Life term for Sobhraj upheld
Dealing a body blow to `bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj's freedom bid, Nepal's SC on Friday convicted the Indian-origin criminal in a sensational murder case of an American tourist and upheld the life |
Stamp duty cut to 5% in urban areas
The state government has reduced stamp duty on sale deeds in urban areas. The present duty rate of 7 per cent has been reduced to 5 per cent. The new rate will come into effect from August 1. The reve |
celebration time
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Saina adds Khel Ratna to her glittering crown
Ace shuttler and
July 30: Ace shuttler and world number two Saina Nehwal was on Friday selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour, putting the |
9 Gujarat cops in dock for Tulsiram killing
The Gujarat CID crime has chargesheeted nine cops including three IPS officials D.G. Vanjara and Vipul Agarwal of Gujarat cadre and Dinesh M.N. of Rajasthan cadre in Tulsi Prajapati fake encou |
Naidu's Babli bombs in Telangana
The Telangana
July 30: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, on Friday said the result of the by-election in Telangana constituencies was a referendum on Telangana and the |
Time for T-state, says KCR
The main opposi
tion Telugu Desam suffered a humiliating defeat in the bypolls conducted at 12 Assembly segments in Telangana with some of its candidates losing even their deposits. The party sto |
Spirit of Telangana sweeps bypolls
The Telangana
Rashtra Samiti-BJP alliance swept the July 27 bypolls surfing atop Telangana tsunami that completely drowned the Congress, including the state party chief, Mr D. Srinivas, and the |
PRESIDENT VISIT
Obama to address Parliament
The US President,
Mr Barack Obama, who will pay a state visit to India in early November, is expected to address a joint session of Parliament on November 9, government sources said Friday. In vi |
Three killed in Kashmir violence
At least three protesters, including a 13-yearold boy, were killed and scores injured in CRPF firings and clashes between irate crowds and security forces across the Kashmir Valley during a separatist |
School quota comes into force
The state govern
ment on Friday issued orders providing 25 per cent seats to the students from weaker sections in Class I of private schools that are affiliated to the state board, CBSE, ICSE
and o |
Students to give teachers grades
Under new state
government rules, all universities in the state will have to seek feedback from students on the performance of faculty. The universities must furnish details of student feedback |
US mission: Say no to `illegal jobs'
The US Con
sulate in the city has advised students, who are going to the US for higher education, not to take up "illegal jobs." Consulate officials, who held an orientation programme at the Osmania |
Ulfa kills 5 CRPF personnel
The outlawed
United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) on Friday claimed responsibility for a powerful landmine blast in which five CRPF personnel were killed and more than 30 wounded in Western Assam |
Artillery, copter tenders cancelled
In a setback to the
Army's modernisation programme, the ministry of defence (MoD) has cancelled the entire Request for Proposal (RFP) process for acquisition of 155 mm towed artillery guns and has i |
Quraishi takes over as new CEC
Mr S.Y. Quraishi on Friday took
over as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) after a four-year stint as one of the Election Commissioners. The new CEC said that tackling the use of money pow |
ANTI-NAXAL OPS CRPF IGs can requisition BSF choppers
day after he told
parliamentarians that the Naxal problem can be overcome in "three years", the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said that the timeline of three years was meant to "dispel |
Rahul's wife alleges violence, walks out
Kolkata
based model, Dimpy Ganguly, has walked out of her four-month-old marriage to Rahul Mahajan, the son of late BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan, alleging domestic violence. Dimpy had married Rahul |
Humiliated girl ends life
In a shocking inci
dent, a 13-year-old girl committed suicide in Saharanpur district after she was forced to clean a toilet in school. The girl, Lakshmi, was
first made to stand on the chair |
SOHRABUDDIN FAKE ENCOUNTER CASE Cop threatened Sohrab's family
The investigations
by the CBI into the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case have revealed that one of the IPS officer of Gujarat, Mr Abhay Chudasama, who was also associated with the state police' |
Panel gives nod to bill for Cr.PC amendment
The Parliamentary
Standing Committee on home affairs has given its nod to the Code of Criminal Procedure (amendment) Bill, 2010, which aims to streamline the powers of arrest by police. The Bill |
Iran says ready for immediate talks
Iran said
on Friday it was ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel and added that it was also against stockpiling higher enriched uranium |
Pakistanis see India as a threat
Washington, July 30: Though terror groups continue to strike in their country, a majority of Pakistanis still consider India as a major threat, view America as an enemy and are far less concerned abou |
Taliban says will behead informers
The Tal
iban in Afghanistan has threatened to behead informers who have been revealed following the explosive disclosure by WikiLeaks. The Taliban on Thursday night responded for the first time si |
Prostate cancer cells identified
In a
major finding which may soon pave the way for a more effective treatment for prostate cancer, scientists claim to have identified a cell that could be the "mother" of all prostate tumours. I |
watered away
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Evidence of life on Mars rock
Scien
tists have identified rocks which they claim could contain evidence of life on Mars. A team, led by the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute in California, has made the discove |
Spain develops first robot with human conscience
Spain has
designed the world's first robot with its own conscience and life, which will entertain, teach and be a companion to humans who purchase it. The AISoy 1, which will go on sale in August |
Akula in child custody battle
The initial public
offering of SKS Microfinace has been well chronicled by the news media in India, where the company's founder, Mr Vikram Akula, an Indian-American, has become a celebrity. Howev |
Painkiller from snail spit
Scien
tists have developed a new pain-relief pill from a chemical in sea snails saliva that they use to catch their prey. It was found to be as effective as morphine for relieving the most severe for |
China named as top space polluter
China
has topped the list of the world's major polluters of the near-Earth space environment, followed by the US and Russia, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Friday. All togethe |
8-lane roads on the anvil
In a move to
decongest entry points into the city, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has proposed eightlaning on two important stretches of road - Erragadda-Patancheru and Malakpet-LB N |
Short film festival in September
The Andhra
Pradesh Film, TV and Theatre Development Corporation and Hyderabad Film Club will jointly conduct this year's Hyderabad Short Film and Documentary Festival in September. This is the fi |
GHMC asks for higher tax share
Under fire for the
pathetic road conditions, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has asked the government to increase its share in the vehicle tax collections so that better roads can |
Proposed YSR park faces water scarcity
The officials are at
their wits' ends to provide water for the YSR memorial park at Nallamala forest. None of the three bore wells dug so far has yielded any water. Incidentally, YSR is known as |
CM asks GHMC to compare taxes
The Chief Minis
ter, Mr K. Rosaiah, o Thursday asked the official of Greater Hyderaba Municipal Corporatio (GHMC) to study the pe capita of property tax bein
collected in cities like M |
Governor slams `pointless' tests
EDUCATION OFFICER TRIES TO DEFEND EAMCET
The Governor, Mr
E.S.L. Narasimhan, condemned the act of giving admissions to students who scored "zero marks" in all subjects in professional courses. As many as 14 students were declared "qualif |
Education minister not invited
The sharp differ
ences between the Governor, Mr E.S.L. Narasimhan, and the state government, over the appointment of new ViceChancellors and members for executive councils in state universities, c |
State to seek apex court nod for YSR memorial
The state has deci
ded to seek prior approval from the Supreme Court for the proposed memorial to the late YSR near Prasad's Imax theatre complex in Hyderabad. There will be no concrete structure, |
SOCIAL PRESSURE Taunted, couple commits suicide
Unable to bear the
alleged humiliation by villagers for marrying outside their respective communities, a young couple committed suicide in Bheemgal mandal near here on Thursday. Rajesh, 21, and Sw |
Adivasis plan action against Komaram Puli
Controversy is brewing around Komaram Puli, the Telugu movie starring Pawan Kalyan. Adivasis are demanding change of the movie title as the word 'Komaram' refers to the name of a clan among Adivasis a |
All VTPS units trip, supply hit
For the first time
in its history, all seven units of the Vijayawada Thermal Power Station (VTPS) went out of service on Thursday. The tripping cost the state 1,760 MW of power, and affected supply |
Reservoirs get copious inflows
The water levels of
various reservoirs built on River Krishna are slowly rising with more rains reported in the catchment area. Almatti dam in Karnataka is almost up to brim and is releasing more th |
