Gali Nagaraja

TV is my first love: Malaika Arora Khan

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Actress Malaika Arora Khan, who began her tryst with showbiz as a video jockey on MTV, says she can never leave the small screen behind.

“Television is my first love. I have been on television forever and I will continue to do so. I really enjoy myself on television,” the 38-year-old said here.

Malaika, who is a successful item girl in Bollywood with songs like “Chhaiya chhaiya”, “Munni badnaam” and “Anarkali disco chali” to her credit, reveals that she has a special interest in dance shows.

BJP MPs walk out of 2G JPC meet

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BJP members of a parliamentary panel probing the 2G spectrum allocation walked out a meeting Tuesday against the chairman’s refusal to call Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to depose, BJP sources said.

A BJP source told IANS that Congress member P.C. Chacko, who heads the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), had earlier said he would decide on calling Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to depose at the meeting.

Desecration of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) is not tolerable-Maulana Abedi

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An objectionable film has been produced in America by seeing, which, no Muslim can resist his sentiments to protest.

In fact, this step has deliberately been taken to arouse the passions of the Muslims. In front of a gentleman, if somebody abuses his father, he can’t tolerate it. How can a Muslim tolerate if his Prophet (PBUH) is desecrated. How can he control his emotions?

Three Badal government ministers resign in six months

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Its second consecutive innings in power was a politically historic event. But just six months later, the Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance government in the state is facing politically trying times with three ministers having been forced to quit their jobs following controversies.

The latest is Gulzar Singh Ranike, who Sunday quit as animal husbandry, fisheries and dairy development minister following serious allegations of embezzlement of discretionary funds by his close aide.

Mr. Zahid Ali Khan invited to Koratla

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A delegation of Muslims youths from Koratla, Karimnagar District led by Mr. Mohammed Sadiq Ali, President of Moonlight Club, Koratla met Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat in Hyderabad and garlanded him for his yeomen services for the Muslim Community

The delegation consisted of captain Mohammed Zakir, President of Minority Cell of TDP, Koratla, Mr. Abdul Wahed, Mr. Mohammed Azeem, Mr. Mohammed Rafi,
Mr. Mohammed Fazahuddin , Mr. Mohammed Abdul Mansoor, Correspondent of Siasat.

Meeting of teachers eligible for junior lecturers today.

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Under the auspices of Telangana Urdu Teachers’ Association, an important Consultative meeting of the Teachers working as school Assistants who are eligible to get promotions as junior lecturers will be held at 4 p.m. today the 18th of September at Aliya High School, at Gunfoundry.

Mr. Masood Ahmed, Acting President of Telangana Urdu Teachers’ Association told that there are many teachers working as school Assistants. They are qualified for promotion as junior lecturers but they are denied promotions.

Modern research necessary for eyes treatment-APJ Abdul Kalam

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Former President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam stressed the need to encourage modern theories and innovations in the field of eye treatment. He also emphasized the need for forming a common platform of international level for cross-fertilization of ideas. He felt that there is also a need to develop infrastructure for research on the diseases of eye so that the rate of blindness could be minimized.

Dr. Kalam was addressing the 9th General Assembly of International Agency for Eradication of Blindness held in Hyderabad.

No way except to form Telangana-Minister

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Mr. D.Nagender and Mr. M.Mukesh, ministers have not signed the letter sent to Ms. Sonia Gandhi in support of separate Telangana. Out of 15 ministers, 11 have demanded for the formation of Telangana State. The Ministers claimed that this problem wouldn’t be solved by offering economic package or by offering political positions.

Telangana TDP Forum supports “Chalo Hyderabad March”

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Telangana Telugu Desham Forum will extend its full support to “Chalo Hyderabad March” top be organized on 30th September in Hyderabad.

However, the nature of support for this march would be decided soon. Talking to newsmen at the media point of A.P. Assembly, Chairman of Telugu Desham Telangana Forum, Mr. E.Dayakara Rao told that TDP would send a letter soon to Central Govt. on Telangana issue.

Students staged Dharna against the management of Urdu University

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The students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University organized a massive protest programme and staged Dharna in front of the administrative building of the University against the carelessness and lethargy of the University authorities in solving their legitimate problems. These students were agitating at their individual level for quite sometime but they protested unitedly yesterday by staging Dharna programme.

They were demanding permission for starting students’ Union and also for providing basic amenities in the University.

Private firm directors in CBI net over coal blocks

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sent summons to Manoj Jayaswal Tuesday in connection with coal block allocations and questioned his brother Arvind Jayaswal for the second consecutive day.

“Arvind Jayaswal, who was questioned for nearly eight hours yesterday (Monday) in CBI headquarters here, is being questioned even today (Tuesday) for his alleged misrepresentation and concealing of facts by his company AMR Iron and Steel Pvt. Ltd. for getting Bander coal block in Maharashtra in 2008,” a CBI official said.

