20 killed, & 75 injured in IRAQ BLAST'S

(way2online NEWS) At least 20 people were killed and 75 injured Friday in two blasts targeting Shias in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, al-Arabiya news channel reported.

Pilgrims are visiting the shrine of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson, to celebrate the 40th day after Ashura, the holy day that marks Hussein’s death in the Battle of Karbala in the year 680.

More than 30,000 military and police officers have been deployed on the roads leading to Karbala to try to beef up security.Security authorities cooperated with US army air support to protect visitors in the holy Shia city, which lies some 110 km southwest of Baghdad.Official statistics indicated that more than eight million visitors have arrived in the city to attend the annual ritual.

Wipro seeks 50 acres near Bangalore Airport for IT Park

Global software major Wipro has applied for 50 acres of land near the Bangalore international airport for setting up an IT park, an official said Friday.“Wipro has applied for 50 acres of land in the new industrial belt coming up near the new airport. The state high-level committee will consider it soon,” state principal industry secretary V.P. Baligar told reporters here.
When allotted,the proposed park will be the third location of the IT bellwether in India’s tech hub. The company’s main software development centre is located in the Electronics City on Hosur road, about 35 km from Bangalore and another on Sarjapur road in the southern suburb, which is its corporate headquarters.In a related development, a technical team of Hero Honda Motors Ltd has inspected three sites in Hubli-Dharwad industrial belt in north Karnataka to set up a two-wheeler plant at an estimated cost of Rs.20 billion (Rs.2,000 crore).We have shown two sites near Hubli and another near Dharwad adjacent to Tata Motors bus plant. The company is looking for about 100 acres to set up the two-wheeler plant and another 200 acres for ancillary units and a township,” Baligar said on the margins of a conclave on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).Hubli-Dharwad is about 420 km from Bangalore.
The world’s largest motorcycle firm evinced keen interest to locate its first southern plant in Karnataka when its top officials met state’s large and medium industries minister Murugesh Nirani in New Delhi last week at a road-show held for the Global Investors’ Meet to be held in Bangalore June first week,(way2online NEWS)
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HYDERABAD UNION OF JOURNALIST'S(HUJ) Organised "Meet the press"

Mrs, Banda Karthika,Mayor Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.  address to "meet the press" at Press Club Basheer Bagh, in the seen of picture.1,Mr Yadgiri(g.sec,HUJ)2,Mr Taher Roomani(v.president HUJ)   photo by RSJ THOMAS,

Laxman continues to be doubtful for Nagpur Test,

Plagued by injuries, India would be hoping for the return of experienced V.V.S. Laxman to strengthen its middle order batting, but his fitness ahead of the first cricket Test against South Africa continues to be in doubt.

India are already without Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh, who got injured during the recently concluded Bangladesh tour. While Dravid fractured his jaw, Yuvraj injured his wrist.In such a case, Laxman’s presence in the middle order becomes all the more important. The 35-year-old suffered a finger injury and had to sit out in the second Test in Dhaka

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Friday said a decision on Laxman’s availability for Saturday’s Test is yet to be taken.“There is uncertainty over Laxman at the moment,” Dhoni said on the eve of the match Friday.“He will speak to the physio on how he feels and then we will take a decision on him.”Rohit Sharma has already been flown in as as a cover of Laxman. In the absence of seniors, Subramaniam Badrinath, and Murli Vijay will also be hoping for their chances.“We will miss our experienced players, but at the end of the day somebody needs to step up and do the work for the team,” he said.

“Their absence provides an opportunity for the youngsters to step in and score runs.”“International cricket is a challenge. Pressure will be there but we have openers who have done well in the past. There is no reason why they cannot do that again. We’re a team that relies on a good start. After that, we go on to dominate,” Dhoni said.South African skipper Graeme Smith said the injuries to the key players will affect India Guys like Laxman and Dravid come with a lot of experience. It does put more pressure on their openers (Gautam) Gambhir and (Virender) Sehwag,” Smith said (way2online NEWS)
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Deepika Padukone is looking for Ranbir!