TD opposes renaming of Kadapa
Telugu Desam
demanded cancellation of the gazette notification renaming Kadapa district after former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. The Kadapa Telugu Desam president, Mr Mallella Linga Red |
City lakes fail to get inflows
Despite heavy
rains in and around Hyderabad, Osmansagar and Himayatsagar did not get significant inflows. However, Singur has been getting huge inflows following rains in its catchment. Water Boa |
N. Andhra low pressure to bring rain
low pressure
area was positioned over north Andhra, adjoining south Orissa and south Chhattisgarh and is likely to move towards the westnorthwest. Under its influence, rain or thunder showers ar |
5 shepherds stranded due to rains
Efforts are on to
o rescue five shepherds, who are stranded between two overflowing streams at Manasapalli village in Eturunagaram mandal on Thursday. Sources said, due to incessant rains over th |
medical negligenc
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Cameron tells Pakistan to root out LeT
The British pre
mier, Mr David Cameron, ended his India visit just the way he began: on a candid note. He told Pakistan "clearly and plainly" that it needs to crackdown on and eliminate terrorist gro |
Prez rule okayed in Jharkhand
Amidst the din
July 29: Amidst the din created by the Opposition over price rise, the Parliament on Thursday approved imposition of President's Rule in Jharkhand without any debate. A statutory r |
Opposition left divided over price rise debate
Fissures in Opposi
tion unity over the price rise issue are clearly visible: while the BJP-led NDA remains adamant on a vote in Parliament, the Left is looking for a face-saving formula and the Mand |
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
I will keep quiet till Oct. 15, says Aiyar
The Rajya Sabha
MP, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, who made headlines on Tuesday for his unsavoury remarks on the Commonwealth Games, on Thursday, said, he would open his mouth on the issue only after Oct |
Centre to pay more for RTE
NCC cadets in action during a mock battle drill at the Army Parade Ground in Lucknow on Thursday. - PTI
n an effort to
July 29: In an effort to implement the Right To Education (RTE) Act, t |
Prez home power bill is Rs 7 crore
New Delhi, July 29: Rashtrapati Bhavan, 7, RCR and Parliament complex have together incurred energy bills to the tune of over Rs 16 crore in the last fiscal, which is Rs 2 crore more than their consum |
SC decries panchayat's role in rape
In a sound rebuk
July 29: In a sound rebuke to "khap panchayats" issuing dictates on various issues that might affect the rights of an individual, the Supreme Court had decried the role of such a pa |
4 accused surrender in court
All
Dharamsala, July 29: All the four medical students accused of ragging to death the first year student Aman Kachroo last year surrendered in a local Himachal Pradesh court here on Thursday. Th |
Arushi's dad seeks media ban
Dr Talwar, t
July 29: Dr Talwar, the father of mysterious murder victim Arushi, on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to ban "reckless" media reporting about the murder of his teenager daughter as it |
Girl ends life over school fees
Muzaffarnagar, July 29: Upset after being asked to pay the school fees on time, a 13-year-old girl committed suicide at her house in Bhalwasa village of Saharanpur, police said here on Thursday. La |
Girl escapes honour killing attempt
Muzaffarnagar, July 29: Upset over his daughter's marriage with a boy from another caste, a man allegedly made an abortive bid to kill his daughter at Bakher Nagar village in the district, police said |
Aamir denies forming cartel
Actor
Mumbai, July 29: Actor Aamir Khan has denied his role as well as that of his production company in allegedly forming a cartel to corner multiplexes over release of films and argued before the |
Afghan drugs used to lure local youth, fuel protests
VALLEY VIOLENCE
A nar
Srinagar, July 29: A narcotic dimension to violent street protests in the Kashmir Valley has come to light with local youths being lured by anti-national elements with Afghan heroin and steroid |
Radha plans to support wife
The former IG of
July 29: The former IG of police, Mr D.K. Panda, popularly known as "Doosri Radha" after he turned a cross-dresser, has finally managed to settled his dispute with his wife Ms Veena |
battle calling
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Dhaka court restores secularism
Bangladesh's Supreme Court has restored secularism as one of the basic tenets in the country's 1972 constitution. In a 186-page ruling announced on Wednesday, the appellate division of the a |
Reality show to choose Imams
While
TV shows elsewhere lure participants by cash bonanza and cars, the top prize in a reality show in Malaysia, which has cast a spell on viewers, is the winner becomes an Imam. Turning an Imam |
Another oil spill in US waters
A new
oil spill is sullying US waters in the northern state of Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said on Wednesday. The US |
Access to clean water made a human right
The
United Nations on Wednesday declared access to clean water a human right, voicing deep concern about a human necessity denied to almost 900 million people worldwide. The 192-nation body appro |
100 mn Facebook profiles can be downloaded online
The per
London, July 29: The personal details of 100 million users of social networking website Facebook are now available for download after they were leaked online. Mr Ron Bowles, an online se |
Attack camps in Pak, says Karzai
The
Afghan President, Mr Hamid Karzai, on Thursday urged his Western allies to destroy Islamist militant sanctuaries in neighbouring Pakistan after thousands of secret US files were leaked. "The |
Pak looks for jet's black box
Emer
gency teams braving heavy rains and slush were continuing efforts to recover bodies and "black box" and flight data recorder of the ill-fated Pakistani passenger plane to know why the aircraft w |
Rithambara's visit opposed by Muslims
Indian
origin British Muslims have appealed to the Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron's government to prevent Ms Sadhvi Rithambara from entering the UK for her alleged role in demolition of the disput |
Lookalike fan attacks Jolie at premier
Holly
wood superstar Angelina Jolie was terrified following an attack by a crazed lookalike fan at the premiere of her new action movie Salt. The 35-year-old actress was grabbed by the tattooed st |
NRI made dean of B-school
origin Stanford University Professor Sunil Kumar has been named dean of the prestigious Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Prof. Kumar's five-year term as dean at Chicago Booth |
Intelligent pot helps out plants
A new
`intelligent' pot, invented by a young Brit, sends out a distress signal whenever the plant needs some help. Natalie King's Tulipe pot glows bright red at the base when its sensors detect t |
Obama yet to get Chelsea invite
Chelsea Clinton's marriage on Saturday is the hottest ticket in town, but US President Barack Obama would have to give a miss to what is being called the wedding of the decade as he hasn't been invite |
Excess calcium may hit heart
Ordinar
calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released on Friday. The findings, published in the British Medical J |
Kate and Matt to buy a dwelling
: Things are
getting serious between actress Kate Hudson and rocker Matt Bellamy with the couple deciding to buy a house together after just four months of togetherness. The `Fool's Gold' actress |
tete-e-tete
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Sleep disorder can predict brain disease
Does
your partner complain that you kick or lash out while asleep? If yes, you are more likely to develop dementia or Parkinson's disease later in life, scientists claim. Researchers said these ar |
brand religion
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Camphor fire triggers panic at Tirumala
A devotee, said to
be from Chennai, created a flutter when he burnt a huge lump of camphor in front of the Tirumala temple on Wednesday evening, alarming TTD staff and police personnel who rushed in |
Old couple hacked to death in city
In an alarming
incident, one more elderly couple staying alone was murdered at their residence in Ashok Colony in Old Kapra municipality here on Wednesday. This is one of the dozen such murders t |
Fall in Nizamabad poll percentage worries DS
The electoral for
tunes of the Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Mr D. Srinivas, wavered on Wednesday with the Election Commission declaring that the final poll percentage of Nizama |
Outdoor practicals kill student
Golconda police
on Wednesday registered a case against the management of Vasavi College of Engineering (VCE), Ibrahimbagh, after a civil engineering student died of electric shock while doing |
IN LORD'S SERVICE Lobbying begins for TTD chief post
Several bigwigs
including politicians and businessmen have started lobbying for the post of chairperson of the Tirumala Tirupati Devastanams (TTD), which is going to fall vacant on August 24.< |
Speaker rejects vote on prices
: The Opposition
made a valiant bid corner the government on the issue of rising prices on Wednesday in both houses of Parliament on Wednesday. However, in the Lok Sabha, the Speaker, M |
152 die in Pakistan air crash
All 152 people on
board were killed as the passenger plane of a private Pakistani airline crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad on Wednesday, officials said. The Airblue flight AB321, with 152 pe |
V-C meet to discuss exec body
In the backdrop of
administration in universities going haywire due to the absence of full-time executive councils for the last four months, the Governor, Mr E.S.L.
