Tehran, June 25: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused President Barack Obama of behaving like his predecessor on Iran and called on him to apologise for what he called US interference following the Iranian elections.
Obama has ramped up his previously muted criticism, saying he was “appalled and outraged” by a crackdown on protests which followed Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election.
New Delhi, June 25: Developing countries had a clear message on Wednesday for a U.N. meeting on the global financial crisis — we need money.
Planning for the three-day conference has been fraught with difficulties. It was first scheduled for June 1-3 but U.N. General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto postponed it to this week when it became clear negotiators had no agreement on a set of draft proposals for reforming the global financial system.
Moscow, June 25: After Australia and Canada, attacks have now been reported on Indians in Russia with a businessman badly beaten up and robbed by unidentified men in broad daylight here, a media report said today.
The Indian businessman, whose identity has been withheld by the police, was knocked down and beaten by unknown attackers near the Moskva River embankment in the heart of the town yesterday, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
London, June 25: Harry Potter star Emma Watson is considering giving up acting if she doesn’t find any more roles she is passionate about.
The teenager who plays Hermione Granger in the hit movie franchise would be willing to axe her film career if she can’t find other fulfilling roles.
“I don’t have a burning passion for acting. Until something comes along that I feel as strongly about as I did Hermione – like, I felt that it was life or death – I don’t want to act again,” she said.
The 19-year-old will be next seen in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”.
—IANS
Mumbai, June 25: Bebo’s (Kareena Kapoor) ex-boyfriend always remains in news for something or the other. This time his body workouts have grabbed media attention. The actor has changed his look for the upcoming movie ‘Kameene’.
It is being said that Shahid has sweated out hard during the past 8 months, 5 days a week keeping a 2 hour session to get a leaner and athletic look.
London, June 25: Three soldiers have been fined after leaving an officer with “nasty” injuries when they tied him up and carried him naked from his bedroom in a drunken “prank”.
Corporal Paul Kingswood, Lance Corporal Mark Foster and Lance Corporal Matthew Stenton were at a party at a barracks in Germany after their return from Iraq when they were “put up” to the prank by an army captain.
They dragged the officer from his bed and, in the struggle to carry him outside, ripped off his boxer shorts and caused him to suffer carpet burns to his torso, elbow and knee.
Chandigarh, June 25: Having seen the glamour of the tinsel town, the harsh existence behind prison walls and the ‘make-believe’ world of reality shows, former starlet Monica Bedi is all set to don a new role – that of a devotional singer.
Bedi, whose family originally hails from Chhabewal village near Hoshiarpur town in Punjab, 130 km from here, chose this place Wednesday to announce the release of her first album of Sikh devotional music.
The music album has been launched by Universal Music.
Hyderabad, June 25: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu today urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy to lead an all-party delegation to New Delhi to exert pressure on the Centre to find a political solution to the row over Babli and 11 other projects with Maharashtra.
Speaking after inaugurating a three-day party review meeting here, he said with the Congress in power at the Centre and also in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, an amicable political solution could be found on the issue.
Mumbai, June 25: Different is the word used mostly in Bollywood. A well-known producer is coming out with a movie that is really different. In the movie, the King Khan of bollywood will be seen with US President Barack Obama.
According to sources, in Karan Johar’s upcoming movie ‘My Name Is Khan,’ Shahrukh will be seen acting with a president double.
No one is aware of the story of the film but it is sure that Shahrukh has some scenes where he is framed with Obama at times.
Pune, June 25: No restriction at Arthur Road Jail. A highly confidential inquiry report by the Maharashtra prison department has revealed that several key undertrials, including Mohammad Dossa, underworld don-turned-politician Arun Gawli and DK Rao (the right-hand man of fugitive gangster Chhota Rajan), among others, freely availed of “leave” out of the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai over the last three years.
New Delhi, June 25: There have been large rallies against the attacks in Australian cities India’s overseas minister Vayalar Ravi has expressed concern over the “ferocity” of recent attacks on Indian students in Australia.
Mr Ravi told the BBC that the attacks have become more “aggressive”.
He said the primary reason for such attacks was robbery and that a few could be called racial attacks.
The attacks have caused outrage in India and prompted Australian PM Kevin Rudd to reassure the Indian government that Australia is not a racist country.
London, June 25: Cristiano Ronaldo is as famous for his wild escapades with women as he is for his football. So much so that, it’s difficult to keep track of the number of ladies the Portuguese footballer has dated so far.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s former girlfriend has suggested that the footballer may have bedded 80,000 girls since he dumped her.
His former girlfriend Nereida Gallardo has added another dimension to the debate by furiously suggesting that Ronaldo might have bedded 80,000 women since he dumped her.
Mumbai, June 25: Tammana, who shot to limelight from MTV roadies, is going through a tough time that has come with a MMS.
