5 blasts rock the IT City

5 blasts rock the IT City Bangalore in a span of 20 to 30 minutes.

It is assumed that the bombs used had a timer device on them.

The blasts apparently injured 6 people and killed one lady who was waiting for a bus. The injured have been taken to Malya Hospital.

Presently the traffic is normal in Bangalore. There have been reports of telephone lines being jammed.

The authorities have made it clear that the IT industry was not the target.

The authorities have no idea at the moment of the suspects behind the blasts, or that any more blasts are planed ahead. They however advise the citizens to go about their normal lives. There have been no organizations or individuals named, the investigations are on and we can expect more clarifications soon. The police have said that the blasts were intended to cause panic.

5 Serial Blasts in BANGALORE !!

BANGALORE, India (AFP) — India's high-technology capital Bangalore was hit by a string of five suspected bomb blasts Friday with at least one person killed and several injured, police said.

"Five blasts took place between 2:00 and 2:45 pm across the city," assistant police commissioner A. Raghuveer told reporters.

"Initial reports say that some of the blasts are low intensity using gelatin (gelignite explosive) sticks," Raghuveer said.

Police said at least one person was killed and several more injured. Indian media reports said up to three people were killed.

Eye-opener for many

Eye-opener for many

It was a real eye-opener for many. A Muslim woman is not bound to serve her in laws. She can’t be forced to cook – it is for her husband to provide food. And no girl can be married without her consent.

When Mufti Mastan Ali of Jamiat-ul-Banaat reeled out the do’s and don’ts under Islam there were sighs of disbelief among the women present. Many seemed to be unaware of their rights under Islam. A programme organised by a group of concerne d citizens the other day at Urdu Ghar, Moghalpura, on ‘domestic violence in Muslim society – reasons and its solution’ turned out to be very illuminating for the audience.

For a change the ulemas explained clearly the rights of women in Islam and how she can’t be treated as chattel. Prof. Rehana Sultana of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, forcefully presented the problems faced by Muslim women. Many men in the audience were seen nodding their heads in agreement.

Hyderabad Today

ri Ramakrishna Ashrama: Discourse on ‘Bhagavad Gita’, Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple, Ashoknagar, 6.30 p.m.

Krishna Bhakta Brundam: Discourse on ‘Bhagavad Gita’, Kamma Sangham Kalyana Mandapam, Ameerpet, 6.30 p.m.

GENERAL

Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department: World population day celebrations-2008, Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad, 4 p.m.

South Central Railway: National seminar on ‘Recent advances and future trends in design and construction of bridges’, Rail Nilayam auditorium, Secunderabad, 9.30 a.m.

CULTURE

Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited: Launching of Malaysia and Thailand imported artificial flower show, Lepakshi Handicrafts Emporium, Abids, 6 p.m.

Chitramayee State Gallery of Fine Arts: Expressions - an exhibition of exquisite oil paintings, Road No.1, Kavuri hills, 10.30 a.m.

State Art Gallery: ‘Flower Scapes’ - an exhibition and sale of unique decorative floral wall panels, Road No.1, Kavuri hills, Madhapur, 10 a.m.

Kalahita Art Foundation: ‘Vision’, an exhibition of paintings by Konda Srinivasa Rao, Kalahita Art Foundation, Nagarjuna Hills, 12 p.m.

Kalakriti Art Gallery: ‘Labyrinth’, a show of recent works by Sunil M. Lohar, gallery premises, Banjara Hills, from 11 a.m.

Lepakshi Handicrafts Emporium: Handicrafts and handlooms exhibition, Puspha Gardens, Opposite Chaitanyapuri bus stop, Dilsukhnagar, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Applications invited

The Q.Q. Government Polytechnic is conducting a free certified training programme in “Welding and fabrication” on its premises at Chandulal Baradari, Old city from July 25. Last date for registration is July 23, said a press release.