Narasimhan, has |
Farooq: Say no to goods from China
The Union minis
ter for new and renewable energy, Mr Farooq Abdullah, urged the solar power industry not to use "cheap" Chinese technology for power generation. "For god's sake and India's sake do |
HMDA tells GHMC to pay dues by Aug. 15
The cold war
between the two cashstarved government departments --the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) -over sharing of fund |
Top cop shifted to Lok Ayukta
The government
has transferred the additional commissioner of police (crimes), Mr K.
Narasimha Reddy, and placed him at the disposal of the AP Lok Ayukta and Upa Lok Ayukta. He is appointed as th |
talking heads
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Shock of son's passing takes mother's life
A 65-year-old
A 65-year-old mother, S Narayanamma, died of shock in Bhartavanipalem village in the mandal on Wednesday after she saw the body of her son Easwara Varaprasada Rao, 43, who died in Vis |
green day
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To taste death, girl ends life
A MCA student, Hymavathi 22 of Ramapuram Balireddypalle in Kadapa district has committed suicide by hanging in her hostel room at Sribalaji colony here Wednesday. In a suicide note found in her boo |
Dowry case registered against Amani and kin
The women police station authorities have booked cases against cine actor, Amani, her mother, Vijayamma, her brother, M. Srinivas and his second wife Devikala for harassing the first wife of Srini |
TRS up in arms over broken lock
The broken lock of
a ballot box set up for the postal votes of government employees in Korutla Assembly constituency created a flutter at Jagtial on Wednesday. An employee who went into the reco |
Hospital told to pay grocer Rs 4 lakh
he district con
sumer forum directed the Narayana General Hospital to pay Rs 4 lakh as compensation to a vegetable vendor, Ms N. Ramanamma, of Devispeta in Indurkurpeta mandal on Wednesday. The |
5 held in Punjab with AKs, armour-piercing bullets
Police in Amritsar
have arrested five men, including a French national, in possession of a large cache of weaponry including armor-piercing ammunition and Klashnikov rifles. Officials of the Pun |
India rejected proposal of UK PM addressing House
: A proh Prime
for the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, to address a joint session of Indian Parliament during his visit here was shot down due to protocol and scheduling problems, official |
Britain backs India bid for UNSC seat
On
his maiden visit to India since taking over as the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, on Wednesday backed New Delhi's bid for a seat in the UN Security Council. "India matters to the wo |
India to have 18 relocated cheetahs
The ministry of
environment and forests (MoEF) is taking the ambitious step of relocating 18 cheetahs from Iran, Namibia, South Africa and West Asia to three wildlife reserves in India. The three |
all in a day's work
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all in a day's work
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Seeds Bill is put on hold
The agriculture
ministry has put on hold the controversial Seeds Bill, 2004, following strong objections from the MPs, mainly on the pricing and penalty clauses. Sources said while the penalty cl |
Rules for adjournment motion
: While
the Opposition remains adamant on discussing the price rise under an adjournment motion, the Centre maintains this can be admitted only when it fails in its duties. The ongoing Monsoon Se |
Census over in 50% of Naxal areas
he worst affected
Naxal districts in the country have shown nearly 50 per cent success in conducting the Census 2011 exercise so far. The government sources said that the response to the Census e |
MLA sent proxy to take exam
he ruling BJP
MLA in Chhattisgarh, Mr Baiduram Kaushik, has been accused of arranging his impersonator to write a school examination for him, police said on Wedensday. According to a complaint lo |
3-yr-old girl raped by UP rail worker
: In a shocking inci
July 28: In a shocking incident, a three-year-old girl was raped by a railway employee, under Aashiana police station on Tuesday night in Lucknow. The child, found profusely < |
Radar glitch delays 1st commercial flight at T-3
Even as regular
July 28: Even as regular international operations commenced from the new swanky integrated terminal3 at the New Delhi IGI airport from Wednesday evening, the Autotrack-3 Air Traffic |
grand arrival
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Consensual sex out of fear is rape, says apex court
New Delhi, July 28: The Supreme Court has ruled that a person cannot take the plea of consensual sex and he can be convicted for rape if the victim had consented to the act out of fear. Moreover, t |
CBI for transfer of case to Delhi
The Supreme
July 28: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed trial of six former judges and other accused in the multi-crore Ghaziabad court provident fund scam case after the CBI alleged that the dis |
Russian court bans YouTube
: A court
in Russia's Far East has ordered a local Internet provider to block access to five websites, including YouTube, because extremist materials allegedly were available on them. Government |
Facebook helps nab serial killer
The
Philippine police on Wednesday said Facebook helped crack a murder case against a Filipino man suspected to have killed nine people, including three foreigners. The Senior inspector, Mr Joel |
Rains trap 30,000 in China
More
than 30,000 people were trapped by floodwaters in a town in northeast China after torrential rains, officials said on Wednesday. Telecommunications were down in Kouqian town in Jilin provinc |
Social sites sway buying decisions
Social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter are gradually emerging as important shopping tools as the majority of users now rely upon them to help make their purchasing decisions, a new su |
India, Pak need peace classes
A top
US General on Wednesday proposed that senior military officers from India and Pakistan should attend joint courses in American Services institutions as a means to create trust between the mil |
animated
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Socialising good for longevity
Socialising is good for you - it increases longevity, say researchers. A new study by Brigham Young University has found that individuals with adequate social relationships have a 50 per cent great |
tragedy
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No Nazi salute, says Paris
Socialite
Paris Hilton has denied reports of giving a Nazi salute while partying in France, insisting that she was merely dancing while scratching under her nose. The reality TV star was with fr |
Oprah signs Roberts
show queen Oprah Winfrey has roped in actors Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker and Goldie Hawn to develop documentaries for her new US network OWN. The trio, along with American actress Mariel Heming |
Catalonia bans bullfights
Catalo
nia's parliament on Wednesday voted to ban bullfighting from January 1, 2012 becoming the first region in mainland Spain to act against the centuries-old tradition. The ban was approved wi |
MJ's love child seeks property
Diana
Ross' niece, who claims to be Michael Jackson's illegitimate love child, has moved the court to claim "her part" of pop legend's estate. Ms Mocienne Petit Jackson, who lives in the Netherla |
ATTACKS ON INDIANS
Trio face race abuse charge
In a first, two of the
three men arrested for attacking an Indian student on a moving bus in Australia's Victoria state were on Wednesday charged with inciting racial hatred. They are set to fac |
Cellphones dirtier than toilet handle
The
average mobile phone carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than a flush handle in a men's toilet, tests have revealed. One phone had such high levels of bacteria that it could have |
Half of pet dogs overfed
It's not
just humans who are becoming fat, a study has shown that half of all dogs in Britain could soon be dying prematurely because they are overfed and spoilt. An animal charity has warned th |
Massive asteroid may slam Earth in 2182
A mas
sive asteroid could crash into earth in 2182, causing widespread devastation and possible extinction, scientists have warned. The asteroid, called 1999 RQ36, has a one-in-thousand chance of |
Job influences the way you die, says UK study
What a
person does for a living could play in role in how they die, according to new research. After analyzing 1.6 million deaths over a decade, British scientists found that painters, bricklaye |
Quraishi appointed new CEC
S.Y. Quraishi,
Election Commissioner, was on Tuesday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in the place of Mr Navin Chawla, who demits office on Thursday.
