The Hindu : Cities / Hyderabad : BJP breathes fire against Akbaruddin</h1> <article> <h1>The Hindu : Cities / Hyderabad : BJP breathes fire against Akbaruddin</h1> <p>2013-01-01T15:32:00.001-08:00</p> <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/bjp-breathes-fire-against-akbaruddin/article4259778.ece">The Hindu : Cities / Hyderabad : BJP breathes fire against Akbaruddin</a>: <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="body" style="background-color: white; color: #3b3a39; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: none;">Taking umbrage to the hate speech of MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, the BJP state president, G. Kishan Reddy, has demanded that the State government initiate criminal proceedings against Mr. Owaisi for hurting the sentiments of a particular community. Tearing into Mr. Owaisi’s speeches which he said were objectionable and inflammatory, Mr. Reddy asked the government to address a letter to the Assembly Speaker to annul the membership of the former. He also urged the government to write a letter to National Election Commission seeking de-recognition of the MIM for making attempts to promote animosity among people on religious grounds. The BJP chief said Mr. Owaisi addressed the public meetings in Adilabad and Nizamabad districts to explain his party’s recent decision to snap ties with the Congress.</div><div class="body" style="background-color: white; color: #3b3a39; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: none;">“Instead, religious bigotry, unabashed incitement of religious sentiments and contemptuous insinuation against Hindu gods and goddesses formed the crux of the speeches of a person who was sworn in as an MLA,” Mr. Reddy said. He also asked as to why the State government did not initiate action despite the use of derogatory words against a particular community. He said the CDs containing Mr. Owaisi’s hate speeches would be sent to the Governor, Chief Minister and Assembly Speaker seeking action against him.</div><div class="body" style="background-color: white; color: #3b3a39; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: none;">Meanwhile, social activists from different parts of the country have condemned the speeches of Mr. Owaisi in Nirmal town of Adilabad district and said such ‘obnoxious’ speeches would divide the society, vitiate peace and lead to conflicts. In a statement issued here on Monday, the activists demanded that the authorities take exemplary action to ensure that such ‘intolerable’ acts were not repeated. They appealed to the people not to react to such deliberate provocations. The signatories of the statement issued by the Confederation of Voluntary Associations (COVA) included Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, Swami Agnivesh, Mahesh Bhatt, Mazher Hussain, Hamid Mohammed Khan, M. Mandal, Irfan Engineer, Sandeep Pandey and Ram Punyani.</div><br /> <br /> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a> </article> <article> <h1>November 2012 Current Affairs</h1> <p>2012-12-24T13:01:00.002-08:00</p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Barack Obama on 7th November, 2012 was re-elected as President of USA. Obama defeated Republic Challenger, Mitt Romney in U S Presidential Elections 2012 by over 332 votes. Tulsi-Gabbard is the first Hindu-American to enter the US House of Representative. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Barack Obama Books: Dreams of My father, The Audacity of Hope, Of the I sing</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">21st ASEAN summit Phnom Pneh held on 18th November 2012 at Peace Palce in Cambodia. PM of Cambodia -Samdech Akka Mohan sena Padei TechoHun sen was the chairpersons. <a name='more'></a></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Le Luong Minh was appointed as Secretary Gneral for ASEAN.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray did on 17th November, 2012.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Md Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged on 21st November, 2012 at Pune's Yerwada Jail. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> India & Afghanistan on 12th November, 2012 signed four agreements to cooperate in areas of social welfare, fertilizer, coal mining & youth affairs.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">India signed on 22nd November, 2012 a $ 70-million agreement with World Bank for Karnataka Health Systems Development & Reform Projects.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Union Government approved release of funds for establishment of 21 integrated text tile parks which was sanctioned in 11th Five Year Plan.</span></li> </ul> </article> <article> <h1>Modi strikes Hat-trick in Gujarat</h1> <p>2012-12-20T15:48:00.000-08:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZqlV20RPwvdNqquC3r5XQpMTTECF40-Tdq2cWUuaErG1LPvzOd8y23yCr1iNNfjHg-dKM-MkDrfLWlTX9coshCRSaMvX69NoX72dpJbOgZ9xyMMwkJnDeB11MXP-8ZlPQFPTObkjnXc/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Narendra Modi performed a hat-trick retaining for the third time and propelled as a strong contender in the Prime Ministerial race in 2014 while Congress ousted BJP from office in Himachal Pradesh. Narendra Modi won by a margin of 86373 votes defeating congress rival Shweta Bhatt, wife of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. The BJP registered its fifth consecutive victory in Gujarat, third under Narendra Modi, with bagged 115 seats, two less than 2007 Elections, while congress bagged 61 seats, one more than 2007 elections.</span></div> </article> <article> <h1>National Sports Awards 2012</h1> <p>2012-08-29T13:25:00.000-07:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee gave away National sports and adventure awards in a glittering ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan here today. In a momentous recognition of 2012 the role & contribution of Indian Railways in promoting sports in the country, Railway Sports Promotion Board of Ministry of Railways has bagged "Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar" for the year 2012 which is a part of National Sports Awards, announced by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt of India.</span><br /> <a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year's awards to the Railways is in the category called "Financial support for sport excellence." Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Vinay Mittal received the award on behalf of RSPB. The award carries a trophy and citation. The Indian Railways was also the winner of first "Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar' in 2009 in the category "Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures".</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Dronacharya award is given to coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events. Arjuna award is given for consistently outstanding performance for three consecutive years preceding the year of award. With this year's new awards, Indian Railway Pariwar is now proud to have 19 Padmashrees, 3 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees, 146 Arjuna Awardees, 7 Dhyanchand Awardees, 6 Dronacharya Awardees and 2 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar to its credit.</span></div> </article> <article> <h1>PM's statement in Parliament on CAG Report</h1> <p>2012-08-27T16:06:00.000-07:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I seek the indulgence of House to make a statement on issues regarding coal block allocations which have been the subject of much discussion in the press and on which several Hon'ble members have also expressed concern. The issue arise from a report of Comptroller & Auditor General which has been tabled in Parliament & remitted to PAC. CAG reports are normally discussed in detail in PAC, when the Ministry is concerned responds to the issues raised. The PAC then submit its report to the Speaker and that Report is then discussed in Parliament.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I seek your indulgence to depart from this established procedure because of the nature of allegations that are being made and because I was holding the charge of Coal Minister for a part of the time covered by the report. I want to assure Hon'ble Members that as the Minister in charge, I take full responsibility for the decisions of the Ministry. I wish to say that any allegations of impropriety are without basis and unsupported by the facts. Allocation of coal blocks to private companies for captive use commenced in 1993, after the Coal Mines Act, 1973 was amended. This was done with the objective of attractive private investments in specified end uses. As the economy grew in size, the demand for coal also grew and it became evident that Coal India Ltd, along would not be able to meet the growing demand. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The CAG report is critical of allocations mainly on three counts. Firstly, it states that the Screening Committee did not follow a transparent and objective method while making recommendations for allocation of coal blocks. Secondly, it observes that competitive bidding could have been introduced in 2006 by amending the administrative instructions in vogue instead of going through a prolonged legal examination of the issue which delayed the decision making process. Finally, the report mentions that the delay in introduction of competitive bidding rendered the existing process beneficial to a large number of private companies. According to assumptions & computations made by the CAG, there is a financial gain of about Rs 1.86 lakh crore to private sector..</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me state emphatically that it has always been the intention of Govt to augment production of coal by making available coal blocks for captive mining through transparent processes and guidelines which fully took into the account the legitimate concerns of all stakeholders, including State Governments. The implicit suggestion of CAG that the Govt should have circumvented the legislative process through administrative instructions, over the registered objections of several state governments including those ruled by opposition parties."</span><br /> <br /></div> </article> <article> <h1>PM speech at presentation ceremony of PM's Trophy to Best Performing Steel Plant</h1> <p>2012-08-27T12:44:00.002-07:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh gave away Prime Minister's Trophy for the best integrated Steel Plant in India to Bhilai Steel Plant, SAIL for 2009-10 and TATA steel Limited for 2008-09 at a function in New Delhi. He says: " I am very happy to be present once again in today's function to felicitate the best performing integrated steel plants during the years 2008-09 & 2009-10. The per capita consumption of steel is an important indicator of economic development of country. In 2004-05 our per capita consumption of steel was only 34 kg, which has grown to 59 kg in 2011-12. India has now emerged as the 4th largest steel producer in the world with 74 million tonne in 2011-12. </span><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite such impressive progress, our per capita steel production still lags substantially behind the global average of 215 kg. There are also important quality related issues in respect of several critical steel products and solid in our country. The Iron & steel industry is heavily dependent on natural resources as well as energy. It is also characterized by high environmental pollution and high emission of Green House Gases. We must collectively find effective ways and means to improve energy efficiency and limit environmental pollution in the steel industry even as we increase our steel production. Our government has launched the Performance, Achieve and Trade Scheme (PAT) under the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me end by once again congratulating TATA steel and Bhilai Steel Plant who have won trophies today. I wish the steel industry and all those associated with it the very best in the years to come."</span></div> </article> <article> <h1>PAC will examine CAG report</h1> <p>2012-08-23T12:07:00.001-07:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Public Accounts Committee decided to examine the latest report of CAG on coal block allocation during the period 2004-2009. The Congress & BJP locking horns over CAG report coal inside parliament, its ripples are likely to felt in meetings of PAC when the issue is taken up for scrutiny. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The PAC led by BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi decided to include in its agenda CAG reports on coal allocation, Delhi International Airport Ltd, Ultra Mega Power Plants & Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. PAC's controversial CAG report on 2G scam had strongly indicated former Telecom Minister A. Raja and come down heavily on PMO & cabinet secretariat for not taking corrective action while not sparing even Prime Minister for some unfortunate omissions. The draft was rejected by Congress members.