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What gives Nargis Fakhri cold feet?

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She has been walking the ramp for years now, but even after such a vast experience model-turned-actress Nargis Fakhri gets cold feet when she sees a huge crowd sitting in front of her.

Czech Pakistani model Nargis, who was introduced to Bollywood by director Imtiaz Ali as Ranbir Kapoor’s love interest in the hit movie “Rockstar”, walked the ramp at the final day of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) Sunday as the showstopper for designer Sakshee Pradhan. She wore shimmery trousers with a long flowy asymmetrical top.

More than half of Afghanistan’s families live in extreme poverty

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INdy 3 200×300 More than half of Afghanistan’s families live in extreme povertyLeila is watching her baby intently, as his mouth moves trying to swallow the small blob of yellow peanut paste Dr Tayab has spooned gently into his mouth.

She sits on the floor of her one-room mud house and rocks his tiny, malnourished body on her lap. After a tense pause, the baby’s neck strains and he’s sick into a cloth the doctor holds up to his chin.

Prophet’s first Friday sermon in Al-Madinah

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The following is a sermon that is mentioned in ibn Al-Qayyim’s famous book Zad Al-Ma’ad (Provisions of the hereafter). This book is one of the important resources of knowledge for those who seek to know the Seerah of their Prophet (S.A.W.S.) as well as, the Fiqh learned from it. This is a book that is unique in that it explains the Sunnah through the Seerah and the Seerah through the Sunnah.

This sermon was delivered when the prophet (S.A.W.S.) first arrived in Quba / Al-Madinah and before he (S.A.W.S.) built his mosque in Al-Madinah.

British delegation calls on AP CM

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A British delegation has called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and expressed interest in establishing a ‘British Deputy High Commissionerate’ in the state capital.

The delegation, under the chairmanship of UK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Jereme Browne, met Mr Reddy at the Andhra Pradesh Assembly yesterday.

Mike Nithavrianakis, British Deputy High Commissioner in Southern India, was also present on the occasion.

The Chief Minister said AP is the best destination for investments and assured all cooperation from the state government.

Woman Bites Off Man’s Tongue to Safeguard Honour

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A 25-year-old woman bit off a man’s tongue when he tried to sexually assault her at her house in Javalgaon village in the district, police said today.

Anita Pawar, who works as a labourer, was alone at her house in the village yesterday when the accused, identified as Dadarao Hare (35), tried to force himself on her, they said.

In a bid to save herself from the attacker, Anita severed Hare’s tongue with her teeth, police said.

Now Beni Promises Hike in Muslim Sub-Quota

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Stirring up a fresh controversy after Salman Khurshid, Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma dared the Election Commission to take action against him when he declared that quota for Muslims would be increased.

“Reservation for Muslims will be increased and if the EC wants, it can now issue notice to me,” Verma said while addressing a rally at Kaimganj here last night in the presence ofCongress general secretary Digvijay Singh and Union Law Minister Khurshid.

Russia braces for showdown over Iran

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As tensions continue to build up over Iran’s nuclear programme, the Russian military is bracing for a possible spill over of a large-scale conflict into Russia’s southern regions.

Russia’s highest ranking military officer has warned of a possible attack against Iran in the next few months.

AP High Court dismisses petition against Naidu

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest petition filed by YSR Congress president, Y. S. Vijayamma seeking the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other central agencies to inquire into alleged disproportionate assets of former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

A division bench of the High Court comprising Justice G. Rohini and Justice Asutosh Mohanto said that the writ petition of Ms. Vijayamma, widow of former Andhra Pradesh P Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy does not satisfy parameters of public interest litigation.

We don’t accept or deny Israelis allegations: Iran

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Iran Wednesday said it will not accept or deny Israeli allegations of its link in the audacious attack on an Israeli diplomat’s wife and hoped India will clarify the real position.

“We are not accepting or denying this. We don’t know anything,” Iranian ambassador to India Syeyed Mehdi Nabizadeh told reporters here.

He was reacting to Israel’s allegations that Iran was behind the magnetic bomb attack that left Tal Yehoshua Koren badly injured in the heart of the Indian capital Monday.

Jagan Trying To Woo Uncle Viveka?

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It is learnt that YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was seriously trying to woo his paternal uncle Y S Vivekananda Reddy, who had split from the family and remained loyal to the Congress leadership.

According to the information, Vivekananda Reddy was also not happy with the way he was being treated by the Congress. Taking advantage of this situation, it is learnt that Jagan was wooing his uncle to join him, with a view to strengthen his party.

No proceedings till ‘T’ resolution: TRS

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Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA T Harish Rao on Wednesday reiterated that his party would continue to stall the proceedings of the House until the government moves a resolution on separate Telangana.

