wajid Mumbai, August 15: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has described Bollywood veteran Shammi Kapoor, who passed away yesterday, as a “powerful” and “versatile” actor.
In a condolence message, Thackeray said Shammi’s exuberant cry “Yahoo” is unforgettable and will remain etched in memory.
He said he wanted to meet Shammi on learning about his ill-health. “Somehow I could not go,” Thackeray lamented and recalled his fond and close association with the Kapoor family.
Mumbai,August 13 :THERE were big names involved.But the Enforcement Directorate ( ED) seems to have managed to dilute the Hasan Ali case, making him get away almost scot- free.
On Friday, the Pune stud farm owner was released on bail by the Bombay High Court against a surety of ` 5 lakh after it found no case of “ money laundering” against Ali.
The court lashed out at the ED for having failed to establish the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, on which the chargesheet stands.
New Delhi,August 13 :In the last three months Rahul baba is going around UP claiming that many rapes have taken place in UP by mayawati police specially in troubled ares of greater Noida.
THE Congress party on Friday faced an embarrassing situation in Parliament as the government informed the Rajya Sabha that an inquiry committee constituted by the National Commission for Women ( NCW) to probe allegations of rape in Bhatta- Parsaul villages in Uttar Pradesh has ruled out any such incident.
Ahmedabad, August 12 :The hate list of Modi specially from the whistle blower cops is increasing day by day as the cops are comming out of fear and exposing the role of Modi in Gujarat carnage.
KULDEEP SHARMA
Had directed the submission of the interim report of the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case before the Supreme Court, which led to the arrest of some of the senior IPS officers.
The matter finally led to the doors of Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah.
London,August 11 :ARMED with swords and hockey sticks, over 700 Sikhs took to the streets to protect the Guru Singh Sabha gurudwara in Southall as the police in the UK were busy restoring peace in London.
Vigilante groups have been formed in various areas in London to protect homes and business establishments that have been vandalised by rioters — mainly of Afro- Caribbean origin — in London over the past four days.
These include shops owned by businessmen of Indian- origin in Harrow and Ealing.
Lucknow,August 11: Islam is one religion which took care of their elderly people so much that islamic teaching of respecting and taking care ol old parents were repected all over western countries but now globaliszation has taken over the fancied zeal and old muslims parents have become a liability for their childrens.
Hundreds of hadiths are present on taking care of old parents but today muslims youth have gone on wrong path in taking care of their parents.
Ghaziabad,August 04:Hitman charged `10- 25 lakh for killing his targets.THE POLICE officer was armed with an AK- 47, just in case. But as it turned out, Anil Kaparwan, a Special Operations Group ( SOG) officer, didn’t have to pull the trigger.
Gandhinagar,August 03 :Call it a change of heart or an efficient camouflage, trigger- happy former DIG D. G. Vanzara is now looking forward to a course in Gandhian Studies.
Lodged behind the bars, Vanzara, who is accused in a host of fake encounter cases in Gujarat, including the Sohrabuddin Sheikh murder case and the Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter, has already done a Post Graduate Diploma in Value Education and Spirituality offered by Annamalai University and sponsored by the Brahmakumaris, a neo- religious Hindu movement.
Bhopal,August 03 :WHEN 35- year- old Rayloo suffered excruciating pain in his stomach, he decided to get himself admitted in the hospital. After examining Rayloo, doctors at the Chindwara district hospital in Madhya Pradesh suspected a case of hernia and decided to conduct a routine operation.
But the team of doctors who operated upon Rayloo were in for a shock. What they thought to be hernia turned out to be two ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes and cervix — the female reproductive organs.
New Delhi,July 26: Says ‘to be apart of Cong you have to join the circus’.SENIOR Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Mani Shankar Aiyar has done it again.
Speaking at a panel discussion during a book launch on Sunday, the irrepressible Aiyar sparked off another controversy when he said the Congress was a circus and every party man had to be a part of it in his attempts to push himself for greener pastures.
New york,July 26:THE HOTEL maid who claims former IMF boss Dominique Strauss- Kahn sexually assaulted her in a New York hotel room has broken her silence to demand justice.
Nafissatou Diallo said she had chosen to go public and waive her right to anonymity so that people know the truth about what happened in Strauss- Kahn’s luxury suite on May 14.
Oslo, July 26: BEHRING Breivik told a Norwegian judge on Monday that his bombing and shooting rampage, which killed 93 people, aimed to save Europe from a Muslim takeover, and said two more cells existed in his organisation.
Breivik had earlier revealed that he had acted alone and the police said they have no other suspects in Friday’s attacks.
His remarks were relayed by judge Kim Heger in a news conference held after a closed- door custody hearing.
Hyderabad,July 25 :Talks on Sunday for final word with party high command, say ruling party MLAs.
In Hyderabad: Is Andhra Pradesh heading for President’s rule over the demand to carve out a separate state – Telangana? Given the current situation, this may seem inevitable in the days to come.
Ministers and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the ruling Congress party from Telangana have decided to convey their firm ‘no’ to any more talks with the high command, unless the dialogue is for creation of Telangana.
