Mumbai, September 04: Tarun Mansukhani, the young and happening director of Dostana, who is currently spending sleepless nights scripting a sequel to his gay comedy tells Smita Mishra of Spicezee.com his secrets and future plans.
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London, Septembe 04: It’s now established. Pretty women make men nervous, for a new study has revealed that blokes can lose their minds while talking to beautiful blondes.
Researchers in the Netherlands have found that talking to an attractive woman really could make a man lose his mind, a finding they claim may have implications for the performance of blokes who flirt with women in the workplace.
New Delhi, September 04: In a strong indictment of the public distribution system, the Supreme Court on Friday said PDS was virtually non-existent in the country and even if they exist the same is being used for diverting the material into the black market.
“The PDS is not working in many states. There is no PDS at all. Not a single thing is available in the PDS. The same is being diverted to the black market,” a bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan observed.
Pyongyang, September 04: (Prensa Latina) Foreign Ministers of North Korea and Cuba have held talks here.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Bruno arrived in Pyongyang from China Thursday along with a Cuban government delegation.
He was welcomed by North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun and Cuban ambassador to North Korea Jose Manuel Galego Montano.
–Agencies
Washington, September 04: 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.
Pretoria, September 04: South Africa’s current account deficit has decreased, BuaNews reported Friday quoting the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).
“The negative imbalance on the current account of the balance of payments improved from 7 percent of gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2009 to 3.2 percent in the second quarter,” said the Reserve Bank in its September quarterly bulletin.
The current account is the difference between a country’s imports and exports of goods. It also includes the payment of services and income received or paid to foreigners.
Washington, September 04:The US unemployment rate jumped to 9.7 percent in August, as employers slashed an additional 216,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labour Statistics reported Friday.
While employers cut fewer jobs in August than in July – when 276,000 jobs were lost – the unemployment rate soared to a 26-year high.
The rate is up from 9.4 percent in July. The number of unemployed people increased by 466,000 to 14.9 million, the government said.
New Delhi, September 04: The VJM02 will remain the same blindingly fast car, with or without Giancarlo Fisichella, and Adrian Sutil is good enough to score points in the remaining five races of the 2009 season, said Force India chairman Vijay Mallya.
Talking to reporters from London, Mallya dismissed suggestion that losing Fisichella, so far the team’s only point-scoring driver, would render the team a lesser force and insisted in F1, it all boils down to the car, more than its driver.
Hyderabad, September 04: The black box of the ill-fated Bell 430 helicopter that crashed killing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others has been recovered, officials said 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.
New Delhi, September 04: Jamia Milia Islamia’s new vice chancellor Najeeb Jung Friday said he would work towards getting better infrastructure for the university instead of focusing on incidents like the Batla House shootout here last year, in which a police inspector and two suspected Islamist militants were killed.
“I do not want to divert my mind to incidents like Batla House. I want to ensure that students are emotionally, socially and educationally comfortable,” Jung told reporters at his first press conference here.
New Delhi, September 04: 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.
Lucknow, September 04: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday inaugurated the new building of Lucknow Jail, located on the outskirts of the city, that has the capacity to house more than 3,500 prisoners and is equipped with high-class security.
The chief minister inaugurated the new jail from the confines of her heavily guarded official residence here.
Addressing the function, Mayawati sought to justify shifting of Lucknow prisons to the outskirts of the state capital, which had sparked off a major controversy followed by a court battle that she eventually won.
Pulivendula (Andhra Pradesh), September 04: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu and actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi could not attend the last rites of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Friday as they were caught in a massive traffic jam on the road leading to the late chief minister’s homestead.
State Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy and several other prominent personalities could not reach Idupulapaya, where YSR was laid to rest in an estate that was dear to him. Thousands of mourners were present when his coffin was lowered in the grave.
Hyderabad, September 04: The Supreme Court Of India today Granted the conditional bail to the Muslim cleric Moulana MOhammed Naseeruddin who has been languishing in the Sabarmati jail for more than five years.
He was arrested by the Detection Crime Branch of Ahmedabad Police on 30 November 2004 in connection with the former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya murder case conspiracy and during this incident one youth Mujahid Saleem was killed by the Gujarat police near the DGP’s office.
