Hyderabad:Arab national held for cheating wife

                                                                    
HYDERABAD: A UAE national was arrested on Wednesday for harassing his wife from the city for additional dowry and also cheating her without taking her along with him even after marrying her. The accused, 49-year-old� Abdulla Suleiman Mohamed Alhantoubi Alnaqbi, married a woman from the Old City nearly two years ago but did not take her along with him.

According to police, the woman’s father, Mohd Shamshuddin was approached by a qazi, Ali Abdullah Rifai in 2009 with the proposal to get his daughter, Parveen Begum, married to the UAE national. On June 20, 2009, the marriage was performed at Shamshuddin’s house. Alnaqbi took the woman to a lodge and stayed there for four days. Later he went back to Dubai convincing her that he would come back and take her along with him. 

The arrested man, Abdulla Suleiman Mohamed Alhantoubi Alnaqbi (49) married the woman in 2009 with a promise to take her to his country, Dubai.

However, Alnaqbi did not keep his promise.

He used to call his wife to a lodge instead of visiting her house whenever he came to the city, ACP Charminar, M. Ram Mohan Rao, told a press conference here on Wednesday.

According to police, after the marriage, Alnaqbi took her to a lodge and spent four days with her and returned to Dubai, promising to get her a visa during his next visit. Later, whenever he came to India, he used to stay in lodges and summon her there.

In his recent visit early this month, Alnaqbi allegedly called his wife to a lodge in Kacheguda and demanded Rs. 1 lakh as he wanted the money to start some business and to take her along with him to Dubai.

Akhilesh Yadav takes oath as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh

                                                                   
LUCKNOW: SP leader Akhilesh Yadav took oath as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday for the first time, after his party gained absolute majority by winning 224 seats in the 403-member assembly.

Akhilesh, 38, is the state's youngest chief minister and his Cabinet is a mix of youth and experience.

  though political analysts started reading into the list of invitees, party spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said invitations have been sent to almost all the chief ministers and MPs. He denied that leaders of only a select few political parties were being invited for the function. After Akhilesh is sworn in, some recently elected Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs will also be administered the oath of office. In the absence of any specific information over the number of MLAs slated to take oath of office, speculations were rife that the count can be anything between 10 and 20. 'Initially, cabinet will be small'

Party insiders told TOI that only two other senior SP leaders are sure to take oath: Azam Khan and Shivpal Yadav. Over the next few days, the party will deliberate on the final shape and size of the cabinet. While Azam is seen as the Muslim face of SP and has been a colleague of Akhilesh's father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shivpal is the latter's younger brother. These were the two leaders who had reportedly expressed their displeasure over Akhilesh being made the chief minister primarily because both of them have long political careers and were undoubtedly very senior to Akhilesh in all respects. Both of them later agreed to become a member of the youngest chief minister's cabinet.

Initially the party had planned to shortlist some 20 MLAs to be administered the oath of office along with Akhilesh. However, despite a series of marathon meetings, the party leadership failed to reach a consensus on the top 20 names till late in the evening.

The swearing-in ceremony is slated to take place at 11:30 am after which Akhilesh will directly leave for the CM office at Annexe and later address the media at 5 Kalidas Marg, the official residence of the CM. Hectic preparations were under way at the venue of the swearing-in ceremony where a concrete structure has come up to serve as a stage. The estate department has already allotted a fleet of 7 cars, one ambulance, a wireless/cellphone jammer mobile and escort vehicles that will comprise the initial CM's fleet.

"Our cabinet will be a smaller one to begin with, but let me assure everyone that each and every community and region will find adequate representation in the cabinet which will also be a mix of experienced hands and young first-timers ," Akhilesh told reporters on Wednesday. He, however, refused to comment on the count of MLAs who would take the oath of office along with him. SP workers and leaders from West Bengal and Mumbai had reached Lucknow on Wednesday night.

Trivedi issue: Oppn corners govt, Pranab says he hasn't quit

                                                                         
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has not resigned, the government clarified in Parliament on Thursday. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee told Lok Sabha that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not received any resignation, but only a letter from Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee late Wednesday.< /P>
"As soon as a decision is taken, the house will be informed," he said.
He said: "Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi hasn't resigned."
On the issue of the statu of rail budget that was presented on Wednesday, Pranab Mukherjee clearly said: "The rail budget is now the property of the Parliament."
"Rail Budget is now the property of the House. Each and every member has the right to approve every clause in it," he said in Lok Sabha.
Speculation about the resignation of Trivedi, who was in the Lok Sabha, rocked the lower house with Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and other opposition leaders issuing a notice to suspend question hour to discuss the issue.
However, Speaker Meira Kumar disallowed the notice saying there was no rule under which this demand could be met.
Banerjee has sought to replace Trivedi with her loyalist, Minister of State for Transport Mukul Roy.
Trivedi had earned the wrath of Banerjee after he hiked passenger fares in the railway budget he presented to parliament Wednesday.
Giving out the same message in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said: "PM has not received any resignation from railway minister. We have received a communication from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee but no decision has been taken. The house will be informed when any decision is taken."
After the session started on Wednesday the opposition MPs sought clarification in Lok Sabha whether the railway minister has resigned.
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) said that there was a crisis in the UPA government and the nation can'thave an unstable government.
"Can it be first cleared if Dinesh Trivedi is still the rail minister," asked Sushma Swaraj.
"Dinesh Trivedi could not have presented rail budget without consulting the PM and Sonia Gandhi," said Sharad Yadav
"Foundation of Parliamentary system is being violated. This should not happen. I have never seen members of govt on dharna," Gurdas Dasgupta said.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon as Opposition created uproar seeking statement on railway minister Dinesh Trivedi's removal issue.