Although Deepika Padukone has personally broke up with Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika still has an open door for him professionally. Deepika is waiting for an opportunity to work with him since the actress feels that Ranbir is a great actor who has enormous talent of acting in him.The actress also feels that Ranbir puts lot of efforts in each and every scene to make it the best.The duo has earlier worked in Bachna ae haseeno which was directed by Siddharth Anand Bachna ae haseeno remained as a super hit film.(way2online NEWS)

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Uddhav after Rahul visit : Mumbai under Mussolini Raj

(way2online NEWS)AICC General secretary Rahul Gandhi’s visit exemplifed the “Mussolini” rule in Maharashtra that prevented Shiv Sena workers from exercising their democratic right of protest, the saffron party’s leader Uddhav Thackeray said here Friday.Referring to the tight security blanket thrown for Rahul Gandhi’s four-hour trip, Thackeray said Shiv Sainiks all over the city were prevented from their democratic right of protesting by waving black flags.
“This shows what kind of a ‘Mussolini’ raj is prevalent in Maharashtra,” Thackeray said, referring to the Italian dictator and Rahul Gandhi’s mother Sonia Gandhi’s Italian origins.
He described Chief Minister Ashok Chavan of the Congress as “a watchman” for waiting nearly an hour-and-a-half under a tree in Ghatkopar to receive .
Rahul Gandhi. In an unexpected change of plan, the Congress general secretary decided to take local trains instead of the helicopter to commute about the city   Referring to Rahul Gandhi withdrawing cash from a bank ATM near Andheri railway station to buy a second class suburban train ticket, Uddhav Thackeray said it was expected.Referring to Rahul Gandhi withdrawing cash from a bank ATM near Andheri railway station to buy a second class suburban train ticket, Uddhav Thackeray said it was expected“Mumbai means Delhi’s ATM,” Uddhav said, implying that the city was allegedly being exploited by the rulers in Delhi for its wealth.
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Railway land to house hospitals, healthcare facilities,Mamta banerjee

(way2online NEWS) In a major move to provide quality healthcare to millions of people, the railway ministry Friday said it will give over 1275 acres of unused land for the health ministry to build 490 health facilities, including medical colleges, around the country.“This is a historic decision by both health and railway ministries to provide healthcare to masses,” Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here.“This initiative will benefit railway passengers, railway employees and the common people living in and around railway lines. Nation’s health is nation’s wealth,” said Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee.Both ministries have identified plots to open 361 diagnostic centres, 88 second-level medical units with over 100-bed hospitals and 41 multi-specialty medical facilities around railway tracks.While the diagnostic centres will come up in 200 square metre lands, the second level medical units will be set up on five acres land each. Similarly, the tertiary care hospitals will come up on 20 acre lands each.

“Encroachment on government lands is happening all over India and by sparing these unused lands, the railway ministry is helping masses in getting quality healthcare.“Currently many people fall sick while traveling on trains and these facilities will provide them instant treatment at the railway stations,” Azad explained.He said the health ministry will start working on the diagnostic centres first at major railway stations and junctions across the country.

“We are expecting to spend up to Rs.10 million for setting up diagnostic centres,” Health Secretary K. Sujatha Rao told IANS after signing the agreement with Railway Board Chairman S.S. Khurana.Banerjee said the decision was taken after a month-long discussion with the health authorities, and urged both the ministries to speed up and provide quality healthcare to people living in grass rootsThese healthcare facilities could also be used as trauma centres for emergencies, accidents and natural disasters.

Both the ministries said that they are setting up a high power working group to work out a time bound programme to take up the projects as a matter of priority.“We will also take the state governments into confidence while building these facilities. The aim is to provide better facilities to all Indians,” Azad said.

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After Amar Singh,SP finds Thakur mascot in Raja Bhaiya

(way2online NEWS) With Amar Singh out, Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav is clearly out to replace him with Raja Bhaiya as the party’s new Thakur mascot.

