Islamabad, September 06: Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa had told him the terrorists involved in the attack on his country’s cricket team in Lahore were funded by LTTE elements in the island.
Gilani said he had asked Rajapaksa to share more information about the funding so that Pakistan can send a team from the Interior Ministry to go into the issue further.
Mumbai, September 06: Bollywood is going to have a blast this season as the big stars are arriving with some of the biggest movies ever made. So, how can our very own cute actress pretty “Priety Zinta” be left behind.
The actress is all set for her very special performance in one of Salman’s upcoming movie. Authenticating the news, the bubbly actress reveled, “this is not an item song I’m doing for Salman rather it’s a special number in the film starring Kareena Kapoor and Sohail Khan along with me. It’s an interesting cameo.
Mumbai, September 06: The moviegoers must have remembered the debut blockbuster hit of Tusshar Kapoor “Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai” with his friend Kareena Kapoor.
The friend ship of Tusshar Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor is still going strong in their lives. It also seems that both are good at making and keeping friendship chords.
According to recent news, Kareena and Tusshar were found enjoying a late night chat and dinner in one of the famous restaurant.
Mumbai, September 06: As macho man of Bollywood Salman Khan’s much awaited movie “Wanted” is about to deliver for the movie buffs on the floor to blast the wall of the theatres. The hunk is pretty worried since he didn’t score any of big hit for a long time and his die-hard fans are waiting anxiously for his flick to release.
According to the recent tinsel world’s news, Salman spoke a lot about his views on media persons, his career and his much predictable marriage in a TV interview.
Patna, September 06: Destiny has its own way of scripting one’s fate. Take, for instance, the case of former MP and JD(U) leader Vijay Krishna. Arrested on Wednesday night from Faridabad in connection with the murder of party colleague and transporter Satyendra Singh in May this year, he would be lodged in the same high-security Beur jail which was inaugurated in his presence as the state’s junior building construction minister 15 years ago.
The jail was inaugurated by the then chief minister, Lalu Prasad, on August 11, 1994.
New Delhi, September 06: In a fresh development in the beating of Indian priests at Pashupatinath temple at Nepal, the priests have said that they were ready to return to India.
The priests were assaulted by a group of Nepali Maoists at Pashupathinath Temple.
The Indian Government had already taken a tough stand over the incident and asked Nepal to ensure safety of the Indian priests.
The Nepalese government also offered apology over the incident and had declared PashupathinathTemple-a restricted/prohibited area.
Mumbai, September 06: Grudges in Bollywood is an old play among the stars. Whether this is between the actors or the actresses of the tinsel world, no body is away from this.
We have heard a lot about the grudges between the “King Khan” Shahrukh Khan and the macho man Salman Khan. May be Salman Khan-Shahrukh Khan fights are over but Salman is not ready to forgive Vivek Oberoi anyways.
Hyderabad, September 06: Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and late Y S Rajsekhara Reddy today said he would abide by the decision of the Congress High Command on the issue of successor of his father and appealed to the party workers and leaders not to resort to signature campaigns, even as Dr Reddy’s loyalists were demanding the party High Command to make his son and party MP, as Chief Minister and disrupted the condolence meeting at party headquarers.
Mumbai, September 06: Stunt freak actor of Bollywood “Akshay Kumar” has got a lot of respect in his heart for the women. He has always sustained that women are stronger than men when it comes to mental strength.
A good example was presented by Akshay on the show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi- Level 2’, when the actor swayed the female participants to give the best shot at whatever they are doing and show their mental strength in whatever task they are doing physically.
Mumbai, September 06: Again the ‘Barbie girl’ of Bollywood Katrina Kaif and the ‘Desi Girl’ Priyanka Chopra are competing with each other for their rank on the top of the list among actresses.
This time it’s not at all about any kind of endorsements of brand, this is all about emerges of both the actresses for the forthcoming movie Dostana- 2 which is the sequel of previous flick Dostana which was a blockbuster hit.
Tehran, September 06: Following negative US remarks about Iran’s new defense minister, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman deplored Washington’s stance.
“This attitude shows the US does not believe in democracy in other countries,” Hassan Qashqavi said Sunday.
After Iran’s Majlis gave an overwhelming vote of confidence to Ahmad Vahidi as the new defense minister, the State Department’s PJ Crowley asserted that Iran has taken a “step backward” in putting an end to its international isolation.
Washington, September 06: Adopting a healthy lifestyle and breastfeeding the baby can annually prevent some 70,000 cases of breast cancer in the long-run, a new report finds.