3 More bodies Recovered

VISAKHAPATNAM:
Bodies of three more Greyhound constables were recovered from the Chitrakonda (Balimela) reservoir in Orissa near Andhra Pradesh border on Thursday, 12 days after the launch in which they were travelling with others had capsized and sunk following an attack by the CPI (Maoist).

The bodies, fished from the spot where the launch sank, were identified as that of junior commandoes A. Ravi of Warangal district, P. Sudhir Babu of Prakasam district and Manoj Kumar of Krishna district. The number of those killed in the incident has gone up to 36 while two others are missing. Visakhapatnam Superintendent of Police Akun Sabharwal said the search would continue to locate the missing policemen. He said the bodies were sent by a helicopter for post-mortem in the King George Hospital.

Telugu Desam Party @ Viziyanagaram

Telugu Desam Party, izianagaram district committee president Yadla Ramana Murty has said that enumeration of eligible voters was not being done in anti-establishment villages and mistakes were detected in areas where the process had been completed.

Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Mr. Murty said so far only 40 per cent of the process was completed and the party had decided to approach the Election Commission for extension of last date, July 14. He attributed the slow progress to shortage of cameras. That apart, priority was being given to voters in Congress-dominated villages, he added.

With regard to power cuts, he called upon people to participate in the dharna at all sub-stations in the district on Friday demanding uninterrupted domestic supply and nine hours power supply for farming.

On the reported remarks of Botcha Satyanarayana, Minister for Housing, that the TDP would perish after actor Chiranjeevi launched his political party, Mr. Murty said that the Minister, if his curiosity towards the proposed political outfit was any indication, would be the first person to join the film actor’s party from the district and exuded confidence that the TDP would win all the nine Assembly segments in the district in the forthcoming polls.

He also criticised him for levelling baseless charges against P. Asok Gajapathi Raju, former Revenue Minister, on Thotapalli project works . Former chief whip S.V. China Appala Naidu and others were present.

Rosaiah Tour In Vijayawada

Finance Minister K. Rosaiah to inaugurate the State level diamond jubilee conference on ‘professional empowerment’, Sri Sesha Sai Kalyana Vedika, Mahatma Gandhi Road, 9.30 a.m.

Sri Durga Malleswara Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala: Lecture on ‘Population explosion – boon or bane?’ on the occasion of World Population Day, seminar hall, college premises, 10.30 a.m.

Jan Shikshan Sansthan and Rotary Club of Vijayawada Central: Meeting on the occasion of World Population Day, JSS premises, Moghalrajapuram, 12 noon.

Krishna District Freedom Fighters Association: Meeting on ‘Population explosion and the problem of availability of food’, Association hall, near Bandar Locks, 6 p.m.

Rotary Club of Vijayawada: Matha Shiva Chaitanyananda to speak on ‘Seva Saadhyamaa?’, Rotary children’s mini conference hall, Gandhinagar, 6.30 p.m.

The Great Royal Circus: Inauguration of premier show by Mayor Mallika Begum, Swaraj Maidan, 7.30 p.m.

Guntur

Om Books: Bible book exhibition-cum-sale, St. John’s CSI Church, (opp Hotel Vijaya Krishna International), Kannavari Thota, 10 a.m. onwards

Acharya Nagarjuna University, Department of English: Book Release ``The Fiction of Wilson Harris: A Study in West Indian Discourse’ written by P. Raja Sekhar, H.H.Deichmann and John David Auditorium, 11 a.m.

Telugu Ganga water for Chennai from mid-August

Water will be released from Telugu Ganga project in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai from mid-August. The exact date of release of water will be finalised after a joint meeting of officials from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to be held soon.

Pending finalisation of the dates, the government here on Thursday decided to open the head-sluices of the Telugu Ganga Canal at the Kandaleru project in Nellore district on July 14 to supply water to Tirupati on a priority. A cross-bund will be laid across the canal at its 90th kilometre mark to create sufficient depth in the canal to facilitate drawal of water by pump sets.

