Mumbai, June 10: Laxmi Nanji Sangoi was looking forward to August 4 when both her sons were due to fly in from the US for her 75th birthday. Instead, the widow who lived alone was found dead on Tuesday morning in her Shivaji Park flat with her throat slit.
The body was discovered by Bhanuben, the domestic helper employed by Sangoi.
Hyderabad, June 09: A 12-year-old boy, Syed Usman Mohd Quadri, who was kidnapped from the Old City more than two weeks ago was allegedly killed by his abductors in Shadnagar.
Police took three kidnappers into custody and are investigating.
One other man who was earlier taken into custody was let off after police failed to establish his role in the kidnap, sources said.
Hyderabad, June 09: The unabated increase in school fee is taking its toll on helpless parents who seem to have no option but to protest and fight for a rollback.
The Parents Ad-hoc Committee of Princess Esin Girls High School in Purani Haveli held a press meet at the APUWJ office, Basheerbagh in regard to the unjustified fee-enhancement and also about other issues pertaining to school management.
The parents of the school allege that in the last four years, the school has been increasing the fees by 30 per cent each year.
Warrangal, June 09: Dande Devender Kumar (22), an MCA second- year student of Vasavi College of Engineering in Hyderabad, committed suicide allegedly due to ragging by his seniors. He put his head under a running train at Dharamaram on Sunday.
Police, who found his body on the railway track, established his identity with the help of an identity card recovered from his pocket.
Hailing from Choppadandi village in Karimnagar, Kumar left for Hyderabad on June 3 stating that he had to attend exams from June 9.
New Delhi, June 09: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan empathises with tennis ace Roger Federer, because the actor like the French Open Champion feels no embarrassment in shedding tears.
“But he (Federer) is certainly the only one to cry like a baby each time he wins a final. That is one thing I share in common with him. I cry like hell each time any of my films do well, but I also cry when they don’t,” the actor wrote on his blog.
Durban, June 09: Emphasising the need for closing the gap between the rich and the poor in the country, South African President Jacob Zuma warned that if poverty was ignored it would be a risky situation.
“If that happens you are certainly sitting on a situation that will explode one day,” he said.
Mr Zuma said that before the financial crisis began affecting South Africa, the economy was growing but the poverty levels were deepening.
Kakinada, June 09: Four students died and two others suffered serious burns in a fire at their teacher’s house in Mayapatnam village in U Kothapalli mandal in East Godavari district. Electric short circuit is said to be the reason behind the fire.
While two students died on the spot, two others succumbed to burns at the government general hospital on Monday. Sources said the short circuit caused by loose wiring in a TV set spread to the false ceiling of a wedding pandal in the house where the students and the teacher slept late on Sunday night.
Hyderabad, June 09: Ten teams from the district medical and health department visited the residences of 54 passengers, who were seated three rows ahead and three rows behind the 28-year-old passenger who tested positive for H1N1, on the British Airways-277 flight for verification and anti-viral treatment in the city on Monday, in order to prevent the spread of the infection.
New Delhi, June 09: A young woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her “alcoholic and abusive” husband to death in Rohini here.
Sunita alias Neha was arrested on Saturday after she purportedly confessed to the murder to her father Chandoo Lal, who reported the matter to the police.
Marriage in 2000
Sunita had met Naveen while working in a beauty parlour in Pitampura in 2000. As she could not find a suitable match for herself because of her economic condition, she befriended Naveen. The two later tied the knot with the consent of their families.
London, June 09: Shahid Afridi took 4 wickets as Pakistan bundled out Netherlands for 93 runs to qualify for the Super 8 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Pakistan set their opponents 175-5 in their innings after captain Younis Khan won the toss and elected to bat first.
The Netherlands were only required to score 151 runs in their innings due to Pakistan needing to win by at least 25 runs having started the day bottom of the group after losing to England in their opening match.
Shahid Afridi starred with the ball for Pakistan, finishing his four overs with figures of 4-11.
Hyderabad, June 09: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Member of Parliament Vijayashanti showed up before the media here on Monday evening as if denying reports that she was missing after getting elected to Parliament from Medak.
Reacting to complaints against her in police stations that she had been absconding since the declaration of election results, she said, the charges were filed with the aim of targeting her and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao. She counselled media not to be a party to cheap tactics played against Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao and herself.
Hyderabad, June 09: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has cautioned the newly-elected Congress legislators against developing complacency in taking the government schemes to the people.
They would face an acid test during the elections to municipalities next year and to Panchayat Raj bodies subsequently. This is when their performance would matter the most in ensuring the victory of Congress candidates to the maximum number of seats. Their performance would be reviewed from time to time with the help of different agencies and they would be given ratings accordingly.
