Muaythai Championship -2010 -Inangaration Function,at LB Stadium Hyderabad

Andhra Pradesh State Junior and Sub Junior Muaythai Championship will be held from April 30 to may 2nd at Boxing hall of Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad. Addressing the Inangaration Function,Hon'ble chief guest Mr.Abid Rasool Khan.Secretary(APCC) Mr.M.H Abid,President of  Muaythai India(PMI)Mr.P.Mallareddy, Joint Sec(APOA)Mr. Mohammed Salahuddin Jaweed,president Andhra Pradesh Muaythai Association, Mr.Mohd.Murtuza .Editor CNI,Technical Members of Muay Thai, Mr. Zaheeruddin and Mr mohammed Nazeer Ahmed also be seen.*       (PHOTO BY RSJ THOMAS)=======================================================

Position of India in Gold Market ,

(PIB NEWS) According to the World Gold Council, India ranked 13th in the world in terms of official gold holding in March 2008 and 2009. However, with the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold by the Reserve Bank of India from the International Monetary Fund under the IMF’s limited gold sales program, India’s rank increased to 10th position in March 2010, with official gold holding of 557.7 metric tonnes. The purchase was part of the Reserve Bank’s foreign exchange reserves management operations.This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question raised in Lok Sabha today.
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Supreme Court Judges Appointed,

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, (2) Smt. Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court, and (3) Shri Justice Anil Ramesh Dave, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court in that order of seniority, to be the Judges of the Supreme Court of India with effect from the dates they assume charge of their offices. =======================================================

Meeting Held With Mps From Naxal-Affected Districts Chidambaram Calls for Better Utilization of Funds

(PIB NEWS) The Union Home Minister, Shri P.Chidambaram has called for better utilization of funds, provided by the Centre for development of the districts, worst affected by Left Wing Extremism(LWE). He was chairing here today a meeting held with the Members of Parliament, representing 34 such districts and West Medinipur district of West Bengal. The purpose of the meeting was to assess the present trends and review the steps needed for integrated development of these districts. Citing statistics, the Home Minister said that as on 25th April, 2010, utilization of the funds released for these districts under major development schemes varied from scheme to scheme. The utilization was 46.23 per cent under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, 62.83 per cent under the National Rural Health Mission,72.92 per cent under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, 85.81 per cent under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, 80.35 per cent under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 86.37 percent under Drinking Water Supply, 86.70 per cent under Integated Child Development Services , 71.52 per cent under Indira Awas Yojana, 5.86 per cent for Ashram Schools and 66.01 per cent under the Forest Rights Act. The Minister said that there was a need to improve the financial and physical performance of major developmental schemes in the worst-affect districts. Taking part in the discussions, MPs welcomed the Home Minister’s initiative to call the first ever meeting of Members of Parliament representing the Districts, worst affected by LWE. Members said that MPs and MLAs from these districts must have a role to play in monitoring implementation of the major developmental schemes. Suggestions which came up at the meeting included setting up of a major Vocational Centre in each block, relaxation of norms for setting up schools and building roads, etc. in the worst-affected districts, imparting knowledge of local dialects to security force personnel working in the LWE- affected areas, involving local tribals in implementation of various developmental schemes and providing employment to local tribals in security forces, etc. Some members pointed out that Naxal leaders have amassed huge wealth through extortion. In his concluding remarks, the Union Home Minister said that a plan would be worked out on the basis of concrete suggestions, received from the MPs and would be presented to the Chief Ministers. The discussion remained inconclusive and another meeting would be held in the second half of next month to enable more Members to participate. Those present at today’s meeting included the Ministers of State for Home S/Shri Mullappally Ramachandran and Ajay Maken and senior officers from the concerned Ministries/ Departments of the Central Government. The Districts worst affected by Left Wing Extremism include Khammam in Andhra Pradesh, Jehanabad, Aurangabad, Jamui, Arwal, Gaya and Rohtas in Bihar, Dantewada, Bastar, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Kanker, Rajnandgaon and Sarguja from Chhattisgarh, Gadchiroli and Gondia from Maharashtra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Lohardaga, Gumla, Chatra, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Bokaro, Garhwa, Lathehar and Palamau from Jharkhand, Balaghat from Madhya Pradesh , Gajapati, Rayagada, Devogarh, Malkangiri and Sambalpur from Orissa, Sonebhadra from Uttar Pradesh and West Medinipur from West Bengal.
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Sarosh Homi Kapadia to be India’s new chief justice