65,000 Bihar Police constables stage sit-in

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At least 65,000 police constables in Bihar Tuesday staged a sit-in (dharna) to press for their 15-point charter of demands, including various allowances.

All the police constables staged the sit-in during the duty hours in the second of their five-phase protest to draw attention of the state government, a police officer said.

Mumbai police clueless over suicide at MLA’s room

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Mumbai police are still clueless over the suspected suicide of a 27-year-old woman, whose body was found in an NCP legislator’s room in Manora MLA Hostel near Churchgate here late Sunday, an official said Tuesday.

The victim, identified as Rupali Andhare, niece of Dilip Dhaigunde, a personal assistant to Babanrao Shinde, Nationalist Congress Party MLA from Madha, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of the legislator’s room late Sunday.

Bollywood incomplete without Salman: Kareena

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Salman Khan is on the brink of completing a silver jubilee in Bollywood, and actress Kareena Kapoor says the industry is incomplete without him.

“I think we all are big fans of Salman and he has been my and Karisma’s (Kapoor) co-star. I am really happy with his 25 years because this industry is incomplete without Salman,” the 31-year-old said here.

The actress, who is awaiting the release of her film “Heroine” spoke on the sidelines of a special shoot for comedy TV show “Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah”.

Global warming likely to intensify tropical rainfall

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Global warming is likely to intensify tropical precipitation such as thunderstorms, flood-inducing monsoon and wide-sweeping cyclones like the recent Hurricane Isaac, warns a new study.

The MIT study has given an estimate based on model simulations and observations: With every one degree Celsius rise, tropical regions will see 10 percent heavier rainfall extremes, with possible impact on flooding in populous regions. But the rate at which it does so in the tropics has remained unclear.

Russian girls sweep synchro swimming at junior World Championships

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In a sign that Russia’s stranglehold on Olympic synchronised swimming gold could continue for years to come, the country’s girls team won gold in every event at the junior World Championships.

Russia has won every Olympic gold medal in synchronised swimming since Sydney 2000, domination that looks set to remain after the results at the championships here over the weekend.

Russia won all four events, with commanding performances in the two Olympics disciplines, the duet and the team swims.

Letter that closed Zardari graft cases to be withdrawn: PM

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The government has decided to withdraw a letter that had been sent to Swiss authorities during Pervez Musharraf’s tenure to close graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf told the Supreme Court Tuesday.

Ashraf said the government has decided to withdraw ex-attorney general Malik Qayyum’s letter that was written to the Swiss authorities during then president Musharraf’s tenure, Geo News reported.

Modi campaigns in name of Vivekananda to keep his image intact

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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has kept his poll campaign centred on spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda, attempting to keep his Hindutva image intact while reaching out to other communities, to make himself more acceptable at the national level.

However, the Opposition has dubbed it as a ploy to garner political gains.

No doubt lawmakers took bribes: Brazilian judge

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Members of Congress traded votes for money during the first two years of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s 2003-11 tenure as president, one of the judges in Brazil’s corruption “trial of the century” said Monday.

Supreme Court Judge Joaquim Barbosa gave a detailed account of the cash that Lula’s Workers Party, or PT, paid to lawmakers of four other parties to secure passage of the administration’s legislative agenda.

Dormant undersea volcano near Kalpakkam atomic plant?

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Even as massive protests have stalled the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, activists have now raised concerns over the safety of another nuclear site in Tamil Nadu.

The activists claim that there is documentary evidence that the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) in Kalpakkam near Chennai sits near an undersea volcano. They have demanded a thorough investigation of the hazard potential of the volcano by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

Nine die in Kabul suicide bombing

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Nine foreigners were killed Tuesday in a suicide bombing in Afghan capital of Kabul, the police said.

“A suicide bomber targeted a minibus carrying foreign nationals along a main road from Kabul airport to Kabul inter-continental hotel, leaving at least nine foreigners dead,” a police official told Xinhua.

The blast occurred at around 6.45 a.m.

TV channel Tolo News reported that nine foreigners were killed in the suicide bombing that went off near an Afghan intelligence agency building on airport road.

No group has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

—IANS

Brazilian gymnast killed in car accident

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A 17-year-old star rhythmic gymnast died in a car accident over the weekend in Viana, a city in Brazil’s Espiritu Santo state, police said.

Eduarda Mello de Queiroz, who placed second in the national championships, died Sunday when the car she was riding in with two other people went into a ravine and hit a tree.

Luiz Felipe Costa, who was driving the car, is hospitalized in serious condition, while the third person in the vehicle, gymnast Natalia Gaudio, sustained only minor injuries, police said.