Month: November 2009

Seven killed in road accident in Andhra

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Hyderabad, November 05: Seven persons, including a three-year-old kid, were killed and five others seriously injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district on Wednesday, police said.

The mishap occurred when the auto in which they were travelling collided head-on with a milk tanker on National Highway-7 near Jagadharti village, they said.

Five of the passengers were killed on the spot, while two others died while undergoing treatment at a hospital, they said.

Taylor ton lifts spin-weary Zimbabwe

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Chittagong,November 05: Brendan Taylor hit a brilliant unbeaten century as Zimbabwe posted a decent 221 for 9 in the fifth and final One-Day International against hosts Bangladesh on Thursday.

The wicketkeeper-batsman returned to form hammering 118 off just 125 balls and holding the tourists’ innings together when wickets tumbled at the other end against the rampaging Bangladeshi spinners.

AMU suspends six students for violence

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Aligarh, November 05: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has suspended six students for indulging in violence, assaulting varsity officials and disrupting academic activities during protests against the murder of a student, the university said today.

“The students were suspended for indulging in violence and vandalism. They have been barred from entering the campus,” AMU spokesperson Rahat Abrar told reporters in Aligarh, some 300 km from Lucknow.

The decision was taken on Wednesday.

Shoe-throwing scribe to release book on anti-Sikh riots

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New Delhi, November 05: Jarnail Singh, the Sikh journalist who created headlines for throwing a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram for the injustice committed towards the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has written a book on the riots.

The book — to be released here Friday — is titled “I Accuse…” in English and “Kab Kategi Chaurasi” (When will 1984 pass) in Hindi. It is being published by Penguin.

‘Vande mataram’ not un-Islamic, say two Muslim groups

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Bhopal, November 05: It is not un-Islamic to sing “Vande mataram”, two prominent Muslim groups in Madhya Pradesh said today, two days after the clerics’ body Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind approved an earlier fatwa against the national song.

Claiming to have translated the song into Urdu, the All India Muslim Tehwar Committee (AIMTC) and the National Secularism Front of India (NSFI) say it is simply a prayer to keep the nation safe.

UN relocating 600 staff after Taliban attack

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Kabul, November 05: The United Nations said today that it is temporarily relocating more than half its staff in Afghanistan following last week’s deadly Taliban attack.

The UN mission is still reeling from a pre-dawn assault on a guesthouse in the capital last week that left five UN staff dead.

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The Kabul attack was the most direct targeting of UN employees during the organisation’s decades of work in the country.

Delhi only listens to people with power: Lalu Prasad

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Patna, November 05: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has virtually hit out at former ally the Congress, saying national level parties were trying to marginalise regional otufits to deny power to the vulnerable and deprived sections of society.

Kajol-Ajay to host a bash

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Mumbai, November 05: Ajay Devgn who will fly in from Bhopal to raise a toast to the good fortunes of his flick All the Best has sprained his foot.

Ranbir and Katrina in a stylish avatar

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Mumbai, November 05: They believe in making stylised products.They believe in setting trends, not aping anyone. Tips, whose November 6 release is the eagerly awaited rom-com Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi with heart throbs Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor have once again given their product a kind of sophistication that is their hall mark. Ramesh Taurani, the producer of APKGK knows the pulse of his audience; and he says that today’s audience that has been exposed to Hollywood films, are keen to borrow a similar sheen for the local fare.

Iran will seek new ways to arm Hezbollah, Israeli officials say

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Tel Aviv, November 05: Tehran will probably find new routes to smuggle arms to the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla group, Israeli defence officials said Thursday – a day after Israeli commandos seized a ship en route from Iran to Lebanon with hundreds of tons of weapons on board.

The unnamed officials told Israel Army Radio that they thought the seizure of the ship, the German-owned, Antiuguan-flagged Francop, would not deter Iran from continuing its efforts to armHezbollah.

Saif’s favourite is Monica Bedi

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Mumbai, November 05: I don’t know what the trade pundits have to say about Karan Johar’s Kurbaan, but Saif Ali Khan, whose first film this is opposite Kareena Kapoor,is very confident about the November 20 release.

“I’ve a good feeling about it,” he told me. We were talking on the phone because he’s here, there and everywhere promoting the film, and just not available in Mumbai.

‘When Jafri called Modi for help during riots, CM abused him’

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Ahmedabad, November 05: Ahmedabad Eyewitness in Gulberg Society case deposes before fast-track court

An eyewitness in the 2002 Gulberg massacre case has told the fast-track court that while his house was under attack by rioters, Congress leader Ehsan Jafri had made a phone call to Chief Minister Narendra Modi for help only to be abused by the latter.

The witness, identified as Imtiaz Saeed Khan Pathan (32), is one of the survivors of the Gulberg Society massacre. A number of Muslims of the locality had taken shelter at Jafri’s residence during the riots.

I was told there was no kissing scene in the script: Soha

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Mumbai, November 05: Soha Ali Khan hates the monsoon and thinks Kunal Deshmukh is a sadist to make a movie like Tum Mile based on the Mumbai floods.

You too suffered an ordeal during the 2005 floods in Mumbai. How much of that experience did you incorporate into your character in Tum Mile?

The Tum Mile sets had a controlled environment, but they were as bad as flooded Mumbai. The director Kunal Deshmukh is a sadist to have created a set like that. The water was deep enough to submerge cars and rickshaws.