Hyderabad, June 09: Members of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti booed when Governor N. D. Tiwari mentioned about the initiative taken by the government on the Telangana issue during his address to the joint session of the legislature here on Monday.
Washington, June 09: US President Barack Obama gives Israel a two-year deadline for the finalization of a two-state solution amid sharply opposing positions in Washington and Tel Aviv over the issue of Palestinian statehood.
President Obama raised the issue of an independent Palestinian state with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli official’s visit to Washington last month, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
According to the report, the plan envisions a Middle East peace deal by 2011.
New Delhi, June 09:RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday joined SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in opposing women’s reservation bill in its present form, alleging that it was a “big conspiracy” to prevent the backward sections from coming up and to “finish” the regional parties.
Prasad, who was joined by former Uttar Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh, warned of a major movement if quotas for the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs and minorities was not included in the legislation.
New Delhi, June 09: India’s opening batsman Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Twenty20 World Cup in England due to a shoulder injury.
Sehwag was advised to undergo a surgery for his shoulder injury, sources said.
The hard-hitting batsman, earlier, had to skip the opening match against Bangladesh including all the practice matches.
Panaji, June 09: A group of Goans who went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem Tuesday accused the Israeli authorities of religious profiling even as the state government sought a full fledged probe into a visa racket run by travel agents based in Goa and Israel.
Edmund Antao, co-ordinator of Crusaders for Jesus with Mary – a Christian faith building group that led a batch of 97 pilgrims to Israel’s holy destinations last month, told reporters here that Israeli officials denied visas to 14 members of the entourage on account of religious profiling.
Srinagar, June 09: At least 15 persons were injured, five of them seriously, in firing and tear smoke shelling by the police and paramilitary troopers in the south Kashmir district of Shopian Monday.
In Sofan Naman, CRPF troopers opened fire on a peaceful procession injuring four persons, one of them critically. One more protestor was injured critically at Rang Kadal when a tear gas shell hit him on his head.
Mumbai, June 09: After four years of marital bliss, Bollywood powerhouse couple Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao are all set expand their family as they prepare for their first child. The actor’s wife is reportedly three months pregnant and is said to be enjoying her high-flying, always-pressed-for-time hubby’s undivided attention at the moment.
Mumbai, June 09: No sooner did the strike end, the release dates of forthcoming films started pouring in. In fact, everyone seems to be in a tearing hurry to release their films. “We’ve waited enough,” said a prominent producer. In the meantime, the industry leaders along with the respective producers have chalked out the release dates, till August 14.
As things stand today, expect at least one biggie every week…
Mumbai, June 09: One of India’s greatest dramatists, Habib Tanvir, died on Monday at the age of 85. He died of pneumonia and pulmonary complications.
A patrician figure inseparable from his pipe, Tanvir was revered by theatre wallahs for creating a new theatrical language that married contemporary drama with folk performance and elevating folk forms to international attention.
New Delhi, June 09: Soha Ali Khan, who teamed up with her mother Sharmila Tagore in a British movie, says she was nervous while working with her.
“I was a bit nervous while working with her because she is a perfectionist but it was a superb experience. There were times when she used to scold me on the sets,” said Soha who was in the capital for an event.
Both mother and daughter will be seen in director Sangeeta Datta’s English movie that revolves around a father and his three daughters. The film also stars Girish Karnad, Om Puri and some British actors.
New Delhi, June 09: Sri Lanka dump Australia from T20 Worlds Skipper Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan hit robust half-centuries as Sri Lanka sent Australia packing from the World Twenty20 with a six-wicket win.
Australia, asked to bat by Sangakkara in his first match as captain, managed only 159-9 in good batting conditions as mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis and fast bowler Lasith Malinga claimed three wickets each.
Opener Dilshan then plundered 53 off 32 balls and left-handed Sangakkara made an unbeaten 55 to fire Sri Lanka home with six deliveries to spare.
Hyderabad, June 09: With seven cases of the infectious swine flu being reported from this Andhra Pradesh capital, health authorities are worried about the congregation of thousands of asthma patients from around the country and even abroad who have gathered here to take a traditional fish medicine. The Bathini Goud family, which has been distributing the free fish medicine for over 160 years, on Monday started administering it at the sprawling Exhibition Grounds. The programme will continue today.
Washington, June 09: The US wants Israel and the Palestinians to hold “immediate talks” towards “a comprehensive peace and normalisation of relations”, Washington’s envoy to the Middle East, says.
George Mitchell is aiming to lay the groundwork for those negotiations as he makes his fourth visit to the region since taking the post.
Speaking to reporters at the start of a Palestinian donors’ conference in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on Monday en route to the Middle East, Mitchell said such talks would also serve “the security interests of the United States”.