TDP disputes Governor’s claim on Telangana

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Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Wednesday disputed Governor E S L Narasimhan’s statement that he was not showing partiality towards Telangana region.

Talking to media persons at Assembly’s Media Point, Errabelli Dayakar Rao asked the Governor as to why he had sent a false report on the situation in the Telangana to the Centre if he was not partial on any region. Describing Governor as `Betrayer of Telangana’, he said that the Centre did not announce its decision on Telangana due to Governor’s false report in the region.

US Ex-Prez Eisenhower met with aliens ?

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Former American President Dwight D. Eisenhower had three secret meetings with aliens, a former US government consultant has claimed.

The 34th President of the United States met the extra terrestrials at a remote air base in New Mexico in 1954, according to lecturer and author Timothy Good.

Eisenhower and other FBI officials are said to have organised the showdown with the space creatures by sending out ‘telepathic messages’

The two parties finally met up on three separate occasions at the Holloman Air Force base and there were ‘many witnesses’.

Chauhan says he planted Samjhauta bombs

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His remarks came as the NIA alleged that Indore-based Chauhan had undergone training in arms and explosives in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.

Kamal Chauhan, a disgruntled former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker arrested by the National Investigation Agency, on Tuesday claimed that he had planted bombs on board the Samjhauta Express in 2007. The blast left 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, dead.

Court rejects Jagan aide’s plea for laptop in jail

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Vijay Sai Reddy, a jailed aide of YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, to allow him to use his laptop in prison.

Vijay Sai Reddy, who is in jail in a case related to Jaganmohan’s alleged illegal assets, approached the high court after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court rejected his petition.

Veena Malik Denies Spying Charges: Police To Court

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Controversial Pakistani actress Veena Malik has denied allegation of spying for the ISI, Delhi Police today told a court here which had asked it to look into a complaint seeking lodging of an FIR against her after her alleged nude photographs appeared in an Indian magazine.

This was stated by the Delhi Police in its Action Taken Report (ATR) filed by it in compliance with the court order after Malik’s purported photograph was published on a magazine cover with an ‘ISI’ tattoo on her arm.

CM involved in Liquor scam: Gali

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TDP senior leader and former minister Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu has alleged that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was involved in the liquor scam unearthed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau recently.

I’M Not Anti – Taleangana : Governor

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Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan has said that he was not anti-Telangana.

The Governor arrived here this morning to participate in an agriculture-related program at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. When media asked him about the Opposition leaders’ remarks branding him as anti-Telangana, he said as the Governor of the State, he neither belonged to a particular region nor opposed to any. Stating that Rayalaseema, Telangana and Andhra were all equal to him, he clarified that he was not against Telangana.

Why Sophiyabano is still terrified of train journeys

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One of the first stories to emerge after the attack on the Sabarmati Express train returning from Ayodhya on February 27, 2002, was that a Muslim girl had been molested and dragged into the S-6 coach, triggering a fight between the Muslims vendors at Godhra station and the kar sevaks. Sophiyabano Dhantiya nee Shaikh, a quiet 27-year-old mother of a five-year old, still shudders at that memory.

Shiv Sena indestructible, says Bal Thackeray

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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday asserted that his party was “indestructible” and the Congress could not finish it off even if it had “seven more lives”.

“Even if you are reborn seven times, you will fail to destroy the Shiv Sena,” Thackeray said, referring to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s recent statements that after the ensuing municipal corporation elections, the Shiv Sena would be wiped out.

Pakistan rubbishes report of Indian man calling Khar on cell phone

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Pakistan on Monday rubbished as “baseless” reports that foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar had received an abusive call on her mobile phone from a man in Karnataka. “She did not receive any call. The media reports are baseless,” foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit said. He described the
reports about Khar receiving an abusive call that lasted 15 minutes as “totally groundless”.

We will ‘corner’ Cong govt in Assembly: Naidu

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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu today declared that his party would ‘corner’ the Congress government from the second day of the Assembly budget session for adopting anti-people policies and allegedly indulging in corruption.

Won’t get typecast: Aditi Rao Hydari

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Aditi Rao Hydari, who played an unconventional role in Yeh Saali Zindagi and got a bit cozy with Ranbir Kapoor in Rockstar, feels she will not get typecast. “Yeh Saali Zindagi and Rockstar are films where I am not playing bold roles. I am not a seductress. I am not seducing a man,” she told IANS.

Baby put on sale online

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An advertisement that appeared on a Mexican website to sell a “beautiful baby” for its organs has caused outrage and indignation on social networks.

The advertisement that appeared on the MercadoLibre website said: “Beautiful Baby On Sale For Organs… What You Need Is Urgent!”

The message was soon uploaded on Twitter and became a trend topic for several hours.