wajid Mumbai,March 03: SACHIN Tendulkar said it, Mukesh Ambani said it, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat also said it. But none of them said ‘ Mumbai belongs to all’ in front of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray.
Asha Bhosale, one of the biggest Marathi cultural icons, on Monday showed the gumption of saying this on Raj’s face.
And such has been the effect that the MNS chief’s lips are still sealed.
Warangal,March 03:VILLAGERS of Khila Shahpur of Raghunathpalle block in Warangal district recently took an interesting and innovative decision: that they would give up alcohol. The influence was not Mahatma Gandhi, but their support for the Telangana state.
This arose after they were told that the government was getting the maximum revenue from liquor and that the people of Telangana were contributing a lot of money to the state exchequer which was being used to develop the Andhra region. They decided that they could best pressure the government by denying them revenue.
New delhi,March 02 :PMO has sought details of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts awarded by the AP irrigation department, spelling potential trouble for the projects undertaken in the past five years.
The Central Water Commission (CWC) wrote to the department asking for the details, which it said had been sought by PMO.Officials at the PMO couldn’t be contacted for comment on Sunday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on a visit to Saudi Arabia.
SRINAGAR,February 28 :Meet Fayaz Ahmad Dar (name changed), a student of 9th grade at a private school in Srinagar. Fayaz resides in Kashmir’s Gaza Strip — Maisuma — a locality in Lal Chowk witnessing frequent clashes between security forces and stone pelting youth. Fayaz’s story is unlike the boys of his age. He received two bullets in his abdomen on December 11, 2009 on his way to join other stone pelters.
Mumbai, February 28 :FORMER President APJ Abdul Kalam is India’s “ most trusted” person, followed by industrialist Ratan Tata and former police officer Kiran Bedi.
An online survey to identity the 100 most trusted Indians — conducted for Reader’s Digest by market research group The Digital Edge — has thrown up quite a few surprises. The survey, which will be published in the latest issue of the magazine, had sought responses on celebrities from different fields.
New Delhi,February 28: From earning a meagre Rs 2,000 to raking in a princely Rs 5 lakh every month, Shiv Murti Dwivedi alias Sant Swami Bhimanand Ji Maharaj Chitrakoot Wale (39) has come a long way in the past 22 years. Dwivedi, a self-styled godman, was arrested by south district police on Friday for operating a high-profile sex racket. It involved former airhostesses and students.
New Delh,February 23: Pushed into political obscurity following his expulsion from the Samajwadi Party, Amar Singh’s desperateness to remain relevant seems to be growing by the day.
With his mass contact programmes with Kshatriyas and backward classes of Uttar Pradesh (UP) not yielding much publicity, the former SP general secretary has chosen to join the Telangana leaders fighting for statehood.
Mumbai, February 23 :Did this open letter to SRK prompt KKR to suspend the team sponsorship of Lux Cozi innerwear? It’s highly possible…
Dear Shah Rukh,
We are Kolkata-based supporters of Kolkata Knight Riders and have read in the newspapers of the decision of the Kolkata Knight Riders management to appoint LUX (hosiery and innerwear brand) as the official apparel franchisee of the KKR team.
This has been deeply disappointing for thousands of Kolkatans who have lost respect for you on this count for the following reasons:
New Delhi,February 22 :Two british nationals who stayed in Raddison hotel near delhi international airport are booked for snooping . Police have on Saturday booked two British nationals for indulging in suspicious activities. Steve Martin and Stephen Hampston were booked on Saturday under the Indian Telegraph Act, the police said.
New delhi,February 21 :R. K. BIRDI, commandant of the Border Security Force’s 68th battalion posted in Jammu & Kashmir, may soon be arrested by the state police for his involvement in what now appears to be the coldblooded murder of Kashmiri teenager Zahid Farooq Shah on February 5.
Senior BSF officials in New Delhi say commandant Birdi concocted two false stories to escape the blame, and had deliberately misled top BSF officers.
Doha,February 16 :Last night I was in the audience for the filming of the of the latest of the Doha Debates, the series of discussions headed by Tim Sebastian and broadcast by BBC World News. Held within the quite solace of St Stephen’s College, one of the most prestigious colleges within Delhi University, the debates were breaking new ground by holding their first event in Asia.
Hyderabad,February 16 :JUstice L.Narsimha Reddy on tuesday directed the joint police commissioner PSR Anjanyelu to appear before the court on thursday and inform the court how the police acted in such a fashion wherein journalists and students were brutally attacked. “If apart of the contents stated in affidavit is true it is a sad reflection of state government and particular police department.
The petitioner who appeared in person with a bandage on head and beatings at his back are clearly visible.
