Archive for February 19th, 2012

Q ‘N’ A

Q ‘N’ A

| February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

Rajeshwari (62) has no grand curriculum vitae to boast of but she has a ton of that uncommon essence called common sense. She knows how people feel as they move towards decay and death. She herself has suffered at the hands of a man who did not know the dharma of a husband. She floated [...]

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Sunday Soup: The sheen that never fades

Sunday Soup: The sheen that never fades

| February 19, 2012 | 2 Comments

Gold price witnessed several ups and some downs last year All that glitters may not be gold, but surely gold glitters. Rays of arc lights that incident on the gold ornaments that proudly adorn the necks of rich women do reflect adding glory to the glitter of those wearing them. Marriage, birthday party, or any [...]

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Hyderabad: Wife commits suicide

| February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

A woman identified as Jaylata of SR Nagar allegedly committed suicide by hanging. Police gathered that the husband and wife used to quarrel. Jaylata and Rao is said to have had a big fight on the fateful day and he reported walked out in a huff. The deceased used her sari to tie a knot [...]

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Habeeb Bros Enterprises

Habeeb Bros Enterprises

| February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

Meet the eight chor brothers with hundreds of registered theft cases and a few convictions to their credit If translated into celluloid it would run a packed house. All the ingredients needed to make a masala film are there: Eight brothers of a family run a crime syndicate. Just the eldest of nine sons is [...]

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Hyderabad: Fire victims given shelter

Hyderabad: Fire victims given shelter

| February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

Under the directive of the CM, the Ranga Reddy collector V Seshadri has made arrangements for temporary shelter and medical aid to the 100 hutment dwellers of Pochampally whose dwellings were gutted in a massive fire yesterday. Seven lost their lives and all the hutments had been destroyed. All are construction labourers from the State [...]

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Hyderabad: Youth mowed down by train

| February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

An unidentified youth was killed in train mishap on Saturday night at Lingampally railway tracks while he was crossing the tracks. A passing train hit him and he died on the spot. He looks around 25 years of age and was dressed in pants and shirt. Body is kept in Osmania general hospital mortuary for [...]

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Azhar gets NBW in cheque case

| February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday issued non-bailable warrant against MP Mohammed Azharuddin for not appearing in court on the day of final verdict in a cheque-bounce case, a lawyer said. Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid issued non-bailable warrant against Azhar, whose counsel Firoj Khan Ghazi said that he was busy campaigning in UP for [...]

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Three arrested for Kolkata car rape, police backtracks

Three arrested for Kolkata car rape, police backtracks

| February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

Kolkata: Three people were arrested on Saturday for raping a 37-year-old Anglo-Indian woman, a mother of two and a former call centre employee, in a moving car after offering her a lift earlier this month, police said. The city police who had earlier arrested two people — Rahman Khan and Sumit Bajaj — from the [...]

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Medical, social roadblocks hinder organ donations

Medical, social roadblocks hinder organ donations

| February 19, 2012 | 1 Comment

Keeping brain-dead patients alive for organ transplants faces opposition from kin, who do not understand that their dear ones cannot be brought back, say City doctors and organ donation activists. It was back in 2004 that Lalitha and Raghuram were faced with one of the toughest decisions of their lives. The couple’s son Swamynarayan, who [...]

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Into the golden years together

Into the golden years together

| February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

The thought that one needs a companion more in old age than in youth is sinking into the collective consciousness, but orthodoxy still prevails “Aaj mere baap ki shaadi hai,” a corrupted form of a popular Hindi film song from Aadmi Sadak Ka, aptly marked the Thodu Needa (a plank for lonely elders) meeting held [...]

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