New Delhi,May 29: Reestablishing Congress’s primacy in Uttar Pradesh remains top priority for party general secretary Rahul Gandhi who feels the heartland state is tired of being buffetted by caste and religion based politics and is ready for a vision that focuses on development.
Mumbai, May 29: None less than that reigning sexbomb of Bollywood, Mallika Sherawat , has been roped in to romance Sanjay Dutt in the comedy film All The Best .
Ajay Devgan ’s home production ‘All The Best’ will have Sanjay Dutt showing, once again, his comic side along with the sexy and saucy Mallika, who will play his love interest. Mallika shared an amazing on-screen chemistry with Anil and Nana in the movie Welcome , and showed her comic streak in her last two releases Ugly Aur Pagli and Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam .
Jaipur,May 29: In a horrific incident, a 13-year-old boy died while imitating a suicide scene which he had witnessed in the neighbourhood. The incident took place at Dadabari locality in Kota on Wednesday.
The boy, Sunil, was living with his parents and elder brother Pradeep (15) at Shivpura Colony. His father, Purushottam Rawal, is an employee of a jewellery shop.
New Delhi, May 29: A 27-year-old man allegedly stabbed to death a married woman he was in a relationship with before attempting suicide at the woman’s rented house in southwest Delhi Thursday, the police said.
Pintu and Poonam, 25, were found in a pool of blood with multiple stab injuries on the third floor house in Dabri area when the woman’s husband Munna, who works in the export-import company just below the house, went to check on his wife.
Mumbai, May 29: Malaika Arora Bollywood’s glam couple Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan share a passion for reading and they bond over books.
The couple were in the capital recently to launch a book ‘Stretch Yourself’ by model-turned-author Vickrant Mahajan.
“I was always an avid reader, but I got too busy with my professional life, this hobby got left behind somewhere. Now I have revived it, and I make it a point to read for at least two hours everyday,” said Arbaaz.
–Agencies
New Delhi, May 29: Talented actor Shreyas Talpade plays a woman in debutant director Paritosh Painter’s ‘Paying Guests’ and says getting his hair waxed for the role was extremely painful. He vows not to play a woman in near future.
‘Getting waxed for the role was a torture for me. It was like being in a delivery room. I was yelling like a mad dog while I was getting waxed. Even my wife Deepti got scared. She was with me when it was being done,’ Shreyas told IANS over phone from Mumbai.
Mumbai, May 29: Bollywood’s bad boy Salman Khan is in the news again for all the wrong reasons.
It’s not his reported breakup with girlfriend Katrina Kaif but his absence on Karan Johar’s birthday bash that has caught the eyes of the rumourmongers.
Buzz up!Almost all the who and who in Bollywood let their hair down on Karan’s birthday bash. Most of the family members of Salman Khan were also present at the party including his brothers Sohail Khan and wife Seema Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan. However, Salman’s conspicuous absence made the guests guessing.
New Delhi,May 29: A sea of wailing mourners filled the streets of Seoul for the funeral Friday of ex-President Roh Moo-hyun, whose suicide six days earlier amid a deepening corruption probe plunged South Korea into grief and anger.
Heads bowed, thousands joined a solemn ceremony in the courtyard of the 14th-century Gyeongbok Palace before the hearse carrying Roh’s body headed to a grassy plaza outside City Hall for an emotional public ceremony attended by hundreds of thousands more.
London,May 29: Tired limbs, jaded minds and a tricky draw have toughened India’s path as Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men defend their World Twenty20 title in England next month.
The June 5-21 tournament is the latest event for Team India in a non-stop roadshow that began with a full tour of New Zealand in February-April before a five-week sojourn in South Africa for the Indian Premier League.
Dhoni’s team returned home for just three days after the IPL before setting off again for England to defend the title they won in the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007.
Mumbai, May 29: Older heroes romancing young heroines on screen was a trend that spelt box-office success last year.
There was the versatile Aamir Khan wooing the 24-year-old Asin in Ghajini, a nerdy-looking Shah Rukh Khan made debutante Anuskha Sharma (21) fall in love with him in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Salman Khan’s real-life lady love Katrina Kaif was paired opposite him in Yuvvraaj.
The trend worked vice-versa too, with Bipasha Basu, at 30, romancing Ranbir Kapoor, 26, in Bachna Ae Haseeno and Vidya Balan matching steps with Shahid Kapoor in Kismet Konnection.
New Delhi, May 29: Expanding his six-day-old Council of Ministers by inducting 59 ministers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made Anand Sharma the Commerce Minister and allocated the portfolio of HRD to Kapil Sibal, Law to M Veerappa Moily and Road Transport and Highways to Kamal Nath.
With this induction, the size of Council of Ministers went up to 79- 34 Cabinet Ministers, 7 Ministers of State with Independent Charge and 38 Ministers of State.
Hyderabad, May 29: The Andhra Pradesh Government has sought more funds from the Centre for the implementation of its massive ‘Jalayagnam’ (irrigation mission) project taken up with an outlay of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore.
“We are trying to get more funds from the Centre. We had some problem earlier because we did not have permissions for the irrigation projects”.
Mumbai,May 29: As the news of her split with Salman Khan spreads like wild fire Katrina Kaif has gone into damage control mode. She has rubbished reports that Salman was throwing all her belongings from his Galaxy Apartments den.
Katrina said that she stays as an independent woman and there are no questions of any of her stuff lying with Salman and added that she had never even given a gift to Salman.