Supreme Court Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia has been appointed the new chief justice of India. Kapadia will assume charge May 12.Kapadia takes over from Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, India’s first Dalit chief justice.A press release from the ministry of law and justice stated: “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from May 12, 2010.”
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Armed policemen maintain tight vigil in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, April 30: Gun-totting policemen kept a tight vigil in Hyderabad for the third consecutive day Friday in view of warnings by intelligence agencies of possible terror attacks. Police also cracked the whip on some shopping malls for poor security measures.Police continued large-scale searches in the city amid warning of possible terror attacks. Armed security personnel maintained a tight vigil at busy traffic intersections and around major shopping malls, hotels and public places. Dozens of policemen were searching vehicles and frisking people near the City Centre, a shopping mall which also houses popular family restaurant McDonalds, in the upmarket Banjara Hills. Security has been further tightened around popular food joints, hotels, bus and railway stations, places of worship and key installations. Police also sealed three shopping malls and an entertainment centre after security agencies detected major loopholes in their security systems. Despite instructions by police to beef up security, they failed to take adequate steps. The malls were sealed after security personnel managed to enter them with dummy bombs while checking the establishments' security system. The private security personnel deployed at these malls and metal detectors failed to detect the "explosives". The malls, however, reopened after a couple of hours following an assurance by the managements to take corrective measures. Police are on high alert in the city in view of reported warnings by central intelligence agencies of possible terror strikes. Police Commissioner A.K. Khan said they were not taking any chances as the city is heading for third anniversary of the bomb blast at historic Mecca Masjid. Nine persons were killed in the blast during Friday prayers on May 18, 2007. Five protestors diedin the subsequent police firing on a mob near the mosque. Two near simultaneous blasts at Lumbini Park near the state secretariat and at Gokul Chat, a popular eatery, had killed 43 people on Aug 25 the same year.        (photo by R S J.Thomas)
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Hyderabad police crack 'Nigerian fraud', one arrested

Hyderabad, April 30: Cyber crime sleuths here Friday claimed to have cracked a case of 'Nigerian fraud' with the arrest of one person in Maharashtra for duping a resident of Hyderabad.Alok Raj Saxena, a resident of Hussaini Alam in the Old City of Hyderabad, was duped to the tune of Rs.10.7 lakh by internet fraudsters on the pretext of providing a job in the Emirates Airlines in Britain. Rahul Koshte was arrested in Badlapur in Thane district of Maharashtra two days ago and remanded to judicial custody. Three others, including two residents of Mumbai and a Nigerian, are absconding. 'Nigerian fraud' is referred to the online fraud wherein internet fraudsters lure people through promises of jobs and claims of winning lotteries. Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials said the amount which the complainant sent was traced to three ICICI bank accounts of Mumbai. One of the accounts was in the name of Dyaneswar Bhimrao Thupe. He was lured with a promise of commission by Rahus Koshti, who had taken 25 cheques and an ICICI ATM card from Thupe and made transactions on his behalf. Two other accused, Sanjeev Bose and Om Chand Choudhary, had contacts with Nigerian fraudsters, and they used Thupe's current account to receive the money. The police had detected a similar fraud early this year and arrested a travel agent from Delhi, Mukesh Munjal, for duping a priest to the tune of Rs.43.26 lakh. The money sent by Anthony Sneharaj, a priest from Vijayawada, was deposited into Mukesh's bank account. Mukesh was working for his Nigerian bosses for commission. The priest was lured by Ben Jean James, who claimed herself to be a Catholic widow suffering from cancer. Ben Jean James said her husband left USD 2.8 million, which she intended to donate for the service of orphans and the less privileged. Priest, who took interest in running the orphanage, was asked to send money to claim the entire amount. (newkerala.com)
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Hunt to nab medico for attemting to molest girl student

Hyderabad, Apr 30 : The Cyberabad police are on the look out to nab a fourth-year MBBS student of a medical college at Elkapally on the city outskirts who allegedly tried to sexually molest a junior girl student of the same college recently.According to police, a case under section 376 (rape) read with 511 (attempt) of IPC has been registered by the Moinabad police against the accused D Satish, who has been suspended from the college following a complaint from the parents of the girl student.The accused had been harassing the third year student and pestering her to speak with him. Worried over his threats, she spoke to Satish a couple of times but stopped interacting with him as he continued to intimidate her, police said.He followed her and went inside the room meant for girls on April 24 and when she was alone, Satish allegedly tried to 'sexually molest' her but fled after the she raised an alarm.The parents of the girl approached the college Principal, who suspended Satish after an inquiry, police added.
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Corporation tax collection achieves target in AP

Visakhapatnam, Apr 30: The Visakhapatnam region has achieved a Corporation Tax collection targets of Rupees 1,285 crore during the 2009-10 financial year.Addressing a press conference here yesterday, the Regional Income Tax Chief Commissioner K V Chowdary said, the five districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts in the region collected Rs 920 crore of Corporation Tax, Rs 704.80 crore of Income Tax and Rs 12.1 crore of other taxes with total of Rs 1636.90 crore, showing an overall growth of 0.2 per cent compared to previous financial year's (2008-09) collection of Rs 1634.60 crore.The target was to collect Rs 1,285 crore Corporation Tax, Rs 614 crore Income Tax and Rs 2.54 crore other taxex, with total of Rs 1,901.54 crore during the financial year 2009-10.He said the Corporation Tax collections are under the shortfall mainly on account of one large tax payer paying an amount of Rs 430 crore only during this year as against Rs 750 crore in the preceeding year. However, excluding the contributions by the said large tax payer, the region collected an amount of Rs 488 crore under the head CT against the corresponding payment by others of Rs 312.70 crore in the last year showing a healthy growth rate of 56.06 Per Cent. The growth of Income Tax collections is 24.14 per cent. ======================================================