The notification elevating |
Girl saved from leopard attack on Tirumala road
A three-year-old
girl was caught by a leopard at the 7th Mile Point on the Alipiri Footpath near the First Ghat Road on Tuesday evening but was saved by her daring father who caught her legs and w |
Chamundi case shifted to city court
The Andhra
Pradesh High Court on Tuesday transferred a case pending against the former secretary of the Andhra Cricket Association, Mr V. Chamundeswarnath, from a court at Rajahmundry |
Congress, TD eye 3 seats, TRS sure of 12
The ruling
Congress and the opposition Telugu Desam are confident of snatching away at least three seats -Nizamabad Urban, Sirpur and Mancherial -from the Telangana Rashtra SamitiBJP alliance in the |
common wealth
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FALLOUT OF WIKILEAKS Act on 26/11, US tells Pak
As
US military documents implicate Pakistan in its support for terrorism, the Obama Administration has asked that country to bring to justice those responsible for Mumbai terror attack to "convince" |
RBI RATE HIKE Banks not to increase loan rates
If you have an out
standing home loan, car loan or personal loan, you can breathe a little easy, for now. Although the Reserve Bank of India raised key policy rates on Tuesday in a bid to control ris |
Officials told to identify dump site
Association of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Tuesday asked the engineer-inchief to instruct officials of the quality control wing to inspect road works while they were in progress. |
LCD screens to list train arrivals
Passengers at the
Hyderabad and Secunderabad Railway stations can trace the position of their trains - from the time the train is 60 km away from the station - by viewing the newly installed LCD sc |
heartfelt
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GHMC shuts 3 eateries
The health and
sanitation wing of the GHMC carried out surprise checks on eateries at Chikkadpally and RTC Crossroads here on Tuesday. Three teams inspected 27 eateries. The teams consisted of the |
GHMC seeks 3-yr advance property tax
The cash-starved
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has proposed to levy and collect three years worth property tax in advance from citizens constructing new houses or buildings in the c |
CM for making AP medical hub
The Chief Minis
ter, Mr K. Rosaiah, emphasised on Tuesday the need to construct more hospitals in the state and build a "health city". "We have many hospitals, but we still need many more to develop |
CM confident city will outdo Delhi Metro rail
The Chief Minis
ter, Mr K. Rosaiah, said on Tuesday that Hyderabad's Metro Rail would be a better and more advanced version of the Delhi Metro. During his four-day visit to the Capital, the Chief |
SANGEET-TARNAKA
Widening works to gain speed
Road-widening
works between Sangeet Junction and Tarnaka, which had been progressing at a snail's pace over the last three years, will finally be gaining some momentum with the Greater Hyderabad Mun |
monsoon munch
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Teacher, 50 dies of swine flu in Vizag
A 50-year-old
teacher died of swine flu at the Government Chest Hospital in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. Vedula Venkata Sastry, from Puritipenta village in Gajapathinagaram mandal, was admitted to |
Water Board blames E.coli on households
HYDERABAD
In response to the
DC article E.coli, arsenic found in water, July 25, the Water Board clarifies that the presence of E.Coli is mainly due to localised and individual household problems. |
Mining in Vizag may be shelved
The mining of
bauxite in the agency tracts of Visakhapatnam may be shelved. The Araku MP and chairman of public undertakings, Mr V. Kishore Chandra Deo discussed the issue with the UPA chairperso |
Alipiri guards go soft on rich Tirumala pilgrims
The Tirumala Tiru
pati Devasthanams (TTD), which boasts of foolproof security arrangements, has clearly neglected the safety factor at the most prime location - the Alipiri checking point and tollgat |
SC raps Centre on food storage
Describing the rot
ting of food stock as "criminal" waste of the country's resources, the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought details from the Union food ministry why adequate storage facilities had not |
Decrease in number of BPL families
: While the govern
ment is spending thousands of crores of rupees in various welfare programmes, food subsidy and is even planning a food security law for the poor, the rural development ministry sa |
10 L tonnes of foodgrains rotted in '10
Heaps
of food grains are rotting in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns across the country due to apathetic attitude of the authorities concerned, reveals an RTI query. The finding shows that as |
House adjourns over Opposition protests
oth Houses of
Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday following the Opposition's protests over price rise and its demand for a discussion on the issue under motions that entail voting, a move rejecte |
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Centre warns of food crisis
The agricultural
scientist, Dr M.S. Swaminathan, has warned that India's food security is being steadily imperilled by the sharp decline in agricultural growth. Speaking on the Ministry of Eart |
Marble merchants under lens
At least 10 busi
nessmen, including marble traders of Udaipur and Jaipur in Rajasthan, are under the scanner of the CBI in connection with Sohrabuddin case. These traders would soon be questioned by |
Mobile use on plane after landing cleared
In draft regula
tions announced on Tuesday, the Directorate General of Civil Avation (DGCA) has proposed to permit passengers to use mobile phones on flights after the aircraft has landed and cleared |
Railways site to sell e-tickets
Indian
Railways are mulling the sale of e-tickets on its portal which will end IRCTC's monopoly in e-ticketing business and provide multiple booking avenues to rail passengers. Highly placed sour |
RTI activist alleges Gogoi intimidation
The noted RTI
activist, Mr Akhil Gogoi, here on Tuesday accused the Assam Chief Minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, of trying to intimidate him by using the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) o |
Tremors jolt Assam, Meghalaya
Three
earthquakes of smaller intensity rocked northeastern states since Monday midnight, triggering panic among residents of Assam and Meghalaya. The Seismological Centre at Shillong said that th |
No plans to make voting compulsory, says Centre
The Government
on Tuesday stated that it had no plans to frame a law making voting compulsory. The Union law and justice minister, Mr M. Veerappa Moily, said that there were no plans to make voti |
Maya gives directives to MPs
Keeping a tigh
lease, the BSP supremo, Ms Mayawati, has spelt out "do's and don'ts" to the party MPs for the Monsoon Session of the Parliament by telling them that they have to launch a scathing att |
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SC: States must monitor shrines on public land
The Supreme
Court on Wednesday directed all the states to continue with the monitoring of raising religious structures on public land, saying this has emerged as a 'gigantic' problem as huge chunks |
Rajan aide jumps bail, flees country
Ganglord Chhota
Rajan's top aide and Intelligence Bureau's key operative Vicky Malhotra, who was granted bail after five years of incarceration at Thane jail, has flown the coop, apparently with the |
Judicial panel to probe J&K civilian killings
The
Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday constituted a judicial commission to enquire into 17 civilian deaths that occurred allegedly on account of actions by the state police and security forces |
Ravi Baswani, actor, dies
Ace
comedy actor Ravi Baswani, 64, who was known for his sterling performance in the cult movie Jaane Bi Do Yaaron, died of a massive heart attack in Nainital on Tuesday. Baswani was in Nainital |
I am Bengali, says Tipu Sultan heir
Bespec
tacled and grey hair brushed back, Husain Shah, 70, is the quintessential elderly Bengali man next door. But within him he carries a historic legacy, as a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the |
740 terrorists tried to infiltrate: Antony
The
government on Tuesday informed that 740 terrorists tried to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir across the Line of Control (LoC) in the last 18 months. "In 2009, 485 terrorists had attempted to |
