Month: July 2009

Sonu nigam touches 37 yrs

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Mumbai, July 30: The famous singer of Bollywood Sonu Nigam; who is famous for his voice was born on 30th July 1973 at Faridabad.

Sonu Nigam has sung many a songs but the starting of his career was with his father’s hand.

As for the first time at the age of 3yrs 6months Sonu Nigam singed on his father’s stage show.

Sonu Nigam not only has a magic of voice but also has a good grazing. At the age of 19yrs

Sonu Nigam touched the world of music. Sonu itself is a great fan of Mohammad Raffi’s which made Sonu to launch his album ‘Raffi Ki Yaad’.

Commonwealth Games village not on Yamuna riverbed: apex court

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New Delhi, July 30: The Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the Commonwealth Games village, meant to accommodate over 8,000 athletes from 71 countries, is not being built on the Yamuna riverbed or floodplain.

A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan gave the verdict, dismissing a Delhi High Court judgement of November 2008 and removing all uncertainties over the ongoing construction of the Games village.

BAHRAINI KING VISITS Crown Prince SULTAN

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Riyadh, July 30: Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, on Tuesday received at his palace in Agadir, Morocco, Bahraini King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa.

The Bahraini leader was reassured about the health of the Crown Prince.

–Agencies–

35 protected monuments not traceable

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New Delhi, July 30: Of the 3,675 monuments protected by the central government 35 are not traceable, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday.
“Out of 3,675 centrally protected monuments or sites, 35 are not traceable,” the Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayanasamy said.

Narayanasamy added that the main causes for the disappearance of these monuments was “urbanization, commercialization and implementation of development projects.”

KSA: Israel gives peace no chance

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Riyadh, July 30: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said in response to US calls for diplomatic overtures toward Israel that the Jewish state’s settlement expansion is jeopardizing efforts to revive peace talks.

“It is Israel that has to move seriously toward the peace process,” Saudi foreign ministry spokesman Osama Nugali said. “As we all know, Israel is continuing to take unilateral measures by changing the geographic and demographic facts on the ground, by building settlements and expanding the existing ones,” he told AFP.

Parents protest ‘forcible’ hair-cutting of students

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Chandigarh, July 30: Parents of six students of a government school here Thursday accused teachers of the school of allowing adult education students forcibly cut the hair of their wards.
Taking a serious note of the issue, officials of the Chandigarh education department said they would look into the case and take action against the guilty.

INOX Cinemas-the leading movie multiplex operators in India

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Lucknow, July 30: INOX cinemas currently operate 27 multiplexes and 94 screens in 19 cities making it the only national multiplex chain.

I has been the winner of the ‘ICICI Entertainment Retailer of the Year’ Award 2005, TAAL Multiplexer 2006 and Emerging Superbrand of the year 2006 – 2007 Award.

INOX Leisure Ltd. is on an expansion spree. It has multiplexes in Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Mangalore, Coimbatore, Chennai, Kanpur, Hubli, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Faridabad, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, Bangalore, Nagpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai (Borivali) and Pune.

Maharashtra governor given additional charge of Gujarat

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New Delhi, July 30: Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir has been given additional charge of Gujarat till the time designate Devendra Nath Dwivedi assumes the charge.

“President (Pratibha Patil) has appointed Jamir, governor of Maharashtra, to discharge the functions of the governor of Gujarat, in addition to his own duties, until Devendra Nath Dwivedi, the governor designate, assumes the charge of the office,” an official statement Thursday said.

—IANS

24-year-old woman found dead

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New Delhi, July 30: A 24-year-old woman was Thursday found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented house in south Delhi, police said.
Veerpal Kaur alias Nikki was found dead in her rented fourth floor accommodation in Kalkaji area after police broke open the doors, locked from outside.

The body, reportedly found semi-nude, has been sent for an autopsy.

Police said Kaur hailed from Moga in Punjab and worked as assistant project manager in an IT company in Okhla.

Deepika down with Malaria!