New Delhi, July 21:‘ Mr Fix- it’ runs out of friends as RS aves way for his questioning.THE ARREST and questioning of Sanjeev Saxena and Suhail Hindustani in the cash- for- votes scam has put the spotlight on former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh and paved the way for his questioning in the case.
New delhi,July 19 :A SUMPTUOUS lunch will be organised for US secretary of state Hillary Clinton at the Capital’s Hyderabad House following Tuesday’s second round of strategic dialogue, that promises to be exhaustive.
Clinton will be served North Indian cuisine.
The probable starters include Murg Malai kebab, Gosht Seekh kebab, Paneer Tikka and cucumber soup.
The main course will be chosen from among lamb gravy, chicken biryani , chicken masala , stuffed potatoes, black lentils, mixed vegetables & other vegan dishes. Fresh fruits and rabri will be served for dessert.
Karachi,july 19 :HINA Rabbani Khar, 34, will be elevated to the position of the foreign minister of Pakistan, a media report said on Monday.
Her elevation comes barely a week ahead of crucial India- Pakistan talks to be held in New Delhi. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has sent to President Asif Ali Zardari, the papers for making Khar the new foreign minister, Geo News reported.Khar was the minister of state for foreign affairs.
Mumbai, July 13 : ARE BIPASHA Basu and Shahid Kapoor an item? The buzz doing the rounds in Bollywood would seem to suggest as much.
Bong bombshell Bipasha and chocolate hero Shahid have both been coping with heartbreak lately. Bipasha recently announced her split with longtime boyfriend John Abraham after an affair that lasted almost eight years. Shahid broke up with Priyanka Chopra not long ago.
Bipasha and Shahid were reportedly introduced to each other through their fitness trainer Abbas and the two stars seem to have found solace in each other’s company after deciding to move on.
New Delhi, July 13: Fed up with SC drubbing the govt left, right & centre on one issue after another, UPA replaces Veerappa Moily with Salman Khurshid in law ministry. But livid Moily won’t go silently THE UPA government on Tuesday replaced M. Veerappa Moily with Salman Khurshid as Union law minister in a bid to find a stable successor who could be as effective as veteran Congress leader H. R. Bhardwaj.
Lucknow,July 13 :IT WAS a train robbery with a difference.Uttar Pradesh policemen sent to pull injured passengers out of the mangled coaches of the derailed Kalka Mail stole the victims’ cash and other valuables as they begged to be rescued.As the policemen went on a looting spree, it was left to local villagers to rescue the trapped victims.
Shocking tales of policemen rummaging through the blood- soaked pockets of passengers for cash as they squirmed in pain inside overturned and twisted train coaches have begun to emerge.
News Delhi, July 13 :THE resignation of nine out of 12 Congress MPs from Telangana has put tremendous pressure on Union petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy, the lone representative of the region in the Cabinet.
There have been demands that Jaipal also should resign from the Cabinet and his MP seat to take the lead in the Telangana movement. But nothing of that sort has happened.
All these years, Jaipal has been maintaining a safe distance from the agitation, but now with his own political survival under threat, he is compelled to come out strongly in favour of the Telangana demand.
Mumbai,July 3:IF YOU thought relatively younger people like golfer Tiger Woods, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and US congressman Anthony Weiner can be in news for their illicit sex romps, think again.
The “ older” ones are not done yet.
Silvio Berlusconi, the hyper- sexed Italian premier, is 74 and can make love amazingly, five times a day.
“ Bunga Bunga Berlo” is an ideal candidate for sexologists to define if there is a cut- off age when a man should “ retire”. They say one is as old as one thinks.
Mumbai, July 04: SHAH RUKH Khan has chosen to get his knee surgery done in Mumbai instead of in the US, as he wants to keep a check on the ongoing promotion of his upcoming superhero flick Ra. One . The promotional activities for the movie need him closer to the city and considering the ambitious actor and producer that he is, he doesn’t want to be away from all the action.It is well known that SRK needs to undergo a knee surgery, which has been scheduled to take place in the last week of July.
Mumbai, July 04 : NOTORIETY is turning out to be Maria Monica Susairaj’s ticket to stardom.On the day she walked out of Byculla Central Women’s Prison in Mumbai and appeared in a primetime- grabbing press conference, publicity- savvy Ram Gopal Varma announced he wanted to cast her as the heroine of his next film.
Pune, june 28 :THE POLICE busted a rave party at Khalapar, near Karjat, on Sunday night and detained 300 young men and women for a few hours. They also arrested an inspector from the anti- narcotics cell, Anil Jadhav and four others from the spot.
The raid by Mumbai and Raigad police was conducted at the Mount View hotel and resort near Karjat, about 60 km. from Mumbai, between 10.30 pm and 11.15 pm.
Many of the young men and women present belonged to well off families. Sakshi Khanna, the son of actor and BJP politician Vinod Khanna, was one of them.
Lucknow,June 27:CALL it the revenge of the weaker sex if you will. ‘ Adam- teasing’ has emerged in a big way in Lucknow.
Adesh was teased by a group of girls while he was on his way home after his coaching classes in the evening. The boy approached the police after enduring 15 days of “ mental torture”. The Lucknow police also had to interfere on behalf of Jayant in a similar case.
Another BSc student who constantly received explicit text messages from a girl also sought police help.