Month: July 2009

Army officer among three dead in Pithoragarh

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Pithoragarh, July 28: Three persons including one Army officer died near Devalthal, 32 kms from here, when the car they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge, police said today. The car was on its way to Pithoragarh from Thal town.

The dead include Santosh Karki of Pithoragarh and Lt. Naveen Karki and Ajay Yadav from Lucknow.

The police and medical team have been rushed to the spot and the arrangements to recover the bodies from the gorge are on way. They are having a tough time due to heavy rains, police said.

—-Agencies

High drama in J-K: CM’s resignation rejected

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Srinagar, July 28: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday resigned from the post after a senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader alleged that he was involved in the Srinagar sex scandal.

However, Governor NN Vohra refused to accept the resignation and asked Omar to stay on till the probe on the matter is over.

In his resignation letter, Omar had asked Vohra to initiate an enquiry into the allegations levelled against him within a specified time frame.

Court orders FIR against Rakhi, five others

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Jaipur, July 28: A local court today asked the police to register an FIR against six persons including item girl Rakhi Sawant, actor Ravi Kishan and a top official of a leading channel for allegedly stealing the concept of a marriage-based TV reality show from a private portal. Judicial Magistrate No 27 Shilpa Sameer directed the Karni Nagar police station in the city to register an FIR against the six including Sawant for alleged breach of copyright by lifting the concept of Swayamvar from the portal of a Pink City-based ”struggling” writer Gaurav Tiwari.

Scribe dies in road accident in HP

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Sundernagar, July 28: A correspondent of a regional daily died today, when the car he was driving, fell into a deep gorge near Hanogi temple on Kullu-Mandi road, police said. Manmohan Sharma (38), the Kullu correspondent of Hindi daily ”Divya Himachal”, was driving to Mandi when the accident occurred, police said.

Sharma is survived by his wife and daughter. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal joined journalists across the state in expressing grief over the death of Sharma.

—-Agencies

HC nod for polytechnic classes in engg colleges

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Hyderabad July 28: In a blow to polytechnic colleges, the AP High Court on Monday permitted engineering colleges to introduce evening classes for polytechnic students. Justice G Rohini vacated the stay granted in a petition filed by Private Polytechnics Management Association. The counsel for the Government contended that there had been a phenomenal growth of technical institutions in the country. However, the polytechnic education has been lagging behind the degree-level education in engineering.

YSR pays tributes to Kasu

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Hyderabad, July 28: Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy paid rich tributes to former chief minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy on the latter’s birth centenary celebration organised here today.

Speaking at a function organised in this connection, he lauded the developmental activities taken up by Brahmananda Reddy and called upon young leaders to follow in his footsteps and take active participation in development of the State.

Friendly senior who turned evil attacker

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Hyderabad, July 28: When MBA student Roopa Devi was offered help in her studies by her senior, she thought it was just a ‘friendly’ gesture.

She never had an inkling about the evil intentions he had. The second year MBA student of Dhruva College of Management at Medchal, 21-year Roopa Devi of Yanam, who was attacked at her hostel by her senior Bhanu, on Sunday night, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital. Her condition is said to be stable.

Police said Bhanu came to the hostel with a pre-planned motive to harm Roopa Devi, if she turned down his advances.

Flyover pe U-turn? it’s apna Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, July 28: The fatal accident on the Punjagutta flyover a couple of days ago killing two software engineers is a mere tip of the iceberg. The dangerous manner of driving on the wrong side of flyovers is a regular feature in the city.

Motorists taking a U-turn on flyovers is a common sight all over Hyderabad. With the Punjagutta flyover being an uni-directional one, luck ran out for the software engineers whose two-wheeler was knocked down by an Indica cab.

BTech graduate burgles houses, steals laptops

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Hyderabad, July 28: A BTech graduate, who also worked as an assistant director in some Telugu movies was arrested along with his associate for committing 55 burglaries at houses. Police recovered 34 laptops, 66 tola gold and silver articles and other valuables all worth Rs 40 lakh from them. The accused, however, could not sell all the stolen laptops due to the slump in the IT sector.

