Senior Maoist leader surrenders

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Hyderabad, June 09: Vexed with the Maoists philosophy and unhappy with the leadership, a senior leader of the CPI (Maoist) gave himself up to the police in Vizianagaram district today.

Kondagorri Kurma Rao alias Kurranna was a member of the Maoist Nagavali area committee and was allegedly involved in several offences, including blasting of Gummada railway station, a mandal development office, and attack on Udayagiri police station.

Vizianagaram district Superintendent of Police Y Gangadhar said the latter was vexed with the Maoist philosophy and wanted to lead a normal life.

Kidnapped NASR School student killed, 3 held

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Hyderabad, June 09: A 12-year-old boy, Syed Usman Mohd Quadri, who was kidnapped from the Old City more than two weeks ago was allegedly killed by his abductors in Shadnagar.

Police took three kidnappers into custody and are investigating.

One other man who was earlier taken into custody was let off after police failed to establish his role in the kidnap, sources said.

Parents protest Princess Esin School fee hike

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Hyderabad, June 09: The unabated increase in school fee is taking its toll on helpless parents who seem to have no option but to protest and fight for a rollback.

The Parents Ad-hoc Committee of Princess Esin Girls High School in Purani Haveli held a press meet at the APUWJ office, Basheerbagh in regard to the unjustified fee-enhancement and also about other issues pertaining to school management.

The parents of the school allege that in the last four years, the school has been increasing the fees by 30 per cent each year.

Afridi seals Pakistan’s progression

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Shahid Afridi carried Pakistan into the Super Eights at the expense of a spirited but outclassed Dutch side at Lord’s, as he ripped his top-spinning legbreaks through a succession of bamboozled defences to deliver his team a thumping 82-run victory with the superb figures of 4 for 11 from four overs. For the Netherlands, the end came with unseemly haste as they lost their last nine wickets for 52 in 10.2 overs, but they still left the tournament with their heads held high after last week’s unforgettable floodlit triumph over England.

MCA student commits suicide, parents allege ragging

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Warrangal, June 09: Dande Devender Kumar (22), an MCA second- year student of Vasavi College of Engineering in Hyderabad, committed suicide allegedly due to ragging by his seniors. He put his head under a running train at Dharamaram on Sunday.

Police, who found his body on the railway track, established his identity with the help of an identity card recovered from his pocket.

Hailing from Choppadandi village in Karimnagar, Kumar left for Hyderabad on June 3 stating that he had to attend exams from June 9.

Aamir Khan, a self confessed cry baby

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New Delhi, June 09: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan empathises with tennis ace Roger Federer, because the actor like the French Open Champion feels no embarrassment in shedding tears.

“But he (Federer) is certainly the only one to cry like a baby each time he wins a final. That is one thing I share in common with him. I cry like hell each time any of my films do well, but I also cry when they don’t,” the actor wrote on his blog.

We need to fill gap between rich and poor: Zuma

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Durban, June 09: Emphasising the need for closing the gap between the rich and the poor in the country, South African President Jacob Zuma warned that if poverty was ignored it would be a risky situation.

“If that happens you are certainly sitting on a situation that will explode one day,” he said.

Mr Zuma said that before the financial crisis began affecting South Africa, the economy was growing but the poverty levels were deepening.

4 students charred to death at teacher’s house

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Kakinada, June 09: Four students died and two others suffered serious burns in a fire at their teacher’s house in Mayapatnam village in U Kothapalli mandal in East Godavari district. Electric short circuit is said to be the reason behind the fire.

While two students died on the spot, two others succumbed to burns at the government general hospital on Monday. Sources said the short circuit caused by loose wiring in a TV set spread to the false ceiling of a wedding pandal in the house where the students and the teacher slept late on Sunday night.

Medical teams conduct tests for BA flight passangers

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Hyderabad, June 09: Ten teams from the district medical and health department visited the residences of 54 passengers, who were seated three rows ahead and three rows behind the 28-year-old passenger who tested positive for H1N1, on the British Airways-277 flight for verification and anti-viral treatment in the city on Monday, in order to prevent the spread of the infection.

Woman held for stabbing ‘abusive’ husband to death

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New Delhi, June 09: A young woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her “alcoholic and abusive” husband to death in Rohini here.

Sunita alias Neha was arrested on Saturday after she purportedly confessed to the murder to her father Chandoo Lal, who reported the matter to the police.
Marriage in 2000

Sunita had met Naveen while working in a beauty parlour in Pitampura in 2000. As she could not find a suitable match for herself because of her economic condition, she befriended Naveen. The two later tied the knot with the consent of their families.

Pakistan beat Netherlands by 82 runs

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London, June 09: Shahid Afridi took 4 wickets as Pakistan bundled out Netherlands for 93 runs to qualify for the Super 8 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup.

Pakistan set their opponents 175-5 in their innings after captain Younis Khan won the toss and elected to bat first.

The Netherlands were only required to score 151 runs in their innings due to Pakistan needing to win by at least 25 runs having started the day bottom of the group after losing to England in their opening match.

Shahid Afridi starred with the ball for Pakistan, finishing his four overs with figures of 4-11.