While genes are responsible for a considerable number of breast cancers, the American Institute for Cancer Research/World Cancer Research Fund’s report showed that lifestyle changes can prevent many cases from happening.
Mumbai, September 06: The actor of the millennium “Amitabh Bachahan” who has recently showed his love for television yet again by joining hands with popular TV show ‘Bigg Boss-3’, will have to fly to India for the show’s shoot every Friday night.
A source reveals, with ‘Big B’ attending to his ill friend “Amar Singh” in Singapore, he will be flying down every Friday to Mumbai to shoot for the popular reality show Bigg Boss-3.
Mumbai, September 06: Barbie doll of Bollywood “Katrina Kaif” might not have good sleep for some days from now. Well, quite obvious, the reason is breathtaking too.
The actress was busy shooting for her upcoming movie in Bhopal where a surplus and sad incident took place. While the gorgeous actress was busy in the shot there was a huge mass of people willing to watch the shooting as it usually comes about the stars.
Mumbai, September 06: She is the most downloaded Indian actress on the net, and now Katrina Kaif is also the face of international fairness cream Olay in India.
Katrina Kaif has been named the brand ambassador of cosmetic giant Olay’s Natural White cream that launched a white radiance range in India recently.
New Delhi, September 06: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will be in the United States for four days from Tuesday to carry forward the dialogue with the Obama administration with regard to assessment of the security situation in South Asia.
Kota, September 06: Two women were killed when their two-wheeler bumped into a car here, police said today. “The women riding on a two-wheeler were on their way to a school where they worked when a car coming from opposite direction hit them,” the police said.
“They were rushed to a nearby hospital where one of them identified as Urmila (35) was declared brought dead while the other, Shashi (40), succumbed to her injuries later,” they said. “A case has been registered with the Udyog Nagar police station and an investigation into the matter is on,” they added.
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Sangli, September 06: Curfew was imposed today in Sangli following communal clash between two communities, police said. The curfew will be in force till 2 pm tomorrow, they said.
The city had been tense since Thursday when some members of minority community allegedly damaged a Ganesh pendal depicting the historical scene of Shivaji killing Afzal Khan, they said. The Ganesh mandals here have not immersed the idols as a protest against the incident.
New Delhi, September 06: Planning Commission Adviser (Education) Furqan Qamar has been appointed as the vice chancellor of Rajasthan university in Jaipur. State Governor S K Singh appointed Qamar, also professor of Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, for the post.
Jammu, September 06: Jammu and Kashmir police have decided to install CCTV cameras in all the 22 districts to strengthen security and check militant activities in the state. “Police have decided to install CCTV cameras in all the 22 districts of the state to keep a tab on the movement of suspected persons and militants,” police officials told PTI. A survey has been conducted and sensitive and vital places identified for installation of the cameras at the earliest.
Cairo, September 06: European foreign ministers have criticized the ‘catastrophic’ Friday bombing of north Afghanistan, which left 90 people, including many civilians, killed.
During an unofficial meeting in Sweden on Saturday, foreign ministers from different European Union nations censured NATO’s lethal attack on two fuel tankers, believed to have taken over by Taliban militants in Qonduz province, in which 90 people including dozens of civilians lost their lives.
Mogadishu, September 06: Somalia’s Al Shabaab militia say they have recaptured a key town in battle with pro-government forces, leaving 13 people killed and many others wounded.
Al Shabaab guerrillas claim to have retaken control of the key Somali town of Beledweyne in the central Somali region of Hiiran where a large military base sheltering pro-government troops was located.
Melbourne, September 06: A bejewelled white glove Michael Jackson tossed to an Australian fan more than a decade ago has sold at auction for 57,600 Australian dollars (£29,500).
Charlotte Stanes, spokeswoman for the Melbourne auction house Bonhams and Goodman, said a buyer for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas beat five others for the late King of Pop’s glove.
Jackson visited Australia in 1996 as part of his History world tour.
While in Sydney, he attended the Australian premiere of the film Ghosts, in which he had a starring role.
Israel, September 06: Israel stood firm on Sunday on a plan to authorise hundreds of new settler homes in the occupied West Bank before a possible construction freeze, shrugging off a rebuke from Washington.
“The prime minister will decide in the coming days on the building of hundreds of additional housing units in order to solve existing problems in various settlements,” Transport Minister Yisrael Katz told Israel Radio.
Washington, September 06: An environmental adviser to President Barack Obama has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday.
Van Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs” with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.