India, Pak to resume cricketing ties by 2010, says Butt

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Lahore, November 05: PCB chief Ejaz Butt has expressed hope of resuming bilateral cricketing ties between arch-rivals India and Pakistan at a neutral venue, which would be in the United States, by next year.

”A series between Pakistan and India will be held at a neutral venue next year as my meetings with the Indian cricket officials as well as government officials will bring good results,” Butt told mediapersons after arriving here from New Delhi following an eight-day visit to India.

Ranbir-Deepika keeping silent for good?

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Mumbai, November 05: Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone have thrown the door open for the rumourmongers by keeping silent about their break up reports all this while. Maybe the media is doing exactly what they want by spreading news of their break up.

Asif gearing up for the NZ series

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Karachi, November 05: Gearing up for a Test comeback after nearly two years, dope-tainted Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif says he would try and make up for the lost time in the series against New Zealand later this month.

“I have not played in New Zealand but have heard a lot about the pitches and conditions there and hopefully if I can get a chance I will make an impact,” Asif said.

“The key is to focus on just cricket and try to make up for lost time,” he added.

Injury crisis proves there’s too much cricket: Marsh

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Melbourne, November 05: Australia’s injury crisis in India proves that the international calendar is too cramped, feels the country’s Cricketers Association CEO Paul Marsh.

“If you ever needed evidence of the impact of such an enormous workload, we’re seeing it now,” Marsh was quoted as saying by ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’.

Pace spearhead Brett Lee, fellow fast bowler Peter Siddle, wicketkeeper Time Paine and all-rounders James Hopes have so far returned from the one-day tour of India.

Iraq surge could be model for Afghan war: US admiral

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Washington, November 05: The top US military officer held out the possibility of a draw-down of American forces from Afghanistan within a few years, citing the troop “surge” in Iraq as a model.

As President Barack Obama weighs a request for more troops in Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen said it was “reasonable” to look at Iraq — where additional American forces were sent to bolster security in 2007 — as a guide.

Pigs Menace: Flight Hit By Pigs Herd

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Harare, November 05: Two people were slightly injured after a passenger aircraft of Zimbabwe’s state-owned airline crashed on take-off after colliding with a herd of wild pigs, officials said Thursday.

Trsnsport Minister Nicholas Goche told the state-controlled Herald newspaper that the Air Zimbabwe MA60 plane, on a flight to the western city of Bulawayo on Tuesday was about to lift off from Harare airport’s runway shortly after dark when the pigs ran into its path.

“The nose (of the Chinese-made 60-seater) and left main landing gear collapsed after impact,” he said.

Australia rules out Afghan troop surge

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Kabul, November 05: Australia has announced that it will not send any additional forces to Afghanistan after a recent troop surge earlier this year.

Australian Defense Minister John Faulkner informed US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Washington about Canberra’s decision.

“There is a very clear understanding and appreciation of the fact that Australia increased the number of troops to Afghanistan very significantly on April 29 this year,” said Faulkner.

Australia has the largest non-NATO presence in Afghanistan with 1,550 troops deployed.

When 5000 people chased Katrina Kaif

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Mumbai, November 05: When Katrina Kaif was in Ahemdabad recently, she not only got mobbed but also got chased by bikers. Says a source close to Katrina, “It happened during the promotion of her forthcoming film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani at a mall in the city. A 5000-strong crowd turned up.

Soon it became chaotic with fans screaming her name and threatening to break the security cordon. In the ensuing melee, Katrina, trying to escape the enthusiastic crowd, even hurt her leg as it got stamped upon by people on stage.

Sonal Chauhan’s hot and sexy avatar for ‘The Man’

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Mumbai, November 05: The Jannat girl, Sonal Chauhan, would be seen in a new avatar. The model-turned actress has posed hot and sexy for ‘The Man’ magazine.

Sonal Chauhan really looked sizzling and sexy in the latest issue of Magazine. Sonal’s photshoot for ‘The Man’ is really hot, sexy and revealing.

It seems that Sonal has decided to expose her beautiful body to establish herself in Bollywood.

Sonal started her Bollywood career with a hit film ‘Jannat’ opposite Emraan Hashmi but her role was disappeared behind the cricket and betting game.

“Being with a girl is not my priority” – Ranbir Kapoor

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Mumbai, November 05: Even as the grapevine is abuzz with the news that he has parted ways with girlfriend Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor said that being in a relationship or being with a girl is not his priority. He added that his priority is films and nothing else.

Ranbir is disturbed by the gossips on his love life. He has been into a few relationships, of which some worked while some didn’t.

Indian enterprises face data loss risk: Study

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Bangalore, November 05: Increasing use of IT infrastructure by Indian enterprises to enhance productivity and expand operations in a competitive environment has led to growing security risks such as loss of critical data, a study by the intelligence marketing firm IDC (India) Ltd. has revealed.

“About 80 percent of Indian enterprises have agreed that loss or theft of critical data is a serious information security risk they face after threats from viruses and hackers,” the survey, commissioned by security solutions provider Symantec India, said in its latest report.

Gunmen fire on bus in south Philippines, killing 2

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Zamboanga (Philippines), November 05: Gunmen opened fire on a commuter bus in the restive southern Philippines, killing two and wounding eight passengers, authorities said today.

The bus was strafed along a coastal highway shortly after leaving Gutalac town in Zamboanga del Norte province yesterday, said regional military spokesman Maj David Hontiveros.

Two passengers died and eight others were treated in a hospital for gunshot wounds, he said.

It was not clear who was responsible for the attack. The gunmen fled, leaving behind empty bullet shells, he said.