Monthly Archives: March 2012 »
Putin urges opposition to behave during election
Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has requested the opposition leaders to refrain from using “dirty devices” during the upcoming election. “We know that some are preparing to use schemes to confirm
Read More »Kristen Wiig lands new comedy role
Comedian Kristen Wiig is in negotiations to work on a new action comedy movie from the writers of “The Descendants”. According to contactmusic.com, the 38-year-old is teaming up with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Read More »Strong quake hits Japan
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit near the east coast of Japan’s Honshu island Wednesday, the Hong Kong Observatory said. The epicentre of the temblor that struck at 2.33 GMT, about
Read More »North Korea’s n-activity suspension modest first step: Clinton
As North Korea announced Wednesday to suspend its nuclear tests, long-range missile launches and uranium enrichment activity following last week’s talks with the US, the latter described it as a “modest first step”. “Today’s
Read More »Anna Hazare biggest ‘Mover & Shaker’ of today: Shekhar Suman
Shekhar Suman, who is returning to the telly world with his cult show “Movers & Shakers” after over a decade, has approached social activist Anna Hazare to be the special guest on the first
Read More »North Korea to suspend nuclear activity
North Korea has said it will suspend nuclear tests, long-range missile launches, and uranium enrichment activity as agreed with the US in last week’s bilateral talks. “The DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), upon
Read More »Space department declined my RTI plea: Ex-ISRO chief Nair
The Department of Space (DoS) has declined to provide key documents sought by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair to know the basis on which the government debarred him and
Read More »Andhra Varsity, Lady Prof. and husband arrested in dowry case
By: Syed Najaf Ali Shaukat, Bureau Chief, Andhra Pradesh Prof. Uma Devi, of the Botany department of Andhra University and her husband Ram Gopal were arrested by the police for harassing their daughter-in-law for dowry. They
Read More »Mukesh – Anjan row: Whose jagir is secunderabad?
By: Syed Najaf Ali Shaukat, Bureau Chief, Andhra Pradesh Even as the union minister Purandareswari and former Union Minister Subbarami Reddy have been fighting for the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha seat, state minister Mukhesh Goud and sitting MP
Read More »CM assures firm action against rape accused
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday assured the State Assembly that stern action will be taken as per law against the culprits involved in the gang rape of a tribal woman in Vizianagaram district a
Read More »Concern over dearth of teachers in tribal areas
By: Syed Najaf Ali Shaukat, Bureau Chief, Andhra Pradesh The Minister for Tribal Welfare, Mr. P. Balaraju has admitted that there was dearth of qualified teachers in educational institutions in tribal areas in the state. Replying
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