ABVP students stage rasta roko at OU

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Hyderabad, July 28: In what appears to be a counterdefensive measure to avoid disciplinary action by the Osmania Law College authorities, the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad members of the college held a demonstration alleging that some of the senior students belonging to the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) had indulged in ragging. Demanding suspension of some students belonging to the NSUI, who were involved in a clash on July 24, ABVP student members carried out fierce protests resulting in a tense situation at the college.

Iran’s leader shuts down Tehran prison in wake of election protests

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Tehran, July 28: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered the closure of a prison in southern Tehran, state media reported Tuesday amid concerns about the fate of protestors arrested in the wake of last month’s contested presidential election.

Parliament deputy Kazem Jalali told the Mehr news agency that the leader ordered the Kahrizak detention centre shut down because it lacked the necessary standards for preserving detainees’ rights.

Kahrizak is said to be the main place where the election protestors were held and where some of them also died in mysterious ways.

Two pipeline workers buried alive

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Hyderabad, July 28: In a tragic incident, two workers were buried alive under the loose soil that caved in during sewer pipeline laying works at Ramanthapur on Monday evening. The incident took place at Indira Nagar opposite the Ramanthapur lake. The Rs 6.5 crore works to lay 35 sewer pipes passing through Ramanthapur were awarded to IVR Constructions Limited which dug up a 20-foot trench to lay the pipelines.

The construction company had already installed 23 pipes and works to lay the remaining 12 are underway.

2 held in fake IT job scam

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Hyderabad, July 28: Two fraudsters, who duped unemployed youth by promising jobs in reputed IT companies through backdoor entry, were nabbed on Monday. The accused collected more than Rs 10 lakh from job seekers.

Task Force sleuths nabbed the duo, Arshad Naveed of Mahaboobnagar and P Karthik Laxmikanth of Safilguda, for cheating job aspirants.

Task Force DCP V B Kamalasan Reddy said that Arshad Naveed, a graduate, earlier worked in the MaFoi Management Consultancy at Himayathnagar but was removed after a year for failing to reach targets.

Hyundai workers end strike after reaching deal with management

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Chennai, July 28: The six-day workers’ strike at the Hyundai Motor plant near here came to an end Tuesday following an agreement between employees and the company management.

The agreement has been signed in the presence of Labour Minister T.M. Anbarasan at the state secretariat, a company official said.

‘The agreement between the union representatives and the management was signed this evening. We have agreed to bring back here the nine transferred workers,’ Rajiv Mitra, head of corporate communications, told IANS.

No decision on arms deal with India: PM Nepal

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Kathmandu, July 28: Amid the Maoist blockade of the Nepalese parliament over the issue of arms import from India, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today said his government has no plans to seek lethal weapons from New Delhi. The Prime Minister issued the statement in the Parliament after the Maoists blocked the Parliament session on Sunday and yesterday over the issue of reported arms import from India.

The Prime Minister also said his cabinet has not taken any decision to import arms from India. After the Prime Minister”s clarification the stalled Parliament session resumed today.

John’s secret date revealed

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Mumbai, July 28: Though he may be going around with one of the hottest ladies of Bollywood, according to latest reports John Abraham is secretly dating another woman in his life.

Bipasha Basu and John Abraham’s love affair is common knowledge in tinsel town. The two have been going around for more than four years without any sort of differences reported between the two.

Post KI and NEW YORK, Akshay & John get pally

Percept Horrotainment presents new faces of horror

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Mumbai, July 28: Horror genre and Louis Wilson go hand in hand. After making HO SAKTA HAI, his next horror film ‘8’ has been announced. The film stars Sameer Dattani and marks the debut of Sheena Nayar.

Why did he choose to cast relatively new faces for his film which is being backed by corporate giant Percept Pictures?