100 years of civil aviation in India

                                                                      
The India Aviation 2012 was marked by the release of a coffee table book “100 years of civil aviation in India”, a collector's form and picture driven book conceived by Civil Aviation secretary Nasim Zaidi bringing forth the salient features, seamlessly integrating the past with the present. Each chapter of the book like “Take Off”, a reminder that aviation was not new to India, and “Wings to the Nation”, describing the airlines that dotted Indian skies to “Hubs of Excellence”, reflecting the works done by public and private operators, is designed differently to keep readers engrossed. The treatment of the voluminous history is sure to make readers feel as if they are going through a story book.       
To commemorate  the occasion, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has constituted a high level committee to be chaired by the Minister for Civil Aviation Shri Praful Patel to deliberate on the scale and the modalities of the celebrations.   The committee includes former Civil Aviation Ministers Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mr. Sharad Yadav, Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Mr. Shahnawaz Hussain and Mr. Anant Kumar;  eminent Indians who have contributed to Indian Civil Aviation like  Mr. Rakesh Sharma, first Indian Cosmonaut, Mr. Vijaypath Singhania,   Air Marshal Arjan Singh, Ms. Saudamini Deshmukh, the first lady pilot in the commander’s seat in India, Shri Satish Sharma, MP  and  Chairman of Aeroclub of India, Captain G. Gopinath, Shri  Dipinder Hooda,  MP, Shri Naveen Jindal, MP, Secretaries of the Ministries of Civil Aviation, Defence and Tourism, Chairpersons of  all Indian airlines, Chairpersons of all Indian airports, CMD Pawan Hans, Chairman ISRO, representatives of Tour and Travel Operators,  eminent pilots, representatives of IGRUA, NFTI,  NAL, HAL, BCAS, DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. 
The display of industry-leading aircraft of the Bombardier was a highlight of the third edition of the summit. The Learjet 60XR, Challenger 300 and Global 5000 business jets as well as the Q400 NextGen Turboprop, all in operation in the country, wowed the audience, comprising business visitors and the media.
The aircraft manufacturer forecast that 4,000 aircraft in the 20-149 seat category would be delivered to Asia Pacific region (including China) over the next 20 years and this is one main reason why the aircraft manufacturer chose to be here for the event.

Guntur:Tapping potential of rainwater

Every drop of rain counts. For people in Guntur, bracing up for a season of sweltering summer, rainwater harvesting might just be the solution to recharge groundwater. And Rathaiah Yella, member of task force on RainWater Harvesting (RWH), GMC has been going about the task of setting up of RWH structures in households/commercial shops with a missionary zeal.

The rainwater filter costing Rs.4,000 is sold by John Daniel in Bangalore and the total cost of the system is Rs.7,500. “Rainwater harvesting using rain water filter has improved the quality of borewells since the salts in borewater are diluted by rainwater. It also ensures that the borewell does not dry up in summer,'' Mr. Rathaiah told The Hindu on Wednesday. Four such RWH structures have been installed in Guntur, including one at a commercial complex at Arundelpet 10th lane. A member of GMC task force on rainwater harvesting, Mr. Rathaiah is overseeing digging of percolation tanks in over 200 new structures in the city.

 Mr. Rathaiah has installed an innovative RWH structure at his house in Bharathpet 5th lane that does not require digging of a percolation pit. The process is simple and cheap. Using a set of 75 mm PVC pipes, Mr. Rathiah connected all the rainwater holes from the roof top. The pipes are connected to a rainwater filter, Raintap-marketed by a Bangalore based firm, and the pipe carrying the filtered water is connected to the borewell through a hole made in the casing pipe of borewell.

The rainwater filter has a first flush device to pump out dirty water and after allowing the flush for 10 minutes, one could turn the lever on to allow the water to be pumped to the borewell. The method is presently used in Bengaluru and Mumbai corporations, which have made it mandatory to install RWH structures in buildings with more than 223 square metres and new buildings with 111 square metres.