Month: September 2009

90 killed in Nato airstrike

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Kunduz, September 05: A US jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball yesterday that killed up to 90 people, including dozens of civilians who had rushed to the scene to collect fuel, Afghan officials said.

The airstrike is likely to intensify concern over civilian casualties in the Afghan war. Top Nato commander, General Stanley McChrystal, has ordered curbs on airstrikes after a strong backlash among Afghans over civilians killed in military operations.

Black box of YSR’s helicopter recovered

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Hyderabad, September 05: The black box of the ill-fated Bell 430 helicopter that crashed killing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and four others has been recovered, officials said on Friday.

The black box or cockpit voice recorder was recovered from Nallamalla forests in Kurnool district, where the helicopter crashed Wednesday.

The anti-Maoist Greyhounds force, which found the black box during search operations in the area, handed it over to a team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) which began a probe into the crash.

I’ve become less restless after marriage: Ayaan Ali Khan

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New Delhi, September 05: He tied the knot more than a year ago and marriage is surely doing Ayaan Ali Khan a lot of good. The young musician, who turned 30 Saturday, confesses that he is less restless after his marriage to Neema Sharma, who simply loves the music her husband creates.

Big B to host Bigg Boss 3

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Mumbai, September 05: Big B will host the third season of Bigg Boss. Endemol, which produces the show, announced in Singapore on Thursday that Amitabh Bachchan will replace Shilpa Shetty as host for the reality show.

Bachchan said he will be like a philosopher who will comment on participants’ behaviour and probably admonish bad behaviour. “How contestants behave will be a reflection of our everyday behaviour. I will talk about their behaviour every Friday. Otherwise, the show format is the same,” he said.

Now, RSS chief calls on ailing Vajpayee

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New Delhi, September 05: After a string of disgruntled visitors, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had an important guest on Friday — RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. A statement issued by the RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, said Bhagwat “met Vajpayee to know about his health and discuss contemporary issues”.

Vajpayee, 85, is currently not into active politics because of health reasons that have kept him out of public life. He has, however, had a string of visitors in the past few weeks
when the BJP got embroiled in a serious crisis.

Yemen says notheren rebels violated ceasefire

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Sana’a, September 05: The Yemeni government accused Shiite rebels late Friday of violating a shaky ceasefire imposed to allow humanitarian operations in north-western Yemen.

The rebels attacked government troops in al-Malahid of the Saada province and in Harf Sufian district of neighbouring Amran province, the Supreme Security Committee said in a statement.

The government declared a ceasefire Friday after the rebels pledged to guarantee safe passage for humanitarian aid to the strife- torn areas.

Teenager stripped, assaulted during ragging at Delhi institute

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New Delhi, September 05: Five students of a technical institute in east Delhi were arrested Friday for allegedly making a junior strip and dance as part of ragging and later severely assaulting him, police said.

“The incident took place at an Industrial Training Institute in Vivek Vihar area (in east Delhi) Wednesday when nearly 10 seniors caught the 17-year-old victim. They took him to a hall where they asked him to sing a song. But when he refused, he was forced to strip and dance naked,” a senior police officer said.

Even I had my own shortcomings: Arjun Rampal

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Mumbai, September 05: He played a lawyer in his very first film, ‘Moksha’ (2001). Now eight years later, he returns as an advocate in ‘Fox’. Arjun Rampal has seen a definite momentum in his career during last couple of years with commercial successes like ‘Rock On’ and ‘Om Shanti Om’.

Obama to publish list of White House visitors

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Washington, September 05: US President Barack Obama announced Friday he will publicize a list of most visitors to the White House to provide more information about who has access and influences policy.

The move was meant to satisfy demands by watchdog groups who have insisted on greater public transparency about the role of lobbyists in decision-making.

Clinton objects to Israel’s settlement plans

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Washington, September 05: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israel’s plan to expand settlements in the West Bank was regretful and “inconsistent” with the international peace plan designed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“We regret the reports of Israel’s plans to approve additional settlement construction,” Clinton said in a statement. “Continued settlement activity is inconsistent with Israel’s commitment under the roadmap” peace plan.

White House statement on Israeli settlements

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Washington, September 05: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Friday released the following statement on Israeli plans to approve additional settlement construction.

“We regret the reports of Israel’s plans to approve additional settlement construction. Continued settlement activity is inconsistent with Israel’s commitment under the Roadmap.

When Kamal Haasan took to the mike for Shruti

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Mumbai, September 05: Kamal Haasan’s multi-faceted daughter Shruti Haasan sure has an ear for music and how Currently composing music for her dad’s film “Unnaipol Oruvan’, the Tamil remake of “A Wednesday’, this young lady convinced her immensely talented father to sing for her.

Now it’s not for the first time that Kamal Haasan took to the mike, but it’s definitely for the first time that the proud father sang for his daughter.

Spain mulls sending more troops to Afghanistan

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Madrid, September 05: Spain is considering whether post-electoral security conditions in Afghanistan require an increase in the contingent that Madrid has deployed to the war-ravaged nation, Defence Minister Carme Chacon has said.

Spain is waiting to find out if there will be a second round of voting to decide whether to extend the presence of the so-called electoral battalion for another month.

More than 1,300 Spanish troops are serving with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, including 450 sent to bolster security for the Aug 20 general elections.

