parliament: CPI

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The CPI on Saturday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to “face Parliament” and said the government must own up responsibility for the huge loss to the nation on the coal block allocation issue.

“The Prime Minister must face Parliament especially when it is in session. Disruption does not mean that he would not come to the House,” party National Secretary D Raja said here.

Inter-Faith Press Conference on Burma and New York City Shooting

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Burma Task Force-New York is hosting an inter-faith press conference to speak out against and spread awareness about the pogrom currently taking place against Rohingya Muslims in Burma / Myanmar.  The clergy will also address the spate of shootings in the US, the most recent being the New York City shooting.  Muslim Peace Coalition USA, a national alliance of Muslim organizations has welcome Mayor Blomberg’s prompt announcement that the New York shooter was a disgruntled employee and not a religious bigot.

Redefine adult content in Indian cinema: Anubhav Sinha

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Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha feels its high time that adult content in Indian cinema is redefined and the guidelines that the censor board follows are reformed.

“In a society where human bodies are being minced and played on TV, I think it is time to redefine adult content in Indian Cinema,” Sinha tweeted.

“I am wondering if TV will still sell flavoured condoms and not show ‘Jannat 2’ or ‘Jism 2’ or such???” he posted.

Sinha said the guidelines that censor board follows need to be reworked on.

US aid to transition from cash to electronic form

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Entrepreneur Karl Mehta, the only Indian-American among 18 Presidential Innovation Fellows, would work on “The 20 percent Initiative” that aims to transition international development assistance payments from cash to electronic methods.

Selected out of 700 applicants for their data, coding and programming expertise, the fellows would spend six months in Washington DC to work on five “high-impact” federal IT projects aimed at supporting entrepreneurs, small businesses and the economy.

Indian-American neurosurgeon convicted of tax evasion

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An Indian-American neurosurgeon has been convicted by a federal jury on tax charges for his alleged failure to disclose $8 million in income held in a bank account in India in 2009.

Arvind Ahuja, 50, of Greendale in Milwaukee County, is scheduled to be sentenced in January by Chief US District Judge Charles Clevert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday. He remains free on bond.

The jury convicted Ahuja of filing a false tax return and of failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, while acquitting him on five other counts.

No politician visited us, says US shooting victim’s brother

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No political leader has visited the family of Subegh Singh, who died in the shooting incident in a gurudwara in the United States on August five, victim’s brother said here today.

Subegh’s family members in village Rattangarh, near here, in Fatehgarh Sahib district, lamented what they alleged
the apathetic attitude of the Punjab government towards them.

Neither any politician nor any official has visited us,” 70-year-old Ranvir Singh, the victim’s brother, said.

We came here 50 years ago and developed the village,” he said lauding Subegh’s contributions in this regard.

Indian-origin doctor not fit to practice: British tribunal

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An Indian-origin pathologist, who conducted the first post-mortem examinations on a man who died in the 2009 G20 protests in London, is not fit to practice, a British tribunal has ruled.

Freddy Patel wrongly said Ian Tomlinson died from heart problems, BBC reported.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said his work was “deficient” and the service will now decide upon sanctions.

Policeman Simon Harwood, who had pushed Tomlinson to the ground but was cleared of manslaughter, now faces police disciplinary proceedings.