Buzz up!Katrina went on to say that her photograph is still hanging in the walls of Salman’s bedroom and there are no question of any trouble between them.
New Delhi,May 29: The CBSE class X results will be out in the city on Friday at 10am. Besides the Delhi region, the class X results for Allahabad region, which includes Noida and Greater Noida, and the Guwahati region will also be declared on Friday.
To get the results, students can log on to any of the three websites www.cbse.nic.in /www.cbseresults.nic.in / www.results.nic. The results can also be accessed through the Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) at 011-24357270.
Banglore,May 29: Inhaling air exposed to `bidi’ or cigarette smoke is more hazardous to health than contracting a disease from a garbage dump!
At the launch of a study titled `Current science of tobacco’, director of Healis Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health P C Gupta said tobacco is the single largest cause of death in India, more than HIV/AIDS, TB or malaria combined.
“Smoking kills 9 lakh people per year. The challenge is to protect India’s young population of 600 million people below 30 years,” he explained.
Washington,May 29: The United States is pressing China to consider taking a variety of severe sanctions against North Korea, including the inspection of suspect ships and planes, as it tries to ratchet up the global response to Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test, administration officials said Thursday.
But it is not clear that the Chinese government has the stomach for a heightened showdown with North Korea, these officials said, even though its criticism of the underground test on Monday was unusually vehement.
Baghdad, May 28: I first met Abu Wissam at the foot of his son’s shallow grave. Never will he be able to erase the last image he has of his son’s body.
“He was cut to pieces,” he said. “His hands and feet were chopped off. And he was decapitated.”
For a long time, Iraqis would say that it was “outsiders” that were carrying out such atrocities. The truth that is so hard to accept for many is that that often was not the case.
Ahmedabad, May 27 : Former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam today asked the young Master of Business Administration students of the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University to take oath as imparting education on petroleum and energy which is the lifeline for all economic activities of the nation.
Ingredients:
1 cup Skimmed Milk
1 tsp Coconut extract
3 tbsp firmly packed Brown sugar
2 cup Ripe Mangoes, chunks
1 tsp Lemon juice
1/4 cup Cornstarch
How to make mango custard:
Combine mango chunks, lemon juice and coconut extract and blend until smooth.
In small saucepan, combine remaining ingredients.
Mix until cornstarch is dissolved.
Stir in mango mixture.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.
Continue to cook and stir for 2-3 minutes.
Transfer into a bowl and let it cool.
Chill thoroughly.
Ingredients:
400 ml Fresh Milk
250 ml Ice Water
250 gms Whipping cream
40 gms Gelatine Powder
300 gms Mango Puree
300 ml Water
20 gms Butter
Coconut Powder
200 gms Sugar
How to make mango pudding:
Mix gelatine powder, sugar and water, stir well and bring to boil till sugar dissolves in water.
Add in grease keep aside.
Stir and mix well mango puree, ice water, milk, whipping cream and instant coconut powder.
Mix the sugar solution and puree, stir well.
Pour the mixture into a desired shape mould.
Chill well and serve.
Ingredients:
6 broken into several pieces dried Chilli (Mirch)
2 tblsp Coriander seeds (Dhania)
1/4 tsp Garam masala
How to make kadai masala:
Heat chilies and coriander in a pan, shaking the pan time to time, until they smell fragrant.
Grind and add garam masala.
Wonderful taste of vanilla iced with sugar and milk on heart shaped cookies.
Ingredients:
1 cup Butter (unsalted)
1 cup Sugar
2 Egg
1 tblsp Vanilla
3 cup Flour
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking soda
Icing:
1 cup confectioner Sugar (sifted)
2 tblsp Milk
How to make sugar cookie hearts:
Combine butter and sugar till smooth.
Mix eggs and vanilla into the butter mixture.
Mix well.
Combine flour, salt and baking soda together.
Combine it with the butter and egg mixture prepared.
Mix well.
Let it chill for about 2 hours.
Reduce the dough into quarters.
Enjoy the lavish cupcakes with walnuts, vanilla and strawberries.
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup All purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Walnuts (chopped)
2 x Egg Whites
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
10 oz pkg frozen sweet Strawberries
If desired Sugar (powdered)
How to make strawberry cupcakes:
In a bowl combine flour, baking soda, sugar and walnuts together.
Beat together egg whites, vanilla and oil in another bowl till well mixed.
Combine strawberries.
Beat in a mixer at slow speed till strawberries are broken somewhat.
Ingredients:
3 cup Flour (no sifted)
2 cup Sugar
1 cup Mayonnaise
1/3 cup Milk
2 Egg
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp ground Cloves
3 cup Apples (chopped and peeled)
1 cup Raisins (seedless)
1/2 cup Walnuts (chopped coarsely)
2 cup sweetened whipped Cream with Cinnamon (for frosting and filling)
How to make apple raisin cake:
Flour and grease 2 baking pans.
Mix flour, sugar, mayonnaise, milk, eggs, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves with a mixer for about 2 minutes.
Scrap bowl frequently.
Ingredients:
2cups boiled Rice
1/3rd cup Lemon Rice
6Tbsp Oil
1/2tsp Black Mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
3-4 green chilies
Salt to taste
1/4th tsp. turmeric powder
1/4th cup peanuts
How to make lemon rice:
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter.
Add turmeric powder and peanuts, fry till brown.
Now add green chilies, curry leaves, salt and fry for 2 minutes.
Take it off from the flame and add lemon juice and mix well.
Now add this to the boiled rice and mix well.Lemon rice is ready to be served.