BRUTAL ACT Nitish sends bully leader to custody
A JD(U) leader,
whose brutal assault on a youth in full public view, was on Tuesday arrested and sent to jail following the Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar's orders. This incident had mocked at |
CRPF short of 40,000 bullet-proof vests
The
government on Tuesday said the Central paramilitary forces were facing a shortage of more than 85,000 bullet-proof jackets. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) needed the highest number o |
Congolese rebels kidnap Indian pilot
: The
Indian Embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in contact with the central African nation's government to secure the release of an Indian pilot taken hostage by rebels. Syed Maz |
Cop fined in Scarlet death case
A police
officer, who was accused of allegedly botching the investigation in Scarlet death case, was awarded with a minor penalty by the state police, the Goa Assembly was informed on Tuesday. T |
UK man wins �7.7m, works to help pals
A Briton
who won �7.7 million in a lottery has promised to continue working for the sake of his employees who had even worked for free to save his recession hit firm. There is no longer any need |
Kid hides in dryer, killed
A four
year-old child in Britain who loved playing hide and seek died after he hid inside a tumble dryer. Sonny Gibson was locked inside the machine for up to an hour Monday while his family searc |
Vuvuzela din drives man to accident
A man in
Italy was so infuriated by the continuous buzzing sound of vuvuzelas at a bar that he fired a rifle and repeatedly rammed his car into the pub. Exasperated by noise coming from the b |
Homeo escapes UK bar
Homo
eopathy will continue to be available on the National Health Service (NHS) despite an influential health committee condemning it as medically unproven, a British minister said. The health min |
Nepal to host first gay pride parade in August
Nepal will this year hold its first gay pride parade, the country's only openly homosexual member of parliament told AFP on Tuesday. Mr Sunil Pant said he hopes up to 3,000 gays, lesbians, transves |
Cat poo coffee is NY's costliest
July 27:
New
Yorkers spend as much as 30 dollars for a cup of "cat poo coffee". Called "Kopi Luwak", the coffee is made from beans collected from the droppings of a small, cat-like mammal c |
Jolie and Pitt buy $40 mn Italian villa
Superstar
couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spent $40 million for a villa near Verona, the city where William Shakespeare's tragic teenaged couple Romeo and Juliet took their lives rather than sac |
Kate says house is haunted
Super
model Kate Moss, who thinks her London home is haunted, has hired a shaman to rid the place of evil energy. Her fella Jamie Hince is a believer in the supernatural and has persuaded her there i |
Garden of Eden was shelter for humans
The Gar
den of Eden, a strip of land off Africa's southern coast, had provided shelter to a handful of humans who survived mass extinction during the ice age. Researchers believe the small patch o |
English test must in UK
The UK
Border Agency (UKBA) on Monday announced that from this date, any migrant who wants to enter or remain in the country as the partner of a British citizen or a person settled here will need to |
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Kingfisher employee hits passengers
An
employee of Kingfisher Airlines was arrested on charges of thrashing passengers who were agitating over the delay of a Mumbai-bound flight following a bird hit here, police said on Tuesday. Kr |
Slapped by Judge, man dies
The
viscera of a 55-year-old man, who died after allegedly being slapped by a sub-divisional magistrate in court, was on Tuesday sent for forensic tests as a postmortem could not ascertain the cause |
IMPOTENCY CHARGE Wife told to pay husband Rs 2L
A
local court has ordered a woman to pay Rs 2 lakh as compensation to her estranged husband for alleging that he was impotent. The district and sessions Judge Jagdish Prasad Parashar asked Ms Vand |
HIT-AND-RUN CASE Killer driver held on way to Russia
An MBBS student,
who was accused of driving Honda City that that ran over eight labourers killing four of them in a South Delhi locality, was arrested on Tuesday morning from the airport. He w |
Young US expert was behind leak
A 22
year-old US Army intelligence analyst, facing a court-martial, appears to be behind the biggest leak in US military history of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan that also exposed Pa |
Plea filed for ban on Facebook
PAKISTAN
Even as
the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) mounts pressure on Pakistani authorities to slap a ban on Facebook, a petition filed in a court has sought a permanent bar on access to the social networking websi |
Kabul questions US policy
The Unit
ed States has pursued a contradictory policy with regard to the Afghan war by ignoring Pakistan's role in the insurgency, the Afghan government said on Tuesday, following the leak of US mili |
Titanic to be raised virtually for public
A team
of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that w |
Cult head jailed for rape in UK
A cult
leader, who claims to have been raised in an Indian ashram and goes by the name of Mohan Singh, has been jailed after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault in Britain. Michael Lyon |
Mum's love helps fight adult stress
Mums who shower their infants with lots of affection equip them to cope well with life's stresses and strains as adults. The results of a study showed that children of such mothers had the lowest l |
US may use leak to fix Pak
The
US may seek to gain leverage from the WikiLeaks disclosures about ISI's links with Taliban and Al Qaeda, to get Islamabad act tougher on militant groups on its soil, as voices grow louder agains |
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Seat lost due to postal delay
Vattikoti Manohar of Ramakur village in Pangulur mandal, who secured the 22nd rank in the entrance exam for APRDC lost his seat as the call letter for interview which was posted on July 8, reached hi |
POLL BONANZA Money attached to T-voters slips
: Throwing all rule
to the winds and subverting the model code of conduct, a prominent political party distributed copious amounts of cash among poor voters to 'buy' their mandate in the bypolls sc |
Top cop under probe
Crime Investig
July 26: Crime Investigation Department sleuths are investigating various allegations levelled against the IPS official, Mr M.K. Singh, who had worked as the superintendent of polic |
PM promises political solution to Babli row
The Prime
Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday gave a patient ear to the all-party delegation from Andhra Pradesh which complained about the illegal construction of the Babli project on Godavari |
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US intel mega leak exposes Pak games
Americans fight
ing the war in Afghanistan have long harboured strong suspicions that Pakistan's military spy service has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand, even as Pakistan receives m |
SERVER PROBLEM RTA still stalled after a full week
A problem in the
main server at the RTA's head office in Khairatabad has paralysed the working of the RTA offices in the state where the three-tier system is operational, and severely inconvenienced |
State gives Rs 20 for 3 meals a day
A patient at a gov
ernment hospital has to be fed three meals that should be nutritious and include milk and fruits. All this has to be accomplished within a budget of Rs 20 per day. Hospital auth |
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Just 13 raids to check costly colas
heatres in the city
are overcharging film-goers by selling packaged food, soft drinks and bottles of water at rates that are above the maximum retail price (MRP). A 300 ml soft drink bottle, which |
Docs plan pay protest
The doctors of the
Andhra Pradesh Doctor's Association will go on an agitation from July 28. The doctors demand a revision in the UGC pay scale of the teaching faculty of government medical and denta |
Colonel faces court martial
An Indian Army
Colonel is facing allegations of outraging the modesty of a lady officer. The Colonel recently petitioned the Kochi bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal, seeking directions to quash any |