Akshay has a huge aura around him: Mandira Bedi

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New Delhi, September 05: Popular actress and TV host Mandira Bedi says she got a chance to experience the “huge aura” around Akshay Kumar while shooting with the Bollywood superstar in South Africa for the forthcoming adventure reality show “Khatron Ke Khiladi-Level 2″.

“He (Akshay) has a very huge aura about him. There used to be this deadly silence whenever he came in. Though he would joke and stuff with us, at the end of the day he was he and we were who we are,” Mandira told IANS in an interview.

Bips gets ready to rock ‘n’ roll

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Mumbai, September 05: All Bipasha Basu fans are in for a treat as the sultry actress will be seen not just shaking a leg in Ajay Devgan films’ “All The Best-Fun Begins’ but also belting out notes in this mad-cap comic caper.

Adding another feather to her cap, this sexy actress will be seen in a new avatar, singing along with her co-stars Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Fardeen Khan and Mugdha Godse in a lavish song costing nothing less than a whopping 6.5 crore.

Polish soldier killed, five wounded in Afghanistan

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Warsaw, September 05: One Polish soldier was killed and five others were wounded Friday after a bomb exploded near a Polish convoy in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported.

This was the 11th Polish soldier to die in the NATO mission, and the first to die in a KTO Rosomak (Wolverine) armoured vehicle.

“It’s a very primitive weapon, but unfortunately very deadly,” Dariusz Kacperczyk, Operational Headquarters spokesman, told TVN 24 about the planted bomb that went off while the Polish soldiers were on patrol.

Vivek Oberoi’s b’day charity

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Mumbai, September 05: Vivek Oberoi is back after a good European holiday and has planned on how he will be celebrating his 33 birthday this year. The actor doesn’t want any show-sha, and thus he has decided to celebrate this occasion with the children of orphanage.

“Yes that’s true, Vivek has planned to celebrate his birthday with Food for Life orphanage in a very simple way,” adds the source.

Brush your teeth SRK style

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Mumbai, September 05: Shah Rukh Khan seems to be the Badshah in real life too. King Khan is all set to become the brand ambassador for a toothpaste brand very soon. He is mulling over many ads and is riding high with lots of moolah.

Our khabroo states, “SRK has endorse more than 25 brands and has been earning good around 3 to 9 crore from ads itself.”

Prachi Desai finally plays her age

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Mumbai, September 05: Mature actor at young age, Prachi Desai is now keyed up to do a film based on underworld “Once Upon A Time in Mumbai’. Apart from Prachi Desai, the film also stars fashionable Kangana Ranaut, angry-young-man Ajay Devgan and serial kisser Imran Hashmi.

Teachers Day

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In some countries, Teachers’ Days are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teachers. Some of them are holidays while others are celebrated during working days.

Aamir to play Hanuman

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Mumbai, September 05: Producer Uru Patel has now zeroed in on Aamir Khan to play Hanuman, though God forbid, not as a monkey God but as a super-hero who can fly over mountains and skyscrapers and rescue the modern-day Rama from the ravenous Ravans of today’s world.

Rama and Ravan will be played by Hollywood stars Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman, respectively. Sita was to be played by Shilpa Shetty. But she has opted out since then. The hunt is on for a new international face to play Sita.

I’ll play Benazir Bhutto: Sushmita Sen

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Mumbai, September 05: Beauty queen-turned-actress Sushmita Sen has long dreamt of playing legendary freedom fighter Rani Laxmi Bai on the silver screen, but she will have to wait. Her pet project is “indefinitely on hold” due to cash constraints, Sushmita admits.

“‘Rani Laxmi Bai’, my home production, is indefinitely on hold till I have the funds to make the film the way I want to, ” Sushmita told on phone from Mumbai. ” ‘Laxmi Bai’ to me is a dream, it’s not just a film. So I can’t compromise with it at all.

Nothing but the best for Sonam Kapoor

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Mumbai, September 05: When it comes to his daughter, Bollywood actor-producer Anil Kapoor wants the best. He has roped in award-winning writer Manu Rishi to pen dialogues for Sonam’s next film “Ayesha”.

“Anil Kapoor met me and said that he had seen ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’. He also told me, ‘You’re very good’. Then he started talking about ‘Ayesha’ and told me that Sonam will be starring in it and that it’s his home production. He said that he really liked my work and wanted my inputs for ‘Ayesha’. That’s how the film happened, ” Rishi told over phone from Mumbai.

Ask Aditya Chopra for Rani’s marriage plans!

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Mumbai, September 05: Rani Mukerji put Salman Khan’s patience to test by taking a long time to answer his question on his show, 10 Ka Dum.

The actress, apparently, took so long to answer that Salman went and sat on the sofa.

He also told her to tell him when she was ready with the answer and remarked that she was taking longer than even Aamir Khan to answer. Only when she was done would he return to the show.

Recently, a TV channel interviewed her and asked her about her marriage plans.

Tele Stars Reveal Naughty Secrets on Teachers’ Day

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Mumbai, September 05: Day is a great opportunity to express your respect to your teachers and extend your gratitude to them, for making you what you are. We respect teachers as we respect our parents.

But sometimes likeness to a particular Sir or Madam develops into a secret crush… There must have been a few naughty students who had a secret crush on their teachers.

So on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, we catch up with our tele star as they reveal the crush on their teachers…