subhan Hyderabad, June 20: Secondary School and Intermediate Education Minister D Manikya Vara Prasad today inaugurated NIIT MindChampions Academy in 2005 additional Government schools in Andhra Pradesh.
NIIT MindChampions Academy is a joint initiative of NIIT and World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand to promote Chess among young kids in schools.
The Academy had extended its presence in 2668 Government Schools.
New Delhi, June 20: Indira Gandhi National Open University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre (BRPC) for studies on tribals.
Rome, June 20: Italian police have arrested 14 people and placed more than 250 under investigation in a major crackdown on online child pornography, Italian media reported Saturday.
The police operation was being carried out countrywide and involved the search of hundreds of homes, according to the reports. Authorities in Catania and Sicily were leading the investigation.
Mumbai, June 20: Five young men allegedly raped a 19-year-old college student and circulated a video clip of the assault in Maharashtra’s Thane district. Three men have been arrested, police said Saturday.
On May 14 the girl accompanied one of the accused to a room in Hotel Sai Pooja in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai when she was allegedly raped by five men. However, a complaint was lodged by the girl June 19.
London, June 20: At the very heart of Pakistan’s invigorating run to a second successive World Twenty20 final has been a player you might think was put on the planet to play Twenty20 cricket.
A three-four over bash with the bat, a quick four-over spell hustled through the middle overs and some adrenaline-fuelled cheerleading in the field: thanks very much, Shahid Afridi.
Mumbai, June 20: Mallika Sherawat asked by Ric Wake and Yanni to perform at Indian concert. The Hollywood Music industry is buzzing with the news that legendary Multiple Oscar and Grammy music producer Ric Wake and World Famous New Age Composer Yanni have asked Bollywood sensation Mallika Sherawat to participate in an upcoming special concert, which will be heralded as a triumphant return to India.
Yanni was, and still is, hailed as the only artist to ever stage a concert performance within the marble walls of
India’s most famous and fabled landmark, the Taj Mahal.
London, June 20: Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie already have six children, three of who are adopted, but the actress says she and her partner would “never say no” to adopting more.
The “Tomb Raider” star confirmed that the couple intends to expand their already large family, reported dailymail.co.uk
“We love children, we want a big family, so we never – you know, never say no,” Jolie said.
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Mumbai, June 20: Neha Mehta to tie the knot The vivacious and graceful Shakuntala of Star One aka Neha Mehta is all set to tie the knot with her business man boyfriend by the end of the year. Her show has just gone off air and thus she is busy preparing for her up coming wedding.
“I will not be taking any daily shows as I am getting married in December. For now I am busy shopping for the clothes and the jewelleries. Alongside I have to sit with the designer to design my clothes for the D- Day,” stated Neha happily.
Chennai, June 20: AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa today urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to take all steps to retrieve Katchatheevu, an islet ceded to Sri Lanka, by using his influence with the Central government, to sustain the livelihood of the Indian fishermen.
In a statement here, she described as a joke, Mr Karunanidhi’s announcement in the State Assembly that he was prepared to bring in a resolution demanding retrieval of Katchatheevu.
”Instead of writing letters or sending telegrams, the Chief Minister, who bargained plum portfolios in the Union Cabinet
Mumbai, June 20: Baba apni life ki gaddi ko dhakka maar Baba Seghal who created a new sensation among the youngster with his rap music is all set to return back with his pop album “Apni Life Ki Gaddi Ko Dhakka Maar’. He is very excited to return with a fresh start in the music world.
“After almost a decade I am back with my pop album. I am very excited as my previous songs like tanda tanda pani… and many other were hits. I’ll be leaving no stone unturned to promote this,” says Baba very excitingly.
Mumbai, June 20: Katrina KaifWho says Katrina can’t speak proper Hindi? She’s been practising constantly with friends and in her dubbing, so much so that Katrina has almost lost her voice.
The dubbing for Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has taken its toll on her throat. Raj Kumar Santoshi is always known to be very particular about his actors’ lamguage. For Ranbir in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani who has a lot of colloquial Hindi to speak, he has personally been supervising the dubbing.
New Delhi, June 20: Saina Nehwal came up with her best showing at the Super Series events in the last six months when she outdid South Korean Hwang Sung Hwan 21-17, 11-21, 21-15 to enter the semi-finals of the Indonesian Super Series badminton championships in Jakarta on Friday.
Saina came up with her best performance in December when she made it to the semi-finals of the Malaysian Super Series. She beat the unseeded Hwang, who had upset fourth seed Wang Chen.
New Delhi, June 20: Virtually daring the BJP to snap links with the RSS, former party ideologue K N Govindacharya has said the RSS can “walk straight without the crutches of the BJP”.
Govindacharya, who parted ways with the BJP sometimes back, accused the party leaders, including its chief Rajnath Singh, of practising “pseudo-Hindutva”.
Besides, he dubbed Varun Gandhi’s election speeches as “pesudo-Hindutva of the reactionary, irresponsible kind” and “not Hindutva”.