Less known by his real name, Raghuraj Pratap Singh, independent MLA Raja Bhaiya hosted a party at his residence here Thursday night, with most prominent Samajwadi Party leaders, led by former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh, on the guest list.Even as the party was ostensibly thrown “to celebrate the victory of Raja Bhaiya’s cousin at the recent state legislative council elections”, it was widely seen to be part of Mulayam Singh’s dinner diplomacy to disprove Amar Singh’s claim that the Thakur community would rally behind him.
All such SP MLAs who were considered close to Amar Singh – largely due to caste reasons – were conspicuously present at the big bash. These included former Uttar Pradesh minister Arvind Singh Gope, Yashwant Singh, Rajiv Singh, Om Prakash Singh and Mayankeshwar Saran Singh.Raja Bhaiya had also discreetly invited a select section of the media to ensure that news reached where it was intended.
Mulayam Singh told reporters: “I am here only in response to an invitation by Raja Bhaiya; and this is just a dinner, no politics.”He claimed, “It is sheer coincidence that a number of my party MPs and legislators are also present.”While initially showing reluctance to make any comment, he said: “Amar Singh chose to leave the party essentially because of his health problems. I am myself really concerned about his health, and it is my sincere advice to him to concentrate on his health.”Referring to Amar Singh’s expulsion from the party Feb 2, Mulayam Singh said: “The decision was not just mine, it was taken at a fully-attended meeting of the party parliamentary board. In fact, you people only published his statements. But once these statements were directed against the party, the matter was taken up by the SP parliamentary board, which took the final decision to expel him.”When a scribe asked how he could look so “relaxed”, the Samajwadi Party chief shot back: “Politics is always full of ups and downs. I believe in adapting myself to changes that take place in politics; as such I have reason to feel relaxed.”He did not seem too sure about party Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan’s intent and continued to shower praise on her.
“Even though she has been critical of me, I have all the respect and regard for Jaya Bachchan. She is well within the party and has not said anything against the party,” he said.
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'Mulayam took long to recognise Amar’s true face’

(way2online NEWS) Samajwadi Party(SP)Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was delayed in recognising the true face of Amar Singh, but the latter’s expulsion would only strengthen the party, SP general secretary Mohan Singh said Friday.

“Mulayamji took a long time to recognize the real face of Amar Singh… but still it’s not too late for us,” Singh told reporters in Deoria, some 300 km from Lucknow.
“We are sure that his (Amar Singh’s) departure would help the party’s revival and will strengthen it,” he added, referring to Amar Singh’s expulsion from the party Feb 2.
Singh even went to the extent of saying that Amar Singh’s kidney problems were not because of burden of work, but his “lavish and luxurious lifestyle”.
Amar Singh had last year undergone a kidney transplant in Singapore.

“No one could claim that kidney fails due to work load. It all happens due to extra-luxurious lifestyle. And the same was the case of Amar Singh,”said Singh,Clarifying his party’s stand on the English language, Singh said: “We have been misquoted and misunderstood…We are not against English, instead we have only voiced objections against the English mentality.”
Singh,however, did not elaborate on what he meant by the “English mentality”.
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Blast kills 11 in Pakistan

(way2online NEWS) A bomb struck a bus carrying Shia Muslims in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi Friday, killing at least 11 people,hospital officials said,Up to 50 people were also wounded in the attack on the bus taking dozens of Shia Muslims to a religious gathering.
“Eleven bodies and nearly 50 injured people have been brought to us,” said Seemi Jamali of the state-run Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
Karachi’s police chief Waseem Ahmad said explosives appeared to have been rigged to a motorcycle.Television footage showed the mangled remains of the motorcycle and the bus with all its windowpanes shattered. Nearby buildings were also damaged in the explosion.A roadside bomb blast in Karachi Dec 28 killed at least 40 Shias, who were commemorating the seventh century death of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson,Imam Hussain.(AS)
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