Samad Mumbai,June 16: Although Emraan Hashmi has kissed several PYTs in most of his films, his ego recently took a beating when Soha Ali Khan refused to kiss him in Tum Mile. Incidentally, Soha had initially agreed to do the scene.
Mumbai, June 16: Even before they could officially announce that they were a couple, buzz is that Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur have called it quits.
News about their relationship having come to an end has been doing the rounds for a couple of weeks now. On April 15, Mumbai Mirror had first broken the news that all’s not well between the two. Priyanka was fed up of Shahid’s constant interference and he expected her to play the conservative girl, which didn’t go down well with the actress.
Taunton, June 16: India booked a semi-final berth in the women’s Twenty20 World Cup after humbling Sri Lanka by five wickets in a rain-marred pool B
match, on Monday.
Poonam Raut hit a patient 30 off 41 balls, while Mithali Raj cracked an unbeaten 22-ball 32 to help India romp home after restricting the Lankans to a paltry 94 for six in a rain-reduced 18 overs per side match at County Ground here.
Chasing 95 to win, openers Poonam and Anjum Chopra (11) made a watchful start scoring 27 in the first seven overs before the latter was sent packing by Udeshika Prabodani.
New York, June 16:Police is investigating the cause of a crash of a single-engine family-owned plane that claimed the lives of an Indian American hotelier, a Kerala native, his 11-year-old son and an Indian American doctor friend in eastern New York.
New York State police said divers recovered the body of the plane’s owner, 41-year-old Mathai Kolath George, Monday. The bodies of his son, George Kolath, and 52-year-old Krishnan Raghavan were recovered Sunday.
New Delhi, June 16: Nearly 220 passengers, many of them with small children, were subjected to hours of ordeal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here Monday night after Hong Kong based airline Cathay Pacific suddenly cancelled its New Delhi-Hong Kong flight (CX-752).
All the passengers had checked in for boarding and were waiting to board the aircraft when the airline staff arrived to say that the flight stood cancelled.
“There are technical reasons for canceling the flight,” the airlines station manager told harried passengers, refusing to elaborate.
Mumbai, June 16: Popular actor-filmmaker-producer of the 70s and mid 80s, Joginder aka Joginder Shelly passed away on Monday June 15th in Arogyanidhi Hospital in Juhu, Mumbai. He was 65 years old. Joginder had acted in over 60 films and had also produced two and directed five five films. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
Joginder had been admitted to the hospital on June 1st since he was suffering from kidney and lever problems. His funeral took place at Juhu cremation grounds in the presence of his Bollywood colleagues and relatives.
London, June 16 (IANS) Composed unbeaten knocks from Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul took West Indies to the semi-final of the World Twenty20 and shut the door on hosts England with a five-wicket win, via the Duckworth Lewis method, in a rain affected game at The Oval here Monday.
England, despite getting a good start, lost their way once again in the second half of the innings but still managed to post 161 for six in 20 overs after Ravi Bopara hit 55 off 47 balls and Kevin Pietersen scored a fluent 31 (19).
Mumbai, June 16: Celina Jaitley outsmarts Shreyas Talpade Shreyas Talpade who starred opposite Celina Jaitley in Golmaal Returns often played many pranks on her during the making of that film. In fact his prank game continued even her even on sets of their next film together, Paying Guest. But finally often having been the victim, Celina managed to outsmart Shreyas.
Washington, June 16: US President Barack Obama said Monday there was some “positive movement” towards peace after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recognised the Palestinians’ right to an independent state.
But Obama made clear he would not back down from his demand that Israel stop all settlement activity, a key disagreement that remains between the two long-time allies.
In a major policy speech Sunday, Netanyahu for the first time backed the creation of a Palestinian state, which had been another key source of tension between Obama’s administration and Israel.
Mumbai, June 16:Mum is the word for Kareena Kapoor and the actress would go to any length to keep her mother happy. So she has decided to stay away from bikini scenes as her mother, yesteryear heroine Babita, didn’t like her in a two-piece suit in “Tashan”.
“No more bikini shots for me. I mean I’m very happy with the kind of attention and adulation I got for getting into a bikini in ‘Tashan’. And I wasn’t uncomfortable wearing it. Why should I be? I’ve the physique to carry it off. But that’s it.
Mumbai, June 16: Priyanka Chopra has signed her first Yash Raj film and says she was completely bowled over by the script of “Pyaar Impossible”, penned by Uday Chopra, who also plays male lead in the love story.
“It’s the only script I’ve liked in recent months. I can’t tell you much about the film’s plot. But when I heard the script, I jumped. I’ve been hearing a lot of scripts because I’ve really not been sure about what to do after Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘What’s Your Raashee?’.
Mumbai, June 16: Actor Fardeen Khan, arrested more than eight years ago for allegedly possessing contraband, may not have to spend years in jail if laboratory analysis of the seized substance reveals a low percentage of cocaine in it.