Paswan, Lalu keep off NDA protests
: The LJP chief, Mr
Ram Vilas Paswan, has stated that his party and the RJD would not be joining hands with the NDA, which is going to bring an adjournment motion on the issue of LPG and kerosene pr |
Congress MP's win nullified
The Kerala High
Court on Monday nullified the election of the Congress MP, Mr Kodikunnil Suresh, from Mavelikkara saying that he was born a Christian and was not entitled to contest from the constit |
Centre has no role in Shah arrest, says PM
Reacting to
charges levelled by the BJP about CBI action against the Gujarat junior home minister, Mr Amit Shah, in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case being politically motivated, the Prime Minis |
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SC re-opens Soren case
DC CORRESPONDENT
More than two
years after the wife of slain private secretary of former Jharkhand CM, Mr Shibu Soren, moved the Supreme Court to challenge the acquittal of the JMM supremo in the |
PMO: No data on Rajiv calls
The
mystery about who facilitated the escape of the Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson from the country after the Bhopal gas tragedy, may never be solved. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has n |
Chouhan reveals 1985 decision
The Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Shivraj Singh Chouhan, told the state Assembly on Monday that the Union Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs had taken the decision in December 1985 that the |
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HC defers verdict on Babri suit
The Lucknow
Bench of the Allahabad High Court, on Monday reserved its judgment in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi title suit. The verdict is likely to be announced in September. After more than |
Nagpur turns Red hospital
Central agencies
have got inputs that the Maoists may have entered Nagpur using its city hospitals for treatment of its cadres injured during antiNaxal operations by security forces. The city and |
Interceptor testfire successful
Despite inclement
weather conditions, India on Monday successfully test-fired the indigenously developed interception missile from the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Integrat |
Top Naxal gunned down in WB
Six Maoists,
including the secretary of the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) Sidhu Soren and his girlfriend Bela, were gunned down in a fierce encounter in West Midnapore. One Co |
Women cannot claim in-laws' assets: Court
In an importan
July 26: In an important judgement, a Delhi court has ruled that women cannot claim a pie of their in-laws' property, observing that it is the only husbands who are liable to provide |
Islam lies at India's heart, says Salman
The
New Delhi, July 26: The minority affairs minister, Mr Salman Khurshid, on Monday said Islam has played a "great role" in shaping the country's "Indianness" in terms of art, culture and social be |
SC strikes blow for women in Army
The Supreme Court
July 26: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Centre's dual stance on permanent commission to the women officers in the defence forces, saying when it has been allowed in the |
Facebook pal rapes teenager
A 20
Mumbai, July 26: A 20year-old student allegedly raped his college mate at his residence in suburban Chembur threatening her at knife point, police said on Monday. The accused identified as Pa |
Twitter can take toll on marriage
Being active o
July 26: Being active on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter may increase your social circle but it can also spell disaster for your immediate family. A young working |
Student in hospital for hitting girl
Erode (TN), July 26: A 13-year-old student has been admitted to a hospital here following an alleged beating by his school headmaster after he accidentally collided with a girl while travelling in a b |
Advocates must be net savvy: SC
The
New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the lawyers to be Internet savvy to help smoothen the processing of petitions for quick hearing, particularly in commercial matters. The |
Smoke billows from plane, travellers safe
A Jed
Chennai, July 26: A Jeddah-bound Saudi Airlines flight with 182 passengers on board on Monday aborted take off after the pilot detected smoke in one of its engines and steered the plane to safe |
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COMPENSATION SCAM
Women have 5 kids in 60 days in Bihar
: A woman,
Patna, July 26: A woman, as everyone knows, usually gives birth to a baby after nine months of pregnancy, but in Bihar, 298 women claim to have delivered two to five children in a span of |
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Parkwood reopens amid protests
The management
July 26: The management of Parkwood International School began classes on Monday after it was closed for nearly a week following the arrest of its director, Mohammed Salahuddin Ayub, |
Five police stations refuse security to lovers on run
: Two young lovers
July 26: Two young lovers - 24-year-old Ramana and 20-year-old Shaheen - of Bayappalli village near Chowdepalle, alleged that though they were facing a threat to their lives, the |
Truckers to go on strike from Aug. 1
Truckers in south
July 26: Truckers in south India will go on an indefinite strike from August 1 to protest the high toll fee imposed on the National Highways by the Centre. The Andhra Pradesh |
B.Tech student found murdered
The police found
July 26: The police found the body of a B.Tech thirdyear student, who was allegedly drugged and murdered by his friends, at Sowpadu village in Vatticherakur mandal on Monday. Ogu |
Gali issued NBW for eighth time
Bellary, July 26: A court here on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) for the eighth time against the mining baron and Karnataka tourism minister, Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy, for allegedly destroy |
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NEWSMAKERS
Yunus to star in The Simpsons
Banglade
sh's microcredit pioneer and Nobel peace laureate Mr Muhammad Yunus is set to star in a special episode of hit American TV series The Simpsons. Mr Yunus's office said in a statement the e |
Man aged 97 marries 87-year-old
A British
couple, aged 97 and 87, got married at their home in London, making them the oldest newlyweds in the country. Mr Henry Kerr, just three years shy of his 100th birthday, and his bride M |
Nose device helps disabled write, surf Net
Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the Internet, thanks to a device developed and tested by doctors in Israel. The the nose device har |
Meteorite interrupts match
A county
cricket match in Britain had an unexpected visitor. A 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite hurtled down from the sky landing just inches away from the boundary ropes and hit one man on the chest. |
GAZA STRIKE Indian ship joins blockade battle
An
Indian vessel is set to join a new international campaign named 'The Audacity of Hope' to press for an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, months after nine pro-Palestinian activists w |
Protein that causes Alzheimer's
In
what could pave the way for effective therapies for Alzheimer's, scientists claim to have discovered a protein which plays a key role at a cellular level in the development of the disease. An |
People say no to paying for twitter
A
new study has revealed that Internet users would not like to pay for online services like Twitter. The study of the Internet on Americans by the Center for the Digital Future found that 49 per c |
HEALTH CORNER Jogging can be bad for health
If you
think that jogging can help you stay fit, better consult your doctor, for a leading British expert claims that it may not always help - in fact, it can cause cellulite, heart attacks and join |
Ancient underground city unearthed in Iran
An
ancient underground city believed to have been used as a shelter during wars by habitants has been discovered in the western Iranian province of Hamedan. The city is located near the village o |
Sister sells war medals for a cruise
: The sis
ter of a British soldier who was killed in Afghanistan sold his medals and uniform so she could buy clothes to go on a Mediterranean cruise. Royal Marine Rob Deering, 33, was killed in H |