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Bollywood’s ‘dreamy girl’ Deepika Padukone is in a state she wouldn’t have dreamt of in her wildest nightmares.

Deepika PadukoneWhile shooting for a movie with Akshay Kumar in the city of London, Deepika succumbed to fever but continued the shoot as she did not want the shooting to come to a stand still.

Noticing that her health was getting worse, the doctor was called and little did anyone know that Deepika was not suffering from just any fever, the pretty lass was down and ill with malaria.

Concern over Baloch operations

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Islamabad, July 30: The United Nations said Thursday it has scaled back operations in Baluchistan province after a threat made by separatists who kidnapped an American aid worker earlier this year — adding to Pakistan’s security woes.

Baluch separatists have been waging a low-level insurgency in the impoverished but oil-rich southwest of Pakistan for decades. But the insurgency had not been known to target foreigners until this year, when a group kidnapped the head of the U.N. refugee agency’s operations in the region, John Solecki, and held him for two months.

Fashion struts around biryani

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Hyderabad, July 30: Maverick designer duo Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna want to replace your nada walas and ganjees ‘undar wali’ with sleek linear structures and geometrical lines.

In town as part of the Blenders Pride Magical Nights Tour, Rohit and Rahul offered a sneak peak of their 2009 winter line at a city hotel. Not surprising. “India is a bigger market for us than the West,” says Rahul. And the city of pearls is an important part of that market.

“It’s a great party city with warm people and a very evolved sense of fashion,” says Rohit.

‘No’ to escort led to Arzoo Ali’s murder

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Hyderabad, July 30: It was her denial to ‘oblige’ a desperate junior artiste which led to the murder of Arzoo Ali who was found dead at Sindhuri Lodge in Ramgopalpet recently.

Referring to her as a high class call girl, sleuths of North Zone task force team on Wednesday arrested Jangam Rajeshwaraiah alias Raju for the murder of the 25-year-old and a mother of two. Raju, a junior artiste and a resident of Shaikpet, brutally killed Arzoo simply because she refused to have sex with him.

Corporal punishment: Teacher hits girl

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Hyderabad, July 30: Corporal punishment reared its ugly head once again, this time in a private school in Secunderabad. A Class IV student
of St Peter’s High School, Bowenpally, was hit on the hit with a metal geometry box by her Science teacher on Tuesday because she was being ‘mischievous’.

The girl, Isha (8), suffered a minor injury on her head but was evidently too scared to alert anyone about the incident throughout the day.

It was only when her father, Vijay Paul, came to pick her up after school that Isha revealed the matter to him.

VHP to celebrate Bajrang Dal’s silver jubilee

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Hyderabad, July 30: The State Committee of Vishwa Hindu Parishad has decided to celebrate the silver jubilee of its front organisation, Bajrang Dal, in a big way across the State.

The decision was taken at a two-day meeting of the committee held in Kurnool recently. VHP Bhagyanagar Region president M Ramaraju, State secretary Ch Bal Reddy and Bajarang Dal State incharge Yaman Singh released the VHP State Committee’s resolutions at a press conference here today.

The VHP will enroll nearly 2 lakh members in the State.

HC dismisses Chamundi’s plea

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Hyderabad, July 30: The High Court today dismissed a quash petition filed by former secretary of Andhra Cricket Association V Chamundeswarinath who is facing charges of sexually harassing women cricketers.

While dismissing the petition, Justice G Bhavani Prasad remarked that the sections mentioned in the FIR were bailable and the petitioner may obtain bail from the police concerned.

A case was registered in Vijayawada and the State Government had appointed Additional DGP (recruitment) to probe the allegations.

Govt threatens to invoke Essential Commodities

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Hyderabad, July 30: The State Government gave a stern warning to all the rice and red gram wholesale merchants in the State that if they do not release the illegal stocks they were hoarding into the open market they would invoke the Essential Commodities Act in the State from August 1.

The State Government suspects that a section of the wholesale merchants were creating an artificial scarcity in the market by hoarding huge stocks of rice and red gram.

