Hyderabad, June 29: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs 70.38 lakh during simultaneous raids conducted at the office and house of Rajahmundry Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspector Katta Venkata Ramana and houses of his relatives and friends.
London, June 29: The leaked autopsy details of Michael Jackson show that the pop icon was a virtual skeleton as he was barely eating and only had pills in his stomach when he died, according to a new report.
According to the detailed autopsy reported by The Sun Jackson was bald, bruised and had broken ribs. Singer’s hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds which are said to be result of injections of narcotic painkillers, given three times a day for years.
Hyderabad, June 29: Noted agricultural Scientist M S Swaminathan today applauded the Andhra Pradesh Government for mooting pilot ”Integrated Farm Cooperative Societies” to pave the way for survival of small and marginal farmers in globalisation era.
Giving suggestions at an all-party meeting convened by the State Government, Prof Swaminathan said ”we have to replicate the success in the cooperative dairy sector in the farm sector too to make small farms profitable and productive.
New Delhi, June 29: Bollywood beauty Lara Dutta is set to do what American actress-singer Jessica Simpson does – endorse the Indian adaptation of popular food chain Pizza Hut’s campaign for its new dish called Cheesy Bites.
Lara will don a red dress teamed with red boots just as Simpson did in a series of hugely successful Cheesy Bites commercials in the US.
Chandigarh, June 29: To boost the use of local language, the Punjab government has directed all departments, boards, corporations, subordinate courts and educational institutes to designate nodal officers for proper supervision and implementation of Punjabi for official use.
Issuing the directions, Anjali Bhawra, Secretary Higher Education and Languages said the government would act tough by taking legal/departmental action against those who fail to comply with the directives of the recently amended Punjab State Languages Act (PSLA) 2008.
Mumbai, June 29: Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is no mood to take chances with his shoulders.
King Khan has decided to keep his ambitious home production Ra 1 on hold till his shoulder completely recovers.
Shahrukh had undergone surgery after he injured his shoulder while shooting for Mudassar Aziz’ Dulha Mil Gaya earlier this year.
Mumbai, June 29: Shakti Kapoor it seems hasn’t yet forgotten the sting operation fiasco he was involved in few years back. He seems to be still nursing a grudge against the electronic media for the same. Or else what would explain his media taunting behaviour at a recent event.
Shakti was invited as a guest for a private album music launch at a suburban Mumbai open air lounge bar recently. We were witness to his histrionics there.
Mumbai, June 29: Praising actress Mallika Sherawat, popular Bollywood actor Salman Khan has said she was a self-made woman of substance, who made it big in tinsel world without a godfather to push her career.
”It was pure unadulterated fun shooting with Mallika during the ‘Dus ka dum’ episode,” Salman wrote on his blog.
London, June 29: As many as 85 Islamic courts are operating in the UK, 17 times higher than believed to have been existing previously, a study said today, with a recommendation that the Sharia courts should no longer be recognised under British law.
The tribunals, working mainly from mosques, settle financial and family disputes according to religious principles. They lay down judgements which can be given full legal status if approved in national law courts.
Mumbai, June 24: How has Team India’s swashbuckling opening batsman (and vice-captain) Virender Sehwag begun his convalescing period at home while Messrs Dhoni & Co take on the West Indies in the Caribbean islands?
Rather well, it would seem, if reports of how Sehwag is recovering from his IPL shoulder injury are anything to go by.
Buenos, June 29: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted yesterday that his first thought as the scandal broke about his extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman was to leave office with 18 months to go in his last term.
Close spiritual and political associates urged him to instead fight to restore the public’s — and his family’s — trust.
“Resigning would be the easiest thing to do,” he said he thought.
Kolkata, June 29: The Calcutta Stock Exchange today gained ground sharply on the opening session with the benchmark index, CSE-40, gaining 212.23 points.
The index opened at 6392.66 and gained to close at 6604.89 points after touching an intra-day high of 6607.44.
The trading volume was at Rs 2.53 crore from trading of 23 scrips.
ACC was trading at 794 at end of the day. Blueprint Securities was at Rs 303.75. Bolton Properties was at Rs 390.60.
Oasis Cine Communication was at Rs 288.80 at end of the trading session. Reliance Industries was at Rs 2070.
Dehradun, June 29: A man was arrested for allegedly trying to rape his 15-year-old daughter in Sahaspur village of the district, police said today.
Acting on a complaint by the accused’s wife yesterday, police arrested the man who was caught when the girl raised an alarm and informed her mother.
In another incident, a young woman’s body was recovered from the jungles nearby Bhadrakali temple in the city today.
Some women spotted the body in the morning and informed the police.
Identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained.
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New Delhi, June 29: “Homosexuality is offence under Shariat Law and haram (prohibited) in Islam,” Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Darul Uloom Deoband Maulana Abdul Khalik Madrasi said.
Madrasi also asked the Government not to repeal section 377 of IPC which criminalises homosexuality.
His objection came a day after Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said a decision on repealing the section would be taken only after considering concerns of all sections of the society, including religious groups like the church.
Kancheepuram, June 29: Eight persons surrendered before a local court in Tindivanam this morning in connection with the brutal murder of Oorapakkam Village Panchayat President G N R Kumar (47) who was hacked to death by a gang on the Grand Southern Trunk Road at Oorapakkam on June 27.
New Delhi, June 29: At least 23 people, including eight children, were killed when they were struck by lightning during rains across three Indian states, officials and news reports said Monday. The deaths were reported since Sunday from the eastern states of Bihar and Orissa and the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The rains, accompanied by strong winds, uprooted trees and electrical poles and damaged thatched huts in villages.
Tehran, June 29: Iran dismissed the idea of downgrading diplomatic relations with Britain today despite soaring tensions between the two countries after Iranian authorities detained local British Embassy employees for allegedly stirring up post-election unrest.
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Britain has angrily denied that any Iranian staff at its embassy in Tehran have been involved in opposition challenges to the regime. Yesterday, the European Union condemned the detentions as “harassment and intimidation” and demanded the immediate release of those still in custody.
Corfu, June 29: The European Union wants to restart talks on Iran’s nuclear program, the bloc’s top foreign policy official said Sunday, even as its foreign ministers condemned the country for its crackdown on demonstrators and rights groups.
“The EU urges the Iranian government to restore and respect the freedom of media, press and all instruments used by the Iranian public to pursue democratic dialogue,” the EU’s 27 foreign ministers said a statement after a two-hour meeting on the western Greek island of Corfu.
Mumbai, June 29: At a time when most actors are trying to incorporate social messages in their films, Shahid Kapur doesn’t want to lag behind. He is promoting safe sex in his forthcoming film Kaminey.
According to reports, the actor will be seen in a song that conveys the message of safe sex in order to prevent the deadly AIDS. The lyrics have been penned down by the film’s producer and director Vishal Bharadwaj and the song will be aired from August.
New Delhi, June 29: Following Headlines Today’s exposé on Indian cricketers hiding their injuries prior to the World T20 tournament, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally decided to act.
The selection panel, it seems, has recognised the fact that an additional pool of players is necessary to keep up with the pressure of the international cricket calendar.
In fact, sources have confirmed to Headlines Today that selectors have almost reached an agreement with captain M.S. Dhoni and coach Gary Kirsten to create a pool of 30 players.
Tokyo, June 29: Japan’s industrial output rose for the third straight month in May, the government said Monday, as manufacturers encouraged by signs of improving demand rushed to replenish inventories.
Industrial production in the world’s second-biggest economy increased 5.9 percent from the previous month, matching a rise in April that marked the biggest jump since March 1953. Output continued to fall from a year earlier though the rate of decline eased.
New Delhi, June 29: An Air India plane flying to Hyderabad made an emergency landing here today, around an hour after take-off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The Delhi-Hyderabad-Tirupati Air India flight 942, with 70-odd passengers on board, made the landing at 1145 hrs when the pilot reported a technical snag, said a spokesperson for the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) that operates the Delhi Airport. The airline said all passengers were flown to Hyderabad and Tirupati in another aircraft.
New Delhi, June 29: To deal with terrorist attacks effectively without any delay, an NSG regional hub at Mumbai would become operational from tomorrow, while those at Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata from July 1.
The Centre has also sanctioned two NSG regional centres to be established at Kolkata and Hyderabad and the existing NSG hubs at Kolkata and Hyderabad will subsequently be merged with these centres.
Tokyo, June 29: The president of the U.N. General Assembly scheduled a noon session Monday to discuss the situation in Honduras, following a military-led coup that ousted the sitting president.
Honduras President Jose Manuel Zelaya was detained and sent to Costa Rica, the government said.
1 of 2 more photos » Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann called the Honduran military’s intervention a “criminal action” and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement condemned the removal of “the constitutional president.”
Washington, June 29: Firefox 3.5 will be released tomorrow The developer of free and open source Firefox web browser – Mozilla has announced that it will officially release its Firefox 3.5 on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
Codenamed as Shiretoko, the Firefox 3.5 version’s first Release Candidate was released on June 16, 2009; the second Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate was released on June 19, 2009; and the third Release Candidate of the version 3.5 of Firefox was released on June 24 2009.