Vijayashanti shows up at media meet

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Hyderabad, June 09: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Member of Parliament Vijayashanti showed up before the media here on Monday evening as if denying reports that she was missing after getting elected to Parliament from Medak.

Reacting to complaints against her in police stations that she had been absconding since the declaration of election results, she said, the charges were filed with the aim of targeting her and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao. She counselled media not to be a party to cheap tactics played against Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao and herself.

YSR cautions MLAs

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Hyderabad, June 09: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has cautioned the newly-elected Congress legislators against developing complacency in taking the government schemes to the people.

They would face an acid test during the elections to municipalities next year and to Panchayat Raj bodies subsequently. This is when their performance would matter the most in ensuring the victory of Congress candidates to the maximum number of seats. Their performance would be reviewed from time to time with the help of different agencies and they would be given ratings accordingly.

TRS members ‘boo’ Governor

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Hyderabad, June 09: Members of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti booed when Governor N. D. Tiwari mentioned about the initiative taken by the government on the Telangana issue during his address to the joint session of the legislature here on Monday.

‘Obama gives deadline to Israel for Palestine’

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Washington, June 09: US President Barack Obama gives Israel a two-year deadline for the finalization of a two-state solution amid sharply opposing positions in Washington and Tel Aviv over the issue of Palestinian statehood.

President Obama raised the issue of an independent Palestinian state with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli official’s visit to Washington last month, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

According to the report, the plan envisions a Middle East peace deal by 2011.

Women’s bill a conspiracy to ‘finish’ regional parties: Lalu

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New Delhi, June 09:RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday joined SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in opposing women’s reservation bill in its present form, alleging that it was a “big conspiracy” to prevent the backward sections from coming up and to “finish” the regional parties.

Prasad, who was joined by former Uttar Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh, warned of a major movement if quotas for the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs and minorities was not included in the legislation.

Why Akshay married Twinkle?

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Mumbai, June 09:There’s a soft side to the rough and tough Khiladi Kumar that not many know of. Through his blog, Akki recently revealed some sweet tit-bits about his personal life. Akshay Kumar, who has been married to Twinkle Khanna for about 8 years, reveals his reason of saying the ‘I Do’ to the beautiful lady.

Shahid Kapoor ditches IIFA for film

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Mumbai, June 09: This year’s IIFA event at Macau seems to have ran into trouble as most of the A grade stars have backed out of the event. Saif-Kareena and Shahid won’t be attending the event while Priyanka and Hrithik will only make an appearance but not perform.

Shahid’s back-out at the last minute surprised us as just few days back the actor had confirmed the news about his performance at IIFA. Even the track on which he would be performing was declared.

What’s common between Aamir Khan and Roger Federer?

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Mumbai, June 09: Roger Federer’s historic French open win Sunday has gone down so well among the sport’s enthusiasts that even superstar Aamir Khan couldn’t stop drawing parallel between himself and the Swiss.

The 27-year-old is infamous for shedding tears after winning a trophy and Aamir thinks even he does the same after his films do well at the box office.

Santa – Sir Hun Meri Salary Wada

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Santa – Sir Hun Meri Salary Wada
Santa: Sir hun meri salary wada diyo, mera vyah ho gaye hai.
Boss: Factory de bahar hon wale hadseyan layi factory jimmevar nahin hundi

Amitabh – Mere Paas Gaadi Hai

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Amitabh: Mere paas Gaadi hai, Bangalow hai, Bank Balance hai, tumhare paas kya hai?
Shashi: Mere paas bhi Gaadi hai, Bungalow hai, Bank Balance hai…
Silence for few Minutes…
Amitabh: Abey to phir Maa kahan hai?

Laloo: 2 His

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Laloo: 2 his P.A.: Itne khilari kyun football ko laat mar rahe hai?
P.A.: Goal kar ne k liye.
Laloo: Susra, Ball to pahle se hi gol hai aur kitna gol karenge

Santa Ke Bagiche Mein Bahut Sare

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Santa ke bagiche mein bahut sare ped – paude thay, Santa naukar ko bola ped-paudon ko pani dal.
Naukar: Sahab baarish ho rahi hai.
Santa: Abe to Chatri leke dal.
Pappu while filling up a form: What should I write against mother tongue.?
Santa: Very long…..!

Virender Sehwag out of T20 World Cup

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New Delhi, June 09: India’s opening batsman Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Twenty20 World Cup in England due to a shoulder injury.

Sehwag was advised to undergo a surgery for his shoulder injury, sources said.

The hard-hitting batsman, earlier, had to skip the opening match against Bangladesh including all the practice matches.

Indian pilgrims accuse Israel of religious profiling

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Panaji, June 09: A group of Goans who went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem Tuesday accused the Israeli authorities of religious profiling even as the state government sought a full fledged probe into a visa racket run by travel agents based in Goa and Israel.

Edmund Antao, co-ordinator of Crusaders for Jesus with Mary – a Christian faith building group that led a batch of 97 pilgrims to Israel’s holy destinations last month, told reporters here that Israeli officials denied visas to 14 members of the entourage on account of religious profiling.