Hyderabad,February 16 :Telangana agitation has gone into the hands of students that is one of the reasons that MLAS are reluctant to resign as they know for sure that they will not be elected again as students are controlling the T-agitation.Home minister Sabita Indra Reddy visiting the recuperating students in Durga Bai Deskhmukh Hospital was caught unawares when the injuredgirl students cornered her and held her responsible for their plight.
The students are so angry with T-politicians that a day will come when a new breed of students politicians will crop up to lead this agitation.
Kolkatta,February 16:At least 20 soldiers of the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp at Shilda in West Midnapore district were murdered by Maoists who conducted yet another deadly attack on Monday.
band of about 50 Maoists struck a police camp in West Midnapore on Monday, killing at least 14 Eastern Frontier Rifles personnel and looting arms and ammunition.
Pune,February 16: It proved to be the proverbial tryst with death for Anandi and Ankik, the two young siblings hailing from Kolkata, who met each other for the last time at the table that was blown up in the terror attack destroying German Bakery on Saturday evening.
A student of BA first year at Ferguson college here, Anandi Dhar (19) had joined Ankik (23), her brother who had come down to Pune from Mumbai to give a treat for getting a job in the metropolis, accompanied by friend Shilpa Goenka.
Mumbai,February 14 :Shirish Kunder says the controversy over the title was ‘fabricated’
Shirish Kunder, who is producing Tees Maar Khan has denied media reports that lead actor Akshay Kumar was unhappy with the title. In fact, he claims the whole controversy was “fabricated”.
“Perhaps pages were required to be filled in and a news around our film made for a spicy story. I guess someone just fabricated an entire article about Akshay being unhappy with the title,” said Kunder about the film, which will be directed by his wife, Farah Khan.
New delhi,February 14:Mere mention of “Muslim reservation” raises hackles, but was deemed a necessity in the earliest days of the Republic before being scuttled by politicians who refused to recognise the social divisions in and economic problems of the community
Mumbai,February 10: In a stern warning to the Shiv Sena, Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan tonight said his government would withdraw the security cover for party leader Uddhav Thackeray if he continued to instigate his party men.
The threat by Chavan came against the backdrop of Shiv Sena activists targeting more theatres and damaging cinema screens in Mumbai that are planning to show Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s new film My Name Is Khan due for release this Friday.
President Abdullah Gül departed on Sunday for a six-day state visit to India which will make him the first Turkish president to visit the South Asian country in 15 years.
Speaking at a press conference held in İstanbul ahead of his departure, Gül underlined that India has the second largest population in the world and the third largest economy in regard to its gross national income.
President Abdullah Gül departed on Sunday for a six-day state visit to India which will make him the first Turkish president to visit the South Asian country in 15 years.
Speaking at a press conference held in İstanbul ahead of his departure, Gül underlined that India has the second largest population in the world and the third largest economy in regard to its gross national income.
New delhi,February 05:THE GHOST of the Batla House encounter has returned to haunt the Congress in the wake of AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh’s visit to Azamgarh on Wednesday to meet the families of those killed in the shootout.
On Thursday, the BJP, the Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association and expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh slammed the Congress for playing politics with the issue.
Mumbai,February 05 :THE SWITZERLAND referendum banning the construction of new minarets on mosques came under severe attack on Thursday with Indian civil society groups calling the decision anti- Islam, undermining the religious freedom guaranteed by the Swiss constitution.
The referendum — sponsored by rightwing Swiss People’s Party ( SVP), but opposed by the government — had been approved in November last by 57.5 per cent of the voters in 22 of 26 cantons.
Hyderabad,february 04:THE UPA government has announced the mechanism for resolving the Telangana crisis, but it has already led to caste conflict among Telangana Congress leaders.
The conflict is between the powerful Reddy community on one side and the backward classes on the other. Both the groups are trying to outwit each other and gain the upper hand in the ongoing Telangana agitation, so that they could stake claim for power in the event of the formation of a separate state.
Dubai,February 04 :This is how the world looks like according to ambitious engineers in Dubai, but it is starting to look ragged around the edges.
The stunning image of the man- made archipelago was taken by an astronaut far above our Earth on the International Space Station.
It shows the World Islands development sitting in shallow waters just off Dubai’s coast.
Mumbai,February 04: Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur coming together again to shoot a song for the much- delayed Milenge Milenge.
Rumours are rife that producers Boney Kapoor and Satish Kaushik have decided to finish the project and are shooting a new beginning for the film.
Well, it will be interesting if the makers can bring together the nowestranged couple Shahid and Kareena.
Boney has reportedly already contacted the two.He believes they will say yes because Himesh Reshammiya has come up with a wonderful tune for the song.