Devender Goud rejoining TDP?

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Hyderabad, July 30: Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) is set to receive another jolt as its senior leader and former Home Minister T Devender Goud plans to quit the party to rejoin his parent Telugu Desam Party.After the PRP’s poor-show in the Assembly elections, Goud’s name has been doing rounds in political circles that he would rejoin TDP.

Goud along with another PRP leader E Peddi Reddy called on TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu recently. Following the rumours that Goud will quit the party, PRP general secretary Allu Aravind had a meeting with Goud.

Vijayashanti meets TRS rebel leader Rehman

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Hyderabad, July 30: The cold war, between the top two leaders in Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), party president K Chandrasekhar Rao and secretary general Vijayashanti took an interesting turn today with the latter meeting TRS rebel leader and former MLC Rehman.

Vijayashanti also met former TRS rebel and now Congress MLA T Jayaprakash Reddy. She was advised by both the leaders not to associate herself with the TRS president.

They both, who met her separately, explained to her their experiences with Chandrasekhar Rao and how non-trustworthy he is.

Two employees of APSHC swindle Rs 2.29 cr funds

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Hyderabad, July 30: Two employees of Andhra Pradesh State Housing Corporation (APSHC) who allegedly misappropriated Rs 2.29 crore meant for the State sponsored Indiramma Housing Scheme, were arrested by the Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths today.

The CCS had received a complaint from APSHC Managing Director R Subrahmanyam on July 7 in which he stated that some unknown persons had diverted a portion of funds meant for Indiramma Housing scheme.

‘Modi, 62 others can be interrogated till Dec 31’

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Ahmedabad, July 30: The Supreme Court in a directive on Thursday said that Special Investigation Team can interrogate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi till December 31st.

The SIT, which has been constituted by the apex court, is probing the cases surrounding the Gujarat riots which happened while the BJP-led Modi government was in power.

SC had directed the SIT to examine the complaint by Zakia Jaffery –widow of ex-MP Ehsaan Jaffrey and submit report in three months. The former Rajya Sabha MP was burnt alive in the communal riots of 2002.

Hyderabadi dies in accident in the UK

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Hyderabad, July 30: Everytime Saroja talked to her UK-based son G Arvind Kumar, she would recall the string of attacks on Indians, particularly Hyderabadis, in Australia, and plead with him to return home.

Arvind would evade an answer wondering what would he do in Hyderabad. His reluctance proved fatal. The 28-year-old died in a road accident in the UK. Arvind, a manager at a leading super market in Reading, was driving to his place of work when another car rammed into his vehicle killing him on the spot.

Quran shows the way to peace: Tiwari

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Hyderabad, July 30: A two-day seminar on the Holy Quran was inaugurated by the Governor Narain Dutt Tiwari on Wednesday. The seminar is being held at the AKM Oriental Degree and PG College in Kachiguda.

In his address, the Governor said that though all religions are tolerant and preach love and understanding, some elements exist in every religion which twist the meaning out of context and resort to reprehensible acts. This ought to be condemned by all.

Iranian election protesters face trial this week

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Tehran, July 30: About 20 Iranians detained during protests over the disputed presidential election will face trial this weekend, on charges including bombings, carrying weapons and attacking security forces.

The trials were announced yesterday as anger grew even among some government supporters over abuse of those arrested.

Released prisoners have told of beatings and brutality during their detention. One said he was crammed with 200 others in a pitch-black cell as guards waded in and beat them. Others claimed they were forced to lick toilet bowls.

Thousands of weapons illegally distributed in Pak

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Islamabad, July 30: Thousands of weapons of prohibited bore, including sub-machine guns, have been issued in Pakistan in an irregular manner and in violation of rules, which has run the Pakistan government into trouble.

Islamabad, already facing a mounting insurgency in the form of number of armed militant groups and its army trying to quell a violent Taliban insurgents in the restive NWFP, has now been rocked by the scam of thousands of weapons finding their way to people illegally.