Mumbai, September 04: If you are a King Khan Movie freak, here’s scintillating news for you that might let you hop from where you are. Oh no! Shah Rukh is not going to position himself in elections in Newark after detention rather the actor is going to play a “Super Hero’s” character in his upcoming flick.
After directing much-admired films like Tathastu and glamorous Cash, Anubhav Sinha is all set to make an action thriller and guess what? It’s going to be none other than King Khan who will be in a lead role.
Mumbai, September 04: Batting Maestro Sachin Tendulkar is all set to start new innings with his bat. Sachin would be seen with a bat with different logo.
When Sachin would come to the crease with a bat tagged other than MRF it will be something different.
The news is that Sachin will bat with Adidas logo as Adidas has entered the sports market in bat segment and would be manufacturing bat along with Gloves, Pad and other cricket accessories.
So, all the fans of Sachin Tendulkar will wait for the Triangular series where Sachin will bat with an Adidas bat
—Agencies
Washington, September 04: Vodafone and LG Mobiles have planned to launch a windows 6.5 based mobile phone which would soon expected to reach the market.
The handset offered is a good featured handset and this handset would be known as LG GM750 it proffers features like- e-mail, calendar, faster Internet surfing, 3-inch full touchscreen, in-built GPS.
Gaya, September 04: Pind Daan is a Hindu service in which religious service is performed for the dead ancestors. The occasion is fortnight-long and places like Gaya are thronged by people during this time.
According to Hindus, the service provides solace to the dead ancestors and they attain salvation through the service.
The souls of the dead don’t get salvation till the ritual is performed by the descendants of the dead.
Chennai, September 04: Auto manufacturer Ford India, which is doubling its plant capacity, has hired 400 people taking its total workforce to around 2,000.
According to company officials, six percent of the plant workforce women, down from 13 percent earlier.
—Agencies
Mumbai, September 04: After making history on Television with “Kaun Banega Crorepati” -one of the most admired game of shows of all times not only in India but abroad as well veteran and legendary actor Big B Amitabh Bachchan is ready to rock yet again on with an old show’s new version “Bigg Boss-3”.
The celebrity reality TV show Bigg Boss 3 will go on air in the month of October and Big B would be hosting it till the last show.
In a confirmation of the news, Big B told through a text message, “The news is true.”
Bangalore, September 04: Dell India on Friday announced a wireless brandband solution with its select range of notebooks to Reliance Communications (RCom) Internet customers, the world’s leading computer maker said here.
The package “NetConnect Broadband Plus” comes with a USB card and unlimited access for six months on purchasing Dell notebook or netbook, said Reliance Communications director Mahesh Balla in a statement.
—Agencies
New Delhi, September 04: Five people died of swine flu in India Friday, taking the toll due to influenza A (H1N1) virus to 116, health authorities said here.
While four deaths were reported from Bangalore, Karnataka, one person died in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Also during the day, 124 fresh cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of affected people to 4,488.
According to health authorities in Karnataka, the four deaths have taken the toll due to the H1N1 virus to 35 in the state.
London, September 04: May be the model Danielle Lloyd has quit her late night wild parties but she proved this wrong. Just keeping herself away from the parties the damsel is busy in nude photo shoots for the exotic magazines
Now-a-days, she also talks about her sizzling sex life among media and also giving bedroom tips to her fans to maximize pleasure.
Bangalore, September 04: Chip-maker Cypress Semiconductor has introduced full-integrated touchscreen controllers for electronic applications such as mobile handsets, netbooks, printers and digital still cameras, the company said Friday.
Based on system-on-chip architecture, the controllers offer superior performance and new features, Cypress said in a statement.
—Agencies
Washington, September 04: The LG Chocoloate BL 40 was previously in discuss but now the time has came when the handset is about to touch the heated mobile market.
The LG chocolate BL 40 handset is packed with a 4-inches WVGA screen which offers the great experience to the user.
The LG chocolate is a touch screen handset that is equipped with features like- multitouch, HSDPA, Wifi, talk time of5hr in 3G network while 6hrs in 2G network, 5Megapixels camera, video recording, fast email.
Dr. Skott Ahn (CEO) LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company said that