SSC Supplimentary Results Today

SSC Supplimentary Results

Results of the SSC advanced supplementary exam will be released on Wednesday at 10.45 a.m. at the Directorate of Government Examinations. The results can be obtained from the following websites.
www.schools9.com
www.nettlinxresults.net
www.aarvy.com
www.prathibhaplus.com
www.getyourresults.com
www.educationguide.co.in
www.edubharatfamily.com
www.manabadi.co.in
www.koshercom.in
www.resultsindia.in

ICET Counselling

ICET Counselling

Around 55,000 seats would be on offer at the ICET counselling beginning on Wednesday.

The counselling would be inaugurated by Minister for Technical Education R. Chenga Reddy at 11 a.m. at the PGRR Centre for Distance Education, Osmania University. ICET-2008 Convener D.N. Reddy said that only 300 candidates have been called on the first day and the first phase would be completed by July 20. Last year, 17,000 MBA seats were available in 381 colleges and 26,000 MCA seats in 521 colleges. This year 29 new MCA colleges and 13 new MBA colleges got permission to offer the course.

He said every candidate attending counselling would get a scratch card containing a password using which they could update their choice of colleges and the courses after the first phase. The facility would be open from July 25 to 30 for practice for the candidates and from August 2 to 15 they can actually give their options as many times as they want. Prof. Reddy said the allotment would be done on August 16 and candidates can download the allotment letter from the website to present it at the college.

Notification

He said a detailed notification with instructions on the usage of the scratch card, websites and how to choose the options would be issued after the first phase of counselling to guide the candidates.

Keep Watching this blog For Counselling Details

Transport Commissioner

In a major drive, a Special Squad of Transport Commissioner, has cracked down on vehicles and other specialised equipment used in the construction sector operating without paying tax for several years and collected a Rs. 2 crore within a month.

Transport Commissioner Raymond Peter said these vehicles and equipment included road rollers, compactors, payers, graders and front-end loaders belonging to several big companies and 155 cases were booked. Six Motor Vehicles Inspectors and six constables were drafted for work in the department’s vigilance wing, with orders to curb tax evasion.

Check on violation

Following the drive, he said it was found that many companies operating specialised construction equipment were not volunteering to pay up taxes for such vehicles. A separate counter has been opened at the Road Transport Authority’s central office in Khairatabad here. He said the squad was formed to check such violation by some big construction companies “who had scant respect for the law”.

Mr. Peter also said they had started cracking down on private buses that were running inter-State services on ‘single or two-district’ permits by paying just Rs. 890 per seat per quarter, instead of the prescribed amount of Rs. 3,650.

Devendar says..

Former Minister T. Devender Goud on Tuesday asserted that the movement which his party would be spearheading for carving out a separate Telangana State would be peaceful and not give scope for any violence as people of the two regions should part ways cordially like “brothers”.
Participating in a ‘Meet-the-press’ programme organised by the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working of Journalists (APUWJ), he said “there won’t be space for violence” and the party would not rouse passions by building prejudices against people from other regions.
Mr. Goud said he quit TDP not to become Chief Minister or for some position but to fight for the justice of Telangana people, who have been neglected.
Immediate focus would be on building a movement by involving the people rather than looking for winning seats.
He said that 2009 elections for Lok Sabha and Assembly would be crucial as MPs from the State would play a key role in the formation of the next government at the Centre. The situation would be favourable for Telangana in both Parliament and Assembly, he predicted.
Criticises Naidu, YSR
Mr. Goud lashed out at TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu and Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, saying both the leaders had hijacked their respective parties which were functioning in an undemocratic manner.
Mr. Goud was non-committal on the possibility of having an understanding with the party proposed to be launched by actor Chiranjeevi saying it would not be proper to comment without knowing its agenda. He ruled out the question of aligning with the TDP in future.