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IN PARLIAMENT Didi, Pawar in Raja,
The price rise issue
has brought the BJP, Left and regional parties together, but not the Mandalites, on the eve of Parliament's Monsoon Session beginning on Monday. Senior UPA ministers, Mr Sh |
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1 person dies in rain-soaked state
Heavy rains bat
tered parts of the state and officials started evacuating people from a few low lying areas on Sunday as sources said that the state has received 25 per cent more rainfall this year t |
Underage by 6 days, girl loses MBBS
Chandu Revathi,
daughter of Ch. Janardhana Chandra Sekhar, who ranked 40th in Eamcet was denied admission in MBBS as she was underage by just six days. While all seats under the open category in |
HEALTH ISSUE Daily salt intake cut to 5 gm
A high intake of
salt has long been blamed for high blood pressure and hypertension among Indian and experts have now quantified the daily permissible dose of salt if one needs to keep hypertension |
CM goes on a Metro Rail study ride
During his visit
to the Capital, the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, undertook a travel-cum-study tour of the Delhi Metro Rail on Sunday to gain first-hand knowledge of the facilities and commuter ex |
Modi mantri surfaces at BJP meet, arrested
Gujarat's controormer minister of
state for home, Mr Amit Shah, a close associate of the Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, was finally arrested by the CBI on Sunday for his role in the fake encoun |
GHMC to dim city streetlights
With streetlights
burning a hole in its pocket, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to dim the bulbs after peak hours. The civic body pays nearly Rs 100 crore a year to power |
20,000 students await scholarship test results
Nearly 20,000 stu
July 25: Nearly 20,000 students from economically weaker sections are awaiting the results of the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship for the last nine months. They will get schola |
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Tired PM keeps off meeting
The Prime Minis
ter, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Sunday chose not to attend a meeting of leaders of political parties convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker, Ms Meira Kumar ,on the eve of Parliament's Monsoon S |
Ex-Congress man is Shah advocate
A prominent
lawyer of the Gujarat High Court, Mr Nirupam Nanavaty, a part of a Congress think tank and has been spokesperson for the Gujarat Congress, is the main lawyer defending Mr Amit S |
Pawar denies lobbying for Supriya berth
The
Union agriculture minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, on Sunday said his request to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to reduce the number of his existing portfolios was not intended either to elevat |
Mahajan kin fight over land
The
Shiv Sena leader, Mr Prakash Mahajan, the brother of slain BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan, has sent a legal notice to his niece Ms Poonam, claiming his share in a 3.5 acre plot given to a trust seve |
RSS censures Gadkari on loose talk
n the wake of the
BJP chief, Mr Nitin Gadkari, using derogatory language against political opponents, the RSS has asked him to "think twice" before choosing words to attack rivals. His unparliame |
Shah says it's Congress plot
Gujarat's former
minister of state for home, Mr Amit Shah, said that he had full faith in the judiciary. Mr Shah said he had received the CBI summons only on Saturday, and said he would respond to a |
KISHANGANGA PROJECT
Toss of coin to decide 3 judges
In a bid to resolve
the Kishanganga Dam dispute between India and Pakistan, a team from Pakistan is expected to visit India this week to participate in a draw of lots or a toss for the appointme |
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Anti-ageing pill betters fertility
In what's
being claimed as the world's first clinical trial, Israeli scientists have found evidence that an anti-ageing hormone pill could dramatically boost a woman's chances of conceiving. DHEA |
Qaeda hq is in Pak: Mullen
Describing Pak
istan's lawless tribal belt near Afghanistan as the "global headquarters" of Al Qaeda, top American military commander Admiral Mike Mullen has said the US believed that the terror netw |
Taliban offer dead body for exchange
The
Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a US Navy sailor they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said on Sunday. US and NA |
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Cleric okay with French veil ban
Two
Riyadh, July 25: Two Saudi clerics have declared Muslim women are exempt from wearing full veils in France, which is planning to ban them, but added they should avoid visiting it as tourists.
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UK MP warned over burqa row
he controversy
over wearing veil or burqa in Britain deepened as Conservative MP, Mr Philip Hollobone, has been threatened with legal action if he implements his decision not to meet Muslim women we |
Silvio in row over kid's graduation
The Ital
ian Prime Minister, Mr Silvio Berlusconi's scandalprone life has touched off yet another controversy, this time because of his daughter. Ms Barbara, the Italian Premier's eldest daughter |
Unborn child saves mom's life
You may
call it a miracle - a baby saved his mother's life before he was even born just by kicking in the womb only to alert doctors of a tumour inside. Mother-to-be, 26-year-old Ms Claire feared |
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MITIGATING FACTOR
Fat hits contraceptive effect
: Hor
monal contraceptives seem to be less effective in preventing pregnancy among obese or overweight women, a study says. Four of seven studies examined in a review comprising 39,531 women sugge |
SC widens anticipatory bail law
Giving a liberal
interpretation to Article 21 of the Constitution which protects citizens' right to life and liberty, the Supreme Court has recognised the "loss of reputation" as a ground for seekin |
Solar energy to be sold to consumers by 2013
: In a significant
development that will change the country's energy scenario, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) plans to produce 1,000 MW of solar energy in the next two years, to |
Kudankulam-1 to start by December
: The
much-delayed first unit of Kudankulam nuclear power plant, being built with Russian collaboration, will be operational by December this year, setting in motion the roadmap that the two countri |
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Sourav saves guard from angry mob
Former India
cricket captain, Sourav Ganguly, came in a new avatar. It was simply a reallife dadagiri which he used to do on the fields in his haydays. His mettle as the leader once again came out o |
Census to skip count in Maoist-hit regions
Amidst the security
concerns in the Naxalaffected areas, the Census 2011 exercise may give a skip and avoid venturing into the Maoist dominated areas. The home ministry officials, however, reveal |
Belgian dogs to sniff out Naxals
Where
man has failed, man's best friend is being pressed into service. The Central security forces have imported a little known breed of Belgian shepherd dogs to provide troops with early warning o |
Maoist killed in encounter
At least one sus
pected Maoist guerrilla was killed on Sunday evening in an encounter with security forces at Anjarel in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said. Acting on a tip off, a jo |
TRAGEDY AVERTED
Cargo burns in KF plane
The passengers and the crew of a Kingfisher flight destined to Chennai had a providential escape when fire and smoke broke out the cargo which was about to load into the flight just before the depart |
Heist attempt in Ahobila mutt, 1 killed
Robbers broke
into Ahobila Mutt in suburban Selaiyur early on Sunday morning and killed a woman who worked there, in an abortive bid to loot jewellery. One of the two intruders was caught by the pub |
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Ali Zafar was abducted by `Laden fan' in Lahore
Pakistani singer
July 25: Pakistani singer Ali Zafar, who has made it big with his debut film Tere Bin Laden, was kidnapped in his hometown of Lahore two years ago by persons who might have been mem |
Reclusive nuns sign record deal