If Tammana is to be believed, the MMS doesn’t belong to her. She says that this is someone’s ply to tarnish her image.
She slammed media for publishing such news. She said that media should desist from publishing such stories as these tarnish image of the victim with in no time.
She said media has no right to insult a girl in public. She said that undue hype was given to her matter while there was no MMS related to her on the net.
Lalgarh, June 25: Eminent artists have written to Home Minister P. Chidambaram complaining about atrocities by security forces, whose presence in this trouble zone was beefed up Thursday by 1,000 paramilitary troopers crossing over from Jharkhand.
“We have written to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram based on our experiences. We have demanded that the security operations be stopped and a ceasefire declared to facilitate talks between the ultras and the administration,” said theatre personality Kaushik Sen.
Hyderabad, June 25: Concerned over continuing ”racial attacks” on Indian students in Australia, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu today urged the Centre to send a Parliamentary delegation to that country to stop such attacks.
The Centre and the State Government remained a ”mute spectator” to the continuing attacks on Indian students, including those from Andhra Pradesh, the former Chief Minister contended while addressing a party review meeting at the ”NTR Bhavan”, the party headquarters here.
Lucknow, June 25: Five people allegedly thrashed a 40-year-old Dalit woman, chopped her hair and then paraded her half-naked through an Uttar Pradesh village alleging that her husband was involved in a theft, police said Thursday.
“The incident took place Wednesday in Sirsia village of Kushinagar district where a group of locals ill-treated Barfi Devi alleging that her husband was involved in a theft,” police Inspector Om Prakash Chauhan told IANS by phone.
Puducherry, June 25: The ruling Congress in Puducherry is all set to stake claim to the lone Rajya Sabha seat here which has been vacated by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, V Narayanasamy following his election to Lok Sabha.
The party’s move to contest the seat comes a day after its ally DMK denied reports that its local unit wanted to stake a claim for the seat.
Mumbai, June 25: Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi has been reincarnated as Van Jones, the celebrated American civil rights and environmental activist who was named Time magazine’s “environmental hero” in the US in 2008?
“Objective evidence that forms the basis of past life studies prove that Jones is the reincarnation of Gandhi,” world’s leading past life researcher and best-selling author from the US Walter Semkiw told IANS in an interview.
Jones’ facial bone structure and features are the same as that of Gandhi’s, Semkiw said.
Sudan, June 25: Four Sudanese men on Wednesday were condemned to hang for killing a U.S. aid official and his driver in Khartoum, and a fifth man was jailed.
John Granville of the U.S. Agency for International Development was the first U.S. government official killed in Khartoum in more than three decades in a crime that sent shockwaves through the capital’s expatriate community.
Granville, 33, from near Buffalo, New York, and his driver, Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama, 39, were shot as they returned from New Year’s celebrations in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2008.
New Delhi, June 25: In a first of its kind effort, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom), is all set to come up with 35 new live streaming channels to its GSM subscribers.
The private sector telecom company is already offering 13 news and other TV channels to its CDMA network.
For this purpose, RCom has tied-up with Hyderabad-based Apalya Technologies.
The services are branded as MimobiTV.
Confirming the development, Krishna Durbha, Head (VAS) RCom said, “We are in advanced talks with Apalya. The tie-up would help us increase the width of the usage.”
New Delhi, June 25: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar had only iconic actor Dilip Kumar to thank for her Urdu skills as one of his remarks made her almost vow that she would have a grasp over the language, says a new book.
Mumbai, June 25: Yes, this is Rani Mukerji. As she will be seen in the Yash Raj film Dil Bole Hadippa. The actress essays the role of a Sikh boy from a small village, in this full-on entertainer based in Punjab. The look of the film has been done by Manish Malhotra while Rani’s sardar look has been done by Mike Stringer from UK, who styled the Dhoom 2 look.
The film, directed by Anurag Singh, stars Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rakhi Sawant and Sherlyn Chopra. The film is said to be inspired by She’s The Man, smainlining Amanda Bynes.
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Hyderabad, June 25 (Siasat News): AP state Haj committee has submitted approx. 150 passport application forms with the regional passport office situated at Secunderabad.
It is to be noted here that AP state Haj committee had started accepting the passport applications forms two days ago. The response was overwhelming and the committee received 200 application forms, out of which 150 forms are dispatched to the office of the regional passport office.
Mumbai, June 25:Salman Khan believes in having his way. For the promotion of Anil Kapoor’s Short Kut, the episode was scheduled to feature Akshaye Khanna and producer Anil Kapoor.
Khan thought that Akshaye will be boring on the show. So, he insisted on having Arshad Warsi instead of Akshaye to make the show interesting.
Mumbai, June 25: Katrina Kaif, John Abraham, fair Neil Nitin Mukesh (wondering why we are calling Neil fair? Read on…) and director of a soon-to-release flick,Kabir Khan were in the capital recently to promote their film.