Ahmedabad, June 16: A woman hung self at her residence in Naroda on Sunday following mental and physical harassment for dowry. Her father has lodged a
complaint against her husband and family members.
According to the complaint by Ramshankar Mishra, a resident of Bhargav Society, Sardarnagar, his daughter Meetu, 24, was married to Shailesh Tiwari, an armyman posted at Pune base in 2004. However, as per the custom in their community, Mishra did not have dowry to give to his daughter and thus she was not sent to her husband’s home.
Chennai, June 16: Nearly a year after they delivered the country’s first baby born out of frozen oocyte (egg), city-based GG Hospital has touched another milestone, with a second woman conceiving through the procedure. And this time, it is twins. Doctors at GG Hospitals say that they have now moved on to a “sophisticated” rapid freeze technology after which they thawed the eggs, and injected it with a prepared sperm before implanting it in the uterus.
Hyderabad, June 16: Five persons died and two suffered injuries in three separate road accidents in city on Monday.
Ch Ravinder, 36, a private employee of Domalguda and Shaik Saleem, 26, a sales executive with Kotak Mahindra from Chirag Ali Lane in Abids died on the spot when the two-wheeler they were riding hit a road divider at Chinnatokata in Tadbun on Monday morning. Saleem’s brother, Ankush, who was also pillion-riding, suffered minor injuries in the incident, Bowenpally SI A Satyanarayana said.
Hyderabad, June 16: The government’s move to weed out bogus ration cards has come in for sharp criticism from the BJP and the PRP.
At separate press conferences on Monday, the parties questioned the rationale behind the exercise soon after the elections and asked the government to explain the reasons behind the hastiness to weed out 35 lakh `bogus ration cards’ in the state.
Hyderabad, June 16: The cash-strapped state government is unlikely to give priority to the road sector this year. Instead, it wants to convert over 2,539 kms of state highways into national highways.
This would save the state government about Rs 400 crore per annum. Chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy wrote a letter to the ministry of surface transport asking it to consider the proposal favourably. The chief minister proposes to take up the issue with the Centre during his visit to New Delhi on Thursday.
Hyderabad, June 16: The state medical and health department on Monday set up a toll free information centre for H1N1 influenza (swine flu) to provide
information on the disease, medication and treatment.
Hyderabad, June 16: Wondering how a bank could buy and sell land like a real estate dealer, justice Goda Raghuram of the A P High Court on Monday said he would a issue notice to the RBI asking it to explain how such things were being allowed ignoring the Banking Regulation Act barring banks from engaging in other activities.
Hyderabad, June 16: Residents of Patelnagar at Amberpet have been getting contaminated drinking water for the past 10 days.
With the residents bringing it to the notice of public representatives, officials rushed to the place to carry out tests to check the water samples for contamination.
Water board officials said there are 2,000 water connections in the locality with water being supplied from two sources–Adikmet and Shivam reservoirs–everyday.
Water Board officials and representatives of the Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM) rushed to Patelnagar and carried out tests.
Hyderabad, June 16: The state government on Monday transferred four collectors, appointed seven new collectors and shifted 5 joint collectors.
Medak collector Piyush Chawla has been posted to Krishna district while N Sridhar, collector of Krishna, has been transferred to Warangal. B Janardhan Reddy, the Warangal collector, has been shifted to Anantapur. Nizamabad collector B Ramanjaneyulu has been transferred to Guntur.
Hyderabad, June 16: The crisis in TRS has further deepened and the party appears to be heading for a split. Telangana Bhavan, the party headquarters
witnessed high drama on Monday. On one hand, TRS president KCR made a sensational statement that the rebellion in the party was the handiwork of those who were opposed to separate state. He also alleged that this was the first step to eliminate him by anti-Telangana forces.
New Delhi, June 16: Geography is the study of the relationship between man and nature. And now with this relationship becoming an issue of concern all
over the world, there is a great demand for geographers, who can guide through various developmental projects, use and create the best technology to track natural resources and prepare the world against natural disasters and calamities.
New Delhi, June 16: A teenaged girl was found dead inside her house in JJ Colony in Jehangirpuri on Monday morning while her mother was found lying
outside severely injured. The incident happened around 9am.
According to police, while the child’s body was found in her bedroom, her mother had allegedly set herself afire and jumped from the first floor. According to DCP (northwest) N S Bundela, the woman had suffered severe burn injuries and battled for life for over 10 hours before she was declared dead.
New Delhi, June 16: A 65-year-old retired government clerk was killed allegedly by his son in the national capital over the elderly man’s “extra marital affair”, police said on Monday.
Satish Prakash, his friend Sahil, and two of their accomplices allegedly killed Raghubir Singh on June 13, they said.
Prakash and Sahil have been arrested, a senior police officer said, adding search is on to nab the other two involved in the murder.
Singh, a retired clerk with Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), was murdered at his residence in Outer Delhi’s Alipur area, the police said.