Wilson Louis’ 8 adds on to the number game

Rimi Sen: Bachchans are epitome of good behaviour!

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Mumbai, July 28: Actress Rimi Sen is quite happy these days, and the reason is obvious. Her latest release, the Pankaj Advani directed, SANKAT CITY, a film very close to her heart, is doing very well. Even in its second week the film is on a very steady run, with barely a fall of about 33 percent in week two as compared to the first one.

I am like Mona in real life!

Celina goes through a makeover for ACCIDENT

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Mumbai, July 28: It’s time for yet another makeover in Bollywood. For her upcoming film ACCIDENT ON HILL ROAD, Celina Jaitley has donned a new hairdo. She would be seen in much shorter hair in this thriller produced by Nari Hira of Magna Films.

In the industry for 6 years now, Celina has experimented with her hair in ACCIDENT ON HILL ROAD, the result of which is an entirely different and almost unrecognizable look. It takes a couple of seconds of closer look before one realises the fact that it is indeed Celina on the frame.

Celina’s hideout…

Mugdha Godse snubbed

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Mumbai, July 28: Mugdha Godse has a reason to be upset. The seductive diva was up for a surprise when his co-stars from her upcoming film ALL THE BEST chose to give a slip to her birthday bash.

Though Mugdha had made all plans to play the perfect host on her big day, she was in for some disappointment when her ALL THE BEST team including Bipasha Basu, Ajay Devgan and her director Rohit Shetty never turned up at the function.

Bipasha insults Mugdha

Minissha wants Salman Khan

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Mumbai, July 28: She can charm anyone with her looks alone. And combined with her histrionic skills, it can be a lethal combo.

Minissha Lamba, who’s known for her big acts in films like YAHAAN, BACHNA AE HASEENO and KIDNAP, has still some wishes which have not come true as yet.

Minissha Lamba at Lilavati hospital!

Southern storm Nitin Reddy to hit Bollywood!

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Mumbai, July 28: Nobody’s perfect, eh? Think about it again. What’s a perfect package in Bollywood? Someone who is handsome and stylish, is muscular, can act well, and dance well too? Well, maybe only Hrithik Roshan falls under that category. No, not just him.

There is the Telugu films sensation Nitin also who can give anyone a run for his style and good looks. And, the young gun has been signed on by none other than Ram Gopal Varma for his next – AGYAAT.

I would call AGYAAT an adventure thriller

Will LIFE PARTNER help Amrita Rao break her image?

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Mumbai, July 28: Hardly a handful of films old, Amrita Rao already has two superhits, MAIN HOON NA, VIVAAH and three hits, ISHQ VISHK, MASTI and WELCOME TO SAJJANPUR listed in her resume. Most of the roles that she essayed were performance oriented ones, in which the producers used her girl next door, innocent and demure looks and thus she sort of got caught up in that image.

Irrfan Pathan misses Amrita Rao

A disturbed photo shoot for DO KNOT DISTURB?

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Mumbai, July 28: The team of DO KNOT DISTURB had found itself in a fix when the photo shoot for this David Dhawan directed film had to be carried out. The occasion was to get the First Look of the film out pronto and due to certain unforeseen reasons, there wasn’t a reputed studio available to perform the photo shoot. Since the film stars top line actors like Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Riteish Deshmukh, Lara Dutta and Sohail Khan, the makers were in a fix since they couldn’t have stepped into a small time studio.

Tusshar wanted Prachi as Life Partner!

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Mumbai, July 28: It is a known fact that the noted television star Prachi Desai was an Ekta Kapoor favourite and the fact that she even debuted opposite Farhan Akhtar in Abhishek Kapoor’s (Tusshar & Ekta’s cousin) ROCK ON was a plus!

It followed that Tusshar was extremely hot on Prachi and recommended her for a part opposite him in Abbas-Mustan and Studio 18’s forthcoming comedy, LIFE PARTNER.

LIFE PARTNER is more of a situational comedy