Success Mantra

HYDERABAD: It was a simple prescription for success in business and sports from the ‘Doctor’ to students of Indian School of Business. The prestigious institution had a distinguished guest in Ric Charlesworth, a multi-faceted personality, delivering a lecture on Tuesday, at the initiative of Viren Rasquinha, former India hockey captain.

The standing ovation he got from the select audience was proof enough that Charlesworth’s simple but convincing style of putting across the success mantra in business and sports was lapped up. “It is imperative to have an ambition and more importantly how best to achieve it,” started off the Aussie, a successful Western Australia cricketer, hockey international, a doctor by profession and a MP!
Motivation

The 55-year-old said it is important for any leader or a coach to ensure players love what they are doing, be passionate and obsessive of the job on hand and also have fun in the process. “Unfortunately, unlike in business, you are not dubbed successful unless you win medals in sports,” he pointed out.

One of the striking features of any successful team – be it business or sports – is humility. “And to be outstanding you have to complement this facet with smartness, be healthy in thinking, diligent and skilled in your respective fields,” the five-time Olympian asserted.

The beauty of any coaching assignment is how well one experiments. Making what looks impossible happen is what separates the champion from the ordinary, is the advice of this great sportsperson.

Mr. Charlesworth, now a consultant to Indian hockey, says he never believed in captaincy. “Exactly for this reason we had eight different captains in the Sydney Olympics and still clinched the women’s gold,” he revealed! “Unfortunately, in India, seniority is all, although it is a fact that even the youngest person can come up with the best of ideas. Ignore youth at your peril,” he remarked.

“All successful sportspersons or businessmen are those who win the battle between doubt and self-belief,” were his parting comments amidst all-round applause.

Punja Gutta Flyover opens Shortly

HYDERABAD: Commuters can hope for respite from traffic chaos as the new Punjagutta ‘Y’ flyover is all set to be inaugurated in three days. But the relief is coming with some unexpected changes in road design and restrictions on the traffic movement.
Railing

The first major change in road design is connecting the railing of Greenlands flyover on ITC Kakatiya and Towers Hotel side with that of the new flyover on Chief Minister’s camp-office-cum-residence side by cement blocks. With this, vehicles coming from Begumpet flyover and landing near LifeStyle building, go up the new ‘Y’ flyover to reach Jalagam Vengal Rao Park or Banjara Hills.

Those heading for Raj Bhavan road turn left near the Rajiv Gandhi statue. Traffic coming over the Punjagutta flyover from Jubilee Hills side would land near Topaz building, go up the Greenlands flyover after the Chief Minister’s residence and lands at the Hyderabad Public School side.
Obstruction-free

“By connecting the two flyovers with cement blocks, criss-crossing is being averted making the journey on the stretch obstruction free,” traffic police said.

The present divider on the road before Chief Minister’s residence would be removed creating huge space for vehicles going from Rajiv Gandhi statue towards Greenlands.

For a continuous flow of traffic from LifeStyle building side towards the Punjagutta flyover, the traffic police are mulling to ban right turn towards Ameerpet near Greenlands junction.

Thus, all vehicles coming from Begumpet flyover would have to go further, take a ‘U’ turn at Rajiv Gandhi statue to reach Ameerpet.

Allaying fears of traffic getting choked at Rajiv Gandhi statue as it clashes with vehicles coming from Raj Bhavan, officials said enough policemen would be posted to regulate vehicular movement. As the road near Punjagutta graveyard is being widened, congestion of vehicles coming by the Punjagutta ‘Y’ flyover would be minimised, it is pointed out.
Discussion

The traffic police have not yet decided whether to allow vehicles coming from Hotel Green Park to go up the Begumpet flyover as permitted presently. Assessing the situation after the new flyover’s inauguration, the police are planning to discontinue this and divert the vehicles coming from Green Park hotel via Country Club and LifeStyle building and take a ‘U’ turn near Rajiv Gandhi statue. However, this idea is still at discussion stage.