Abu Dhabi, June 20: Saudi Arabia has denied media reports that it intends to allow Israeli military planes to fly over its airspace. ”These reports are totally false and baseless,” an official source at the Ministry of Defense and Aviation said.
The source also denied reports that Saudi military officials had met with their Israeli counterparts to discuss the issue. ”The source expressed surprise over such false media reports,” the Saudi Press Agency said.
Tirupati, June 20: Minister Mr Parthasarathy has said that its government is planning to start mobile hospitals in a year or two in the state.
At a review meeting with the district veterinary doctors at a star hotel here yesterday, the Minister said the livestock playing a key role in the countrys growth rate and the state government allocated Rs 600 crore in the budget for the dairy development against Rs 200 crore during the TDP government tenure.
New Delhi, June 20: An 18-year-old domestic help was allegedly held hostage for three days and raped by her 50-year-old employer in Rajouri Garden area of West Delhi.
Police officers said the victim managed to escape on Thursday night and filed a complaint at the local police station.
According to police officers investigating the case, the victim is a resident of West Bengal. Accused Paramjeet Singh, a widower, had employed her through a placement agency in Rajouri Garden around three days ago.
New Delhi, June 20: Four days after an employee of a petrol pump in Bhajanpura was robbed and murdered, the South Delhi police have arrested four people they claim were the assailants.
On June 15, petrol pump employee Baldev Singh was killed and Rs 8.5 lakh in cash robbed from him when he was on his way to deposit the money in a bank, just across the road from the pump.
Indore, June 19: The free meal programme, which has been started for the benefit of around 12 crore school kids, has taken the form of a health risk as the cases of dead animals in mid-day meal are increasing day by day.
The new case in the list is from Madhya Pradesh where a lizard found on Wednesday, in the lunch served to pupils at a primary government school at Neelkanth colony in Indore district.
The school help Kamla Bai spot the lizard in the food and at once informed Principal Badrinarayan Rathore, who stopped the food from being distributed to kids and informed the NGO.
New Delhi, June 19: The Steve Waugh Foundation Global launched on Friday, announced their association with 6UP, hosts of the ‘runs per over’ SMS game played via mobile.
The game had been launched during IPL-2 and was subsequently taken off after India’s sports minister M S Gill expressed reservations about the game and how it could bring in elements of betting and match-fixing.
But at the official launch here on Friday, 6UP founder George Tomeski said all such fears had been dispelled.
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Hyderabad, June 19: A Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislator has been booked for allegedly raping and murdering a student of an Andhra Pradesh nursing college run by him. But T.V. Rama Rao has termed it a conspiracy by his rivals.
Police said Friday that tension prevailed in Nidadavolu town in West Godavari district as the legislator from Kovvur assembly constituency was Thursday night booked for the alleged rape and murder of a student of TVR College.
Mumbai, June 19: Tina-Hussian romancing in Rome One of the most loving jodi, Tina and Hussain Kuwajerwala are having a gala time in Rome. They are there for an official cum pleasure trip. But the duo will be enjoying their holiday too by exploring the places in the city.
The couple who was the winner of Nach Baliye is in Rome for their stage performance. “We have been very busy with the rehearsals and preparation. We were hoping this to be a business-cum-pleasure trip where we would get to explore our adventure side once again,” said Tina.
Colombo, June 19: Arjuna Ranatunga, the former Sri Lankan captain, has said the BCCI “sacrificed national interest” and hurt India’s chances at the ICC World Twenty20 by giving the IPL more importance.
His comments come soon after India coach Gary Kirsten blamed the fatigue caused by the IPL and the minor injuries picked up during the tournament for the team’s lacklustre showing at the World Twenty20.
Washington, June 19: A court in the United States laid down a 1.9-million-dollar fine against a Minnesota woman who illegally downloaded 24 songs from the internet, CNN reported.
The trial against Jammie Thomas-Rasset was the first case in the United States for such copyright infringement, CNN quoted her lawyer as saying.
The 32-year-old mother of four was shocked by the fine as the price tag for legally downloading the songs that would have cost 99 cents each and planned to appeal, he said.
Washington, June 19: A Continental airlines pilot died at the controls of a plane en route from Brussels to Newark, New Jersey.
The two first officers onboard, who have extensive experience flying the Boeing 777, landed the plane Thursday with 247 passengers on board in Newyork, according to broadcast images.
The plane was met by emergency vehicles in response to what CNN said was a “declared emergency”.
CNN quoted a statement from Continental that the 61-year-old captain of the flight died of natural causes while piloting the plane.
Mumbai, June 19: The pair of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, are creating trouble on the streets of San Francisco, US. No, they are not throwing starry tantrums but pulling in crowds, thus making the crew of My Name Is Khan run from pillar to post to carry out their work.
With huge Indian population in the US, and Shahrukh being a popular face even amongst the non-Indians, it has become impossible for the shooting of My Name Is Khan to continue as scheduled.