</span></div> </article> <article> <h1>Ramdev Calls for "all-out war" against Congress</h1> <p>2012-08-13T17:20:00.005-07:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Delhi was thrown into chaos with Baba Ramdev, courting arrest while trying to march towards Parliament with a call for an "all-out war" against the Congress on the issue of black money and corruption. Baba Ramdev actually refused to be taken to Bawana on the outskirts of Delhi, and insisted that all his supporters accompany him. He forced the police to change course and take him & his followers to centrally located Ambedkar Stadium under preventive detention. Ramdev Baba and his supporters were let off after 6 hours of arrest, they refused to leave the stadium. Till late evening, they stayed put inside demanding that the government heed their demands. The Yoga guru declared that he would not break his fast till Tuesday Night.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There saw, Police officers pleading with him to vacate the stadium as it is close to Red Fort, where tomorrow Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will hoist flag at 8:00 morning. Ramdev asked the govt to immediately provide sufficient food and water to his supporters. "Such an irony of this country is that while terrorists like Ajmal Kasab were being given biryani for food, desh bhakht like me & thousands with me are not even given water & basic facilities" Ramdev said.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was also backed by leaders of BJD, Akali Dal & Janata Party leaders, who shared the dais with him and pledged their support to his cause. </span></div> </article> <article> <h1>BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK 16 GB WiFi Review</h1> <p>2012-08-08T16:12:00.003-07:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHV75QwYAhhpkv713sc6fstGgc5N0F56MWKZVJQQtBHblWfbODNaR-4dRvORDJz4ZaT-WwuUw4uwSVAlC4V5gbUtvH8eYFd6VD9YbhjD1n6PS-WgDPO1-cnsAi6XnrhOt-AXOON_uGz4/s1600/playbooknavigator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Blackberry Playbook 16GB is a Tablet Phone weighting 425 gm. The Price of the cost is Rs 13,050.</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Specification: </div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Weight: 425 Gram</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Dimensions: 130x194x10 mm</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Touch Screen - Available</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Memory: 16 GB Internal Memory with 1 GB RAM. (External Memory is not available, No memory Slot).</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> E.Mail: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Blackberry Connect, Push E-Mail</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Display Color: 7" LCD, WSVGA, TFT 16M colors.</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Music: FM (Not available) Formats are: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA with Stereo Speakers & microphones.</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Speaker: Available.</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Headset: Available</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> GPRS - Not available</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Bluetooth: v2.1 with A2DP, EDR.</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Port: Micro USB v2.0 and Micro HDMI Port</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Infra Red: Not Available</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> GPS: Available</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> CPU: Dual Core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430, </div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Software: supports POSIX OS, SMP, Open GL, BlackBerry 6, WebKit, Adobe Flash, Java.</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Games: Available</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Browser: HTML5, Adobe Flash 11.2</div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Battery: Li-PO 5300 mAH.</div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>4 Bomb blasts rocked Pune</h1> <p>2012-08-02T16:00:00.001-07:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 low intensity blasts rocked in Pune on Wednesday evening injuring one person. The explosions were set off with pencil cell detonators placed in a plastic bag, a dust bin and on cycles at two location. Pune Police Commissioner Gulabrao Pol said it was a case of mischief and no terror act. The situation is under control and there is no need to panic. Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh said that it was a planned attack & terrorists role could not be rule out.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first explosion occurred near Bala Gangadharva Rang Mandir, an auditorium on Junglee Maharaj Road Dayanand Patil, who was injured in the blast, was carrying a cake box kept in a plastic bag. An unconfirmed report stated that Mr. Patil was a member of social activist Anna Hazare's India Against Corruption Movement. The 2nd explosion occurred at McDonald's food store and then the 3rd & 4th blasts occurred at Dena Bank & Garware chowk.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The explosions occurred on a day the new appointed Union Home minister, Sushilkumar Shinde, was scheduled to visit the City.</span></div> </article> <article> <h1>Centre decide to frame NWF Act</h1> <p>2012-08-02T15:42:00.003-07:00</p> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Government of India decide to frame a National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the states may adopt. States that adopt & reform will be incentivised for water projects. The Government has appointed former Planning Commission member Y.K. Alagh, head of a panel that will draft the national framework law meant to be a piece of overarching legislation. The water Resource Ministry has set up another panel under Retired Judge T.S. Doabia to amend the Rivers Board Act to facilitate holistic development of water resources with a river basin as a unit. This will involve setting up of river boards with Chief Minister or water Resource Minister as a member, of all basin states for spot resolution of disputes.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The proposed law will set bottom line to major issued such as amendments to interstate water Disputes Act 1956, the Rivers Board Act & the Easement Law to make ground water a public property.</span></div> </div> </article> </main></body></html>