London, July 25: An order of Benedictine nuns, who live a reclusive life, has signed a major deal with the label behind the singer Lady Gaga. Unlike Gaga's outrageous stage performances and bizarre li |
Low calorie diet starves cancer cells
Washington, July 25: Believe it or not, but reducing calorie intake can starve brain cancer to death. Laura Shelton and colleagues from Boston College report success with mice suffering from the mo |
Vuvuzela enters English lexicon
Los Angeles, July 25: Its cacophony may have irritated many, but "vuvuzela", the air horn trumpet that became the loudest and most distinctive symbol of the FIFA World Cup, has now been accepted in th |
Windsor jewels go on sale
The jew
els of the Duchess of Windsor, the wife of Edward VIII who abdicated the throne of Great Britain in order to marry her, are being offered for sale in London. Twenty jewellery pieces, inclu |
British medal in 1857 sold for �228,000
The Raj nostalgia
is selling strongly in Britain as medals awarded to a British hero for bravery during the 1857 First War for Indian Independence, was sold for �228,000. Lieutenant Nowell Salm |
Smelliest flower blooms
This is
one flower you may not like to receive in a bouquet. The world's largest and smelliest flower, which grows up to 10 feet, has bloomed here, attracting hundreds of curious onlookers. Almos |
Pay $30K for Obama party
Wish to
attend Barack Obama's birthday bash in Chicago? Just shell out $30,000 and you can party with the US President. Real-estate mogul Neil Bluhm is planning to throw a private party for Mr Ob |
China starts work on artificial eye
Beijing, Jul 25: Bringing hope to millions of victims of corneal blindness, a group of Chinese researchers are cultivating human cells to make artificial corneas in a laboratory. The research team |
Zsa Zsa in critical condition
Holly
wood diva Zsa Zsa Gabor is doing a little better but still in critical condition, her husband said on Saturday. The 93-year-old Hungarian-born actress underwent a 3.5-hour hip replacement su |
NEWSMAKERS
Mahatma's graffiti on Halle's house
Los Angeles, July 25: Hollywood beauty Halle Berry was left fuming after she found the front gate of her Beverly Hills mansion spray painted with some Mahatma Gandhi graffiti. The Academy Award win |
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Has a good grass cover but how much of it will remain on the opening day is a huge guess. A firm track that will providing the batsmen plenty of scope to add to their aggregate.
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Dhoni confident of negotiating Mendis
With a blemishless captaincy
record and the No. 1 Test ranking to guard, Mahendra Singh Dhoni looked ahead to the second Test with optimism. The hosts have had a few changes forced on them while |
Pacers ready for grind, says Sangakkara
What looked like a
1-0 lead cushion has quickly grown into something bigger for this Sri Lankan side. A win here would take them to the threshold of being the No.1 Test team in the world. An inexper |
Principal's gun permit cancelled
The city police
has decided to cancel the arms licence given to the former director of Parkwood School Mohammed Salahuddin Ayub who was arrested the other day for raping and impregnating a school gi |
Rains will bring down prices, inflation: Singh
Pinning hopes on
the expected good monsoon this year, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday said food prices will soon come down and consequently inflation would ease to six per cent by De |
D-man attacks Salem in jail
Jailed gangster
Abu Salem was the victim of a spoon attack by a fellow inmate, Mustafa Dossa, on Saturday that left him with facial injuries. The police claimed the attack was the result of long- |
MiG-27 crash kills 1, injures 25, pilot safe
A villager was
killed and 25 others injured when a MiG-27 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in a field in Jalpaiguri on Saturday morning. The victim, B, Rai, was a farmer. At around 10.30 am |
Modi mantri resigns, on the run from CBI
C.M. SAYS AMIT SHAH IS AN HONEST MAN
The absconding
minister of state for home from Gujarat, Mr Amit Shah, who has been chargesheeted for murder in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter killing by the Central Bureau of Investigation, on Sat |
great escape
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Oldest wild donkey dies in city zoo
Rathi, the oldest
wild donkey at the Nehru Zoological Park, died of natural causes on Saturday. Rathi was 33 years old. "According to the zoo records, she had outlived the expected lifespa |
State appoints IE for garbage project
The Environment
Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) has been appointed as an independent engineer (IE) to monitor the implementation of the over Rs 500crore Integrated Solid Waste Man |
Swine flu under control
As pregnant wom
en are more vulnerable to swine flu, isolation wards will be opened at the two government maternity hospitals at Sultan Bazaar and Nayapool next week, said the Hyderabad district medi |
DIVINE INTERACTION
Chiru reveals his PR with Hanuman
The Praja Rajyam
chief, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, on Saturday surprised many by speaking to students of the Sri Padmavathi Mahila University as an exponent of Vedanta rather than as a politician or a fil |
law queens
BA LL.B (Honours) students, from left, Vidhu Gupta, Ashrita Prasad Kotha and Kirti Mahapatra greet each other after winning multiple gold medals at the Eighth Annual Convocation at the Nalsar Universi |
B.Ed course fee hiked by 9 per cent
The fee for B.Ed
courses in the state has been hiked from the existing Rs 12,400 per annum to Rs 13,500 per annum. The new fee will be in effect from this academic year (2010-11). The decision was |
MINORITY PROBLEMS Tech glitches hit online admissions
Technical glitches
have marred the "online application system" for minority students in the state seeking scholarships provided by the Union government to pursue courses for the current academic yea |
Weak spot on Begumpet RoB to finally get fixed
DC CORRESPONDENT
The 60-foot stretch
on the Begumpet road over bridge (RoB), over the railway tracks, continues to be a major cause of worry for motorists. This stretch of the RoB is weak and cannot take excessive v |
in honour
Governor E.S.L Narasimhan, second right, presents the V. Krishnamurthy Award for Excellence-2010 to Roman Magsaysay award winner Aruna Roy of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathana, second left. The award wa |
OU exams postponed for bypolls
All examinations
of the Osmania University (OU) scheduled on July 26 and July 27 have been postponed in view of the Assembly bypolls on July 27. The new dates will be announced later. The univers |
Movie on YouTube's July 24 videos
Video-sharing website YouTube had asked people to document one day -July 24 -of their lives, which will be put together to create the world's largest user-generated film by Oscar-win
ning d |
US MPs say Pak got nukes by deception
Pak
istan has gained atomic capabilities through "international deception" and "clandestine procurement" networks, eminent US lawmakers have said, while
warning that the continuation of 'secretive' |
RJD, BSP, SP to back new Bills
The SP, BSP an
July 24: The SP, BSP and RJD have assured the Centre they will support the "introduction, consideration and passing" of Bills during the month-long Monsoon Session of Parliament begin |
Suspicious Pak trawler detained
A Pakistani vessel, Masha Allah,
July 24: A Pakistani vessel, Masha Allah, was found eight nautical miles inside Indian waters by the Indian Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon. The Masha Allah had le |
faith train
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Opposition sceptical on PM inflation theory
In the National
July 24: In the National Development Council (NDC) meeting here on Saturday, the Opposition-ruled states countered the PM's contention claiming that it was the Centre that had failed |
TAX EVASION
Sterlite vice-prez arrested
The vice-president
July 24: The vice-president of one of India's leading copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi, Sterlite Industries India Limited (SIIL), Mr S.V. Varadharajan, was arrested on Saturday |
Gadkari to contest in LS polls
The BJP president,
July 24: The BJP president, Mr Nitin Gadkari, is set to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Maharashtra as he is not in the mood to enter national politics through the Rajya Sabh |
